Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Need to sell more books without spending more time or more money? Here's some real talk about how to get started from literally nothing.
🛑 FIRST, have you planned out your author career with a series? Get my free workbook, One Book to Bestselling Series, here: kelseyhumphreys.com/writing
🖋️ Submit your in-depth author questions: kelseyhumphreys.com/writing
👋 If you’re new here I’m Kelsey—rom-com author, stand-up comic, and mom of six. I make real-life rants about writing, creating and staying delulu with our creative dreams. I am a lot. Subscribe for weekly humor, heart, inspo, motivation and zero perfectionism.
"Kelsey Q&A" street cred: I have published over 13 novels over three pen names, made six figures in just over a year from book sales, with profit!, and have thousands of reviews and over 33 Million Kindle page reads.
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🔗 JUDGE ME
🎁 Get a FREE full-length novel and see what you think: kelseyhumphreys.com/freebie
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📌 STALK ME
Instagram → instagram.com/thekelseyhumphreys
Amazon → amazon.com/author/kelseyhumphreys
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⏱️ CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS
0:00 Intro: Finding New Fans from Zero
0:24 Viewer Questions
1:28 My Cred
3:21 Mindset Shift
5:19 Quick Fixes with What You already Have
6:23 Optimizing Your assets
8:35 KDP stuff
9:13 Pricing stuff
10:32 Email List stuff
11:39 Bonus Scenes!!!
14:25 Consider a Free Novella
16:08 Newsletter Swaps pros/cons
17:32 Promo Sites
19:03 Borrowing Other Audiences
20:40 Ads vs. Free Real Talk
21:26 Social Media in 2026
22:13 What's Working on Instagram/Tiktok?
25:03 Reader Spaces
27:35 ARC Groups
29:28 In-Person Signings
30:49 Indie Bookstore Partnerships
32:21 Farmers Market, Cons, Craft Fairs
36:52 Live Streaming & Your Branding
37:33 Snail Mail & Swag
39:01 Final Thoughts: Think Like a Business!!!
If this helped you, drop a comment with your biggest takeaway. And if you need longer than a youtube comment don't forget you can submit your questions at kelseyhumphreys.com/writing for a chance to be featured in a future video.
Stay delulu, and I'll see you next week!
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TAGS:
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Need to sell more books without spending more time or more money? Here's some real talk about how to get started from literally nothing.
🛑 FIRST, have you planned out your author career with a series? Get my free workbook, One Book to Bestselling Series, here: kelseyhumphreys.com/writing
🖋️ Submit your in-depth author questions: kelseyhumphreys.com/writing
👋 If you’re new here I’m Kelsey—rom-com author, stand-up comic, and mom of six. I make real-life rants about writing, creating and staying delulu with our creative dreams. I am a lot. Subscribe for weekly humor, heart, inspo, motivation and zero perfectionism.
"Kelsey Q&A" street cred: I have published over 13 novels over three pen names, made six figures in just over a year from book sales, with profit!, and have thousands of reviews and over 33 Million Kindle page reads.
________________________________________________________________
🔗 JUDGE ME
🎁 Get a FREE full-length novel and see what you think: kelseyhumphreys.com/freebie
______________________________________________________________
📌 STALK ME
Instagram → instagram.com/thekelseyhumphreys
Amazon → amazon.com/author/kelseyhumphreys
________________________________________________________________
⏱️ CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS
0:00 Intro: Finding New Fans from Zero
0:24 Viewer Questions
1:28 My Cred
3:21 Mindset Shift
5:19 Quick Fixes with What You already Have
6:23 Optimizing Your assets
8:35 KDP stuff
9:13 Pricing stuff
10:32 Email List stuff
11:39 Bonus Scenes!!!
14:25 Consider a Free Novella
16:08 Newsletter Swaps pros/cons
17:32 Promo Sites
19:03 Borrowing Other Audiences
20:40 Ads vs. Free Real Talk
21:26 Social Media in 2026
22:13 What's Working on Instagram/Tiktok?
25:03 Reader Spaces
27:35 ARC Groups
29:28 In-Person Signings
30:49 Indie Bookstore Partnerships
32:21 Farmers Market, Cons, Craft Fairs
36:52 Live Streaming & Your Branding
37:33 Snail Mail & Swag
39:01 Final Thoughts: Think Like a Business!!!
If this helped you, drop a comment with your biggest takeaway. And if you need longer than a youtube comment don't forget you can submit your questions at kelseyhumphreys.com/writing for a chance to be featured in a future video.
Stay delulu, and I'll see you next week!
________________________________________________________________
TAGS:
zero budget book marketing, free book marketing, how to find readers with no money, indie author marketing, self publishing tips, author business, book marketing for authors, how to sell more books, author email list, Mailchimp for authors, bonus scene strategy, newsletter swaps, BookFunnel, promo packs for authors, KDP keywords, Amazon blurb optimization, book pricing strategy, indie book signings, indie bookstore partnerships, farmers market book sales, author branding, BookTok, Bookstagram, Instagram reels for authors, short form video for authors, reader Facebook groups, ARC readers, freebie seekers, author email list growth, writing as a career, full time author, indie author income, how to make money writing books, author entrepreneur, self publishing business, Kelsey Humphreys, authortube, author YouTube, writing YouTube, romance author, rom com author, women's fiction, fiction writing tips, writing advice, connected standalones, series writing strategy, rapid release books, Kindle page reads, KDP publishing, indie publishing, stay delulu, fighting AI with human connection, author merch, swag for fans
