Niche: Spray
Tanning
Well where do I
begin! My name is Jacinta and I have been a student of John
Thornhill’s for the last 18 months. My story is probably like most,
however maybe a little different. I am from Australia. I am in my
very late thirties and a stay at home mum learning how to create a
business online while my 2 year old sleeps. (Well she is nearly 3 now!)
For many years
during my early adult life I worked in many different jobs, studied
different certificates, I even owned a couple of small businesses
(lost a lot of money too!)
I was never really one to stick at things, I would get bored too
easily, not only that I really didn’t like being bossed around and
told what to do just to earn some money. Life had its ups and it had
its downs however everything changed when I fell pregnant with my
child.
During my
pregnancy I had to give up work due to gestational diabetes. I had
no other income coming in so I decided to dabble in eBay. I had been
teaching spray tanning at the time at a local beauty college and
figured I could sell the machines and how to kits on eBay. This did
work for a while except when I was 9 months pregnant trying to carry
large boxes into the post office!
After my baby
was born, I knew I wanted to create a business from home so I could
be there for my child and earn an income at the same time. I didn’t
know where to begin. In answer to my questions I received an email
promoting a seminar called “World Internet Summit” I was curious,
however with my little one only 6 weeks old at the time I knew I
couldn’t go so I sent my father in my place.
My father took
heaps of notes and came home very excited telling me a business
online was the way to go. I was excited and curious all at the same
time. For the next 12 months I researched and researched, bought
product after product, got scammed a couple of times by people
selling me junk. I must have wasted thousands and thousands of
dollars. I was an internet marketers dream! All this time I was
still trying to sell on eBay, however my market was getting
saturated and it was becoming very hard to make a profit in my
niche.
Everything
shifted for me in April 2008. I was sitting at a hospital with my
daughter when she was diagnosed with a condition that may have
needed surgery. (She is fine
now and all is well). I was in shock for a few days. My daughter
had just turned 1, I had no money, no job, I don’t own a house and
nor do I own a car. I took a big long look in the mirror, I cried
for a couple of days and knew I had to make a change. I had to do
something but I had no idea where to begin.
A couple of days
later, yes the world works in mysterious ways, I was
contacted by a lady who had a website dedicated to spray tanning.
She asked me if she could promote my training manual from her site.
I said fantastic and how do I do that? She told me I needed to
create my own website and set up an affiliate program. I said OK how
do I do that! She told me I had to learn how or get someone to do it
for me.
Hmmmmm……No money
to pay someone so second choice, I had to learn how! I started
reading some of the stuff I had bought, but I ended up with
information overload and completely confused. I knew I had to be
taught how, but by whom?
One of the
products I had bought was John Thornhill’s “90 Day PowerSeller”. I
decided to have a read. Something clicked when I started to read
John’s book. I liked his style of writing, I liked his honest truth.
Being an Aussie we like straight up honest people who will tell you
how it is and John is exactly that! This was June 2008. After
reading the book I knew I wanted to learn from John and would you
believe I received an email telling me about a coaching program John
was doing starting the first week of July.
They say when
the student is ready the teacher will appear……………..
I remember the 3rd
of July 2008 very well. I was sitting up a 4 am in the morning, my
eyes hanging out of my head from lack of sleep, but I knew I had to
get a position in the training. It was a good thing I did stay up as
the coaching program sold out in a matter of hours! I was lucky. I
got in! I spent what little money I had and signed up for the 16
week coaching program. This was my beginning, however truthfully I
only managed to complete half of that program, life got in the way
and I only had very little time. I kept making excuses.
Christmas 2008
was difficult for me, we did not have a lot of money and I was only
able to give my daughter a couple of gifts, and once again I knew I
needed to kick my butt into gear. In January 2009 John was promoting
his new program Marketing Masterclass.
This was going to be a 36 week program. After the experience I had
with the 16 week course I knew I wanted to be apart of this one so
once again I was up early emailing John trying to get a position.
Again I got on,
but this time things were different. I was determined, I was
focused, and I knew my back was against the wall. I want a
future for my daughter. I want to be able to buy a house one day and
maybe even a new car, but most of all I want to be able to provide
for my child as a parent should.
From the first
week of February 2009 I became a very good little student. I studied
hard, did most of my exercises and followed John’s program. Some
weeks were easy and some weeks were hard. Sometimes I fell behind in
the program and other weeks I caught up. I kept at it even if I
could only do a couple of hours or even one hour per week. I kept
the momentum going and never gave up. This time I did not let the
excuses of life get in my way. I had many an insomnia night, and
when I wanted to give up I would take one look at my sleeping
daughter and get back to it again!
My perseverance
paid off. I now know how to build a website, create a blog, and
create a product, set up an affiliate program, drive traffic, market
and so much more! Thanks to John’s
Masterclass program I now
have the tools to create a future for my daughter.
John is like the
teacher that teaches you how to fish.
If you are
reading this and are unsure about whether you want to sign up to
John’s program or not, I can honestly say John is one of the most
humble, truthful and genuine approachable marketers you will ever
come across. He is real!
This program is
not a get rich quick thing, and success will not happen overnight.
You need to be focused and you need to treat this program as if you
are studying at school. John teaches you step by step the very
basics of how to create a business online. He has a “take you by the
hand” approach and helps you every step of the way. If you want to
find out in more detail about what we have learned this past year I
have detailed summaries on my blog.
In the course
were we given videos and checklists of tasks each week that we had
to complete. Not only that we were also given access to some
fantastic programs for free, however one of the best parts about
this program would have to be the forum. Being able to communicate
with fellow students was awesome. We have become a little internet
family in there and we are all encouraging of each other and will
always help each other out. I have met some amazing people that I
know I will be friends for life, even if we are half a world away!
John Thornhill’s
Marketing Master Class Program was the best decision I even made. If
you are looking for a mentor that can help you set up a business
online from scratch well here he is!
Thank you John
for being an amazing mentor and thank you for being true!
Now I can look
forward to my future and smile because of you.
Kind Regards
Jacinta Dean
(An Aussie mum trying to create a
business online while her nearly 3 year old sleeps!
J )
