Go up to them and say 'hi'... Oh and later if you chat don't use the word 'I','me' or 'my' to much... Try jokes and sometimes try 2 make jokes and pretent your embarresed once in a while if they do or say something to catch you in a joke matter

Don't criticize, condemn or complain. Give honest and sincere appreciation. Arouse in the other person an eager want. Become genuinely interested in other people. Smile. Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves. Talk in terms of the other person's interests. Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely. The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it. Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say, "You're wrong." If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically. Begin in a friendly way. Get the other person saying "yes, yes" immediately. Let the other person do a great deal of the talking. Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers. Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view. Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires. Appeal to the nobler motives. Dramatize your ideas. Throw down a challenge. Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. Let the other person save face. Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be "hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise." Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to. Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct. Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest. Source: http://www.westegg.com/unmaintained/carnegie/carnegie.html

1. Forget about influencing people. Make friends. That handles both goals. 2. Get your attention off of yourself. 3. Listen, listen, listen. 4. Be interested in others. If you're not interested in others, find out why. Don't fake it. 5. Get good at asking questions that engage others' interest. People like to talk about themselves. Steal questions from Answerbag if you can't think of your own. 6. Do what you say you're going to do with people. Communicate if there's a problem and something goes awry with that. 7. Don't talk dirt about others. 8. When someone's having trouble or pain, listen and care... don't give advice unless they're asking for it. 9. Be willing to share what is going on with you. Being sealed up in your cool little container is safe, but it's a form of dead. 10. Others have to live their lives, and make their own choices. If they don't see it your way, relax. It's their problem.

Be outgoing and confident, happy and humorous. And LISTEN when people talk to you even if you aren't particularily interested. People LOVE good listeners, but don't be just a shoulder to cry on, either. You'll get the hang of the whole "friends thing" soon enough.

Smile really big, but only if you have great teeth and make eye contact and watch 'em succumb to the seduction.

Read Dale Carnegie's book of the same title (how to win friends and influence people)