About a week ago I heard back from one of my students with an amazing success story – this student earned a 6x return from the Erotica Academy Course!
Anyways, I wanted to share this quick success story for anyone that has been interested in the course.
This student purchased my course in around mid-November 2019 and has been publishing consistently ever since.
If you have been reading my blog for a while and or subscribed to my newsletter, you will find that I always preach about writing consistently.
That is the best way to increase your sales.
Anyways, this student made $220 in December 2019 and is on track to make around $550 this month (March 2020)!
Pretty incredible. He earned back is money in a little over a month of purchasing the course.
Here was what he wrote me:
“Hi Andy, just to let you know that I’ve reached $520 dollars for the last 30 days! $304 so far this month – so on track for about $550 for the month if sales stay steady.
Released first book on November 20th 2019
December – $220, January – $280, February – $330, March – $304 so far
I have 28 books – including 1 bundle and 2 three part stories. No mailing list yet- working on that 🙂
Thanks a lot for the course and regular emails!”
In total, he’s made over $1,130 from publishing erotica since he purchased the course.
And based on what he paid for my course ($197), he’s made a nearly 6x return on his investment…not bad!
Payback Period of the Erotica Academy Course
Now a lot of people have asked me over the years about what the payback period is for the Erotica Academy Course is.
And to be frank, I’ve been hesitant to say a specific number like 2 months or 5 months because it really depends.
It depends on how much you are publishing and how committed you are to your publishing business.
If you’re like this recent student of mine, your payback period will be really fast (his was about a month).
But if you’re not consistent and don’t have a good publishing schedule down, then it could take longer (3 or 4+ months).
Now the reason why the Erotica Academy Course is a great investment is because it’s just a One-Time Investment!
But the income you make from your books is FOREVER (well…as long as Amazon is around).
Even if my student’s income declines and stays at around $300 per month for the rest of the year, he’ll make an extra $2,700 dollars, which would be a 13.7x return on the course.
And that’s the great thing about self publishing…the PASSIVE INCOME.
Why this student succeeded
Over the years I have seen hundreds of students sign up for the Erotica Academy Course.
And I have noticed many similar things about the students who are the most successful.
First of all, these students are hungry. They publish consistently no matter what.
Publishing every single week is incredibly important in order to build up your fan base.
This student published about 28 books over a 4 month time frame. This is an average of 7 books per month – which is around the range I recommend.
Second, successful students implement sales strategies I outline in the course.
In the course I outline 5 different strategies to boost your sales. This student already tried one of them – which is bundling.
And I’m betting once he implements the other 4 strategies, he’ll see a pretty sizable increase in his sales.
Finally, the last thing I see of successful students is their focus on specific niches.
Niches are the lifeblood of your erotica publishing business. You need to identify a niche that you can dominate and that’s what my successful students do.
And they spend a lot of time researching this, including researching keywords.
The power of passive income
I have been self publishing erotica (and other traditional books) for 4 – 5 years now and it is truly a blessing because once you publish, you can make money 24/7 while you sleep.
And there have been times when I’ve caught a bad flu over the year or been on vacation and my erotica publishing income has still supported me by paying the bills.
But don’t get me wrong…publishing erotica IS NOT some magic side hustle that will fix all your problems.
And it takes A TON of work and frankly sometimes a lot of stress, but it is well worth it if you stick with it.
So if you’re interested in learning my step by step method for publishing erotica on Amazon to make money, then the Erotica Academy Course is perfect for you.