I Used 5 Book Marketing Services on Fiverr...This Happened

About this video

In a Fiverr-sponsored test, Dale spends under $100 on five book-marketing gigs to promote ‘Promotional Strategies for Books,’ judging each on communication, gig clarity, reviews and absence of promised-sales claims, which he says would make him run away. As he reports them: a $5 blog interview with Jasveena; a $10 Pinterest promotion from Isabelsbooks claiming 500,000 followers, who added Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr posts free after he declined an upsell; a $15 blog feature with five-day homepage placement from Melrock; a $20 placement across several book blogs from Sexychallenges, with posts trickling out over the following month; and a roughly $45 Joelbooks website, Instagram and Facebook package — where he notes the seller’s buy links use the seller’s own Amazon Associates code, so the seller earns twice. A week on, he reports the book’s sales rank improving from about 333,104 to a spike of 75,070 before settling near 121,000, with a similar paperback spike, which he reads as the promotions being somewhat helpful. His conclusions: follower counts are vanity metrics without engagement, blog placements have lasting SEO value, marketing is a long game, and stacking several cheap promotions beats expecting one gig to perform.

Key takeaways

• Judge marketing gigs on communication and reviews; flee any seller promising sales
• Follower counts are vanity metrics — engagement and lasting blog/SEO value are what count
• Stack several cheap promotions rather than betting on one
• Watch for sellers double-earning via their own affiliate links on your buy buttons
• Marketing is a long game; rank bumps within a week are signals, not proof

Episode details: published December 31, 2020 · 21:03 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dale L. Roberts’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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