The last year has FLOWN by as today we celebrate the one-year anniversary of our Private Community here on IMGrind.com. 365 days ago Ruck and I started out to create a coaching and mentoring program that would allow Affiliates, Advertisers, and Entrepreneurs leverage their online businesses to the next level. Since then we’ve held countless live events across the United States, exclusive workshops in our Kansas City offices, as well as numerous networking events and think tanks.

IMGrind is an excellent example of how passion can fuel a business and exactly why I don’t feel like I’ve “worked” a day in my life. I do what I do because I love it and over the last year I’ve made countless friendships and relationships that will continue to grow for years to come. Ruck and I have both been very impressed with the quality of members we have retained as well as new people that have came in and shared valuable knowledge. Nothing is more rewarding than to see our members succeed and be able to actually quit their day job or generate an additional income working online.

Things change very quickly on the Internet. Just think about all of the things that have happened in the performance marketing industry over the last year. Huge companies have gone under, people who were once trust worthy, turned heel, and numerous partnerships have dissolved.

As the industry continues to change IMGrind aims to become “the” go to resource when dealing with all things concerning making money online. This is why we have expanded our blog and Private Community out to a performance based advertising network, Revived Media, and a patent pending mobile tracking solution, iMobiTrax. We feel by educating publishers to drive quality leads and sales to advertisers we can produce optimal quality at Revived Media and using our mobile tracking technology we allow many options to explore areas of high return on investment.

Team IMGrind has grown a lot from July 1, 2011. We now have a team five to assist with day-to-day operations and a shout-out is definitely necessary for the success our team has helped us to gain:

Bill Bradow – “Captain” Bill has lead our team in PHP and website development not to mention heading up some of our largest internal media buys. He’s always inside the Community to handle your technical related questions.

Preston Taylor – Preston is our “Ace.” From his out going personality on the blog to his ninja Photoshop skills, he’s one of the most talented members of our team and someone that has became very close friends with Ruck and I. He’s also always available in the Community to help you with anything you need.

Eric Wyers – “Relentless and resourceful” you can find Eric in almost thread inside the Private Community advising members on how to operate their online businesses legitimately. Given his extensive experience in eCommerce, Eric has a ton of knowledge that has proven valuable to every one of our members.

On behalf of Ruck and I we want to publicly say THANK YOU to our team – we could have never gotten to this level with out you all. We’re currently reaching over 2,500 unique visitors on the blog and have over 800+ members registered inside our Private Community. We have some even more exciting things planned for the future.

Another shout-out goes out to all of our loyal blog readers and our members. Without you all we wouldn’t be here at all. Each and every one of you all ARE WHY we do what we do. THANK YOU all for your support, your loyalty; this is why we’re here.

To many more years and kicking ass with resources to making money online!

- Ryan Gray