As some of you who frequent BHW know, user khoahalabear recently won our essay contest by quite a few votes! He was awarded a free copy of Meta-Marketing: Volume 2 as well as a sneak peek at a future product.

The definition of black hat marketing, “Quite frankly, it means anything that is not honest including, but not limited to, tricking people into doing whatever the webmaster wants them to do,” taken from basictips.com. What does this mean to me exactly? Sure, I could just say that it allows me to make a huge sum of money effortlessly and let’s me “pwn” the white hat marketers who detest these methods, but that’s overly used and said by others; plus, and I’m certain you’ve heard it many times already. Instead, I’ve decided to let you take a peek at my life and how black hat has changed my outlook on life and what it really ultimately means to me on a personal level.

Now how would I go about saying this? You see, black hat has changed me into a completely new person, and I’m not just saying that. If I could word it any better, I would, because it sounds incredibly cliché. When someone looks at a way of reaching a goal, they don’t know there’s always a faster and easier way of achieving it. This may not be the most righteous way, but in order to use it you’re going to have to become a lot more tolerant and look at things outside of the box. I wouldn’t say it’s easier, or even shorter for that matter; it’s just a different way of looking at things. In taking this path I had to change how I reacted towards certain situations and figure out a way that wasn’t conventional, but would work just the same or much better. It’s a shortcut that isn’t really short, a means to an end that has no end. Whether you notice it or not, if you fully incorporate yourself in black hat you’re going to change in some way. It may or may not be readily noticeable, but whatever way you look at it, it’s an evolution.

Back when I dabbed in legitimate SEO and PPC Iooking for a way to make a few dollars here and there, I stumbled across a wonderful forum. Since then, Black Hat World has been my savior and angel. It allowed me to access depths of Internet Marketing I had never explored or even looked for in my whole career as a marketing individual. With this knowledge, I stomped the pests who sought to deter my money making process and increased my earnings ten-fold. For that, I am forever thankful and in the debt of the place we can all call home, Black Hat World.

At this point however, I’ll have to bid you adieu. I have much to learn and a large investment in a project that I’m sure will repay itself many times over. Of course, you all know that this method is neither legitimate nor ethical, still, if you have read up to this part I’m sure you could care less. In any case, before I leave I’d like to offer you one piece of advice: Stick to no more than two projects and follow them through until you either see a return or fail miserably! You’re a Black Hatter, build on what I’ve just told you and use this for your own accomplishments in life. I’d like to see this forum grow and eventually rule this world. After all, we’re all capable of being cunning, adapt and succeed…we are Black Hat!

As per the contest, khoahalabear has asked me to post a link of his choosing. So, here it is: Black Hat – Buy Sell Trade

yeti_racer, aliskorn, flow, lizmoz, giantsfan0806, rudyvise, Jagged55 also contributed fantastic essays and we’d like to thank them as well!

We hope everyone had a fun, safe holiday and wish you all success in 2009!