I wrote this ad for Goodreads: “Please read my book. It’s very boring. It’s got three, two-star reviews.”
Okay, that’s not exactly the wording, but the effect of the actual ad that I wrote would have been the same.
I’ve dabbled in Goodreads Self-Advertising a time or two with mixed results. I’ve gotten plenty of clicks in the past for ad copy I have written, but for this new ad, zero clicks stacked upon zero clicks, followed up by zero clicks.
Yes, it must be the worst ad in the history of the world. No, I won’t post the actual copy. I’d be too embarrassed.
Well, I finally had time to change the wording. I completely got rid of every consonant, syllable, or vowel which was remotely associated with the first ad. So, hopefully, things will start clicking.
These are the small, challenging things about being an indie author. Where…
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