Ep 124: “Goal Setting for Authors”


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Welcome to the 124th episode of The Author Hangout, a podcast designed to help authors, especially self-published and indie authors, with marketing their books and improving their author platform. Authors struggle with various aspects of marketing and we are here to help!

Goal Setting for Authors

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.

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“You may know that some authors seem to be able to write and write and write, faster and faster and faster, and produce more content. It’s because they’re creating systems around themselves, and goal systems helps you to understand that you need to just be considering that as you are setting out to accomplish your goals. These create shortcuts. When you look at the same path and you’re going down it, if you already have a system in place to get through that path, you’re going to go much faster than you would if you didn’t.”

“What is one goal that you want to hit in 2017? I know I’ve given you a lot to think about, and you want to rewind and re-listen to this so that you really get it all, but how about you? Do you want to earn $1,000 a month from your books? Then set out that as your goal setting – that is, that’s what you want to do. Outline the strategy on how you’re going to get to that destination. What are the tasks that you need to line up in order to make that happen? Schedule it out so that you’re not missing anything. What are some systems around you that you can build in to help you to accomplish those goals? What are you doing mentally and actually physically to execute on that goal?”

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