• March 4

Netiquette: 7 Golden Rules for Playing Nice on the Web

1. Be cognizant with your friends online as you would IRL (in real Life). Friend people with common interests, those you know and those you would like to connect with for networking purposes. Swiftly unfriend anyone who is offensive or would not reflect well on your image.

2. Don’t disparage the work of your colleagues OR your competitors.

3. Don’t be aggressive in self promotion. Be humble and ask for permission. Certainly use the appropriate way to promote, common interests, cool news, etc. DO NOT SPAM, that’s the fastest way to burn a bridge.

4. Don’t engage in a “pissing match”, no matter how rude or provocative the comments may seem.

5. Mix business with pleasure carefully. You want to be real … but some things are just better not said on the web. Use common sense, if you don’t have any — borrow from a friend. :-)

6. Keep the joke forwarding to a minimum, you never know who you might insult, or who you might spam. I mean, we have WORK to do!

7. Treat everyone and their opinions the same way you would treat your mom. Be polite , funny and articulate.

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Jennifer Barbee, President of Jennifer Barbee, Inc., began her career in the early stages of the internet phenomenon and since spent 18 years marketing, writing, speaking and educating across the globe. Dubbed the “Harvard of Internet & Travel" by organizations such as NYC & Co., Jennifer has begun her quest to educate and inspire the travel industry through the introduction of eLearning and eMentoring programs. Prior to building JBinc. Jennifer lead a staff of more than 50 professionals and over 150 travel clients as President of a leading internet marketing firm for the travel industry working with some of the most prestigious brands in the world such as Walt Disney World, PGA Tour, Las Vegas, New York, Miami and many others. Today, Jennifer has taken those impressive achievements and used her knowledge of the industry to build programs that lead small and large marketing organizations to achieve great success with their online marketing programs.