Thanks for the video. Awesome information. I do have a question. When you suggest using the keywords of best selling authors in your chosen categories, exactly how do you find their keywords?
@@BethanyStahl Would you mind if I ask about how to set up account manager? I'm stuck where VAT registration number is required, but don't have one. Would you kindly suggest me on that please?
Hello, thank you soo much for this video. Please I'm a little bothered about something and would love to get an answer. Is it possible to create your book ad together with a book trailer on amazon?
Re keywords - the top 100 books in a category has an author with multiple books. Do you add that authors name once when listing their books? Or list their name after each book title?
That’s awesome! I don’t really understand how it works though! I publish my book via Ingram spark, advertise it on Amazon and when it get ordered they just print and deliver it? 😅 is this how it works ?
Thanks, Bethany! Our Sponsored Product Ad campaign, which we created in KDP, is not displaying any data. Amazon has explained to us that our Seller's account owns the buy box and, therefore, our KDP campaign will not produce data until it owns the buy box. Any suggestions as to how to remedy this?
Hi Bethany, I'm enjoying your presentations and find them very instructive and useful. I've followed your recommendation for sourcing keywords. However, I suspect that I'm not formatting them correctly. I received a report stating that "Keywords must be less than 80 characters". Can you help?
Hi Bethany.. I'm confused. When you target authors and their books, does that mean that their names become keywords and does it mean that when someone clicks on their books or that author that yours comes up? How does it work?
Yes, you have it right. Any keyword, from a phrase to author name will bring up your book when searched - it is just important to use relevant and similar authors/words/books/etc. so you are more likely to have a higher conversion rate.
@@BethanyStahl Thanks so much At last, I understand it. I have read about key word targeting but but didn't know what they were talking about.I am a complete novice trying to understand marketing because when my first book is released, I''m going to have to know all this stuf. As I have never done any of it before, it all looks rather daunting. Going into uncharted waters requires not just technical knowledge but also understanding. I feel that I have made a big leap forward. Also I have an obsessive curiosity which means that if I don't understand something, I have to keep digging until I understand it completely. I can go back to those books that I didn't understand and re-read them and know what they're meaning.
Hi. Amazon is not letting me to run an ad on my book since I am not a vendor and also I don't have a kindle version of my book. Do u think your shown way will work if I don't have the mentioned two things?
If your book is not sold through Amazon (KDP, Seller Central, etc.) I do not believe it is allowed. You may need to reach out to their support team to see what options are available to you and for a more in-depth response.
@@BethanyStahl thanks for ur response.. I sell through seller central .. but I don’t have a kindle version.. Does all of your books have a kindle version of them, which are also sold on Amazon?
Bethany off topic- My book received a hateful review that was personal and nothing about the book. Numerous people have hit the report abuse button and sent emails stating how the review goes against community guidelines yet the review is still there and it’s not even a verified purchase. How can this be?
Unfortunately this can happen. I'd recommend contacting KDP support directly to address the review and to see if it can be removed. I'm sorry that has happened. Wishing you the best.
@@BethanyStahl thank you for the suggestion. I called KDP and although they agree that is wasn’t a review but rather hate speech they said they couldn’t do anything and sent me the Amazon link which I’ve filled out 25 times already and many of my readers hit the report abuse button yet the review still there. This is very disappointing that Amazon doesn’t police their own community guidelines even after it’s brought to their attention. Is there anything else a person can do to get this hate off their reviews?
Copy and paste 100 top book titles and author names from three categories?! phew, that's a lot of copy and paste. nice idea though. BTW, love your kick-ass covers. Thanks for the tutorial too. Will bookmark it for future reference.
I have a question which I wish to be answered. I'm wondering where you can find keywords for a particular book, like where to look up. Someone please helps me.
Im searching for info on ad groups in my amazon ads. I noticed you only put the paperback on you ad and not the eBook. Is there a specific reason you didn't put both on the same ad? Or is that redundant, if someone clicks on the ad they will see both books anyway and ad groups is designed for two separate but similar books? Anyone with experience with ad groups feel free to respond to help anyone with the same concerns, thank you.
It isn't redundant, it is about ROI for me. You can use the same keywords for both if you'd like. At the time of making this I kept my ebook profits low and used them purely to promote to new readers versus to make income, so ads on the ebook (for me in this scenario) wouldn't be profitable. But if it is profitable for you, then pop them on!
It sounds like you’re suggesting to use author names and book titles as keywords. Amazon doesn’t allow that when you upload through KDP. Will Amazon ads actually allow someone to use these as keywords or did I misunderstand something? It’s strange to me that the two rules are so different.
Yes, that is exactly what I'm saying and no such rule exists. This video is referring to keywords in ad sets and there are no rules against using any of the keywords I've suggested. In fact, they recommend it.
There are many different facets to generating an income through books. This video and next week's will be about ads and how to set them up to start working for you, but there is a bit of useful information in many videos that will help cultivate a good product and finding an audience to help propel you forward.
Hi Bethany, good info! I was wondering which is better to use, amazon ads or coupon/discounts? I guess they have different purposes....do you use those as well?
This is a far better video than the ones that simply tell us what to do. You actually take it stage by stage and show us. Thanks, Bethany.
Agree!!
Thanks Bethany 🌎 Greetings from Colombia. The Venezuelan immigrant writer 🇻🇪
Thank you Bethany 😊 Very helpful!
Glad it helped 😁
Love this, thank you. Will go put it into practice now.
I just wanted to say thank you. I was so confused about amazon ads until this video. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Well done. Good delivery. Straightforward and informative. Clear explanations. Easy to follow steps. Thanks.
Excellent video. Thank you very much.
Glad it helped
Great information!
great video. very specific step by step
Thanks for the video. Awesome information. I do have a question. When you suggest using the keywords of best selling authors in your chosen categories, exactly how do you find their keywords?
I was thinking the same thing. I wondered if the key words were the best-selling authors first and last names?
i think it's the title and author names
At 7:41 in the video the 600 keywords are the book titles and the author names in the top 100 of the top 3 categories for your book.
Thanks...this was very helpful especially the explanations why to do something over the other. Good video!
Thank you! This is just exactly what I've been looking for.
Great to hear!
@@BethanyStahl Would you mind if I ask about how to set up account manager? I'm stuck where VAT registration number is required, but don't have one. Would you kindly suggest me on that please?
Great summary, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Do you have an updated version of this tutorial?
Really useful. Thanks
Thank you. ❤
Very easy to understand. Thank you!
I'm finding Amazon Ads a minefield. So confusing! Thanks for this vid!
Very interesting 🌎 Thanks
Thank you for your video it is very informative.
Glad it was helpful!
Hello, thank you soo much for this video. Please I'm a little bothered about something and would love to get an answer.
Is it possible to create your book ad together with a book trailer on amazon?
Re keywords - the top 100 books in a category has an author with multiple books. Do you add that authors name once when listing their books? Or list their name after each book title?
I would only list their name once, and each title one and keep them all separate. Putting them together may be too long for a keyword.
@@BethanyStahl thanks for your speedy response, much appreciated! I shall now press on with collating all the keywords 😀
Hello, please I really do need an answer.
Is it possible to create your book ad together with a book trailer?
Hey, is this also working with Ingrim spark?
Yes, as of now Amazon Ads allows for books published outside of KDP.
That’s awesome! I don’t really understand how it works though! I publish my book via Ingram spark, advertise it on Amazon and when it get ordered they just print and deliver it? 😅 is this how it works ?
Thanks, Bethany! Our Sponsored Product Ad campaign, which we created in KDP, is not displaying any data. Amazon has explained to us that our Seller's account owns the buy box and, therefore, our KDP campaign will not produce data until it owns the buy box. Any suggestions as to how to remedy this?
great video, thank you :)
Hi Bethany, I'm enjoying your presentations and find them very instructive and useful. I've followed your recommendation for sourcing keywords. However, I suspect that I'm not formatting them correctly. I received a report stating that "Keywords must be less than 80 characters". Can you help?
Hello. Do you know how many self publishing authors used Amazon Advertising?
Everyone I know who uses KDP or is enrolled in Amazon Advantage, etc., honestly. It's one of the most effective methods for ROI.
I started a manual sponsored product campaign a few days ago entering ISBN-10 codes as targets. Nothing is happening. What am I doing wrong?
Hi Bethany.. I'm confused. When you target authors and their books, does that mean that their names become keywords and does it mean that when someone clicks on their books or that author that yours comes up? How does it work?
Yes, you have it right. Any keyword, from a phrase to author name will bring up your book when searched - it is just important to use relevant and similar authors/words/books/etc. so you are more likely to have a higher conversion rate.
@@BethanyStahl Thanks so much At last, I understand it. I have read about key word targeting but but didn't know what they were talking about.I am a complete novice trying to understand marketing because when my first book is released, I''m going to have to know all this stuf. As I have never done any of it before, it all looks rather daunting. Going into uncharted waters requires not just technical knowledge but also understanding. I feel that I have made a big leap forward. Also I have an obsessive curiosity which means that if I don't understand something, I have to keep digging until I understand it completely. I can go back to those books that I didn't understand and re-read them and know what they're meaning.
Thank you. Thumbs up
Hi. Amazon is not letting me to run an ad on my book since I am not a vendor and also I don't have a kindle version of my book. Do u think your shown way will work if I don't have the mentioned two things?
If your book is not sold through Amazon (KDP, Seller Central, etc.) I do not believe it is allowed. You may need to reach out to their support team to see what options are available to you and for a more in-depth response.
@@BethanyStahl thanks for ur response.. I sell through seller central .. but I don’t have a kindle version.. Does all of your books have a kindle version of them, which are also sold on Amazon?
Bethany off topic- My book received a hateful review that was personal and nothing about the book. Numerous people have hit the report abuse button and sent emails stating how the review goes against community guidelines yet the review is still there and it’s not even a verified purchase. How can this be?
Unfortunately this can happen. I'd recommend contacting KDP support directly to address the review and to see if it can be removed. I'm sorry that has happened. Wishing you the best.
@@BethanyStahl thank you for the suggestion. I called KDP and although they agree that is wasn’t a review but rather hate speech they said they couldn’t do anything and sent me the Amazon link which I’ve filled out 25 times already and many of my readers hit the report abuse button yet the review still there. This is very disappointing that Amazon doesn’t police their own community guidelines even after it’s brought to their attention. Is there anything else a person can do to get this hate off their reviews?
The $.25 is charged against your $5/day budget each time the campaign generates a click on your book?
Right. .25 or less depending on how expensive the click was if you are using the setting that allows them to spend up to your max per click.
@@BethanyStahl thanks!
do you have people who can design an ad thru instagram that you do, instead of us doing it ourselves?
hi, i got lost because you nevr showed us the keywords. do we write 100 keywords with author names? could you give an example of one. thanks
I go over where to find over 300 keywords at 6:19
@@BethanyStahl thanks
Do you have a 2024 version of this tutorial?
It is coming soon - but the same concept still works! The UI is a little different and I do recommend a higher bid now.
Copy and paste 100 top book titles and author names from three categories?! phew, that's a lot of copy and paste. nice idea though. BTW, love your kick-ass covers. Thanks for the tutorial too. Will bookmark it for future reference.
I have a question which I wish to be answered. I'm wondering where you can find keywords for a particular book, like where to look up. Someone please helps me.
At 6:19 I talk about how to find keywords - I hope that helps!
@@BethanyStahl Thank you. How I wonder it didn’t register at first. Anyway, thanks again.
Im searching for info on ad groups in my amazon ads. I noticed you only put the paperback on you ad and not the eBook. Is there a specific reason you didn't put both on the same ad? Or is that redundant, if someone clicks on the ad they will see both books anyway and ad groups is designed for two separate but similar books? Anyone with experience with ad groups feel free to respond to help anyone with the same concerns, thank you.
It isn't redundant, it is about ROI for me. You can use the same keywords for both if you'd like. At the time of making this I kept my ebook profits low and used them purely to promote to new readers versus to make income, so ads on the ebook (for me in this scenario) wouldn't be profitable. But if it is profitable for you, then pop them on!
Great
It sounds like you’re suggesting to use author names and book titles as keywords. Amazon doesn’t allow that when you upload through KDP. Will Amazon ads actually allow someone to use these as keywords or did I misunderstand something? It’s strange to me that the two rules are so different.
Yes, that is exactly what I'm saying and no such rule exists. This video is referring to keywords in ad sets and there are no rules against using any of the keywords I've suggested. In fact, they recommend it.
hi how are you will you make a video where you describe the complete process for amazon earning.
There are many different facets to generating an income through books. This video and next week's will be about ads and how to set them up to start working for you, but there is a bit of useful information in many videos that will help cultivate a good product and finding an audience to help propel you forward.
Hi Bethany, good info! I was wondering which is better to use, amazon ads or coupon/discounts? I guess they have different purposes....do you use those as well?
I use a combination of AMS and KDP free days/promos. They do have different purposes, but both work well for advertising!
My screen looks nothing like yours. Are you aware of any changes? Is the UK different?! Frustrating as always dealing with Amazon!!
The colors have changed a bit and it got a bit of a facelift, but all the options should still be there.
Thanks!
Thank you!
Really useful. Thanks
I'm glad it helped!
Thank you for your video it is very informative.