I keep hearing a lot of people talking dirt about Internet Marketing Gurus because of the “Guru” status. I’m not sure what your option or knowledge of what a Internet Marketing Guru really is but I wanted to share with you my opinion.

My definition of an Internet Marketing Guru is just an expert is the Internet Marketing community. These experts have earned the “Guru” status by proving themselves to the marketing community. The most common proof is making a lot of money online, other ways include testimonials from students and of course any courses, products or services they have created.

But for some reason people start to think because these experts now have the “guru” status that they are out to get as much money out of you as possible or even scamming you. Well this completely wrong, now I’m not saying there aren’t marketers out there that are just there to scam you but any of the guru’s that I have learned from weren’t spammers.

One of the most common senerio’s seem to be with one-time-offers and upsells, such as when you buy a product and are offered a one time offer, then another upsell or downlsell, some people get mad about this. But this is just smart marketing! Since a customer is more likely to spend more money right after they have just bought something and descreases as time goes on.

Here’s a real world example, think about fast food restaurants and other stores that ask you during your purchase if you would like to donate $1 to _whatever_.

Another common practice that gets a bad rep is when you optin to an email list and start receiving an email everyday for the first week trying to sell you that product is going to be the best and most effective time to get you to buy.

These are all smart internet marketing strategies, but when an Internet Marketing Guru does it or some other strategy, some people start thinking they’re bad, they’re spammers and other BS.

So with that said, I want to list off some of the Internet Marketing Gurus that I’ve learned from in the past or still learn from, so if you looking for an honest, trustworthy and knowledge guru to learn from, these are all great people:
(this list is in no specific order)

• Russell Brunson
• Matt Bacak
• Brad Callen
• Frank Kern
• Andy Jenkins & Stompernet
• Ewen Chia
• Mike Filsaime
• John Reese
• Jeff Walker
• Rich Schefren
• Ryan Deiss
• Brad Fallon
• Armand Morin
• Michel Fortin
• Seth Godin
• Marlon Sanders
• Willie Crawford
• Ed Dale
• And many more..

If you have any questions about a marketer, just add a comment below and I’ll let you know if I’ve had any experiences with them, any recommendation or even do some research so you do get screwed over by some spammer that is just out there to take you money.

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