by Becky Robinson | Sep 15, 2014 | Book Launch
Today marks the launch of Alexandra Watkins’ amazing book, Hello My Name is Awesome. Check out our press release announcing the book here. I first met Alexandra at the Berrett-Koehler book marketing workshop in San Francisco this summer. I had the (challenge?...
by Carrie Koens | Sep 12, 2014 | Book Launch
You might have noticed – it’s book launch season. Up at the main Weaving Influence HQ (a.k.a. Becky’s home office), books are being delivered on a regular basis… and going right back out again to Team Buzz Builders all over the place. Sharon...
by Becky Robinson | Sep 11, 2014 | Book Launch
When I first met John Stoker, he expressed some disappointment about the marketing of his May 2013 release, Overcoming Fake Talk. If I had ten bucks for every time someone expressed disappointment about money spent on publicity and marketing, I could take the trip to...
by Becky Robinson | Sep 9, 2014 | Social Media
… when you show up. If you have worked with me at all, you have heard me say this phrase: “The magic happens when you show up.” If you don’t show up, nothing can happen. When you show up matters. Where you show up matters. What you do when you...
by Carrie Koens | Sep 5, 2014 | Book Launch
Last summer I had the opportunity to meet Becky at the Berrett-Koehler Author Co-Op Book Marketing Workshop in Atlanta. During this two day event, Becky teamed up with today’s featured author to talk about ways to create an active community via social media....
by Becky Robinson | Sep 2, 2014 | Inspiration
After running a full marathon this spring, my discipline disappeared. With a half marathon (or two) on the calendar this fall, I am running again, although not without moments of regret about all the fitness I’ve lost. A summer’s worth of neglect —...
by Carrie Koens | Aug 29, 2014 | Book Launch
It really is a social world. Back in early 2012, a friend talked me into getting a Twitter account, and my husband forced me into an upgrade to a smartphone. A month later I was tweeting to some woman named @beckyrbnsn and she was asking me what kind of job I was...
by Becky Robinson | Aug 26, 2014 | Inspiration
Yesterday, I started the morning with a happy discovery. I thought I had my whole day booked with calls. When I looked at my calendar, I saw, instead, that I had 3 open hours in the middle of my day with 90 minutes blocked to work on a strategy for a client. Having a...
by Carrie Koens | Aug 22, 2014 | Inspiration
You’ve probably caught on to the fact that the team members of Weaving Influence are scattered from Michigan to South America, and from California to the Carolinas. As a virtual team, we have a lot of ways we stay in touch. There’s the obvious: emails,...
by Becky Robinson | Aug 19, 2014 | Influence Building
He plugs away for countless hours, through discipline and focus, to move things forward. Early mornings, weekends, late nights, from a vacation beach-side in Aruba, my often-unseen collaborator, John Marcello, executes website development magic for our clients. Our...