A lot of the best internet marketers in the world...you won't ever know their names because they are the behind the scenes guys for the "pretty faces, and big names"

It's really impossible to know, isn't it?

To me, the best marketers should be gauged by their performance. How much money they have netted online would be one test of their performance.

No doubt you have named some of the most popular "big names" in marketing . . . but IMO, "most popular" or most widely followed shouldn't be confused with "the best."

My guess is, the guys that are really making the most money don't want to be "gurus" and would just as soon stay out of the limelight. They don't depend on making their money from other marketers as those you've named do.

I'm not trying to be contrarian necessarily, but really, isn't it performance we're after rather than popularity in naming "the best"?

Steve

Hmm, as you asked who are my favorite marketers I can give some answers here (as opposed to figuring out who's the "best").

Jon Morrow - founder of SmartBlogger.com

Stefan Pylarinos - from Project Life Mastery

Ben Settle (email marketing Dark Lord)

Frank Kern (especially from his beach-bum persona days - I found him so entertaining)

And yes, I also like Neil Patel.

Regards,
Daniel

There are many, but if you want to get specific, I can break it down for you by topic. These guys are the best, in my honest opinion.

Email Marketing: Andre Chaperon, Ben Settle and Chuck Mullaney

Traffic and conversion: Vick Strizheus, Ryan Deiss

SEO: Alex Becker

Copywriting: John Carlton and Gary Halbert

Anything with Content Marketing: Neil Patel

Anything with E-Commerce: Adrian Morrison and Ricky Mataka

When it comes to sales funnels: Todd Brown

Product Launches: Jeff Walker

And the the most influential marketers as a whole: Mark Joyner, Rich Schefren, Frank Kern and Dan Kennedy.

I guess I love different people for different reasons.

The creator of this forum would be on the list. Allen Says.

The creator of Plenty of Fish creating a free website and making millions on the ads.

Zuckerburg for never allowing staleness to set in.

Also anyone these days that can get me to open a marketing email knowing what is waiting on the inside.

Art

[DELETED]

[DELETED]

[DELETED]

[DELETED]

I think the best internet marketers are the marketers we never heard of . Most of the people spoken of are people that sell Internet Marketing Products and services, But there are people out there that go about there business and never sell a MMO product. Those are the people I would really like to find

al

I think there's different ways to define "best" in this context. The "best" could be defined as those that made the most money online, which would mean the Google guys, Bezos, Zuckerberg, etc.

However, most of us are probably most interested in who are the best teachers of IM. This reminds me a bit of the poker author David Sklansky. He's criticized because he's never won the biggest tournaments. But IMO, while he may not be the best poker player in the world, he is the best teacher of poker. Maybe he's better at explaining things or more willing to share his concepts, but whatever it is he's a great teacher.

Teaching and coaching is a talent in itself and because one is successful in a certain area doesn't mean they're a better teacher. I would rather have Michael Jordan play for my team, but I'd rather have John Wooden coach my team.

I'd only put someone on a pedestal if I were in the business of pedestals.

I like to pay more attention to the methods and activities of large corporations on the Internet who make use of culminating minds which to reach solutions.

In a nutshell; effective strategies, not personas.

There are so many great marketers to choose from. But as motivational speaker and so on I like Tony Robbins. Other great marketers I like are Anji Long and Ben Martin

[DELETED]

[DELETED]

Frank Kern is the MAN! I love his stuff...and have probably watched ALL of his videos. Another dude I like a lot is Ryan Deiss, and Andre Chaperon just to name a few.

Is Allen Says still writing books?

or what is he up to after he left this place?

There are many favorites. Tough to gauge and pinpoint just one or 2. I would suggest the ones showing up on the first and second pages of google and bing for the respective categories.

My favorite internet marketer is Vick strizehous.

Matthew Woodward is great, so is WolfMillionaire

There are so many so called gurus online these days it would take you a considerable amount of time to research them and know who they are.

Some of the early pioneers

Derek Gehl
Frank Kern,
Eben Pagan,
Ewen Chia
John Chow
Jeff Walker
Mike Filsaime
Stephen Pierce
Yanik Silver
Dean Holland
Jeffrey Lant

I think you said it perfectly. I actually got a hold of Gary Halberts, Key West College of Millionaires and many of the principles still ring true today.

However!!!!!! I've learned nowadays you have to be the top expert marketer.

You have to be willing to dissect the most successful marketing websites or any successful website for that matter and spy on everything their doing, where their doing and how their doing it.

Following their blogs is great, however it only shows a small portion of what is really needed.

Because at the end of the day you will only be a good marketer if you learn directly from the source which is through Google's webmaster guides, forum and guidelines.

Also conducting your hands on split testing to see what works and what does not will always be your best marketing resource.

I like Simolife (he made over 300k from ClickBank alone!)

I think this guy is one of the best! WHY? First, he is NOT In the business of selling products to other marketers... He Is a master of CPA and Affiliate Marketing, (he made over 300k from ClickBank alone!).
There are a lot of other Internet marketers like him who make A Lot of money, but without know them, because they don't want to be seen as '' gurus'', they prefer staying out of the limelight, Instead of others who do everything to become famous.

The best active marketers in the IM crowd in my opinion are:

Mo Miah and John Gibb
Peter Garety
Alex Becker
Devin Zander
Precious Ngwu
Sam Bakker
Neil Napier

I won't say you will learn the most, but they earn the most!

And you could earn good money as an affiliate for them.

Yes, I know these aren't the top vendors but in my opinion
they know the most about conversions, EPC, funnels etc...

Some highly successful vendors on JV Zoo only have one big
product because they're great software developers or they are
known for high end courses but not consistently like these guys.

In other words they might not know the formula like the people on my list.

My favorite internet marketers are:

-Marlon Sanders
-Ryan Diess
-Frank Kern
-Matthew Woodward
-Willie Crawford
-Stephen Pierce
-Joel Comm
-Barb Ling

I am really Immpressed with Big Idea Mastermind Vick's Teaching and his style of work.

Also Google Sniper George is also a Good Internet Marketer.

[DELETED]

I like:

Anik Singal
Jeff Lenney
Kelly Felix

If you're a marketer, put your name at the top of your own list.

...Because you've got something the others haven't.. you've got your own USP and if you're rocking things the right way, your clients probably won't give two-hoots about anyone else, cause you're the guy they call when they want the dough to rain.

Thanks for this list. I don't know all of them yet, but I like Matthew Woodward's blog. Always very detailed and interesting.

Stefan Pylarinos - from Project Life Mastery.
The best that I've seen.

[DELETED]

[DELETED]

I am the best Internet Marketer.

End of thread.

Haha but seriously, I think anyone that is making a full time income solely as an IM'er is high up there in my books.

How come no one mentioned Jimmy D. Brown? His stuff is pure gold.

There're many good guys out there in this market, I don't know who is the best. Maybe someone will be best in specific niches as he's strongest.

I gotta give props to Frank Kern.
Out of everything I've ever bought and downloaded, His stuff is the most expensive and the most thorough.

You get what you pay for....

You don't know what you don't know. There are many top Internet marketers out there that we don't know simply because, they maintain a reserved lifestyle. However, any marketer willing to share his knowledge with newbies is among the best for me.

Ben Settle - Email Copywriting
Matthew Woodward - Affiliate/Internet Marketing
Charles Floate - SEO
Jon Loomer - Facebook PPC

+1 for Neil Patel

There are so many marketers but they best ones that actually worked for me and I've actually made money with are Russell Brunson, Sam Bakker, Ace Reddy, John Reese, and some of Ryan Deiss stuff

I like a lot of Ryan Deiss's stuff and I also follow a lot of what Russell Brunson does as well. Pat Flynn is solid as well.

I also follow a guy named Brent Weaver for local agency marketing.

I find most marketers boring and self centered and have deleted myself from most lists over the years though.

I learned a lot from Eric Louviere and Sean Mize. They're both warrior forum members who have shared a lot of value here on this forum and on their sites.

Ryan Deiss

Anik Singal

Patric Chan

Matthew Woodward

1. Dan Kenndedy
2. Eben Pagan and Frank Kern
3. Jay Abraham
4. Rich Schefren
5. Brendon Buchard

Jimmy D. Brown - My hero.

Master of small report creation, email marketing,
membership sites and information marketing.

There are many out there here are a few i would recommend people who have been there and got the t shirt.

Anik Singal

Ryan Deiss

Russell Brunson

Frank Kern

Arfan Saddiq ok maybe not yet

I dont know exactly who is the best but these are the ones that appear in my mind when dealing with this question: Neil Patel, Anik Sigal, Pat Flynn

neil Patel

Pat flynn

noah kagan

there you go, read or listen to their stuff to get a proper IM education

-Ike Paz

I'm not going to overwhelm anyone here with favorites, so I'm going with my top 2 Best IMers as I have followed their endeavors since I started online 6 years ago. So much respect to Frank Kern and Vick Strizhues!

It is not those old days when a set of people where at the top and all others followed them. There are countless geeks making a killing online these days.

For me it's:
John Chow
Ryan Deiss
Frank Kern
Patt Flynn
Kim Roach
Patric Chan among others

I am surprised nobody mentioned Chris Record so far (unless I missed it). I like his marketing style, congruency and honesty in all marketing messages (at least I feel some kind of bond). Apart from that, I follow Russell Brunson, Ryan Deiss, Grant Cardone (he has more to do with sales but still love this man), plus Vick Strizheus and Nicholas Kusmich for generating traffic and getting high ROI, especially from FB Ads.

All of them are really worth to follow and to learn from.

[DELETED]

There are so many out there that it is hard to decide.

Frank Kern is definitely someone to follow tho.

Tony Robbins as well if you are looking to get inspired!

Kern is good, as are many of them. They all share a common ability... they can talk to (at) an audience for ages without drawing breath!

See what I'm saying?

[DELETED]