The Simplest Way To Get Accepted As A friend On Facebook

The easiest way to make friends is to be friendly, open and transparent.

Of course, this should go without saying!

The Book of Proverbs says that to have a friend, one must be a friend.

While this can be easy off line, it can be more difficult on social media sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Plurk and so on.

What a lot of people can’t seem to realize is that the key word in social networking is social, and so using it to promote the latest hot offer or multi level marketing program doesn’t go down that well with many.

While I have quite a number of friends involved in business on social media sites, it’s because of our other common interests that we get on well.

Using the message system of different sites to send weekly updates about products and services will inevitably lead to losing friends, and possibly being banned altogether.

The simplest way to get accepted as a friend on Facebook is to be open about who you are.

This includes using a decent profile picture, and allowing people to actually see your profile.

I had thirty friend requests on the site to work through today. I accepted ten, and rejected the rest.

The reason I accepted the 10 requests was simply because I knew the people from elsewhere, and/or they had some information about themselves, as well as a profile photograph.

It’s fine to have privacy settings turned up to the max if you’re just there for family and friends, but you’ll be at a distinct disadvantage you’re networking with others outside of your off line relationships.

Of the friend requests that I rejected, most had nothing about the person concerned, and/or had a sales pitch on their profile.

Networking on social media involves interaction, nothing more, nothing less.

The key to good relationships is transparency and openness.

To sum this all up, if you’re having trouble adding social media friends, include a decent profile pic, reset your privacy levels, and add some information about yourself!

Wishing all of our readers and subscribers a happy, peaceful and prosperous 2009…!