For six months, I’ve been posting to social media every day in an effort to increase my book sales. The good news: book sales are up! But just how much? Join me for this six-month wrap-up to take a look at all my social media stats, book sale stats, and how the revenue of my books have changed in the past six months. And most importantly, is it worth the time and effort of posting every day to social media?
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Mandi Lynn published her first novel when she was seventeen. The author of multiple books, Mandi spends her days continuing to write and creating YouTube videos to help other writers achieve their dreams of seeing their books published. Mandi is the owner of Stone Ridge Books, a company that works to help authors bring their books to life through cover design and digital book marketing. She is also the creator of The Book Launch Planner, a planner designed to help authors publish and market their books. When she’s not creating, you can find Mandi exploring her backyard or getting lost in the woods.
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Title: Indie Author Experiment: I Posted Every Day for 6 Months… Did It Increase My Book Sales?
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Honestly it’s really refreshing to see a realistic attempt at marketing vs those videos of the algorithm chosen ones telling you to “just post kindle screenshots over and over!” when it clearly doesn’t work the same for everyone. Keep at it!
My thoughts: It is not the screenshot that sells the book. It’s the hook you write before the screenshot. Or any hook for any post. Writing that one sentence is an art. It takes TIME to learn. I’ve partially learned it, but it’s not something that just CLICKS. It takes so much experimenting and mental energy and researching. THAT is what sells books. What works for one author will NOT work for another. You have to learn the art of selling your own book in your own time. Which has been frustrating….
The only reason I click on shorts is because they are………short.
But this video is worth the length.
Thank you! Love to hear that you enjoy the longer videos even if they aren’t your usual cup of tea!
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Marketing is exhausting!!!
I agree 😩
Marketing books is super hard, and it’s a full-time job, (at least, that’s what it feels like). Unfortunately, persistence and endurance both help to get book sales. Social media posts are great for visibility though. You’re going all the right things. You wouldn’t have had the reads or downloads otherwise.
Keep at it. Your sales will go back up! But yes, quality over quantity is always better.
Sending hugs.
Great video.
My method for trials is posting my same high performer 5 times every morning. To make them “different” I add a string of random emojis at the bottom of the reel. Same post. Same music. Same hook. Same caption. Sometimes one will get into the tens of thousands of views, but most often they go between 1k to 4k each.
Is the video itself the same? Thanks so much for sharing 🙌 that’s amazing
@MandiLynnWritesYes, it’s the same exact video posted 5 times. In the past I’ve also swiped while drafting to add a filter and that also makes it think it’s new content.
Thanks for sharing all the numbers! Really appreciate it!
Great information! Lots of hard work! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you for posting the outcome! Do you know what the daily/weekly time commitment was for these extras you did over this experiment?
This is the most depressing video I’ve seen in ages.
You have no idea how helpful your videos are! They’ve motivated me to push through even when I don’t see “the needle moving”, and it does pay off.
Recently, I saw a creator with a HUGE following in an extremely popular niche make a plan to grow their subscriber count by 200 before the end of the year. To say I was shocked is an understatement!
It turns out people are reluctant to subscribe or follow. That’s why almost all platforms have moved away from using that metric as their primary measure of success.
All the best to you and your family! ❤