First, the Basics
1.) Make sure you've got a catchy Headline Name
2.) Make sure you've got a killer default image set (This will be your profile image)

Now, on with our lesson...

TIP 1
A good way to start racking up the friends is to [ BROWSE ] for Users, or friends, in your hometown. Yup, that way you're bound to find more people around you with similar intrests. Just Browse for your ZipCode, your Age range... and waaaLaaa.... people you should be meeting!

TIP 2
So MySpace was built around, and grew around music right... and you love music, so lets start adding some bands to your friends! This is as easy as browsing too, but this time your going to go [ MUSIC ].

Now we've just covered some great ways to located friends, and request a friend for them to add you. Later we'll cover how you can start getting butt loads of friend requests so that you dont have to spend the time!