Book marketing for $5 on Fiverr is pretty cheap. Compare that to sites that charge $50 to hundreds of dollars and you need to lower your expectations a bit. $5 isn't going to get you the same results as a $200 book marketing campaign.
There are also a lot of scams out there. Here are a few things to look for when ordering book marketing from Fiverr.
What to look for in your Book Marketing on Fiverr
- Make sure they are located in the area you intend to market to. If you want to reach US readers make sure the person is from the US, etc.
- Ask them to send you the links to the sites they promote on. (They aren't allowed to post them in the gig, but can send them if requested).
- Ask if they are willing to use click tracking links so you can monitor the traffic they send you. You can make click tracking links on sites like Bitly.com for free. You add a '+' to the end of the link to monitor the clicks to it.
Avoid at all costs spam marketing. You want real marketers with real readers. You don't want some guy with a spam bot sending your book all over and having Facebook ban it. Be very careful of social media marketing since it is 99% from spam bots. It doesn't work and it doesn't look professional for your book by any means.
Two accounts that will allow click tracking that get over 50 clicks a day are:
BookCaliber offers genre specific marketing for a number of popular genres. They also offer Author Interviews for a very affordable price. The interview is custom made for your book and they market it as a press release as well as market the book itself.
Samwrightwrites Offers book promotion site marketing with social sharing as a major element. She also offers a press release with RSS distribution to places like Google News and book and reader blogs.
BOOK MARKETING ON FIVERR TIPS
- Always use a Bitly click tracking link to measure the success of the marketing
- Avoid social media spam bots at all cost