Your goal in facebook and other social networking sites is to build a large highly targeted (people you’d like to influence) friends network which will increases your influence and makes you appear as an expert in your field.

How To Add Friends

Start by adding friend of friends, direct contacts, distant acquaintances, members of groups you’re part of, people you recognize. Here is a step-by-step process you can follow :

1. Start with your direct contacts to build your network
2. More distant acquaintances, you will need to remind them who you are so they don’t reject you.
3. Friends of friends. Just tell them : "we have many mutual friends and I’d like to get to know more about you"
4. Members of groups you belong to : identify key groups that have interests in the products you sell and send them this message : "we’re both members of the parakeet owners group". Identify key groups that have similar interests to yours.
5. People you recognize : peoplein your industry whom you know and recognize, only if they have large networks. Just say : "I own ‘your book , admire your work and look forward to following you on facebook".

Always use the add a personal message especially with people who won’t recoigneze you. Remember that the person will check your profile, so put some interesting photos and applications to make you seem as a real interesting person.