Randy Smith here, John has asked if I would say a few words about the help and guidance he has given me.

I've known John for over 5 years now, ever since I joined his private forum through the "Your Own eBook Business" site. That was a great opportunity to get to know John, and see that he really does help and advise the people who are members of his sites.

I first started asking for John's advice via the occasional private message, just little questions every now and again. He always answered and always gave good advice, so naturally I paid even more attention to what he said.

Long story short - I eventually had a product that I believed could be a good seller. I had listened to John's words about creating my own product and took it on-board. After 'finishing' it, I asked John if he would take a look and offer any opinions and thoughts.

John came back with a plethora of tips and suggestions, causing me to expand my initial work by an extra 30% of really good content and making me even more proud of my work.
(It's strange how some people can draw out skills and talents that we often miss ourselves)

He also offered some solid info on marketing the product (and has done on subsequent products also). The net result was a product that (with more advice from John) has gone on to be a constant seller, and has built my list and brought in sales every week since it launched!

Or should I say that was the starting result!

I've since listened and acted on other suggestions of John's which have lead to the creation of another 3 websites which all bring in regular income. One of which is a product I ended up co-authoring with John, and has received tremendous feedback from all who have read it.

Another which has just been launched is a direct result of a suggestion John made very early in his 'coaching'.... and I have no doubt that will go on to sell extremely well and be a very useful resource to it's buyers.

It would be easy to end this here and just talk of the products I've created and the income I've made through receiving Johns' help and guidance. However - there are also other aspects to working with John that are very worthy of a mention. As a direct result of working with John I have also formed some great relationships and partnerships with other marketers who also have a good relationship with John. The results of which have benefited each of us in terms of both incomes and collaborations on other projects.

Some of the people I now rely on are guys I've got to know because of either a direct introduction from John, or due to me having worked with John and them then approaching me.

Having now achieved a very reasonable degree of success in my own right, I still make sure I keep John informed of my activities, as he still continues to offer support, encouragement and advice that I take on-board and act upon to my benefit.

Finally I would like to add that one of the things that impresses me with John (as opposed to many guru type coaches) is that he is real. He works 4 days a week and then spends time with his family, he doesn't rely on flying around the world to maintain his contacts and keep his income levels up due to a network of big names.... he achieves his success through his own work rate and knowledge, and by building his relationships based on mutual benefit and quality of products....

That's the sort of guy I want to keep learning from, not some overnight success who's here today and gone tomorrow, along with most of what they teach.

Well I think I've said a few words.... loll

But seriously - John has been there whenever I've had queries, questions or challenges, and he's always pointed me in the right direction. I was earning hundreds of dollars a month steadily but with John's help and coaching that's been raised to constant 4 figure incomes. And I'm sure with John's continued support it will eventually rise again to a 5 figure income.

I would have no hesitation whatsoever in referring my family, friends or subscribers to John if they are looking for coaching from someone who will ensure their success.

Best Regards,

Randy Smith
www.RandolfSmith.com

I first came across John Thornhill in 2005 on eBay. I'd been a successful eBay seller and PowerSeller for a few years selling physical items - (actually, whilst writing this I have just checked and I joined eBay on 24.11.01 which is exactly to the day a year earlier than John on 24.11.02 - how bizarre is that?) - anyway, I digress...

I remember that a strange PowerSeller symbol had appeared next to my eBay ID and I wondered what the heck it was and why I had it, so I mistakenly entered `PowerSeller' into the wrong search box (the product one instead of the Help one) and, hey presto, up popped John's 90-Day PowerSeller Challenge eBook (note the significance of a good eBay title for those not necessarily looking in the `Everything Else > Information Products' section). I bought his eBook for 0.99, I think it was, and after reading it in total fascination, I clicked the link to purchase John's `Your Own eBook Business' package.

I was excited to discover not only a great looking eBook website and 100s of eBooks at my disposal, but also an amazing private forum. Looking back now, that forum was only two months old and I was the 162nd person to join and what a total revelation it was. Loads of people offering advice and tips - perfect for someone that felt a total newbie and didn't know what the heck she was doing.

The thing that struck me most, though, was that EVERYONE was learning, even those who joined just two months before on the first day of opening the forum `doors' - including John. Of course, everyone knew that John was the `boss' but he was always there, answering questions, giving tips and even asking questions himself and asking for help. That's one of the many reasons why I had and still have total respect for him - I never got the impression that he was `keeping anything to himself'. Everything was laid bare - he would tell us exactly how he did things, discuss ideas or half ideas he had, ask us questions about our on-line problems, try to solve them - and even told us about any blunders or `cock-ups' he'd made. He was, and still is, totally approachable and always willing to help with anything you may ask him.

When it came to creating my first information product, John was always there with constructive advice and I was delighted that he started to list it on eBay in his own store and still does. In fact every product I have created since has always been sent to John for review and for his opinion, and I've been lucky enough to have him promote them for me, which anyone who has had a product actively promoted by John will know is a terrific boost, both to one's confidence and, of course, financially.

I've always found John a wise, calm, fair and genuine person who has helped me out from such little things as `help, I don't think I've set this $7 script up correctly, what did I do wrong?' To advising me how I could better set up a backend to a particular product. He's even contacted me out of the blue to ask me how I'm getting on with a project and offering to help in any way he can - reminding me that he's there.

Because John is so successful, it's easy to think that he won't have time to answer your questions or to help you, indeed it would be easy to think that small things that you are having a problem with would be too petty to bother him with. However, this is totally not the case.

One of the most admirable things about John is that he hasn't suddenly got `too big for his boots' - he's not turned into some high-fallutin' guru who's too precious to remember that he was once, not so very long ago, dabbling part-time in IM and holding down a mind-numbing factory job. He can actually remember what it was like when he was first trying to get to grips with creating a website from scratch, uploading items to his webspace, installing autodelivery scripts, struggling to create his own product and starting out building his mailing list.

I have to say that anyone considering hiring John as a coach is truly doing themselves an enormous favour. If he can't help you get a successful online business up and running, then no-one can. If I had to do it all over again, I would've bought the 90-day PowerSeller eBook the first day he listed it on eBay - I definitely wasted a few months!

Paula Brett
www.OperationEbook.com