Dear readers,
Thanks for your great support for my first two short discussions. This made me to find another great internet marketer, Dan Sumner. He has been in online marketing field since 2005. He started his online business with EBay by selling ebooks. After some days he quit his EBay business and started to work for his internet marketing friend John Thornhill. He continued his online business and stayed with his friend for 4 years. As his own business was slowing down, he made a break to go out on his own.
He started his blog and providing some online marketing tips and tricks for the people. He currently has the multiple online businesses and he is a big believer in helping. He wrote “ebook cycle” which shows the readers on how to create an ebook. If you want to get access, just let him know, he’ll upgrade you for free. Also if you are interested in Internet Marketing and want to get started with it, he has a great page setup to get you started on the right foot.
I contacted him over Facebook, he immediately accepts my request without any hesitation and provided his genuine answers. Here are the few constructive questions from me and his relevant answers for my readers 🙂
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Experts tips – Useful discussion with Dan Sumner
Hi Dan,
1. From your blog, I came to know that you earned money by selling books on ebay in the initial period. Tell shortly about it so that the newbies can learn from it.
I first started selling eBook on eBay by creating .exe eBooks which were text based, providing information on selected subjects e.g. how too guides. These proved very popular at the time. The process worked like this:
I would upload my eBooks with turbo lister (around 60 – 100 per week), then wait for the auctions to end. I normally sold around 60% which were delivered digitally on auto pilot. Once the eBook was delivered the buyer would open the .exe file which would open to a duplicate eBook, but an online version. This allowed me to monetize the online version with Google Adsense program and affiliate links from various affiliate brokers such as cj.com. I was earning a very good online income from the as it was a new idea, also Google paid out quite high back then. Sometimes over $5 per click in ad revenue. This model however has ended due to the digital download ban. All eBooks must now be placed on physical media such as CD or DVD which takes this business model offline which is not for me. Although it can still be done in a similar fashion.
2. Say few lines about internet marketing
I ventured into internet marketing in 2009 after a long time working with my good friend John Thornhill. I love the freedom internet marketing brings and have always been greatly fascinated by how you can make an income with your computer and the tools it provides. Creating digital products which helps people achieve something is an awesome job!
3. Tell about your working style (how, how many hours, when)
I work around my life and my family. I usually complete my emails first then get to work on whatever projects I have on-going at the time. Depending on my working day, it can last from 2 hours up to 12 depending on the projects I have running. I am busy at the moment due to running 4 projects at once. I have 2 website builder projects, my PLR business and a video creation product which I am working on. So you could say I have a lot going on!
4. I read from your blog that currently you have the multiple online businesses. Can you give its details?
I have quite a few online courses free and paid which you can see advertised on my blog. I also have partnerships in Free Monthly Websites.com, Multi Profit Websites.com (currently updating), PLR Monthly.com, Instant Product Publisher.com, Consulting, and I am also involved in online coaching. I have plans later this year for more online training courses and more product courses.
5. Which is your preferred traffic generation method and why?
My preferred or best and most successful traffic generation method for purely huge mailing list build potential is product creation and affiliate promotion. By creating a great product and building relationships with other online marketers in your own niche, you can increase revenue, traffic and subscribers a lot faster.
Additional question for my readers!
Tell little lines for the individuals who want to earn money online.
Earning an online income is the same as earning an offline income. You need to work at it! Pick a niche and start learning that business, become the expert, network with others, learn from the people above you and don’t give up. The first steps are the hardest. Also, remember to build a list of subscribers from the beginning.
Thank you very much for your detailed answers Dan! I learned and tripped a lot from your exceptional replies. Hope newbie internet marketers would get benefits from your precise answers.
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I too check the emails first then start working whether at office or at home. Good to know about Dan.
I have one Feedback. Please post atleast an image of the Expert whom you are interviewing. So that we can know them visually too
Nice to get your lightning fast reply Atish 🙂
Also it is good to hear that you used to check the emails first before start working 🙂
Yeah, am also thinking the same, but it is hard to get the picture from every expert, so not proceeding with it.
But will try to collect the image from the experts in my future posts!
Am pleased with your presence, please continue this forever as it encourages me to work with devotion 🙂
Thank you Nirmala for an interview of another expert.
He mentioned a good point- “earning an online income is the same as earning an offline income. You need to work at it.” There is no shortcut to success, and experienced successful people will recommend hard work!
I also agree with Atish regarding at least a photo of the guest… that will make the interview feel ‘live’. Thanks, keep writing.
Thanks for commenting Jignesh!
Yeah, really I stumbled with his real answers and am feeling good that it would help the newbie online money makers.
Am pleased with your suggestion, will try to get the image of the experts 🙂
Hey Nirmala,
Just though I would stop by and introduce myself to your readers. Thanks for the interview 🙂
Dan
Thanks for your comment Dan!
Am really pleased with your answers and hope it would be beneficial for my readers.
My hearty wishes for your internet marketing career 🙂
Hi Ma’am ,
Really these tips are very useful for new one and as Atish said add an image of Expert and also the Related post ( last two Expert’s post either in the side bar or at the bottom of the post !! 🙂 Thanks For sharing 🙂
Thanks for your suggestion!
Will try to add expert’s picture in my post 🙂
Glad with your visit n keep coming here to read the online money making tips from various experts!
First of all let me appreciate you for your wonderful thought about this short discussion Nirmala mam 🙂 am in love with your efforts to give quality content to your readers 🙂 have gone through this post,very informative and helps to gain knowledge abt online marketing 🙂 thanq so much 🙂 please keep going 🙂
Hi Vivekanand!
Thanks for your visit with appreciation!
I love to take great efforts and wanna help others 🙂
Dan is simply great, hope he gave his real answers for my readers.
Keep visiting here to leave boosting comment!
Hi Nirmala and Dan,
Love the lessons here. Working offline is like working online and vice versa. See each as being similar, putting in the same amount of time and energy into your online venture and you will see success in the long haul.
Thanks!
Am pleased with your continuous presence Ryan!
Yeah, I staggered with his answers and learned a lot 🙂
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Another great interview by you! That’s Great Nirmala Ma’am.
Dan have responded all of your questions genuinely.
His advice will surely helps newbies to earn money.
Thanks for taking a great interview with Dan Sumner.
Hope you will take many interviews in future 😀
Yeah, Dan is really great, even thought he is busy with his works, he readily accepted my request and answered me within 2 days.
I learned few useful stuffs form his conversation. Hope my readers too!
Thanks for coming here again to read and comment, keep doing it 🙂
These tips are really helpful for newbie bloggers and it was informative interview from DAN, thanks for sharing this article.
Glad you liked my post!
Thanks for reading n commenting.
Keep coming here to read the useful tips from different experts 🙂
Great Interview Nirmala,
I learnt one or two things from Dan, Thanks for interviewing him.
Good to hear that you’ve learned useful stuffs from the interview and thanks for the reply too.
Keep visiting here frequently 🙂
I am now a frequent visitor of your blog because you keep producing quality articles. Great interview. Email marketing is really important, if one wants to be successful and that’s why Dan is successful.
Oh, great reply! Nice to know that you’ve turned my frequent visitor 🙂
thanks for sharing your point of views, keep coming!
Nirmala nice interview with Dan first time just crossing ebook with .exe file to have an adsense penny really he his an cleaver minded guy thanks for sharing his discussion
Thanks for visiting and commenting without fail Shammeem, am glad with your arrival.
Yes, he is a clever n genuine internet marketer 🙂
Another great interview. I hope to sell my own eBooks soon. I’m sure I’ll need more tips from Dan when I am done with writing the book.
Am glad with your presence again Ambika!
Thanks, really nice to hear that you’re gonna sell ebooks. Yeah, u can approach Dan, he”ll help you out 🙂
Thanks Nirmala,
Its really very nice interview. I think as a reader me & everyone learned a lot from Dan.
Thanks for coming here 🙂
Glad to hear that you’ve learned new stuffs from Dan’s reply.
Keep visiting here to read the online money making tips from various experts 🙂
Another interesting and useful interview you’ve presented here, Nirmala.
I like dan saying, It is always good to learn from those who are above you and never give up.
How closely he sums up the online business – pick a niche, learn the business, be expert in it!
Great and inspirational.
Glad to get your comment Suresh 🙂
Yes, Dan is really good with his answers. He accepted my request and gave his honest reply for my questions. He is a busy internet marketer and always love to help others.
Thanks for your encouragement! Will try to present more useful tips through my experts tips category!
Well, it was a nice interview, will surely be helpful for newbies who are just stepping in to blogging 🙂
Yeah, am almost focusing on newbies to help as they are struggling to make money in the initial stage.
Thanks for commenting, keep visiting here to get useful information to make money online 🙂
I like reading and learning from people who have already made it on the internet, at first it seems impossible but time and encouragements from people like Dan kept me going to the point i am now and i know i will still get bigger someday provided i keep believing. Thanks Dan for giving an insight into what worked for you. The encouragement is welcome.
Nice to hear that you’ve benefited through the tips from Dan 🙂
Thanks for reading and commenting, stay tuned to read more magical tips from the various experts!
Dan is one among the top entrepreneurs I respect and undoubtedly, he’s doing fantastic job. Thanks a lot for organising such a cool tip session. Enjoyed it.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Thanks and keep reading the experts tips!