A guru is both a boon and a bane to Internet marketing. But for one thing, the anatomy of a guru is classic example of Internet marketing strategies at its finest. You may learn a thing or two about internet marketing from a guru.

Effective Marketing and Promoting: Creating an Outrageous Demand

A guru is not necessarily the most excellent in the field, but he or she is the one who is best able to market and promote his services. They just have this knack for creating an outrageous demand to customers, and strange enough, they garner so much popularity on the field they have chosen to specialize in. More and more people just consult them once they have established that outrageous demand.

Writing articles

Writing articles is another thing that most gurus have in common. You will find that the likes of Dr. Phil are often found to be an author of numerous articles on the subject matter. More and more people are being exposed to the guru’s expertise due to these articles. It is, in a way, some sort of bait for new readers to subscribe to his or her content. A winning article not just gains a lot of hits, but it also leads the readers to follow the guru’s other writings, events and whathaveyous.

Concept of Micro-Branding

You may find it difficult to be a guru in a very wide aspect. The large scope of Internet marketing is too difficult to claim to be a guru for. Micro-branding is being like a mini-guru. You just take a portion of the big industry and choose to specialize in it. Sometimes it employs the “first come, first served” basis. You find an empty niche and you fill it in.

Maintaining Guru Status: Reinvention

Gurus do not get their status forever. They have the tendency to be dethroned if they do not shape up or meet the new demands of their target industry. Reinvention is necessary to be able to keep up and stay in their pedestal. Guru status is imputed by customers. And by the minute, the concept of a guru is being reshaped by these people who placed them there. More and more people are also added in the roster of those seeking advice in a certain field, and there is a need to update one’s self in accordance with added customers in the target niche.