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Here's some things that really hampered me at first I think...
1. Fifty percent of this industry can't be trusted to a certain degree. There's a lot of untalented individuals who have chosen to conduct shady business online instead of going back on welfare and working low-end manual labor jobs. They will do anything to avoid their old life. Know who you are dealing with, always.
2. Some big guys are actually clueless in terms of today's market. So be careful who you listen to no matter who they are. Use common sense based on what you do know today to discern if it's still valid.
3. There are business models in some circles that have evolved to essencially become a glass ceiling for newbies and struggling webmasters if you get caught up into them.
4. Many people at the top got there by running more sites than they talk about on the boards. Sometimes that's good, sometimes that's bad.
5. There's always someone on the boards acting like an expert of an area they actually know absolutely nothing about.
6. If a sponsor is screwing with their own customers in any way, then there's a good chance they are screwing with their affiliates too.
7. Run sites as if they were your non-profit hobby.
8. Resource site tutorial articles are always massively incomplete (there are no exceptions to this), and are many times written by industry rejects.
9. Never ever lose touch with the surfer side of yourself. You will either fail, or cut yourself short at the least.
10. The ratios claimed by people looking for an affiliate referral are almost always bogus.
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