Why Quora Is a Great Place to Promote Your Books

"Quora is an American question-and-answer website and online knowledge market. Users can ask questions, answer them, and comment on answers, creating a collaborative platform for knowledge sharing".

Although users from certain countries can't monetize their content, they can advertise their brands, works and products via embedded links in relevant answers they provide to questions asked on Quora or in direct posts they make on their Quora page or in Quora spaces (groups/communities). 

This is a wonderful opportunity for you if you are looking for more platforms to showcase your books. While all your posts and answers to questions on Quora may not get "upvotes" (likes) from Quora users, they get views and sometimes, lots of views which could convert to direct traffic for the sites where you published your books.

The rest depends on how well your posts and answers sell you works. So, you may want to give it your best shot and create very interesting posts/answers and the more views you get, the more your posts/answers get shown to Quora users. 

Tips to Succeeding Organically on Quora

• Write at least 20 - 100 answers to questions on Quora per week. You can respond to questions that require brief answers but remember, the more helpful and intriguing your answers are, the more relevant you would become on Quora.

People would follow you on Quora and request specifically for you to answer their questions.

People who become very popular on Quora get elevated to a verified status on Quora which is solely based on merit, you can't pay for it.

• Subscribe to multiple spaces and be active there. Even if you can't embed links of your works in some posts in those spaces, understand that the more you post there, the higher your chance of getting profile views from readers and contributors on those spaces. 

So, use your bio to direct visitors to your personal websites, social media profiles and product sites. Include those information in your bio.

Quora allows you to achieve your goals but you would need to put in the effort then everything would become easy. Be unique, be helpful and you will reap the reward which is popularity and sales. 

Conclusion

Now that you are aware of how it works, sign up for a Quora profile and start creating. Join relevant "spaces" (groups/communities) on Quora and craft relevant content for these spaces with embedded links to your works.

If you already have a Quora profile, dust it up if you haven't been using it and start grabbing those much needed views and "upvotes".

Check out this book promotion space on Quora while you're at it.