I can’t believe it’s only a day away!
To remind you, I will run three promos on three consecutive days between 26-28 November. There was going to be a fourth, but I’d messed up and did not follow up on it. Proof that you have to have a plan and write things down.
Speaking of plans, I just heard an awesome quote along the lines of “The difference between confidence and arrogance is a plan.” So let me lay out my plan on getting Shizzle, Inc to #1 in Amazon’s Satire Bestseller List this weekend:
- 26 November. We start with Robin Reads targeted mail-out. Cost: $25.
- 27 November. There might be some sales generated by Robin Reads, hopefully supported by Indie Book promo. Cost: $25.
- 28 November – we finish off with a biggie – a proven performer, Book Gorilla. Cost: $50.
I am so excited about it that I will be posting live sales charts throughout the weekend on twitter. So, if you are interested, and are not yet following me – follow @spokeana on Twitter now! You don’t want to miss the races!
This is the current sales chart:
And here are the current rankings:
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #314,319 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #650 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Satire
- #654 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Humor & Satire > American
- #1188 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Women’s Fiction > Action & Adventure
Let’s see what happens tomorrow!
Ana Spoke, author 
Very cool of you to share this info.
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Well, somebody has to 🙂 I was just tired of generic, outdated, or in some cases dishonest advice
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I should say “good luck”, but with all the work you have put in you won’t need luck. Congratulations!!
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Thank you! Yes, I’m a big believer in making your own luck – thank you for your support!
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Good luck with the book sales. Can’t wait to see your results. I wanted to arrange some marketing for my book asap, so your results will be extra helpful in seeing what works.
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Great, hope this one works as well as eReader News or better!
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All the best!
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Thank you!
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Love the plan.
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Thank you 🙂 that’s just the tip of the iceberg 🙂
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I am in awe of your steely determination, your indomitable energy, your heartwhole plans.
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Thank you so much! I’m out to prove that with a goal, a plan, and hard work anything is possible 🙂
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I’ll be watching. Good luck!
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Cool 🙂 thank you!
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Good luck and Happy Thanksgiving! 🙂
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Thank you! Fingers crossed…:-)
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GOOD LUCK! Sending positive thoughts your way! I’ll start my tweeting ( I’ll try to come up with some good puns!), too. Can’t wait to see your sales climb, fingers crossed! Happy Turkey Day!
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Thank you, Olivia! Happy Thanksgiving to you too – can’t wait to post a massively exciting post-promo update!
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Good luck with it! I’m very interested in you experience as I’ve just sent my first novel for copy editing…
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Thank you, and congratulations on finishing!
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Break a leg!
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GOOD LUCK with the marketing campaign! Exciting time for you and your book. 😀
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Thank you, Annika! Fingers crossed I don’t get disappointed…
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. . . a turkey leg!
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Haha! Thank you 🙂
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Sounds like you have a solid plan for promoting your book 🙂 Best of luck, I can’t wait to here how it goes.
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Thank you! I can’t wait 🙂 hoping for total of 300 sales, fingers crossed!
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You’re welcome! Best of luck 😀
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Good luck! I can’t wait to see how Robin Reads works for you. I only just discovered them but have yet to use them or any other similar service. Will definitely look into Book Gorilla!
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Thank you! Well, so far I can recommend eReader news, based on a test – I got 63 sales over two days.
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Great plan. I haven’t tried any of those advertising sites, so I’ll be interested to see how well they work for you. Hope you get your 300 sales.
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Thank you 🙂 only 8 so far…still early!
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Good luck! 💝I was wondering why you didn’t have links to your book on this post. I’m on my phone, as many people are, and it’s awkward to open lots if windows. Make purchase easy for blog visitors by putting your buying links on all promo posts! Just a suggestion 🙂
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Thank you! I will, thank you for your support 🙂 for one, I’m still a little shy about pushing it, and also I want to see what these companies do on their own. So far Robin Reads is ok at 20 sales, Indie Book Promo is worthless, and big hopes for Book Gorilla tomorrow.
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I had a good experience with ereader news today and digital books today. Apparently book bub and booksends are also good although I’ve never tried them. I think it’s ok to push your book if it’s a promo post, which we all occasionally do. Good luck!
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Thank you, Luccia! I’m hoping to get on Bookbub next, apparently it’s very hard.
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Thank you so much for doing this, Ana. I’ve processed the results of your promo along with the results from a couple other authors I know and I’ve come to some conclusions. The TL;DR of it is: Anything but free advertising is too expensive. Here’s the post. I mention you extensively…
https://alfageeek.wordpress.com/2015/12/01/the-buying-cycle/
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Thank you and I’m glad that my posts help you, although I disagree with your conclusions. I won’t argue, though – just hope to show that my brand-building will pay dividends in the future. Give me a year?
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