Before I started EPM I had been trying to work for myself, which I knew was what I really wanted to do. However, I wasn’t sure how to do this exactly. I had run workshops for a range of people, and really loved this experience, but it always seemed hard to get people to come, and organisations were constantly cutting back, so I was not sure what to do or how to do it.
I had tried several courses hoping that this would help me to work out what I wanted to do, but after an initial spurt of enthusiasm it all just felt like more of the same and I was left wondering why I could not do what others seemed to find so easy. I really could not put my finger on what it was, it just felt like something was missing from everything I started and I never really got far before self-doubt overwhelmed me. I was constantly stuck in the “research” phase, building information products that just looked like a million other things and I would feel dispirited.
I tried to talk to friends and family but although they tried to be understanding, I could tell they did not get it. I felt like I was speaking a foreign language. Then I saw Marisa talking about EPM and discussing why information products no longer worked. She spoke from the heart and sharing her experience of working so hard only to realise she had overdone it really gelled with me.
I enrolled in EPM and have loved pretty much everything about the course, except that I could not do it all in the time I had – there is so much offered. There have been many times when I have felt overwhelmed but there have been so many messages from Marisa and the team, and the Facebook community that have kept me hanging in there. So much fabulous content was provided which really helped keep me on track, built clarity and answered many of my questions, and we were always reminded to give it a go.
The bits that I have loved the most though have definitely been the experience itself. Hearing about other people’s challenges and successes has been great. Marisa is amazing and I have treasured seeing her answering so many of our questions with dexterity, kindness and eloquence. She is a smart lady and gives everyone a chance, and offers so much – it has truly been a blessing to watch her in action.
I have also gained so much from the coaching experience generally as it really has provided an opportunity to work through the course, ask questions and get feedback – so thanks to Devin. I did get lost a bit along the way but he graciously hung in there with me till the 11th hour which was so helpful and got me to this point of graduating, even if I did not hit Mission Accomplished. I am left feeling positive and empowered and that is a success in itself. Looking at the next step has also allowed me to connect with Christine, who has helped me to further clarify where I am and to feel excited about the next step, rather than ashamed about not being as good as others – my usual position.
This course has really showed me that there are so many ways to make this journey and finding your own path is crucial. Whether you hit Mission Accomplished or not, it feels like everyone has accomplished so much that is worthwhile. I know I have. Congratulations to all who have tried, and thank you to all who have helped me progress on my journey.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to recognize the subtle negative thoughts that are plaguing you at every step you take, and learn what to do to quench them, You will practice the hidden secrets on how to get through the cravings that make you crazy, experience and contribute to the support from this group, learn and practice new coping skills and come out on the other side a confident, grateful non-smoker.
You will also discover: what it feels like to be a non-smoker again how to utilize positive actions that will allow you to postpone lighting up for just an hour (maybe even a minute) at a time. how life feels when a cigarette is not in charge how to stop smoke-related illnesses the true wonderful taste of food again how to let go of the guilt of poisoning others with second-hand smoke how it feels to have fresh breath and enjoy the fragrance of your cologne how to replace the feeling of a cigarette without your mind even realizing it how to stop burning up your hard earned money how to stop feeling like a 2nd class citizen with people giving you dirty looks and ostracizing you outside to smoke and much, much more!
For a very long time I knew I wanted to help others become changemakers, and I wanted an online business. The challenge was how to do that. Other online courses seemed like a lonely, boring experience and I knew few finished them (myself included). Then I joined Marisa's webinar and was intrigued and excited about the prospect of creating a product that people would enjoy and finish. With such a clear end goal, and guarantee, I jumped in with both feet and could not wait to reach Mission Accomplished. I was determined but unfortunately, despite putting in a crazy amount of time, I only made a couple of sales to friends.
However, I am now clear on how to create a mission statement and future self with explicit outcomes. That clarity has been incredibly helpful in creating a bird's eye view, as well as being able to speak about my product. Through the trainings, my coach, and the support of other EPMers in the Facebook group, I have also gained confidence in my offering and look forward to being able to pursue this niche in various ways to create a business.
I really enjoyed Marisa's teaching style and learned much from her on how to deliver a product, and to keep iterating and pivoting as necessary!
How did EPM help you become successful?
EPM helped me focus on what my program is about, with a clear statement of pain point and benefit. It also helped me learn how to create a survey to find out the viability of my idea, engage people, and find out what their challenges are. I also learned how to deliver a program - create a bird's eye view and iterate as the program unfolds. I was also pushed to chatterbox and although terribly uncomfortable for me, I made myself do it.
How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
Although I did not hit mission accomplished, I now know the process of creating an online product. Since my program did not sell as I hoped, I am left wondering what to do next but if I choose another program to create, I will know the steps. It has opened up possibilities for me in the online sphere.
What has been the biggest change in your business?
Before I had no online product so now I've created my first one, and started an email list, so I have hope that someday I will be able to have an online business. The EPM product is the beginning so now will try to design a business with this as the starting point.
What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?
I'm most excited about creating future online programs, and especially engaging and growing my community so eventually will create an entire online business.
At the beginning of the year I decided I want to work from home. I purchased a $2,000 course about digital marketing. It was like the freaking library of congress hit my inbox. I didn't make it past the first module. I thought maybe I'm just not good at online learning. Out of desperation I purchased another $2,000 course that included live coaching. Like a good student, I attended all the sessions but didn't implement. It was like there were holes in the training we received, and we were left hanging at the end of the 6 weeks. My classmates and I haven't heard from that "business expert" since.
Enter EPM... I thought, OK, I'll try this one more time. I had never heard of Marisa, or an experience product, or Live your Message, but more than anything in the whole world wanted to make this thing work. I mean what I’m about to say with all my heart. What I received as an EPM student is easily worth 10x the price. But so much more important than money is that I received legitimate, practical, actionable steps, and tons of support from real people who care. I now have a plan, no longer feel stuck, and no longer feel alone as a result of joining the program.
How did EPM help you become successful?
EPM helped me become successful because the training was easy to digest and implement and broken down into mini missions within the bigger mission so that I could experience the joy of completing a course!
How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
I now know that it doesn't have to be complicated and I don't have to be 'perfect' in order to be successful in business. I feel relieved knowing that I don't need a whole huge system in order to reach people and change lives.
What has been the biggest change in your business?
I purchased two courses before EPM. I thought there must be something wrong with me because I didn't implement. Thanks to EPM, I've now made a get started choice and am going to iterate my way to awesome!
What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?
What I'm most excited about as I move forward is delivering a fun, life changing experience for my tribe, because that's what it's all about
When I published my book, 21st Century Relationship Guide, two years ago, I knew I had to educate myself as to the most effective ways to market it online... So over the course of a year I spent close to $15,000 on three different educational products from various sources which I thought would bring me up to speed in honing my ability to get my product out into the world… It didn’t happen as I planned. Initially I was pumped up about the possibilities however it wasn’t long before my initial enthusiasm cooled off… You see I was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of systems and information that was available to me since I purchased the products... I consider myself a disciplined person when it comes to working alone however I didn’t have any interaction with the creators of the product as I was on my own and I found it hard for me to keep myself interested and motivated… So after one year of dabbling with the products, I just put them aside and abandoned the marketing of my book until I discovered a better way… I am a businessman, so I’m not in the habit of throwing away $15,000… It’s not that the information wasn’t valuable or helpful, it’s just that it was so boring for me to plow through and implement the tons of knowledge I would have to learn…
In the course of the next eight months there were many offerings of marketing courses that crossed my path however I did not purchase any… My intuition was looking for something different and I knew I would find it so I waited… And then one day I opened an email to a video presentation from an intelligent, vibrant woman named, Marisa, who was talking about how we are in information overload and that she had developed a method in how to create experiences throughout an information course which would engage the student with constant wins, multimedia, peak experiences and much, much more… I immediately saw the truth of what she was saying and the incredible value that was before me… I could also see that she was coming totally from her heart and really cared about supporting individuals in getting their message out into the world… From that moment I was totally hooked on the concept of an experience product and reached in my pocket and purchased the course… Additionally, I invested in a two day participation event called the Lab at Marisa’s home where 20 of us were to immerse ourselves in fine-tuning the product that we had already developed within the masterclass… She totally had my attention in the first email...
We have just completed the eight week Experience Product Masterclass and the process for me has been the single most engaging educational event I have ever experienced in my life… Marisa over delivered on the knowledge and information she so generously shared with us but more importantly I was able to assimilate and engage my mind on a daily basis for eight weeks because of the way she structured her information into an actual engaging experience product… The support was outstanding from Coach Mike and everyone on her staff and at no time did I feel left alone to weave my way through the course… The way she structured it did not at all seem like work as I never had so much fun studying… One of the greatest satisfactions for me during the course was to begin to get clarity about my product and watch it form as we went along and to experience exciting step-by-step wins all along the path… What a great modeling for us to see what an experience product would actually look like as we were totally engaged in it and I thought to myself that if I could do this with my product then everything was going to be just fine…
The results for me has been nothing short of amazing as I have created an online coaching program for couples that I am about to launch in the coming weeks and I could not be more excited about finally creating an experience product which I trust will make a real difference in people’s lives… The thing I’m most excited about is that even though I’d love to generate ever- increasing income through sales of the course over time, the most important thing for me is for couples to actually participate, do the work and implement the techniques and concepts that I will share with them… Now I am confident that I have an experience product, The Intimacy Solution, which will keep couples engaged in the process and ultimately make a positive impact on their relationship…
During the course, one of our exercises was to create a feedback loop by sending out a questionnaire related to our product, and I had an outstanding result of over 200 questionnaires completed and returned… Even though I haven’t started my marketing yet, five couples who participated in the questionnaire have committed to my upcoming offering... I reached my minimum goal and surpassed it with $2485! Yea! I am so excited to see how just one marketing campaign generated my five couples without even trying so what will happen when I implement in the coming weeks two other marketing campaigns which Marisa has taught us…
Bottom line...I am absolutely thrilled that I participated in the Experience Product Masterclass… Most definitely, this has been one of those life altering experiences which bless our path from time to time…Yes, I will be able to assist others who are attracted to my work and yes, I will generate substantial prosperity because of what I’ve learned from Marisa however there is another level of her work which has to do with something you cannot put a price on… The level of Truth, Sincerity and Service that is transmitted through Marisa, Murray and the team is outstanding and it touched us all in ways we are not even conscious of…
However, the most important gift that was shared with us and was totally suffused throughout the course, was Love…Thank you, Marisa )
The biggest success from taking EPM is the clarity I gained throughout the process. The 10 weeks were too short to use the program to build up a new part of my business as I originally intended. However, I now have all I need to go ahead and do it all over again in my own pace. And I truly love to make my courses an even greater experience for my participants.
What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
I got a really broad understanding of clarifying my message and the benefits, a lot of tips regarding design, what is really needed for a great experience... I will definitely go through the program again in the future. There is a lot in it. Thank you.
How did EPM help you become successful?
Unfortunately it didn't work out as expected and I cannot view it as a success. It was nothing wrong with your program or my program offer... just the timing didn't fit, as there has been a free 14 day coaching program offered in that niche from mid January - end of January and the people were still busy with it when I promoted my offer. The market in Germany is much smaller and only in the past few months free oline conferences/telesummits have become popular. So many people are busy with these and overwhelmed by the flood of free information available. My feeling was that a low price point offer and a short term program could have a better chance... Coaching feedback led to a higher price point. It was my decision to take this path and I still learned a lot, which will help me to become more successful in the future.
How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
I am clearer with regards to the various options and strategies. I also saw how much I have been doing "right" with regards to experience products already, without defining it as such. So with this understanding I will start a new branch of my business. Upon purchasing EPM my intent was, to start it already but with the kind of pressure to get to "mission accomplished" or "play along" according to the terms for the refund, I understood that time is too short for this.
What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?
Since only 3 people signed up, I will not do this program. However, I am excited to build a whole new line of experience products at various price points that will allow people to move forward and experience their transformation.
I was struggling with a membership business that just wasn't taking off. I did a beta launch with 25 paid members. My members enjoyed the content of my monthly guest experts -- the experts were ah-mazing! I didn't know what was missing until Marisa's launch videos for EPM came across my inbox. I watched all 3 plus the live event and couldn't wait to jump on the phone with the EPM customer support. I loved what I saw but there was still something I didn't understand about my struggling membership business...until I spoke with Sophia about EPM.
My membership business is a "continuity" program with no beginning -- middle -- end for participants, no mission accomplished, no end result. That realization hit me like a ton of bricks. Yes, that was the problem exactly. I signed up for EPM right then and there.
I eagerly jumped into the course to learn how to create something valuable for my audience -- and how to make it compelling with a powerful mission accomplished. As goes the William Faulkner quote (I learned in EPM), "You have to kill your darlings," I am closing my current membership business, the continuity program and launching a powerful course that I learcreate through EPM. This year will be a great yened to ar for me, thanks to EPM!
I enrolled in several online business trainings in the last 2 years. I learned a lot but there were no fun in those trainings. Most importantly, I made $0 and served no one with all those trainings. In April 2016, I paid $6000 for a course by a famous guru. Hoping I could fine tune my business idea so I could serve more people and make some money. It was the most time consuming online class I had ever taken. The instructor is extremely knowledgable and helpful. However, the structure and delivery of the course by the owner did not justify $6000 and our time investment. 100% of students agree that the course was over-priced. Result: I’m not the only one in that class who made $0 and served no one! Discouraged, disappointed, dissatisfied… I felt like a failure! When I chatted with one of my best friends in Hong Kong, she suggested me to get a stable job.
I forgot how did I find out about Marisa. No way I would buy another course!! I went to her webinar anyway. Marisa presented it perfectly! I like the live Q & A afterward. She was the business ninja that answered all questions professionally (including mine.) I honestly did not get the essence of what she described as “experience product.” I had a gut feeling that this course is different from all my previous courses because of Marisa. Her approach sounds more fun. Wish I had found this 4 weeks ago! I bought 2 other online courses within the last 4 weeks.
I knew that I could not benefit from these 3 online courses if I tried to attend all classes and finish all homework. After a few days of struggle; I bought this EPM at the last day before the cart closed.
I made $2663 before the deadline.
For the first few weeks, I was behind on the homework. When Marisa offered the “Jump Contest”, I determined that I better catch up. I invested all my time to this course, attended all trainings live and finished all assignments. I would like to apologise that I did not engage in the FB group as much as I would like to since I needed to watch the classes & do homework for the other 2 courses.
These 2 phrases helped me to breakthrough:
“Done is better than perfect”
“Iterate your way to awesome”
I went out to get clients despite the fact that I had not created all the details of my course. I had a framework only.
My biggest challenge were the lack of title and a compelling origin story. Who would want to join my weight loss program since I’m not a doctor nor nutritionist. To make it worse; I was never obese.
One of the biggest takeaway for Marisa’s EPM is mindset shift. Instead of focusing on what am I lacking; I focus on my strength.
I genuinely care about the well being of my friends. I want them to be happy, healthy, productive and enjoying lives.
EPM has not only moved me from wanting to actualize my vision but making it a reality in now having a clear conviction and steps to carry it through.
When I started out, it was a distant, some day idea. Now, having done surveys and chatterboxes, I have live artists who are waiting to get started to whom I can bring value and change their lives. In the process, I also found that, in the Netherlands, artists are the lowest paid population in the country. That shows me a real need and now, I am excited and delighted that I know the way to reaching them, one person at a time, one chatterbox at a time, to make a difference in their lives!
I'm glad to set the launch date later. The added time will give me greater clarity in my offer which for me, means better understanding of the process I am offering and therefore better engagement and confidence. What I am learning is that I am modelling what I am teaching i.e. the more willing I am to be uncomfortable, the faster I grow, the more alive I become and more of me shows up to create more value for not only my tribe but to all my relationships. I am amazed by the distance I and my EMP members have traveled and a the miracles of transformation I have witnessed in myself and in many of my EPMers in the past 10 weeks. In our struggles, we bonded as a family. THANK YOU, MARISA, THANK YOU, MATTHEW and THANK YOU, EPM FAMILY. WITH MUCH LOVE AND GRATITUDE. Lets continue to grow together.
BeFab Revolution What is your biggest takeaway from EPM? How to experiencify an educational product. PRICELESS!
How did EPM help you become successful? It took me step by step through all of the pieces to be successful. In addition, I received HOURS of coaching from my group coach, Marisa and Don which was invaluable.
How has EPM and your success impacted your life? It has put me on the path to creating something that is needed for my audience and made me become laser focused.
What has been the biggest change in your business? Through EPM, I got clarity on a "darling that I must kill." I learned the William Faulkner quote of "You must kill your darlings." Sad, but true in my case. I am letting go of those things that don't (1) provide the most value to my audience and (2) that don't provide reliable income for me.
What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product? I'm excited about serving my demographic with a program that empowers them and clearly gets them across the finish line.