Making the Grade on HAROs—6 Tips for HARO Success

Making the Grade on HAROs—6 Tips for HARO Success

In almost every group project I was ever involved with in school, from elementary through graduate level, there was always someone who took on the lion’s share of the work and someone who didn’t pull their weight. When it comes to putting together a news story these...
Three Keys to a Successful Author Website

Three Keys to a Successful Author Website

It has been nearly six years since I finished school, but I still get that “let’s get down to business” feeling this time of year. As the Web Projects Manager at Weaving Influence, a lot of my business these days revolves around websites—the Weaving Influence...
Going Back to School on Storytelling

Going Back to School on Storytelling

It’s back to school season! And, recently I found myself going back to school of sorts when I stumbled upon some old public relations textbooks. Thumbing through them, I thought—“Geez, if I wrote like this, readers would fall asleep halfway through the lede!” Much has...
The Heart of An Author’s Online Influence

The Heart of An Author’s Online Influence

As our CEO Becky Robinson likes to say, your website is the only place online that you really control online. For that reason, we consider it the essential foundation for building stable and influential thought leadership in your field. For authors, having a website...
Three Keys to a Successful Author Website

The Evolution of Public Relations

I remember the day it occurred to me that being a broadcast journalist in the 21st century wasn’t quite how I dreamed it would be. It was during my first job out of college at a local TV station in Charlottesville, Virginia where I was a “one-man-band” reporter. That...