VBL014 – Popping Up all Over the Internet, with Michael Dunlop!

September 27, 2010 28 Comments

Michael Dunlop

When it comes to ‘Crushing It’ online and making a name for yourself amongst your peers (in this case, the Internet Marketing world), Michael Dunlop from IncomeDiary.com and Retireat21.com, has it made. This young, 21-year old online entrepreneur makes more money each month than most people I know, period. His latest offering is the fantastic WordPress plugin ‘Pop-Up Domination’, which you have no doubt seen ‘popping up’ all over the internet recently. His secret – well, listen to this awesome edition of the VBL Podcast and find out.

Although this interview was recorded as a video, unfortunately the quality from Michael’s end wasn’t very good, and so I thought it would be better to create an audio version out of it instead of just throwing it away!

When I sat down and recorded this interview with Michael he had just come off a pretty bad bout of the flu, or something similar, although it doesn’t come across in our chat. He clearly shines through and the conversation is golden, and a must have resource for any aspiring internet marketer or anyone else wanting to get started with making money online.

Through the course of our conversation, we discuss, amongst other topics:

  • His strategy for creating passive income streams.
  • Setting up your blog and going live with it – fast!
  • Turning yourself into an authority in your niche.
  • The importance of your building your online marketing list.
  • The brilliance behind his new Pop-Up Domination WP plugin.

Download the audio of this podcast to listen to it on your iPod, iPhone or iPad below, and be sure to subscribe to our Podcast feed on iTunes, too!

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NOTE: The second release of Pop-Up Domination goes live Tomorrow, September 28th at exactly 2pm GMT! Click the link and check it out – it’s a list-building machine!!!

As promised in the interview (and reminded to me by Matthew Needham on our Skype chat!), below is a quick comedic moment from the BBC show ‘Only Fools and Horses’. Hope it makes you chuckle.

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A big thanks goes out to Michael for taking the time to chat and for being so candid in his thoughts, tactics and experiences, too.

As the growing community here on the blog is looking more and more towards becoming location independent, creating passive income and being their own boss, I’d love to hear from you all below in the comments section on your take of Michael’s strategies, etc. Cheers!

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Comments

  1. Ben says:
    September 28, 2010 at 2:54 am  (Quote)

    Got to be honest Chris…

    This is the best interview in my opinion that you’ve done so far. Just fanstatic.

    Been a big fan of Michael “popup domination” Dunlop for a while now and he’s just a down to earth guy.

    Cracking effort my boy

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  2. Matthew Needham @ Big Red Tomato Company says:
    September 28, 2010 at 7:08 am  (Quote)

    Do you mean 28th September?

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  3. Tyrone Shum says:
    September 28, 2010 at 7:33 am  (Quote)

    Hey Chris,

    Just letting you know you wrote the date for the launch wrong – it’s the 28th September not October…

    You’re in holiday mode already matey!

    A very exciting launch!!!

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  4. Larry Clark says:
    September 28, 2010 at 11:55 am  (Quote)

    Chris, Great interview and podcast. Good content and awesome of you to do the podcast even if the video wasn’t up to your standards, Thanks Much,
    Larry

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    • Chris C. Ducker says:
      September 28, 2010 at 5:10 pm  (Quote)

      Hi Larry

      Its a simple process to turn a video into an audio file – plus, there was simply NO WAY at all that I could have ditched this…! The content is just too freakin’ good…!!!

      Thanks for dropping by, Larry – glad you enjoyed.

      Chris

      Reply
  5. Michelle Dale says:
    September 28, 2010 at 5:10 pm  (Quote)

    Ahhh I love it when we get some Brits on the podcasts! I can honestly say I hated pop-ups until I came across Pop-Up Domination. It’s so much classier!

    It was your pop-up that promoted me to download “Saving The Day The Virtual Way” which is fab by the way, I gave you a mention yesterday on my blog post http://bit.ly/btIWL4 ;-)

    Keep it up Chris, great blog.

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    • Chris C. Ducker says:
      September 29, 2010 at 3:46 am  (Quote)

      Hi Michelle

      First up, thanks for the mention. My name in the same post with Yaro, Gideon, Laura and ChrisG (and yourself of course – loved the Blue Peter mention!) is a great compliment.

      Glad I was the one that turned you onto Pop-UpD, too. Its a killer plugin, and I know that Michael is just CRUSHING IT with it, too. He deserves it – great idea.

      Cheers,
      Chris

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  6. Steve Wyman says:
    September 28, 2010 at 10:12 pm  (Quote)

    Hi CHris

    Chuckle !! thats an understatement. Teh only fools and horse clip is one of the top 5 classic moments in british comedy :-)

    I assume even our american friends get that one :-) I’m sure the aussies do :-)

    Back to business. Very usefull podcast thanks for sharing.

    Enjoy your holiday

    Steve Wyman

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  7. Matthew Needham says:
    September 29, 2010 at 5:03 am  (Quote)

    Hi Chris, I must have seen that clip a 100 times, but it still makes me laugh. Give me Delboy and Rodney anytime over Basil!

    Mind you a close run for that clip is the Batman and Robin clip:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q81zlawe13M

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  8. Steve Wyman says:
    September 30, 2010 at 9:44 pm  (Quote)

    Well chris, as we’ve gone completely off topic (but then its your blog :-) ) Faulty towers is the absolute peak of comedy :-) the office is good but Basil wins :-)

    Back to seo’ing (is that a word yet)

    regards

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  9. Brena Currelly says:
    October 1, 2010 at 12:36 am  (Quote)

    I just wanted to thank you for all these great podcasts, I listen to them while I edit photos. They really help to keep me movtivated and on my path to self employment!

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    • Chris C. Ducker says:
      October 1, 2010 at 2:11 am  (Quote)

      Hi Brena

      You are more than welcome. I have a ton of them in ‘planning’ stages right now, too!

      Keep us up to date with how you do on your ‘kick the boss to the curb’ mission… :-)

      Chris

      Reply
  10. Valynne says:
    October 19, 2010 at 1:55 am  (Quote)

    I really enjoyed this interview – go Michael! So much to learn yet here in Blogsville. Going to head over to Michael’s sites as soon as I catch up on more of your blogs, Chris…you never cease to inspire : )
    V

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  11. Bobbie says:
    June 10, 2011 at 9:34 am  (Quote)

    Some of us Americans LOVE Trotter Trading! (and the rest of the Brit Coms). Love your stuff Chris, when are you going to go wild and open a few fulfillment centers for small retailers!
    Bobbie

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    • Chris C. Ducker says:
      June 10, 2011 at 12:27 pm  (Quote)

      Hi Bobbie

      Nice. Love your comment on the Trotter Trading, hehehe.

      I’ve looked into the small retail call center market before, believe it or not – but, to be honest, there would be a lot of tail-chasing going on, based on my research and experience, so we tend to focus on the slightly larger requirements.

      Would be fun working with all those smaller businesses though – I’d love to re-visit the idea in the future sometime.

      Thanks for dropping by.

      C

      Reply

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