{"id":3622,"date":"2022-06-06T11:47:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T15:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/?p=3622"},"modified":"2023-02-07T14:05:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T18:05:08","slug":"outofhisleague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/outofhisleague\/","title":{"rendered":"AdBiblio Case Study: Out of His League from Wattpad Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The year was 2001. The movie: <em>Summer Catch<\/em>. I think I watched it 4 or 5 times that year going into high school. Flash forward to 2005, and I couldn&#8217;t get enough of the movie <em>Fever Pitch<\/em>. So it all adds up to why I was so excited about promoting a baseball romance! We loved helping Wattpad Books use AdBiblio book advertising to promote Caroline Richardson&#8217;s super fun and steamy novel, <a href=\"https:\/\/books.wattpad.com\/shop-adult-fiction\/p\/out-of-his-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Out of His League<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-2.51.26-PM-700x722.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3627\" width=\"477\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-2.51.26-PM-700x722.png 700w, https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-2.51.26-PM-240x247.png 240w, https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-2.51.26-PM-768x792.png 768w, https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-2.51.26-PM.png 1032w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Out of His League<\/em> is Richardson&#8217;s debut novel, and garnered over one million reads on Wattpad in less than a year after winning a Watty award \u2013 talk about a home run! And this super steamy novel is perfect for readers who love a touch of sports in their romance. What happens when a down on his luck baseball player meets his biggest fan, and it turns into a one night stand? You&#8217;ll have to read to find out! <em>Publisher&#8217;s Weekly<\/em> says, &#8220;Richardson delivers a story of love at first sight in this captivating baseball romance\u2026Fans of sports romances will find plenty to enjoy!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Colorful-Illustrated-Hope-In-A-Note-2-700x700.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3623\" width=\"531\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Colorful-Illustrated-Hope-In-A-Note-2-700x700.png 700w, https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Colorful-Illustrated-Hope-In-A-Note-2-240x240.png 240w, https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Colorful-Illustrated-Hope-In-A-Note-2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Colorful-Illustrated-Hope-In-A-Note-2.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The base of this book advertising campaign targeted female romance readers ages 18+, with traits and behaviors like novel readers, rom-com lovers, literary influencers, avid ebook readers, and Goodreads users. And since it has the baseball tie-in, we also included sports fans and those with a strong interest in baseball. Comps included popular authors like Chloe Liese, Kaylee Ryan, Mariana Zapata, Emily Henry, Jill Shalvis, and Tessa Bailey, and keywords included terms and phrases like s<em>ports romance books, baseball romance books, contemporary romance, steamy reads,<\/em> and much more!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-2.55.49-PM-700x400.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3628\" width=\"541\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-2.55.49-PM-700x400.png 700w, https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-2.55.49-PM-240x137.png 240w, https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-2.55.49-PM-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-02-at-2.55.49-PM.png 1054w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The campaign included our classic mix of native and banner ads, and knocked it out of the park (<em>pun intended<\/em>) with a .25% CTR! The ads ran on top sites including <em>Bravo, Variety, Buzzfeed, SB Nation, Sports Illustrated, MLB, Cosmopolitan, She Reads Romance<\/em> and more, and did best with our AdBiblio romance read-alikes &#8211; 0.30% CTR, romance readers &#8211; .40% CTR, and sports fans &#8211; .25% CTR!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Out of His League<\/em> is the perfect addition to your beach bag this summer \u2013 you can<a href=\"https:\/\/books.wattpad.com\/shop-adult-fiction\/p\/out-of-his-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> grab your copy here! <\/a>And if you&#8217;re ready for your next book advertising campaign, let&#8217;s chat! You can find me at <a href=\"emailto: marybeth@adbiblio.com\">marybeth@adbiblio.com.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Want to read more? Check out more <a href=\"https:\/\/adbiblio.com\/blog\/category\/case-studies\/\">book advertising case studies<\/a> here!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year was 2001. The movie: Summer Catch. I think I watched it 4 or 5 times that year going into high school. Flash forward to 2005, and I couldn&#8217;t get enough of the movie Fever Pitch. So it all adds up to why I was so excited about promoting a baseball romance! 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