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John Lamerton

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Born

in Plymouth, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.bigidea.co.uk

Genre

Business, Nonfiction, Self Help

Influences

Tim Ferriss, Tony Robbins, Warren Buffett, Derek Sivers, Jay Abraham, ...more

Member Since

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John Lamerton has been described as both a "normal bloke from Plymouth", and a "Routine Freak".

He launched his first business - an Internet Marketing Company, despite:

1. Not knowing ANYTHING about running a company.
2. Not knowing ANYTHING about marketing.
3. Not even owning a computer, let alone knowing ANYTHING about the internet.

Armed with a copy of "Internet Marketing for Dummies" and his girlfriend's parent's computer, John worked hard, made a lot of mistakes, and a little money (he earned £13.51 in his first NINE MONTHS!).

He kept learning, and kept working harder and harder for years, and made more money.

And then he read ONE line, in ONE book that changed EVERYTHING.

John's "lightbulb 💡 moment", when he discovered the ambitious, lifestyl ...more

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Average rating: 4.17 · 447 ratings · 51 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Routine Machine: How successful people improve their morning routine, daily habits and guarantee themselves results 4.12 avg rating — 198 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Ideas... For Small Businesses: Simple, Practical Tools and Tactics to Help Your Small Business Grow (Small Business Books from John Lamerton) 4.15 avg rating — 191 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evergreen Assets: The "Do The Work Once, Reap the Rewards Again and Again (and Again!)" Content Marketing Ecosystem (Small Business Books from John Lamerton) 4.31 avg rating — 49 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The False EXIT: How to Exit Your Business (and Still Own It!) (Small Business Books from John Lamerton) 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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📗📗 TODAY'S THE DAY!! 📗📗

After 12 months of hard work, blood, sweat and tears, "Evergreen Assets" finally hits bookshelves!

As a special launch offer, the Kindle version is just 99p for the next 48 hours (usually £5.95).

Get the Kindle version HERE

Get the Paperback version HERE

Evergreen Assets is my most tactical book yet, and will show you how to get your marketing working hard for you, rather than the other way around, en Read more of this blog post »

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Hidden in Plain Sight (William Warwick #2)

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