It Is Working! 3 Selling Tactics For New Authors
A religious figure in Nigeria said, “Skill is a function of tactics you employ, the strategies you engage in handling your assignment.” Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Winners Chapel International.
A statement with common sense for soaring. What strategies have you employed as a author to sell what you have written?
Writing is one thing. Selling it is also another discipline. How you write it not how you sell it. Selling requires developed tactically marketing and selling approaches to make a sales easier and faster.
In my quest of finding why my books were not selling previously, I discovered three elements that caused explosive sales within the shortest possible time.
Here are the tactics I discovered;
1. Put Your Book Ideas To Test First: How? If you have social media handles, kindly share your idea of the book on these platforms and test the reactions and comments. With this, you will know whether your book idea is worth selling or not.
2. Start Free Seminar: Seminar, yes! Free is the most powerful word in marketing or selling. Give this book idea to people who needs it and see their reaction. If the reactions are positive, introduce the book for sales. Seminar is the vehicle with which most books are sold easily. Just a portion is enough than all.
3. Organize A Workshop: Don’t be amazed I said organize workshops. Some individuals to read is a difficult task them. So, how then do you get them to read and get their money into your pocket? Take them through step by step selling approach of how this book is valuable to them.
Several frustrations and sleepless nights moved me to search what wasn’t working for me but now swimming with sharks.
In summary, selling is the way to generate money into your pocket if your book ideas are valuable enough to change of solve others problems.
