Ads
How do I assign and reassign ads to books and services (i.e. Amazon, Kobo, etc.)?
Assigning your ads to the correct book and service (i.e. Amazon, Kobo, Apple, etc.) is an essential step in accurate reporting. While you can always go back and correct any mistakes, this can be very time consuming if you have a lot of ads. AHS ...
How to upload your Amazon and Facebook Ads to AHS
Grabbing your Facebook Ads data There are two ways you can get your Facebook Ads data. One of them is to go to the Facebook Ads Manager, set everything up appropriately, choose your timeframe, and download the data. Then, once you have it, go to the ...
How do I upload Amazon Ads to AHS?
In order to get your ads reports for Amazon on The Author Helper Suite, please follow these steps. STEP 1 – Make sure you’re on the main campaigns page and select the date you want to download. NOTE: Amazon often updates the data multiple days later, ...
How to Use the Facebook Pixel
Head to the Settings->Pen Name Settings section of AHS and click on the Facebook Pixel tab to fill in the information on your pixel After that is done, any time a person clicks on any of your ReaderLinks links it will come through our system and fire ...
Why is Facebook rejecting my ads due to redirect links?
This appears to be an arbitrary thing that Facebook does. They even do it to shortened "amzn.com" links sometimes, too. There's no rhyme or reason to it. We do have people who run into this issue from time to time but they find that trying a few ...
Are paperbacks included in series ads analysis reports?
No, the ads analysis is for Kindle eBooks and KDP page reads only.
My Facebook Ads report won't upload to ReaderLinks
The most common reason for this is the Campaign Name column missing from the report. The reason for this is when the Facebook custom report is not crafted from the Ads tab on Facebook, the final report doesn't include the Campaign Name data. To fix ...
How do I assign ads to different pen names?
1. Upload your ads report to your default pen name. 2. Go to the AuthorAnalytics drop-down menu at the top of the page and select "Manage Ad Assignments" 3. On this page, assign each ad to its respective book for that pen name. 4. Assign ads that do ...
My Facebook Ads are showing incomplete data on The Author Helper Suite. How can I fix this?
This can happen if the spreadsheet file is corrupted. The usual culprit is Excel's tendency to turn long strings of numbers into scientific notation. This can even happen when you don't open the file in Excel! This is what Microsoft calls a "feature" ...
How can I delete an ads report?
You can delete ads by doing the following: 1. Select Account/Subscription from Settings. 2. On the Settings page, click 'Remove Ads Data' tab. 3. In either the Facebook or the Amazon section, enter the date for the ad report you'd like to delete and ...
Why are German Amazon Ads reports showing UK data?
This is caused by uploading the German reports in English. Please make sure you're choosing the Deutsch version of the report on the AMS reports dashboard. If the report is in English it will overwrite the UK report. See image from Amazon AMS ...
Can I add BookBub ad expenses?
The Author Helper Suite does not offer a way to upload the BB reports at this time. However, you can add the BB spend to a specific book or as an 'Other Expense' by doing the following: 1. Click on the gear icon in the upper right 2. Select Manage ...
How do I set up Facebook Ads in The Author Helper Suite?
Grabbing your Facebook Ads data There are two ways you can get your Facebook Ads data. One of them is to go to the Facebook Ads Manager, set everything up appropriately, choose your timeframe, and download the data. Then, once you have it, go to the ...