Maturepreneurial Podcast: Interviews with Older Entrepreneurs | Online Business Tips | Learn From Those Who Have Succeeded

Not-your-average-wellness-guru, Allan Misner’s journey to health and fitness has been more like the journey the rest of us have taken; an everyman journey. Athletic in his 20s and fit through his early 30s, by 37 Alan was obese, with over 40% body fat. That sparked his desire to regain the fitness of his youth.

But it was a rocky road of fluctuating weight and unsustainable results that left him dissatisfied. The tide turned when Alan decided to invest in his health the way he invested in his retirement. He became an NASM-certified personal trainer, eventually adding the fitness nutrition specialty and the corrective exercise specialty to his credentials.

His education is an ongoing adventure, comprised of reading, listening, and learning. Alan also invests in multiple gym memberships and buys high quality food because, he says, “Your body is constantly working to rebuild itself and make it ready for the next challenge. I believe if you workout and provide good food to your body, it will get better. So far, my investment is showing a great return. Considering the cost of being ill in old age, the biggest payoff is yet to come.”

Alan founded the 40+ Fitness podcast to educate, encourage and entertain his clients and followers. By talking to experts and sorting through the science of fitness, Alan provides the knowledge to be successful in your health and fitness journey and the encouragement to stay your course, as he continues to do himself!

Jon Butt is not an easy business person to categorize! Without question, he’s a successful serial entrepreneur, first and foremost. But he’s also a marketing guru, an educator, and a podcaster.

Jon started his first business from scratch the old-fashioned way: by cold-calling door-to-door selling fire extinguishers. Ultimately, he sold that business to global fire protection giant, Kidde plc, for seven figures! Numerous other businesses followed, when Jon moved into internet marketing and cut his teeth selling products as diverse as treadmills, colored contact lenses and PDAs. (Remember those?)

Jon’s next move was to build another fire safety company from scratch using ecommerce but, this time, with no sales staff. Using his simple, proprietary online marketing system Jon has managed to generate around $20 million in sales so far and his company is the UK's largest online fire safety provider. To further prove the system can work for any business, Jon began a nationwide fire extinguisher maintenance division that generated over $100,000 in its first year; all while he spent every other month in Vancouver, Canada, and no longer had a desk or office in his own company.

Jon's aim is to remove the stress of increasing sales income from the daily grind of business. To this end, he teaches everything an owner needs to know to generate sales and leads on autopilot at MarketingForOwners.com and on his daily Marketing For Owners Podcast.

Nicky Roche has a mind-bogglingly diverse background!

• She holds degrees in chemistry, genetics and microbiology with an honours in industrial micro-biology and immunology.
• She has held senior management positions in three multinational companies.
• She has consulted to Coca Cola, Honda and numerous other fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) or consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies in South Africa.
• She has started and run businesses from a marketing consulting company in South Africa to a charter travel business in the Caribbean to a property management business in Australia.

Are you exhausted yet?

Nicky's latest venture is built upon a personal passion to "make a difference" on a global scale.  Through her Small Business Drivers website and podcast program, Nicky is supporting owner operators and entrepreneurs all over the world with specialized knowledge usually reserved for a few in big business.  Her aim is to develop a global community of like minded individuals who can grow not only their own businesses and lives, but have a positive impact on the businesses and lives of the people around them.

Confetti Design is Johannah’s digital agency based in Bayside Melbourne, Australia. Confetti specialises in designing affordable and beautiful brands and websites that increase sales within the female target market. Many businesses don't realise that their marketing is not attracting the female decision makers! Confetti Design’s unique process highlights the gaps online communications and offers practical recommendations that deliver greater sales success.

This episode an introduction to the MaturePreneurial podcast host, Elaine Benoit.  In it she discusses what the podcast is about, what to expect when you listen to the MaturePreneurial podcast and reveals a little of her background.