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Julie Spira
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Julie Spira is an online dating expert, social media strategist, and netiquette expert. She is the bestselling author of The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online and is writing her second book, "The Rules of Netiquette: How to Mind Your Manners on the Web."

Julie is a frequent guest in the media with her advice and has appeared in/on ABC News, BBC, CBS News, CNN, Cosmo Radio, E! Entertainment, Glamour.com, iVillage, Mashable, Men's Health, NBC, USA Weekend, and Woman's Day.

She served as a top executive for several leading-edge Internet and communications companies and was an early adopter of the Internet. She is CEO and founder of Cyber-Dating Expert, where she helps singles while looking for love on the Internet and Social Media and More, a social media marketing and branding company. Julie sits on the board of several non-profit organizations in Los Angeles.

Visit CyberDatingExpert.com and RulesofNetiquette.com. Like her at Facebook.com/CyberDatingExpert and Facebook.com/RulesofNetiquette

Blog Entries by Julie Spira

Rolling Stones 50 and Counting: You Made a Grown Girl Smile

(3) Comments | Posted May 6, 2013 | 7:20 PM

How can a Rolling Stones fan who has seen the world's greatest rock and roll band in concert over 40 times be excited about seeing the the aging rock band again?

On Friday night at the Staples Center, even with the controversy of the overpriced tickets, I was treated to...

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What Should Martha Stewart's Match Profile Look Like?

(2) Comments | Posted April 29, 2013 | 12:27 PM

It's official. The Today Show reports that Martha Stewart has changed her mind and decided to become one of the single millions looking for love online on Match.com. The domestic mogul has gone digital and hopes to find a man who wants to date, mate or bed in...

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Online Dating Survey Says Over 50% of Women Will Date Men 30 Years Older

(9) Comments | Posted April 24, 2013 | 11:26 AM

Does age matter?

A new survey of over 4000 active members SugarDaddyForMe.com revealed that over half of the women in the U.S. were comfortable dating men 30-plus years older than them.

The site's members include younger women (sugar babies) seeking older men (sugar daddies), with an arrangement that...

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What to Wear to a Creative Black Tie Event

(0) Comments | Posted April 23, 2013 | 10:13 AM

When the invitation arrived for the ASCAP Pop Music Awards, once again the dress attire was requested as "Creative Black Tie." This confused many of the guests and I spent hours researching online looking for answers as to what the proper attire would be for a woman, while combing through...

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National Proposal Day: Proposing Marriage in a Digital World

(0) Comments | Posted March 19, 2013 | 1:16 PM

Get out your digital fingers as this week the pressure may be on to propose marriage.

National Proposal Day, which is held twice a year in both the Spring and the Fall is on March 20 and falls on the Vernal Equinox, where daytime and nighttime are...

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Googling Your Dates -- Can It Backfire?

(5) Comments | Posted March 19, 2013 | 12:36 PM

A few years ago, only those who were Internet savvy made a Google search part of their regular dating regime. Now it's as common as waking up in the morning and brushing your teeth.

We rely so heavily on information that we receive on Google during the pre-dating phase of...

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Google Image Search: Can It Replace Online Dating Sites?

(12) Comments | Posted March 11, 2013 | 12:29 PM

It started off as an inbound phone call to my cell phone. Even though the caller ID listed the call as "private," I answered the phone since I was waiting for a return call from someone I had just spoken with.

A friendly voice on the other end said, "Hello...

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Finding Love on Facebook

(1) Comments | Posted February 13, 2013 | 3:40 PM

Singles have many choices on how to find a date or a mate. Those with serious intentions tend to cast a wider net and join more than one online dating site, flirt on their mobile dating apps, and even seek out love on social networking sites.

Finding love on Facebook...

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Rules of Netiquette for Valentine's Day

(0) Comments | Posted February 6, 2013 | 2:27 PM

Valentine's Day can be exciting for those in love and for those in brand-new relationships.

I know that you just can't wait to share your excitement through social media and post photos memorializing your romantic rendezvous, but what happens if you're in a brand-new relationship? How do you handle...

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Online Dating in an Algorithm World

(3) Comments | Posted February 4, 2013 | 4:22 PM

It's the middle of peak season for the online dating industry. As the calendar inches closer to Valentine's Day, I know that you have many choices with the thousands of online dating sites that have popped up in recent years. Perhaps you'll select one that you've viewed on television showing...

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The Perils and Joys of Online Dating

(1) Comments | Posted January 28, 2013 | 5:21 PM

Online dating. Is it safe to put up a profile? Should you try it? Does the Manti Te'o hoax sound farfetched or real to you? Is it a perilous landscape or can you truly find love on the Internet on one of the many popular online dating sites?

All of...

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Do You Suffer From Social Media Anxiety Disorder?

(4) Comments | Posted January 11, 2013 | 1:13 PM

It can happen to the best of us. We send an email at night when we're tired or angry and realize it went to the wrong person or there was an obvious typo. We post the wrong photo on Facebook or Twitter and realize it when we wake up the...

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To Post or Not to Post Photos on Facebook

(6) Comments | Posted December 28, 2012 | 1:49 PM

Posting photos on Facebook has replaced baseball as America's favorite pastime for some digital-enthusiasts and everyday people. When Instagram came on the scene, celebrities embraced the photo-sharing site and Facebook grabbed it for $1 billion.

Our love affair with Facebook started to wane with multiple and confusing...

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Netiquette: 5 Must-Follow Rules for the Holidays

(0) Comments | Posted December 18, 2012 | 5:13 PM

We're in the middle of the holiday season and whether you've been naughty or nice this year, there are still some basic rules of netiquette to adhere to.

So without further digital adieu, let's brush up on your digital manners with these five rules to remember.

1. e-Invitations. Whether you've...

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Holiday Dating: Should You Rekindle the Spark With an Ex?

(5) Comments | Posted December 13, 2012 | 3:52 PM

Being single at the holidays is emotional for most, but it also gives you the chance to reflect on relationships of your past.

If you're thinking of reconnecting with a former love at the holidays, you're not alone.

As a dating expert and relationship coach, many of my clients and...

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The New Rules for Online Dating

(4) Comments | Posted November 30, 2012 | 11:58 AM

In the November issue of Bottom Line Personal magazine, I discussed how to avoid the most common mistakes that Internet daters between their 40's to 60's make that result in either a bad experience with online dating or getting stuck in the serial dating syndrome.

Here are...

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MTV's Catfish: The Digital Pen-Pal Syndrome

(1) Comments | Posted November 21, 2012 | 3:38 PM

When I first watched the documentary, Catfish, I wondered, why with today's technology, wouldn't all long-distance online daters include Skype dates as part of their digital courting process? Wouldn't you want to see the live version of the person you may be falling in love with?

With millions of singles...

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Rules of Netiquette for National Punctuation Day

(0) Comments | Posted September 24, 2012 | 6:25 PM

Today is National Punctuation Day, but do you know where to place a comma, apostrophe or quotation marks? Should you italicize a word or surround them in quotes?

All of these issues and questions plague even the best of writers and bloggers and can make a difference in whether your...

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Social Media Etiquette: Do You Kiss and Tell?

(2) Comments | Posted September 18, 2012 | 8:56 AM

Posting your first kiss and details of your romantic life on social media sites is no longer considered exploitative. It's actually expected. But where do you draw the line between kiss-and-tell and kiss-and-post? With marriage proposals appearing on Twitter and couples breaking up on Facebook, it can be confusing for...

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Finding Love at the Apple Store

(4) Comments | Posted August 27, 2012 | 4:17 PM

This week I celebrated a very important anniversary. Just three years ago I fell in serious "like" at the Apple store with a special guy whom I now fondly refer to as the "Apple Guy."

As one who writes about the intersection of love and technology, I've written several

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