Watch out - if you do, you're showing your "Internet Age!"

I am, of course, referring to now infamous "Cookie Cutter" marketing program which was all over internet when I first began exploring online business world (circa mid-1999).

If you have no idea what I'm referring to, then you can consider yourself a relative newbie to internet. I bring up Cookie Cutter as an example of how things can change so dramatically online in such a relatively short period of time.

No kidding - if you were at all involved in business opportunity area of internet at that time, you will definitely remember those "cc-pages" - they were EVERYWHERE!

What I remember most vividly about Cookie Cutter was ubiquitous ad headline that invariably heralded an invitation to investigate this program.

"THIS DUMB LITTLE AD Can Put $200 in cash in your mailbox... EVERYDAY!"

It was followed by an ad that almost always read exactly same way -

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This little cookie cutter spits out $20 checks...

It's a 3-part automated system, consisting of a KILLER classified ad, a powerful one page sales letter delivered by autoresponder, and a QUALITY product, delivered to your customer by company.

You can set up today...and actually be getting checks mailed to you tomorrow.

If you're serious about building long-term financial security by way of an online business, here are a few reasons why you should begin right away developing your own original product offerings.

Eliminate Competition

When you have an original product to offer, you will be in control of pricing and methods by which your product will be marketed. No one else will have rights to direct sell your product unless you grant them those rights, or sell license to them. In other words, you can be sole source if you wish.

While competition is more than fierce among commission paying affiliate programs and products, your original product will enable you to rise above and eliminate that competition. Your own business can then be built on a firm and stable foundation, and not based on dictates of others.

Recognition and Credibility

Never can enough be said about importance of these two factors in terms of building an online business. Would be successful online entrepreneurs are hampered by fact that Net itself is an impersonal venue. We seldom if ever get to meet our clients and customers face to face, making it all more difficult to establish a reputation as a serious and credible business owner.