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2 Shop Stats Exercises to Increase Your Traffic. Shop Stats are one of the most important tools for your Etsy business.

2 Shop Stats Exercises to Increase Your Traffic

They package your traffic and highlight key signals your business is trying to tell you. But, how do you uncover this information, and once you’re armed with that info, how do you apply it? Here are two exercises to help make the most of your shop data and move your traffic needle from okay to hooray. Exercise 1: Improve Your Low Performers If I asked you to point out your most popular listing, I bet you could tell me right away. Head over to your Shop Stats.

Taking an objective perspective on your listings is challenging. Exercise 2: Round Out Your Top Traffic Sources Where is the majority of your traffic coming from? Head over to Your Shop > Shop Stats.Look at your Traffic Sources.Take a look at your referrers to understand where your business comes from. Finally, validate your efforts by comparing your “before” and “after” stats to better understand whether your efforts moved the needle. Book Publishing and Book Printing Solutions for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry. It's that simple.

Book Publishing and Book Printing Solutions for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry

Our innovative free tools make publishing and distribution easier than ever. Plus it pays to self-publish with CreateSpace. Our royalty structure provides industry-leading economics, putting more in your pocket. Just think, manufacturing and shipping is taken care of. Your book remains in-stock, without inventory, made on-demand when customers order. Simple from the Start Inventory Freedom Books are printed to meet demand.

Free Tools Tools like Interior Reviewer and Cover Creator allow you to do-it-yourself easily and with great results. Support Our dedicated team of professionals is ready to help you throughout the process. More for You Competitive Royalties Affordable Copies Low author book prices, regardless of order quantity. No Setup Fees Our do-it-yourself option for authors removes hurdles, so you can focus on publishing and distributing. Library-Quality Books Professional trade paperback binding ensures a book to be proud of. Free ISBN Expand Your Reach Standard Distribution. How To Self-Publish A Bestseller: Publishing 3.0.

Editor’s note: James Altucher is an investor, programmer, author, and several-times entrepreneur.

How To Self-Publish A Bestseller: Publishing 3.0

His latest book, “Choose Yourself!” (foreword by Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter) came out on June 3. Follow him on Twitter @jaltucher. My most recent book, “Choose Yourself!” Sold 44,294 copies in its first month out [update: just tipped over 100,000 copies as of Dec 30] , hit the Wall Street Journal Bestseller list, was No. 1 on Amazon for all non-fiction books for a few days and is still flirting with No. 1 in its various categories.

Every entrepreneur should self-publish a book, because self-publishing is the new business card. Unfortunately, most people suck at it. The distinction now is no longer between “traditional publishing” versus “self-publishing.” I hope that everyone self-publishes. More money. Control over design. Speed. Content control. Avoiding bad things in life. Enter Publishing 3.0: How To Professionally Self-Publish Your Next Book 1) Build your platform 3) Write 5) Editing.