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Invest in your business, but avoid scammers



If you have a small business, you should invest in it. Nothing is for free, and the flower will not grow from the invisible seed. 

This is the area I am still learning about. Where to promote your books and how much pay for them?

Let's start with free services. If you ask a friend to review your book, he will do it, but is it objective?

The more important question is, do you owe him a service for this? When you argue with a friend, will he delete his review and try to sabotage your work?

Don't shit where you eat, so it is not smart to involve emotions in business. You never know if your friend really likes a book or it is just a friendship benefit.

While you are still thinking about promoting your books, scammers will surround you like parasites and sharks.

I have this problem daily. Different services and admins of promotional pages come to my social media and emails to offer their services and guarantee success for me.

I have a common answer for all of them: If you were successful and profitable, you would not ask your customers desperately and spam them with emails. So, back off.

I promote my books by recommendations of my friend's authors. Nobody can predict how many books you will sell, but you can try.

I started this year with variable results. 

What I wish:

To increase the visibility of my books.

To get more reviews.

I want to increase my audience, a reader's circle.

If my books are not good, say it in the review. A bad review is better than ignorance. Just, avoid abuse, personal reasons (if you don't like me), and don't brag too much about why you did not like it. Your opinion doesn't have to be a general opinion about my books.


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