With so much promotion I had to check the guy out. I'm one of these highly skeptical guys who just loves to find a chink in someboy's armour and expose it. Kind of sadistic I know but I'm fed up with these so called experts blatantly ripping online newbies off.



So I decided to dig a little deeper on Mr Budd and I discovered a few interesting insights.

“I Made $85,000 in One Month“

Like all good gurus Jonathan Budd leads the way with the ‘big income' testimonial. Now I don't know how you can ever prove what somebody is really earning but from all the marketing this guy is doing, it's probably a conservative figure.

Not only does Jonathan promote his own courses on how to build an online empire basically for free (or with very little money), he is also a leading affiliate marketer of other people's products/services as well as a top recruiter in a couple of network marketing companies.

And his success speaks for himself. In one mlm company he personally recruited 57 new members in a matter of weeks. Doesn't sound much you say? His commission payment was a $1000 a pop. Figure that out. In his latest venture 95 people have joined him in just 3 days.

“He Lives in a Mansion and Drives a Fast Car”

Almost every online promoter is pictured outside a luxury mansion leaning on his/her Ferrari that send out the subliminal message of SUCCESS.

Jonathan is obviuosly a beach boy going on his photos. He's got videos of himself standing on the balcony of some luxury apartment overlooking the ocean. Come on Jonathan, who are you trying to fool.

I've got a mate in Jonathan's area who is a real estate agent. So I asked him to do a bit of digging on this “millionaire, ocean front living online guru” And guess what………………..

He does live on the beach. Gosh I thought I had found the chink!

“Does He Really Teach Free Marketing”

Jonathan Budd is the ‘king of the social networks'. If you've been on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter or YouTube, then you've probably seen our friend Mr Budd. The guy's got 148 videos on YouTube alone. Kowabunga!

And yes I've watched a few and he does promote a lot of free stuff. There are some things you have to buy but they a pretty cheap when you look at the grand scale of online marketing. In fact I've picked up one little tip that has boosted my primary business traffic by 30%…and it was free!

“Yeah But You Can Never Get To Speak With The Gurus”

That's generally correct. And rightly so. Their time is valuable. Joanathan seems to have some good support with guys like Jayson Shawver and Jason Crew; both online stars in their own right. Like most good entreprenuers, Jonathan is quite accessable.

So it would appear that Joanathan Budd does deliver on the online guru front. He does provide good value teachings on how to build an online business using basically free methods like social networks. His laid back enlightening style is a pleasant approach as opposed to the pumped up over excited Porsche driving guru that we endure most times.