If I were to suggest guidelines for consumers in this online age, it would be similar to those I would suggest to anyone looking for love.

Be part of the romance of social networking. Help them fall for you — and they’ll follow you wherever you go.

Bad days happen. Hate happens. Irritation, confusion, misunderstandings, panic, sadness, disappointment, anger — these all happen. How we deal with them, however, is what makes us who we are.

I believe that adult entertainment should be done by adults, for adults, with extra care devoted to lessen the exposure to minors.

We say we teach our kids to be tolerant, but then we send them a mixed message when we can’t control our own emotions. Take the time. Learn tolerance in all its shapes and colors. Take a moment before reacting, screaming, shouting, throwing, and accusing. I think that you’d be surprised to find that most of the time, there was nothing to get all riled up about in the first place.

The minute YOU become emotionally attached to someone, they feel comfortable opening up to you. And the minute you ALLOW someone to become emotionally attached to you, they becomes slightly loyal.

What wrong would it do if companies stopped trying to push each other off of the hill, and instead concentrated on how to make their product the best available? What if companies stopped spending half of their time talking about another company’s product? The community can do the comparisons for you.

What are you doing about making sure that you’ve staked out your little bit of a customer’s mental real estate?

With more and more conversations taking place on the internet and job searches being conducted online, you have to look beyond old-school examples to see what practical advice is working for candidates right now.