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This Moment: Thoughts from a Snowy Tuesday Afternoon
It poured rain for a few hours but now the rain has turned to snow. Earlier, I watch a pine branch crack and fall, and the branches outside my window are heavy, heavy with this winter snow and ice. Those branches — they are heavy, but my heart, my heart is light — the...
Walking Along the Edges of a Dream
I am walking along the edges of a long held and deeply cherished dream. Building my business and finding work I love represents the fulfillment of one kind of dream, but it's a discovered dream. In doing it, I identified it. I didn't anticipate it, or plan it, or even...
Early Lessons About Teamwork
I'm sharing a team related post as we wrap up the relaunch week for Mark Miller's book, The Secret of Teams. Will you share a tweet about the book, now? {Tweet It} Find out what it takes to create an unstoppable team, and learn What Great Teams Know and...
Best Book Launch Tips: Make It Easy to Share
When you launch your book, your friends, colleagues, fans, and followers will be excited to help you in sharing your book with the world. If they are social media savvy, they may have ideas about how to help you promote their book. Or, they may be social media savvy,...
Celebrating 20,000 Followers
Today is the 20th of February — and last night I passed 20,000 followers on Twitter on my primary Twitter account, @beckyrbnsn. I think it's time to celebrate! One of the most read posts on this blog is my post about celebrating social media milestones. It's time to...
Don’t Set the Bar Too Low | Mark Miller
I want to lead a great team – don’t you? I want to work on big ideas that will have a big impact. I want to invest my leadership energy in people and projects that matter. I don’t think I’m the only one who feels this way. So where do we begin? We have to start where...
My Secret for Building Community on a Virtual Team
Weaving Influence is comprised of a virtual team — apart from weekly calls on GoToMeeting with cameras, we've never all been in the same place at the same time. That means we've never shared a meal together as a team, never had an in person party, and never worked...
Lesson Learned: Earlier is Better
Yesterday, I did not post, breaking my 15 day streak and missing a day on my 28 day challenge. Today, I am writing early. There's no one reason why I didn't post yesterday. Awake for 17 hours, I had 85 possible 12 minute segments in which I could have written a blog...
How Can I Get More People to Read My Blog?
In working with clients to build their online influence, this is a frequent question. There is no one clear cut answer about the best ways to generate more traffic on your blog — there are lots of answers. Writing more posts typically translates into more page views....
Best Book Launch Tips: Gather Print Collateral Early!
If you are planning a book launch and keeping a checklist of activities, be sure to add this one: Consider, plan for, and order print collateral for your book launch — early. This is especially important if part of your book launch strategy includes speaking events,...
3 Years Ago Today
Three years ago today, our family made a big move from Chicago to where we are now. Our second floor condo: home for nearly 8 years. When we arrived, our daughter had just learned to walk. We welcomed two more daughters to our family during our time there. Here's what...
Tips for Twitter
Once upon a time I published an e-book of Twitter Tips. I gave away more than 600, and a few friends blogged reviews and posted them to Amazon. I sold a few, enough to buy a mocha or two. Then today, I received feedback from two places: this review from Mark...