If there are aliens in the universe who are like us, how should we interact with them?

What if there are aliens in the universe like us, human beings?

How should we communicate with them?

In this article, I am going to talk about what is the best way that we can engage them to appreciate us and our earth.

Of course, different people would have different reasons for wanting to interact with aliens if they come and visit us. Economists would see "rich" aliens as a good source of investment and income. Diplomats would prefer to establish good relationships with these alien communities. Tourism agencies would see them as a potential source of tourism. However, what these people would use to attract the alien visitors should roughly be the same, since the main goal is to get the aliens interested in us first, before being able to convince them to do what we want them to do.

Here, I list a step-by-step analysis of what we should do when we meet an alien human being like us.
1) Attempt to interpret their language
Aliens are unlikely to have the same language as us. Most likely, their language is more complicated and we would have some difficulty understanding them. But with suitable signs like hand signals, drawings, pictograms or any other visual elements, we would be one step closer to understanding their language. We can stimulate these signals by showing them pictograms ourselves, to see if we can generate a response from them. Once we can intepret their language, we should try to communicate with them in their language as much as possible, in order to establish effective communication with them.

2)Give clear, detailed and evaluative reasons for our purpose
If human aliens are to understand us, it is important that they see the issue in our perspective. It is not enough to just explain why we are carrying out this purpose. Rather, it is more effective to weigh the pros and cons and justify that since the advantages is greater than the disadvantages, especially to them, it would be a good idea for them to agree to our proposal. There can also be talk about perceived benefits that the aliens and their communication can gain from this idea. Not only will they be inclined to accept our proposal, but we gain their respect as an intelligent and thoughtful species of the universe.

3) See if we can heighten the cooperation
This is often an overlooked step in modern day issues. Why would we stop at just getting them to agree to our proposal? It would be more beneficial to both them and us if we would spend a couple of minutes(or hours if possible) to think of other ways of cooperation beyond our proposal. Sure, we have little time on our schedule and may have to broker other deals, but if we ask them for suggestions for improvement or further cooperation, it might help us to increase our cooperation by getting more from the alien side, while they also stand to gain more from us. As cooperation is often a win-win situation, heightening cooperation would produce even more benefits for us all.