Who's who of Internet marketing?

It all depends on what you are looking for there is a ton of successful marketers me included who make money online.

Some big names off the top of my head are John Chow for blogging, Chris Ferell newbie training, Mark Ling affilorama affiliate marketing training.

Feel free to add to the list.

How about people who teach you about creating niche websites, who's good?

Frank Kern is a pro in terms of general internet marketing, Daegan Smith is a pro's pro, John Chow is a blogger master and if you want to live the internet lifestyle....wink wink....seriously though, check out these forums, tons of good names and info here.

Gaz Cooper comes to mind if you're asking about niche websites, most definitely.

So basically, these people only make money when you are starting out and buy a product they promote, like Bluehost or Aweber. Am I right?

From my experience, Mark Ling is one of the good guys in AM, and Matthew Woodward (matthewwoodward.co.uk) is up and coming. I've learned more from these guys than anyone else (haven't learned enough yet!).

I'm rather positive that "many" of the best Internet Marketers are not in the limelight... by their own choice.

However those in the limelight you definitely can learn things from. Just don't be a sheep & accept all their opinions as gospel IMO.

i would say go for frank kern, he got everything you need.

Gurus are really self-fulfilling prophecies. They market themselves as gurus, and then people start to tell other people that they are in fact gurus, and then those people start to tell other people that that they are indeed gurus, and somewhere along the line they become gurus (supposedly)!

What does this mean? Take everything with a grain of salt. Don't think there's some magic formula because there isn't. You can make a lot of money, but it's all about having a good foundation, a little initiative and a lot of focus. If you know the basics, can identify some opportunities and are willing to work for it, success will come... provided that you persevere of course.

Sorry, I just realized I didn't answer your question as such, but maybe you'll find this useful. I don't keep up-to-date with the latest "gurus" because new ones seem to pop up all the time (which might tell you something).

P.S. Having said all that, I did learn a lot from Jay Abraham. Check out all of his stuff here (for free): http://www.abraham.com/gifts/thankyou.html

I'm pretty damn good! Baring that because I'm assuming that's not what you meant, here are the people upon which I've built my success.

All the people are those from whom I've learned either though their coaching or by studying and reverse engineering what they do.

1. Dan Kennedy - have bought and studied many of his copywriting books and direct response marketing newsletters (GKIC INNER CIRCLE)

2. Bill Glazer - GKIC

3. Jim Daniels and Willie Crawford - 2 of the first gurus I've learned from when I started in 1998. They are still around today, having withstood the text of time.

4. Perry Belcher - My go to for out-of-the-box PPC stuff that is directly responsible for a significant portion of my PPC income.

5. Ryan Deiss - He is a standup guy with who me I've worked and has a vast wealth of actionable and profitable advice.

6. Frank Kern - I've both used his free stuff and paid stuff (Mass Control) to create some of the largest and fastest paced launches I've ever done.

7. Ben Altadonna - a DRM expert who has generated millions through direct response marketing. I've worked with him personally as well as coached. He is a big role model in my businesses and successes

8. Gary and Nancy White - Cookie Cutter/Beginners Central - They're no longer around but worthy of a "shout out" because they're the people through whome i "discovered" direct response marketing.


I'm sure I have others but those are the first come to mind.

WARRIORS I like.....

Damn.... I need to go get their user names. I'll come back and edit them in.