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Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others
Back in March 2015, we had the privilege of launching the first edition of Dare to Serve, and watched eagerly as it quickly rose to bestseller status. The author's timeless principles and heart for serving others proved effective not only for her own business, but...
How to Overcome Your Aversion to Self-Promotion
When we recommend clients begin promoting their books and other work on social media, we overwhelmingly get the same response: "Do I have to?" Unless you are a salesperson, odds are, the idea of promoting yourself feels very uncomfortable. You’re not alone. Some...
Transform Your Company: Align Your Business & Get Your Life Back
Why is running a business so difficult? From putting out fires to dealing with miscommunications, email overload, and too many unproductive meetings, it's a good way to feel like you're running around in circles. The good news is, change is possible -- and the author...
Why Asking for Reviews is Hard – and How to Make It Easier
One hard thing for many authors is asking people for book reviews. It sounds easy enough, but often it's deceptively difficult to request. You don't want to feel intrusive, or sound desperate. And you definitely don't want to bribe people into leaving dishonest...
How To Get People To Endorse Your Book
When we're talking about doing hard things, seeking endorsements probably one of the top things on the list. We all know they're important, but who actually likes asking for them? Getting the right people to throw their name and influence behind your book (or speaking...
Why Doing ‘Hard Things’ Makes You Stronger
It doesn’t get easier, you get stronger. I’m not sure to whom this quote should be attributed; it popped up on my Instagram feed today and I instantly resonated with it. One good reason to do hard things is that by doing them, they begin to feel easier -- not because...
Asking for Help Is Hard, But Necessary
You’ve completed your manuscript and found a way to publish, maybe you’ve even created a Facebook page and Instagram account -- that’s great! Now it’s time for the part that everyone seems to hate: asking for help from those you know. In the 17th century, John Donne...
Metrics are the Secret Sauce of Social Media Success
Peter Drucker said it best, “If you can’t measure something, you can’t improve it.” That’s true in business and in social media. Success in social media depends on monitoring the numbers to identify the content and tactics that deliver results. It may seem...
The Growing Edge with Carrie Newcomer & Parker Palmer
The Weaving Influence team is excited to be a part of a unique new project by Carrie Newcomer and Parker Palmer. This spring, we had the opportunity to partner with them in developing a website that showcases their work and online community with The Growing Edge....
3 Free Tools for Creating Shareable Social Media Links
You spend hours working to create amazing content. But once you’ve written that blog post, created that microsite, or listed that new book in your shop . . . how do you share it with the world? Even more importantly, how do you encourage others to share it? We suggest...
Humble Leadership: The Power of Relationships, Openness, and Trust
In today’s complex world, leadership must rely on high levels of trust and openness throughout the organization. In this week's book launch, bestselling author and father of organizational culture studies, Edgar Schein, and his son, Peter Schein, trail-blaze with a...
Simple Tools for Creating Stunning Social Media Graphics
We are a very visual society. That's evidenced through the popularity of image-based social platforms like Instagram and Pinterest, our penchant for funny cat videos and silly memes, and our photo-heavy Facebook feeds. Years of analyzing blog traffic and social...