by Kristin Elliott | Feb 23, 2018 | Influence Building
With nearly two years under our belt, the Hometown Reads team has definitely learned a thing or two about how to serve local authors in a prolific and meaningful way. In case you aren’t familiar with Hometown Reads, it was founded by Weaving Influence CEO, Becky...
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...
