Social networking can be a great tool if used right, but it can also be a waste of time and get you into some trouble if you aren’t careful.

1. I generally do not friend or follow men unless we have met in person and/or my parents approve.
2. Go for quality and not quantity. Develop good relationships with your readers, online friends, and followers. Be their friend- don’t just use them as a marketing tool. That’s not cool.
3. If someone needs help, help ‘em out! Even if you aren’t a frugal/couponing blogger, you might still have some experience, tips, or stories to share.
4. Put out up to about five Tweets about your newly published blog post the day of, past that it’s old news. However, if someone needs a little help with something and you (or someone else) have a blog post on it, by all means share it with them!
5. Use hashtags in your tweets. If you have a tweet about, say, The Relevant Conference that says “I am really wanting to go to Relevant this year!”. Instead, include the Relevant hashtag (#Relevant10) and the host(s) like this, “I am really wanting to go to #Relevant10 this year! @SarahMaeBlogs @MutheringHeights @mrsmoneysaver” If you do this, then all Tweets about The Relevant Conference will be organized in one place and the hosts will know you tweeted about their conference!

Do you have a Twitter or social networking tip? Please do share!