Tag: Marketing

• The Bestseller Experiment’s 5th Anniversary

  The two Marks and their years of talented guests have been inspirational, motivational, and a bit of a guiding light in the avalanche of writing advice out there. They don’t take themselves too seriously either, which always makes for a good time. I’m so grateful for all their hard work and the huge part they’ve…

  G B Ralph

  14 Oct 2021

  Writing

  Bestseller Experiment, Books, Marketing, Podcasts, Publishing, Writing

• My first free book promo debrief

  The quick version I made my first book (Duck and Dive) free for five days. Promoted it via my mailing list (email newsletter), blog, social media, author newsletter swaps, book promotion sites, and paid advertising. Total spend was USD 135. Got my book into the virtual hands of over 1500 readers. Hit the #1 spot…

  G B Ralph

  25 Jun 2021

  Writing

  Advertising, Analysis, Authors, Books, Independent publishing, Kindle, Marketing, Promotions, Self-publishing

• 100,000 words (so far)

  I’ve just cracked 100,000 words written this year (so far) 🥳 Take that 2020! Tracking my word count, you can see the surge for each first draft, then the plateau as I tidy them up, move them around, then convince people they might like to read them. The first two books of my gay romcom…

  G B Ralph

  30 Nov 2020

  Writing

  Contemporary, Editing, Fiction, First draft, Marketing, Novella, Writing

• Duck and Dive: one month later

  It’s been a month since I released my first piece of fiction for sale (UK, US, AU, CA)! Some people even bought it and read it, for which I am so grateful. The release of Duck and Dive involved a huge list of firsts for me: Putting something I’ve written out in public, then actually…

  G B Ralph

  24 Jun 2020

  Writing

  Duck and Dive, Feedback, Marketing, Podcasts, Publishing, Ratings, Reviews, Rise and Shine, Writing