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seyithug:
@Pradit, boss, please, coman pin these 4 monikers to the front page. As we catch the real scammers, let's put their names on the front page, and, randomly, post them on current pages, every week.
Also, boss @dragnet, should also help us blackist and expel these guys.

Please exclude my name from this. I also go by the name HeliosHay and I have nothing to do with this.

charlsy:
Hi all. How is your kindle publishing going? So, after a tedious process of having to understand what KDP is all about sometime in may, how to do keyword research, getting my book outline, having it ghostwritten, editing, formatting, cover designs, searching for related keywords and category research, getting my beta readers and launch team involved and a whole lots of stuffs, I am finally happy to say that I have published my first ever book both in kindle and paperback formats. Kindle yesterday and paperback today but under review....And just as I was still trying to ensure there were no erros after publishing, I got a sale today. An encouragement to keep pushing I suppose. I haven't scheduled for free download, no review too, no paid promo, I haven't yet told my launch team to start leaving their reviews (waiting for the scheduled date for this). Thanks Helioshay, MK8, Bros123 and others for their public and private support. Looking forward to more progress and publising more hig quality and well researched books and I wish you the same.

Gracias.

Congrats bro

Discount on the Kindle Blueprint ends today.

ambitiouschap:
good pm @ helioshay I have a kenp read of 0.16 dollars at August but since then not even sales of 1 book what am I doing wrong. pls I beg you in the name of God just give some little insight.

Things you need to consider..

1. Did you publish under a profitable keyword?
2. Is it too competitive (I.e. you dont show up on page 1/2 for the keyword)?
3. is your book cover attractive?
4. Do you have a compelling book description?
5. Do you have any reviews on the book (social proof)?
Etc.

Once you have all this box ticked, sales naturally will come. You can then run ads to magnify it

Earned $11,533.3 in October

Relative to the month of September, last month was a slow month but the business still managed to pull in N4m+

KDP ebook + KENP - $1602.51
KDP Paperback - $5154.73
Audiobook - $3737.2
Ingramspark - $1038.86

Total Earnings - N4,151,988

Total Earnings To Date in 2019 - $116,789.27 (N42,044,137.2)

Kindle Publishing has been life-changing for me and a lot of other people. It can do the same for you.

You don't need to engage in a life of crime to be comfortable in Nigeria (or anywhere in the world for that matter)


Update on Resources

The Kindle Blueprint is available at a 25% discount for the next 3 days. Promo ends 3rd November 2019

For enquiries, email Obinnaezeanaka@yahoo.com

DonX001:
Hi, what's the time investment per day required to be successful in less than 3years like you did?
Assuming I plan on outsourcing the book writing.

I can't say for sure.

If you follow the right strategies and outsource what needs to be outsourced, then you may be able to reach that level in 3 years or less.

Every body's situation is different. But, by and large, how successful you are will depend on your level of motivation, using the right information and ability to execute strategies well.

You don't need to spend hours on this business. I spend only a few minutes/hours a day to check on my ads etc.

I spend more time when I'm about to launch books as I have to proofread stuff to make sure they're quality

Mcslize:
All right. Thank you. But it's taking so long for Amazon to approve the Ad. I created it more than 24hrs. It's still showing "Pending review". Why taking so long?

Not sure. You can contact KDP support to ask why.

Most times, they email you letting you know that the ad was disqualified for so so so and so reason. Eventually, you'll get the email

Mcslize:
HeliosHay , how much do you think one should set as the "Custom bid" for a daily budget of $3 Amazon Ad for someone who is just starting out?
Is a custom bid of $0.17 OK?

When you set fire to something that is combustible (a collection of dry wood) with a bit of fuel poured on it, it'll go up in flames. But when you set fire to something that isnt combustible (wet wood that cant burn), nothing happens.

Likewise with ads if your books landing page on Amazon has been set up to convert well (has good reviews, has a well converting book description, an attractive book cover etc.) Then running ads to it is like setting dry wood with fuel on fire. You'll get a ton of sales. But if your book has neither of these, your ads wont convert well and you'll waste a lot of money.

That being said, you can start from a bid of 0.1 and go up from there. If you're not getting good enough impressions/clicks then you raise it gradually till you begin to get clicks.

myjourneysofar:
I have got 3 books and no sales yet.

But I will keep on trying.

You are awesome in this business.

Are you publishing them in profitable keywords with few competition?

When it comes to publishing, its quality over quantity

Adebaba1:
@op your testimonies really inspire me. I need your help, my kdp account was banned last week monday because according to them, i uploaded books which were free online and as a result i can't open another account?

Is it possible to create another account? and if yes, wouldn't it not get banned after some time because of my payoneer account details

Thanks

Unfortunately, once you're banned it's very difficult to be allowed back on the KDP platform.

Some people email/call KDP support and plead with them and they get lucky but, in most cases, it's over.

If you create another account, it's most likely they'll link it (how, I'm not sure) and ban that account too.

myjourneysofar:
Awesome, impressive, you are highly favoured.

Continue the good work of KDP.

Thanks bro

ambitiouschap:
I start my kdp journey since August but nothing to show for it I think it is because of ebook cover and keyword to use but my content are topnotch.

so I unpublished my book and want to republished it as a new one which one of this cover do you think I can use and right tittles.

cc ilegend, eliok, helioshay

The cover is a bit uninspiring...not eye catching.

I'd advice you search the main keyword of your book, look at the best sellers that show up on page 1 and create a cover similar to the best 2 or 3 books on page 1

Historical Earnings

My historical earnings from KDP (excluding audiobook and hardcover royalties) have surpassed $100,000 (N36 million) - with a bulk of that earning coming in 2019.

Adding audiobook royalties and Hardcover royalties would take my historical earnings to over $160,000 ($57.6 million) in 3 years publishing.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

With hard work, consistency and persistence you too will get to this level 3 years from today (if not sooner)

Imagine earning N20 million a year from publishing and you don't even have to leave your house or work a job...that's the reward - FREEDOM

Testimonial

Another one of my mentees who's beginning to crush it with Kindle Publishing.

Success belongs to those who have the courage and conviction to take action.

For the first time ever, he's sold 4 paperbacks in a day!

...and he has only 2 books in his portfolio

The 25% discount offer on the Kindle Blueprint ends today at 11:59 GMT.

Business Cycles

In order to succeed in business, you need to make a mindset shift.

As an employee, I was accustomed to getting that steady pay check at the end of the month. However, I had to sacrifice a lot of things too.

1. I earned pretty much the same thing regardless of how hard I worked
2. I had to beg or prove that I deserved a raise and, when it came, it was a paltry 2-5% raise
3. I had to take permission to go on holiday

Starting my own business and becoming my own boss has in some ways liberated me.

Granted, I became acutely aware of the fact that my destiny was now in my hands and I wouldn't eat If I didn't work hard for it.

That being said, I was excited by the prospect of there being no limit on how much I could earn. The sky was the limit

I also learned that business was cyclical. One month you could earn $1000 and the next it would be a paltry $200 etc.

From reading books and networking with other entrepreneurs, I realised I needed to control how cyclical my earnings were. I needed to add some sort of stability.

How did I achieve this?

With regards to publishing, I made sure to

1. Diversify my publishing portfolio (put my books in kindle, paperback, audiobook and, recently, hardcover)
2. Diversify the platforms I leverage to publish my books (be on Amazon, Ingramspark, ACX etc)
3. Diversify the niches I publish in (one niche might be hot during Q4 season but not so hot in January etc.)
4. Diversify my earnings outside of publishing (after I crossed the $10,000 a month mark I realised I had too much surplus income than I needed to reinvest back in my business and banks weren't paying that much interest on the money sitting there so I started investing in Nigerian Treasury bills and Bonds. These investments now bring me tax free income every month)

Eventually, I will move into real estate

You get the idea. You can use the power of diversification to control how cyclical/seasonal your earnings are. Doing this will also ensure you're not overly reliant on one income source. As an entrepreneur you can't afford to be too exposed to one income source

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Until 16th Oct 2019, the Kindle Blueprint is available at a 25% discount.

Discover strategies that has enabled me earn over $100,000 (N36 million) this year alone with Amazon Self Publishing.

Are you a:

- Stay at home mum looking for additional sources of income to support your family?
- A Husband looking for more reliable ways to provide for your family?
- A hardworking youth looking to take charge of your own destiny and make something of it instead of relying on a job that pays next to nothing?

Kindle Publishing can do it for you.

From all indications, I think it's pretty obvious this business is a viable one.

The question is whether you have the desire and determination to make it work for you.

In the blueprint I lay out the strategies you need to publish books that are profitable and eventually build a long term sustainable business.

Get your own copy and start today to build your very own passive income portfolio

7. Go to the downloads folder and open the csv file
8. Expand the columns and add filter to the headers
9. To ensure none of the keywords are repeated, highlight each of the columns, go to Data > Remove Duplicates
10. Once you've confirmed all the keywords are unique, copy them into another spreadsheet, go back to Publisher rocket and search another keyword, repeat all the steps again
11. Once you have enough keywords to go with (say 300 keywords), then go to Amazon Ads account and create your manual sponsored ad campaign using the keywords you've generated

How To Find Keywords For Your Amazon Ads

If you have the software called Publisher Rocket, finding keywords to use to create your ads will be easy.

For this, we'll assume you're looking for related keywords to the keyword "back pain"

Below are the steps you take

1. You launch the software
2. Click on "AMS Keyword Search"
3. Type in the base keyword i.e. "Back pain"
4. Click on "Go Get Em Rocket!"
5. On the results page, click on the "Export" button at the top right corner
6. Choose a same for the CSV file and where you want to save it. Mine will be saved in the "Downloads" folder

A Slow October

After 6 consecutive months of high octane progress in terms of sales, the month of October has been uncharacteristically slow. I suspect a number of factors are at play, the most important of which is the fact that Amazon conducted a widespread review sweep.

This happens occasionally when Amazon deletes a large number of review from their products to help them combat biased reviews. Unfortunately, in the process, a number of unbiased reviews are also affected.

With little or no social proof available to customers when making buying decisions, it's no surprise the impact this would have on overall sales.

That being said, if you have a reliable email list of happy customers, this will be the time to hit them up and ask those who are yet to leave a review to spare a couple minutes of their time to assist you.

From current estimations, it appears October might end up at roughly $10,000.

My yearly target for 2019 was $150,000 and I'm currently at $109,000. It's going to be close but all bets are not off..I still believe I can round up the remaining $41,000 before the end of Dec 2019.

How's your publishing going? Hope you are all making solid progress.

Keep up the work.


Update on Mentorship Program

For those looking to get on my mentorship program, I'm still not able to take on more students as the demand on my time from existing mentees is much. Will update here when more room is available.

If you're the type that can execute a strategy on your own without video guidance from me, then the Kindle blueprint and the keyword research video is for you. I discuss my key publishing strategies in the book and using it will help you maximise return on your investment. The keyword research video is there to consolidate some of the stuff discussed in the book with regards to how to find profitable and evergreen keywords to publish in.

As always, owners of the blueprint get a discount on other resources and they can contact me via whatsapp to clarify anything that isn't clear

For enquiries, feel free to hit me up at obinnaezeanaka@yahoo.com


Mentee Progress

One of my mentee (based in Lagos) just recorded a milestone - grossing over $120 in royalties with only 2 books..the second book was published only few days ago. Using the strategies I discussed with him, he's set to have atleast 6 books by December 2019 having spent less than $350.

All $120+ was made organically!

I've recently helped him set up ads for his book and I'm excited to see the impact this will have on his books.

He may not want his name mentioned but if you're reading this, congrats once again bro.

logadims:
kindly drop your e-mail

Obinnaezeanaka@yahoo.com

logadims:
you avoided my request.

I'm sorry but I don't give out free keywords. Won't be fair on others that paid to get it

bolu96:
Can you let us know when you will be available to take on student again?
Thanks.

I'm overwhelmed at the moment but will announce here on Nairaland when i'm available again

KCMTravels:
Which year did you start this business?

Nov 2016

Trimng:
I sent message to you via email since Friday. Can you please reply?

Lekan

Have replied

logadims:
why is it impossible to someone like you as a mentor?

It's not impossible but I'm not taking students at the moment.

Tela101:
What kind of books do you write?

Non-fiction books

generationz:
How?

If anybody gives you fake tax ids to use..use at your own risk.

People have had their accounts terminated for that when Amazon found out.

generationz:
Then amazon takes 4o% right?

People seem to be getting this confused so I'll try and clear this up.

When you publish on Amazon KDP you have a choice to earn 70% royalty or 35% royalty. How much royalty you earn with kindle books depend on the price of your book. If its between $2.99 and $9.99 then you earn 70%. Anything outside of that range and you earn 35%.

Now let's assume that you price your book to earn 70% royalty and the cumulative sum you earn in a month is $1000 (70% of total sales)

If you publish from a country that doesn't have tax treaty with the USA, then Amazon will take out 30% for withholding tax

So you will have $700 paid into your Payoneer account

You get $700.

generationz:
That's not what I was referring to.

I'm talking about the tax treaty.

I believe publishers in Nigeria pay about 60% as tax and only make about 4o% of the]r earnings, right?

Nigerians (publishing from Nigeria) can only pay 30% tax maximum because Nigeria doesn't have a tax treaty with the USA.

And the people that publish in countries that have a tax treaty with the US still pay tax...maybe not as much as 30%

Nobody escapes tax...it's just the cost of doing business

Lolo24:
Oga o can people pay to use that publisher rocket on a daily or weekly basis ?

It's a software people install on their computer...if you know someone who can allow you to use theirs for a charge I guess you can do that

generationz:
But living in the UK gives you an advantage compared to those in Nigeria?

There's no clear advantage anyone in Nigeria can't overcome.. apart from the 24/7 light.

I live in both Nigeria and the UK.

Publishing is an online business...as long as you have access to internet you can do your thing.

Worst case scenario, I spend more on data and generator fuel when I'm in Nigeria