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Coaching Case Study - Tara Dipalma

This is a case study from a student who took part in John Thornhill’s Coaching program.

Name: Tara Dipalma

Niche: Keep Fit - Weight Loss

Website: www.taradipalma.com

Product: www.getfitafterkids.com

From Tara

I have been muddling my way around the online world since the year 2004 only to find myself going round in circles and ending up more and more confused.

I have bought squillions of eBooks and software programs that were designed for the total newbie in the hope that I would find success in my endeavours but sadly the only outcome was a slow pc and yet more and more confusion. I don’t consider myself to be uneducated and yet here I was wading through book after book that was supposed to teach people with absolutely no experience how to be successful online. As I always do, I stuck with each of the many tutorials to the bitter end and yes each time the end result was bitter.

Four years down the track, I was still going nowhere fast! Everything that I had bought so far had claimed to be step by step or lead you by the hand type of set up with full support, the so called “step by step” would prove to be a very vague outline filled with web jargon that I’m sure no newbie would understand let alone be able to implement and the support…….well I from my experience, the support tended to end the instant you clicked the “pay now” button, I suppose everybody has their own ideas about what support actually means.

As disheartened and confused as I was, there is one thing I am not and that is a quitter. I was determined to make my dream of working from home a reality; all I needed was to find something that was all it claimed to be. If something says “step by step” I expect it to be precisely that, was that too much to ask?

I eventually came across John Thornhill, his coaching program was commencing soon, it promised to teach “anyone” how they could: starting from scratch build a product and automate it. I decided that I could most definitely fit into the “Anyone” category and investigated it further. I watched one of his videos and found that he was someone I could actually sit and listen to.

His sales page sent a huge rush of adrenalin through my veins, was this finally what I had been searching for or was I going to be the lamb to the slaughter once again????

I joined John’s coaching program and from week one I was totally blown away, I found his steps to be concise and very easy to follow. The only problem I was faced with was the inability to sleep due to the excitement and anticipation of the next lesson, this continued throughout the course. John and Daniel (John’s technical assistant) provided consistent and prompt support when needed which is something that you rarely experience.

Not once did I find myself overloaded, overwhelmed or confused and for once, something that claimed to be “step by step” actually was exactly that. John’s course is 100% “step by step”, accompanied with actual videos which are easy to pause and then implement.

In following John’s personal coaching program I have come to the realisation that:-

There is no such word as “CAN’T”

There is no such saying as “IT’S TOO COMPLICATED!”

It doesn’t really matter how little you know, what really matters is how competent your teacher is and the kind of support they offer.

I have learned how to:

  • Get and stay organised

  • Set up a blog

  • Create my product from scratch using my own experiences

  • Put up a website using a template

  • Write a sales page

  • Set up a mini course using an autoresponder “aweber”

  • Upload my product to ClickBank

  • Advertise my product correctly

  • Stay focused.

  • And much much more

During the course, John delivered so much more than was expected, he managed to minimise any additional costs that may have been incurred by arranging for free or heavily discounted products for us. He is a true example of someone who under promises and over delivers. If you are new to or struggling on the internet, I would highly recommend John Thornhill’s coaching program to get you up and running in the right direction.

Thank you so much Guys!

Tara Dipalma

www.taradipalma.com

www.getfitafterkids.com

Coaching Case Study - Sue French

This is a case study from a student who took part in John Thornhill’s Coaching program.

Name: Sue French

Niche: Dog Health

Websites:

www.sue-french.com/

www.thedogfoodstory.com

Product:

http://www.dogfoodmiracle.com/

From Sue

The course has finished; the 16 weeks have fairly flown by. Time to consider how much I have learnt and the progress I have made.

I’ve been dabbling online for about three years, joined John’s “PowerSeller Challenge” about a year ago. It was just one of many products I spent money on but did not apply myself to. I was an Internet Marketer’s dream customer, buying every new thing to land in my inbox and focusing on none of them. They say “the money is in the list” – this is surely true if you have people like me on your list!

Over the months, John began to stand out as someone who knew what he was doing. I liked his honest, friendly approach, so when his Coaching Program became available, it was an easy decision for me to sign up. I thought the price was fair, and I was pretty sure I would get value for money. I was right.

In 16 short weeks I have gone from being technologically incompetent to having two blogs up and running (go here to have a look), a product created (you can view sales page here) and listed on ClickBank, a bonus product and a 7-day minicourse related to my product, complete with its own landing page ( minicourse opt-in ). I had to start a second blog, because the niche I chose for my product had nothing to do with Internet Marketing, which was the subject of my first (and now somewhat neglected) blog. ( First blog is here )

The Coaching Program has certainly been intensive, but I loved the fact that I could follow along at my own pace. My technophobia slowed me up a bit at times, but it didn’t matter. All the material I needed was there, and if I struck a problem (as I did several times) John and Daniel (John’s technical assistant) were easily available to sort me out. At no time did I ever feel that I was left to flounder along on my own.

The main presentation of course material was by video. Each video was short and devoted to only a single, small step, which made it easy to find what I wanted when I needed to go back to refresh my memory about something. A handy checklist provided each week made it easy to be certain I’d completed all the work necessary before advancing to the next stage.

I have progressed from being someone who could barely do more online than press the “BUY NOW” button, to being someone who has researched a market and chosen a niche, chosen and purchased a domain name, can set up and manage a WordPress blog, create material and upload it to the internet, manage an autoresponder account, list items on ClickBank, create material for affiliates, create my own product, write a sales letter and create a sales page, write articles and submit them to article directories and much more besides. This all feels to me like an enormous achievement. My confidence level has soared.

I can thoroughly recommend John Thornhill’s Personal Coaching Program to anyone who is ready to learn the Internet Marketing ropes.

Sincerely,

Sue French

http://sue-french.com

http://thedogfoodstory.com

http://dogfoodmiracle.com

Coaching Case Study - Lana Hawkins

This is a case study from a student who took part in John Thornhill’s Coaching program.

Name: Lana Hawkins

Niche: Health/Keep Fit

Websites:

www.lana-hawkins.com

www.fithealthyself.com/blog/

Product:

www.fithealthyself.com

From Lana

I recently finished John Thornhill’s coaching program and I have to tell you that it was well worth my time invested, effort expended and money spent.

When I ran across John Thornhill’s coaching program I had just started looking for ways to earn money on the internet and had been reviewing so many different products on how to do this or that. Most of them contained good information; however they lacked the step by step that John is so good at and gave me with his program.

When I first read some of John’s sales pages I got the feeling that here is a person that really wants to help people become successful online and would help in any way he could. It turned out to be true.  When you sign up for John’s coaching program you are treated as a real person.

If John ever offers the program again I highly encourage you to try it out. Working with John gave me hands on experience and real skills that I needed to put the written word into action. 

Before we started I had some minor skills accrued from the research and work I had already done, but as I proceeded through the coaching program I learned so much more. John takes you step by step (really) through the entire process of creating a product and marketing it.  

As I was reviewing some of the previous sessions I was awed by all the new skills I have learned and the topics we covered. One great thing is that the coaching program materials will continue to be online for me to use and reference in case I want a refresher on a specific topic.

John has a great support system and if you ever need any kind of technical or strategic help he is there to answer questions. He is also very generous and finds great deals on tools to help his students out in the process. I’ll let you find out on your own, but he gave us all a really great graduation gift that will be helpful to all of us as we continue our online marketing careers.

So if you want to see what a total newbie can do with John’s coaching program, take a look at the product and site I built with John’s coaching. Go to FitHealthySelf.com.  I’m very proud of my sales page and you can check out the 7 day mini-course for free.

Sincerely, Lana Hawkins

www.lana-hawkins.com

Don’t Hassle Me! I’m On Vacation

I have just returned from a week long vacation in Benidorm.

If you’ve never heard of Benidorm it’s probably the largest holiday resort in Spain and has basically been taken over by us Brits. It’s like a home from home but the weather is a lot better.

I’ve now been to Benidorm 4 times and while I love it there is one thing that annoys me. It’s the constant barrage of reps trying to get me to visit their particular bar. If you have ever been to the centre of Benidorm on a night out you will know what I mean. You can’t walk more than 10 meters without someone running up to you trying to shove a ticket down your throat with comments like:

  • Come in here and get a free shot…
  • Two for one on all drinks all night…
  • Kids drinks are free tonight…

In fact you can even be walking into a particular bar and you will still get hassled on the way in. This is because the rep will get paid for every ticket that get’s handed over the bar. So it’s in their interests to get you to go in.

While I don’t mind someone standing at the door with a ticket to give me for a free shot or a two for one offer I don’t like it when they cross the road and almost try to drag me into the bar. So over the course of the week I found myself AVOIDING areas where I knew I was going to get hassled. I would much rather choose where to go without someone shoving a ticket down my throat. And this got me thinking that if these places weren’t so pushy they would get my business. So marketing this way could actually be hurting their business long term.

And this can also apply to Internet Marketing.

While it’s ok to try to sell to our subscribers sometimes we need to balance things out.

For example I may email you with offers sometimes once or twice a week but if I started to do it every day and became PUSHY you would go somewhere else wouldn’t you?

So get the balance right in your marketing, sure you can sell to your subscribers but also make sure you give them some reason to keep coming back to you by offering quality free content from time to time.

Not every email needs to sell or every blog post needs to contain an affiliate link. And by marketing your ‘free shots’ this way you will actually find that your subscribers will come back time and time again for your ‘two for one’ offers.

But become pushy and constantly hit them with offer after offer and you may just find them crossing the road to visit a different bar.

Does Your Sales Page Kick Ass?

Do you want to learn how the pro’s create sales pages that look amazing? Do you want to learn what they know that ‘makes’ people buy their products?

Of course you do! The fact is that everyone wishes they could make more sales, regardless of what, when or how they are selling. Isn’t that the whole point? To make as many sales as possible? I’m sure we can all agree that regardless of how good the product is, if you have a crappy sales page you are just wasting your time by driving traffic to it because no one will buy.
There are so many people out there claiming to have the ‘magic fairy dust’ that will turn your product in to a cash cow. How many of those products have you fallen victim to? Don’t get me wrong, I’m certain that there are some good ones out there but it just seems like we’re being pulled in so many directions all the time. How do you know which is the right one for you?

When it comes to selling a product there are a couple of things that are just common knowledge…
We all know it’s a numbers game and you have to get your product in front of lots of people to make a few sales.
We all know that it’s important to explain the features and benefits of our product and make it easy to understand.

Have you ever asked yourself why those things just don’t produce the results you need? What are you doing wrong? Why do these “Other Guys” have such success selling products of lesser quality?

Well, the answer has arrived. I just snatched up one of the first copies of Omar Martin’s “Kick Ass Sales Pages”and the creative juices have been flowing ever since. This is the same guy that brought us “High Performance Sales Secrets” and “Winning The Sale”. I must say this new product tops the list. It has truly opened my eyes to some simple things that I was just failing to do. I have all kinds of ideas now on how I can convert my sales pages into killer cash producing money machines!

This product is so much more than just an eBook. It is a full training course loaded with demonstrations and training videos. The best part of it is that you’re not just learning from Omar himself. You see Omar is in fact a sales expert and a very successful Internet marketer but what he has done is gotten 9 other expert marketers to share their sales secrets in this product including your’s truly (that’s me). “Kick Ass Sales Pages” is essentially a compilation (if you will) that gives you several angles on the necessary components to make your sales page… well… “Kick Ass!”

Check Out Kick Ass Sales Pages Here!

Without a doubt this product is going to help boost my sales and it can do the same for you. “Kick Ass Sales Pages”  will show you the keys to turning my products into cash and by the way…  the bonus products that are being given as part of the package will blow you away.  “Omarks!” is a product that provides a sure fire way to make your customers eyeballs pop when they see your sales pages. That product alone has got to be worth well over $200…  yet you get it for free.  Honestly, I don’t know how he’s done it… I’m just glad he did! So check it out right now.

Check Out Kick Ass Sales Pages Here!

Coaching Case Study - Ron Barret

This is a case study from a student who took part in John Thornhill’s Coaching program.

Name: Ron Barret

Niche: Finance

Website: www.5star-ebooks.com/blog

Product: www.provencreditstrategies.com

From Ron

 

John,

I would like to thank you for the opportunity to take part in your coaching program. Given the fact that I have been half-heartedly giving the Internet Marketing business a try for the past several years and have had other opportunities to get involved with other ‘coaching’ (with a rather large price tag, I might add) programs, when I read earlier this year you were offering coaching, I didn’t hesitate to jump in.

I have been on a couple of your lists for some time now and am a member of your Mentorship Monthly and PlanetSMS sites. After seeing the way that you present information from the Mentorship site and the things that you and your members help others with on the PlanetSMS site, there was no reason for me not get some in-depth training from someone who doesn’t just ‘Talk the Talk’ but ‘Walks the Walk’.

Going into this, I wasn’t sure what to expect and whether or not I would really have the spare time to complete the entire program in 16 weeks or not. I work both full time and part time and any spare time that I have is spent working around the house, or doing the other things that life throws at you on a daily basis.

His coaching program was very thorough, beginning with the extreme basics of obtaining a domain name along with web hosting and setting up your first blog and email account to creating your product and soliciting joint venture (jv) partners.

The technical aspect of the coaching/training didn’t really scare me too much as I am familiar with building basic websites and have a pretty decent understanding of HTML. On top of that, both my full time job and part time job are in the IT field, so I feel that I am fairly well versed in how things on the internet work. The one thing that scared me was the idea of creating enough valuable content to not only keep a blog going, but to create an info product that will have enough interest to people to purchase it.

As a matter of fact, the first few weeks of the coaching left me somewhat bored. I actually went as far as to send an email to John to ask him how long it would be before we would be getting into some more ‘advanced’ activities. But I didn’t have to worry as that soon came along.

A little bit more on my background–I have been working in the IT field (helpdesk, network admin, email admin) for about 10 years now. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in IT and have maintained a couple of personal websites for about 5 years. I felt going into this that I could do this very easily, I just needed a bit of a push in the right direction to get it going.

I was introduced to Internet Marketing in the late 90’s and have always know that there is a better way to generate income besides working FOR someone. The problem that I always encountered was the ‘unwillingness’ of the so called ‘experts’ to share what is successful for them. In other words, they give you the tools, but don’t show you how to use them.

John does that and he does it in such a way that I believe pretty much anyone that has the desire to generate some additional income can do it, and it won’t cost you an arm and a leg. Maybe just the arm, but not both.

Finally, around the first of June, I actually had my first info product, 15 Proven Credit Strategies, as a live product on the ClickBank marketplace and have been doing some article marketing to drive traffic to the website.

Without John’s assistance, I would probably be still looking for that push and trying to figure out how to do this wacky thing they call ‘Internet Marketing’ (and probably spending more money on ‘how to products’ than I really should).

I now have a plan for the future products that are inside of me. A plan that can be duplicated over and over again as I have access to John’s coaching program permanently and can refer to it anytime I need to.

Thank you John.

www.5star-ebooks.com/blog

www.provencreditstrategies.com

Coaching Case Study - Carole Gardiner

This is a case study from a student who took part in John Thornhill’s Coaching program.

Name: Carole Gardiner

Niche: Golf

Website: www.Carole-Gardner.com

Product: www.Master-Your-Golf-Game.com

From Carole

 

 

I found John Thornhill’s PlanetSMS site through some friends whose opinions I trust.
Shortly after when I found that he was offering a coaching program I jumped right in because I recognized it to be an awesome opportunity.  At the time I knew nothing about product creation, but I had been hearing so much about the fact that if you want to be a “real” online marketer you need to have your own products.

I’m 52 and had been working from home several years promoting a Travel Business opportunity.  It’s been my life’s dream to work from home.  For the first few years I was successful mostly just purchasing lead lists. Then about a year ago I started to venture into the world of online marketing and got a bit overwhelmed to be honest.

I have to say, I’m so glad I participated in the coaching program. I gained  a tremendous  amount of practical knowledge and valuable experience in – not only product creation but how to set up a blog, find a niche, use ClickBank, eBay and much much more. 

John walked us through a process of choosing a niche that was invaluable. If left on my own even to decide that I would have probably flopped. Turns out with instruction, I’ve picked a great niche and it’s been fun working in it.

I would have been totally intimidated by the thoughts of “html” but John’s videos were easy to follow and the pace was just right. I never would have attempted or accomplished any of this without this coaching class. What I found is that it’s really much easier than I thought and you don’t have to get all that technical – the basics are all you need to learn in the early days.

The support from John and his technical team was excellent. This is a guy you can count on to be there for his students. My questions were answered quickly every single time.

What I now understand is that you just need to learn a process that works and then duplicate that process.  Now, I feel confident that I can do that and become  a successful online marketer myself. I have 2 products already doing well and plan to create more.

For me, writing a book would have seemed out of the question. An eBook every month or two would never have seemed unattainable but the truth is, even with a busy schedule anyone can do it. You just have to jump in and get started learning.  I truly believe that If I can do it anyone can!

Carole

www.Carole-Gardner.com

www.Master-Your-Golf-Game.com

www.GolfSecretsNews.com

Coaching Case Study - Jeff Davies

This is a case study from a student who took part in John Thornhill’s Coaching program.

Name: Jeff Davies

Niche: Weight Loss

Website: www.jeff-davies.com

Product: www.teenweightmatters.com

From Jeff

Of all the ebooks and internet marketing “how to’s” I have bought or subscribed to, and believe me it is quite a few, John Thornhill is the only person that has actually enabled me to get a product www.teenweightmatters.com out on the market and for sale.

As I said earlier, I have bought many, many eBooks  and how to’s on internet marketing from some of the best known marketers around, some I’ve even read, but I’ve never actually managed to get that all elusive product of my own on to the market.  I will put it down to a couple of things but mainly because I am quite lazy.  There you go, I said it.  I work like a dog for my employer in my day (and night job) but when I get home I just flop in front of the television with a beer occasionally looking at my computer at the other side of the room and thinking I should get off my rear and go and do something more constructive.

The beauty of having a new lesson arriving in your inbox every Monday, without fail, is that it is like having John looking over my shoulder and waiting for me to finish and I was embarrassed if I was running behind with the last week’s lesson when the new one arrived, a great motivation to get working.

Also the other great problem I have with other marketers instructions is that they never seem to give you the whole story.  They will tell you that you need to set up an autoresponder and they will give you their affiliate link to whatever company but they all seem to stop short of actually telling you how to set it up. John Thornhill walked us through every single step of setting up an autoresponder and every other lesson that he gave us, nothing was left out.

We were also coached on how to set up a word press blog www.jeff-davies.com to enable us to raise our profile and also to get used to writing for ourselves.

I cannot recommend John Thornhill’s coaching program enough.  Whether you are a newbie or experienced marketer there is something in this program for you.

Jeff Davies

www.teenweightmatters.com

www.jeff-davies.com

Coaching Case Study - Stuart Turnbull

This is a case study from a student who took part in John Thornhill’s Coaching program.

Name: Stuart Turnbull

Niche: eBay

Website: www.stuart-turnbull.com

Product: Prints Make Profits

From Stuart

Dear John

I am delighted to report the first sales of my debut information product!  Your Coaching Program really works!

I can’t quite believe that a few short months ago I was a complete beginner in the world of internet marketing, yes, I had built up a successful, part-time, eBay enterprise but I was keen to develop this further and build new income streams.

My skills were very limited; I knew nothing about domain names, website hosting, FTP programs, autoresponder’s etc. and I have always struggled with the ‘techy’ side of things.

Now, thanks to your Coaching Program, I have my own eBook selling through ClickBank, my subscriber list is starting to grow and I can’t wait to get started on my next information product!

Now that I have the skills in place I figure that if I can churn out 3 or 4 new information products a year I will achieve my goal of becoming financially independent within the next 2 years.

I can’t speak too highly of the support I received from yourself and Daniel, as I said, the technical side of things has always been a major stumbling block for me but with your guidance I now have 2 websites online; my blog at www.stuart-turnbull.com and my debut eBook at www.printsmakeprofits.com  

You have given me the skills and confidence to build my own online business and have helped turn my dreams into reality.

Your Coaching Program works and it deserves my full and enthusiastic recommendation!

Thank you.

Stuart Turnbull

The Most Comprehensive eBay Guide Ever Created Has Been Updated

As you are probably aware, over the last few months eBay has made a ton of policy changes. It seems like eBay is making it harder for creative sellers to make a living using eBay. And because of these policy changes it seems that it’s even harder to find an up to date eBay guide.

Well what if I told you the most comprehensive product ever created to show you how to become creative and use eBay to your advantage has had a major update?

Yes, allow me to introduce The Silent Sales Machine version 6.0. That’s right, version 6.0.

The author Jim Cockrum is probably the most respected ‘eBay expert’ on the planet. He wrote the original ‘Silent Sales Machine’ way back in 2002 and since then has sold almost 100,000 copies, it is probably the best selling eBay guide of all time. And the good news is it has been brought right up to date with the release of version 6.0.

When you visit the sales page by clicking the link below you probably wont even be aware of the update. That’s because Jim hasn’t even updated the sales page yet but he will soon, but don’t worry, you will receive version 6.0 (and all future versions free) after you make your payment. But you better hurry as once the page is updated the price will rise so if you want to get The Silent Sales Machine for the best price ever now is the time.

The Silent Sales Machine

There are some products every budding entrepreneur must own and I strongly believe The Silent Sales Machine is one of these ‘must own’ products. Don’t delay, check it out now.

The Silent Sales Machine