by Carrie Koens | Feb 20, 2018 | Marketing
If you’re an author with a book for sale on Amazon, you may be overlooking a prime (pun intended) spot for advertising yourself with no cost to you. If you’ve heard of Author Pages but aren’t sure where to start, or if you set up a page years ago and think it might...
by Elizabeth Johnson | Feb 16, 2018 | Book Launch
Ugh—meetings. They’re where productivity goes to die, right? There has to be a better way. According to leading consultants Dick and Emily Axelrod, there is. This week we’re celebrating the re-launch of their book Let’s Stop Meeting Like This,...
by Margy Kerr-Jerrett | Feb 13, 2018 | Marketing
Recently, Weaving Influence hosted our first #12MinuteBookLaunch challenge. For one week, we sent daily 12-minute prompts to authors of all types and saw some truly amazing results. The power of a challenge is that it engages a group of people for a set amount of time...
by Elizabeth Johnson | Feb 9, 2018 | Book Launch
This week we’re celebrating the launch of The Courage Way, written by Shelly L. Francis on behalf of The Center for Courage & Renewal. It also happens to be our 100th book launch, which is a pretty exciting milestone! We’ve enjoyed working with Shelly...
by Elizabeth Johnson | Feb 6, 2018 | Social Media
You probably know of Goodreads as a great place to find books or track your reading, but did you know it also has a host of other benefits for authors and book editors? It’s a great place to build your brand, connect with thousands of other readers and authors,...
by Christy Kirk | Feb 2, 2018 | Marketing
Social media is a powerful tool to create excitement and interest in your book, but authors are often confused about which social platforms will deliver the best results. Many social marketers recommend maintaining a presence on all social channels. That may work for...
by Ellen Snyder | Jan 30, 2018 | Influence Building
First off, congratulations! You are most likely reading this post because you have accomplished something worth celebrating. Whether you wrote a book or a blog post, created a meaningful and useful product, or cracked the code to your service experience, you should...
by Margy Kerr-Jerrett | Jan 26, 2018 | Marketing
This coming Monday (1/29), we’ll be kicking off our one-week 12-Minute Book Marketing Challenge! We created this challenge for authors of all types who are ready to take their marketing into their own hands — and see their results soar! After launching...
by Stephanie Quick | Jan 23, 2018 | Marketing
It is projected that the average person will receive 97 emails per day in 2018. That’s up from 108 in 2011 — and that number is expected to continue to grow into 2019 and beyond. Many thought that social media would mean the end of email marketing, but that...
by Sierra Hernandez | Jan 19, 2018 | Marketing
Millions of people tune into podcasts weekly. Podcasts are present across industries, and landing an interview on the right one can help authors move past the informational noise across so many mediums and into the right audience. Podcasts are no longer just a love...