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#booklaunchchat Resumes Tonight
A few weeks ago, my team and I decided to experiment with a tweetchat. I love the format, and I'm interested in finding more ways to add value for our clients (and others!). Tonight, we will host Ray Attiyah, author of The Fearless Front Line: The Key to Liberating...
Do To-Do Lists Work?
Friday morning I asked my Facebook friends for blog post ideas. This question came from Erin O'Bryan, a long-time Facebook and Twitter friend who lives not-too-far from me, but I have never met in person. (Erin, when are we going to fix that?) Anyway, since today is...
7 Gifts From My Mother
My mother is celebrating a milestone birthday today. (Hi Mom!) One of her most admirable qualities is her generosity to others. When I called her earlier this week, she had been cooking for days, preparing meals for infirm neighbors and friends. She is generous with...
How to Be Productive on a Snow Day
Two of my daughters have a snow day today. One is crossing her fingers that a two hour delay changes to a cancellation. Here we are: refresh, refresh, refreshing the page to see if the district decides to close. Normally, my oldest daughter is out the door by now....
Best Book Launch Tips: Organize Your Personal and Professional Contacts
When it comes time to launch your book, you will want to communicate with your friends, family, colleagues, neighbors, fans, and followers to let them share in the excitement and celebration of your launch AND to enlist their help in spreading the word about your...
When Your Day Begins with a Mistake
I have a habit of completely unplugging at night to be more focused on my family and give myself a break from the busy pace of my work day. If I hear a text come through, I will sometimes walk to the phone to read it. I ignore email, Twitter, and Facebook; 13 hours of...
Six Great Team Building Questions I Crowdsourced on Twitter
The Weaving Influence team meets on Monday mornings for a quick check in for the week. As building community is a high priority for me — our team is virtual, with members living in Boston, Houston, Chicago, Tennesee, and tiny small town Michigan — I like to begin...
We Celebrated the Super Bowl with Oreos (Before It Was Cool)
We enjoyed a special family treat during the Super Bowl last night: a recipe my husband heard from a friend at work and then recreated for our family. Peanut Butter Oreo Brownies First, spray a muffin tin and place an Oreo in the bottom of each cup. Slather each Oreo...
The Right Length for a Tweet
After spending most of a lazy day lounging around in sweat pants by the fire (working, reading, and watching an inane movie with my kids), the girls and I got a call from a new neighborhood friend and an invitation to go sledding. Hint: if your tweet is as long as...
They Told Me Snow Was Green (And I Believed Them!)
It's a beautiful, wintry morning in Michigan. We have almost two inches of fresh snow. When my daughter and I got up, it was still dark, so we turned on the porch light to see the snow, and she exclaimed "It looks like sparkles are falling from the sky." (It did.) My...
What If: The 12 Minutes a Day/28 Day Challenge
And another month begins. At the beginning of last year, I made a resolution to publish a blog post every day. I even think I might have even succeeded. February is a short month, and I'd like to try it again, with a twist. I'm going to limit myself to 12 minutes of...
Best Book Launch Tips: Let Your Goals Guide Your Strategy
You want to become a New York Times Best Seller. You want to use your book as a credibility piece for your consulting business, generating new leads and clients as a result of your book. You want to be a sought-after speaker, nationally or perhaps internationally. You...