Comments for http://karenstrunks.com Creating your social media and business assets from my passions! Mon, 20 May 2013 10:43:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on How to build your business by being yourself by Karen Strunks http://karenstrunks.com/2013/05/16/how-to-build-your-business-by-being-yourself/#comment-14682 Karen Strunks Mon, 20 May 2013 10:43:15 +0000 http://www.karenstrunks.com/?p=2995#comment-14682 That's it! You learn by doing, and then you are in a position to share and help and teach others. And you are building up a bank of resources to direct people too when they pose a question you have addressed already. :) That’s it! You learn by doing, and then you are in a position to share and help and teach others. And you are building up a bank of resources to direct people too when they pose a question you have addressed already. :)

]]> Comment on How to build your business by being yourself by Liz Broomfield http://karenstrunks.com/2013/05/16/how-to-build-your-business-by-being-yourself/#comment-14681 Liz Broomfield Mon, 20 May 2013 09:34:34 +0000 http://www.karenstrunks.com/?p=2995#comment-14681 Indeed - I started my Word hints series on my blog because I found something I couldn't do, found it hard to find information on how to sort it out, and wrote the post as a reminder to myself. I also do them if I'm finding I'm telling clients (how to work with Track Changes) or other people (so you fancy being a proofreader) the same thing over and over again. So it saves me time and helps other people but I retain my knowledge of how I work with their documents and texts. I think you manage yourself beautifully online, too - a good role model. Liz Indeed – I started my Word hints series on my blog because I found something I couldn’t do, found it hard to find information on how to sort it out, and wrote the post as a reminder to myself. I also do them if I’m finding I’m telling clients (how to work with Track Changes) or other people (so you fancy being a proofreader) the same thing over and over again. So it saves me time and helps other people but I retain my knowledge of how I work with their documents and texts.

I think you manage yourself beautifully online, too – a good role model.
Liz

]]> Comment on How to build your business by being yourself by Karen Strunks http://karenstrunks.com/2013/05/16/how-to-build-your-business-by-being-yourself/#comment-14680 Karen Strunks Mon, 20 May 2013 07:28:34 +0000 http://www.karenstrunks.com/?p=2995#comment-14680 Hi Richard, Thanks for your comment! Those adages are so true. Very wise indeed. Can you imagine even trying to please everyone? Impossible. We would be exhausted! :D Hears to a get week working with awesome peeps :) Hi Richard,

Thanks for your comment! Those adages are so true. Very wise indeed.

Can you imagine even trying to please everyone? Impossible. We would be exhausted! :D

Hears to a get week working with awesome peeps :)

]]> Comment on How to build your business by being yourself by Richard Tubb http://karenstrunks.com/2013/05/16/how-to-build-your-business-by-being-yourself/#comment-14679 Richard Tubb Mon, 20 May 2013 07:02:18 +0000 http://www.karenstrunks.com/?p=2995#comment-14679 What a great blog post Karen, thanks for sharing! There's two old adages I stick to "People do business with people they like". If you Tweet just about work, that's one, but people DO want to know a bit about the real you and are more likely to engage with you if they do. Secondly, "You can't please everybody". You make a really good point about the fact some people will like what they see of you, others not. Accepting this is important! Loving your blog Karen. You're touching on some really valuable topics! :-) What a great blog post Karen, thanks for sharing!

There’s two old adages I stick to “People do business with people they like”. If you Tweet just about work, that’s one, but people DO want to know a bit about the real you and are more likely to engage with you if they do.

Secondly, “You can’t please everybody”. You make a really good point about the fact some people will like what they see of you, others not. Accepting this is important!

Loving your blog Karen. You’re touching on some really valuable topics! :-)

]]> Comment on How to build your business by being yourself by Karen Strunks http://karenstrunks.com/2013/05/16/how-to-build-your-business-by-being-yourself/#comment-14677 Karen Strunks Fri, 17 May 2013 09:23:59 +0000 http://www.karenstrunks.com/?p=2995#comment-14677 Hi Liz! That's a great Golden Rule. I'm very grateful I didn't my growing up pre-facebook too haha! I don't understand it when people say it's vain to google youself. I think it's a really smart and healthy thing to do! I don't think ignorance is bliss in this regard. I think you manage yourself beautifully online with a good mix of business and personal. As for 'giving away' information, I can only see the positive - though of course how much and with what purpose etc is another matter! That's one of the reasons I started these Q&As this year - I can help/give away my advice once a week (which is manageable), plus it helps more than one person and it helps me - it makes me write a blog post once a week! I think you learn with time and experience, the right jobs, the right opps and the right people Karen :) Hi Liz!

That’s a great Golden Rule. I’m very grateful I didn’t my growing up pre-facebook too haha! I don’t understand it when people say it’s vain to google youself. I think it’s a really smart and healthy thing to do! I don’t think ignorance is bliss in this regard.

I think you manage yourself beautifully online with a good mix of business and personal. As for ‘giving away’ information, I can only see the positive – though of course how much and with what purpose etc is another matter! That’s one of the reasons I started these Q&As this year – I can help/give away my advice once a week (which is manageable), plus it helps more than one person and it helps me – it makes me write a blog post once a week! I think you learn with time and experience, the right jobs, the right opps and the right people

Karen :)

]]> Comment on How to build your business by being yourself by Liz Broomfield http://karenstrunks.com/2013/05/16/how-to-build-your-business-by-being-yourself/#comment-14676 Liz Broomfield Fri, 17 May 2013 09:06:03 +0000 http://www.karenstrunks.com/?p=2995#comment-14676 Excellent post. I've somehow always been in the habit of controlling what about me was out there on the internet - my golden rule is that if I wouldn't shout it out in the middle of Birmingham, I won't put it online. I'm lucky that I did my growing up before Facebook, etc., but I do Google myself from time to time to make sure there's nothing on there I wouldn't want to be out there. As to being myself on social media - yes, indeed. OK, I don't present myself as the mad catwoman with a fur-covered fleece that I might be right now, but I try to be honest, and "me" as much as I can be on the sometimes limiting formats of social media. My blog posts are often about something I've struggled with, and I "give away" a lot of information to help others (that's for another post for you, though, on giving things away!). It's a lot easier to say no with conviction to offers and jobs that do not suit me when I already present myself as decent, ethical and law-abiding, for example. Excellent post. I’ve somehow always been in the habit of controlling what about me was out there on the internet – my golden rule is that if I wouldn’t shout it out in the middle of Birmingham, I won’t put it online. I’m lucky that I did my growing up before Facebook, etc., but I do Google myself from time to time to make sure there’s nothing on there I wouldn’t want to be out there.

As to being myself on social media – yes, indeed. OK, I don’t present myself as the mad catwoman with a fur-covered fleece that I might be right now, but I try to be honest, and “me” as much as I can be on the sometimes limiting formats of social media. My blog posts are often about something I’ve struggled with, and I “give away” a lot of information to help others (that’s for another post for you, though, on giving things away!). It’s a lot easier to say no with conviction to offers and jobs that do not suit me when I already present myself as decent, ethical and law-abiding, for example.

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