Hi,
I’ve been asked to say a few words concerning my experience with “Books Go Social,” (BGS for short).
I’ve been with BGS, now, a little longer than six months. The first thing I would comment on is the first thing I noticed about everyone I had occasion to speak with in the beginning. And that is that no-one was trying to puff me up or sell me anything. This is a big red flag for me as I do not consider myself to be an author. I’ve always been a writer of sorts; but never an author. The fact that everyone I spoke with simply answered my questions helped me be at ease.
Another point I believe is noteworthy about the folk at BGS is that even though I am not a known author they treat the marketing of the book which I penned for my son as part of his twenty-first birthday present, “Charlie’s Kid,” like as if the words written on those pages are important to them as well.
My son was killed by a rock-hauler a year after I handed him “Charlie’s Kid” as a finished published work.
I meant the book as a way of setting my son free and knocking down any obstacles that my personality as his only parent or family member might have raised within him. He was finishing college. And I wanted to help him be at peace about his father so he could step into young adulthood unfettered by anything I may have said or done as he grew up what may have taken root within him in an unsettling way.
It was in me to break the chains of violence my parents, the streets I was abandoned onto, my life of endless transience and homelessness, and on even into sanctioned war zones for my government and its people had meshed into my being which often-times, even still, affect my reactions, especially my initial ones, and the stands I take on things.
My son and I never spoke about what I shared with him in “Charlie’s Kid.” The stress between us dissolved however. And he became, once again, able to gravitate toward his father and be more comfortable around me. After finishing his college education he even travelled thirty-five hundred miles to join my small business and work alongside of his father. He was with me in that capacity for only thirteen days before he was killed.
I’ve shared this about why I wrote this book so you might can glimpse how even more important the book I wrote for my son is to me now as it was then. And also so that when I tell you that the folk at BGS market the last real gift I gave my son as if successful outcome for their efforts actually matters to them, you might can grasp what I’m trying to say.
I do not have a publisher, as I said. This book is only uploaded into Amazon. But, the way the people I deal with at BGS uphold their end of our marketing agreement one might think that I’m actually a “known,” “followed,” and “sought after,” author. Something I’m sure I’ll never be. Yet, even so, Charlie’s Kid’s sales have increased ten to fifteen fold, consistently. And normalized pages read have consistently climbed from maybe fifteen hundred a month to between thirty and forty-five thousand pages a month due solely to BGS’s marketing techniques and strategies, especially the Facebook Campaigns.
Most of my dealing has been with Denis Nad. He and his team do a fantastic job for me and my son’s book. He stays continually in contact with me and answers me responsively and within reasonably short timeframes. His honest responses actually inspire me at times.
It’s in me to always want the book I wrote for my son to remain published. And if I can ever even slightly afford marketing for this book, I feel I’d be being foolish if I didn’t come to BGS first.
I hope my words haven’t come across as prattling. And that what I’ve had to say is helpful to you. I, wholeheartedly, without the slightest of reservations, recommend Books Go Social to anyone looking for a safe-to-deal-with, trustworthy, knowledgeable, and skilled company to help you market your published work.
Sean X Oljer
