Even after you Buy your way in, always give more than you take from a Owned Network.

• Be present: It could be something as simple as not carrying on a conversation with yourself in your head. Instead, be there fully, listen, and care about the people you are speaking to and focus on their interests.
• Provide value to the conversation by teaching, giving a compliment, making a funny comment, or telling a story.
• Finally, be high status and don’t seek approval.