Hi everyone, I have applied many techniques to promote my books. But can't get any video past 250 views. I tried hashtags, hooks, visual and text, clear CTA, urgency technique, lead magnets. It doesn't work. Only thing I get is 1 or 2 likes. How to fix this? How to crack the code of tiktok?

I came across an interesting example recently that I thought some people here might find useful. There's a guy in Spain who started posting short TikTok videos about self-help books. At first, his goal was pretty simple: recommend books and earn a little money through Amazon affiliate commissions. As most of you know, affiliate commissions on books are tiny, so it wasn't exactly a path to getting rich. But his account grew really fast. Eventually he built an audience of millions of followers across all his social media platforms, who saw him as "the guy who knows self-help books." Then he did something smart. Instead of only recommending other people's books, he started publishing his own self-help books on Amazon. From what I can tell, many of them were likely created with heavy AI assistance, and he publishes them under a different pen name. What's interesting is that he doesn't present them as "my books." He recommends them alongside the books he has always recommended. So in practice, he's using the authority he built as a book reviewer to sell his own products. Another thing I noticed is his positioning. He often recommends books written by well-known authors, psychologists, researchers, and major publishers. Then he'll recommend one of his own books as the simpler, easier-to-read version for beginners or for people who don't usually read much. And judging by the number of reviews and sales, it seems to be working extremely well. Here's the account: https://www.youtube.com/@KaizenReyLibros/shorts Has anyone else seen interesting examples of authors using TikTok, Reels, or Shorts in unusual ways to sell books?

Ok, so it has now been just over 4 weeks of a constant 3 reels a day and this is the progress so far... 1. Sales have increased slightly but I reduced my ad drastically from previous months and just ran lottery ads. For the 1st time I was in profit, not by much but at least a profit. 2. My views are still at the 500 - 800 mark but starting to get more likes and engagement. 3. I started with my "The Happy Rickshaw Driver" book and then 2 weeks in I started to running another account with my "If I Only Knew Then What I Know Now about DEMENTIA" book. Both have started to get a few more sales. 4. I have found the process of creating videos a lot easier. I was using an external editing suite to add voiceovers, captions, music etc but have figured that I can do all that on TikTok and a lot quicker. 5. Do I feel frustrated? Yes. Do I trust in the process? Yes. So I will continue as Davide has mentioned that the algorithm takes a month, 2 months, maybe more, but it does kick in. My income is very nominal. In Apr my royalties were £126.38 (ad spend £233.26). In May £193.23 (£311.71). In June £255.64 (£239.57). For June, the majority of ad spend was in 1st week, before I reduced my budgets drastically. I had more sales the last 3 weeks using this method. For July I am stopping all ads and see what happens. A few sales already so fingers crossed. Hope this helps.

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