Regardless of what company you are with or what product or service you promote, the relationships you build with your customers and business partners will be vital for your long term success. Even though lately I have been very excited about promoting the business for online gamers, the long term strategy still involves relationship building.

It has be relatively easy to get new people to take a look at this business since it has so many upsides. But I also realize that it's not about just sheer numbers of people. Always remember that it's not just a list of names; the people you have invited are a lot like you. They want to do something different with their lives and are looking for some partners to help them. They probably even like helping out other people.

Really, it's all about team building. And not just within your own group. You would be amazed at the amount of growth you can see by teaming up with people who may be completely unrelated to your business. Let's use the example of a nutritional product since that's what so many people market these days.

One of the counterintuitive things I've discovered in internet marketing is that you don't really need to be super smart to make a big success. In fact, I've seen a lot of smart people who know as much (or more) than the "gurus" really struggle to make their business grow.

So if it's not about how smart you are, what is it?