From Selling 2 Books a Day, To 200 - How I Did It? from J. Thorn. Presented at Author Marketing Live! in Cleveland on Sept 8, 2014. http://www.authormarketinglive.com

1. J. Thorn
“How I Did It: From Selling 2 Books A Day To 200 A Day”

2. http://jthorn.net
I create.

3. Raise your hand…
• How many of you like to know how to
successfully complete a task before you
start it?
• How many of you like it when someone
offers their help with no strings attached?

4. Question…
• What if i told you leaning into the unknown
and doing things for others (without
expectation) is a way to become
successful?

5. Let me tell you a story…

6. 2009-2010 – a dream
• The epic fantasy i wanted to read: Burden
of Conquest.
• The Seventh Seal – between drafts as in
On Writing.
• The Seventh Seal and the hot genre.

7. 2011 – planting the seeds

8. 2011 – planting the seeds

9. 2012 – watering the garden
The FreePartay

11. April 2012

12. March 2012

13. 2012 – watering the garden
• Blogging – voice, style, consistency
• Experimentation – format & genre
• Revisions – formatting, description, pricing
-- $0.99 -> $2.99
• Outsourcing – editing, cover design

14. 2012

15. 2013 – weeding the garden

16. 2013 – weeding the garden
• Unpublishing
• Blogging
• Price pulsing -- $0.99 -> $2.99 -> $0.99
• Series and the trilogy box set, sales funnel

17. 2013 – crop rotation
Utilizing a skill set and the birth of
the box set.

18. Remember this?

19. 2014 – the reaping

20. 2013 – the reaping

21. 2014 – the reaping

22. 2014 – the reaping

23. 2014 – the feast
http://theblackfangbetrayal.com

24. Take chances.
Give of yourself.
AND
Just. Keep. Writing.

25. Questions?
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