It’s National Grammar Day and we’re here to help you stay on track with our Rules of Netiquette. Here are Some Common Grammar and Spelling Issues 1. Oxford Comma Also known as a serial comma, the Oxford comma is used to separate units in a list. Some people want to eliminate the Oxford comma altogether,…
On Huff Post Live, we tackled the subject of Facebook and Divorce. With one in seven people claiming social media has caused the ending of their marriage, host Nancy Redd invited me to chime in on the subject, along with a divorce attorney and one woman whose marriage ended as a result of her husband’s…
She likes me. She likes me not. These are the words one can say to themselves when they’ve found out a long-time friend has decided to cut the digital cord on Facebook. As a social media enthusiast and digital cheerleader, embracing technology and reconnecting with friends from nursery school through long lost loves on Facebook and…
With the popularity of better SmartPhones, the prevalence of ‘Selfies’ has permeated the Internet and is often a top trending topic on Instagram and Twitter. Just take a look at your Facebook page. Between puckered lipped photos, to bikini shots and goofy photos with celebrities or food, we’re now living in a selfies world. But…
On Home & Family, Julie Spira, author of The Rules of Netiquette: How to Mind Your Digital Manners talks about texting etiquette with hosts Cristina Ferrare and Mark Steines. For more netiquette tips, like us at Facebook.com/RulesofNetiquette.
I’m excited to share that I’m working with Clorox as a paid spokesperson for their #WTFlu program this flu season. We all know that logging onto social media sites has become a part of our daily routine – as much of a ritual as brushing our teeth every morning. Social media has given us a…
The flu has been rampant this year – if you weren’t sick yourself, it is likely that a child, friend or colleague of yours came down with the nasty virus. And it’s also likely you heard about the flu on social media – from posts about people who failed to cover their cough or sneeze…
On Huffington Post’s Healthy Living @HealthyLiving and GPS for the Soul @GPSforSoul, we participated in a live twitter chat with tips on how to unplug and how to know if you are suffering from SMAD. What is SMAD? It’s a non-medical syndrome that I wrote about in an article earlier this year called, Are You…
As part of our Rules of Netiquette, we always say that you should double-check your spelling and grammar, but you shouldn’t correct someone’s spelling or grammar, unless they’ve asked for a critique. How does this affect matters of the heart? A recent survey of 1700 single online daters showed that 43% said that bad grammar…
It was an honor and treat to be a guest on Hallmark Channel’s Home & Family show with hosts Cristina Ferrare and Mark Steines. As a netiquette expert, I shared some of my netiquette tips for cell phones and emails from my upcoming book,The Rules of Netiquette: How to Mind Your Digital Manners.” For more…
The social media world is all-a-buzz this week as Mark Zuckerberg’s sister Randi became publicly upset on Twitter when her alleged “privately” posted family holiday photo appeared “publicly” on Twitter. When I received a phone call from Garrett Sloane at the New York Post to talk about Facebook netiquette, asking me why there was confusion…
Every year on September 24th, it’s National Punctuation Day. This year, The New Yorker magazine is holding a Twitter contest and NationalPunctuationDay.com is asking you to determine which punctuation mark should become the mark of the President of the United States. Do you know where to place your commas, apostrophes and quotation marks? Should you…
Do you ever feel uncomfortable reading gushy posts on Facebook or Twitter from your friends’ romantic adventures? If so, you’re not alone. Zoosk, the romantic social network conducted a series of surveys of singles and couples too see how they felt about kissing and posting. Posting your first kiss and details of your romantic life…
How are your digital manners? On Oklahoma Today, Netiquette Expert and Rules of Netiquette author Julie Spira shared her tips for proper etiquette on Facebook and Twitter with hosts Drew and Owen on KSBI TV. Now that Facebook has a timeline feature allowing you to announce the milestone of being pregnant, would you? Should you…
If a dog is still a man’s best friend, is a cell phone now the college student’s replacement for their four-legged pet? According to this Infographic from OnlineCollege.org, 9 out of 10 students text while in class. Taking it even further, 1 out of 10 will actually text during an exam. With 3 out of…
Wondering what the best digital etiquette is for saving your marriage on Facebook? With almost one-third of divorce filings mentioning the word Facebook, no matter what your relationship status is, there are several things to keep in mind while posting on the world’s largest social network. It was an honor to be featured on Woman’s…
