Episode 114 – Amazon Imprints, Powerful Readers, and Truncated Emails

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Question of the Week: Which part of the newest Author Earnings report is most surprising to you? How do you think this info will impact your career going forward?

Abigail Dunard, the first SMBS intern, joined Jim and Bryan on the show this week as they discussed the latest Author Earnings report and much, much more. After thanking their patrons Annie Adams (The Final Arrangement http://amzn.to/1Z7yEoF ) and Chris Shumate (31 Days of Wisdom http://amzn.to/1XC9wth ), the trio took on tips about cover branding, Facebook video, and email marketing services. News stories included the dominance of Amazon imprints, ambiguous Amazon policies, how long sales rank takes to update, the scourge of truncated emails, and the May 2016 Author Earnings report. This week’s Question of the Week: Which part of the newest Author Earnings report is most surprising to you? How do you think this info will impact your career going forward?
What You’ll Learn:
– Why you shouldn’t try to be unique with your covers
– How you can improve your engagement on Facebook
– Which email marketing services are the most effective for authors
– Why it pays to have a book with an Amazon imprint
– How Amazon’s ambiguous policy can keep you unpublished
– What indies can learn from the latest sales rank experiment
– Why truncated emails matter when testing out email marketing
– How the latest Author Earnings report is a game changer
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Question of the Week: Which part of the newest Author Earnings report is most surprising to you? How do you think this info will impact your career going forward?

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