May I Speak to You Graphically?

May I Speak to You Graphically?

This is the second tip in my new series about repurposing content. In last week’s tip, I encouraged you to write a series of content based tweets from a blog post. In this week’s tip, we’ll use those tweets, or you can start fresh with content from a...
Personal and Universal

Personal and Universal

I am sometimes surprised when a particular blog post seems to resonate more powerfully than readers, but usually not. Here’s what I’ve noticed: the more personal I am, the more I push to be vulnerable and authentic, the more I self-disclose, the more...
The Power of Social Presence

The Power of Social Presence

From Becky: In the coming weeks, you’ll notice some changes to the Weaving Influence blog and website. We’ve already made one big change – the tagline above: “connecting authors to online audiences.”  Weaving Influence began as a personal...
Gretchen Rubin’s Best Advice

Gretchen Rubin’s Best Advice

This weekend, I’ve experienced the truth of this advice, posted by Gretchen Rubin on her Facebook page: To do something, I have to do a reasonable amount of nothing. I’ve had what feels like the most productive weekend ever, both in terms of housework and...
Friends in Real Life

Friends in Real Life

He sent a note in Facebook, to let me know about his “massive shift” using social media. He said he was winnowing down to “IRL” friends and he wished me the best. We’re still connected on Twitter and LinkedIn, so he hasn’t...