Instagram Promotion

Written By Jerrimiah Stonecastle

I tried to do a promotion on Facebook of my bundle. I ran it for 5 days. For the entire 5 days the promotion was under review. At the end of the promotion it said completed. I was, to say the least, furious. And to compound matters FB did not reply to my query. The good news no money was spent or lost.

But since I'm not the type of person to give up because of a glitch, I decided to finally click on the "promote" option of my Instagram account. Of course I was a little gun shy so I decided not to invest as much money as I did with FB. I wanted to see what the results were first.

So far I'm please with it reaching over 1,200 people. in the first 3 days. 18% were women and 82% were men. I guess the ladies aren't into "cops and robbers".

But at least now I have an idea of who the potential audience is for the UC 630 Cop or Criminal series are. Although, oddly enough, most of my female friends love the book. I think it's because of the content. I might have to change the cover to attract a more balanced audience.

Trial and error.

I am still learning about this career, calling or life style. But what I must learn is patience and realize that what I envision won't happen in the first year. Or the second year. Or within five years. But I know it will happen eventually. The good news is that I love what I'm doing so the journey to success will be fun!

Jerrimiah Stonecastle

Stonecastle Publications

"Throwing Stones at a Glass House

Jerrimiah Stonecastle

Born and raised in the slums of New York, he was raised by a single mom who earned her Master's in Early Childhood Development while working as a teacher's aide. She sent young Jerrimiah to the prestigious Power Memorial Academy for Boys, the Alma mater of NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He worked part-time after school to help his mom pay for his tuition.

He declined a full scholarship from Concordia University and joined the US Army and became a combat medic. He returned to New York upon his discharge where he was hired by the NYC Chief Medical Examiner’s Office as a medical stenographer.

In 1982 he joined the New York City Police Department. In 1983 he was recruited by the Organized Crime Control Bureau (OCCB) as an undercover officer in their narcotics division. He finished out his career as a detective assigned to the Bronx Homicide Task Force.

When he retired in 2002, he relocated to Florida to pursue his passion for writing. After hundreds of rejection letters and reading Amanda Hocking's story, he decided to self-publish his own works. In 2016 he formed Stonecastle Publications LLC and has published 30 books so far. He has an additional 400 fiction and nonfiction novels in draft form in his company's literary vault.

On October 31, 2018, He launched his first horror novel "FRANKENSTINA" and released the sequel "FRANKENSTINA REBORN" on Halloween 2019. There are two more books in the horology.

On March 7, 2023, he received the Literary Titan Book Award for the apocalyptic thriller "A Flash of Light".

Stonecastle Publications LLC

"Throwing Stones At a Glass House"

https://jerrimiahstonecastle.org/
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