Interview with SimonTheSorcerer

Simon is a 27 years old online marketer from Budapest, Hungary. We have conducted a short interview with him.

You make money by creating blogs. What kind of web skills and strengths do you possess that makes your online business successful?

I'm an online marketing professional with 5 years of experience. I have worked for a multinational company, was a freelancer for a while, and worked for an online marketing agency, where we worked with such big names as Atari, Expedia, Macy's etc..

And I was also the founder of a startup online marketing agency for a while. I have seen online marketing from every angle, and I believe this is my biggest strength.

Which are the best opportunities on the internet to make money?
I think that’s the wrong way to look at it. If you want to be successful online you need to be able to add something new and unique to the conversation.

Every niche online is already saturated and highly competitive. If you want to succeed, you need to have passion and genuine expertise.Therefore you can only write about topics you are interested in and are an expert of. And if you are really good at it, then you will make money.

Someone said that in business attitude is everything. What kind of attitude is needed for an online business?
It’s very easy. Hard work. 50+ hours per week in the first 1-2 years.

What sets you apart from the competition?
I focus on difficult niches (gambling, legal highs, Forex, alcohol, tobacco) things most webmasters are afraid to touch. What sets me apart from all the others is that I do this 100% ethically. This is from my LinkedIn profile and I believe it describes my approach perfectly:

“Changing people's perception of online marketing for websites in difficult niches. No longer should "online gambling" or "Forex" be synonymous with SPAM. There is a right way, a better way, there is a way to do online marketing in a difficult niche that works.”

My visitors seem to appreciate this approach. However, I do hope I will also inspire my fellow bloggers to change their ways and do things the right way. Yes, you can make money without compromising your moral integrity! But for now there is still a lot of SPAM, and there are still a lot of unethical bloggers. I hope I can make a difference.

Which one is your most popular blog?

I think people know me best for being the owner of the number one online casino blog. If you type in Google “gambling blog”, “casino blog”, “online gambling blog” etc… my little blog comes up as the first result. And as you can imagine, every online casino wants to be featured on my blog. Not a day goes by without getting 5-10 emails from online casino representatives. 

However, that’s not my favorite blog. I’m most proud of my legal high blog. It is the only legal high blog online, which is committed to safe and responsible legal high use and education. Mine (Simon’s Legal Highs) is probably the only legal high blog, which does not promote research chemicals, bath salts and designer drugs. I only focus on safer and natural herbs and ethnobotanicals. 

There was a desperate need for a legal high blog that is committed to safe alternatives to research chemicals. It has become the most popular legal high blog and I’m proud to make a difference in the legal high scene.