One of the most important habits of any successful individual is the ability to network effectively. I’ve spent years perfecting the art of networking and while I still am not the best, I have come a long way. One of the most important tools to helping me network more effectively is Facebook as it has become my own personal relationship management system (PRM). While I still use a lot of other tools to maintaining my relationships, Facebook is one of the easiest to use relationship management tools. In this guide, I will walk through all the strategies necessary to turn Facebook into your own personal relationship management system.
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You’ve spent countless hours on Facebook and while navigating through your friends’ profiles you occasionally come across somebody with 1,000 or more friends and think to yourself: does this person really know 1,000 people and why do they have so many friends? Whether you like it or not, the number of friends you have on your profile has suddenly become a regular topic of conversation and many users wear it as a badge of honor.

Aside from the social value developed through a large network, there are many other benefits of improving your network. In his book “How to Win Friends and Influence People“, Dale Carnegie explains how to achieve financial success through building more effective relationships among other things. Facebook can just as easily be used as a tool for accomplishing your goals in similar ways that Dale Carnegie taught.

Below are 10 of the best ways you can use Facebook to win friends and influence people. Please feel free to add to this list in the comments!
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