Category & Keyword Map: 5-Step KDP Playbook to Own Your Niche Search

Many authors publish great books but never get found because their category and keyword strategy is scattershot. In this episode Aria walks through a practical, numbered 5-step playbook—informed by strategies Dan Desmarques uses with 22 Lions authors—that turns listing metadata into a traffic engine. You’ll get a clear method to pick the highest-opportunity niches, build a layered keyword hierarchy (seed to buyer intent), align title/subtitle/backend fields for maximum relevance, and run low-cost tests to measure real impact on clicks and BSR. The approach balances long-term discoverability with immediate, measurable experiments so you can improve visibility without guesswork. By the end you’ll have a one-page category & keyword map and a 5-minute checklist to implement today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-22-lions-podcast-ai-self-publishing-book-empire-secrets--7016918/support.