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develop friendships with the people you meet. don't use them to try to get business. I have seen a lot of people do that to others. that to me is not the way to operate. you want to build relationships with those friends interact with them, check on them. don't make it about yourself

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Good morning Katie and thanks for joining in this discussion ^-^

What I am noting is the people should indeed go into networking with the goal of developing relationships rather than creating a list, but for many people new to "marketing" or "social networking" that is what many people believe.

I have a friend ( good thing they are a friend...lol) who used to have this habit of inviting everybody and anybody without looking to see who the person really was. I am happy to say this person finally learned that this is not about a numbers game and now they check out every profile thoroughly to see if there is a commonality between them.

This speaks to a persons profile and image of themselves.

We need to understand that social networking is not about numbers, it truly is about relationships and it speaks to the fact that when online, we need to learn how to wear different hats and still remain true to ourselves.

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develop friendships with the people you meet. don't use them to try to get business. I have seen a lot of people do that to others. that to me is not the way to operate. you want to build relationships with those friends interact with them, check on them. don't make it about yourself