The blogosphere and news media has been buzzing about Facebook for the last couple months, so a few weeks ago I grudgingly signed up. What I found was a social network I could actually use and enjoy, not a MySpace-like mess of super hideous profile pages.

The most interesting thing about Facebook is that it’s becoming the business networking tool of choice for many of the technorati. People like Robert Scoble, Hugh MacLeod, Jason Calacanis and even Seth Godin are Facebook members (some more active than others). People like Scoble are maximizing Facebook as a communication platform, much like he does with his blogs, but with all the fun things that come with social networks.

I’m not telling you if you rush over to Facebook you’ll suddenly make lots of money or get famous or anything. While early adopters are finding ways to make money through Facebook applications (think of them as little widgets on a profile), I think the real value of Facebook is as a networking tool. And having a good network can help get you far in the affiliate marketing world.

So, to all of our affiliate readers out there reading this who have a Facebook accounts, search for “james omdahl” and add me as a friend. If you don’t have an account, get signed up and then add me as a friend. If I get a decent enough response we can explore other ways to use Facebook network to connect as affiliates.

If you still need convincing as to why to sign up for Facebook, check out this post. It gives a very good business case for using Facebook professionally.