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Easy Steps to Leverage the Coming Black Friday Event to Boost Your Book Sales on OkadaBooks

Easy Steps to Leverage the Coming Black Friday Event to Boost Your Book Sales on OkadaBooks

Arinze Talius Dike

November 24, 2020 By Arinze Talius Dike 14 Comments

Karanta Cikin Hausa - Read in English

Black Friday – The biggest sales event of the year is almost upon us and you, too, can be a part of it. Yes, YOU. 

If you’ve been feeling extra-charitable and wondering how you can heed the calls of your fans and run a giveaway, this Black Friday event is a great opportunity to slash prices off your book(s); even if you weren’t feeling so benevolent, it’s still a great time to jump on the bandwagon, slash prices, and attract new readers to your craft, which will result in more book sales. Either way, it’s a win-win from how I see it.

In five easy steps, here’s how you can leverage this year’s Black Friday to Boost Your Book Sales.

1. Slash prices off your books

What’s a Black Friday event without discounts? Take a large chunk off your book prices and watch as grateful readers troop in to splurge on your books for themselves and their loved ones.

2. Make catchy announcements on your Social Media handles

Your Instagram page can do much more for you than just hosting beautiful pictures of yourself at fancy locations. A simple post of your book cover with a catchy caption announcing your discount sale on OkadaBooks will do the trick. If you can design a fancy flyer for the post, that’s even better.

3. Let your review do the speaking 

Chioma isn’t the only one that needs assurance, I know I do too. And so does (almost) everyone else. What better way to show assurance of quality to prospective readers than by sharing existing reviews for your book(s)? This is one simple trick many writers don’t know. Hurray! Now you do. If you’ve received awesome reviews on your book(s), in the past, let them do the bulk work of convincing new readers for you.

4. Word of mouth still works wonders. 

Some call it the old school method, I call it the old trick that keeps on giving. Talk to friends, families, and neighbors about your discount offers and encourage them to jump on them before it ends.

5. Get ready for a sales rush

You’ve followed everything listed here, that means you’ve done your part. Now you relax and get yourself in the right state of mind for the rush that’s to follow.

 

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PS: If your book is going to be on discount on Friday, November 27, leave a comment here indicating your book title(s) and the % discount, it’ll be added to our special Yellow Friday Sales tab on the OkadaBooks mobile app and (possibly) featured in our Black Friday newsletter, on the house. Happy sales day!

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Arinze Talius Dike

About Arinze Talius Dike

Semi-retired STORYTELLER! in search of a new (weird) hobby ||

Hunt me down on Twitter @TaliusDike_ and on IG @TaliusDike, where iPlay, iRead, iWrite, iSummarize and showcase my passion for Films, Books, and weirdness.

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Comments

  1. AvatarComfort Michael sule says

    November 25, 2020 at 11:06 am

    What mum and dad didn’t tell me (50%)
    Sex and sexual matters (50%)
    Forever Together (50%)
    Avoiding the trap of premarital sex (50%)
    Before 20 (50%)
    The secret formula to turning your dreams into reality (50%)
    Be yourself (50%)
    All my books at 50%

    Reply
  2. AvatarComfort Michael sule says

    November 25, 2020 at 11:32 am

    1.Before age 30 (The truth you need to know) (50%)

    2.Before 20(50%)

    3.Reasons why he has not proposed marriage(50%)

    4.Forever together (50%)
    Be yourself (50%)

    5.The secret formula for turning your dreams into reality(50%)

    6. Avoiding the trap of premarital sex(50%)

    7. Practical guide to setting goals(50%)

    8. Sex and sexual matters (50%)

    9. What mum and dad didn’t tell me (50%)

    And all my books

    Reply
  3. AvatarMargaret Ogbodo says

    November 25, 2020 at 12:04 pm

    I’m interested. Endless by Maureen O. Ugenyi
    80% discount

    Reply
  4. AvatarADEKITAN ADEYEMI says

    November 25, 2020 at 12:51 pm

    I will like to place my book titled “Taming of the wild one” on the Black Friday discount table. Giving 50% off.

    Reply
  5. AvatarAminat Sanni-Kamal says

    November 25, 2020 at 1:26 pm

    My book Sea of Broken Things is going to be on discount, 50% off on Nov 27th to Nov 30th

    Reply
  6. AvatarLisa Agu says

    November 25, 2020 at 2:02 pm

    Titles : The Cruel Prince
    The Savage Prince

    20% discount

    Reply
  7. AvatarIvie M. Eke says

    November 25, 2020 at 7:42 pm

    Thanks for this post!

    I would like to offer a 50% discount of my books, Dirt In The Dust and Colour Me Coral. Please let me know about the next steps. Thanks.

    Reply
    • Arinze Talius DikeArinze Talius Dike says

      November 26, 2020 at 9:49 pm

      You simply change the price of your book on the morning of the 27th and follow all the other awesome steps this article talks about on leveraging the Black Friday spirit. Cheers!

      Reply
  8. AvatarChigozie Mbadugha says

    November 25, 2020 at 8:58 pm

    1. Erased Reproach
    2. Rude Awakening
    3. A Visit to Grandma and Grandpa
    4. Shadows from the past
    5. Kitty Stops Being Afraid
    6. Whose Favourite am I?

    50% off ALL books. Prices reduced from N500 to N250

    Reply
  9. AvatarJudy says

    November 25, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    Title_Chikwe’s blue diary
    50% discount

    Reply
  10. AvatarEmem Bassey says

    November 26, 2020 at 10:14 am

    The Unromantic Series N400 – (Discount Price N350)
    The Duct Series N1000 – (Discount Price N600)
    Aunty Vero N290 – (Discount Price N190)
    Shots Fired – (Discount Price N200)
    Forever Destiny – (Discount Price N180)

    Reply
  11. AvatarTope Omotosho says

    November 26, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    Once upon a first love – #375
    I’ll keep loving you – #375
    Dance with Me- #375
    Crumbled – #375
    With these shoes book 1- #250
    With these shoes book 2 – #250

    All books @ 50% discount

    Reply
  12. AvatarPretty Lynda says

    November 27, 2020 at 2:32 pm

    Yes, I’d love to.
    Books name:
    GLOW FROM WITHIN THE PLF GUIDE TO HEALTHY GLOWING SKIN
    MY BODY MY HOBBY-HEALTHY IS THE NEW SEXY

    Reply
  13. AvatarObianyido Obinna says

    November 29, 2020 at 4:33 am

    This is interesting.
    10%

    Reply

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