Amazon & E-commerce Podcast Lunch With Norm Reveals Guest Lineup for the Week of July 19

Jul 19, 2021

Popular Amazon and e-commerce podcast "Lunch With Norm" will host Kris Gramlich, Izabela Hamilton, and Sumner Hobart next week. This tri-weekly show has emerged as a trusted resource for effective business tips and tools shared by its eminent guests.

Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States - July 19, 2021 —

Amazon and e-commerce podcast “Lunch With Norm” is pleased to announce who will be appearing on the program next week. Many noted experts have already appeared on this podcast and shared tried and tested business tips and tools with the audience. Kris Gramlich, Izabela Hamilton and Sumner Hobart have confirmed their participation for the week of July 19.

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On Monday, Farrar will welcome Kris Gramlich. He discovered Amazon in 2013 and started learning the techniques of selling physical products on the platform. Gramlich quickly learned retail arbitrage and launched his first Amazon product in 2014. To help other Amazon sellers, he started Sellozo, a suite of ad optimization and management tools for Amazon sellers.

Izabela Hamilton appears with Farrar on Wednesday. She is the founder and CEO of RankBell, a white-glove Amazon concierge helping businesses with their launch and rank campaigns. Her expertise in driving organic keyword ranking and optimization has been instrumental in helping many Amazon businesses grow to seven-and-eight figures.

Friday’s episode features experienced e-commerce entrepreneur Sumner Hobart. A successful Amazon seller, Hobart is also an Udemy instructor offering courses teaching techniques for earning more money from Amazon FBA. He travels around the world, sharing his knowledge and experience with his detailed, effective and affordable courses.

To learn business tips from these eminent experts, small business owners are invited to tune in to upcoming episodes of “Lunch With Norm.”

About Norman Farrar

Entrepreneur and businessman Norman “The Beard Guy” Farrar stands at the forefront of the economic mega-machine known as Amazon Marketplace. As a leading expert with over 25 years of product sourcing, development, and branding expertise, Norm is an advisor to many and an inspiration to all.

Throughout his career, he has worked with big brands including Mercedes-Benz, Coca-Cola, Dell, Microsoft, Target, Hershey, 20th Century Fox, Molson’s, Cadbury and a wide variety of emerging businesses that are celebrating sudden escalation in profitability and sales as a result of taking action on his advice and proven methods.

About Kris Gramlich

Growing up, Kris Gramlich was always entrepreneurial and enjoyed the thrill of selling items! From selling items as a kif at the family garage sales to mowing yards to then selling clothing on eBay, Kris found Amazon in 2013 and started to learn how to sell physical products on Amazon’s platform. He quickly learned retail arbitrage and started finding his own products to source. With the help of YouTube videos and a few early podcasts, Kris launched his first product in 2014 and was off to the races! Now Kris enjoys helping other sellers with advertising using Sellozo automation. Sellozo takes the manual, tedious tasks out of PPC and automates those for sellers so that they can get their time back! You can catch Kris on his Podcast Two Amazon Sellers and a Microphone daily where he and Dustin, another seller, chat with industry leaders and other sellers!

https://sellozo.com

About Izabela Hamilton

Izabela Hamilton is the Founder and CEO of RankBell, a brand accelerator that helps Amazon businesses grow to 7 & 8 figures through driving organic keyword ranking and optimization. Izabela is on a mission to help third-party sellers make an impact with their brands, build sustainable wealth, stop stressing about financial security, and start living the life they’ve always dreamed of.

https://www.rankbell.com

About Sumner Hobart

I’m an e-commerce entrepreneur traveling the world on a quest to continually achieve a better life for myself and my family AND to share the life-changing knowledge I acquire in the form of affordable, detailed, & highly valuable courses here on Udemy.

https://www.youtube.com/sumnerhobart | https://www.facebook.com/groups/amazonescapeplan |
https://www.tiktok.com/@theamazingescapeplan

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Formula 1 announces return to Africa with Grand Prix in Rwanda in early 2030s

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