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649 Honest & Unedited Experience Product Masterclass Reviews from the EPM class of 2020

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John Henry Brennan (class of 2020)

I have more to do, but this has helped me move forward. I will reach mission accomplished. I have a training program for managers and customer facing employees. Covid and has been a bit of a challenge since my niche is hospitality, travel and retail

What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
Keep learning and reach out for help

How did EPM help you become successful?
helped me get my ducks in a row, but most importantly the support and help understanding the technology

How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
Just knowing the common struggles and the sharing of community

What has been the biggest change in your business?
sales and marketing

What is now possible for you because of your Experience Product?
must hit the finish line. I feel confident that once that once I get past the first ale it will take off

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Jacqueline Lucien (class of 2020)

"At this time, my goal was not to deliver a product, but I learned how to do it. From EPM, I will be clear and have the tools to implement when I finish writing and publishing my book.
It is like putting the cart before the horse. For my book, the discipline and mental energy involved in my discovery of language are very thought intensive. I am discovering a new word and how to use it every day, then figuring out how people can use the material in my book is a different thought process. I am clear where I am and what I need to do. My mission accomplished was not a course, but developing my ideas and finishing my book. Then create a product/course shortly. Also, I learned so much by chatter boxing about my content, how people reacted, and how I had to listen and see who could grasp it and who was not interested. Some people let me know that they saw the value. I know it is valuable. Many are using some of the content but are not aware. It was so helpful when you nailed the Mission Statement in a way that was in alignment with the content and what I can do.
It was very affirming for you to add in my mission statement that 1% of the population is aware of this information. That statement perhaps will decrease resistance and make people more curious. You are the genius of clarity. "

What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
I learned this is difficult, but if you take the training and implement you can be successful. This is like getting a master's degree in 3 months.

How did EPM help you become successful?
The clarity and all of the mindset, tools, learning marketing.

How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
I went from kindergarten to junior high. I grew as a person by knowing I can handle adversity and lack of understanding until I get clear myself.

What has been the biggest change in your business?
"Getting mission statement clear. I did a lot of chatterboxing. and it was difficult to find people who understood my topic. It was like I was trying to let people know Einstein's theory of relativity.
I will do a presentation next week to a community group and this is what I said,
""I can't wait to share an insight that I gained by studying hieroglyphics and my book's writing, so you can see what I am presenting, not just hear. As a people, we need to see this, and it will make so many things crystal clear. The response from the organizer. ""I’m intrigued, can’t wait to see and hear more.
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What is now possible for you because of your Experience Product?
My book will be even better. I know my content is major and it is a process to deliver.I still have big dreams and I know who I can reach out to in order to get support.

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Cassandra de la Thea (class of 2020)

I’ve been a successful solopreneur in the relationship niche running 1-on-1 programs for over 16 years. After having been featured in major media outlets I’ve been in the enviable “Build it and they will come” situation of people coming to me without me looking for them. This comfortable situation however had some serious drawbacks. Firstly my personal time is limited and thus this business model is not scaleable. Secondly I never really had to learn to market my programs (i.e. I have no social media accounts or email lists or have ever advertised anywhere), meaning whilst I made some money I was operating at likely less than 10% of my potential. I wasn’t sure how to move to more leveraged group programs (or how to market them) without losing the secret sauce and impact of my customised 1-on-1 programs. I joined EPM at the end of 2020 and found the missing pieces of the puzzle in experiencification, a strategy that will even improve my highly effective 1on1 programs further. Suddenly here is a way to create effective, engaging, motivating, fun programs that get students taking action by working with the way the brain likes to learn. Genius. Plus everything I could need from messaging to marketing to even tech was covered in a “no stone left unturned” type of program. Marisa’s laser coaching and messaging superpower, the tech fridays which allowed even a tech phobe like me to move forward into the 21st century, the support from my coach and incredible community has all been absolutely invaluable. I saw how effectively experience products get people (=me) motivated to take action. Module by module, I iterated my way to a course I am truly proud of. In the pre-launch phase through simple chatterboxing I sold 4 spots at £1997 (=2700 Dollars) without a sales page, meaning I exceeded my stretch goal of 10000Dollars before even launching to my email list. Through chatterboxing I also found 6 partners who are happy to promote the program to their lists and my main promotional tools (quiz lead magnet leading to webinar leading to sales call) is launching on Valentines day. I’m hoping to get 10-20 women in total onboard with this for my beta program. Not bad for a first ever launch of someone who has never marketed anything and doesn't even sport a linked in account ;-) Thanks Marisa and the whole EPM team. You guys really practice what you preach and your stuff works!

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Karla Barr-Benton (class of 2020)

I have worked as a Registered Nurse for 25 years in a hospital and I wanted to do something different. I wanted to be in control and work my business around my life, not the other way around. For the past year, I was trying to figure it out on my own until I came across EPM. I have learned so much valuable information from the course, coaches, and the other students. It was not an easy time for me because life threw me a couple of curveballs, but I kept pushing forward. Although I did not reach Mission Accomplishment, I am very proud of myself for Graduating on time. This is not the end and I will be the wonderful coach that I aspire to be in order to continue helping as many people as I can.

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Hichem Refes (class of 2020)

"What will follow is my mission accomplished story resuming my journey pre and during EPM; sorry for the length but in my opinion those parts of the story are necessary in order to understand how I was in a position to go way beyond mission accomplished and hit the $750K mark during my beta launch :

As far as I remember, I always wanted to start an online business and earn a living online, leveraging my skills and my expertise to build an information product business, as it is recommended by must internet gurus out there, even today.

Unfortunately I didn't meet success as promised (I did earn my first dollars, but not the jackpot) ; my spare time outside my day job was spent between attending endless webinars, online courses, inner circles and attempting to create information products.

As a corporate man still in a job I settled to use a pen name in order to not mix between my professional life and my solopreneur life, but the pattern was the same, I was spending months creating products, and when time came to sell them I failed each time; my products got lost in the maelstrom of new information products coming each day from thousands of entrepreneurs.

I did what most people do and so I quitted; I started hustling online promoting other people's products and selling design services to online entrepreneurs, while keeping my day job in the telecommunications industry.

The pay was decent and when you convert that to my local currency it was fantastic. It helped me to pay for an MBA and extras, but as I was moonlighting everyday non stop, so the inevitable happened as I had a burnout and in an overnight I lost my second stream of incomes.

Again I had to rely on my day job income only, but fortunately I got promoted with a higher pay and I got tasked to run the digital division of my company as skills from my moonlighting activities came in handy.

I forgot about moonlighting and I deep dived into my work where I met success earning my company millions in the process. 03 years ago that success started to attract jealousy and envy from my peers and fears from my bosses to be challenged in their leadership.

So I experienced a long downward spiral being dragged into organizational politics while I was fighting for my job; it was like “Game of Thrones” but in a corporate world let's call it “Game of Desks”.

(I wish this section of my story had a happy ending, but if it was the case I would have never joined EPM and shared with you my Mission Accomplished story; I believe what I have experienced is what gave me the strange to undergo my own transformation using EPM)

The constant fighting was affecting my health (diabate, high blood pressure, etc. Fortunately I was supported by my loving Wife and Kids); adding to that the company was having a hard time due to external environmental factors and so the shareholders decided to start a cost reduction program including layoff.

This added to the existing tension as everyone wishing to save his job was lurking toward my portfolio of responsibilities as I was the one who would be spared since digitization was the next place to be and I was tagged as Mr Digital.

Nevertheless, my portfolio dwindled to a fraction of its former glory, and in 2019 as the company was undergoing a massive change in management, I witnessed the down of those who tried to bring me down; few months later the new management decided that it was my turn to leave after 15 years of loyal services, the new boss told me not in those word but almost the same in my ears: “You have been weighed. You have been measured. And you have been found wanting”.

Unlucky for him this time I was prepared, I had the seniority, I had the expertise and most important I had the money (thanks to part of my moonlighting money wisely invested into some online ventures); I simply replied to him that I’ll leave when I’ll receive a proposal including a six figure compensation minimum for all those years spent at their services, and if he wish to add more he can contact my attorney as he will be the one conducting the negotiations with HR.

Fast forward into 2020, the Workers Union stepped in and froze the layoff plan, they managed to get the CEO and some C-Level work permits revoked and kicked out from the country (including the one who tried to fire me without compensation).

Technically speaking I’m still employed but stripped to bare minimum in terms of responsibilities, they left me with only one team and a yearly budget down from $5 million to $0, what else :-)

COVID had sent us working from home, for almost a year now and gave me the opportunity to start my journey and try to make my initial dream of creating a course a reality.

During my early days of attempting to make money I have been initiated by the famous “Ed Dale” in summer 2007 when he was running the “thirty day day challenge”; since then I have enrolled in his “Immediate Edge” and “Stompornet” programs; it was his teaching which allowed me to meet a relative success when I was moonlighting (although he never had a program about creating an online course)

So when I received an email from him saying he is collaborating with a certain Marissa (never heard about her before neither crossed one of her products), I'd better listen and so I clicked out of curiosity and joined her webinar, I got immediately hooked by her energy and her style in delivering the message, she felt genuine a very rare traits in this industry.

I knew she was in launch mode and I was expecting to receive a FOMO offer, and so she did :-)

To be honest I was not looking to join her masterclass but what drove me to join was the email I received from Ed Dale announcing he will be coaching in her program: “You get the most successful business building course ever coached by the most successful coach of business startups on the planet” and so I joined.

I was disappointed because I couldn’t get a spot on Ed pod due to time difference (02AM was too much for my productivity, as I will force my body to jetlag), and I settled on the first pod that fits my schedule (a choice that I will thank GOD 750K time for the remaining of my life)

I have entered EPM with a gazillion ideas and same struggles I have encountered when I was trying to create my own products years before;

As a Polymath I am a master of many trades but as an aspiring course creator it’s difficult for me to focus on one niche or to structure a course and thus I have been in niche purgatory for years bubbelling from one niche to another until I came across Marissa’s XP formula.

Along the program I was able to focus and decide on the niche I wanted to operate in as an authority expert, thanks to the framework I was aligning business ideas and building them like Legos, I knew what needed to be done and what was coming next, in my head a plan was laid for the years to come.

Thanks to the program and the weekly coaching sessions, I was able to create my first product in the Business & Entrepreneurship meganiche (a highly competitive niche), I positioned myself as a Digital Strategist and Course Creator helping Business Coaches, Consultants, Entrepreneurs and Business Owners generate quality leads, build their client base and increase revenue using digital marketing platforms, tools and strategies like Email marketing and LinkedIn (added this one after pivoting during a chatterbox session when I was selling my product).

My course outline was coming along nicely, I was lagging behind on some milestones (as you know sometimes life gets in the way), but I was looking forward to catching up on break weeks 2 & 3.

During the break I was hitted by the dreaded Marketing Mindfuck; you know about it, you learn about it, but when it hits you don’t even know you’re in and you could stay in the limbo forever if you don’t receive help.

I was having the imposter syndrome paralysis, disliking the way I speak and sound in English, disliking the way I appear on camera, and I was completely fucked up when it came to market my product.

Thanks to coach Uwe and his wise words I passed through my paralysis and as soon as I stepped in, everything unlocked, and started getting in the place they meant to be. It was like the movie Lucy with Scarlett Johansson when she unlocked her brain power.

I started chatterboxing like a shaolin monk, using all the tricks I learned from EPM , this helped me to pivot my product into a high ticket consulting package for B2B in my industry; keeping the same course content but delivered into 1:1 with a business advisory consulting mission.

We had our coaching session with Uwe on January the 13rd, and by Monday 18th I posted a mission accomplished on the group as I had received purchase orders from three clients at $25k each. By January 20th I was already at $250k in confirmed orders and y the bend of day the 27th I was at $750K and I have stopped taking orders as I reached my 30 clients limit, my schedule is filled for the next seven months, and I have prospects on my waiting lists.

These fantastic results had been made using only a Chatterbox Campaign with no website, no landing page, which in a certain way ashamed me as a techie :-)

Marissa movement had opened the universe for me, that amount of money is insane when you remove 40% taxes, I’ll be left with around 20 years of my current salary (Exactly 23 years and half, not bad for someone who dislikes the way he speak and sound in English, and the way he appears on camera).

I feel more confident and blessed regarding the future, I know when I will reopen enrollment I will hit the $1M mark before the end of the 2021, I look forward to adding more products to my portfolio and develop my brand into a fully fledged information & coaching business.

Thanks to Marissa and thanks to coach Uwe for rescuing me from the Marketing Mindfuck (and thanks Ed Dale for that email) I have nuked the mission accomplished button :-) :-) :-)

PS: for those who think I will resign from my day job after all that money, hell no :-), they still owe me that settlement, it’s no more about the money, it’s about dignity as I would like to leave with honors after 17 years of service.
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David Rodriguez (class of 2020)

I am beyond grateful to have been part of this program despite not achieving my "mission accomplished" as of yet! Other health priorities came to the forefront during this time period and I am continuing to develop and gain my much needed clarity with this program. Marisa is truly a master of her craft! I am excited and unyieldingly empowered to to take all the steps to come!

What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
Need for consistency and diminished my attachment to outcome, which created paralysis.

How did EPM help you become successful?
Clarity, organization of my vision, and structure to execute action.

How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
It offered fertile ground for my vision to grow.

What has been the biggest change in your business?
Creating a clear and solid foundation to stand on.

What is now possible for you because of your Experience Product?
Impacting many lives, healing families, and creating a 6+ figure income.

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Erik Astrand (class of 2020)

"After completing the EPM 8-week course I understand why it is the #1 product about how to make online courses.

It's extremely comprehensive and will be a major resource for a long time to come.

Several times during the development of my own course I have thought that this will be so good that I want to buy it myself :-)

EPM is mainly about building and selling courses. That said, I would say it is also a fantastic course about mindset, ethics, mentoring, time management, and goal setting.

All important parts of a successful business.

A huge thanks to Marissa, the coaches, and the team behind EPM."

What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
That I need a mentor to be successful.

How did EPM help you become successful?
I learned from very successful people.

How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
I finally see that I can quit my offline work this year.

What has been the biggest change in your business?
I have learned to focus on delivery more than perfection.

What is now possible for you because of your Experience Product?
To make a far better product than before.

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Edwige (class of 2020)

OMG! I am graduated! I was stuck for a long time. Thanks, Marisa for the motivating training: better done than perfect! And the actions of the fear I could recognize them! Thanks Carolyn who has been very supportive and available. I have learnt a lot and done a lot. I am on the way to success.

What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
The templates make things easier.I

How did EPM help you become successful?
I have gained clarity, learned, and practiced at the same time.

How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
I believe I can succeed.

What is now possible for you because of your Experience Product?
I can go on making progress.

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Giselle Chapman (class of 2020)

I was having the problem of too many eggs in one basket and my large client got sold. My pain was the financial hit of losing a large portion of my businesses revenue. I learned the value of staying in dialogue with my prospects through chatter-boxing and the power of the clarifying question, mission, and future identity.

What specifically did you do to experiencify your program? Give us an example of a core experience you implemented in your product.
Co-creating the experience with my clients during chatterboxing. Listening allowed me to do coaching for executives and their family.

What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
The power of chatterboxing and iterating to awesome!

How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
More confidence, filling the gap of loss of revenue. Keep growing my 1-2-1 as I create my 1:few business

What has been the biggest change in your business?
Chatter-boxing has become a new way to grow business

What is now possible for you because of your Experience Product?
Filing my pipeline with chatterboxing

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Michelle Lohrli (class of 2020)

"Self-doubt, fear and indecision were a constant in my entrepreneurial journey. Course after course, there was always that elusive missing piece of the puzzle. How do I weed out the duds and trust self-proclaimed guru after guru, when I was not having any traction at all? How do I sort out the influx of one-size fits all programs and find The One that would move the needle in my business?

Enter EPM. The 12 weeks of the gamified course was the missing piece. The way the lessons are structured paved the way for clarity in my niche and eliminated overwhelm from start to finish. Chatterboxing has got to be one of my favorite words now. How can something so simple be so brilliant?

I have been trolling open houses since my course started taking shape, practicing my pitch house after house. I took it as practice sessions with every realtor or homeowner that I met and who would care to listen to what I have to offer. Each encounter was an opportunity for me to practice my pitch. When nos started becoming yesses, I knew something big had shifted in my belief system. Clarity builds confidence. It’s not only what I have to say but in how I say it.

Just in the nick of time, I managed to complete one premium staging (@$997) and two minis (@497 each). And I may even be close to hitting the next tiers in the coming weeks. Since there's only one me, the staging appointments cannot happen fast enough.

These were all from chatterboxing since the course started taking shape. I'm still in the process of finishing my marketing assets, creating my portfolio, getting my business license, etc. so no website/funnels/squeeze pages to speak of yet. All I had were some business cards and a brochure that I whipped up pretty fast, and the big ideas in my head.

I got a text shortly from the realtor of the first house that I staged that the sellers received several offers (all above the asking price), after sitting on the market for 12 weeks (the average listing time right now in my area is four weeks). The property is currently in escrow. Needless to say, this realtor is now a fan and I'm looking at doing a few more of her listings.


In all of these, I realized that not every home is ""stageable"" right away because of So. Much. Stuff. The decluttering phase is a module in my course but for some homes, I realized it is a course/service in and of itself. So a light bulb turned on and in a few of the homes, I first offered a separate decluttering/organization service and was making it up as I talked to the homeowners. I had nothing written down, but as a neat freak and self-proclaimed organizing OCD, I knew exactly how to help these people. I priced it at $297 for a two-hour consultation. I am scheduled to do three homes next week and I'm doing the staging in the next couple of weeks before their houses hit the market.

Mindset is everything! Every time I’m in front of someone, I have to remind myself that it’s not my job to explain why I charge what I charge but rather, to make the client understand the value of the transformation that he/she will get when they hire me, and how I can solve their problem.

Self doubt is real, but the solid support system I had from my coach and Wednesday pod made such a big impact to keep my eye on the price. The EPM community of givers was invaluable in getting to MA.

Another important factor is believing in my Mission Statement, that I can provide that coveted solution to my ideal client’s problem. I printed it out and posted it where I can see it daily, I even used it as a screen saver on my phone. And just like in one of the modules, I celebrated my constant wins. Although it would be great to get all yesses every single time, I recognized that it’s not always possible. I considered a “no” as simply a detour to MA. It was one conversation I didn’t have yesterday. And if I mess up, it’s not a big deal. I can almost hear Marisa say “keep pedaling.” As the great Vince Lombardi once said, “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”

Hitting that Mission Accomplished button must be the most exciting thing I’ve done in a long time! If I only knew how this whole journey would turn out, I would have set loftier goals! But who says I have to stop now? The fun has just started!
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