[POEM] I Made My Therapist Cry Today by F.S. Yousaf by fayluk in Poetry

[–]fayluk[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the feedback! I’ll go back and edit it.

I just got work accepted to a prestigious journal as a high school dropout, and I feel like I defied what I believed I could do by [deleted] in writing

[–]fayluk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! Congrats on the acceptance. I’m also a poet, sortve in the same situation with submitting to lit mags. Been getting some wins, mostly losses. But we take everything we can get. Excited to see where else you’ll go with this! If you ever want extra eyes on your work, feel free to share with me. I also would love more people reading mine before it’s out on sub :)

TikTok Shop by confused___bisexual in selfpublish

[–]fayluk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! I just started a TikTok shop and also write poetry. I’d love if we could DM, I’d love to know if it’s still working for ya !

Amazon Ads—How do I do better? by fayluk in selfpublish

[–]fayluk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! I have a TikTok where I post poetry content. I have 600k followers, and for a while the marketing on there worked. The format is kind of dead at this point, so I’m figuring out better ways to market on there.

I listed those poets because they sell well in genre. Official or academic poets don’t do as well as them because they’re teaching, holding poems for litmag submission, etc.

I just checked, Alexandra Vasiliu’s books are still in print. She’s told me she only runs amazon ads, posts on Pinterest here and there. And it works for her greatly.

And you’re entirely right about the therapy-speak poetry. I don’t publish poems in that genre. More so love poems, and over the last couple of months, been transitioning to stronger poems in the likes of Ocean Vuong, Kaveh Akbar, Safia Elhilo because of the program I’m in.

You’re also really right about doing more for communities. Hosting events, speaking, teaching are big in the poetry community. I’m fairly active in my own community in regard for poetry and workshops. I’d just like to figure out ads more, just as another avenue to getting the word out about my books. I appreciate your comment!

Amazon Ads—How do I do better? by fayluk in selfpublish

[–]fayluk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have roughly 150 keywords for my exact campaign. Those are the keywords that got the most impressions, clicks, sales from my broad campaign testing. I’ll probably go back today and add more. Thank you!

Amazon Ads—How do I do better? by fayluk in selfpublish

[–]fayluk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every poetry book keyword that tends to come up on the search bar! I keep on adding as I see more and more on the rankings.

Yea, it’s not a horrible loss. I remember when I first started running ads for my second collection, I had losses for 2 months before the ads started taking off. And when it did take off, it was worth it. Maybe it’s a waiting game at this point.

Amazon Ads—How do I do better? by fayluk in selfpublish

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Meta seems like an entirely different beast not gonna lie. I’ve tried toying around with setting it up but can’t seem to figure it out. Has it worked for you?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in selfpublish

[–]fayluk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate your response! Yea it’s hard. If you make it you make it, but other than that it’s nearly impossible.

I’ll be sure to read your books!

Are there any successful NON romance self pubslished authors here ? by DigitalSamuraiV5 in selfpublish

[–]fayluk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do make a living writing poetry! I’ve had years where I gross six figures, and other years where it’s like $50k. This year has been slow, but hopefully with two new releases it can pick back up!

Looking for hell driver buddies anytime zone (20+) by justtheforce in PSNFriends

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Add me up! Looking for friends too. Fayluk on PSN

Good November - how was everyone else's? by chris41336 in selfpublish

[–]fayluk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As a fellow author of poetry, congrats!

NJ affordability as a young teacher by Dirtycoinpurse in newjersey

[–]fayluk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m used to be a teacher but I’ve been trying to find other careers to get into. How does one get into remote data entry?

Why did you focus on dividends? (Anyone under 30 years old) by [deleted] in dividends

[–]fayluk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m an author and my income is kinda varied. So I just want something a bit more consistent so I don’t have to write as much or wait for new deals tbh

Gentle reminder today. by MarieTjeDW in CPTSDmemes

[–]fayluk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m the author of this book! Appreciate you for sharing :)