by Becky Robinson | Feb 3, 2015 | Inspiration
Amy, a long-time Weaving Influence team member, lost her mother, Carolyn, last week. In the week or so before her mother’s death, she took off some time to plan music and gather photos for her mother’s memorial service. She said, wisely, “I...
by Carrie Koens | Jan 30, 2015 | Book Launch
Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m thankful it’s Friday. It’s been a long week with lots of late nights and the occasional feeling that my eyes might just pop out of my head if I look at a computer screen for one more minute. However,...
by Carrie Koens | Jan 23, 2015 | Book Launch
I’ve defined myself as “a reader” since I was five years old, and am a sucker for Jane Austen (Mansfield Park is my favorite), Agatha Christie (Murder on the Orient Express), and C.S. Lewis (The Four Loves). When my husband found out I would be...
by Carrie Koens | Jan 16, 2015 | Book Launch
Readers and Book Reviewers, Team Buzz Builders and Casual Promoters – GET READY! February 2nd starts our busy spring book launch season, and our team is in full swing working to get everything ready for an exciting line up of authors and books covering a variety...
by Carrie Koens | Jan 9, 2015 | Influence Building
One of the things that I love about doing book launches is the opportunity to get to know people like Andy, Jane, Chantal, and John. As I’ve said before, without the faithful members of Team Buzz Builder, we could not be as successful in our launches. While some...
by Christy Kirk | Jan 8, 2015 | Social Media
If there is one truth about Facebook, it’s that the social channel is always changing. Some changes turn out to be terrific. Some are a huge challenge. (We’re talking about you, algorithm change that limited reach of branded pages!) This latest change could have...
by Becky Robinson | Jan 6, 2015 | Influence Building
One of my important habits of a leader is crafting a weekly email to my team, outlining upcoming events and setting the pace for the week ahead. Since we’re a virtual company, it’s an important touch point and writing to the team is a habit I’m happy...
by Becky Robinson | Dec 23, 2014 | Influence Building
It’s been another great and busy year at Weaving Influence, and we are preparing for an even bigger year in 2015. Here Are A Few Highlights (in no particular order) The Development Of Our Book Marketing Microsite – This year, we created a template/website...
by Becky Robinson | Dec 16, 2014 | Book Launch
Over the next few blog posts, I’m going to highlight some lessons, milestones, and progress this year from our business, so you can celebrate and learn with us. Today’s post pulls in a few lessons from books we launched this year, with gratitude to the...
by Becky Robinson | Dec 12, 2014 | Leadership
Prior to Thanksgiving, I felt the most extreme burnout that I’ve ever felt in my business. As I considered how to move through the burnout to renewed energy to finish the year strong, I reached out to my friend Whitney Johnson. I’d been contemplating going...
