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My condolences to his family and friends. He will be missed greatly.
I remember him and Jermain Griggs worked on many sales letters together...that's how I became familiar with him, through the top-selling sales letter. The internet has definitely lost a power player.
My first affiliate checks came from Corey's organization way back in the day. I've sold tons of his Internet Marketing Courses and thought it was good myself.
Thanks Corey!
In part, Corey's advice helped me to build a network of web sites to put food on the table and pay the bills. I owe this man a lot for his poineering work and it truly saddens me to learn of his death.
His legacy will definitely live on as his ideas and vision, like them or not, will live on in the work of internet professionals world wide. A true class act and one that will be missed.
To his family and friends you have my deepest respect, gratitude, and sincerest condolences.
I thought this was fitting.....
"On the mountains of memory, buy the world’s wellsprings,
In all men’s eyes,
Where the light of the life of him is on all past things,
Death only dies."
Algernon C. Swinburne
He is a great loss.
Star Never Live Far,
May God Give Rest To His Soul
The passenger, Corey Nicholas Rudl, 34, died at the scene. The driver, Benjamin Miles Keaton, 39, was airlifted to Loma Linda University Hospital, where he died about an hour later, according to the county coroner's office
Well, I can only say he was doing his "thing". I'm from the field of Electronics and have seen numerous examples of this in the last 25 years. Many, many folks far smarter than myself have suffered similar fates.
Not rampant, just people pushing the "envelope" too far.
Heh! Guess why they were "smart".
CORY!
Enjoy your place in history, albeit too, too much premature.
Ian
Your barrage of emails will be missed - I will make sure your teachings carry on!
You died doing the thing you loved! What better way to go.
Thanks again for everything I learned from you buddy.
His was a brilliant mind and a bold spirit. He was like an all-knowing, omnipresent god on the Internet.
My deepest condolences to his family; my heart grieves all the more when I think of his wife, and of how they were married just a short time ago.
Lucky Balaraman
I agree. That's part of them, and "normal" people, like most of us, don't get it. He died doing what he loved and that's a great end. Premature, of course, but that's life, and looks like he enjoyed it as much as he could. If he didn't push the envelope on the business side, no one would know him. Some people are competitive in everything.
My condolences to his family and friends.
One thing that many have said, and possibly rings true in learning how he passed -- is that Corey was by no means a man living with fear. He knew who he was, what he wanted, and he didn't stop trying. One of the few great minds that teaches you a lesson that really hits home. For me, just looking at the information he helped author makes me realize that he was one person who was not afraid to try and fail. You've got to give anyone a lot of credit for that.
He will surely be missed. Condolences not only to the families of those who passed, but all those who have learned from these gentlemen as well.
His legacy will live on.
What the body has lent
the soul has borrowed.
With every last breath spent,
I take my leave in sorrow.
Do not weep at my departure,
for I live in your memory.
Tis you who have quit my capture;
only I am absent of the sensory.
I fought to be an individual,
now I wish the same of thee.
I don't believe the physical
can bring an end to me.
Through my life I have sought
the many secrets of happiness.
If I leave you with one thought,
only this would prove most timeless:
"For age and wisdom has bought this rapture
of truth that no one can be in contempt;
defeat cannot be found in failure,
because victory is borne from the attempt."
God be with you Cory. Sincere condolences to your family and friends.
Always,
your student in marketing
Two of my friends were at the race track when all of this happened. His Lamborghini had broken down a lap before, but he got back on to ride with his friend Benjamin. Everyone was shocked to see how a small mistake can put what's most precious to an end. Even after 4 days, everyone that was there is very emotionally hurt by the tragedy. He enjoyed the fast lane in everything he did, one of it was driving fast cars which unfortunately took his life. It was more than a passion for him. I will always remember him with a smile on his face racing down Girard Ave (here in La Jolla, CA) on his grey Ferrari 360 Spyder.
He will be remembered by many. My sincere condolences to his wife, family and friends. His closest friends have prepared this official website for him:
[remembercorey.com...]
<note>Hopefully Mods will allow this link dedicated to a very special person.</note>
Muchas Gracias y UN ABRAZO AMIGO! :-)
EquityMind
Yeah sorry to hear about this - I was pretty shocked.
I never bought any of his products, but I know he was one of the better online marketers.
He will surely be missed by all.
All the Best Corey,
C.K.
Corey Nicholas Rudl, a former teen motocross champion who turned a $25 investment into a fortune as an Internet marketing guru, was killed in a crash June 2. He was 34. Rudl, who lived in La Jolla, died after a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT in which he was riding crashed during a run at the California Speedway in Fontana. Also killed was the driver, Benjamin Miles Keaton, 39, also of La Jolla.Rudl owned Internet Marketing Center, which he founded in 1996 to offer advice on creating online businesses. The business eventually grew into a $7.6 million a year enterprise with 100 employees, according to the company.
Born in Carleton Place in Canada's Ontario province, Rudl was a regional motocross champion but left the sport when he was 18.
In 1989, he started a mail-order business selling parts for the discontinued Pontiac Fiero, then sold the business and started another selling discount coupon books for Ottawa-area restaurants.
He started his first Web-based business with $25.
You can see it here on Yahoo! News [news.yahoo.com]
It's crazy, because I've followed that guy for years! I remember back in 1997 when I believe I first found his website it was just a one page sales letter website, marketing his ecommerce course with all the flare that only Cory could pull off! I followed his website for about a year. Then in 1998 I finally bought his course for the first time. It was good material. But I was a struggling college student at the time so I had to ship it back. But I had learned some of the basics I needed to launch my first website which I did in early 2000. Then as my site continued to grow I continued to visit Cory's site often looking for new ideas. The reason was we both sold our products using sales letters, so I was always keeping my eye on him because he always had the best marketing strategies and powerful sales tactics. Then in 2003 I bought his course again, this time I kept it as my site was having some ground breaking success of it's own, finally. I'd watch as Cory's site and business grew and changed just as my career website did. Then for a new project I was working on, I was again closely reviewing his website all throughout early 2005. Again looking at new improvements, ideas, and strategies that he was using. I’ve been constantly trying to learn more from him as he was one of my mentors! I was always trying to learn new strategies for him. It just seems like yesterday that I was living in my parent’s basement back in the late 90s. But thanks to his guidance and powerful marketing insights I was able to launch my own career site and take it to it's own great heights of success, much of which I attribute to my mentor Cory Rudl. Then here I am in 2005, this is the 4th house and largest home I’ve bought, I've done pronominally well through my internet business and then my friend calls me telling me that he just heard that Cory died. I couldn't believe it! At first we were debating if perhaps it might be another "over the top" marketing tactic, as some celebrities like eminem have tried stuff like that before to gain massive hype. And although I wish that was the case, I suppose that's not a possibility. I guess he really did pass. Which is just shocking, especially for someone like myself who's learned from him, followed him for like 8 years, and actually attribute much of my own success to his training. I just can’t believe it! Especially because here I was working so diligently on my new project and now that this happened I feel that I need to take some time off, regain my focus and get back to my faith in God. The other thing is I've never had anyone close to me die yet. Even though I never met Cory he's still one of the closer people to me as I've followed his success and teachings since 97. Man, it just goes to show how fragile life is. It just keeps running through my mind that I wonder if he had a faith in God? It would be more comforting to know that he did. But I'll just say I'm sure he's in a better place right now, I hope. At least he went out doing something he loved to do, rather than in some slow painful way. I guess we all just got to slowly try and pick up the pieces and move on with our lives. The Internet Marketing community isn't going to be the same though without him around as he broke all kinds of new ground in internet marketing circles around the world! He definitely was a marketing guru of market guru's. One of the top players in the game! I'm 30 now so that's another reason it all really hit's home. My condolences go out to all his friends, followers, and family. Well anyway, if anyone wants to talk more about the situation or reminisce with me you can email me here: Matt - <snip>
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It is better to stand safe on unsafe ground, than unsafe on safe ground.
He created jobs to small upstart companies on the Internet. For a macoreconomist, that may be one of the most important things you do in your life.
It is not wrong to make money. It is wrong to loose money. If you loose money, you may loose jobs.
Condolence from Norway.
KBleivik
Only ever spoke to him via email and then only twice I believe, back in the early days of Car Secrets.
We still use Assoctrak now, yeah big shame really, no sence in decent people dying young.
My Condolences.
