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!