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Advice on learning how to have good initial communication is useful to any single woman or man serious about finding and keeping a friend. The vast amount of communication advice found in books and on the web about interacting with the opposite sex can be both confusing and contradictory.

If you fail to make a positive emotional connection at the outset with your acquaintance or date, you can be sure that any hopes of a deeper relationship will likely end right there. However, the following advice on communicating with friendship prospects is a simple, easy way to ensure exchanges that will make a positive first impression:

Friendship Advice: Know Their Name
This advice sounds silly, but many people who fail to do this often suffer the consequences. Whether you communicate with someone through an online dating site, like findsomeone.co.nz, for example, by telephone or in person at Duck Soup, be sure to exchange first names.

During your talk with them, be sure to use their first name. In doing so, you will make them feel at ease, while also coming across as the friendly person you really are. Of course, if you forget people’s names immediately after they tell you, this may be a useless piece of advice unless you can write the name down somewhere.

Friendship Advice: Establish a Point of Contact
Speaking to the other person about a common interest or topic of mutual concern is a great way to build rapport with them. Perhaps you are both single parents, or share a common sporting activity. Whatever it is, use your common bond to your advantage.

Friendship Advice: Smile A Little Smile
Smile often if you are are speaking with your friend in person. It will not only help put you at ease, but will allay any apprehension they may have as well. Smiling is also a contagious, feel-good activity.

Friendship Advice: Paying Out a Compliment is Free
Paying a compliment, as long as it is sincere, is a great way to build up another person’s confidence and self-esteem.

Friendship Advice : Be Enthusiastic
Of course, you don’t want to be fake. What we are saying here is to stay focused on uplifting topics for conversation starters. For example, according to a recent poll the top three topics singles should avoid when meeting other singles are talking about a former relationship, dieting and marriage. Especially for the sensitive types, the advice here is that talking about these could cause more harm than good.

Overall, even if you are shy, following this little bit of advice will help you ease into better communication with other singles.

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