The Best Advice I’ve Ever Given

January 27th, 20100 comments

I realized a few years ago that I didn’t want my online business success to be based around a personality cult so I’ve largely given up writing public articles. However, the other day I was reflecting on the glory days a bit… and came across this short gem of an article that I’ll always stand by as the key to success in the online marketing world:

The key to building a (back)network is to intentionally and selectively seek out people who 1) have power and leverage 2) are smart and capable and 3) are fair in their online relationships. By building up a social “backbone” of good friends in high-places, you’ll be able to execute your plans a lot faster, realize profit a lot quicker, and avoid burn-out a lot easier (ten shoulders are better than one).

In other words, if you’re just getting started…

Suck up and kiss ass.

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