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Webmasters and Internet Marketers Can Learn From the Art of War

The Art of War is unquestionably a well known, highly lifestyle, and overwhelmingly revealing text on military affairs. Yep... military affairs. So I imagine you are thinking what the heck I'm doing sharing anything designed to support generals and warriors wage warfare while combating their enemies. Reality inside matter is, as a webmaster or internet marketer - we too are generally linked to being a commander in a war fought on multiple fronts. The war in opposition to our competition generally stretches through several borders into the depths of the online world and can often be relentless. From Google rankings, to marketplace popularity, to product superiority/differentiation we're frequently and often unknowingly at war.

Getting straight into it, the root wonder is how can this book be applied to our online endeavors? I'm planning to pick it apart, and try to turn its military message into something we could depend on and comfortably employ. Here we go..

1. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

This is now one amongst my individual loved quotations from the book, and has been something I've frequently enforced into various online projects. This also strengthens the concept...
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How to Make More Money on the Internet by Avoiding the Magic Silver Bullet Products

The title of this article may sound crazy to you right now because it possibly goes against everything you've had drilled into you since you got online. But I'll explain the method behind the madness if you read the next few short paragraphs. Don't worry, all will become clear very soon.

There are circles within the Internet Marketing world, circles which only a few elite can get in to. These circles are tight lipped and rather secretive about anything that goes on inside them. Often they are made up of the so called 'big dogs' of the Internet marketing world, the people who make multi-million figures each year online.

The circles should not be underestimated as they are very powerful. The people within them carry alot of clout and are very respected within the Internet marketing world, rightly or wrongly. But with power there can also be corruption, or at least hidden agendas, which are only beneficial to the top inner circles.

Are these hidden agendas and the powerful inner circles controlling the 'herd' of the smaller Internet marketers?

Within the online world there is a herd mentality where everyone follows each other trying to see...
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