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...
by Carrie Koens | Aug 15, 2014 | Book Launch
Late in 2013, a large box arrived on the doorsteps of several Weaving Influence team members, myself included. Within the box we found a thank you note, a gift card, and a giant cow. Once pictures were taken and the laughter subsided in our respective homes around the...
by Carrie Koens | Aug 8, 2014 | Book Launch
We have the opportunity to get to know a lot of amazing leaders, coaches, and authors through our work at Weaving Influence. Since I started with Becky in 2012, I’ve learned a lot – not just about the business, but about myself. No matter what the project...
by Becky Robinson | Aug 5, 2014 | Inspiration
Daily, unrelenting headaches. Doctor visits. Medication. Exercise. Chiropractic care My husband experimented with every reasonable treatment offered for the headaches that plagued him for months. With no cause determined except stress, he made a big decision to make a...
by Becky Robinson | Aug 3, 2014 | Inspiration
Few of us care about issues that don’t impact us directly, at least not in sustained or action-producing ways. In fact, I brushed off a family member’s concerns about the drought in California when I visited her last year. She didn’t want help with...
by Becky Robinson | Jul 31, 2014 | Social Media
Talking to some collaborators, they expressed surprise that I blog regularly. Really? My business involves consulting with people about strategies to grow their influence online. The core of my message is that the most important part of anyone’s online presence...
by Becky Robinson | Jul 29, 2014 | Influence Building
One of the most significant aspects of leading a virtual subcontractor team is the tremendous choice each person has in participating in our work. Each person has chosen to be a part of our team, and chooses in what ways they will participate in the work we do in the...
by Becky Robinson | Jul 26, 2014 | Social Media
I got an email in my inbox this week from Ryan, a new friend who listened to me present at last week’s Berrett-Koehler Book Marketing Event. He followed up on some advice I gave at the conference regarding NOT posting the same update to all your social channels...
by Carrie Koens | Jul 25, 2014 | Book Launch
I come from an extremely honest (and opinionated) family who grades my mother on her meals. Anything below an “A” and the recipe goes out because Mom doesn’t want to spend her time fixing mediocre food. Growing up this way I thought it was normal to...
