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A system is defined as a composition of separate components acting together for a function. In a money making system, the function is of course making money. After we define the function we must find the components and make them work together for the function.

For centuries, while the alchemists were looking for a way to turn lead into gold, engineers and inventors were looking for the perpetual motion. After the achievements of scientists some philosophers started to believe that everything in the universe could be explained by rules of mechanics and from star systems to atoms, everything in the universe was a piece of a universal system. This philosophy was called Universal Mechanism. If we believe this philosophy we must also believe in sub systems forming a whole. If we look at the structure of an atom we can see that it is very similar to that of a star system. Therefore we can define the components of a smaller system from what we learn from a larger one.

Now let’s forget about philosophy, star systems and atoms and return to our original problem. What are the components of a money making system? To make money, we must first generate a gravity focus. This means we must generate something that will pull money. This may be an idea, a product or a service that people would like to pay money to get, or be a part of. Our gravity focus must also emit light like a star. This light is advertisement. People must know that it is there to be attracted to something. This light can be expended easily if its source is very powerful. It can also be expended if people carry its fire to each other. A viral marketing campaign can be as effective as a high budget advertisement campaign. Once the masses we target start to come closer to our gravity focus, they must become the satellites of our focus and this is the job of the sales personnel.

The internet is full of opportunities. If you look at some of the early web sites, you can see how they were born, how they grew up to be multimillion dollar businesses and how they changed or died. Everything is happening fast. If those who see an opportunity act fast, they become the new success stories of the new media. The components of the system don’t change. Only the names we give to those components change. Facebook, Twitter or Google, they are the gravity focuses of today pulling millions and millions of dollars to their goods and services. If you open your eyes, follow the trends and act on your instincts you may be the founder of the next popular web service.

Like every system, a money making system also has its own dynamics. To use these dynamics for your own good, you must follow the internal balance of the system. Which company is trying to buy which web site? Those who left some internet service firm, founded a company to sell what? The answers you find may contain sound predictions about the future.

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