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An Interview With eBay Legend John Thornhill… Part 1
By Daniel Flower | August 28, 2008
This is a copy of an email I recently sent out to my newsletter subscribers. I managed to grab an exclusive interview with John Thornill, someone who is extremely well-known for building a hugely successful business through eBay.
I was very excited to hear what John had to say… so here is a copy of the interview for you to read and enjoy. It’s an exclusive freebie to say thanks for visiting my blog, and if you want to access more great free content like this don’t forget to sign up to the FREE Daniel Flower Newsletter - I think you’ll be very glad you did :- )
So without futher ado here’s the first part of the interview… Keep an eye on my blog right here for part 2!
DF: Hi John - thanks for agreeing to do the interview.
JT: No Problem Daniel, it’s a pleasure.
DF: We’ll start on JV’s if I may. What do you look for in a potential JV or interview partner?
JT: While I try to help out as many people as I can, if I tried to help everyone I would not have enough hours left in the day. You can usually tell how determined someone is just by their approach in their email. It also helps if the person contacting me knows about me and my business. So I tend to look for someone who is confident and knows about me. If it’s an interview request, I also look to see what’s in it for me as while I like to help it helps if I will get something from doing it.
DF: How did you first become interested in internet marketing?
JT: In 2002 I discovered eBay, and this is when I realised there was a lot of money to be made from selling products online. I started out selling mobile phone accessories. While I made money it was hard work and there was so much competition (there still is). Then 2 years later by chance I discovered eBooks and I started selling those on eBay, at first I was simply selling resale rights eBooks other people had created, then I started to create my own eBooks and inside these eBooks were links to my other products and services. I granted resale rights to these products and this created a viral process that has brought me most of my success, and since then I have never looked back.
DF: When did you first make money online?
JT: Like I already said I first got started selling mobile phone accessories. I bought in bulk and sold individual items. While this was ok it was nothing compared to selling my first info product. I was getting paid for sending out a download link, and I couldn’t believe how easy it was. To this day it still amazes me how anyone can create a product out of nothing and make thousands of dollars.
This is the beauty of the information age.
DF: Could you tell us a little about what you were doing before you started online, and also if there was anything specific that happened which made you decide to quit your job?
JT: I used to work in a car plant. This type of work is very hard, boring and repetitive. When you have a job like that you are always looking for a way out, and this was he way.
DF: A lot of people are interested to know what other internet marketers spend their days doing. Could you go through with us what you’ve done in the past 24 hours?
JT: Most of my days are different. The best thing is I choose when I start work and when I finish. But most days will be spent doing emails and working on future projects. The best way to see how I operate is to check out ‘a month in the life of John Thornhill’ on my blog:
http://planetsmsblog.com/category/a-month-in-the-life-of/
This will show you how I ran my business for a full month.
DF: How would you go about making $1000 in 7 days?
JT: I would email my list with an offer :- )
Never forget that there is nothing more important than building a list and building a relationship with your subscribers. If you are not building a list you are not building a business.
Check back here for part 2 very soon!
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August 29th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Hi Daniel
Really enjoyed your interview with John Thornhill. It was really informative and you asked some good questions.
Looking forward to part 2.
Dawn Kay