040: John Lee Dumas – Building A Brand From Nothing To Becoming A Millionaire Podcaster

The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

Ryan Hawk

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4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2015

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Episode 040: John Lee Dumas – Building A Brand From Nothing To Becoming A Millionaire Podcaster

This was a fantastic episode with John Lee Dumas. John is an inspiration to anyone who strives to create something from nothing and thrive. He started his podcast in September of 2012 and in May he made $525,059 in revenue. In addition to this, John coaches and mentors others to help them on their podcast journeys. When I was starting my podcast, John was one of the first people I reached out to in order to learn the craft and get some much needed guidance.

John Lee Dumas is the Founder and Host of EntrepreneurOnFire, an award winning Podcast revealing the journey of today's most inspiring Entrepreneurs 7-days a week. With over 1 million unique listens a month, and subscribers in 145 countries, thanks to compelling dialogue with interview sources such as Tim Ferris, Barbara Corcoran, Brian Tracy and Seth Godin, EntrepreneurOnFire generates over $450,000 a month in revenue.

Episode 040: John Lee Dumas – Building A Brand From Nothing To Becoming A Millionaire Podcaster

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The Learning Leader Show

“You are the 5 people you spend the most time with.” – Jim Rohn

Some Questions I Ask:

What is your philosophy on developing your network?
What do successful leaders have in common?
You receive 1 million listens a month to your podcast. How?
What made you share your exact income statements?
What do you do with all of the profit? (Over $400K last month)
What is your strategy for getting outside of your comfort zone?

“Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future.” – John Wooden

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

The importance of your five closest friends
Why John thinks transparency is a great thing for a leader
Understanding how John follows Warren Buffet’s strategy for investing
The intense focus on helping others and how that fuels success
The importance of consistency
A learning leader is always an apprentice

“Make hay while the sun is shining.”

Continue Learning

Go to: Entrepreneur On Fire
Read the Fortune Story on John: How To Podcast For Profit
Follow John on Twitter: @johnleedumas

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Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

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0:00.0	I have always been a believer in the phrase, you know, make hay while the sun is shining.
0:05.8	And the sun is shining right now and I don't want to take my eyes off of that.
0:08.3	I don't want to lose focus.
0:09.8	I just want to continue to amplify what's working and if it comes to a point where either it stops working or it stops being fun, you know, then maybe I'll turn an eye to the future, but until then just stay in the course.
0:20.0	Our leaders born or are they made. Our host Ryan Hawk believes that leaders can be made through determined
0:26.6	focused work on learning the art and science behind the makeup of other
0:30.6	successful leaders. Now it's time to inhale knowledge and exhale success.
0:35.0	You're listening to the Learning Leader Show I am Ryan Hawk and we have a very
0:56.8	special featured leader tonight it's John Lee Dumas. John is the founder and host of Entrepreneur on Fire an award-winning
1:05.4	podcast revealing the journey of today's most inspiring entrepreneurs and he does
1:10.6	it seven days a week.
1:13.0	Entrepreneur on Fire generates over $500,000 a month in revenue.
1:18.5	Yes, that's a month.
1:19.8	We'll talk a lot about that in our conversation tonight. But before then, John discusses those first nine
1:26.6	months when he started this business. First nine months, his revenue zero. He made nothing. A lot of expenses expenses no revenue yet but you fast forward
1:35.4	a few years later and now you see he's making 500 grand per month it's incredible
1:40.0	we dove really deep to learn about how he's doing that.
1:44.5	Also, his I-L-T method that is invest in yourself,
1:48.9	learn and teach others.
1:51.0	Full disclosure, when I was preparing to start this podcast I knew I
1:55.6	needed a coach and I needed multiple mentors and John was somebody I was
2:00.7	willing to invest in. I was willing to pay to have him help coach me. was and that
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