from selling 2 books a day, to 200 - how i did it? - j. thorn
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From Selling 2 Books a Day, To 200 - How I Did It? from J. Thorn. Presented at Author Marketing Live! in Cleveland on Sept 8, 2014. http://www.authormarketinglive.comTRANSCRIPT
“How I Did It: From Selling 2 Books A Day To 200 A Day”
J. Thorn
http://jthorn.net
I create.
Raise your hand…
• How many of you like to know how to successfully complete a task before you start it?
• How many of you like it when someone offers their help with no strings attached?
Question…
• What if i told you leaning into the unknown and doing things for others (without expectation) is a way to become successful?
Let me tell you a story…
2009-2010 – a dream• The epic fantasy i wanted to read:
Burden of Conquest.• The Seventh Seal – between drafts as
in On Writing.• The Seventh Seal and the hot genre.
2011 – planting the seeds
2011 – planting the seeds
2012 – watering the garden
The FreePartay
April 2012
March 2012
2012 – watering the garden• Blogging – voice, style, consistency• Experimentation – format & genre• Revisions – formatting, description,
pricing -- $0.99 -> $2.99• Outsourcing – editing, cover design
2012
2013 – weeding the garden
2013 – weeding the garden• Unpublishing• Blogging• Price pulsing -- $0.99 -> $2.99 ->
$0.99• Series and the trilogy box set, sales
funnel
2013 – crop rotationUtilizing a skill set and the birth of the box set.
Remember this?
2014 – the reaping
2013 – the reaping
2014 – the reaping
2014 – the reaping
2014 – the feast
http://theblackfangbetrayal.com
Take chances.Give of yourself.
AND
Just. Keep. Writing.
Questions?
http://jthorn.net