BYOB Collaboration Community Guidelines

The Building Your Online Business Collaboration Community is here to support you in sharing, learning, and supporting each other in a spirit of positive collaboration in building the online systems we need to support our businesses.

We request that you follow the guidelines below when using the BYOB Collaboration Community. 

What IS allowed in this Community

Positive, Safe Environment

In the BYOB Community, we stand behind respect, inclusivity, acceptance, and positivity for all individuals. 

• Treat each other with kindness, courtesy, respect, and positive, collaborative intention.
• Good vibes only. No trolls, spam, or violence.
• Predicated on respect. No name-calling or harassment.
• Everyone is included, everyone belongs. No bullying or shaming.
• Zero tolerance for hate, solicitation, nudity, or discrimination.
• Positivity enforcement. Offenders are subject to immediate removal from the platform
• Honor confidentiality if requested. Use the Direct Messaging feature of Private Live Rooms for information you want to share with an individual but not with the larger community.

Sharing Links

You may share links to your social media profiles, websites, and/or any external resources that you have found helpful in working on your online business.

We encourage you to share the things you’re working on, including sharing links to external webpages for the purpose of asking a specific question, asking for feedback, sharing a win, or otherwise seeking support from the community.

However, you are not allowed to share links for promotional purposes, whether for yourself or as an affiliate for someone else.

Ask for / Give Feedback Circle

If you want feedback on something you’re working on – a post, web page or email copy, then use the Ask For / Give Feedback Circle Share helpful, thoughtful feedback given in a respectful way. We recommend in general good practice that you participate actively were you can and give at least as much, if not more, help than you get.

Celebrate Wins Circle
Share something good that you’re celebrating right now, so the community can celebrate with you!

Chat About Online Business Circle
Intended for quick community chats, Q&A, about various online business topics.

BYOB Conversations Circle
This is the replays and discussion about the Meetup topic of the week and any other general conversations about online business.

Meetup "Live Room"

The Live Room is "always on for community members to have live virtual meetings with each other in a Zoom-like experience. An example might be you're having a real-time text chat in the Chat About Online Business Circle and you would rather have a quick conversation about a topic. You can just jump into the live room and have a conversation at any time. 

What is NOT allowed in this Community

Self-Promotion or Affiliate Promotion

While sharing of links is permitted in community posts for the purposes of asking for feedback, celebrating wins, and sharing helpful external resources, it is expressly not permitted to share links that are promotional in nature, either for self-promotion or promotion of affiliate products and services.

Promotional links are any links that take the user to a landing page for an opt-in for a free resource, or which is designed to sell products or services that you provide or are provided by others with which you have an affiliate marketing link.

If you are unsure whether your link is promotional in nature, contact the support team.