Welcome to day 2 of the 100 PIN CHALLENGE! 🙌 Now that you have made sure your account was established, updated your profile picture, and optimized your bio. Today we are working on thinking about our board strategy. 🎯The goal is to set up 3-5 board topics based on your book. Then, in the board settings, write up an SEO optimized description and add a cover photo 📸. (see more details) 👉 Once you're done with that, SHARE your PINTEREST PROFILE LINK in the comments so we can follow each other.

I've been hearing the same concerns from many of you lately. AI-generated illustrations can sometimes make it difficult to keep characters consistent from page to page. Others have shared that they simply don't want to use AI at all and would rather have their book illustrated by a real artist. And honestly? That's completely valid. There isn't one "right" way to create a children's book. Some authors love AI as a tool, while others want every illustration created by hand. The important thing is choosing the approach that fits your vision. Because of that, I wanted to find a trusted option for those of you looking for traditional illustration services. I'm excited to share that I've partnered with @Nadzir Studio They do not use AI for their children's book illustrations. Instead, they have a team of professional illustrators who create custom artwork for every project. They're available on Fiverr and currently have 237+ reviews with a 4.8-star rating, making them one of the more established and highly requested children's book illustration teams on the platform. Attached is some of their art below. 👉 👉 FIND MORE OF THEIR WORK ON FIVERR If you've been putting your children's book on hold because you were struggling with AI or weren't sure where to find a quality illustrator, this could be the solution you've been looking for.

Thought I'd share a few reflections from my Free Book Promotion. I signed up for Kindle Select when I published my book last November and did nothing with it until July. 1. I didn't realize how giving my book away for free would benefit me. It seemed like it would just take sales away, but now I understand how it drove traffic which can show Amazon it's a book to show more people. It made it as far as #3 in all it's categories (for free books!) I saw my rankings improve significantly. Also, as it went on I got really excited about people having and reading my book. 2. Even though I gave my book away free it was still one of my biggest months in KDP royalties 3. It was by far the biggest month in people reading my book, with over 6k pages read vs an average of less than 3k. I'm experimenting more now that I see how easy it is. I had intended to raise my ebook price incrementally over the first few months but never did. After the promotion I finally raised it. This quarter I'm going to experiment with running a sale vs free. I wish I had started experimenting with it earlier!