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Sell More Books:
The five key steps to building an audience
who buys your books and anything else you
               have to offer

    Presented by Carma Spence
             www.DragonWyze.com
Five-Step Process
• Identify your audience
• Become visible to that audience
• Communicate your book’s value
• Lots of options for buying
• Connect - Keep them coming back
Step One:
  Identify your ideal readers

• Instinct
• Competition
• Keywords
• Experience
Step One:
Identify your ideal readers

            Create an
       Ideal Reader Profile
Step One:
  Identify your ideal readers

• Gender
• Kids
• Work/Career
• Income
• Hobbies
Step One:
  Identify your ideal readers
    Get clues about your ideal readers from
   answering these foundational questions:

• Title
• Summary sentence
• Genre
• Big picture
• Purpose
• Take Away
Fictional Case Study:
     Emma Engel, Paranormal Consultant

• Title: Haunted Hideaways of the Pacific Northwest: Bed
  and Breakfasts that Go Bump in the Night
• Summary: A guide to B&B’s in the Pacific Northwest that
  are haunted and stories of their ghosts.
• Genre: Paranormal nonfiction, Travel
• Big picture: Several travel guides w/ a paranormal twist
• Purpose: To help paranormal enthusiasts find interesting
  haunted places to say when they are visiting the Pacific
  Northwest
• Take Away: There are plenty of cute, quaint and
  haunted places to stay in the Pacific Northwest with fun
  and interesting histories and legends associated with
  them.
Step Two:
    Get them to notice you

• Website
• Email marketing
• Social Media
• Public Speaking
Step Three:
   Communicate your value

• Entertainment
• Self-Improvement
• Education

 Use words that your ideal readers will relate to!
Step Four:
          Offer options

• Sight     • Sound        • Symbol




Diversify how you deliver your content!
Step Five:
     Grow the connection


“Know is getting the word out,
getting visibility. Liking is being
relatable, and then out of that
comes trust.”
Step Five:
     Grow the connection

• Website
• E-zine
• Blog
• Social media
• Video
Five-Step Process

• Identify your ideal readers
• Become visible to them
• Let them know your book’s value
• Diversify your content
• Develop a connection
You Can Do This!
                                        You can do this on your own,
                                           but you don’t have to!


                                                I can help:
                                              Carma Spence
                                           DragonWyze Solutions
                                           www.DragonWyze.com

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Sell More Books

  • 1. Sell More Books: The five key steps to building an audience who buys your books and anything else you have to offer Presented by Carma Spence www.DragonWyze.com
  • 2. Five-Step Process • Identify your audience • Become visible to that audience • Communicate your book’s value • Lots of options for buying • Connect - Keep them coming back
  • 3. Step One: Identify your ideal readers • Instinct • Competition • Keywords • Experience
  • 4. Step One: Identify your ideal readers Create an Ideal Reader Profile
  • 5. Step One: Identify your ideal readers • Gender • Kids • Work/Career • Income • Hobbies
  • 6. Step One: Identify your ideal readers Get clues about your ideal readers from answering these foundational questions: • Title • Summary sentence • Genre • Big picture • Purpose • Take Away
  • 7. Fictional Case Study: Emma Engel, Paranormal Consultant • Title: Haunted Hideaways of the Pacific Northwest: Bed and Breakfasts that Go Bump in the Night • Summary: A guide to B&B’s in the Pacific Northwest that are haunted and stories of their ghosts. • Genre: Paranormal nonfiction, Travel • Big picture: Several travel guides w/ a paranormal twist • Purpose: To help paranormal enthusiasts find interesting haunted places to say when they are visiting the Pacific Northwest • Take Away: There are plenty of cute, quaint and haunted places to stay in the Pacific Northwest with fun and interesting histories and legends associated with them.
  • 8. Step Two: Get them to notice you • Website • Email marketing • Social Media • Public Speaking
  • 9. Step Three: Communicate your value • Entertainment • Self-Improvement • Education Use words that your ideal readers will relate to!
  • 10. Step Four: Offer options • Sight • Sound • Symbol Diversify how you deliver your content!
  • 11. Step Five: Grow the connection “Know is getting the word out, getting visibility. Liking is being relatable, and then out of that comes trust.”
  • 12. Step Five: Grow the connection • Website • E-zine • Blog • Social media • Video
  • 13. Five-Step Process • Identify your ideal readers • Become visible to them • Let them know your book’s value • Diversify your content • Develop a connection
  • 14. You Can Do This! You can do this on your own, but you don’t have to! I can help: Carma Spence DragonWyze Solutions www.DragonWyze.com Would you like access to the live video of this presentation, as well as the handout? Go to www.dragonwyze.com/sellmorebooks and download them for free!