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.com

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“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

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