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Training for LinkedIn Success: Collect Praise
Along the route, at nearly ever mile, we saw the signs. Someone wanted Monica to be encouraged during her half-marathon. At each mile, they placed encouraging, inspirational posters, calling her out by name, reminding her of her own inner strength and perseverance....
Featured on Friday: Dr. Kathy Cramer
If someone asked you what your biggest "WIN" was for the week, what would you say? Becky likes the Weaving Influence team to regularly share our wins, no matter how big or small. During book promotion weeks, my wins usually revolve around Amazon numbers or new book...
Sprint Day
Thursday is speedwork day for me in my marathon training. I run a shorter distance, faster, in hopes that I will improve my cardiovascular endurance overall, resulting in an ability to run longer distances faster. I have never been a super-fast runner, but I have...
It’s Just Hard.
On the center of my bulletin board above my desk, I've posted a print out of "The Small Business Success Attitude" by Jim Blasingame. It's secured, smack dab in the middle of the board, with a red push pin. During the moments when I find running my small business to...
Training for LinkedIn Success: Who Is Watching You?
If you want to be successful in leveraging LinkedIn, you need to create and execute a plan to increase your connections, every week. If you travel, for business or pleasure, you can use LinkedIn to connect meaningfully with people who live and work in the city to...
Featured on Friday: Jim Blasingame
January started as a very busy book season for our team at Weaving Influence. Just three and a half weeks into 2014, and we're already gearing up for our third book launch of the year! Although most of our clients books have a common thread - leadership - no two books...
Is Your Way The Only Way?
Or do you tend to yield? Do you give power away to your talented people? Veronika, a manager in a global drug research and development company, woke up one morning and recognized that 20 percent of her employees were doing 80 percent of the thinking. She was concerned...
Training for LinkedIn Success: Consider Your Location
Due to the extreme cold, I am completing most of my training runs on the treadmill these days. When the temperature rises above 30, I look for opportunities to run outside, and my favorite spots include our local parks, where I encounter friendly faces, both human and...
Featured on Friday: Meet Team Member Christy Vaupel
In the past, I have used this Featured on Friday segment to introduce you to various members of the Weaving Influence team, including Megan, Amy, and Rachel. It's as fun for me to do these posts as it is (I hope!) for you to read them. As I've mentioned before, while...
Training for LinkedIn Success: Increase Every Week
If you want to grow your online influence, you need to build a network of relationships and connections. The more relationships you build, and the more significant those relationships become, the more possibility you will be creating — for yourself and others. My most...
Featured on Friday: The Best of the Web
The internet is full of information - some of it helpful, and some of it a complete waste of time. This week, we're sharing a few of the links that have been helpful or interesting to various members of the Weaving Influence team. Some of them contain information that...
Grow Your Influence Like You’re Training For a Race
I'm training for a marathon. As a result, I've added new activities to my calendar, both mentally and in writing. Each weekend, I need to fit in a long run. I typically run outdoors with my friend Laura on Saturdays. This Saturday, we braved snow cover roads to gut...