In this special episode of The Author Hangout, we have collected the answers from several of our past guests to our question, “If you had to start all over today as a self-published author, what 3 things would you tell yourself?

Shawn Manaher, owner of Book Marketing Tools, kicks off 2017 with some great tips on goal setting for authors. You have dreams and goals for your books in 2017 and Shawn shows you how to accomplish those goals with some solid tips.

In this episode, Shawn Manaher answers a great question about social media engagement from author Mike Stop Continues, in our popular "Author Answers" series. Shawn loves lists and he lists 4 great keys to proper social media engagement as an author.

In this episode, we were joined by Michael Neeley. He has a really unique story regarding his book, which leads into some great advice on building your audience, and using speaking and podcasts to help increase your author profile.

In this episode, we answer another author question. In a twist, we invited past guest, Alana Terry, to answer a question about whether it is better to use a blog tour service or if you should run your own blog tours.

In this episode, we interviewed bestselling author, Gregory Diehl. He shared insights on how he turned books in two different genres into bestsellers. He also gave tips on using Amazon ads to help get even more sales for his books.

In this episode, we took an audience question again. R.J. Adams, from here at Book Marketing Tools, answered the question and gave some great tips on how to choose comparison titles for your book to use in marketing.

In this episode, we interviewed bestselling author Nathan Van Coops. He discussed the mindset you need for how you approach your writing, some great tips for book launches, and how to create audiobooks and why you should.

In this episode, we had Chandler Bolt on the show again. He is a bestselling author and expert book marketer, and he shared some great insights about self-publishing, as well as some book launch strategies and tips.

In this episode, we interviewed podcasting expert Ben Krueger. He shared great tips for authors on how you can use a podcast to catapult your author career, whether you are a fiction or nonfiction author.