Ryan Moran

Internet marketing is a lot like fishing.

I remember when I was growing up, my dad would take me to his favorite fishing spot. The pond was stocked full of fish, and it was like shooting them in a barrel. After about six hours of fishing, we’d go home with about sixty large-sized fish.

We had a ball.

But having it that easy got me TOTALLY spoiled. If I was taken to a lake to fish, or if they just weren’t biting one day, I’d be unbelievably disappointed.

Internet marketing is a lot like that, too. People get tied into one method, or they get told that there’s only one way to do things, and when that ONE thing doesn’t work, they give up.

Some will say that you HAVE to build an email list. Some say that you HAVE to do article marketing… the truth is that what works for you may very well be completely different than what works for everybody else. A lot depends on your skill set, your interests, and your passions.

Still, I continue to get emails from people who have been following my stuff for months and are still wondering which way is up. I’ll confess that one of my weaknesses is that I worry too much about negatives. For example, about 99 out of 100 emails that I get are thank-you’s and praises, but I worry about that one person who thinks I’m out to get them… So, even though I have students that have completely changed their lives as a result of reading my stuff, I worry about those who still lack the confidence to dive in.

That’s why I made the decision to be more available once I graduated from college. Instead of just offering email support, which I’m finding harder and harder to keep up with, I’d like to be accessible in a very real way.

Last week, I sent out a survey to find out how you’d prefer to get a hold of me. I learned that you want to interact with me in webinar format more than any other means of contact, but what you REALLY want is more consistency with emails, blog posts, and videos. Consider it done.

You said that evenings are the best times to come to webinars and broadcasts when I have them, but that two to three times a month is plenty. And you definitely DON’T want them on the weekends. Check.

So, I’ll be making a point to be more available for live teaching sessions, starting immediately. You can stay up to date with my webinars at IM-Webinars.com.

On a more personal note, many of you know that I’ve been wrestling with identifying where I should live… since I couldn’t make a decision, I left it up to you.

Defeating San Diego by a mere seven votes, you voted that I should move back to Indiana with my friends. So, unless something falls through, that’s what I’ll be doing for about the next year. THEN it’ll be onto San Diego, or someplace else without a winter season.

On another personal note, it looks like I’ll be starting a consulting firm. Whoulda-thunk that brick and mortar businesses need to know how to market on the internet, too? I think an SEO and/or internet management company may form out of it, too…. we shall see.

Last point: for those of you who have been asking… Yes, TheAffiliateGod.com IS fixed! Google still has it in it’s history as being an attacked site, but it’s 100% clean now.

Ok… now, as promised, below are my favorite comments left on the survey I sent out last week. Thanks for making me laugh.

Answers from survey:

“I think you should do a case study in which you take one of your awesome customers (that would be me), do some intensive one on one work, and show the world just how fast you could get them making 100 grand per month. Just think of the publicity! You’d be a star!! The gurus would be asking for help!!! Women throwing themselves at you!!!! Heck, I’d even consider giving you a testimonial. Great idea, right??”

“Hey Ryan, why would you want to quit using your marketing USP of being a dorm room internet guru? Don’t be a fool, tell everyone your diploma was revoked and you have to return to the dorm.”

“Hey Dawg, whoa dawg, dude. Its a good tune but hard to dance to.”

“Jesus wore sandles to the prom, did you?!”

“Hey if your going to help me make money I’ll think your attractive too. In a non personal kind of way of course.”

“Keep trying….you’ll get there.”

“Ryan, I idolize you. I want to be just like you when I grow up but since you’re like 20 and I’m 51 there are logistical problems. Maybe if I work really, really hard, I can become as successful as you, but my hair is, alas, gone for good. And you have really great hair.”

“Ryan, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die! ”

“IM me when the ustream jello wrestling starts.”

“Ryan, your heads looks so big on my screen that i swear i seen helicopters landing on it.”

“Ryan, I like your videos, but I bet you smell really bad in person. Brian Owens is a good egg.”

“Hey Ryan, Houston needs a Good Mayor!! signed future Campaign Manager”

“Ummm… I will say this. I’ve always liked the way you come across. You seem a very approachable, down-to-earth. Probably those good mid-western influences ”

“Hey Ryan, YOU ARE COOL and I do wish I was like you because I would not have to go to my JOB tomorrow-I would have Freedom.”

“I cant get enough of your good vibrations!”

Last… but not least…. well maybe, because I have no idea what this person was saying…

“Hey Ryan you should of never open the door and give a black man the opportunity to clown because with all that money your making i know you can afford a better hair cut in your videos or at lease wear a hat, i just don’t get it, if i was making 48 + grand i’ll be stepin out the house playa pimp, But you Ryan Still wearing walmart Faded Glory shirts. I know you know what i’am talking about turn that collar tag around. I bet you don’t even care how you dress you just tell everybody i’am going digital and hid in your computer. I really don’t like talking about moms but i bet, one of your clickbank checks that your moms use to comb you hair one way before you went off to your college classes. It does nt take much for me to clown because i can clown on you all day. Hey Ryan i have a serious question for you and try to anwser it as honest as possible. I’am just guessing here,,, just by the way your voice sounds. Are you still a Virgin? you don’t have no deepest in your voice on your videos and you want people to take what your saying seriously. Any e ways i don’t want you to cry or go off and do something crazy and i have to see you on channel 4 news on how a internet entrepreneur raps another college student wearing a pimp costume. -DRE”

I like you guys.

Ryan

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