My Successful KDP Keyword Research Method for Amazon Book Publishing

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In this video I'm going to show you step by step my technique for finding and creating a list of keywords that I've used to rank my books at number one on Amazon and make sales. This method can be used whether you're publishing no content, low content, fiction or non fiction books and even if you're a publishing house or independent publisher author.
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About this video - This shows you my step by step process of KDP keyword research to get my books to rank highly and make profits online.
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[@carissacantu8362]

I know this video was made some time ago (hope you see this), but I just want to express my gratitude for you, your channel, and your teaching style. By far you are the most on-point and comprehensible KDP teacher on KZbin. I've been wanting to do this for a while and now feel confident enough (mostly due to your succinct explanations) to begin. Thank you Paul...you truly are a natural teacher.

[@paulmarles]

Thank you too. Glad you found the content useful.

[@irinairiss4887]

I totally agree 👏👏👏! I'm just a beginner. I bought a course, I watch different videos on yt, but after all that ... I just feel overwhelmed...until I found this channel..and I simply follow straightforward instructions here, step by step.. without losing motivation. Thank you for guidelines Brilliant teacher 🙏 😊!

[@elenatravels]

I feel the same, thanks Paul!! We love you!

[@introvertedinfp]

I second that! I’ve had a low content book idea since 2020 and I wish I would have discovered him sooner because I was so lost, now I can finally move forward thanks to him ☺️

[@Adaeze_Odochimere]

I agree too. I always look forward to his videos, they've helped me learn a lot. Thanks, Paul.

[@deromoona4352]

Step by step 10 things You should focus on 100% arranged/ *1 niche research (always niche down or cross niche *2 keyword research with (low compition and high demand) * 3 your Cover design fonts colors and cover size * 4 interior * 5 description * 6 pricing * 7 if all the steps are done think about ads * 8 scaling ( if of your Books are selling well mke sure to make other's books similar to The selling one * 9 big scaling by creating Books in other markets * 10 invest some money to scale your business 🙂 Have nice Day to all

[@paulmarles]

A great summary.

[@thatlovelydancerIlao]

Aeesome. Thank you

[@mayaencuisinedz2268]

it's so beautiful but how to do it?

[@cathyavestruz8890]

I have decided to upload my first book in KDP because of your valuable videos. You give value and that's why I am binge-watching your videos to learn. Others are just there for views. Thanks! You are awesome.

[@paulmarles]

Thank you 🙏

[@cherylcuttineau7916]

Me, too!

[@Amachora2023]

Thank you so much for your help. I am able to start my first book because of you. God bless you with abundance of love and happiness 💕

[@RuthhMurray]

Thank you so much paul, I am learning so much from watching your videos. I really appreciate the time you have put in to help us

[@MrDaddydiva]

Hi Paul, excellent video on this subject! I needed to see this as I'm preparing to release my adult non-fictional books

[@HazeemDelyemen]

It's Important to open incognito tab to avoid your search history terms from showing up

[@paulmarles]

Only if you click on them which is what I avoid.

[@ioana.p]

Love your videos, you deliver so much quality and I always learn something new. It is often small details but it really allows for a serious keywords strategy and lists scaling. Thank you!

[@paulmarles]

Very true.

[@clementine4133]

Hi Paul, thank you again. I do appreciate your guidance. I did watch so many videos, though, you are the one who was clear and effective. Let's all keep growing.

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome. Glad you've found the content useful.

[@ACE-ds3es]

Thank you Paul for all you do. Your videos are just "straight to the point"

[@paulmarles]

Thank you. Glad you've found them helpful.

[@lyricsokulole]

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[@paulmarles]

Thank you. Glad you found it helpful.

[@dariaurbanska7891]

I bought amazon kdp courses in my language (bravo me ;) ) and??? I am learning from your channel for free. So much knowledge here.

[@Akin_Cakin]

Again... One more time Paul... You give very practical and useful information about KDP that I did not know at all. They are priceless. Thank you so much.

[@paulmarles]

Thank you too. 👍

[@CHPetMom]

I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate the info you are putting out there. High quality, and so many free tools, which will help people like me, who are just getting started in this type of business. So thanks, and I will be back to watch the rest of your videos. Blessings!

[@paulmarles]

Thank you. Very much appreciated and thank you for watching.

[@melindakenton8307]

Great video. So easy to follow. Thank you. You have boosted my confidence to start making my own money.

[@CC-yf7ye]

Once again very clearly explained - thank youi.

[@sarahyambao6454]

I honestly learned a lot from you today, sir. Thank you.

[@otorishingen8600]

Thank you Sir - you remind me off my no nonsense boss when i was a apprentice Your no fluff explaining is pure gold

[@paulmarles]

Thank you. Glad you found it useful.

[@LillaTwiggy]

I don't usually comment unless the content is exceptional. I appreciate your channel Paul. Have been binge watching for a month or so, and finally published my first KDP book. Many more learning curves and hills to go.

[@paulmarles]

Thank you. Very much appreciated. Glad you've found the content useful.

[@3333Trevor]

Great presentation skills and 100% useful information. Well done.

[@naimabourhzal]

Thanks to ur videos I created my first book !!!!

[@khadijasarhrounivivaldi3769]

I have heard about you from a friend of me. So glad I found such an amazing person who explains smoothly. A great regards from your follower from Morocco شكرا لك على محتى

[@paulmarles]

Thank you and thank you for watching. 😊

[@MichelleColeCreates]

First video I have seen where I actually understand the keyword research. Thank you!

[@paulmarles]

You’re welcome. Glad you found it helpful.

[@sharonjohns1686]

I love how you talk slowly soo helpful for learning

[@paulmarles]

Thank you 😊

[@fidashnakher8942]

thank you so much! not only has this video enlightened me but also saved me lots of loses.

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome. Glad you've found them helpful. Thank you for watching.

[@suska11]

That video cleared my questions from the previous video :D Thank you!

[@MA.20.24]

Thanks to you I made my first Notebook 🙈, I’m very grateful to you and your beneficial content.

[@paulmarles]

Congratulations! That's great to hear. 👍

[@elvis723]

Paul, this was very informative. I really get a lot of info from your videos and appreciate you doing them and helping us out. I'm new to KDP and I know this will help me. I do a little affiliate marketing and use a similar strategy on pintrest for the products that I promote. Thanks for your help.

[@paulmarles]

Thank you. Glad you found it useful.

[@bahmantahani2537]

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[@sovereignsoulutions6612]

💙

[@hienduong5371]

Thank you so much, Paul! Wish you all the best!

[@paulmarles]

You’re welcome! 😊

[@berenicedavey7407]

Great information here Paul. Thanks very much. Love your videos, such a big help. Cheers

[@paulmarles]

Thank you.

[@lnivil1]

Excellent video!. I've been a subscriber for several months. Many thanks to you Paul, I've found a great niche, started creating books and I'm getting consistent sales. Need to ramp things up so will try this process.

[@paulmarles]

That’s great! 👍 Glad to hear when people are getting results. Thank you.

[@rajkumar-ji1jh]

Getting good sales?

[@FreewayFlippers]

We are soaking up all your knowledge about KDP! Thanks for all the tips.

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome. Thank you for watching.

[@Adav72]

Thank you so much for your videos.! I am a great fan of your videos.! You make things clear and get to the point. Very appreciate your help..

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome. Glad you find the content useful.

[@MrsCalabresesTeachingChannel]

Just wanted to thank you, I am learning. Uploading was trouble but I did it, then I had lots of typos so I redid it. Now it's up and I like it but I will upload again cause I saw more typos. Canva is Ok, I like it for the journals and low content, not sure it was the best choice for my book but I did it and am happy! Your videos have really helped!

[@paulmarles]

Congratulations! That's great to hear. Glad it all worked out for you. 👍

[@benawfnassah9153]

Honestly, your explanation is great !! thank you

[@paulmarles]

You’re welcome. 👍

[@monzurulislam5497]

Just amazing, You are very much helpful to me. Would you please provide such a keyword research of password log book?

[@drnaseh]

You explain very well and understandably. thank you

[@japonia3398]

And again, a great video with practical knowledge about business on Amazon 🌺👌🏻🌺

[@paulmarles]

Thank you 🙏

[@istrendynow-thebiggestdigi935]

Thanks for sharing buddy, nice video

[@victorkash7486]

Thanks a lot for this video. It has clarified a lot of things for me. Thanks.

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome.

[@kakaxi0906]

thank you very much the video is very helpful for me, i watched all the videos even though i'm not good at english. Wish you good health to produce more quality videos. I come from Vietnam

[@paulmarles]

Welcome from Vietnam! Glad you've found the videos useful.

[@m.csmusic.2579]

I am new to KZbin & just found your channel. Enjoying watching your videos. Thanks

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome. Glad you've found then useful.

[@mrunknowne0970]

Thank you very much 👍 You are the best Paul Keep going

[@paulmarles]

You’re welcome and thank you for watching.

[@thatlovelydancerIlao]

Thank you so much for the tutorial. I am gonna ch check this out.

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome. 👍

[@windowtothemind8534]

i used to follow Nuria's videos and when i discovered your channel i start watching you both on a daily basis. you both are genuinely amazing persons. good videos, always to the gist, and always informative. Thanks Paul

[@paulmarles]

You’re welcome. Thank you for watching 👍

[@SchoolforHackers]

Paul and Nuria are my favorites too.

[@eduardoluisrivas3754]

Looking good my man!!! Business is boomin!

[@paulmarles]

👍

[@ivancgharib3186]

Great vidéo like always 👌 waiting for the next

[@paulmarles]

Thank you 👍

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[@paulmarles]

Thank you. Glad you've found the content useful.

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You make amazing clear videos, thank you so much!!

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome. Glad you find them helpful. 👍

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[@paulmarles]

Thank you too.

[@itsroger]

Thank you Paul for sharing your knowledge!

[@paulmarles]

You’re welcome. Thank you for watching. 👍

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thank you, I follow you all time

[@passingstorm5896]

Very clear and concise. Thank you.

[@paulmarles]

You’re welcome.

[@garymason2474]

That was a very informative video, thanks for sharing

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome.

[@1annemwalters]

Listening again..very helpful. Sadly, Publisher Rocket is now $97 for a one time fee. Too much for beginners. I am in my 6th month of a 6 month experiment but going to push on for another couple of month

[@rismisurendran103]

Thanks Captain for this video! I heard you mention some short fictional books you had published earlier. Could you please make a video on how to publish fictional books. Also just a quick question: Do you publish kindle ebooks also?

[@biobest892]

Great work Paul Thanks

[@paulmarles]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@AnasRasheed1]

hi paul hope you are doing well kindly make a video on public domain book

[@AIMaskWoman]

Great tips and strategy Paul👍

[@paulmarles]

Thank you 🙏

[@jennykaur7055]

This all seems very authentic. Will try it.

[@paulmarles]

Thank you 🙏

[@robertcooper1952]

Thanks for the excellent video, Paul. I'm soon going to start advertising on Amazon for the third edition of my book: "The Conscience of An Agnostic," which I just received from my publisher.

[@paulmarles]

You’re welcome. Good luck with the new edition.

[@Okeflora.6480]

Great tutorial! Thank You’

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome. Thank you for watching.

[@m1k3y9525]

Hey great video! for the 3 books or more with BSR

[@digitalmarketplace1152]

شكرا كثير اخي على ترجمة العربية شرحك ممتاز Thank you very much, brother, for translating Arabic. Your explanation is excellent

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome.

[@dmaccio26]

Hi Paul, excellent your videos. I have a question about keywords. When in the video you say that (8:47), in addition to the keywords that we find with the AMZ Suggestion extension, we must combine them with the Publisher Rocket searches and then choose between the ones that have the most searches per month and the least competition, those two values ​​where they are taken from ? would it be the second and third column of the excel? thank you

[@sallyalter6003]

I watch your videos many times because I always learn something new. I have just published a non-fiction book which is doing very well. I can see, however, that certain key words I am using have too much competition so I think I can go in and change them. Is this right, Paul?

[@Goliadorito769]

Thanks for helping sir

[@paulmarles]

Glad to help. 👍

[@joshuaguess6736]

Paul, thanks SO much! You are a wonderful teacher. Your videos and concise and very helpful. Quick question...is it possible to make a QR code inside your book that links to amazon to leave a review for your book? I'm struggling to figure out how to do this as it seems like you need to publish the book first in order to have a place to review, but then you obviously can't go back and change the content after it's published. Is this possible?

[@Bonniebeebs]

Hi Paul another fantastic video do we include keywords that aren’t relevant like say for example I know I’m doing a kids kind of sketch book and put in sketchbook and adult comes up do I include this in my researching of the keywords. Thank you

[@BrainNuggets88]

Nice information, appreciate it

[@paulmarles]

You’re welcome. 👍

[@milenavelezdi3026]

Hello Mr. Paul, How are you, one question, in what order do you recommend me to watch the videos, is that there are many and sometimes I get lost, and what I do not want is to see a video, and then see another that I should have seen before a special one, I hope you understand what I mean, and thank you very much for your help and content, it is really good. What a happiness that these videos do have Spanish subtitles.

[@sovereignsoulutions6612]

Hello, did you ever do the video on this topic that you mentioned will be next in this series? I can't seem to find it if so. Thanks so much.

[@laprincessibtissem2443]

Thank you a lot Paul

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome.

[@Ludi8153]

Thank you.

[@roberthorsefield9833]

Awesome video. I didn't realize how badly I had chosen my keywords until I used your metric. No wonder I had so little traffic! I actually tried a variation of your method: 1000 / Total number of search results x Number of 1st page BSR

[@paulmarles]

Yes you ignore non books. You are looking to see if books in your niche are making a sale to see if there’s a market for the book you’re going to create.

[@IvanC64]

Paul, your content is always precious and teaching a lot of inestimable tips and tricks. I need a hint on the usage of Kindle Spy extension. It can be used both for kindle and paperbacks (also Audible) and seems to me it can be a kind of summary of the extension you're using in this video. Am I right or I'm missing something?

[@paulmarles]

I don’t actually use that plugin so I can’t really give any tips on using it.

[@lifeumbrellarelaxation8699]

Great and informative video. Keep it up

[@paulmarles]

Thank you 🙏

[@monguyen4600]

Thanks, Paul. Thanks to your detailed and easy-to-understand video tutorials, my books are getting better every day

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome. Glad you found it easy to understand.

[@YourChicGeek]

Great info!!

[@eugeniopozzi4639]

Hi Paolo I have been following you for a couple of days and I found your video for keyword research interesting. I wanted to ask you if you made specific videos for paper research classic diets trading etc etc nofiction.

[@paulmarles]

You can do the research on paper just using the same columns I did on the spreadsheet.

[@Daniela-iy3js]

Paul, I totally miss the window view behind you as per your previous videos 🌞

[@paulmarles]

🤷‍♂️

[@Terika-]

Thank you so much for your wonderful and well-made videos/teachings lessons. I enjoy them and learn so much from you. I have a question: I place a lot of care in choosing keywords for my paperbacks. Why, once they are approved, they are shown in categories completely unrelated or not even close to the chosen keywords I have picked???? some of those categories do not even make one ounce of sense to me.

[@paulmarles]

KDP sometimes choose them. I can't explain their rationale.

[@PedroAgueroRosewell]

Excellent brother

[@paulmarles]

Thank you.

[@asmasaleh3784]

شكرًا. Thanks 🌹

[@justinsmasterclass83]

Your videos are understandable.

[@paulmarles]

Thank you. Glad you found it helpful.

[@justinsmasterclass83]

Yes

[@theadventureseries6739]

Thank you for this info. My kids and I have published a book with more on the way and every little bit of information helps. I’ve tried giving free books away in a drawing to hopefully get reviews and raise our ranking. I’ve had trouble getting people to actually follow through despite my efforts and own expense of printing and shipping. Does Amazon filter out reviews? Some have said they’ve submitted one but my number of reviews aren’t changing.

[@paulmarles]

I think they may filter reviews if they don’t think they are obtained naturally. I know Amazon has been trying to clamp down on them.

[@lexdmoney]

Hey Paul first off thanks for the vids they're awesome. So I've just uploaded my first low content book on kdp platform and it was awesome. However my question is this. I've chosen the Halloween niche. Now most of the amazing keyword, and phrases I found have super low amazon searches with at least 5 books under 300,000 bsr. My problem is there aren't any Halloween notebooks or journals showing for those keywords I've found. Does this mean my book won't show up for those keywords? Sorry for the Lon drawn out question

[@travelisfun5689]

Hey paul I have a question can I just get a canva subscription and use an image and fill the rest with blank pages and publish to kendal direct it would be the right size but it's actually a front cover book with just blank pages no lines would that work thanks Paul

[@sarawilliams9719]

Is it possible to add links to your suggested videos in the description? I never want to abandon the video I'm watching to click on it when you mention it.

[@paulmarles]

👍

[@mmesomavictory6058]

Hi Paul, thank you for your videos very explanatory, just started in this business and these videos have been helpful. Quick question tho do you suggest I use a pen name for my online publishing business or my real name.

[@paulmarles]

Either is ok but I prefer pen names.

[@fabiGBOtown]

Dear Paul, is it ok to make a book title that targets a company, for example, office depot logbook.

[@ketocustomdiets]

Exceptional VIdeo

[@tinigenie34]

Thank you Brother 😘

[@paulmarles]

You’re welcome.

[@coz3001]

Thanks Paul

[@paulmarles]

You're welcome.

[@DeannaJohnson-dh5jw]

I am not sure where to find the information referenced to in the video regarding the the chrome plug ins

[@housnizouggar6571]

Thank you so much 💪👏✌

[@AnissTawfik]

i can add copyright or trademark in my keywords only like IPHONE or disney in my keywords ?

[@muhammadabdullahmanzoor6172]

How can I get an idea in which market I publish my book? People sell their books in some specific markets and I am confused about in which market I publish my book. You have made a video related to amazon markets?

[@EasyCookingRecipesbangla]

so how many books i should upload for the same sub niche