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.
