Hack Your Way to the Future

Hack Your Way to the Future

I spent some time this morning with Mike Myatt’s just-released book, Hacking Leadership. As we near the end of the year and look to a new one, I find myself evaluating progress we made this year, considering lessons learned, setting goals for the new year,...
Featured on Friday: Bob Tiede

Featured on Friday: Bob Tiede

The online world often seems like it is more self-promotion than promotion of others. We talk about our blogs, our holiday plans, our latest and greatest achievement – it’s the nature of being social, I suppose. However, isn’t it nice when someone...
Using Curation to Shape Your Book Category

Using Curation to Shape Your Book Category

Like it or not, publishers, booksellers, readers, and the media think of you and your book as part of a category—they associate you with other books, authors, ideas, styles, location etc. My primary category, for example, is listed right on the back of my book:...
Featured on Friday: Ralph Jacobson

Featured on Friday: Ralph Jacobson

At Weaving Influence, it feels like we’re always buzzing about one book or another, and that’s just the way we like it. If you haven’t caught on by now, our team is primarily made up of readers, people who can never have one too many books on their...
The Power of Kickstarter

The Power of Kickstarter

I always knew I wanted to write children’s books but needed a way to fund the project to make it happen. My dream became reality when I discovered Kickstarter and started my campaign. Founded in 2009, the website serves as a meeting point for artists to find...
How to Use QR Codes for Your Business

How to Use QR Codes for Your Business

Most of us have probably seen these abstract images, consisting of black and white squares, and it’s becoming a common occurrence to see these squares used everywhere. Rather impressive, considering that they have only been around for 20 years. Originally designed in...
Do You See?

Do You See?

I love connecting virtually, but there are limits to how well someone can know you when they only see your life displayed online. Sometimes, that’s because we only choose to show the pretty parts, the shiny ones, the happy ones. We pick and choose what to share....