Donald, how I describe it in my Community Guidelines (http://www.deanstreetsociety.com/community) is that as a personal stylist, I see my outfit posts as using my clothes as my chalkboard. If I was a fashion […]

Bohmyi, welcome & congrats on your launch m’dear! Read my reply above to Juliana as you truly don’t have to worry about it as much if you’ll just set your expectations from the beginning & set out to treat others […]

Oh Juliana I hate hearing that! Oh how I wish that we didn’t have to brace ourselves for that! One idea is to create your own Community Guidelines like I did: http://www.deanstreetsociety.com/community. And then […]

Harajuku Girl, love the use of the word “civility”! That’s really what it’s all about. Having discussions are great, differing opinions are awesome, but common kindess is really what indicates if it’s the former, […]

Science of Happy, I love that! Truly handling it with grace & gumption in my opinion.

Ally, great point that you can of course go to the other extreme & see yourself as a victim. In my case, because I run a style community where other girls share their style {I run an Instagram challenge, group […]

Oh Jennifer it breaks my heart that you feel that when you check your inbox! But you aren’t alone. One idea is creating a Community Guideline like I have on my site: http://www.deanstreetsociety.com/community. I […]

Fran, great point that “negativity” could be a truth we need to hear. And I’m grateful to say thus far I’ve never experienced negative comments directly on Dean Street Society.

The newest example I give in the […]

DivaDebbi, that’s a great point that you would hope because you don’t bully, that others won’t bully you. This issue first came onto my radar as an on-camera host for the Hello Style Channel. We could be doing a […]

Hi Cora, thanks for this perspective. Personally, I’ve seen friends wounded just by a comment that says, “You look heavy in that”. It might not be vicious. But it’s not kind. And personally I would much rather […]

Bare Faced Chic, awesome point. If someone has a different opinion about a product {I don’t do product reviews but I hear where you’re coming from} that’s great. I do posts on blogging like I write here on IFB & […]

Hi Ayida, you can schedule your Pins using Pingraphy.com.

with grace & gumption, Hilary

Oh Becky I love hearing that! You are so welcome! Come over to the blog anytime & hopefully you’ll find more tips & encouragement. I love sharing that.

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B that is so well put! And also fabulous insight into how often you say “no”. When you’re just starting out & not getting many offers it can feel like you should say “yes” to everything. But you’ve built such a […]

I’m such a geek about it I swear I’m showing someone new how I use my Workflowy almost daily!

with grace & gumption, Hilary

Kim, I’m sorry that I don’t know as I don’t oversee the back-end. I’d recommend sending an email to the main IFB address to alert them of the issue.

with grace & gumption,
Hilary

Sundal, in the case of collaborations & guest posts, the premise is that it’s not a monetary exchange. If you are seeking money for the types of products you noted, then that would either be as a spokesperson or […]