Adding Contacts to Your IM Buddy List

Once you have picked out an IM client and signed up for a screenname, the next step to making IM a successful communication tool is to tell the people around you. There are literally millions of people across the major IM clients today, many of them you probably already know among your own family and friends.

In addition to letting them know what IM client you are on and your own screenname, ask them for their screenname, too, so you can add them to your own IM contact lists.

Once you have made an initial list of people you want to talk to on IM, follow the step-by-step directions for your IM client below to add them and begin talking with them immediately.

How to Add Contacts to…

• AIM
• Digsby
• Google Talk
• Meebo
• Windows Live Messenger
• Yahoo! Messenger