About Jim Cockrum

Professional Bio:

Why Listen to what Jim has to say about Internet Business success? Over 250,000 already have…

He is ranked among the top 2 most trusted Internet Marketers in the world (among hundreds of ‘experts’) according to the 40,000 voting members of the independent watch dog service Internet Marketing Report Card.

He has been selling on eBay and the Internet since 1997 and advising clients along the way. He’s sold or helped his clients sell multiple millions of dollars of products and services online since 2000. His ideas have helped everyone from stay home entrepreneurs seeking to start successful eBay and online businesses to large corporate clients seeking to use the Internet as a creative marketing tool.  He earns his living from the Internet and he works full-time studying effective Internet strategies and educating individuals and businesses on the creative and powerful marketing potential of the Internet.

Jim Cockrum on stage at an Internet Marketing event in San Diego

That's me on stage at an Internet Marketing event. I love speaking to creative entrepreneurs.

His free newsletter “CES News” has added nearly 250,000 subscribers since it first launched in 2002.

He has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur Magazine, Men’s Health magazine, eBay radio, and in countless news and radio programs as an Internet and online business expert.

He’s probably best known for his all time best selling ebook titled The Silent Sales Machine” now in its seventh update and re-release, as well as his two membership sites at OfflineBiz.com and MySilentTeam.com.  September 2011 marked the release of his first “book store shelf” book Free Marketing: 101 Low and No-Cost Ways to Grow Your Business, Online and Off. The book quickly vaulted to the #1 position on Amazon.com among “Marketing” and “Internet Marketing” titles among raving 5 star reviews. For several weeks after launch it was among the top selling books in the world.

Jim on stage in San Diego at an Internet Business conference introducing his family in early 2010

Over 10,000 Internet entrepreneurs consider Jim’s two membership sites at MySilentTeam.com and OfflineBiz.com to be their premier source of advice, training and community online.

Personal Bio:

I can stop talking in third person about myself now right? I have to do the professional bio that way because it shows up in articles about me etc.  Hope you understand.

As parents of five my wife Andrea and I stay very busy with family activities. When I have free time I love to play basketball or catch a movie by myself after the kiddos are sleeping. Andrea and I try to get a date night in at least every couple weeks though – I love those best of all!

My personal walk with Christ is foremost in all my day to day affairs. It is a life journey that directs my every decision.

Three of our kiddos are from international adoptions. We are also active in assisting other families through the decision making process of international adoption.  We’ve become close friends with many families that have Jim Cockrum on stage for an Internet Marketing Panel discussion with with Bill Glazer and Mike Koenigschosen to expand their own families through adoption.

We are also homeschooling parents who hold a high regard for non-traditional approaches to education.

We aren’t afraid to travel as a family and do so more often than anyone else we know with this many kids! You might find us in some crazy location raising our kids some day. When you combine the flexibility of homeschooling and having an Internet based business you can do just About as dressed up as I getabout whatever you want whenever you want. We enjoy the flexibility of the Internet Lifestyle.

Our Family Mission:

As a family we have committed our lives to helping others find their true calling and passion that we believe is placed in each person by God. We want to model “other oriented” thinking in every area of our lives.

My Business Mission:

I am committed to staying sharp, up to date, and creative in my pursuit of business and marketing excellence. I try to model transparency, integrity, creativity, genuine relationships, and leadership to the best of my ability.  I direct my business and personal clients towards the most effective online and traditional business and marketing strategies in order to help them achieve the greatest success possible.

 

 

 

  • michael brooks

    I still have a link on my “about me page “from the first book I bought. Do I remove this current link and replace it with a different one or what?

    • http://www.JimCockrum.com/ Jim Cockrum

      Are you active on eBay? If not, it doesn’t matter what you do with the link. If you ARE active on eBay, is that link getting you any results? If not, change it, if so, leave it!

  • Miguel Guizar

    Jim could you give me the name of the book that Andrew Cavanagh wrote. Thank you 

    • http://www.JimCockrum.com/ Jim Cockrum

      You can download a free copy of his “Offline Gold” book at OfflineBiz.com (sign up for the free report in the upper left hand corner of that site), or visit OfflineGold.com. That’s probably the book you are referring to.

  • Julie Ireland

    Thank you for standing up for what you personally believe in Jim.  Its a pleasure to see that in the business world

  • http://www.facebook.com/matt.morgan101 Matt Morgan

    Hello Jim,

    It is nice how you have outlined your missions as a marketer to help others in your business mission and family mission. It is a great feeling to help and assist others, and see them progress because of yourself.

    I believe in providing top notch value in my help to marketers so that they can progress to the next level.

    Matt Morgan

  • Jennie Byhlin

    Hi Jim,
    I am truly interested in buying your course “proven amazon course” but I live in Israel and I have a feeling that this course is manly for american’s or other countries where they have a local Amazon page since the shipping cost for me would be sky high. Do you have any comments regarding that? Is there a way for me to succeed with your program? Honestly?

    Thank you in advance!

    • http://www.JimCockrum.com/ Jim Cockrum

      There are no FBA hubs in Israel (yet), but there are many ways to sell on Amazon from countries that lack a “hub”. Did you hear the interview with Barrington? He sells products from Jamaica (around $200K in sales in 2012). Success is a matter of locating profitable products and having them sent to Amazon…you location physically has little to do with it.

  • Ed

    Hi Jim,

    I too am like Jennie; I live, as I mentioned in another blog post on an Island in the Bahamas (Nassau) but I did hear Barrington’s exuberance as he explained his “SUCCESSES”…

    However, my question is…does he sell Jamaican products or does he find products on line and then have them shipped to the FBA for distribution and what in heavens name his he “Selling”…is it digital or a Physical?

    Thanks again!

    • http://www.JimCockrum.com/ Jim Cockrum

      Barrington is selling physical products that he’s sourcing locally. I can’t reveal the actual product though b/c I’m not wanting to punish him for sharing his success with us by creating competition for him!

  • http://www.JimCockrum.com/ Jim Cockrum

    I love to help get you home more! That’s my core missions…bringing dads (and moms too!) home. Read my blog articles in the “growing an audience” to get some ideas when you are done with the book…between those two resources you’ll have a nice list of effective strategies to pursue.

  • Max

    I’m not sure if this is the correct place to ask you a question
    but I read your post about hiring a foreign worker for $3/hour for eBay
    listing. I thought it was a fantastic idea and I posted my job to Odesk like
    you recommended. I have narrowed down my list to a few qualified individuals
    and had a question about security. Do I give the foreign worker my eBay
    username and password, and if so wouldn’t they be able to mess with my account?
    Or do I just have them create the listings and export the file to me so I can
    upload them myself?

    Thanks, and keep up the helpful posts!

    • http://www.JimCockrum.com/ Jim Cockrum

      If you are dealing with someone who has a good reputation on odesk they have absolutely NO incentive to mess with your account. They can’t access anything important. I do give away my ID/PW to trusted workers with good reputations without hesitation. It costs them way more than it costs you if they mess up and you leave a bad review.

      Go for it!

  • Christopher Hansen

    Hi. How may I contact you with a brief private message? Email, Skype or any other method is fine from my end. Of course my email is included with this post so you can send me your preference to that. Thanks.

    • http://www.JimCockrum.com/ Jim Cockrum

      my personal email address is no secret (although I can’t respond to all messages, I do see them. I do my best!) jimcockrum(at)gmail.com