1. be safe – guard your financial and sensitive information
2. think of social networking sites as online billboards
3. think before downloading email attachments
4. beware of con artists
5. be an active participant
6. create a consistent presence on different Social Media Sites
7. add value to your community
8. build your brand (name/business) slowly
9. make friends with people who have the same interests
10. share your content with other Social Networks
11. use widgets and gadgets to create more networking
12. add an RSS feed to Facebook
13. sign up to MyBlogLog
14. submit your site to StumbleUpon
15. sumbit your site Digg
16. link back to your content
17. a picture is worth a thousand words
18. make yourself accessible
19. don’t get carried away with the technology
20. use good e-etiquette
21. find out how a site works before joining it
22. keep control over the information you post
23. post only information that you are okay with others seeing
24. you will only get out what you put in
25. allow your friends to comment without approval
26. your mindset should be about relationship building
27. be professional
28. make it easy for people to learn more about you
29. you have to be a friend to have a friend
30. balance the personal and the professional