KDP Select Free Promotion Tips
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I started a free kindle promotion with KDP Select on a
Sunday, and followed with another on Wednesday. I tested the promotion on a
Sunday because my book relates to spiritual inspiration. My highest downloads
occurred between 9am and 3pm. After 4pm is when downloads started to slow. I ended
in total with about 200 downloads. My final 40 downloads happened in the last
eight hours of the promotion.
Without market reports, I could not measure the traffic
results of my promotion, but based on consistently watching my numbers snd
promotion times, I concluded with these numbers to track traffic resources of my
downloads
+68% my own promotion on my Facebook page
+22% free ebook
sites
+10% Twitter
-LinkedIn didn’t work for me.
The sales didn’t rise as expected after the free promotion.
My second free promotion was tested on a Wednesday, and downloads were much
lower. The free campaign prompted me to conduct some market research and I
noticed some things to help my marketing strategy.
During the first day
of the promotion, my book hit #38 best seller in the kindle store top free 100,
and it remains a top search for spiritual inspiration in Amazon kindle today.
This also made me do some research on Amazon’s search engine, and compare to
other books in my category. I seen how I faired against the competition, and
noticed that I was in a great position. I also updateed my ebook to include
social media contact and a quick message to readers in the beginning of the
book to build my following.
All the best to yout book! Please shsre your thoughts or tell me about your KDP free fromo experiemce. Thanks for reading!
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