A Review Of The Internet Marketing Centers - Internet Millionaires Protege Bootcamp

The Internet Marketing Center’s Website
Review: 9/10

This past weekend I attended the IMC’s Internet Millionaire’s Protege 2-day Bootcamp in San Francisco.

I found out about this event from their FREE newsletter.

At first I was debating if I should attend since I’ve been hosting my “open house” the past few weekends. Selling a home lately is pretty different from just a few months ago.

I talked about the event with my wife and ended up signing up.

The event was well worth it.

It was a great experience to speak with the IMC staff, Derek Gehl (CEO of the IMC), Bert Ingley (a student that had tons of success with video gaming guides), and Brandon Dupsky (author of eBay Secrets and responsible for selling over $21 million dollars worth of products through eBay). Before the event, on the breaks, and after the event, you could easily walk up to any of these guys and ask any burning question you had.

If you’ve purchased the Insider Secrets course, I’m sure you know what I mean when I mention the word “overwhelming”. The IMC did the same thing in this 2 day bootcamp… they gave a massive amount of information on building an internet business. If anybody took the ideas and strategies they mentioned and applied them, they would reach success.

One thing that was expected was that they did plug-in their various related products throughout the bootcamp. It wasn’t a big deal. Any successful business would do the same. The great thing about this is that they did offer tremendous discounts compared to what you could get online. They ended up creating super bundles of their products, repackaging them to create a comprehensive success kit.

So what’s the whole purpose of selling the products if the bootcamp offered so many good ideas?

First of all, you couldn’t record any audio or video of the bootcamp. I personally couldn’t keep up with all of the note taking. So having the material all published in an organized structure is a great benefit. Also, there are so many strategies that they didn’t give out.

It was also a great experience to meet other internet marketers in the area. Having the ability to network, get brand new idea from others, and also to give a lot of ideas and solutions to others was a pretty unique experience for me. I’ve never attended an internet business event before and so far, I’ve mostly communicated with internet marketers through the net.

There is one opinion that I have that differs from what was mentioned in the bootcamp. They say that you could take any interest you have and make a success out of it. They don’t directly cover the pro’s and con’s of this. My take on it is that sometimes you have to take a deep look at your passion and see if it will make a valid business.

Although they do go through keyword research, analyzing supply and demand, many people were still under the assumption that they could focus on their passion or their current business. A lot of offline service businesses (real estate, mortgages, financial services) that I ran into were thinking about using what they learned and apply it to their offline businesses.

There’s nothing wrong with following your passion. My opinion is that if you’re looking to start an online business to profit it from, see if your passion can get you to where you want within an ideal timeline and within your advertising budget. If it can’t, find another interest or niche that can.

It’s very tough for a new internet marketer to profit and be motivated about their online business if it’s super competitive.

Just simply adding on an opt-in form to their website and starting up a Google AdWords account to bring in traffic won’t work that easy for a local financial firm representative competing against a worldwide (or nationwide) company with tons of money in their pocket.

It’s also not easy for many people to run a business that they’re not passionate about either.

You really have to ask yourself: Are you a passion seeker or an opportunist?

Is it really worth it to spend the extra time, money, and frustration to go into a competitive niche? Only you could answer these questions.

I still highly recommend IMC’s bootcamp for anybody that hasn’t attended it (new or experienced).

In conclusion, the strategies of marketing online are in constant flux. In my opinion, over 90% of the strategies the Internet Marketing Center offered will last in the long-term. It’s that 10% that you’ll have to keep up-to-date on.

Here’s a link to the Internet Marketing Center’s website for more information