[raminar_dixon]

Quick Update:

I've now added Kindle Nation Daily to my romance venue list and made them a preferred venue for both my romance and non-romance lists. This means clients get a fairly substantial (around ~20%) discount on any orders I place for them there!

With these kinds of discounts available with my service, it makes more sense to let me book these promotion for you than to do it yourself. Seriously. It's actually cheaper for most of my clients just to let me do it for them, and they don't have to do any of the work!

 

[raminar_dixon]

Another Update:

I've added the much-recommended KU Addicts Express to my Romance and Non-romance venue lists.

As usual, clients get a nice discount.

 

[raminar_dixon]

Giving this baby a bump because it's been awhile. 

 

[raminar_dixon]

I haven't had enough coffee to come up with anything witty today but here's a bump anyway.

 

[raminar_dixon]

Doin' the Bump-ty Bump! 

 

[Moe D]

A questions about your services. Do you create and manage the Facebook ads in your silver package, etc?

 

[raminar_dixon]

A questions about your services. Do you create and manage the Facebook ads in your silver package, etc?

Usually, what I'll do for Silver+ packages is to spend around 70-80% of the budget on venues/newsletters and 10-20% of the budget on a Facebook ads campaign.

So for a $400 Silver package, that would mean a small-ish $40-80 campaign. And yes, I create the ad and deliver it through my own Facebook Ads account. If you have your own copy you'd prefer I use I can do that, too.

Sometimes if I'm able to get a really awesome string of venues that are normally hard to get I will put all the budget towards newsletter ads, though. I do this only if I'm pretty sure the newsletter ads I'm able to get will outperform FB ads.

And of course if a client requests "no Facebook ads" I allocate those funds into newsletter venues.

 

[Marseille France or Bust]

Your site is not coming up as secure "https." Should not input cc info in an unsecured form.

 

[raminar_dixon]

Your site is not coming up as secure "https." Should not input cc info in an unsecured form.

The site itself is just a regular website but you don't have to enter any information on the regular website at all.

The forms are handled via Jotforms. All the forms are secured https forms.

 

[Sam B]

I'm sure I've commented in this thread somewhere before, but my most recent promo just finished, and I thought I'd give a shoutout, because quite honestly, I don't think it could have gone much better.

The book is two years old--the promo was literally for its two year publishing anniversary. It's also the first in a just-completed nine book series. All that being the case, it seemed like the perfect time to run a free promo. My niche is on the small side, and I rarely expect enormous numbers, so I opted for the silver promo package. I trusted Ram to know which promo places to choose better than me, because I rarely (read: never) run them on my own.

The net result? I peaked at #42 in the free store, #1 in two of my categories and #3 in paranormal romance, and gave away more than six thousand books in five days. The second in series is already seeing a bump in sales from the readthrough, and January looks like it's going to be a great month.

Thanks Ram!

 

[raminar_dixon]

I'm sure I've commented in this thread somewhere before, but my most recent promo just finished, and I thought I'd give a shoutout, because quite honestly, I don't think it could have gone much better.

The book is two years old--the promo was literally for its two year publishing anniversary. It's also the first in a just-completed nine book series. All that being the case, it seemed like the perfect time to run a free promo. My niche is on the small side, and I rarely expect enormous numbers, so I opted for the silver promo package. I trusted Ram to know which promo places to choose better than me, because I rarely (read: never) run them on my own.

The net result? I peaked at #42 in the free store, #1 in two of my categories and #3 in paranormal romance, and gave away more than six thousand books in five days. The second in series is already seeing a bump in sales from the readthrough, and January looks like it's going to be a great month.

Thanks Ram!

Glad to hear it, Sam B!

Thanks for being a client and here's to many more great promos in the future.

 

[raminar_dixon]

Time for a bump!

 

[raminar_dixon]

NOTICE:

I'm almost finished with the 2020 update of my Promo Stacker venue list.

Several not-so-great venues have been removed and I've added a few new promising and recommended venues already.

Before I wrap it up though, I'm looking for any more recommendations about venues you found helpful, "worth it", etc.

Let me know if you have any book promotion venues that you'd like to see added (and possibly get discounts on!)

Thanks!

 

[raminar_dixon]

Don't let a little pandemic get you down. Folks who #stayathome need entertainment, after all, and Ebooks are a fantastic deal when it comes to to amount of money spent for the amount of enjoyment a person can get.

So, might as well try to make the bestseller charts while you are isolated! Let's get people talking about your book (from a respectful 6+ foot social distance, that is).

Got a new release that needs some promotional love? Or maybe an older title you want to advertise instead? Whatever you need, I got you covered! Now that I'm locked down here at home I have nothing else to do but handle your orders. Lay 'em on me!

P.S. thanks and love to all of you and I'll be thinking of you during this difficult time! Hang in there! xoxoxo

-RD

 

[raminar_dixon]

I couldn't think of anything witty for this bump

 

[raminar_dixon]

Just a quick note- things have been steadily picking up over at Book Rank since around the beginning of April and now I'm at a point where I'm honestly just swamped.

So I'm asking anyone who is planning to place an order to please please try to do so at least 2 weeks in advance (or more) if at all possible. With the way things are right now it might be two or three days before I'm able to get started on your order and I don't want even a minor delay on my end to affect the quality of your campaign. A little bit of buffer between when your order is placed and when promotions will start can make a big difference.

Thanks to all and stay safe!

 

[Christine_C]

Just wanted to leave a review because I had a great experience with booking the promo stacker. It runs tomorrow and has saved me a lot of time. 

 

[edipet]

Sounds good but definitely not affordable. Best of luck with your business, Edita

 

[raminar_dixon]

Sounds good but definitely not affordable. Best of luck with your business, Edita

?

The amount you pay is very close to the same cost as booking the promotions yourself. So you pay only marginally more and someone else does all the work (which can sometimes take hours) for you. And the larger the order, the smaller that margin gets.

There are pre-priced campaigns which range from $200 - $2500, which should fit just about any budget. Or, you can build your own campaign and choose however many venues you want with the Promo Stacker.

I'm not really sure how it isn't affordable if you are planning on doing any sort of advertising?

 

[Knox]

Excited to hear of a one-stop promo source! Strongly considering for my new release next month...but first I could use some advice. In your experience, which book is better to do the promotion on for Book 2 in a series?

Discount and promote only the 1st book? Only the new book? Give away book 1 instead?

Having trouble deciding which might work better. Hoping you have heard some feedback from others over the years...