So read a recent question asked to hundreds of (aspiring) self-published authors.
The most common answer (it’s not even close compared to the second)? To quote one of the users, using the exact words they used:
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“Marketing is such a pain in the arse.”
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Which honestly saddens me.
Marketing doesn’t have to be complicated. It doesn’t have to be time-consuming either. In fact, if done right, it can almost be a “set and forget” type of deal.
Sure, it might take a short while to get everything up and running. But once you do, you’re done… forever if you’d like.
Even if you publish new books, create new offers, venture out into new territory, everything you did the first time can be re-used, re-purposed, and re-peated to save you a bunch of time (and a lot of headaches).
So, if marketing can truly be that simple… then why are so many people finding it a “pain in the arse”?
My best guess?
Because there’s too much noise out there; too many so-called “experts” who truly have no idea what they’re doing, and haven’t achieved anything worthwhile themselves (or maybe they have but it was purely by accident and they have no idea how to reliably do it again, let alone for someone else in another market).
I dare you to look around, really look at who’s doing the talking, who people are following, what they’re doing, and what everyone has accomplished.
It’s truly the blind leading the blind out there.
Which brings me to the good news of the day…
Because of this exact reason I’ve decided to create a paid ads course, backed up by years and years of old-school direct response marketing (the type that brings immediate results, measured in $$$) specifically focused on independent creatives in the art & entertainment industry, with a very (and I mean VERY) big emphasis on self-published fiction authors—arguably one of the most difficult markets to do advertising in because there’s no real talk of “benefits” or “big ideas” many guru fanboys like to brainlessly yap about all the time, so if it works for them, you’ll be sure as hell it’ll work for anyone in the entertainment industry.
A fair word of warning.
The course won’t be sexy, nor will it contain a buttload of new trendy tactics. No exciting stuff at all. Just pure principles, simplicity, and effectiveness.
The bad news?
The course isn’t here yet (but it’s close!).
You’ll just have to sit down your sweet patooty and wait a bit longer.
Until then, consider checking out Email Valhalla to help you master my way of doing email marketing, which will act as an extremely profitable “supplement” to my way of doing advertising, making it so it’s virtually impossible not to succeed.
For more information about Email Valhalla, click the following link: https://alexvandromme.com/valhalla