LOVE YOUR BACKLIST & LEVEL UP TO 7 FIGURES

I'm Dakota Willink, USA Today Bestselling Romance Author.  I published my first book ten years ago. Since then, my books have been translated into five languages, and I have sold over 2 million books worldwide. I've been recognized for various awards and bestseller lists, including USA Today. My Fade Into You series was a finalist in the HEAR Now Festival Independent Audiobook Awards. I was also a contributor to the Blunder Woman Productions project, Nevertheless, We Persisted: Me Too, a 2019 Audie Award Finalist and Earphones Award Winner.

As with most indie authors, the struggle to succeed is an uphill battle. I'm not a fast writer, so the dips in income between releases were long and financially difficult. In 2019, after I'd published my fifth book, my income hit an all-time low. Something had to give. 

In 2020, I began to focus on ways to make my backlist work harder for me, giving me space to breathe in between new releases. I took countless courses and found ways to cater these teachings to work for my brand.

In 2023, I surpassed 1 million in sales in a single calendar year and have spent over one million on Facebook ads since 2021.  Learning from the best is how I got to where I am today, and I will forever be grateful to the authors who have shared their trade secrets. Now I feel like it's my turn to give back and share the many things that brought me to 7 figures.