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How to find kindle bestselling keywords? Help needed please!

by masters01
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Hi all,

So I want to publish kindle ebooks and was wondering how to find a keyword that can allow me to maximise my chances of ranking high on amazon and on their bestseller list.

Any advice?

Thanks a bunch in advance!
#bestselling #find #keywords #kindle #needed
  • Profile picture of the author writeaway
    I doubt people will give you that information for free.

    Your best bet would be to REVERSE ENGINEER top performing Kindle books on a sub-niche by sub-niche basis.

    Takes a bit of getting used to but who said making money online would be quick, painless, and easy?
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  • Profile picture of the author quadagon
    To be honest a well executed marketing plan is far more important than finding a magic keyword.

    What's your motivation for writing?
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  • Profile picture of the author masters01
    Sure, I understand that marketing is #1. But before I begin, I would want a solid keyword.

    I've tried reverse engineering, but every time I find myself with a potential keyword and I search it on amazon, I get thousands of results (too many for my liking!)

    On a side note, I understand that popular keywords on amazon can be found be seeing whether amazon search suggests it to you in the search box. Problem is, how popular is it?
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    • Profile picture of the author quadagon
      Originally Posted by masters01 View Post

      I've tried reverse engineering, but every time I find myself with a potential keyword and I search it on amazon, I get thousands of results (too many for my liking!)
      As long as there are buyers as well as sellers that looks perfect to me.

      What kind of keywords have you been looking? Are you going short or long?

      Where are you currently getting your keywords from?
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    • Profile picture of the author James McAllister
      Originally Posted by masters01 View Post

      I've tried reverse engineering, but every time I find myself with a potential keyword and I search it on amazon, I get thousands of results (too many for my liking!)
      I can't say too much because I don't want to give away the method I share in my Kindle course, but I wanted to say that this isn't necessarily something you should worry about.

      Be sure to look at the actual results of the searches. There are a lot of factors that go into ranking besides just keywords, and you may find in many instances that some of the results beyond the first few are barely relevant meaning that if your book is, you'll have a serious chance of ranking despite the fact that there are a lot of results.

      You can change your keywords after publishing so feel free to experiment as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author masters01
    I'm currently getting my keywords from the best seller pages on amazon. I'm going short for keywords.
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    • Profile picture of the author quadagon
      Originally Posted by masters01 View Post

      I'm currently getting my keywords from the best seller pages on amazon. I'm going short for keywords.
      You'll always get competition if you are looking at short keywords, it's only natural. Just check the sales ranking and make sure these books are selling.

      Honestly I can't stress enough how competition is a good thing. However i feel our minds set on keyword so:

      You can elongate the search term so instead of 'dog training' try 'how to train your dog'.

      You could go specific and go with 'how to train your German Shepherd'

      If you want to play around with search terms look at google keyword checker. I would advise caution though as people have a different mindset when they are searching on google but its an indication.

      Other areas you could look at is to see whats selling on Clickbank and JVZoo. If they are selling on these sites you might conclude that they would sell on Amazon.
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  • Profile picture of the author agmccall
    there is a WSO called Kindle Money Mastery that might help you out

    al
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