Corey: Our Guiding Light This site is a tribute to the man who changed my life forever with his training and made a difference to thousands of us who market and help customers on the internet. My thoughts and condolences go out to Tracy and the entire staff at IMC .. and all of us. Corey ... Read mo…
Corey Rudl - Internet Marketer Skip to content Menu Menu HOME ABOUT BLOG CONTACT Corey: Our Guiding Light CONTACT US commercial This site is a tribute to the man who changed my life forever with his training and made a difference to thousands of us who market and help customers on the internet. My thoughts and condolences go out to Tracy and the entire staff at IMC .. and all of us. Corey showed us how to do it, at remembercorey.com.He was a class act. It was following Corey’s training that helped me establish my trading sites back in 1999, and Corey was a pioneer who taught thousands of others how to build successful online businesses as well.Corey motivated me personally, in a huge way — it was learning from his successes, that taught me that “there are no limits to what you can do”… and I always kept “how would Corey do it?” in mind as I developed all my online businesses. He was my guide.…and I’m forever in Corey’s debt for helping me get enthusiastic and motivated.. and for showing how it’s done in a world-class way. You’re the best, Corey. And I will miss you – you’re a true teacher, friend and inspiration for all of us. Update Tuesday February 28 2012 from Ken: Corey’s influence and inspiration continues to be in my thoughts. Update Monday May 15 2006 from Ken: Barbara-Ann sent in a touching letter today, I’ve included it below – thanks for sharing it. I’m planning on creating a video message for the site here, sometime in the near future. It’s been difficult to think about talking about Corey, it’s still a loss that’s with me, and I am at a loss, for what to say. I know that Corey motivated me to be successful on the internet, as he did for so many of you as well, and I work to try and carry on, to apply all of what I’ve learned from him, to help others. Update Monday July 4th 2005 from Ken: I just received a touching memorial letter from John, Corey’s father, and have posted it at the top of the site. Please keep your emails coming in, folks. Apologize it’s been a few days since I’ve updated the site, will do asap with the most recent letters. Update Saturday June 11th from Ken: There was a live online”Tribute to Corey” event today at 1pm EST viahttp://imc.hotconference.com; we’ll post a link to the audio file once it is available. Update Friday June 10th from Ken: Thanks to Derek, Jennifer, Scott and the rest of the folks at IMC for helping me out and calling me, it’s much appreciated. You guys are like my family far away in all this, connected by a common thread. Thanks for being there. Corey was the guy who made me successful, was always the light in a dark room Was always in the background, the guy who inspired every thing I’ve done on the internet for 4 years. First person I’ve really valued/cared for, that I’ve lost. Here’s a ‘Corey thought’ for the day: I like to think of Corey like a modern-day Indiana Jones, he was both the teacher, the professor who taught us, and also the adventurer, who was the first guy to test out and experiment with new approaches, then tell us how to do it, to help our customers. He was a genuine leader in this whole internet marketing arena, made such a big difference to me .. and I really am at a total loss. I trust Corey’s whole approach, and it works spectacularly, and now I feel like a rug has been pulled out from underneath me, and it’s hard to deal with. The guy was the backbone teaching of everything I’ve spent 4+ years of my life doing, and I valued him more than these words on a site can convey. It’s a rough time. Update Sun June 5 from Ken: Thanks to all of you for sending in these very special tribute emails, they’ll stay here on the site forever, for honoring Corey. It’s been a blessing to see all the kind words from so many people who Corey’s helped…. from my heart, thanks for sending these in. I’ll record some kind of audio/video message sometime soon… I’ve never lost anyone important to me before, so I’ve just been sad, all weekend. When I can compose myself again, I’ll get a message up on the site. Corey’s drive and ambition and “how he does things” was always in my mind whenever I worked on my businesses, kind of like having him sitting next to me, encouraging me on, through his teaching and from meeting and talking with him in person….to have him taken away so soon, is a sad feeling, that I’ll never be able to talk with him again at seminars, or to know that he’s there in our corner, encouraging all of us to succeed. I always remember his speaking in his first video from way back, onstage … the fire in his eyes, the genuine enthusiasm about how to add value and market to people around the world online….those images are always with me, and motivated me for years. Corey was one of the best and brightest, and a true motivator for all of us who learned from him… he did things right, as your kind letters below give support to… he’s touched so many lives, set the stage for marketing success…and was a genuine person. People like Corey are very rare…and for all whose lives have been touched by him, we consider ourselves very fortunate. I wish Corey could’ve been with us for many more decades, as an inspiration and role model. It’s a damn shame to lose such a gifted, driven, talented friend so soon. In his memory, this site is dedicated to him. Corey Rudl, a bright, talented internet marketer, and valued colleague and mentor to me for years, was killed in a race car accident on June 2nd, 2005 at 10:40 am. He was in a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT, being driven by Benjamin Keaton. From the coroner’s report: On 6-2-05 at 10:40 AM, Benjamin Miles Keaton, age: 39, from La Jolla , was driving a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT on the inside track at the Fontana Motor Speedway in Fontana with Corey Nicholas Rudl, age: 34, from La Jolla , as a passenger. While traveling westbound on an inside track, the driver apparently lost control, left the north side, careened onto a grass area, collided into a K-rail barrier and caught fire. Emergency personnel immediately responded and quickly extinguished the fire. Mercy Air responded and airlifted Benjamin to Loma Linda University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 11:31 AM. Corey was pronounced dead at the scene. Share Your Thoughts About Corey Here: Your stories & thoughts about Corey go here, let’s hear them… please send them in, we can honor Corey this way. Thanks to all who’ve been sending in emails from around the world. Thanks to all of you who’ve been sending in emails, I’m updating the site 3-4 times/day w/new emails… (sorry I can’t respond individually to each one), I’m just posting them here… appreciate the outpouring of kind thoughts.. as I read them, I’m reminded that it’s the difference we each make in other people’s lives, that matters… and Corey made a huge impact on all of us. Emails Honoring and Celebrating Corey: Hello Ken, This is John Rudl, Corey’s father. I meant to write this sooner but this has been a trying time for my wife and I. Thank you for setting up this site in honor of Corey. Losing a child is a parent’s worst nightmare. It is comforting to my wife and I to see the depth of how many lives Corey has affected. Thank you to all those people who have taken the time to post their tributes. If you did not know Corey personally, then you probably only saw the sales side of him. Corey had an incredible ability to love. He loved life and he lived it with a positive passion. He absolutely adored his wife, he loved doing business, he loved cars, and he loved his family. His life coach told me at his Memorial, “I never met anyone who had such an ability to not hold a grudge.” There are so many things I could tell you about Corey that made us proud to have him as a son, but the one thing that impressed us the most was that he never let success go to his head. He was still the same man of integrity and personality as he was before his success. He never bragged to anyone, even to us. We had to pull everything out of him when we would get together. I read a couple of comments on the Internet, something to the effect that he was only an amateur driver on a racetrack, so possibly it was to be expected. Let me assure you he was an outstanding driver who raced against professionals and Won. He also won first-place overall in the 2002 Vancouver Molson Indy sports car event. Unfortunately, he was not driving when this accident occurred, and if he were, I believe this tragedy wouldn’t have happened. The newspapers did not tell the whole story. The local sports car club had rented the racetrack for the day for their car owners to run laps, not race. In other words, they would put a few cars on the track at a time and they would practice driving skills by running against the clock. Corey had taken a drive with a fellow driver to see how the Porsche handled, as his car was malfunctioning. They were coming down the straightaway at high speed when another car that was mis-qued came out of the pits right in front of them and they had to swerve violently in order to miss that car. That’s what caused the loss of control of the Porsche. They skidded across a grass strip and hit a concrete barrier at high speed and Corey was killed instantly as the car hit the concrete barrier on the passenger-side. Corey was also an astute businessmen in many ways. One of the many things he was doing the last year was grooming his executive staff to take over in his absence, as Corey had other projects he was considering doing. He was trying to “un-brand” his name from the company by setting up policies and procedures that would always keep the “Internet Marketing Center” on the very leading edge of Internet marketing whether he was there or not.. In particular, the present CEO, Derek Gehl was the new face of the company. It is ironic he was killed only one month after that process was completed. We are so sad he did not get a chance to enjoy his success longer and particular, his next major project. It was to tour the country speaking with troubled teenagers and coaching them how to make a success of their lives. What people don’t know was that Corey was a very high energy, negative thinking rebellious teenager who almost drove us crazy with worry. As luck would have it a combination of an excellent schoolteacher, his motocross successes and our steadying influence, turned his negative energy into a positive force that has propelled him through the years until his death. He told us on this last Mother’s Day that one of the things he wanted to do was to give back to society by writing a book called, “Parents,There Is Hope For Your Teenager Yet” and tour high schools encouraging them on how to turn negative energies into positive results. All free of charge, of course. It is disheartening for us that this dream did not come true in his lifetime, however, my wife and I are looking for some way to continue that dream for him. One of the things we are thinking about is that if we could get enough stories from people that Corey has helped turn their negative thoughts into positive results for them, we could put them together into a book. So if any of you out there have a compelling story, we would greatly appreciate your contribution. You can e-mail me at [email protected] . Again, thank you all very much for your wonderful comments about Corey. It goes a long way in helping us heal through our grieving process. John and Pat Rudl Hey Everyone, I wanted to post and say thank you on behalf of Corey’s entire family, his parents, his wife Tracy and our entire team at the Internet Marketing Center. There are so many wonderful posts that touched the hearts of everyone. Not only was Corey my colleague and my mentor, Corey was also one of my best friends. He was one of the most talented and gifted marketers in the world and opened doors for countless people to achieve their dreams. Not only did he give people the tools they needed to be successful on the Internet, he inspired them to take action… he inspired them to take a chance and strive for those dreams. I will miss Corey every day… I have spent the last 8 years of my life working with him side-by-side and after reading the hundreds of posts and emails in the last few days, I realize how truly lucky and blessed I am to have been given the privilege to have this great man as my personal mentor. To have his trust in me to run his business… to have his trust that I would make the same decisions in business and marketing that he, Corey Rudl, the guru himself would make. If there is one thing we can all do as Internet Marketers that I know would make Corey happier than anything, it is to take this time and try something new with your online business! This week, test something new! Test a new strategy and keep testing and trying until you see results! Change a headline… try a new autoresponder… rewrite a sales letter… test a new affiliate promotion… just try something! In business, this is truly what Corey lived for. He loved marketing and he loved the Internet… he loved the boundless opportunities to try new things and never limit his immense creativity. When speaking with Corey’s father this morning we were discussing Corey’s “Pet Peeves” and something Corey had said time and time again was that the most frustrating thing in his life – the thing that drove him crazy every single day – was the fact that so many people would buy his products but they would never use them to their full capability… they would never take action and apply them. He was truly a man who wanted people to succeed and he was a man who would never settle for mediocrity… so seeing people with a dream who would not take action to achieve that dream would drive him crazy. So with that said, in honor of Corey let’s all test something new on our site. Let’s try something different, something unique and then …share our results. I know in my heart this would make Corey smile. For many years to come Corey’s company, The Internet Marketing Center, will continue to follow Corey’s core principles and produce the cutting edge Internet marketing tools and strategies that we have all benefited and will continue to benefit from. As I said to all of our staff at IMC today: “Corey has spent the last couple of years working to build a machine that could sustain itself… and the machine was finally completed”. It pains me to know that Corey will not be here to see this machine grow but I know he would want us to make it happen… and I do suspect that he will be watching to make sure we get it right. With all of this said, thank you to everyone for your kind words and let’s honor Corey and take action this week. That would make him smile wherever he may be. All the best… Derek GehlChief Operations Office and Corey’s Biggest FanThe Internet Marketing Center Hi everyone, I want to take the time and say thank you so much for your support, sympathy and condolences. I have been working for Corey for a little over 3 years. He was a great mentor, boss and person all together. Corey’s passing has been a huge shock for all of us. He is an Internet Marketing Icon and I know he will be greatly missed by many. He always said that no matter what happens to him, he wants us to keep going with the company and to never let it fall, so that is exactly what we will do. Corey passing away so suddenly and tragically has especially been hard for me. I was the one of the last people from the company to see him alive in San Diego 2 weeks ago. We held a seminar and he did amazing! I remember Corey being so happy with how it went and with life in general. Again, I just want to say thank you to everybody. It’s very soothing to see a site dedicated to Corey. He was a great man and will be greatly missed. ~ MarietteInternet Marketing Center Hi Ken, “Be the change in the world that you wish to see” this is what comes to mind when I remember Corey. He was the most amazing and most inspiring men I have ever had the pleasure to meet. Just being in his presence for as little as 5 minutes would have you feeling like you could take on the world … and win! The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Corey made a believer out of us all, he will be sadly missed but greatly cherished and remembered. My sincere condolences to Tracey and Corey’s family. You have all contributed to an amazing man’s life, may his memory live on in all of you. Regards, Melanie Laing Mentor SupportThe Internet Marketing Centre Hello Ken, Thanks so much for creating this site for Corey. I’ve been working at IMC for just a short period of time. I’ve met Corey a couple of times and I can tell you that he was such a personal person. When you sent him an e-mail he replied. When you approched him he would stop and listen. He was and is an inspiration to me. It was with great sadness and disbelief when the team at IMC heard the news.I’ve been thinking about Corey on and off over the weekend. I’ve been thinking to myself that Corey is probably in the heavens talking one on one with God about some of the marketing strategies that he needs to put in place to help revive his church. I can just picture it now. Corey telling god that he needs to get it together. I mean that in a good way. I mean heck, even God could use a few good opt ins for his church. But, on a serious note, I will miss him, but I will never forget him. I’ve talked with many people during the course of my work day that have so many great things to say about the man, his vision, and the way he treated people.Corey you’ll be missed, and my prayers go out to you and your family.I’ll be Seeing you one day I’m sure. God Bless you. Luc de LeseleucProud member of the IMC Team I have just recieved the news about Corey and went to the warrior forum to see if it was real. I was shocked. I read all of the wonderful posts about him and tears started pouring down my face. I didn’t know Corey personally, I am just an affliate and customer. He was one person I knew I could count on for the best advice. He inspired me and many others by making it so far so young. He made you think you could do anything you wanted to do if you just stuck to it. He made me really believe that I could make it and have a beatiful car, house, etc. He made it all seem so simple. I hope he knows how much everyone cared and looked up to him. God bless you Corey. Goodbye. Rachael Willis Hi Ken, I was brought to your site by my fiance, Dan Kubb, who used to work for Corey as part of the Software Development Team at IMC. We were both shocked and awed at the news that he had passed, and I am thankful for you for setting up this site, since I have some things I always wanted to thank Corey for, and now will never get the chance (at least not in person). First of all, When I met Dan 7 and a half years ago, he was working at Zellers, in a dead end job, and was very unhappy. He always wanted to work with computers, and since his friend Jason Miller, worked at IMC, I told him to ask for a job there. With no University or College degree, and no experience, his chances were bleak at getting a job. However, Corey saw his potential, and hired him on for tech support. While Dan did tech support, he was reading programming books, and learning how to be a programmer on his own time. eventually, Dan moved into software development, and his career was born. While Dan worked at IMC, Corey had many company gatherings, and the one thin I noticed was that he never treated his employees as employees; they were his friends too, and it extended to their significant others as well. I never felt like I was an unknown. Corey knew my name, knew what I was going to school for, and when I was going to graduate. He new the little details that get lost when someone becmes too big for “the little people” and that made him very special. He was down to earth, friendly, and a great mentor to everyone who knew him. I remember when Corey and Tracy first … truncated (219,706 more characters in archive)