I'm now on KDP and I recently published 2 books which are currently Live but have no sales yet, watching tour videos gives me more stamina and gives me more strength that I CAN ALSO DO IT. Thank you so much for sharing all your amazing ideas with us❤
Of course you can do it. The more you learn and the more knowledge you get, the more you'll realize why your books aren't selling and you can fix it :)
00:01 Believe in the possibility of making $10,000 on KDP and focus on creating a high-quality book and building a brand. 01:28 Market research is crucial for making money on Amazon KDP 03:03 Research existing books, extract good and bad aspects, and improve your book. 04:48 Understanding customer needs is key to successful book sales 06:29 USP is a unique selling point that sets your book apart. 08:06 Creating multiple unique selling points for your Amazon KDP books can help increase sales 09:45 Importance of unique selling points (USPs) to sell books on Amazon KDP 11:33 Utilize unique selling points (USPs) to stand out on Amazon KDP. 13:21 Quality book cover and belief are crucial for making money on Amazon KDP
I dont know if I can make a compete tutorial because I already have the Profitable Publisher 2.0 program which shows you from start to finish how I publish and scale my books. However that's hours of content and knowledge which I don't think is appropriate for RUclips. I will still continue making shorter videos for RUclips to help you out as much as possible :)
Thank you for making all these videos. These are master classes. Making a cover is actually my next step. With everything you've going to talk about if possible could you talk about, similar to this video using the cover as a UPS to break in. I need to watch your other videos were you make the covers. Would be good if you went through the kdp on making a cover (if you haven't done so already) Would you recommend sticking to kdp as a beginner as I've seen some other people that sell in multiple places and they do get sales from them such as Google and apple. Thank you
I appreciate this comment 🙏 You can watch my other videos where I make covers myself but I'm also currently working on a video on what to look at when you're outsourcing covers from designers. Just to make sure you're getting the best cover possible that will give you the highest CTR. Personally, I sell on KDP only. I like to focus on one rather than spread my focus to multiple sources. Im very excited to release the book cover video since a lot of viewers have been asking for it :)
For what its worth, I liked the "War" analogy with the sense of humour you injected. In a way, you have to beat other books to sell better so the mindset must be a competitive one at least to sucseed. Really appreciate the valuable content. Thank you. Please do a video on covers.
I'm glad you appreciate the analogy 😂 But yeah you're completey right. You have competitors because the whole purpose is to beat them. If you start KDP with a competitive mindset you will succeed (Because you will make a better product for the customer) :)
Am currently on 13--14 sales a month organically. Hoping to invest in ads when i get a book that hits over 20 sales. Am guilty of all the mistakes you highlighted and that's why my books isn't growing. Seems like i still got alotta work to do but thanks alot for the tips
@@barrygeorgioukdp honest truth is that I don't have the funds to run an ad on it. So I just want a bit of guarantee that it is worth it investing more $s in it (that's the little I have). But it's all a part of growing and I will get there slowly. I hope it's ok?
I'm not keen on going to war with anyone, but never mind the analogy, this in formation is very useful and to the point, I appreciate the compactness of the video. 💚
Wow! Today's teaching was simply superb. I now know where to keep my focus on. Thank u very much. Yes pls upload ur cover tutorials. Would love to see that as well.
Great video! I have a question: By giving USP and value to our book, will sales be sustained over time? Or only until a better book than yours appears?
That's a really good question William. If you have a really high quality book with some great USP's then your book will sustain sales overtime as long as you publish in an evergreen niche with demand. The great thing about having USP's is that you make it harder for new books to beat you (Because if you show how to draw 100 people and someone makes the same book with 150 people, then they will have to pay more for production , they will have a higher page count which will eat into their profit because of the printing cost) But either way by the time a new book enters the market you will have already built up your sales data, reviews and ranking. It's not impossible for someone to make a better book, but you will be making it 10x harder for them :)
Hey Susie, glad you found the video helpful. You can find some book cover videos on the channel both theoretical and practical ones however some more will be released soon :)
SO figure out what people are buying, then make one thats really awesome like the ones they are buying, then make more like the first one you made and you have a brand, that then makes more sales to make more money! See, so easy..
Even better instead of make one that's really awesome like the ones they are buying, make one that's better than the ones they are buying. When it comes to branding theres some extra steps you need to consider but this is the basic understanding. Once you understand the basics that's when you can dive into more intricate things :)
Hi Barry, great videos. I just subscribed. Quick question: My son published a psychological fantasy. It has received rave reviews by book critics. Unfortunately, he only has 2 Amazon reviews so far (from verified readers). It launched officially on December 29, 2023. So, we just finished the first week. To put everything into context, 3 years ago, my son went through a very traumatic experience. He was immediately put on suicide watch following the event, and for six months afterwards, little things like tying his shoes became a monumental task. Almost forgot to mention that he was diagnosed with PTSD, dissociative identity disorder, and depression. He started writing with a pen and paper as therapy, and then started putting his thoughts on a computer. What started out as scattered thoughts soon morphed into a 48.000-word novella. So this is a fiction book and most of the marketing that I have found is geared towards non-fiction. Thoughts?
Very good question. I only work with non-fiction but in your case if the book offers valuable insight on people going through the same experiences your son had to go through it can do very well. But the most important part is to focus on what the customer gets (Whether that's valuable insights, emotions, relatability, motivation etc) The customer always comes first. I wish I could give you good advice but I don't have enough experience with fiction books to do so :)
Hi Barry. You are a goldmine! Very interesting and helpful tips. What about the price? I suppose that, if your competitors sell 50 people for USD 8, what would you price for 100 people? USD 10? 12? Same price to be more competitive?
Lilly, you're amazing I love these questions. Personally, I would price my book the exact same price. Why? Because then when the customer compares the two, price won't be one of the factors they consider. So your competition will have nothing on you. As soon as you build reviews, ranking and sales data, this is when you can start testing out higher prices to see how your book performs. The best part is, when you sell enough copies at a lower price and you raise your price, Amazon will actually show a strikethrough and still sell your book at the lower price (Showing a discount) which increases your conversion rate so you end up selling more :)
interesting! I have been doing kdp recently but it seems there's no organic traffic for new books and also a dashboard to see the progress of your book organically. Can you address these concerns pls?
I'm not quite sure what you mean by theirs no organic traffic for new books. If you are talking about publishing a new book and relying on purely organic traffic from the start to get your book ranked, you're going to have a very difficult time doing so. But, there is more than enough traffic to go around on Amazon. If you run ads correctly, you will start to get organic traffic as a byproduct. I use KDP champ to measure my organic vs PPC traffic as well as the progress of my books. Hope this helps :)
What are you struggling most with your KDP business? Let me know and I can make a video on it to help you out :) By the way. in case you want to see how I designed a book cover that makes $3,687 a month: ruclips.net/video/W2peyAV0q1o/видео.html
Nice video as always. Around 3 hours ago I got an Email from Amazon KDP. They have temporarily suspended my account. It is possible to get my account back? Thank you ❤
@@barrygeorgioukdp thank you for your reply :) well... I am thinking every day... I am in a special situation because I am undergoing cancer treatment and I don't work now so I can spend many hours on thinking about my books :) I made coloring books in too popular niches, later some low content in small niches but without interest. I have good cover and not bad interiors. Now I am trying to show this coloring on tiktok and maybe it will work :) When I had ads people were buying them but I never achieved good position. After 6 months I am tired of this and I turned off all my ads... I will be watching your videos :) :) :)
Great advice, can't wait to apply these concepts my self. I'm starting with a diary and some colouring books just to dip my feet but my partner and I have an ecommerce store in a sort of a niche market, but essentially falling into the Cosplay and How to style content. We're also pretty excited about setting up the funnels that will point towards the books in our store and website. It's gonna be a grind but i think we can leverage our social followings for start off sales and reviews to help kdp pick up the books and start pushing it out to people. Can't wait to see more of your content, keep it up!
The low content books are things that we would have sold in our store anyways, so just adding them to kdp before we do actual high content books like tutorials and so on.
I'm very excited for you. Amazon has a honeymoon period which is the first 21-30 days of publishing your book. During these days they are looking to see how your book performs against your competitors to see where to rank you. If you have a social following and you get those followers to buy in the first couple of days, this is really going to help you out in the long term if everything is set up correctly :)
@@barrygeorgioukdp definitely going to keep that in mind. We're still devising a strategy for our socials that's better than "come buy our book" but i think at the very least just consistently posting about it up until the release (and after ofc) will be better than nothing.
I'm now on KDP and I recently published 2 books which are currently Live but have no sales yet, watching tour videos gives me more stamina and gives me more strength that I CAN ALSO DO IT.
Thank you so much for sharing all your amazing ideas with us❤
Of course you can do it. The more you learn and the more knowledge you get, the more you'll realize why your books aren't selling and you can fix it :)
00:01 Believe in the possibility of making $10,000 on KDP and focus on creating a high-quality book and building a brand.
01:28 Market research is crucial for making money on Amazon KDP
03:03 Research existing books, extract good and bad aspects, and improve your book.
04:48 Understanding customer needs is key to successful book sales
06:29 USP is a unique selling point that sets your book apart.
08:06 Creating multiple unique selling points for your Amazon KDP books can help increase sales
09:45 Importance of unique selling points (USPs) to sell books on Amazon KDP
11:33 Utilize unique selling points (USPs) to stand out on Amazon KDP.
13:21 Quality book cover and belief are crucial for making money on Amazon KDP
Thank you. I think I will need to hire you to create the Timestamps:)
I got the chance to watch two of your videos and WOW they are great,pls can you make a complete tutorial video on publishing and how to get contents
I dont know if I can make a compete tutorial because I already have the Profitable Publisher 2.0 program which shows you from start to finish how I publish and scale my books. However that's hours of content and knowledge which I don't think is appropriate for RUclips. I will still continue making shorter videos for RUclips to help you out as much as possible :)
Thank you for making all these videos. These are master classes. Making a cover is actually my next step. With everything you've going to talk about if possible could you talk about, similar to this video using the cover as a UPS to break in. I need to watch your other videos were you make the covers. Would be good if you went through the kdp on making a cover (if you haven't done so already)
Would you recommend sticking to kdp as a beginner as I've seen some other people that sell in multiple places and they do get sales from them such as Google and apple. Thank you
I appreciate this comment 🙏 You can watch my other videos where I make covers myself but I'm also currently working on a video on what to look at when you're outsourcing covers from designers. Just to make sure you're getting the best cover possible that will give you the highest CTR. Personally, I sell on KDP only. I like to focus on one rather than spread my focus to multiple sources. Im very excited to release the book cover video since a lot of viewers have been asking for it :)
For what its worth, I liked the "War" analogy with the sense of humour you injected. In a way, you have to beat other books to sell better so the mindset must be a competitive one at least to sucseed. Really appreciate the valuable content. Thank you. Please do a video on covers.
I'm glad you appreciate the analogy 😂 But yeah you're completey right. You have competitors because the whole purpose is to beat them. If you start KDP with a competitive mindset you will succeed (Because you will make a better product for the customer) :)
Excelente contenido. Gracias! Me encantaría un video sobre las cubiertas de los libros!
I strongly appreciate that Maria. I'm glad you're finding the videos valuable. I have a few videos on book covers on the channel :)
I love your videos. It’s like a friend sits you down and tells you how to get your s*** together. Bravo.
I'm glad you find the videos valuable :)
Thank you it's super helpful we need a video about the cover
I'm glad you found this valuable :)
Am currently on 13--14 sales a month organically. Hoping to invest in ads when i get a book that hits over 20 sales. Am guilty of all the mistakes you highlighted and that's why my books isn't growing. Seems like i still got alotta work to do but thanks alot for the tips
I'm glad you've got some value out of the video. My only question is why do you need to wait until 20 organic sales per month before running ads?
@@barrygeorgioukdp honest truth is that I don't have the funds to run an ad on it. So I just want a bit of guarantee that it is worth it investing more $s in it (that's the little I have). But it's all a part of growing and I will get there slowly. I hope it's ok?
I'm not keen on going to war with anyone, but never mind the analogy, this in formation is very useful and to the point, I appreciate the compactness of the video. 💚
Yeah, I think next time I need to come up with better analogies 😂 Glad you found the video valuable :)
@@barrygeorgioukdp Sport teams? Its the game!
Please can you make a video on how to design a compelling book cover? I struggle a lot with this.
I have had quite a few people ask for this so I will be making a video on book covers very soon :)
Bro u are good, Ill like book cover video, and most importantly plz videos for quality book interior
Great idea! I will look into making a video for you :)
Yes show how you make book covers yourself.
I will do :)
Wow! Today's teaching was simply superb. I now know where to keep my focus on. Thank u very much. Yes pls upload ur cover tutorials. Would love to see that as well.
I'm glad you found the video valuable :)
Thank you for your ideas of USP, I’ve not ever added that wording in the title, great idea!
Glad it was helpful!
This was an excellent video. Thanks. And definitely would be interested to see a video about making great covers
I'm glad you found this video helpful Steve :)
Thanks - such a great video. How did you get the Amazon page up where it shows all the sales of the books? Thanks
I'm glad you found it valuable. I'm sorry but I don't quite understand your question :)
Very good insight! Thanks a lot for the input. Keep up the good work ☺👃
Yes for a cover video!!!
Coming very soon :)
Great video! Just stumbled across your channel and content
Love your videos too :)
Barry...the difference is that Amin actually proves his income. Why should people listen to you or invest in you. Anyone can make claims.
Beautiful video sir
I appreciate that. Thank you for your kind comment 🙏
Great video! I have a question: By giving USP and value to our book, will sales be sustained over time? Or only until a better book than yours appears?
That's a really good question William. If you have a really high quality book with some great USP's then your book will sustain sales overtime as long as you publish in an evergreen niche with demand. The great thing about having USP's is that you make it harder for new books to beat you (Because if you show how to draw 100 people and someone makes the same book with 150 people, then they will have to pay more for production , they will have a higher page count which will eat into their profit because of the printing cost) But either way by the time a new book enters the market you will have already built up your sales data, reviews and ranking. It's not impossible for someone to make a better book, but you will be making it 10x harder for them :)
Fantastic video ! I would love to see the video on how to make a good cover
Hey Susie, glad you found the video helpful. You can find some book cover videos on the channel both theoretical and practical ones however some more will be released soon :)
Thanks for the video Mr G. I'd be interested in the cover video. Thanks again
There will be a cover video coming very soon, I promise :)
Thank you, I would like to see a video on creating covers!
I'll make sure to make one Laura :)
SO figure out what people are buying, then make one thats really awesome like the ones they are buying, then make more like the first one you made and you have a brand, that then makes more sales to make more money! See, so easy..
Even better instead of make one that's really awesome like the ones they are buying, make one that's better than the ones they are buying. When it comes to branding theres some extra steps you need to consider but this is the basic understanding. Once you understand the basics that's when you can dive into more intricate things :)
@@barrygeorgioukdp Thanks! Very interesting..:)
Excellent sword. Fab tips, thanks!
Thank you. I'm grateful that someone appreciates my artistic skills :)
Thanks for the wonderful video. Teach us how to make stunning covers that sell.
I'm glad you found this helpful Thomas. I will make a video on book cover soon :)
Excellent and great video. Thank u. I really enjoy it
Glad you enjoyed it :)
Great video! Would love to see a video on cover creation. Thx
I'll make sure to create a video on cover design :)
what is your Ad strategy when you publish your books?
The ads are actually the easiest part. I'll make a video on it soon :)
Hi Barry, great videos. I just subscribed. Quick question: My son published a psychological fantasy. It has received rave reviews by book critics. Unfortunately, he only has 2 Amazon reviews so far (from verified readers). It launched officially on December 29, 2023. So, we just finished the first week.
To put everything into context, 3 years ago, my son went through a very traumatic experience. He was immediately put on suicide watch following the event, and for six months afterwards, little things like tying his shoes became a monumental task. Almost forgot to mention that he was diagnosed with PTSD, dissociative identity disorder, and depression. He started writing with a pen and paper as therapy, and then started putting his thoughts on a computer. What started out as scattered thoughts soon morphed into a 48.000-word novella. So this is a fiction book and most of the marketing that I have found is geared towards non-fiction. Thoughts?
Very good question. I only work with non-fiction but in your case if the book offers valuable insight on people going through the same experiences your son had to go through it can do very well. But the most important part is to focus on what the customer gets (Whether that's valuable insights, emotions, relatability, motivation etc) The customer always comes first. I wish I could give you good advice but I don't have enough experience with fiction books to do so :)
thanking very much...real simple and super video ..
I'm glad you found it valuable :)
Noted sir 👍
All the best :)
Hi Barry. You are a goldmine! Very interesting and helpful tips. What about the price? I suppose that, if your competitors sell 50 people for USD 8, what would you price for 100 people? USD 10? 12? Same price to be more competitive?
Lilly, you're amazing I love these questions. Personally, I would price my book the exact same price. Why? Because then when the customer compares the two, price won't be one of the factors they consider. So your competition will have nothing on you. As soon as you build reviews, ranking and sales data, this is when you can start testing out higher prices to see how your book performs. The best part is, when you sell enough copies at a lower price and you raise your price, Amazon will actually show a strikethrough and still sell your book at the lower price (Showing a discount) which increases your conversion rate so you end up selling more :)
@@barrygeorgioukdp thanks Barry, you just confirmed my thoughts about the price ☺
interesting! I have been doing kdp recently but it seems there's no organic traffic for new books and also a dashboard to see the progress of your book organically. Can you address these concerns pls?
I'm not quite sure what you mean by theirs no organic traffic for new books. If you are talking about publishing a new book and relying on purely organic traffic from the start to get your book ranked, you're going to have a very difficult time doing so. But, there is more than enough traffic to go around on Amazon. If you run ads correctly, you will start to get organic traffic as a byproduct. I use KDP champ to measure my organic vs PPC traffic as well as the progress of my books. Hope this helps :)
We need that cover video sir ❤
Cover video will be coming very soon :)
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What are you struggling most with your KDP business? Let me know and I can make a video on it to help you out :)
By the way. in case you want to see how I designed a book cover that makes $3,687 a month: ruclips.net/video/W2peyAV0q1o/видео.html
Nice video as always. Around 3 hours ago I got an Email from Amazon KDP. They have temporarily suspended my account. It is possible to get my account back? Thank you ❤
I realy enjoyed this video, I already got alot of value
Show how to pick great and readable fonts
Also explain how page count effects profits
@@DigitalNomadsExplore That's actually one of the biggest things I see people struggling with. I'll make sure to cover that in a future video :)
hi sir i am from india,,,can please help coloring book or KDP E-BOOK please ....
The same concepts I talk about in this video apply to coloring books as well :)
How to make great Covers
Cover video will be coming very soon. Already working on it :)
Let's see your income report
How will that help you make more money with your books?
It is possible to make $10 000 if you spend $20 000 for ads.
Kamila I'm so sorry to hear that that's your experience. Have you tried seeing what can be improved with your book to get a higher ROI?
@@barrygeorgioukdp thank you for your reply :) well... I am thinking every day... I am in a special situation because I am undergoing cancer treatment and I don't work now so I can spend many hours on thinking about my books :) I made coloring books in too popular niches, later some low content in small niches but without interest. I have good cover and not bad interiors. Now I am trying to show this coloring on tiktok and maybe it will work :) When I had ads people were buying them but I never achieved good position. After 6 months I am tired of this and I turned off all my ads... I will be watching your videos :) :) :)
Great advice, can't wait to apply these concepts my self. I'm starting with a diary and some colouring books just to dip my feet but my partner and I have an ecommerce store in a sort of a niche market, but essentially falling into the Cosplay and How to style content. We're also pretty excited about setting up the funnels that will point towards the books in our store and website. It's gonna be a grind but i think we can leverage our social followings for start off sales and reviews to help kdp pick up the books and start pushing it out to people.
Can't wait to see more of your content, keep it up!
The low content books are things that we would have sold in our store anyways, so just adding them to kdp before we do actual high content books like tutorials and so on.
I'm very excited for you. Amazon has a honeymoon period which is the first 21-30 days of publishing your book. During these days they are looking to see how your book performs against your competitors to see where to rank you. If you have a social following and you get those followers to buy in the first couple of days, this is really going to help you out in the long term if everything is set up correctly :)
@@barrygeorgioukdpgreat advice, could you do video on that to? Just love your content. Thank you
@@MrXlee1967 Will do :)
@@barrygeorgioukdp definitely going to keep that in mind. We're still devising a strategy for our socials that's better than "come buy our book" but i think at the very least just consistently posting about it up until the release (and after ofc) will be better than nothing.