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How do people search online?
Most of the time, we donโt type out a perfectly worded question. We type ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ that describe what weโre looking for.
Think:
๐ โanxiety workbookโ
๐ โhow to save moneyโ
๐ โbooks for autistic kidsโ
๐ โbeginner gardeningโ
๐ โhow to stop overthinkingโ
These are ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐, and theyโre one of the easiest ways to start understanding whether people are actually looking for information about your potential book topic.
Search engines like Google and marketplaces like Amazon use what you type to figure out what youโre looking for and surface relevant results. And that little ๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป that appears while you're typing? Pay attention to it. ๐
Hereโs a super simple exercise I teach inside my ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ:
Go to Amazon and start typing your topic into the search bar. Donโt finish the phrase.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐?
Then try the same thing on Google.
If you start typing your idea and both platforms begin suggesting related searches, thatโs a ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฎ๐น. It tells you those phrases are common enough that the platform believes they may be relevant to what you're looking for.
โ ๏ธ ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐: autocomplete alone does NOT prove that you have a profitable book idea.
Itโs a signal, not the entire research process.
You still need to look at things like competition, reader intent, existing books, positioning, and whether thereโs enough opportunity for ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ book.
But this is one of the easiest places to start when you're sitting there wondering:
โ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐?โ
This is just one of the little gems I teach inside my ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐, where I walk you through how I approach book ideas with research instead of simply crossing my fingers and hoping people buy. ๐
๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ท๐๐๐ $๐ญ๐ฑ.
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