Join us in EPM today!

279 Honest & Unedited Experience Product Masterclass Reviews from the EPM class of 2018

Reviews from class of: All Years | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023

Joseph Umidi (class of 2018)

Before EPM I was stuck in making assumptions about my niche and what they needed. I had created several online products that were never launched. As soon as I was captured by the videos and the interactions on the coach calls the scales seemed to fall off my eyes and I realized that I could approach my marketing future with a whole new enthusiasm!

With a combination of Chatterbox and Application I was able to recruit my original goal of 12 to become certified facilitators to carry my training beyond my limited borders and discretionary time frame. Then I realized I could focus on my speaking platform and jumped in on the Heroic site that matches who I am. This will truly become my most creative season as I move forward with what I have learned and with what I will continue to learn as I stay part of this great community!

What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?

The spirit and culture of EPM is a powerful river that carries you forward. By keeping the main thing it enables us to not caught up in the backwaters of perfectionism. The system works as we work the system and we work the system because the system itself is a boredom buster.

How did EPM help you become successful?

I am forever changed by the process of doing the Milestones and wrestling my niche and my Product Mission to the ground. Now, I have the right approach and questions to all my future products.

How has EPM and your success impacted your life?

I am amazed at how many people I have already helped by my coaching them to think and focus in the way EPM has helped me. My questions are clear and the responses are quite amazing. Of course, it is not just the questions but the heart behind them which has been modeled so well by all of the EPM staff. It is what I call a "culture of honor".

What has been the biggest change in your business?

Before I was targeting only professional coach training but now I am able to target professional conversation training. The expansion of my market and the lowering of my price point has opened up my marketing vision and plans for a robust business going forward.

What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?

I am excited about offering this product to even narrower niches; parents/teens, etc. I am also excited about building on this foundational course to training of Conflict and Reconciliation training. Finally, I am opening up a membership site that will emphasize Ambassador quality Communication and Influence skills that will use this course as part of the benefits. See www.goresearch.me/ambassadorsassociation

Is there anything else you would like to add?

I want to be an affiliate for EPM and spread it globally.

Direct Link to this Review

Joseph Umidi (class of 2018)

I love my training with EPM and the Conversational Champions course that was birthed out of it! Great input from the tribe! Now I have launched a book from this course which is on amazon now at 80% off!!!

Thanks to all of you for checking it out, getting a copy, putting up a review, sharing with your networks, and, most importantly, telling us your story of transformational interactions! Here is the brief description: www.jesusthemastercoach.com


Thank you EPM tribe who got me to create my course that then created the book that I am now launching tonight, May 5 - May 11 on amazon. I would be honored if you would get a $.99 e-book copy, write a review, encourage your networks to check it out, and then, most importantly, tell me the stories of conversational transformation TO you and THROUGH you by applying the timeless principles of this read. Go here for more details:

Direct Link to this Review

Vincent Oppong (class of 2018)

What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?

No matter your skill or experience in Life, you have something to offer.

How did EPM help you become successful?

By equipping me with the KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING on how to package my skill and expertise into a business to help others achieve their dream.

How has EPM and your success impacted your life?

Its given me the confidence and zeal to know and experience what is possible in life

What has been the biggest change in your business?

I didn't have an online business before but now I do. It’s just a matter of growing it by repeating it over and over again.

What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?

Am excited about what is possible going forward.

Is there anything else you would like to add?

Am just grateful to God for his grace to pursue this dream and helping me to see the desired results after almost 3years in this online space. God bless Marisa, and all the team behind the scenes, the coaches (Team Coach Uwe) and all my fellow EPMers for their Zeal, Commitment, Persistence and Perseverance in the pursuit of their Dreams.

Direct Link to this Review

Brad Reed (class of 2018)

Brad Reed, creator of the Veteran PTSD Symptom RELIEF Experience I have 18 years of experience with Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT or Tapping) and had been trying to start a business around that on and off for years. After 8 years of beating my head against the "internet marketing" brick wall, I had completely given up and walked away from following pretty much anything IM related. I even went back to college at 55 years old to earn my Master's in Clinical Mental Health so that I could actually work in an industry where I could use my experience and Tapping skills to help people release their trauma.

I was applying for Counselor and Therapist jobs when I ran across Marisa's EPM email one Sunday afternoon. I dove into the sales content, watched videos and recognized that EPM was the piece that I was still missing...even after investing 8 years and close to $75K in coaching and training programs. Then I saw the program guarantee - do the work and make back the program cost, or Marisa would bridge the difference - and I pulled the trigger and purchased. I knew I was committed to doing the work, and the guarantee was just the safety net I needed to spur me into action after 3 years away from ANYTHING IM related.

So I followed along and consumed the content while taking the actions needed to achieve Mission Accomplished...one module at a time. Content creation was never a problem for me, it was the marketing part that always tripped me up - but this time...things were different. Originally, I was focused on helping couples with their relationship (especially 'nerd couples' since my BS is in Electrical Engineering!) but I had trouble figuring out how to reach them. So I pivoted away from what "I thought I should do" and focused on what I wanted to do - help Veterans release their PTSD symptoms using Tapping interventions. Once I made that change, it all flowed smoothly, and I was authentically able to run my Chatterbox Campaign without feeling sleezy and like a used car salesman!

I was Chatter boxing at a MeetUp event shortly before Christmas and telling everyone at the table about my EPM product - the Veteran PTSD Symptom RELIEF Experience. I had just mentioned that I was planning on charging $100/per person to attend and hoped to get 20-30 people to attend this Beta group, when the guy across from me, whom I'd never met before said, "I want to sponsor the event so the Veterans don't have to pay anything!" He went on to say that he would provide the venue where the event could be held, would pay for snacks, and would also be able to arrange for finding the Veterans to attend as well. I was speechless! My Chatterbox campaign had actually worked! And the result was WAY better than I could have ever imagined! I just have to show up and present the experience event!

The big challenge has been timing. With the holidays closing in, (along with all of the germs that get shared by everyone who is traveling) Mark, his team, and others have been struggling to all be healthy enough at the same time to complete the planning so we can deliver the event. And there have been interesting developments in the interim - a second target market has emerged, and they come with a big built-in budget too (more in a moment!) The big realization that came with Mark's sponsorship is that Mark isn't the only philanthropist interested in helping Veterans! What that really means is that I can use the success of this first event to show other philanthropists what's possible from an event like this. And in so doing, enlist their help by sponsoring additional events in other parts of the city, the county, the state, the region, the country, and around the world!

Oh, and that second target market - Police, Fire, Emergency Medical Services personnel - all are exposed to horrific and traumatic events that can haunt them for years. I can help all of them too. It only takes their attendance at this 4-hour event. And the second-best part (the best part is helping them) is that all of those emergency services departments all have big annual budgets to help their personnel with self-care and trauma relief! It is already in place waiting for a proposal of service!

What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?

I don't have to sell to my audience (Veterans with PTSD) in order to help them. I can sell to a philanthropic sponsor for the event and get paid while helping the Veterans relievch Jennifer Rada, she shared some insidere their PTSD. Additionally, in talking with Coa information with me about Fire Districts having big budgets to help their people with self-care and trauma relief. She told me about a $30K proposal she saw for a Yoga class for 17 fire stations worth field personnel! My second target audience will be helping Police, Fire, and EMS personnel to relieve their PTSD and traumatic memories. I've spoken with some police officers, and they've seen some really F'd up stuff that haunts them for years.

How did EPM help you become successful?

I helped me change my product focus, target audience for delivery, and especially my sales target audience to a sponsorship model, rather than an individual sale model. This means fewer sales calls needing to be made, resulting in bigger paydays, and helping more people with trauma, and doing it all more easily.

How has EPM and your success impacted your life?

I knew I wanted to help people with trauma histories and PTSD in particular. (That's why I went back to school to earn my Master's in Clinical Mental Health at age 55!) I've known that LOTS of Veterans fall into that category, and yet the ones who need the help the most are often the ones who have the least ability to "buy a solution." Shifting to the sponsorship model, has massively shifted may ability to succeed - both in terms of sale, and sales dollars, as well as the number of people who can benefit. Plus with the second tear focus on Police, Fire, EMS personnel, the ability to quickly and easily identify potential customers has exploded, and my personal success will follow. I've wanted to teach this 'on the road' and now it looks like I will have that opportunity in a different way than I had previously envisioned.

What has been the biggest change in your business?

Shifting the focus from the marketing grind of finding individual buyers to focusing on philanthropists for event sponsorship means a 100x increase in impact with an equal decrease in the number of sales conversations needed.

What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?

Getting paid to not only do what I love, but to create a massive positive impact and change in the lives of Veterans and their families.

Is there anything else you would like to add?

I would love to hear any suggestions others may have for philanthropic sponsors to contact, as well as suggestions for other "audiences with trauma" who could be easily identified and served. Lots of individuals have trauma histories, and yet they don't tend to self-identify by being a part of an easily identified specific "group." Suggestions are definitely welcome!

Direct Link to this Review

Risa Gull (class of 2018)

Finally, after years of struggling, I have created a program that feels authentic, which I am passionate about offering! I didn't really know how to package my ideas into a program or how to position it in the market. EPM really helped me get clear on what I have to offer, and who I am meant to help:

I help professional women in midlife who are feeling stressed out, overwhelmed or exhausted... experience greater peace, replenish their energy, accomplish more with greater ease, and love their lives again!

With slogans like "Done is better than perfect", and "Iterate your way to awesome", EPM also helped me move past "perfection paralysis" and finally put myself out there! My program is called, "Tame Your Tension" (TameYourTension.com) I'm excited to finally be able to pursue my passion and my soul's calling, while building a sustainable business!

What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?

How to make programs engaging and experiential

How did EPM help you become successful?

Helped me put my ideas into a signature system (which I'm sure I will iterate!)

How has EPM and your success impacted your life?

Helping me move past "perfection paralysis". "Done is better than perfect" and "Iterate your way to awesome" are two of your mottos I keep in mind! It's a good first step to packaging what I have to offer, helping me get clearer on what that is- putting into tangible form, and putting myself out there!

What has been the biggest change in your business? Before, I didn't really know how to package my ideas into a program or how to position it in the market. Now I have a viable product which I am offering, and will iterate upon that.

What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?

Finally having a product that feels authentic, that I can feel passionate about offering!

Direct Link to this Review

Rochelle Kalisch (class of 2018)

I had reached a wall in my Brick and Mortar Business. I no longer wanted to be tied to a store that had rigid hours. I wanted a new and easygoing lifestyle. I knew that the only way to do it was to create an online business. This terrified me. I am such an online illiterate that the prospect of selling online was daunting!

Until I joined EPM. Marissa seemed to fuse the human aspect with the online convenience. It was easy to reach people online, although I am still scared it is not as unfriendly as I had thought! It really took me a long time to unfreeze and get started. The encouragement and validation of my idea was super important and helped me move forward. I am actually really excited at the prospect of helping "my designers" achieve their new understandings and new knowledge based on my course teachings. I could never have done it without the help of EPM!!

What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?

You can really start small and build on that. The chatterbox campaign saved my life! I am not so adept with the online digital world and knowing that I could do it with the personal touch helped me actualize my dream!

How did EPM help you become successful?

I have never sold anything online and was not convinced that I could. This has helped me break the ice...so now I can try again and do better next time!

How has EPM and your success impacted your life?

My dream of building an online business is one step closer. I had done brick and mortar ALL MY LIFE.. This is so different...BUT I have finally proven to myself that I can do it!

What has been the biggest change in your business?I am less anxious about reaching out to people online. It is easier to "cold call" for me online, now. I have turned many people into prospects that I wouldn't have otherwise! Prospects mean sales! Sales means income!

What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?

I am excited about reaching and helping people that I may not have reached otherwise! I am happy about being able to reach people all over...no limitations. Not tied down to my store anymore!!

Direct Link to this Review

Joanne Pearce (class of 2018)

Before EPM I was wanting to create an online program and I didn't have a clue where to begin. I was getting so frustrated trying different programs which didn't give me what I needed at all and as a result I was beginning to lose hope. Life as I knew it had fallen apart on a major scale and I was somewhat reluctant to hand over money, yet again, for something that may not be what I was looking for.

I watched the introductory videos Marisa sent out and something about her message gave me hope and I had a very strong sense that she had what I was looking for. I joined the Experience Product Masterclass on a leap of faith and it was the best thing I could have done. I knew from the moment I logged in I had made the right decision.

Every step of the way, the Experience Product Masterclass team of Coaches and Marisa herself gave us guidance and structure. I was stuck initially on choosing my niche market and as I learned in the program this is a very important decision. Having this piece alone was a tremendous breakthrough. It took about a week of reviewing some of the material to assist me in making this decision. Once that was established a big shift took place within me. I now had clarity on the direction I wanted to go in and this changed everything..

I am a Life Coach, a Consultant with Proctor Gallagher Institute and I've been a National Educator in the Spa industry where I did quite a bit of educating usually through live events. I wanted to take the reach I experienced back then and leverage myself through my own program which I've been teaching for over 10 years on some level, working in small groups or 1:1. I came to understand very quickly that there is a definite way to build an online product properly and it takes lots of planning, and lots of strategies to get it right. It is both an art and a science and Marisa has masterfully woven both into the course content.

The Experience Product Masterclass helped me to get very clear how I want to work and that I can have a bright future creating online programs. I have all the pieces I need to do it over and over again. My Niche market is a broad one and includes Health and Wellness and Personal Development. Looking forward I am thrilled to launch my first Experience Masterclass Product and many others that compliment the first one. I'm at a stage in life where I've done a lot of working away from home being on the road and I'm looking very forward to this new chapter in my life in writing programs.

What I accomplished in the 10 weeks that the class ran for was more than I could have imagined doing in half a year. It was a complete roadmap from start to finish and no details were left out of the program. I was also in need of a website and I'm thrilled that there is an opportunity to set up a fabulous site with Heroic and an online school with Thinkific . I'm working to get both of those set up. Without Marisa's program I don't know if I would have ever gotten to where I am now, never mind in 10 weeks. This program was truly incredible and I would highly recommend it to anyone. I couldn't have asked for anything more or better. Thank you Marisa and thank you to Coach Mike and all the EPM team. This was exactly what I needed!!

What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?

My biggest takeaway was the incredible order and structure involved to create a product properly. There are so many components involved and each segment is important. There is so much involved and I never would have figured it out on this level alone. Thank you!

How did EPM help you become successful?

EPM brought clarity where there was confusion. It laid out the complete foundation on how to do this with a no fail attitude and as a result I hit my goal. The guidance and Coaching from everyone was extraordinary, the system was exceptional and I'm so glad I took a leap of faith and joined the program!

How has EPM and your success impacted your life?

EPM has given me hope again. I wanted to create something online and was getting more and more confused trying different programs that weren't what I needed. Now I feel confident in moving forward and I can create as many programs as I like with the EPM formula! This will open up a whole new income stream while impacting the lives of many.

What has been the biggest change in your business?

The biggest challenge in my business before EPM was not understanding how to get from where I was to create an online program. I wasn't earning anything from anything other than one on one coaching and now it is looking very exciting with the potential although I chose to do a small group for the first run and earned $2485.00 for the first run.

What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?

I am sooo excited to launch my product using the EPM formula which will enable me to work with more people than I have been able to work with in the past. I'm also excited about adding on additional modules or "part 2" etc for continued learning.

Is there anything else you would like to add?

The EPM program went beyond my expectations. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I can't say enough about the Professionalism, quality of information and I loved the option to use Heroic and Thinkific. I didn't have a site which was a stuck point and now I'm building a site too.

Direct Link to this Review

Lynda Buitrago (class of 2018)

In 2017, I was struggling in my functional nutrition practice for five out of the past six years. My Master’s program didn’t teach us a thing about marketing or running a practice. I joined a small clinic and hoped for the best. I read all the business websites, blogs, books, etc., I could get my hands on, but it felt like I was drinking from the firehose of entrepreneurial knowledge, and it was super overwhelming. I’d start down one path after another, only to abandon it before I’d gotten anywhere. One year I got lucky and I found one star client who did all the services I had to offer. If I had just two of them, I would have reached six figures!

At the end of 2017, I was tired of the ups and (mostly) downs and I was all fired up to start all over again and strike out completely on my own instead of as a contractor in someone else’s clinic. I spent November and December visioning my business, my life, and my best self. I was inspired! I was ready!

Then in January 2018, my dear Dad took a turn for the worse in his 10-year battle with cancer. After a valiant effort to stay with his beloved family, on February 3, he passed away.

My 100-year-old Grandma, who was like my second mom, took the news of her son’s death hard. A few days later, my sister and I became her full-time caretakers after she had the first of a few strokes.

The next day, my Mom left town to be at her own mother’s bedside. Nine days later, my other Grandma “crossed the rainbow bridge.” My two grandmothers had been friends for 75 years! My husband stayed in town to support us even though his father went into the hospital with a brain hemorrhage (he pulled through and is still with us). All this and February wasn’t even over yet.

Over the first three months of being Grandma’s nurse at home, I lost the few steady clients I had. She was finally admitted into a nursing home, and I went there a few times a week to supervise her care. So we could sleep again at night, but my mind was so not in business mode.

It wasn’t until then (in April) that I could even think about doing my parents’ taxes and making all the final financial arrangements after Dad’s departure. Then there was attending and planning all the funerals.

During all of this, my husband’s mother was struggling with dementia. In August, just 5 days shy of her 101st birthday, my paternal Grandma joined her son in the afterlife. Two weeks later, my husband’s mother joined the growing family party in the Infinite.

Just one more funeral to plan and one more to attend. I felt like maybe the rip tides that kept pulling me under every time I caught my breath were finally over. This all would have been tough enough even without the specter of poverty looming over our heads since I only made four figures in 2018 and my husband had a lean year, too.

I was determined but also desperate and almost completely broke. Somehow, Marisa’s EPM program appeared in my inbox from a JV partner and I was drawn to watch the entire promo video series. I was convinced this is what I needed, but I hesitated. Was this the way I should spend my last $2000 of credit? At the last minute, I went for it.

I dove into the lessons and stayed up late every night that first week. Bad idea. I made one sale for $297 in November, before the flu knocked me down for a week. Just when I thought I was fine, some other weird bug took residence in my body and for 3 weeks I struggled through the EPM lessons. Finally in the last week I had to give in and stay in bed and focus 100% on healing. For someone who normally doesn’t get sick, this was not only frustrating, it was alarming. I started to wonder if my subconscious was doing this to me, as if I really were so afraid of success that I decided to make myself ill.

In the home stretch at the end of January, I made one 1:1 sale for $1794 and I’m claiming this toward Mission Accomplished because this is someone who wanted to work with me on an even deeper level after learning what I had to offer during our discovery call. I wasn’t expecting a Hail Mary play in the end, but it happened!

I wouldn’t be here without Marisa and her wonderful team. I’m still planning to market some more during February and to begin the course in mid-March so I’ll have more than two students. I’m more than happy with the results and I would recommend EPM to anyone who’s struggling with their business! Thank you so much!

Direct Link to this Review

Lisa Duerre (class of 2018)

What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?

Clear missions and engagement steps make for a much better experience and word of mouth referrals

How did EPM help you become successful?

Showed me how to bring more of me into the process and got me to think strategically about the experience from pre-game to post-game.

How has EPM and your success impacted your life?

Proud Word of mouth referrals Two new clients as a result of the retreat. Thank you!

What has been the biggest change in your business?

I have two high ticket clients as a result of their experience. It was an easy yes from them both. Increased traffic and likes on my social medial posts from attendees as well. More visable and more engaging since EPM.

What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?

So many ideas from low hanging fruit to much larger group coaching program ideas.

Direct Link to this Review

Rachel Theriot (class of 2018)

I was having major issues around sales to make my plans for a coaching business reality. I wasn’t sure what to do because coaching was a completely new industry for me, and EPM was a big investment because I had just been laid off a couple of weeks before it started from 16 years at a Fortune 100 company (my whole career!). Despite the pain and uncertainty, I knew I wanted to be an entrepreneur and had to shortcut the learning curve. It was critical that I do everything possible to get on the path to replacing my income and be able to provide for my husband, 3yo son and 1yo daughter.

I joined Experience Product Masterclass and discovered everything I had been missing – entrepreneur community, accountability and superhero hacks! In the course of the 10 weeks, I went from $0 and 0 clients to $4,188 and 4 clients. The journey was truly transformational. Although I thought I knew my niche very early, I didn’t nail it until the very end of the program. It took dozens of customer conversations with folks I thought were NOT my ideal clients to really hone in on what was most valuable about me to other people (and I was so stubborn that it took me weeks to make the shifts that eventually brought me success.)

I also have the guarantee and tech issues to thank for reaching Mission Accomplished; I had succumbed to the Marketing MindF#$% and given up hope. I had one sale relatively early that got me halfway to mission accomplished, but after that things dried up. At 3pm on the absolute last day to claim mission accomplished, I thought I had pulled out all the stops. I had sent emails, held over a dozen discovery sessions, more chatterbox conversations, and I just didn't know what else to do.

I resigned myself to not achieving MA and had already hit the Graduation button. I was working on my materials to submit for the Guarantee to get the other half of my tuition back and realized that Zoom had overwritten the recordings of my latest discovery calls, so I was a few short to qualify.

In desperation, I reached out to a few people 1:1 and asked them to let me give them a free session and record it for my class. These prospects were not my ideal customer (I thought), and I went into the conversations relaxed and not attached to the outcome. Much to my surprise, all 3 of them agreed to become clients!!! More than 75% of my final sales came in at the very end and from people I had talked to half a dozen times about my product… but never before had asked them for a sale.

While the amount I earned isn’t enough to replace my corporate income, I’m confident now that I CAN DO THIS! And create my ideal life for myself and my family without having to sell my soul back into the corporate world! I also am humbled by my new understanding of "Never Give Up" and "Don't take your tribe for granted (by not even recognizing them!)"

Direct Link to this Review