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[KDP Publisher @ProdigalTroller]

Not everyone will have a marketing budget at the start. Some will start ads later, once their books start making a bit of $$. In this case, you need persistence and time. And a lot of work and a lot of effort. It means learning, failing, and adjusting. Persistence is key. #KDP

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@seraleev https://t.co/Hmm6Riy4Mc

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@alexcooldev For the majority of people the 300k makes more sense

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@CC7upBKK @CleansedTweets Did you go into the branch?

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@adamlyttleapps What’s your breakeven?

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@MaximeMB_ @Oktay371808 what visa did you get?

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@ThatKDPGuy That’s an insanely good ROI

[James Allwinton @jamesallwinton]

Making less than $1k/mo on KDP?

Find this book topic:

• No trademark
• Under 1k search results
• 2 self-publishers < 10k BSR
• 5 self-publishers < 100k BSR

When you find it pls tell me so I can publish a book on it too

[That KDP Guy @ThatKDPGuy]

Well December is pretty much done. But this one book is a monster.

It's 5 years old and just had it's best Q4

Never forget what what is possible with Amazon KDP

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@vdej_ @levelsio @qatarairways Use velocity

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@robj3d3 How's the AC

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If you have a $1m ARR Biz, would you get a Lambo?

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The power of branding 👇

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The power of branding 👇

[Documenting Saylor @saylordocs]

If you had a $6M networth.

Would you spend $250k on a Porsche 911?

[KDP Publisher @ProdigalTroller]

Same principles apply for kdp. Build a book factory

[Simon Høiberg @SimonHoiberg]

In the last 4 years, I've built a 7-figure SaaS portfolio - fully bootstrapped.

Here are 8 lessons I wish I knew earlier:

→ *Build a SaaS factory*
You think I created 5 products? Think again... It's more than 15 in total. You just didn't hear about most of them, cause they didn't make the cut.

Create a small SaaS factory. Make it easy for yourself to push a lot of small products to test the waters.

→ *Build on the side and give it time*
The average Micro SaaS/Indie product takes 9 months to reach the first $1,000 MRR.

If this is your game, don't go "all-in" and quit your job or fire your freelance clients. Build on the side and give it time to slowly pick up.

→ *Don't delegate the "hard" things*
You often hear people say you should delegate the things you're weak at. But that's the lazy solution...

Get your hands dirty first! Pick it up, even though it's hard. Do it yourself for a while, then delegate. It will work 10x better when you understand what you're delegating.

→ *Delegate tasks, not responsibilities*
Big companies and fast-growth startups might disagree on this - but as a bootstrapper, don't delegate entire areas of responsibilities unless you're delegating to a founding member!

E.g. you should delegate specific marketing tasks and operations. You should not delegate "marketing" as a whole.

→ *Hire fast, fire fast*
Upwork and Fiverr is a talent pool! You can find great contractors here.

But unfortunately, there can be long in between.
Don't waste time on lengthy screening and interview processes. Get people onboard - let them show you what they got. If they don't perform, get them out! Fast.

→ *Don't be afraid of running ads*
Indie creators and solopreneurs believe ads are for big companies with huge budgets.

It couldn't be further from the truth!
You can outcompete many of your big competitors simply by having great ad creatives (spoiler, most big companies' creatives suck 😉)

→ *Use AI*
Don't outsource decisions. AI isn't good enough for that yet. But do outsource repetitive, closed-scope work whenever you can. AI can do amazing things with good-quality inputs.

→ *Stay sane*
If you're in this game, it's very easy to get consumed by it.
Your Stripe dashboard becomes a slot machine...

Take time out to rest. Get exercise. Eat healthy. Spend time with your family and friends.

Remind yourself that you're not on a big mission to change the world. You're doing this to become free and independent. Remember to enjoy that 😊

[KDP Publisher @ProdigalTroller]

@lkr @SimonHoiberg How's your software biz going?

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“Fantasy author’s record-breaking Kickstarter campaign closes at $41.7 million” https://t.co/zAcPezTOrU

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It was roughly a year ago that looking at this guy doing $50k a day really opened my eyes to what’s possible on KDP. There’s also some sci fi author that made 8 figures (!!) from kickstarter launching his secret books

[KDP Publisher @ProdigalTroller]

@levelsio I mean he already had knee pain for like half a year before starting running so a bit of common sense would say to get that sorted first

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@jamesallwinton Do you think you could train your VA to do this?

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Here’s how that cliff looks

[KDP Publisher @ProdigalTroller]

Only 12 more days of advertising left (this is for print books. If you’re on KU then probably a different story).

Then turn off the ads (or dramatically lower CPC bids).

Even if you don’t turn off the ads, there’s not much traffic so those ads won’t be spending too much anyway