Rob Cox

Rob Cox – Marketer

A highly-experienced Marketing and Copywriting professional with a substantial record of successful campaign management and brand growth.

Overview

Hello! 👋


Thanks for stopping by.


Please note: My focus is on producing bespoke marketing strategies for my clients to implement but I’m unable to take on direct campaign/advert management.


Across 17+ years in the Publishing industry, I've worked with or for every major publisher in the UK, managed campaigns for some of the world's best-known and most successful brands (including Jeffrey Archer, David Baldacci, Kate Atkinson, Blake Crouch, Peter F. Hamilton and Ken Follett) and co-founded an award-winning Marketing agency, Tandem Collective.


If your book is finished and edited and you now need practical, expert guidance on:


- trend-led, market-focussed cover design

- your target audience and how to reach them

- creating blurbs that sell your story

- optimising Amazon keywords and categories

- securing early reviews

- setting up and running Amazon Ad and Meta campaigns

- Instagram and TikTok influencer outreach

- growing your social media and newsletter subscribers


... then drop me a line!


I’d be delighted to create a large-scale strategy document for you, filled with bespoke copy and material for the topics listed above plus step-by-step lessons to teach you everything you need to know in order to get your book out in the world and into readers' hands.

Services
Fiction
Historical Fiction Historical Romance Horror Mystery & Crime Psychological Thriller Romantic Fantasy
Certifications
  • Publishing with English, BA (Hons)

Work experience

Welbeck

Mar, 2020 — Sep, 2023 (over 3 years)

Responsible for Marketing team management and campaign/brand work across Fiction, Non-Fiction, Gift and Children's titles, including several Sunday Times bestsellers.

Self-employed

Dec, 2017 — Mar, 2021 (over 3 years)

Co-ran the day-to-day operations of Tandem Collective, an award-winning Marketing agency which worked with a vast roster of clients including HarperCollins, Hachette, Penguin Random House, Bonnier and Pan Macmillan.

Self-employed

Jul, 2015 — Dec, 2017 (over 2 years)

Self-employed Marketing consultant working with some of the UK's largest publishers on digital and traditional advertising, copywriting, proof creation, influencer outreach and more.

Pan Macmillan

Apr, 2014 — Jul, 2015 (about 1 year)

Undertook major brand campaign growth projects for Jeffrey Archer, Ken Follett, David Baldacci, Cormac McCarthy, Peter James and Lucinda Riley, amongst others.

Projects

AMS Management

I managed AMS advertising for over 500 titles for an entire publisher's catalogue, with a great success rate across most titles (<25% ACOS overall and 250k+ Lifetime unit sales).

Some of the best performing campaigns include:
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Crime Fiction title
- CPC £0.17 / ROAS 6.19 / 26k Clicks / 3.9k orders
- Top 50 Amazon bestseller (all categories)
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General Fiction title
- A mixture of Sponsored Search and Product Targeting ads
- CPC £0.57 / 36k Clicks / 5.5k Orders / Top 10 Amazon bestseller (all categories)
- Also secured a Bookbub: 2200 Clicks, 1250 Sales, 56% Conversion Rate
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Illustrated Sports titles
- 4 books advertised with 3 securing '#1 Bestseller' tags
- CPC £0.23 / 108k Clicks / 23k Orders / ROAS 10.7

The Governess - Wendy Holden

Wendy Holden's gorgeous novel The Governess, about the Queen Elizabeth II's childhood nanny Margaret 'Crawfie' Crawford, necessitated a splashy and impactful campaign as it was a significant change in direction for Wendy's writing. We ensured we were reaching existing fans and wider historical fiction readers with a combination of print advertising, retailer co-promotion, influencer outreach (especially to Royal fansites)

The book was (and remains) one of Welbeck's bestselling titles and reinstated the author as a Top 10 Sunday Times Bestseller.

Rob has 10 reviews

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Lucien R.

Lucien R.

Aug, 2024

Rob was a great partner in getting my novel launched on Amazon. In addition to great book marketing knowledge and input on everything that needed it (book blurb, ad copy, A+ material, etc.), Rob was incredibly responsive. Due to vagaries of how our Reedsy agreement was setup, Rob's work with me extended a couple of months after all my payments had been made, but Rob was as responsive and helpfu...
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David J.

David J.

Jul, 2024

The best way to convey the tremendous value it has been to me working with Rob is to say this: I’ve had very good previous experiences working with professional marketers. They have listened. They have all had extensive industry experience and have all fulfilled our professional agreements. No complaints. And yet, I’ve never had the results I have had with Rob. Rob is, simply put, outstandi...
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Rob C.
An extremely kind review, David, and very much appreciated! It's been an absolute pleasure to work with you and I'm very much looking forward to continuing to do so and helping you build your sales...
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Joe G.

Joe G.

Jun, 2024

Rob was incredibly responsive to queries, even offering some hints and tips for me to get started with before the main collaboration began that proved really helpful. The format of the documents provided is easy to follow and utilise, especially beneficial for anyone to whom marketing, PR and SEO is a nightmarish headache. He came across as friendly yet professional, and confident in his abilit...
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Leah W.

Leah W.

May, 2024

Rob was supremely professional. The bespoke marketing strategy was well-designed, well-researched, and easy to follow.
Alistair H.

Alistair H.

May, 2024

Rob is a genius. The strategy he created was amazing. I have no idea how a writer could manage to do this on their own. He was very responsive, and the advice he gave outside of the marketing strategy he supplied was invaluable. I highly recommend any writer, especially a first-time writer, to work with Rob.
Rob C.
Hi Alistair, What a lovely review - thank you. It's been such a pleasure to work with you and I hope your first book is just the start of many success for you! All the best, Rob

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