by Guest Author | Jun 23, 2015 | Inspiration
My town, Tallahassee, is trail-rich for runners. On a recent evening, a group of us planned to preview a trail that would be used for an upcoming race. We met at a specified gate, which was closed behind us, and ran about a mile to the entrance of the trail. From that...
by Becky Robinson | Jun 18, 2015 | Influence Building
We drove over 1400 miles through 8 states, over 5 days, for a combined total of over 26 hours of road time to meet 10 team members and 3 clients. The #witour. Along the way, we fit in a visit with an old friend I hadn’t seen in 15 years, a scenic hike, a tour of...
by Carrie Koens | Jun 12, 2015 | Book Launch
This has been a week of in-person gatherings for several members of our virtual team. While more and more of the Weaving Influence crew are now based in the Northern Ohio/Southern Michigan region, there are still a number of us who are scattered across the United...
by Becky Robinson | Jun 9, 2015 | Influence Building
I’m headed out this morning on what I’m calling the #witour, The Weaving Influence Summer Tour, along with my three daughters and one of their best friends. We’ll cover more than 1200 miles during an estimated 20 hours of driving, over 5 days,...
by Carrie Koens | Jun 5, 2015 | Influence Building
I could say it 50 or 100 times a week, and it would always be true: without Team Buzz Builder, our book launches would not be as successful. As the Book Launch Director, knowing there are “go to” individuals who will host guest posts, accept books to...
by Carrie Koens | May 29, 2015 | Influence Building
Three years ago I’d been working with Becky for one month. We were in the process of launching of Dare, Dream, Do by Whitney Johnson, and Becky was ready to step out in faith to start working full-time for her own company – pursuing her entrepreneurial...
by Guest Author | May 26, 2015 | Leadership
A popular term in today’s digital world of content creation, “thought leadership” is not really a new concept at all. In fact, The Oxford English Dictionary gives its first citation for the phrase in 1887 by describing Henry Ward Beecher as “one of the great...
by Carrie Koens | May 22, 2015 | Social Media
Working in a start-up company is not for the faint of heart, and in the summer and fall of 2013 the Weaving Influence team was swimming to keep our heads above water. We were starting to feel the growth pains as one by one our fellow contractors moved on or moved...
by Becky Robinson | May 19, 2015 | Book Launch
My new office space is filled with books and shipping materials today, as we’re sending out advance review copies of The Disciplined Leader by John Manning. Shipping and distributing books is something we do to serve our clients. It requires many hands on deck,...
by Carrie Koens | May 15, 2015 | Book Launch
One thing about working – even virtually – with strong personalities and visionaries (and don’t forget the INTJ – hi there!), is that no one is ever satisfied with the status quo. Despite having 50 book launches under our collective belt,...
