Connie Bensen

Community Strategist

Working Remotely a la Seth Godin

Published in July 4th, 2008

Today Chris Brogan’s post struck a chord with me: working remotely & your personal brand. He pointed to some good articles by Shel Israel & Steve Rubel about working remotely. Seth Godin started one of his chapters in Meatball Sundae with this (and I LOVE quoting it):
Outsourcing: It’s not just possible to find someone to [...]

Should Web 2.0 positions be remote?

Published in June 5th, 2008

Posted by Connie in Working Remotely

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Everything is 2.0 - Web 2.0, library 2.0, marketing 2.0, PR 2.0 etc It’s affecting our lives in so many ways! And some of us are flourishing in it. I know many people that are excited about the new role of Community Manager that has evolved. I could hear the passion in Thomas Knoll’s (Seesmic’s [...]

Working Remotely as a Community Manager

Published in December 29th, 2007

Posted by Connie in Working Remotely

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2007 brought many changes to my life. One of the biggest was that I changed jobs & joined ACDSee as their Community Manager. Working from home offices is becoming more commonplace & web tools are making it easier.
The following interview questions were sent to me by Angie Pedersen. She’s an information maven in the scrapbooking [...]

My Home Office as a web worker

Published in December 27th, 2007

Posted by Connie in Working Remotely

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People have asked about my home office & how working from home is?
I enjoy working from home, but had read about the downsides. Because of those I chose my location carefully & made sure that I set it up for convenience as well as serious work. From the photos you’ll see that I need a [...]

Does social media have a regional hierarchy?

Published in October 23rd, 2007

Posted by Connie in Working Remotely

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and maybe the bigger question is, Does it matter?
On Sunday I read Justin Kownacki’s post where he talks about living in a fly over state in terms of social media. My first thought was how I jokingly refer to myself as being ‘geographically challenged’. But after thinking about it, I realize how thankful I am [...]