“When you’re green, you’re growing. When you’re ripe, you rot. Are you green and growing or ripe and rotting?”

This statement is a quote of Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald’s. Even if you don’t like McDonald’s, or just dislike fast food in general, you have to agree that McDonald’s is probably the best known and recognizable restaurant in the world. Ray obviously did something right.

When your green, you’re growing. Its true. When I get involved in a new field, new hobby or sport, it consumes me. I want to learn everything there is to know. I want to read about it constantly. I want to iterate my new found knowledge or passion with those around me. I want to teach it to anyone who will listen.

One subject that is new and interesting to me is that of Internet marketing. A good Internet marketer will recognize unsatisfied niches and identify marketing vehicles that can spread virally throughout a community. Conventional wisdom suggests to look to the old guard to learn the techniques of Internet marketing. But I propose that its not the winners of today’s Internet traffic that hold the keys. Its the up and coming rising stars that are the ones to watch, engage and partner with.

Here is an example:

OnPulseIM is a hot new make money online blog that focuses on all niches of making money online including Internet marketing. Check out. They have contests, how-to’s, news and information on Internet marketing from an up-and-comer’s perspective. Be sure to check out http://www.OnPulseIM.com if you are serious about earning money online.

Here is a quote by hockey great Wayne Gretzky.

“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”

Train yourself to think ahead of the game and you can beat the competition in any field of endeavor.