Problogging guru’s who a truly successful don’t share their best, money making secrets, after all, if they are successful why would they need to share? Why would they want you to cash in on their money making idea? They don’t, or what they do share worked for them 12 months ago, and they’ve moved on to new methods.

Very good questions Duncan. Why would anyone give away methods they are currently being used and depended on so someone else can do it better? Interesting because people are skeptical with commercials telling people how to get rich but online, people easily accept what they would not offline. Some people might experience some improvement but very few (if any) receive “get rich” results.

To be a success, a true top of the industry success, that takes leadership. If the thought process is “I want to create a site like Digg” does that sound like a leader? Of course not. Rephrase: “I want to start a site like Digg but I want to add A, B, C, D, E and this is how I’m going to do it because I have a plan, the cash, and it will launch feature rich” – that’s more like a leader don’t ya think? But that doesn’t mean it will be a success because that plan has to have a way to either penetrate the loyal Digg userbase and take it away or create an equally large community without it. Ouch…not an easy task is it? Meanwhile Digg has a lead of constantly improving while copycats are just trying to stay afloat.

Which is why, if you’re looking to others on how to create revenue, how to be better, essentially you’re still in school, still learning. On Not Too Geeky I write about applying business principles to Web 2.0 (oh lawd, I said it) ventures. It’s up to you to take that knowledge and do something with it. Thinking more efficiently perhaps that success will be achieved. There is one key difference in what I write at Not Too Geeky, the principles/strategies I write about can applied to almost anything. A SWOT could easily be applied to a resume, a loan application, improving a marriage – anything. A change in thinking so, armed with information, the tools that one would seek elsewhere can be found from within – thinking them out yourself.

Be careful of the advice given online. There are tons of it, but is it all good? No. I’m not saying what I write here is better than anywhere else because that is not true. Different strokes for different folks. I prefer to write about things that give those interested a stronger foundation in anything they do. Without a strong foundation all the tips, money, or talent in the world won’t stop it from crumbling. Inward.

To Duncan: The irony in this is priceless.