Social Networking is a powerful way to build up your contacts to help you in your professional or personal life, and to get your site known.   Here are our top tips for social networking.

1. Write a blog and post regularly -  blogs are the most personal social network tool.
2. Go to meet-ups of like-minded people in your area.  Take lots of business cards.  Blog about them before, during and afterwards.  Research events at upcoming.
3. Link to relevant sites, especially blogs, from your posts.  The owners will notice you.
4. Take part in online conversations - comment on sites - pick up the debate on your own site.
5. Set up a Flickr account for your pictures - and join relevant groups on Flickr - and befriend like-minded people on Flikr.
6. Work at social networking sites and services such as Facebook, Twitter, Friendster.
   Organise or help organise an event or regular meet-up for people in your industry - for example, Geek Dinners here in London.   As the organiser everyone will get to know you.
7. Use Google Reader to follow what your network is up to.