About

IM Grind aims to become the go-to source for all news related to Internet Marketing. With Ruck and Ryan teaming together, they bring nearly 2 decades of Affiliate Marketing, Advertising, and Performance Network Management.

Ralph “Ruck” Ruckman

In 2006 Ralph Ruckman decided to come online and give this “make money from home” thing a shot. My first money I made online was being a Freelance Writer for Associated Content (Now owned by Yahoo) and SSWUG org. With the popularity of Craigslist, I was able to secure over 1,000 Freelance Articles for various webmasters.

At the beginning of 2007, I realized that the real money was in using your own content on your own websites. With a gift of “photographic memory” (see things once, never forget) I was able to learn HTML, PHP and other languages to get my websites online. I began utilizing Google Adwords and Yahoo Search and quickly became an Adwords Certified Professional and Yahoo Ambassador. It was at this time, I took my knowledge and experience in Pay Per Click Marketing and began my  own PPC Consulting firm. By mid 2007 I had over a dozen clients from clothing shops to a nutreacutical company that I was handling PPC Budgets  for.

Towards the end of summer 2007, I stopped consulting and handling budgets for other companies. I started creating my own products. By the end of summer 2007, I had two business opportunity programs on Paydotcom and I was their largest revenue producing Advertiser with over 80,000 affiliates promoting both programs. I also ran another two digital programs on Clickbank. At this time I also owned and authored the Cashtactics blog and Cashtactics Discussion Forums.

It  was at the end of 2007, I team with  my two partners and help create the Convert2Media Affiliate Network. Boot-strapped from the bottom up, we have created one of the top Affiliate Networks Online. With over 50 Million in 3 years in Revenue, 2,000+ Performance Publishers and nearly 300 advertisers we  have handled 7 Figure Advertising budgets and media buys for a variety of marketing companies.

Fun Facts About Ruck:

  • Has Moderated Spacehogs (Myspace Marketing Forum), Blackhat  World and currently a Moderator at the Wickedfire Internet Marketing Forums
  • Active Member of Warrior Forum, PPC Formula, PPV Formula, PPV Playbook & Advertiser 360
  • Has been interview countless times with people such as: Scott Rewick, Ian  Mason, Andrew Wee, Rohail Rizvi, Affiliate Paying, PPC.bz, Jonathan Volk,  and Profitapolis.
  • Ruck Is The Former The CEO Of The Convert2Media Affiliate Network.

Ryan Gray

On December 28, 1998 13-year-old Ryan Gray got an idea it would be cool to create a website. Enthralled by the fact he could have a voice heard by people around the world, he set to work with his new Gateway desktop and began teaching himself HTML and Perl. Shortly into 1999, Ryan used now defunct Geocities to create a website called Sportsfan_13. The website was very simple but diligently updated by Ryan and his identical twin brother Richard featuring news from all sports including the NFL, NBA, NCAA, Pro Wrestling, etc.

1999 came to a close with Ryan and Richard becoming increasingly frustrated as they were only reaching twenty to fifty unique visitors a day to their websites. It was Richard who saw the need for online coverage of Professional Wrestling. The industry that had simmered since the late 80’s was now in a full rolling boil and there was a big online niche to fill. Agreeing with Richard’s assertions, Ryan helped him start 4CornersWrestling.com, a website dedicated to the latest WCW, WWF, and ECW news. It quickly began outperforming any other enterprise the duo had started.

January 2nd, 2000 saw Richard again coming up with a big idea. Combine the names of the two largest professional wrestling organizations into a domain. That evening, a search revealed that wcwwwf.com was available for registration.  Eventually they established revenues that left their parents awestruck (and asking if what they were doing was legal). $4,000 – $6,000 a month became the norm with revenues eventually exceeding $10,000+ a month! Rather amazing money for two kids in high school.

In late December, 2000 Ryan and Richard were alarmed by some life-changing news. The growing dot com bubble had burst and left their main advertiser UGO scrambling to cover its financial obligations.  Shocked by the news and with bills still pouring in, Ryan and Richard continued to grind it out selling advertisements to anyone that would buy. Unlike the bygone days of UGO, generating a profit was no a struggle and some months only allowed for breaking even. By spring of 2001 the duo made the decision to sell wcwwwf.com. While the decision did not come easily, it was the best option.

In 2002 the twins came back with a new pro wrestling website called  WrestlingUnlimited.com.  In 2003 they acquired WrestlingNewsWorld.com and launched a website hosting company at TheHostRack.com.

For the next four years Ryan and Richard’s main focus was completing their education but they did continue to run both companies until the web hosting company became too much to handle and was sold. Eventually WrestlingUnlimited.com and its subsidiaries were all merged into one at WrestlingNewsWorld.com.

At the completion of college in 2007 Ryan and Richard returned to their hometown of Beckley, WV where they set up a brick and mortar office complete with a secretary, determined to take things to the next level. After researching more about making money online Ryan became familiar with promoting affiliate offers like ring tones, dating, and payday loans on Google Adwords and other pay-per-click platforms. After a monumental amount of work, the twins’ experimental marketing division was making just as much as their wrestling division that put them on the map.

In 2008 while reading the local newspaper, Ryan read an article about another young guy in Beckley with an online business. Immediately Ryan began searching and the introduction between him and John Kirkpatrick was made.  By December 2009, Ryan, John, and Richard had started a media buying company and were making over $2.6 million a quarter in revenue.

Now, Ryan has partnered up with one of the most well known, respected, and successful Internet marketers in the world, Ralph “Ruck” Ruckman to coach and train others to success. Ryan has always wanted to return to his webmaster resource roots and with the partnership with Ruck, there is virtually nothing the duo cannot cover. Ryan is considered in expert in every facet of Internet Marketing and website development. He holds a bachelors degree in Business Administration from West Virginia University and is a well known blogger and speaker.

Internet Marketing Grind’s mission is to become the most valuable, affordable, and knowledgeable coaching program online. Ryan & Ruck are two seasoned and talented Internet veterans who will help guide the best to success!