| Like in every business, be it international trading, | | | | levels I have never dreamt of. |
| publishing or retail business, you need contacts in | | | | It is very easy to build contacts on the web. Far |
| order to be successful. Internet business is not an | | | | more easier than in normal life. There are plenty of |
| exception. | | | | webmaster communities out there (sitepoint.com, |
| I remember the good old days when I was starting | | | | webmaster-talk.com, webmaster-forums.net, just to |
| out as a webmaster and how difficult it was to put | | | | name few), where you can find good partners, who |
| my business up and running. All the difficulties with | | | | can turn into friends with time, who will be willing to |
| hosting, domains, databases, marketing that seemed | | | | help you with everything. Who will help you to reach |
| impossible to manage. Many of my project those | | | | your goal. |
| days turned unsuccessful. Why? | | | | Still not convinced? Let me name few examples: |
| Because of too long development and maintenance | | | | How many of you did know that through Foendnds |
| times, too high costs and a pathetic return. I had to | | | | you can get a domain for 1,45$? |
| find a way to make profit and cut my costs. | | | | How many of you did know that you can get 5GB |
| At this time I realised that I had to find new ways. | | | | hosting with 120GB transfer for an absurdly pathetic |
| To move into another direction than all the others | | | | price of 3$/month on with a promo code |
| webmasters did. To go beyond, to dig deeper. | | | | "goldenegg", which beats all levels of insanity? |
| Innovation meant new ways to cut my costs and | | | | How many of you got an adwords tryout of 1 week |
| gain more clients. But how do you move into another | | | | without spending a dime? |
| direction if all the online services are meant for the | | | | Just think for yourself. If you have 100 good |
| main-stream? How do you get a domain name for 2$ | | | | contacts and each makes a little favour for you, |
| if no company on the web goes below 4$? | | | | what boost it would be for your project? You would |
| The answer is simple: contacts. With time, I have | | | | save time and money. Contacts are important. There |
| managed to build contacts, which is far more easier in | | | | is no anther way. You need contacts to be |
| the internet than in reality. Contacts in designers, | | | | successful in any business. |
| webhosting, marketing and search engines worlds. | | | | This was the most important realisation I ever had |
| Contacts, that open doors. Contacts that brought me | | | | and I hope this essay will help you on your way to |
| offers that seemed insane. That saved me over | | | | the top. |
| 80% of money simultaneously driving my profits to | | | | |