I wrote the other day about commenting on your target guru’s blog to get exposure and back links. Today it occurred to me that you could indirectly move your stalking efforts forward by commenting on other blogs that are aimed at the same target audience. To that end, I’m posting a response to a question […]

If your target guru has a blog, posting comments on it are a good way to get noticed. If they have a blog that allows comments, that’s an invitation to you to join in a conversation with them — don’t waste the opportunity.
Here are a few ideas for how to maximize the impact of your […]

It stands to reason that the better you know the guru you’re trying to establish contact with, the better your chances of making a connection with them when the opportunity arises. If you know nothing about them, how will you know what to talk about that might interest them? If you can’t show that you […]

It only took me four days after I created this website and started “stalking” Russell Brunson to get a comment posted here by someone close to him. On day three, in my befriend their friends post, I mentioned Russell’s affiliate manager Brent Coppieters, and the next day, he posted a comment.
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Okay, you don’t really have to go through me to contact Russell Brunson — in fact, at this point in time, I may be no help at all. But according to Google today, this website has the #3 and #4 best pages for finding out how to “contact Russell Brunson”! Sweet!

How did I garner such […]

I’ve added a little spice to the Guru-Stalker website this morning in honor of Russell Brunson. Watch the title bar of your browser…

Just about anyone who’s done big JVs will tell you that offline events (seminars/conferences) are the place to develop contacts with gurus, or even other internet marketers who haven’t achieved guru status. I imagine there are various reasons for this:

The personal contact enables:

…you to make more of an impression.
…you to develop a more concrete relationship.
…them […]

When the guru you’re stalking runs a contest (for example, when they launch a new product and the top performing JV partners get prizes), that’s a moment of opportunity. Pull out all the stops…or at least all the stops you can pull out ethically (don’t start spamming or anything), and do your best to win […]

You may not be able to contact a guru directly if they’ve never heard of you. As discussed previously, one way to get them to hear of you is to be one of their top affiliates. Another, if they hang out in forums or other online communities, is to find out where they hang out […]

A few days ago I mentioned that promoting a guru’s products can help you get in contact with them — and that’s particularly true if they start sending you big commission checks. Using their products can also help, partially because it’s easier to promote products that you use. But there are other reasons. Here are […]