I try it too, and I'm got banned just within 48 hrs, I upload my customer email list to FB, some customer have facebook account, you can add a friend easy, and other without FB account list, FB will ask you invite they join FB, never click yes! just skip it.
leave your facebook in public dont put any restrictions and make a good profile. Also i agree to put picture of a sexy girl.lol
There are many away's to get fans on facebook and freind's, for example : If i want 5k of friends i will buy a email generator or a email list and adding people to reach my goal. When i reach it I will creat a fan page and promotion my product and getting around 400 - 500 fan's in my page a day.
Keep posting on Mafia Wars and Famrville and you will get many friends. Even having a girl pic attracts many.
You are 100% correct on this one. There is no point in looking for friends/fans on Facebook if they are not interested in what you have to offer!! That's why Twitter is riddled with mess...
I use bot for adding friends, sending, and posting to their wall. I use this bot for 2years, and have now a lot of customers for my products. It is safe and simple to use, as long as you are spamming.
best thing you can do is, give some free offers to your group members and simply ask them to suggest your group to their friends, this method works ..... don't try to get members automatically, because it might be useless and u can be banned.