Follow these 10 networking tips for business success:

1. Arrive at business meetings early.

2. Meet a stranger within 30 seconds.

3. Never sit at an empty table or chair.

4. Never sit with someone you already know.

5. Join civic, business/chamber and social clubs.

6. Give and you shall receive.
7. Treat everyone as a peer.

8. Never attend any function without your business cards.

9. Develop a 17-second business commercial.

10. Always dress in ways that represent your business positively.