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📚 $500,000+ selling books on Amazon KDP | Helping people level up their lives and build an online income
Jul 23, 2024 9 tweets 3 min read
How to create a high-quality and unique Amazon KDP book in less than 1 hour that can make £1,000+.

A Thread🧵 Image In order to make a book quickly we are going to be using Creative Fabrica:


But we are going to be using Creative Fabrica in a different way to 99% of other people

Otherwise, we will just end up with the same product as everyone elsecreativefabrica.com/ref/2644501/
May 6, 2024 7 tweets 2 min read
The price of your KDP books should follow the three-phase formula...

1. Launch Phase
2. Growth Phase
3. Scaling Phase

Here's how to correctly price your book on Amazon KDP

A THREAD🧵 Before we go into the three phases, there's an important message...

Your general book price is dictated by two things:

1. Your competitors price
2. Your book quality

Now I always preach your book should be the best quality in the niche so number 2 shouldn't be an issue
Dec 13, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
KDP Foundations #5: Book Listing

This is probably the 3rd most important part of the whole KDP process

I've already covered keywords earlier this week so in this short thread I'm going to cover:

Your title/subtitle
Description
A+ content

Let's dive in🔥 1. Your title/subtitle

First things first, this is where your book SEO is the strongest soooo

PUT YOUR BEST KEYWORD AT THE START OF YOUR TITLE OR SUBTITLE

I'd aim for 2 to 3 of your best keywords in your title/subtitle and no more

Don't be a keyword stuffer
Dec 12, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
KDP Foundations #2: Keyword Research

Part 1: What is it?

Keyword research is simply a process of making sure the audience that wants to buy your book is actually able to find it

There’s no point making a great book if a customer can’t find it

That’s where keywords come in ⏬ Part 2: How to do it:

A keyword needs to do 2 things:

1. Have high search volume - to show people are searching for it

2. Have low demand - to show you’ll be able to rank well

In reality though, you’ll rarely have both so you need to find a balance somewhere in between
Oct 30, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
Here's a great example of how to optimise your Amazon ads and make more sales on KDP⏬⏬

Super short and valuable thread🧵 Image The above example which we are going to use has been taken from the 'search term' section of an auto ad!

There are two ways we are going to use this data to optimise this book's ads:

1. Move into exact targeting

2. Negative targeting

Here's how you'd do it👇
Sep 7, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
Amazon KDP have released a new AI-generated content section in their upload process

Here's everything you need to know about the update⏬ Image First I'm going to go over KDP's definitions:

They make a clear distinction between AI-generated and AI-assisted content

AI-generated: Copy and paste something from ChatGPT into your book

AI-assisted: Using ChatGPT to come up with ideas and then putting your own spin on them Image
Jan 17, 2023 10 tweets 2 min read
Here's exactly what I would do if I was just starting KDP and wanted a realistic game plan📕

A Thread⏬ The first thing I would do is get a full understanding of how KDP actually works

Far too many people just jump in without properly understanding KDP, having a strategy or even really knowing what they're doing

How I'd do this:
📹Youtube Content
📖Produce Notebooks
Nov 10, 2022 17 tweets 4 min read
With lots of KDP accounts being banned at the moment, here's some things that are worth knowing/looking out for when uploading books

Thread⏬⏬ Firstly, this thread is purely from research and personal experience.

Please ALWAYS do your own research and checks before uploading anything. I do not know everything so your books are your responsibility

THIS IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE

This is just to help from what I do know
Oct 28, 2022 18 tweets 4 min read
🧵Today's Thread🧵

My recommended blueprint to Amazon KDP success in 2022

Real talk, no 'get-rich-quick' scheme here, just a strategy I'd recommend having built a successful KDP business for the last 3 years

Step by step how I would plan to go from $0 to $1,000+ per month Firstly, there are 2 things I feel are non-negotiables

1) You have to be patient and consistent. This success is likely going to take 2 years+

2) KDP is a game, your goal is simply to learn how to play the game, the money will follow. Learning is SO important on your journey
Oct 5, 2022 16 tweets 4 min read
Here's what I would do if I was new to KDP and wanted to capitalise on Q4

Detailed Thread⏬ Before I start, for those that don't know, Q4 is the final 3 months of the year (near Christmas) where you see a huge uplift in sales as people buy for Christmas gifts

There's therefore a lot of opportunity to capitalise on this and this is how I would do it
Aug 11, 2022 12 tweets 3 min read
🔥The Ultimate Q4 Thread🔥

Everything you need to know about the most lucrative period in the KDP calendar

Let's get itt⏬ For those that don't know, Q4 (Quarter 4) stands for the final quarter of the year: October, November, December

With it being the Christmas period, this is by far the best opportunity to make money with KDP

You can see the Q4 impact on my sales graphs... Image
Jul 12, 2022 12 tweets 3 min read
Want to start advertising your KDP books on Amazon but don't know where to start?

Here's exactly what I'd do if that was me⏬ Because you're new to ads, I'm going to assume you just want to test the waters and only spend a little bit to see how the whole process works and get a flavour of what ads can do for you

This method will allow you to do that
May 16, 2022 11 tweets 3 min read
🚨Understanding KDP advertising metrics to optimise your campaigns and make more sales🚨

A Thread⏬ When advertising on KDP, it is essential to understand the different metrics Amazon show you as it can help you optimise your ad set and make your ads as profitable as possible.

These are the metrics I'm referring to and I'm going to go through them individually. Image
May 3, 2022 17 tweets 4 min read
Everything you need to know about keywords, what they do for your book, how you can find the right ones, and how you can use them to maximise sales

(A Thread)⏬⏬ Firstly, it is important to know what keywords are.

Essentially they are words/phrases that a customer might search for in order to find your book

It is therefore essential to have an effective keyword strategy in order maximise book sales
Apr 28, 2022 7 tweets 2 min read
Since I started publishing on KDP 2 and a half years ago, I have:

💰Sold £158,000 worth of books
✅Made > £55,000 in royalties
📙 Sold > 22,000 units

Here are the 5 most important lessons I've learnt during that time⏬⏬

I wasted hours of my life learning these the hard way 1) Quality wins... EVERY TIME

Treat your customers like humans, not robots. If your book isn't adding value to customers' lives in any way, guess what, they aren't going to buy it.

Provide value to your customer (fun, education, time saving etc) and offer what competitors don't
Mar 23, 2022 11 tweets 2 min read
What would I do if I was thinking about starting Amazon Ads for KDP but didn't really know too much about them ⬇️⬇️ Firstly, it's important to know that ad strategy is dependent on the individual (how much they have to spend, how much they can lose etc...)

In this case, I'm going to assume you don't have a huge amount to invest and don't want to be too risky with your ads
Mar 6, 2022 9 tweets 3 min read
Why I think Fiverr is essential to succeeding on KDP and growing to £1,000+ royalties per month:👇👇

I'm going to walk you through the process of using Fiverr to produce a book that involves you doing HARDLY ANY OF THE WORK! Firstly for those who don't know what Fiverr is, it's a global marketplace where you can hire freelancers to do certain work for you (they usually specialise in something so chances are they can do a task to a better standard than we can)