by Guest Author | Sep 10, 2013 | Social Media
Opening your blog up to guest bloggers can be a sensitive thing. You’re exposing your precious readers to someone who, besides the technological universe, is a stranger to you. How can you be sure this person will care for your pages and your readers as much as you?...
by Carrie Koens | Sep 6, 2013 | Influence Building
Curious about the Featured on Friday posts? Learn more. This week, it’s time to meet another member of the Weaving Influence team. She’s reliable, funny, faithful, and refreshingly honest. After almost a year of getting to know her through our online work,...
by Becky Robinson | Sep 5, 2013 | Marketing
Buy my book, send me a receipt, and I’ll send you bonuses worth (insert $$ value here). The practice of creating bonus offers to celebrate the launch of a book has been around a while, and doesn’t seem to be fading. While the practice continues, it is...
by Becky Robinson | Sep 3, 2013 | Social Media
I set my alarm for all-kinds-of-early today so I could try again at one habit I can’t seem to stick with consistently: running. If you’ve read this blog for long, you know that I am an on-again-off-again runner. I do well for weeks (even months), and then...
by Carrie Koens | Aug 30, 2013 | Social Media
The internet is chock-full of information, and it’s time for another round up of some of the best links and tips that we have found online. Being a team of social media consultants, we’re always on the lookout for ways to get more out of our time online,...
by Becky Robinson | Aug 29, 2013 | Marketing
When many authors consider events for promoting their books, they think about in-person events: book signings, launch parties, even book tours. As bookstores close, budgets shrink, and schedules fill and as authors seek to grow their influence beyond their own...
by Becky Robinson | Aug 28, 2013 | Leadership
You are just like me. You think like me. You act like me. You respond in exactly the ways I would expect. You share my attitudes and beliefs. You know what I know (even if I didn’t tell you.) What motivates me would motivate you. What would reward me, rewards...
by Becky Robinson | Aug 27, 2013 | Social Media
Your agenda is a barrier to true connection. If you approach the use of social media tools with a clearly defined agenda and looming deadline for results, you’ll find yourself frustrated, invariably. The more urgent your need to get “something” from...
by Carrie Koens | Aug 23, 2013 | Book Launch
To celebrate the launch of Chip Bell’s new book, The 9 1/2 Principles of Innovative Service, we are honored to host a guest post from the man of the hour. If you want to know more about Chip, he was featured on an earlier Friday post, which you can read here....
by Becky Robinson | Aug 21, 2013 | Inspiration
A friend called me on Monday afternoon. He knew I’d hit a few rough and bumpy patches lately. He listened to me moan and whine and then he said some pretty powerful words. “You have 24 hours to feel bad about this — eat a lot of ice cream, whatever it is...
