Online Marketing Communities

“Are free online marketing communities
a waste of time?”

By Derek Gehl

Recently I’ve been getting lots of questions about my exclusive online marketing community, the Internet Entrepreneur Club. Some people want to know why they should bother joining my online community, as opposed to all the “free” marketing forums that are spreading all over the Internet.

That’s a good question!

You can get decent information on some of these free sites — if you’re lucky enough to have an experienced Internet marketer provide an answer to your question.

However… in my experience, all too often the members are mostly beginners who have yet to make their first dollar online. And as helpful as these people want to be, they’re probably not going to be able to offer you a whole lot of useful advice.

After all, they’re still struggling to learn the basics themselves!

OR, the members are mostly advanced marketers who are looking for extremely high-level information and don’t have time to provide lengthy answers to questions from beginners.

(For example, I’ve seen a lot of advanced marketers answer beginner questions with snappy responses like, “Look it up on Google, Brainiac!” NOT very helpful, in my opinion.)

The thing to remember is, time is precious. And the people who join free online marketing communities are mostly in it for themselves. They will share information with their peers — in order to get some good tips and strategies for themselves.

But they’re not going to bend over backwards to provide detailed, quality advice to beginners who can’t offer them anything in return.

So in order to help you determine which online marketing communities are worth joining — and which are a colossal waste of time — here are three questions you need to ask before getting involved in any of them…

Question #1: Are your questions guaranteed to be answered by an experienced Internet marketing professional?

Let’s face it… Other Internet marketers can be a useful source of information — provided they have actual experience running successful online businesses!

You don’t want to get involved in a community where the only suggestions you get are from people who are simply parroting things they’ve read online, without ever having tried the strategies for themselves.

So when someone offers you a piece of advice, ask them for REAL PROOF they know it actually works. If they can’t provide it, it’s time to move on.

Question #2: Are your questions guaranteed to be answered within a specific time frame?

I’ve seen it happen again and again — people join an online marketing community desperate for advice from a seasoned marketing professional. So they post their most pressing questions and wait impatiently for someone to answer them.

And they wait… And wait… And wait…

… Meanwhile, they’re losing out on potential sales because they’re not taking any decisive action with their websites!

Question #3: Will the “experts” give you a detailed analysis of your website — and offer concrete suggestions for improvement?

If you could ask just ONE question of a successful Internet marketer, here’s what it should be:

“Will you review my website?”

If they say no, then my advice to you is: find another community to join.

Without a doubt, you’ll get more value out of a detailed website review than any other information a seasoned professional can offer.

A reputable online expert will give your site a full “diagnostic” — and let you know exactly what changes you need to make to your site design and salescopy to improve your conversions.

By asking these three questions, you can make sure you join a community populated with real Internet marketing professionals who will deliver real advice — and help you get REAL results!

To be honest, I don’t know of any free online community where you’re guaranteed to get answers to all your questions from successful online marketers in a specific timeframe.

And I definitely don’t know of any free community where the experts will “go to town” on your website and tell you everything you need to do to take it to peak performance levels in as little time as possible.

That’s why I created my own online community, the Internet Entrepreneur Club. I wanted to create a place where beginners could go and be guaranteed to get professional advice on how to solve all their online business challenges.

In addition to round-the-clock access to me and my team of REAL Internet marketing experts (who are PAID to provide in-depth answers to your questions!), Club members also get:

• A guaranteed response from a seasoned professional within 48 hours… and often much sooner!
• Monthly 60-75 minute teleconferences with industry masterminds who are making huge six- and seven-figure incomes — such as John Assaraf, one of the experts featured in the hit film and book, “The Secret.”)
• Monthly training videos showing how to implement the latest proven online marketing strategies… and much more.

You can easily check out the value of “The Club” for yourself, because I’m currently giving away a handful of 30-day trials of this exclusive private member’s club — for only $2.95!

… So if you’re thinking about joining an online marketing community — and getting UNLIMITED Internet marketing advice including business ideas… website reviews… salescopy advice… traffic secrets… and MORE…

Then I urge you to activate your risk-free trial now by going to:


To your success,
Derek Gehl