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Self Publishing Empire
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 4 พ.ย. 2022
Hey! I'm Craig, a writer and publisher who uploads books to Amazon KDP in an aim to making passive income online.
Join me on my journey as I move from a part-time side hustle to creating a full-time self publishing empire!
My goal includes producing quality medium content books, researching new and innovative tools like text-to-image AI, discovering new ways to make money, and gradually creating a way to make passive income online (or at least partially passive with the help of things like Amazon ads).
This channel focuses mostly on book publishing through Amazon KDP, but will stretch across other publishing platforms such as Etsy and Fiverr, to experiment with additional ways to expanding on my passive income goals.
Subscribe to follow my progress, watch my income reports, and gain ideas for your own business and KDP adventures!
Keep up to date with my journey by signing up to my email list here: subscribepage.io/GmKXTh
Join me on my journey as I move from a part-time side hustle to creating a full-time self publishing empire!
My goal includes producing quality medium content books, researching new and innovative tools like text-to-image AI, discovering new ways to make money, and gradually creating a way to make passive income online (or at least partially passive with the help of things like Amazon ads).
This channel focuses mostly on book publishing through Amazon KDP, but will stretch across other publishing platforms such as Etsy and Fiverr, to experiment with additional ways to expanding on my passive income goals.
Subscribe to follow my progress, watch my income reports, and gain ideas for your own business and KDP adventures!
Keep up to date with my journey by signing up to my email list here: subscribepage.io/GmKXTh
My ULTIMATE GUIDE to Keyword Ads on Amazon KDP
This video includes EVERYTHING you need to know about Keyword Ads for selling books on Amazon KDP. I'll go through common questions, including what are keyword ads? How do keyword ads work? What should you bid? How do you find keywords? Which match type should I use? How do I see if they're working? How to make my ads more profitable? And many more...
I'll also do a complete walkthrough on how to set up Amazon Ads, with tips and tricks that I've learned along the way. This video can help you to create better ads and sell more books on Amazon KDP.
Find out more about Amazon Ads here: advertising.amazon.com/solutions/products/
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🕘 TIMESTAMPS 🕘
0:00 Introduction to Amazon Ads
0:38 My Best Selling Book Income
1:24 How to Set up Keyword Ads on Amazon
2:48 How to Find Keywords for Amazon Ads
4:02 Finding Good Keywords
5:38 The Difference Between Broad, Phrase and Exact Match Types
6:49 Should I Use the Suggested Bid?
7:18 Negative Targeting on Amazon Ads
8:05 What to Bid on Amazon Ads
9:23 What Keyword Ads Look Like on Amazon
10:00 Tips When Naming Your Ads
10:55 How to Work Out Break-even ACOS
12:11 Portfolios on Amazon Ads
12:25 Setting a Budget
13:16 How to Adjust Your Ads (Example)
13:56 How to Reduce CPC on Amazon Ads
14:39 How to Optimize Your Ads
15:36 When to Adjust Amazon Ads
16:38 Why Should You Use Amazon Ads?
17:47 My Experience with Keyword Ads
18:09 Wrap Up
#amazonkdp #amazonads #ad
I'll also do a complete walkthrough on how to set up Amazon Ads, with tips and tricks that I've learned along the way. This video can help you to create better ads and sell more books on Amazon KDP.
Find out more about Amazon Ads here: advertising.amazon.com/solutions/products/
sponsored-products?
📧 MAILING LIST 📧
Sign up to my mailing list for exclusive info and insights:
subscribepage.io/GmKXTh
☕️ BECOME A CHANNEL MEMBER ☕️
If you'd like to show your support, it goes a long way. You can join the channel here and gain exclusive posts on the community tab:
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🕘 TIMESTAMPS 🕘
0:00 Introduction to Amazon Ads
0:38 My Best Selling Book Income
1:24 How to Set up Keyword Ads on Amazon
2:48 How to Find Keywords for Amazon Ads
4:02 Finding Good Keywords
5:38 The Difference Between Broad, Phrase and Exact Match Types
6:49 Should I Use the Suggested Bid?
7:18 Negative Targeting on Amazon Ads
8:05 What to Bid on Amazon Ads
9:23 What Keyword Ads Look Like on Amazon
10:00 Tips When Naming Your Ads
10:55 How to Work Out Break-even ACOS
12:11 Portfolios on Amazon Ads
12:25 Setting a Budget
13:16 How to Adjust Your Ads (Example)
13:56 How to Reduce CPC on Amazon Ads
14:39 How to Optimize Your Ads
15:36 When to Adjust Amazon Ads
16:38 Why Should You Use Amazon Ads?
17:47 My Experience with Keyword Ads
18:09 Wrap Up
#amazonkdp #amazonads #ad
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thanks for the video. do i understand correctly. you don't use the keywords you used in the description when uploading but look for words you want to get high in the ranging. once you have achieved some sales and the book is on page 1 then you stop advertising.
Brilliant, thank you! Do you really use so few keywords or was this simply an example of the process for this video? 😻
Totally depends on the book and the niche. A bit more of a broader book I might have 10-15 keywords on exact and phrase and a few on broad... If it's a bit more of a targeted book in a specific area then I might only have 5 keywords on exact and phrase and a couple of broad :)
@@selfpublishingempire Thanks for your quick reply - I'm setting up a couple of Ads today so definitely going to follow your advice, and we'll see what happens. (Also love your tip on adding the acos on each ad - great idea!)
Do you use any keyword research tool for getting keywords or stick with only Amazon suggestions?
I use publisher rocket and book bolt sometimes for keyword research. They tend to be good for ideas. Best way if you have the time is using Amazon search bar, and then making sure there's not like 10,000+ results and then making sure the books on the first page are selling (under 100,000 BSR)
learnt a lot from this video.. You are the Best KDP video creator out there..
That's so great to hear, really appreciate it 🙂
Great vid boss the part I wish I could quantify is the boost organic sales get from ads even when they seem like they not doing much directly ?🤔
Can you break that down a little more clearly for me and will do my best to answer :). Basically you need to get enough sales from keywords to start ranking and from my experience within the first 2 months of a book launch. Then when that happens and you start ranking for that keyword, if there's traffic to that search term you'll see organic sales. If that doesn't answer the question let me know 🙏
Really? So instead of printing in bulk, they would just produce one copy, if that is needed? I wonder how is that possible.
Yeah Amazon fulfills each copy upon purchase in their factories. I love it as it cuts down waste.
Awesome info. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
I hope you enjoyed the video. Do you have any extra tips that I've missed out?
1 questing while selecting color options on kdp do you do premium color or standard color? What are the margins like on premium color and what’s the difference?
Standard colour is much more affordable, so it's likely (unless your publishing say a photography book), you want to be using standard colour. Premium is better quality, but it will price you out of the market in most cases.
Nice but scary.. How did uu make this? Plz share
Check out my coloring book videos :)
@selfpublishingempire Ok thank you😊
Need a touch of clarification please. For a novel, do I need special formatting program like Bolt Bolt or canva?
Nope, you can publish with word! if you want to publish an ebook you just need to download Kindle Create and adapt your book using that software :)
Reviving this... do you still create your own or do you ever hire a designer? I'm looking into hiring to save time, and maybe get better sales?
100% a designer would result in better reviews and better long-term sales. The last 2 years I've been building and finances are very tight when it comes to making profits on Amazon KDP. I couldn't afford a designer previously, but in 2025 I will try to work with some designers for sure.
Anne of Green Gables is in the public domain, if I make an anne of Green Gables themed colouring book is it OK to include that in keywords since it is public domain or is it still not allowed by Amazon?
I'm not 100% sure sorry, I don't touch public domain work.
Thank you for continuing to do income reports. Other kdp TH-camrs stopped doing them, but I find them inspiring and informative. Please keep them coming!
I will! November coming soon and I'll do a 2024 wrap up too in Jan.
I just started publishing on Amazon and hoping to run ads but don’t know how to go about it.
Good place to start! th-cam.com/video/a4IWQopgi8o/w-d-xo.html
quick question, how long do you typically wait to turn off an unproductive campaign? if its not generating impressions or producing sales. when do you say ok this isnt working?
I like to give it 2-4 weeks. Depends on the results. If it's working but not profitably after 4 weeks I'll dial back spend
Really helpful, thank you. 👍👍👍😻
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Craig, very interesting as usual. Do you plan on creating a video focused on lottery ads? This is a quite strange concept for me and I am sure I am not the only one. Take care☺
Thanks, I definitely can do :). I mention them and what they are in some of my other ad videos, but I'll do a dedicated video on them soon
This was amazing. Thank you so much!!!
Thank you so much for sharing your personal strategies. Always looking forward to watch your videos.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video!
👍👍👍😻
Clever books sell, like the Monster at the end of the book or Dr. Seuss books.
Well I published my first Book on Amazon. Coen the Unicorn. Kids book My sales seem to be Australia and UK. I’m trying my best but need to work out how to do the ads. I’m currently selling about 5 books a months and I think it’s been published for 3 months
If you're looking for someone to create a professional coloring book cover, interior pages, and unique A + content at a great price, contact me!
Great content and transparency on your videos.Any insight about the added vat on books in UK?? I don't see many people talking about it, found just a video related to it.Found out that a book that we were selling with 7.99 appeared overnight listed with 9.59, with the VAT added extra to the listing price.Other books are unaffected yet.Of course that means if we still wanna sell it we'd have to list it with a lower price and ...quite a lot reduced royalties. I see this VAT applies quite randomly so far.Any thoughts?? Many thanks
Yeah it's really annoying :/. I just went through and checked my books that sell in the UK and adjusted the ones affected. If they were selling at say 6.99 and that changed to like 8.24 or whatever I'd round it down to 7.99. less royalties and higher price point is frustrating, but not much we can do
I got first comment, amigo!
Great, very helpful video for a newbie like me. I want to publish a kids book of of songs (own, original songs). It will be in music notation format with the voice and a piano accompaniment. I would also like to offer mp3 backings of the songs as an optional extra. What's the best way to do this, please? Many thanks.
Good luck! If publishing on Amazon then likely best bet is to provide a QR code to a landing page on your website with instructions, info and MP3 download.
Can i work with you? to make thumbnails and video editing
Thanks for asking, but no thank you 🙏
At 16:21 - I owned the Copyrights. Do you need to register the KDP ebook somewhere or as long as you have used your own text and commercial usage allowed items, one can simply choose I own copyrights tab ?
Nope, just select you own the copyrights :)
@@selfpublishingempire Thank you
Excellent results! Hopefully, you will hit $5000 pretty soon, and then $10000 is the next target.
Wouldnt that be nice!
My best selling book sales slowed down drastically, I'm considering to start using ads. How much should I budget as an upcoming author? I'm expecting $150 from Amazon this month. Let ne finish the vid
Test and learn! Start small and scale if it works :)
@selfpublishingempire thank you, great video!
Another great monthly video. Was there a reason why some books got removed?
Yeah I went into that in a previous video. One newer book was blocked a little while ago and they asked me to review my bookshelf so I decided to take a better safe than sorry approach and remove anything that could have been seen to potentially against Amazon terms
Good job, mate! Last month was quite a good month for me as well, although I am quite far from your results (for the moment 😉). My top one book sells 100% organically and that's good news. The problem is that, here, in France, we are actually facing a major problem about double VAT rate, leading Amazon (even though it was their mistake) to unpublish lots of our books, to then republish them with around 15% rise. All this without any notification. Hence a drop in the sales due to less books visible... I hope all this will be solved very shortly. See you next month☺
That's frustrating and I hope it's sorted now. That's the risk with going all in on Amazon, they could just change things with the click of a button! Good luck though for Novemeber and December and it sounds like you're on a good path!
Thanks for sharing your October results. Jan
Thank you for another great video.
Thanks very much for the awesome video.