Building a Fan Base

AdPulp: One Man Gathers What Another Man Spills

Here's a great little article that pulls together several views on growing and succeeding -- "The idea is to build a fan base. Without that fan base you don't have Jack. So, do whatever you have to do to be totally solid with that the people who most vigorously support what you're doing. It's the old "give it away and see what comes back to you" trick."