Having written the book and created the program in 2011, I was excited to finally find a way of getting it out of my computer and into the world to serve. It is based on my own transformation from near death to healing myself from a severe autoimune disease and although I have been teaching and coaching in person, I never thought of putting it out there as an online program until I was inspired by Marisa and her promise to make just about anything that offered an expeirence, a product that works!
I dived into the course whole heartedly and sadly half way through, injured myself badly enough to not be able to produce the 20 videos I need for the 20 days as there is a physical instruction part to the course. However, this was yet another sign from the universe to say - SLOW down and SIMPLIFY!
I learned that I was trying to give people 22 years of transformational tools in 20 days - too much too soon! I realised that I was in fact designing version 3. So no I did not reach mission accomplished but will as soon as I have simplified!
Another BIG learning is that I have not told MY story and I think that I will have to re address my marketing approach to some extent by telling my story which is quite unique. I have been too busy trying to give them the answers but was not letting them into me - online is a new medium for me and I have a way to go to become familiar enough with it so I can be as authentic online as I am in person!
SOO much learning, so much content and soo much value through Marisa's course! I can not recommend her and her team and work highly enough - SUCH VALUE
I have huge gratitude for all , so thank you!
What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
Just keep going. Don't give up and stop doubting yourself. HOWEVER - LISTEN to those you trust and listen to your intuition that never lies. If you are doing it for the wrong reasons, you will consistently come up with blocks. Walk your talk.
How did EPM help you become successful?
It helped me drop the I need to be PERFECT before I can share what I am offering to the world.
How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
It has given me more clarity on my weaknesses and urged me to let go of self doubt .
What has been the biggest change in your business?
I have realised that I need to simplify and I realise I need others to support me. Before I was doing it all alone and online is a new platform for me to reach my audience so I need help
What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?
Getting it out there and creating the value I know I am here to serve many with
Months ago I was working with my wife. We were traveling a hundred miles a day to deliver services to two clients. I loved that we were making a positive, permanent difference for people. I hated that we spent more time on reports and travel than teaching. It dawned on me that if we packaged the methods so they could be made available on the Internet, we could reach an unlimited audience. I did not want to produce a program to transfer from my shelf to the customer's shelf. I believed I could create something people would actually USE! I worked on writing and recording the material, without a clue about how to market it on the Web.
One day I received Marisa's video in my inbox and was hooked. I realized that an EXPERIENCE PRODUCT was what I REALLY wanted to create. The price was high and I thought this was not the time to get involved. The deadline passed. I was surprised my wife was actually upset. She WANTED me to do this thing! BIGGER SURPRISE. We got a phone call letting us know we could still get on board. EPM has been a part of our lives ever since. I learned to listen while driving to capture as much of the program as I could. Life happened. My computer locked up. The car transmission went out. I got a pinched nerve in my neck, which cost me use of my right hand. Meanwhile...with the help of coaching and group input, I realized our branding needed to change. I had several components in place, so this was not fast or easy. I became painfully aware of my lack of self discipline in doing what I should, when I should. I found it SO easy to drown in the complexity of all the "shoulds" when trying to start something new and put it out for the market to evaluate.
Although reaching Mission Accomplished is still a dream, the rungs on the ladder are now much clearer. Unlike many courses I have taken that had no continuing benefit, EPM has given me ongoing access to a genuine roadmap for product creation and delivery. I was blown away by the quality and quantity of the course material. I am very much looking forward to attending M2M for an "in person" boost to the work which has begun. I am also continuing to focus on getting something basic DONE, then working on perfecting it as I can. I am hopeful that in the months to come, I just might FINALLY help Caregivers like myself facilitate a better life for the people they love. If I do THAT well, my wife and I will earn the time and money freedom to give MORE, BIGGER and BETTER.
What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
Iterate to Awesome - changes are a part of the process, rather than an indication of failure
How did EPM help you become successful?
Provided a steady stream of knowledge, structure and encouragement to keep moving toward "getting it done not perfect" (yet!)
How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
My wife's support for my participation has shown me that she believes in me.
What has been the biggest change in your business?
Branding - I showed up with "Low Vision Tips 'N' Tricks" and leave with "Senior Vision Secrets."
What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?
With access to Heroic and coaching with Murray, I now know how to set up the "Website ATM.
I created my website, www.viesurmesure.com, about 10 years ago. I had started to become successful (but never sold a product) but I got scared and backed away.
Deep inside, I felt like Houdini : bound in chains, locked in a trunk and submerged in a water tank, trying desperately to get out! I knew I still had something to create and I wanted to get back out there, but I would overthink and change my mind, over and over again. And do... nothing.
Back in May, I decided to take another info course, and immediately started falling into the 'Deadly Death Spiral'. By the second week, I wasn't even attending the coaching calls, because, even though the information was pertinent, it was lackluster and hard to digest, and I felt disgusted with myself for having once again spent money on a course that I knew I wouldn't even finish.
Several months later, I received an email in my inbox and opened it (miracle in itself!) and was intrigued by what I read. I had never heard of Marisa Murgatroyd, but what she said, struck a cord in me. Somehow I knew that what she was saying was true, and although I kept trying to talk myself out of it (what? buy ANOTHER product??), I ended up clicking the button and signing up for EPM. I was excited and scared... but I was reassured immediately.
First off, EPM was FUN! The videos are great, not too long, and really hit home! I loved coming home from my day job and watching my assignments, and attending the live calls and being able to participate with the others in the group.
The support is great... where else do you get all of this information, as well as your own personal coach??? There was technical support, moral support, and new-found friend support from the other EPMers on our FB group. What a great group! We helped each other through thick and thin, creating our product, asking questions... it really made me understand how to present MY course and the importance of group support.
My greatest takeaway has been that I don't have to be perfect to get out there and do it! In the past, I would have weighed the pros and cons, overthinkoing everything, and finally ending up saying to myself, 'oh well, I'll do this next year!' I had never heard that I could just go out there and sell, find new customers, and THEN create my product. But it is really the best way to go! I have 10 new customers (and I haven't even started my internet campaign) and they have all inspired me to create a great experience product! I can't let them down, and that is great motivation, believe me! Can't wait to let you all know how it goes, but I feel confident that I've got this, and that this is just the beginning of my new career.
My goal was to be able to quit my day job by the end of 2018... we shall see. But no matter : what I have learned in EPM has been priceless, and I know I will be coming back again and again to all the points that I have learned.
Thanks y'all : you've given me a whole new start. I can't wait to see what the future brings!
What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
My biggest takeaway from EPM? Stop overthinking and wanting to be the perfect (presenter, coach, course designer... you name it!) before getting paying clients.
How did EPM help you become successful?
The fact that the videos were short, the support incredible, and the fact that I really had to do it!
How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
I'm excited about creating my EPM product! And have more money in the bank ;-)
What has been the biggest change in your business?
Just getting out there and DOING IT after years of thinking about it.
What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?
I am excited to help the people who have signed up... they have inspired me to make the BEST COURSE EVER! They are depending on me, and I will come through!
When my friend first introduced me to Marisa's work I was really interested but was so busy I didn't have time to look her up. Then a few days later I received an email mentioning the new idea of the Experience Product, it caught my eye and as I read more I realized it was the same person my friend told me about. As soon as I signed up to the videos leading up to the webinar I was hooked. I had been out of work for 10 years with chronic ill health and now I was ready to step out there again. The main reason I was hooked was because I knew I needed to get super clear on my message as I had a great product idea but no business and I didn't know how to bring the three areas of my product idea together to make it compelling and profitable. As soon as the program started I was blown away by the Superpower training, in fact it was probably my biggest takeaway as it literally made me cry because I realized how much I had supressed the real me for so long. I have absolutely loved the entire course, I unfortunately couldn't get clear on my mega/micro niche around my original idea because I wanted to position myself in Business and as it was a different approach, so needed deeper support. So I went with a great get started choice which will definitely be part of my future business and products in some way. Once I had made the simple choice, the clarity and mission statement became very clear and the rest just flowed. So from this process I know that as soon as I can get super clear on where I really want to position myself I will definitely fly. I didn't make any sales in the time available but I am not giving up. I would love to join the mentorship program and if I don't manage it financially this year then I will be back next year!
What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
The Superpower training - it gave me a huge wake up call as to why I hadn't achieved my full potential in my career before as I had repressed my superpower.
How did EPM help you become successful?
It helped me realize that I am not alone in the world with what I have struggled with in business. That I have had some great ideas over the years I just needed the right direction and a laid out plan to make it happen.
How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
It has made me realize that I can be really successful I just need to position myself in the best way and then I will fly.
What has been the biggest change in your business?
I don't have a business yet, this was one of the reasons I joined EPM to get clear on what I want to do and Marisa's messaging was expressing the importance of this. I was bed ridden for 7 years and out of work for 10 years, previously having worked as a Clinical Psychologist/hypnotherapist. So it was quite a big step for me. I am still not clear on what I will be doing, not because the course wasn't great or that I have too many ideas. I only have one idea but I knew from the start I needed to talk 1:1 with a mentor for maybe just 30 mins, to help me get clear on how to best position myself in the right mega/micro niche. The email coaching was great but I knew I needed a mentor. Then I know EPM would have been a life changing step for me as it was awesome. As I mentioned to two of your team, I had previously been through another course that said I didn't need a business for the course to work and whilst the course was brilliant and I learnt loads, I came out the other side still lost and without direction. I had made a get started choice for the sake of the course but didn't know where to go next. Unfortunately, I feel the same again now, but that is not being said in anyway against EPM I loved it, I just feel lost again. It was a huge decision for me to join EPM, I have no income and the only $2000 in savings which were for my heart operation. I also chose to spend them on EPM, over a house that became available, which I had been desperately trying to find to rent, for two years; so I could bring my animals back home (I lost them, when I lost my home due to my health). I am not telling you this as a sob story, but to show you how much faith I have in your company. I have had a great learning experience and I am actually really sad I can't continue my journey with you. I was relying on making enough money to at least pay for the first few months of mentoring. Never mind onwards and upwards and I hope that one day I will be able to come back to you, I am not giving up :-)
What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?
I am looking forward to getting even clearer on the delivery and positioning of the course.
DID NOT REACH MISSION ACCOMPLISHED but Even though I had a massibe brain hemorrhage which caused lots of mental and physical dysibilities I wanted to prove to myself I could return to the GENUIS I WAS BEFORE THE STROKE which completely distroyed my right temporal lobe, IT HAD TO BE REMOVED, SO i do not have a temporal lobe NO BRAIN MATTER THERE MRI SHOW ITS JUST SPACE, A HOLE, which by the way is the CREATIVE SIDE OF THE BRAIN I wanted to prove to myself I can create and succeed at developing and designing a product of product that clients would say WOW To!!! I want to join YOU MEAN THIS GIRL WHO HAD A MASSIBE BRAIN HEMORRHAGE created and successfullylaunched A PRODUCT if SHE CAN DO IT I CAN , So I will take the classes slower create a KICK BEHIND WEBSITE AND EENTUALLY REACH MISSION ACCOMPLISHED ON MY OWN WITH THE LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP THANKD MARRISA SOMER SKYS:-))))
I just want to thank Marisa and the coaches for an amazing EPM experience. Even though I did not hit "Mission Accomplished", I feel super confident that it's just a matter of time before that happens. EPM is no doubt one of the best investments I've made in my life!
What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
Buidling a business and an EPM product is a step-by-step process, and to be successful one needs to follow a proven blueprint like the one provided by EPM.
How did EPM help you become successful?
I feel much more confident about my business and have much more clarity about what I need to do to be successful.
How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
It has definitely made me more excited about my future as an entrepreneur.
What has been the biggest change in your business?
It has completely changed my mindset about building a business and made me so much more confident than when I started out. I've also learned a lot of the nuances which I did not know are so important to building a EP-based business.
What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?
I'm super excited to finish the rest of my EPM training and bonuses which I have no doubt will help me become super successful and hit "Mission Accomplished" and much much more.
I'd been stuck at a plateau in my healing business for some years, wanting to move
away from one-to-one sessions and reach more people. Although successful, I was maxed out, exhausted and frustrated. What I lacked was a 'front door' that could bring people in. I knew I needed this, but didn't know how to shift the way I presented my work to achieve it. I wanted to launch a group programme using my years of experience in helping women overcome their traumas and negative conditioning, but didn't know how to produce something people would want to invest in - I knew I was focusing on the very deep stuff, and that most people don't realise my work even exists, let alone that they need it!
EPM looked to be exactly what I was looking for to translate my expertise into something which people could understand and want to buy!
Coming from an academic scientist background, I was well aware that I spoke too much through the 'how' and always explained exactly how all the theory worked, but I didn't know how else to approach things. EPM flagged up the weaknesses in what I'd been creating before and gave me the tools to start thinking in a completely different way. It soooo did not come naturally to me, but after a while I began to get the hang of it.
Big changes I made were to shift from 'personal development' niche to 'love and relationships' - I'm doing the same work, but under a different banner. My coach, Domonique, was fabulous and patiently explained why this step was essential, several times!! I thought of a great name 'Cinderella Bootcamp' and totally ditched the 'how' of what I was doing. It was very much a leap of faith for me to take such a radically different approach but I decided to follow Marisa's process through exactly.
The marketing was an even bigger challenge for me, as I had all the usual blocks around sales, talking about money, combined with a phone phobia, and worries about sending too many emails, but I decided to take the bull by the horns and just do it. I still have a way to go, but I've made big progress in simply being able to promote what I'm doing at all! You could not have met anyone more reticent and shy about promoting herself and her work than me.
On my first day of launch I reached mission accomplished, and at the end of launch I'd signed up an amazing 23 people, and had sales totalling $11974. I never imagined I'd be so successful.
What's worth noting here is that a number of the women who signed up had been on my list for years and hadn't been tempted by my previous creations, but they were ready to invest in my Cinderella Bootcamp. This shows that what I produced on EPM was vastly more attractive than what I'd done in the past. Hopefully this is the start of major expansion for my business and I'm already planning where to take it next.
I do feel that EPM has given me the tools I need to fulfil my mission of empowering women by enabling me to reach the people I'm meant to help. It's very exciting to have reached this point, and I'm looking forward to the next steps!
What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
biggest takeaway forget the 'how' and done is better than perfect!
How did EPM help you become successful?
Helped me choose a great title, my downfall in the past! Got me out of my academic's scientist brain (which loves the how!). Also, I stopped promoting myself as personal development, and shifted to love and relationships.
How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
I've been wanting to launch a group programme for several years. Now it's out there, with 20 students signed up....hopefully the start of great things!
What has been the biggest change in your business?
It's too early to say as delivery doesn't start until next week, but I see this as the start of really doing my own thing and being free of teaching other people's modalities and being tied to other people's trademarks! HURRAY!!
What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?
My mission has always been to reach women who are ready to be empowered, and this is the way to achieve that goal.
Is there anything else you would like to add?
Really enjoyed the course. It flagged up several things I had been approaching in the wrong way in the past. Definitely worth the investment. I actually needed some of the information sooner than it was given. For example, I had already launched and got all my people signed up a week before the module 5 training was available, so I didn't have the welcome email sequence information when I actually needed it which was a bit frustrating. Pretty much everything else in the training was very good though. Domonique was brilliant.
I had the skills, knowledge and experience to significantly benefit others but I struggled to explain how. Without true clarity I had very little chance of attracting small business clients, let alone signing them up so that I could actually help.
Marisa’s EPM course is engaging all the way through. With her team of coaches, Marisa provided the guidance and support I needed to progress rapidly.
Despite some delays in completing the program (unrelated to the course), I have reached the stage where I can clearly explain the benefits of my products and have taken massive steps towards creating a successful business.
i have developed partnerships which will hopefully provide consistent leads and clients when I’m ready to begin.
Looking forward to an exciting few months ahead.
What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
Real clarity on everything related to my product including marketing, course format, explaining benefit
How did EPM help you become successful?
I am building a partnership with a small business coach which should help create consistent leads for my experience product
How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
I now have the confidence to speak to corporate clients and the knowledge that my services will be very effective in business. With more hard work to come, I’m positive that I can give my family an exciting, prosporous future.
What has been the biggest change in your business?
We now have new partnerships, a couple of large scale potential clients, and a new stream of clients/income (small business).
What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?
Working closely with small businesses to see the best possible results we can get for each client
I quit my job to start my own business a year before I found Marisa and in that year I achieved a grand total of nothing. I had launched my website, written some great guest posts that helped me make some relationships in the industry and gather a few email subscribers, and those few good things made me feel like I was on the right track. But after a chance conversation, I realised my "business" was going nowhere fast. It wasn't a business, it was nothing more than a hobby, a fantasy even, and it was unsustainable. I was funding it with savings and there was no real plan for making money any time soon. I was heartbroken, thinking I was going to have to give up on my business before it had even started.
The video Marisa shared from EPM - Right Product, Right Time came at exactly the right moment for me and made total sense. Watching that, everything fell into place and I knew that I had to get 1:1 clients to kick start my business, rather than dreaming about enrolling 50+ students into a high ticket course right out of the gate.
In EPM I was able to follow one simple step at a time to put together my offer, my messaging and reach out to people to speak to one on one. It was hard work, but at the same time it was easy, because everything I needed was right there, I just had to follow the process.
I am quiet, reserved and an introvert. I didn't think it would ever be possible for me to have enrollment conversations with people, let alone sell through those conversations. EPM gave me everything I needed to go into those conversations full of confidence and belief in my offer and I was thrilled to make sales. After a year of fumbling about, in just 10 weeks of EPM I was finally seeing money in my bank account!
Now I can see that I can continue to enrol clients to generate a consistent income, while I'm excited thinking about other new products I can create. Knowing I have the beginnings of a viable business is fantastic, but the excitement and confidence I now have for my business and my future is truly incredible!
What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
Taking consistent action and making get started choices will prevent you from getting stuck. Done is better than perfect. I wasn't always certain if I was doing the right thing or if I was sure about a particular decision, but I checked the box and moved on. I trusted the process and kept putting one foot in front of the other.
How did EPM help you become successful?
Coming into the program I knew my niche and that I wanted to get 1:1 clients, but I had no idea how to get started. EPM gave me clarity around my offer and gave me actionable steps to take in order to get my offer in front of my target market. The marketing campaigns and the sales for superhero training were probably the most impactful for me.
How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
Besides having money in my account :) I have so much more confidence and self-belief. I never thought I could enjoy enrolment conversations or sell successfully on the phone but now I actually find it fun. My family has a bit more respect for what I'm doing now that they can see it is working.
What has been the biggest change in your business?
Before I was spending hours and hours on my business but going nowhere, it was a hobby and I had a dream. I spent a lot of time guest blogging for free, doing things that weren't a total waste of time, but weren't bringing money in either. It was unsustainable. Now it is something viable that can genuinely generate revenue. I have validated not just my ideas, but also that I can do this. I am so excited to see what else I can achieve.
What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?
I am excited to have my first clients and to give them an incredible experience and help them achieve the results they hope for, so that I can get some great testimonials and case studies. From there it should only get easier to enrol future clients and in time raise my prices. With money coming in, I can fund other ideas develop more products.
Is there anything else you would like to add?
This is not the first product building program I have done, but it has had by far the biggest impact. The trainings have been so detailed and the coaching absolutely brilliant - the whole team is amazing and totally invested in our success. The Facebook community has been brilliant, but there has been a little bit of downward death spiral going on in there as quite a number of people felt overwhelmed at times and encouraged each other into greater depths of negativity. It was interesting to observe the psychology as some people gave in to pressure and gave up while others thrived on it.
I've been floating around not committing fully to getting off the ground, I nearly launched two programs last year and was rear ended in car accidents each time I started on my story about my product as I wanted to do a speaking campaign. I had done 3 starter level business coaching programs with excellent coaches in the last 4 years which were worth what I paid, then a high level premium mentoring program that although I had a breakthrough left me disappointed at the lack of tangible support and accountability that i expected I would have with 1 on1 coaching. In all cases I fell short of finishing getting about 2/3rds through and getting lost. I had finally decided to do a very simple get something started program when Marisa's EPM program came along and I knew it was different. I've been following her for a while and knows she delivers. I struggled to come up with enough money from a few side jobs to join, but I was in. I even delayed buying a new pair of badly needed shoes and a new external harddrive.
I was amazed at how professional and easy she makes the information to assimilate and then key word APPLY to your business, then all the follow up to make sure it actually works. I had 2 dear friends die in the first week I joined , which put me behind but because of the accountability and step by step clarity, I'm on track to launch now and this time there is no going back. I'm in the process of going public and spreading the message as I type this. I've pulled the trigger so to speak.Ive gone deeper into the message I was resisting because it is what is most needed and it is actually the prequel to the other programs I wanted to launch before. I am so gratefuL! I can continue to use this material again and again because there really is a logical sequence you do it it works. Her information on branding and naming is beyond anythingI learnt at a commercial art school and presented in a way that is so easy to understand and apply..I was floored. I paid all that money when I could of gotten this! Thanks for demystifying it Marisa and for the immense generosity of you and your entire team. In EPM I was never alone, never there was always support. To get unlimited email support and group coaching in a group of less than 50 most times under 15 at this price amazing! And the technology calls were amazing. It is technology that overwhelms me and Don,Marisa and Murray break it down and simplify such complex choices . I do get overwhelmed because I have such a challenging time with focus and I want to do eveything but if I go back to the last step I relax because it's exactly what I need and all I have to do is follow it. She never asks me to do more than that. Finally success.
What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
Keep them in the game. Keep them engaged, be committed to their success. Create a specific goal so you can go their together as a group sequentially with tons of support and check in and lots of Ra ra celebration of every little win. Be your wacky crazy self.Dont' be afraid to really niche it down so you can actually be an expert in something .
How did EPM help you become successful?
Clarity and focus on next step. demystifying technology and marketing sequence. love the mission statement. and the hand holding was essential for me as I have a tendency to hold back and I'm working with a very sensitive subject matter - sexual trauma.
How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
I'm getting more confidence to restart my business that I walked away from 10 years ago through a combination of debt shame, moving countries and not being able to figure the technolgy out to stay in touch with my tribe.
What has been the biggest change in your business?
I'm putting in regular work time and protecting it from my family.
What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?
Actually making money and having an impact in women and their partners lives