March 2024

I didn’t spend much on advertising this month, or not that much at all. I had 1 click for an auto campaign on Amazon for $0.34

I spent $29.99 on Bookbite for Amazon review of my book, also in audiobook form. I’m debating if I should go back to Pubby for a vast greater book selection, and the BookBite service is kind of slow because the user has the ability to filter out readers. I was filtered out on serveral selection. I used elevenLabs religiously for its AI voice cloning service.

I used them in 2 separate accounts, for a total of $6 for 70k characters.

Spend

$0.34 Advertising on Amazon

$6 elevenLabs

$29.99 Bookbite

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$36.33

I was focused on growing my social media, where my YouTube channel blew up with the most growth. I wanted a more organic reach, so I created a lot of short form content. I used these short videos and uploaded them to Tik Tok and Instagram. Here are my social media stats:

539 youtube – yt

436 Instagram – ig

67 Tik Tok – tt

331 Facebook Group – fbg

48 Amazon reviews – amzn

4 audiobook – aud

Furthermore, I made a total of $8.37 in royalty off my book sales. I’m not doing well with Instagram reels, as I lost 2 subscribers from the previous month. Tik Tok throttles my traffic at 200 views. I thought switching back from business to personal would get my traffic up, but it didn’t.

I was surprised one day when my views were around 600. I thought switching from personal did the trick, but it didn’t. I’m starting to use some hashtags. Let’s see where that goes, Any ideas to boost traffic?

I will continue with my social media for more of an organic reach, focusing much more on YouTube as I abandon Instagram. I’m creating 1 long piece of content per week at 8 minutes and creating at least a daily short.

I’m ready for the April shower! Let’s go!