title: Greet! Eat! Tweet!: 52 Business Etiquette Postings To Avoid Pitfalls and Boost Your Career
author:  Barbara Pachter 
description: Barbara Pachter is an internationally renowned business etiquette speaker, coach, and author. She has delivered more than 2,100 seminars throughout the world, including the first-ever seminar for businesswomen in Kuwait. In 2010, NJBiz named her one of the Best 50 Women in Business in New Jersey. Her areas of expertise include business etiquette, presentation skills, business writing, assertive communication, career suggestions, positive confrontation, and women in the workplace. Her client list boasts of many of today's most notable organizations, including Microsoft, Chrysler, Genentech, Merck &amp; Co., Citigroup, Inc., and Pfizer Inc. Pachter is the author of eight books, including NewRules@Work: 79 Etiquette Tips, Tools and Techniques to Get Ahead and Stay Ahead, that have been translated into nine languages. She has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, and her advice on business etiquette has been featured in dozens of newspapers and magazines. Currently she lives in New Jersey with her husband, son, and labradoodle.
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  **A 21ST CENTURY GUIDE TO BEST BEHAVIORS IN A COMPETITIVE WORLD**
  
  
  Whether you’re eating lunch with a client, Skyping with your boss, texting a
  colleague or meeting a business partner for the first time—presenting your
  best self is the surest way of succeeding in business and in life.
  
  
  _THE ESSENTIALS OF BUSINESS ETIQUETTE_ is a handbook for the 21st century,
  offering 101 critical tips for improving behavior in any business situation,
  including social media —all delivered in a quick, no-nonsense format. Focusing
  on real-life examples, business etiquette expert Barbara Pachter brings you
  fully up to date in a world saturated by social media—while also helping you
  make a great impression in face-to-face settings.
  
  
  Learn how to:
  
  
  • Establish instant rapport
  
  
  • Project professionalism
  
  
  • Use social media effectively
  
  
  • Speak and write with confidence
  
  
  • Entertain effortlessly
  
  
  • Make killer presentations
  
  
  Is it okay to wear a hoodie, a la Mr. Zuckerberg