Journey to $1500/Month With KDP, Apple iBooks and more Before 31 March 2024

I'm glad to hear you're back on your journey. It's not always easy to navigate challenges, but I believe things will improve for you too. Regarding advertising in dollars due to currency depreciation, I faced similar hurdles initially. However, with time, I found ways to overcome them. If you're producing low-content books, consider allocating more time to cover design and focusing on niche areas with less competition. For instance, last month, I published a notebook with this approach in mind, which took about an hour to prepare. Currently, this notebook generates $15 monthly and has earned a five-star rating. Nonetheless, I recommend prioritizing high-content books as your main focus.

I would also like to follow your journey.
Yeah you really motivated me to get back to writing.
 
Hi, I have read the thread, and I wish that you achieve your objective soon. I have some questions:

1. You mentioned selecting niches with a BSR under 300,000, and the search results must be under 1,500. However, 300 000 is like a sell per month. Did you use this criteria before when you was doing low content unstead of high content?

2. When you write, do you use websites like Grammarly to check for any grammatical errors?

3. Regarding the affiliate part, you send the link of your website to small groups in fb. Do you write articles on your website and include the affiliate link, or what exactly do you do?

And thank you for taking the time to answer our questions.
 
Hi, I have read the thread, and I wish that you achieve your objective soon. I have some questions:

1. You mentioned selecting niches with a BSR under 300,000, and the search results must be under 1,500. However, 300 000 is like a sell per month. Did you use this criteria before when you was doing low content unstead of high content?

2. When you write, do you use websites like Grammarly to check for any grammatical errors?

3. Regarding the affiliate part, you send the link of your website to small groups in fb. Do you write articles on your website and include the affiliate link, or what exactly do you do?

And thank you for taking the time to answer our questions.
Thanks.

1) I don't use it when I'm first starting out with low content books. I started using it later, but even when I use these criteria, it is very difficult to make money with books with low content. If you are going to make books with low content, I think you should consider the number of competitors in the range of 500-1000 instead of 1500, maybe then you can compete.

2) yes, I'm using.

3) yes, I use this method.
 
I will release a new update soon (probably on sunday)
 
UPDATE 12 (03.02.2024)

The KDP screenshot is for the month of January: ($687.59)
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The Creative Fabrica screenshot is for the month of January: ($2.34)
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The Affiliate Earnings screenshot is for the month of January: ($202.74)

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The total earnings for this month are $892.67.

There was a decrease in the expected range this month. I was anticipating such a decrease after the new year. There was a decrease of about 34%. Apart from that, I have completed the process of establishing a limited company in the United Kingdom, prepared all the necessary documents, and opened 2 bank accounts. Next, I will start organizing my website for my subscription site, which will take me about a month. So, if there are no setbacks, I will include my subscription site in my journey starting from March.

I had previously prepared a blog related to travel with my friend, but then I decided to give up on it. However, I have now decided to restart this journey by starting a more general travel blog on January 13th. I will try to run this process solely through affiliate marketing (mylead, indoleads, travelpayouts). My goal for this journey is for it to generate a monthly income of $1000 after 1 year. I will be adding about 2-3 blog posts every day. (I haven't made any money from this site yet.)

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UPDATE 13 (03.03.2024)

The KDP screenshot is for the month of February: ($673.39)

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The Creative Fabrica screenshot is for the month of February: ($1.91)
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The Affiliate Earnings screenshot is for the month of February: ($40.39)
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The total earnings for this month are $715.69.

My travel website ($0)

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My travel website is not going very well but I will continue adding content. I'm also writing posts in English right now. I will try to create content in other languages too.

My subscription website (SaaS) ($0)

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I thought about it a bit and decided to implement both a subscription model and direct product sales. Each digital product is $7.99 and the monthly subscription is $9.99 (Annual subscription is $99, lifetime subscription is $299). I will first add all my products to my store before activating the subscription system. I have around 200 digital products. I have uploaded 140 products so far. I'm planning to launch this project soon.


 
UPDATE 13 (03.03.2024)

The KDP screenshot is for the month of February: ($673.39)

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The Creative Fabrica screenshot is for the month of February: ($1.91)
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The Affiliate Earnings screenshot is for the month of February: ($40.39)
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The total earnings for this month are $715.69.

My travel website ($0)

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My travel website is not going very well but I will continue adding content. I'm also writing posts in English right now. I will try to create content in other languages too.


My subscription website (SaaS) ($0)

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I thought about it a bit and decided to implement both a subscription model and direct product sales. Each digital product is $7.99 and the monthly subscription is $9.99 (Annual subscription is $99, lifetime subscription is $299). I will first add all my products to my store before activating the subscription system. I have around 200 digital products. I have uploaded 140 products so far. I'm planning to launch this project soon.
UPDATE 14 (14.03.2024)

My subscription website (SaaS) (- $20)


I prepared my website for SaaS, I have a total of 208 digital products ($ 7.99) and 3 subscription types ($9.99 , $99 , $299 ). Currently I'm running Pinterest and Facebook ads. I'm giving away 2% of my products for free to collect emails. So far 3 people have downloaded my free digital products and I collected their emails, I plan to use these in the future for email marketing. Currently I haven't sold any paid products or subscriptions. From now on I will also update the details of this project monthly.

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This journey will be updated over the weekend
 
This is a short informative text:

First of all, due to my military service in my country between April 19th and May 19th, I will not be updating this journey during those dates. When I return, I will publish the update for that month.

Another important matter is that I have made and considered some significant decisions. Recently, I turned 26 years old and here is a list of things I need to accomplish by the age of 30:
(List of things to be accomplished by December 31th, 2027 - I was not born in December, I just chose a representative date)

  • Reaching a monthly income of $4500 (Net profit around $3000)
  • Moving to any of the Asian countries I have chosen (Philippines - Thailand - Malaysia - Kazakhstan) (My favorites right now are the Philippines and Thailand; I still haven't decided yet)
  • Learning the language of the region / country I move to, obtaining citizenship or long-term/permanent residency

When I achieve all of these goals, I will share one or more selfies taken from that country here. The journey will continue until December 31th, 2027. The monthly journey update will be published this weekend.

It seems that the title of the journey cannot be changed, but I will continue writing from here. If any authorized person (admin) sees this and wants to change the title, they can change it to "Journey to a Monthly Income of $4500".

I will use $1500 per month to cover my living expenses in that country, and with the remaining money, I will make investments for a period of 5 years (with $1500 every month). The university I attended was related to economics, so I have sufficient knowledge in this regard. By the age of 35, I am considering declaring early retirement and reducing my working pace by 90%.

The journey will continue for approximately 4 years.

Questions, suggestions, etc. you can write anything, I will answer as much as I know. Good luck to everyone
 
Best Of Luck For Your Journey. Wish You Got Successful Journey.
 
Amazing! This really motivated me to start a kdp journey! Do you believe that having strong literature skills is essential for achieving success in this field?
Best of luck
 
Amazing! This really motivated me to start a kdp journey! Do you believe that having strong literature skills is essential for achieving success in this field?
Best of luck
Thanks. There are numerous book genres, so I can't say for certain. Some books require literary knowledge, while others do not. Personally, I don't find it necessary as I don't focus on complex subjects, and I don't have a talent for it either.
 
Thanks. There are numerous book genres, so I can't say for certain. Some books require literary knowledge, while others do not. Personally, I don't find it necessary as I don't focus on complex subjects, and I don't have a talent for it either.
Thank you!
 
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