How to market my book properly?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by jordan9977, Jan 5, 2013.

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    I am selling an ebook on how to make money with penny stocks. I created a site and a video but I am not that good with media so it doesn't look that great. The site is here http://thepennybook.com Now I want to know the best way to advertise my book using the website. I will be testing the two big PTC sites Neobux and Clicksense but I am not sure if they will give me a good return. There is also so much more PTC sites where advertising is so much cheaper but I was not sure if it would be as good of quality as Neobux and Clicksense. I also was looking at http://fiverr.com which people will offer to give you traffic by mostly posting tweets and Facebook statuses about your product to thousands of people. I wasn't sure if this was good because it might not be a good niche of peopel right?

    Anyways I don't have much experience so I am looking for some help, any suggestions on the best way to advertise a money making book would be great, and thank you in advance! :)
     
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  2. indmoss

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    I marketed my first children's book by finding some good parenting e-zines and sending solo ads to their subscribers. You could probably do the same with financial e-zines. There are also some posts on my blog about self publishing that have links to some free resources that might help you. Good Luck.
     
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    Thank you for your response I will try that as well.
     
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    Make a fan page on Facebook for your product.It's a good source of free traffic.

    app: Dramatic soundtrack, not comming the end of the world;)
     
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    One of the keys in marketing your book is identifying your target audience and reaching them where they are. Social Media Marketing is a great way to get the news about your book out there. You will also want to structure your website so that it sells your book.
     
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    Find your target market and spend a few dollars to market to them ! Remember a few dollars spent on marketing will go along way, in many cases you need to spend money to earn money !
     
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    I`d focus on getting there first, and having an audience so you can sell the book. In my point of view, its hard to sell when no ones there.
     
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    Thanks for all your responses, going to be trying them out.

    What is the best way to spend money on marketing? I am will to pay money I have lots of money to spend to market it if it will pay off. I am an investor ha so I will spend as much money as I need as long as I will turn a profit.
     
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    Nice response for that.
     
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  12. jordan9977

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    Would putting my product on clickbank be a good idea?
     
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    I think you can know your competitors' sales situation first and compare the sales situation of different platforms, then find a solution for your ebook.
     
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    First select targeted customer. Then Letting them know about this. Social Media will be the best option also classified ads..
     
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    I now have a twitter and facebook fan page, just still wondering if I should put it on clickbank or not.
     
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    Try list building, its a good way to keep track of interested parties, and you can market to them time and time again. Try giving away a few chapters for free if they signup to your list, that has worked well for me.
     
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    Just an update on what I have to see if you guys think it is good. I have a facebook and twitter account plus a youtube channel. I am using fiverr to get lots of twitter followers, facebook likes and youtube views. I know they won't be quality like,followers or views but it will make all these accounts more respectable to people who are interested. I also am using fiverr to get a couple video testimonials that I will post on my youtube channel and I am getting someone to write me a good SEO article that I will submit to many places. Is this so far so good?
     
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    If your book is only $4.97 I would not take the time to put it on Clickbank. I know that as a CB affiliate myself, I would not put much effort into promoting something that would pay a commission of that size. It might be different if you had an up-sell of some kind. You may want to explore Kindle's lending program. You can get some cash doing that and exposure for your book and yourself at the same time. Kindle is pretty easy to format.
     
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    Try to promote it using social media, but first you need to identify your target audience. Also try to sell it in Amazon, Ebay and other similar websites.
     
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