About John Vine
This is to chronicle my progress in developing a sustainable and profitable online business.
At a time of life when many others are contemplating retirement – whatever that means – I am embarking on a new career.
This new career follows on from 17 years in the RAF and 30+ years as a financial services professional. This ‘3rd age’ career is appropriate, as I am probably now in the third third of my life.
The last few years have been spent in research and study, to prepare myself for the time when I could really make a difference.
I am now a Certified Partner at Internet Profits Ltd. This means that I can benefit from the training and mentorship of the amazing Dean Holland.
Dean is a legend in the internet marketing field, having been working online since about 2006 and massively successful for the last 10 years or so.
His latest achievement is the publishing of his wonderful book called:
The Iceberg Effect
Please click the image or the title to order a Free copy of this amazing book – you simply pay for shipping and handling What a Gift!
What Comes next?
This website is the hub of my efforts to create an online business.
The purpose is to work with like-minded individuals, to develop opportunities for anyone with the desire and determination, to work towards creating a home-based business.
Along with the website, there is a Facebook page – facebook.com/johnvineonline
Opportunities will be presented both here and on the page, to allow anyone to follow along and join in with whatever aspects suit them.
Some of my partners and mentors are already world class experts, while others are – like myself – nearer to the beginning of the learning curve.
Learn – Teach – Learn has become a sort of business mantra of mine. I learned a long time ago, that in order to teach something to someone else, you need a level of expertise which is only a little beyond that of your student. While teaching what you know, you yourself cannot help but grow in the process.
Learn-Teach-Learn
Just about the most effective way to learn more about any topic, is to teach what you know about it to others.
My first real experience of how this works, happened towards the end of my service in the Royal Air Force. I was working as an intelligence analyst an was tasked with coaching an American colleague in the use of trigonometrical functions.
Well that aspect of my mathematical knowledge was limited to what I had learned in grammar school; this meant I had mastered quite well the theory, but had little idea of any real practical applications.
Knowledge is like Gold
Some intensive study later, I was amazed by how much of a kick I got out helping the guy to understand and use some basic trigonometry.
What was more, I gained an insight, into how and why mathematics fits into so many aspects of how the world works.
This was a ground-breaking discovery for me; since then, I have come across any number of examples of how a greater understanding of a subject can be gained, by passing on knowledge to others.
This is how I intend to build my digital marketing business, by enabling and encouraging others to join me, in learning to build and develop a profitable home-based business.
There has been no better time in history for the ordinary person to build extraordinary business success, with information marketing.
My Facebook page – John Vine OnLine – is growing in parallel to this website, and will help get the message out to the thousands of people desperate to prove that they have what it takes.
It is now time to put into practice some of the theory I have learned, about guiding and encouraging people to be wealthier and healthier.
My overall purpose is to contribute to an increasing amount of individual and collective happiness in this world of ours.
My thoughts and philosophy on health and happiness can be found at Healthy Happy Ideas.Com.
This enterprise, (johnvine.com) along with my parallel Facebook page – John Vine OnLine – is to concentrate an creating material wealth. This will be achieved through a home-based digital marketing business.
To this end, I have recently joined forces with a group of partners and mentors.
Many of this group (iPro Partners) are already world class experts in the field. Some others are relative novices, like myself. One thing we have discovered, is that we all profit by helping others along this path to success.
The most valuable thing I have learned so far, is how to plan and put together a fool-proof strategy. Now it is time to build a sustainable and profitable digital marketing business.
I would love to know what you think, so please leave any questions, comments, suggestions or ideas in the box below.
Hi, John!
It’s great that you spent a number of years in the RAF. You should be proud of yourself for serving your country for such a long time. 🙂
And what’s even more impressive is that you decided to start an online business because folks like you deserve to have more than “just a pension”. Life is for living, as they say, so you’re certainly making the most of the rest of your life with no regrets looking back.
I would also love to start my own business on the web, and Wealthy Affiliate looks like the place to be.
Thanks
Neil 🙂
Thank you for your kind remarks. You are right, for getting your online business started, it would be difficult to beat WA. Once you are up and running, you might want to take your business to the next level by checking out some of the coaching opportunities offered here.
Hi John, I totally agree with you. Knowledge is gold, the only way to be successful in anything you want is to be motivated enough to keep learning.
I really like your website! Wish you all the best!
Thanks for visiting – I know it is not original, but the man who is tired of learning is tired of life.
Hey John,
Sounds like you’re doing some really big stuff. Keep spreading the good word. I look forward to learning more about your trials and successes.
Mike
Thanks – not so big yet, but slowly getting bigger and better. More than that, I am really enjoying it as well.
Hi John, it is Dee from Wealthy Affiliate. I love your site and wish you the best with your profitable online business.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my site and comment.
It is good to rub, and polish our brain against that of others.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
I love famous quotes. This one came to mind while reading your page titled Learn/Teach/Learn.
Great example of how sharing knowledge can enhance our own understanding. I had a similar experience when I was suddenly asked to teach a class because the instructor had been involved in a life-threatening accident. Even tho I had aced the class i found out quickly how ill-prepared i was to actually teach it.
Anyway, I found your site to be engaging and beneficial.
The only constructive thought I might make is to activate the comments on each page instead of just the “About John Vine” page. I had the same problem and found it was a simple setting change.
I too love famous quotes and was delighted to learn that my words brought that one to mind. Thank you very much for the suggestion; I will certainly follow it up.
Best of luck with your online ventures!
Judging by what your site looks like so far, you will do well! 🙂
Thank you for the compliment.
Good luck with your venture, I wish you every success.
Thank you for the good wishes
Well, first off, I think your name is very memorable… How catchy? John Vine Online! Next, and in agreement with you, this work at home opportunity fits in with people of all ages, and it fits in especially well with those of us who are older but not ready to “retire” …whatever that means. I am a firm believer in the old adage “If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it!” And, seeing that you have experience in Financial Services, I trust you’ll have a lot to say and a lot to write about for your reader’s benefit.
I look forward to visiting every so often!
Thank you for your positive comments. I shall certainly be trying my best to provide content which readers will find interesting and useful. Whether it will be much influenced by my financial services background is questionable (I am no longer so fascinated with the mechanics of money and the markets), but I trust I will be able to put my ability to communicate to good use.
Hi John,
I am attempting the very same thing and wish you a ton of success! Maybe we’ll end up working together one day!
Good Luck,
Steve
All success to you too – who knows what the future will bring!