This week is mental health awareness week, so I decided to put my mental health self-help book for free for five days. What happened? On the fourth day, I had 1,000 people download my Amazon book in a day. I did not expect it to become a number one bestseller in the meantime!

Be Prepared To Market Like Mad

Put the book for free on a Saturday because most people will have free time to download and read

  • Post about it on Instagram to get followers’ attention and hope other people share
  • Show your face in your stories to get more interaction

Steps to Make Your Book Available for Free on Amazon

Go to your Amazon KDP

  • Click on the dots next to the book you want to promote
  • Select promote and advertise
  • On this page, select free book promotion and hit create. Select dates for your free promo
  • Press save changes- your book will be for free!

The Takeaway

Be prepared to market your book like mad

  • Use all social media platforms
  • Avoid spamming
  • Check your KDP to see how many books have been sold
  • 1,077 people had purchased your book
  • This shows that your mental health awareness week marketing trick worked

Post Instantly

In an age of instant gratification, we want things now

  • That means you must post instantly with your post
  • Don’t just put a post up and leave it, but nurture it
  • Put the link in my bio
  • Post on my story
  • Went live on My Story to tell people how to download it

Use All Social Media Platforms

Put your focus where your followers are

  • For example, if you are most active on Instagram, put your focus there.
  • Aside from your Facebook group, you can also post in other Facebook groups, but be careful not to spam.

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