Follow the cream of the crop in your area of online expertise and learn from them. Network with them.

The quote offers pragmatic advice for building skill and opportunity in digital work: identify the most capable practitioners (“the cream of the crop”) in a chosen online niche, study their methods, and cultivate relationships with them. It frames expertise as something accelerated through observation, imitation, and feedback rather than solitary trial-and-error. The second sentence underscores that learning is social: networking is not merely self-promotion but a way to gain mentorship, stay current with fast-changing online practices, and enter communities where collaborations and referrals circulate. Implicitly, it also warns against insular learning and encourages intentional curation of one’s influences.