I have been providing 1:1 consultation to clients when looking to immigrate to the US based on an investment into their own business. Although rewarding, I was looking for a way to provide advice with a bigger impact, to streamline the process from starting to think about the businesses the clients wanted to start, until having all the pieces in place. I joined EPM to assist me in the preparation of a program/path to assist my clients getting from idea to documentation shape. I discovered that breaking down the steps of the process - from idea to reality is a very powerful path. I went through the EMP steps, watched the videos, attended the live calls or watched the replays, filled out the homework - these little, very well organized steps allowed me to advance without feeling overwhelmed. So that by the end of the 12 weeks, I was able to create my program and launch it. It have gone very far with this program. Very happy with the results and the process
I wanted to help my veterinary colleaques with their money stress but I didn't quite know how to make a course. EPM helped me figure out the steps to make a course. I really appreciated how everything was made into bite sized pieces
What has been the biggest change in your business?
more confidence about creating a course
How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
closer to creating the full course
What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
bite sized pieces are key
What is now possible for you because of your Experience Product?
offer my course
I was having so much doubt about my ability to start an online business, I wasn’t sure what to do about all the technical aspects of getting an online business up and running, I’m not a tech person nor do I use social media very much. I joined Experience Product Masterclass (EPM) and learned that I didn’t really need to know the tech stuff to start, I could take it step by step and learn as I go. I went through each module, slowly, too slow sometimes, but made to graduation, just in the nick of time and even started chatterboxing, although I haven’t made a sale yet, I have launched and that is amazing.
I’ve wanted to create an online group coaching program for at least a decade. I was frustrated with the lack of fun platforms to host the program, and I joined EPM as soon as I learned about gamification. Brilliant! Finally! It just makes sense to have learning be fun, too. I fell behind many times on the module completion schedule, but got to graduation in the 11th hour after taking a friend through my entire process. I was honestly nervous, and am so relieved to have that first spiel done. Now to iterate based on her suggestions, and onwards! I was never going to start my program during the specific timeframe of the program as my niche historically needs a March timeframe to start. However, I am so ready to get out there and get this party started and I am excited about my Hack Your Back Pain program in a way I never expected. I can’t wait to update my graduation story!!
What has been the biggest change in your business?
I have been in my niche for well over 25 years. I have never been inspired nor stuck to anything online no matter how disciplined I attempted to be. The fact that I graduated is HUGE!
How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
I am excited about working on this project that has been lurking in the shadows for a decade.
What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
Take it step by step, hang in there, trust the process and HAVE FUN doing it!
What is now possible for you because of your Experience Product?
The world is my oyster… and I can have fun!
Is there anything else you would like to add?
Don’t worry if you fall behind! Put it back on your schedule and keep chipping away!
Before doing EPM I kept getting stuck on picking a niche, let alone clarifying a mission statement (too many ideas and thinking I had to have everything perfect and all figured out before launching a product idea.) I joined EPM and started using the distinctions and coaching. Every time I found myself getting stuck going through the program, I would apply the distinctions: #ProgressOverPerfection and #IteratetoAwesome. This helped me move forward with much greater ease than expected. I completed the MVP track, now have a working blueprint and officially launched my first product.
After a long career in advertising sales, and then a short stint as a stay at home mom with two toddlers, I knew I had lots to teach stressed out moms. However, I had no idea how to go about creating a course. It was very serendipitous timing that I discovered EPM, and after hearing about Marisa's "no-man-left-behind" policy, I felt this was the course for me. EPM guided me in learning, above all else how to paint the picture of the promised transformation. I also really loved learning about chatter boxing. I know that with Marisa's lessons, I will launch a successful course very soon.
What has been the biggest change in your business?
Focusing on the transformation. I also like learning about the different kinds of courses I could offer.
How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
EPM gave me the knowledge and the confidence to create a course that I am proud of.
What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
That sales doesn't have to be hard. Chatter boxing really opens up the door to low hanging fruit.
What is now possible for you because of your Experience Product?
I can create all kinds of ways to receive income and provide a transformation for my clients.
Is there anything else you would like to add?
I have a friend who took the Tony and Dean course creation course. Her course is not nearly as focused and lacked the marketing tools like talking about the promised transformation.
Being in EPM has helped me with a huge shift in me and my life. Earlier in 2020, I had an idea for a group coaching program. An extension of the work I have done with creativity challenges and also a retreat I co-hosted. I wanted to be able to support my students on more of an ongoing basis, longer term. I joined EPM to explore that idea. I joined because of a few things… Firstly, Marisa’s incredible expertise. Secondly, the stamp of approval she has from Jon Morrow, Steve Osher and Eben Pagan (who I follow and/or have taken courses from before). Next, the super fun experiential elements - in the program and the webinar itself with the dress up and ears for the webinar and then all the plane and flying references in EPM. I’m a sucker for those as aerospace engineering was my major. And then the idea of an experience product? I was so on board with that. I consider myself an experience creator (it’s even on my Instagram profile!) - I’m an event producer, dancer, choreographer, speaker and MC. I am all about creating and delivering delightful, inspiring or moving experiences across whatever medium, platform, space or venue. How amazing that the idea of that was being applied to a product! And then the individual coaching - wow, yes, please! Along with these things, another factor that played a huge part in my decision to say yes was the community and being able to stay connected even when the program was over. Yep, I was so on board. Now, let me tell you, what I listed doesn’t even begin to touch on the magic that is EPM. I thought it would be just about exploring and creating my experience product and being part of an amazing community but it actually helped to change my life in ways that I had imagined but had left on the backburner. I did not see that coming. For one, before joining EPM, creativity coaching was something I did on the side. I had wanted to make it front and center but hadn’t got there on my own. Now, because of so many things - my own experience in EPM, stories of EPM alumni, the body of work that exists when it comes to EPM products and possibilities that is proof anything is possible, the support of the community and of my new and amazing EPM friends, and the trust I have in the EPM material and in myself because I have done the work and can apply this knowledge to anything I choose to do along with some deep contemplation on what I really want for me and my life - the fire has been lit. I am stepping into having creativity coaching and speaking/work around creativity as my focus, as my main work, instead of being on the fringe. It is time :) I was editing a selfie to go along with the announcement of my EP, the Creativity Activation Masterclass. I touched the magic wand when I was editing the photo - just for fun. The woman I saw looking back at me was glowing, radiant, present and powerful. I simultaneously felt such a rush and so much peace. So much certainty and so much recognition. This is me. This is the vision I have seen of and for myself and here it is. This is me and this is what I am meant to be doing. Life has been a rollercoaster of ups and downs for quite a few years (stories for another day). Seeing this photo and being in the...I'm going to say lusciousness... of creating my EP, I feel like I have arrived. 2022 feels like magic for me. That is what I saw in the photo. My mission in life is to delight and inspire and delight others while inspiring and delighting myself. My EP, which is the next step, the expansion of my work so far, is inviting me to expand even more into this, to embody this every day and for it to be a central focus in my life. I am so inspired and delighted by this work and the transformations I have the honor of facilitating and witnessing and by the connections and community I am experiencing and creating. In a free creativity session I hosted on Zoom and invited potential students to, one of the attendees who had no previous experience with my coaching work before, in the closing of the session, shared something like "You just glow". Not just in the photo with the magic wand and slightly retro/cartoon/hand painted effect but in a session, face-to-face. My EP is called the Creativity Activation Masterclass - I feel like I myself have been activated. Time to shine. My plan moving forward is to embrace the magic ;) To have the Creativity Activation Masterclass twice a year (after proving it can fly and iterating) and to apply what I learned in EPM to design, launch and profit from a creativity related retreat and a membership program (both ideas which surfaced in my market research and chatterboxing as wanted and needed by my target audience - look at that!). To stay connected to the EPM community and my new EPM friends who made this journey that much sweeter. In the bigger picture: To embrace the opportunities that come my way that invite me to step even more fully into who I want to be and what I want to do in this life. To make a real impact in the world - to inspire thousands of people to connect with their creativity to have more fun in their lives and businesses but also because if they are inspired and embracing their creativity, the work they do will be better and their ideas will be more inspired and more plentiful. Ideas change the world. That is how I see I can help change the world: help inspire the ideas that change the world. That is a legacy I want to leave. Some nuggets that I leave for the next class of EPM: -Connect right away, from day 1, with your podmates and your fellow EPMers - they are on the same journey you are, in the trenches with you, and they will support you, encourage you, give you priceless feedback. They can also become some of your most precious friends. -Engage in the Facebook group and post your ideas, your wins, your hardest moments and struggles - you will be so held, so helped, so delighted and so taken care of by the community -Ask questions all the time and ask for feedback all the time - someone will know the answer or be able to help you. No need to struggle and toil on your own. Make use of the hive mind. -There is no such thing as “being behind” - wherever you are is just perfect. You don’t need to go at supersonic speed. Follow the pace and timing that works for you. Don’t let your position on the track distract or discourage you. Wherever you are, just take it one step at a time and once you’re done with that step, take the next one. You will make it if you just take it one step at a time. Everything is set up for you to graduate if you keep taking action. -This may be a challenging journey at times - be aware of that and be prepared for that. In those seemingly dark times, remind yourself that just on the other side stands more freedom, more joy, more fulfillment, more impact, more income and quite possibly the life of your dreams, right? In those dark times, remember that and also reach out. You have the most incredible support system with Marisa, your own coach and the whole EPM community. Trust the process and trust the support. You are never alone. A huge big thank you to Marisa, to my wonderful coach, Coach Blue, to all the other coaches for sharing their wisdom and shortcuts and being present in the Facebook group, to Murray, the EPM team and to my fellow EPMers for your energy, dedication and support. Thank you, thank you, thank you everyone! Here’s to blue skies :)
This is the story of my “accidental launch”. I talked about my program along the way - even though I wasn’t quite done with the modules yet - and it got to the point that people were asking me for info about my program so they could share it with their audiences. Even though things were not polished by any means, I embraced the MVP mindset, put together something quick using Coach Emily's sales page template and some bits from my working/draft Bird's Eye View and put it out there. You can take a look at it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JTu5W68JCPVn24-LIcb1NhCVMw8RJ0Cwb7KL8STvzhQ/edit?usp=sharing Nothing fancy. Not polished. But I didn't let that stop me. And because of that, I launched as I was able to have 4 phone conversations where I made my offer (without having the pieces of the chatterbox campaign down!) I also had 8 other Zoom conversations that turned into referral partners and collaborators. As for how I feel… I feel so proud of myself for just going for it. And in going for it, I get my wings which I wasn’t sure was going to be possible, and I’m super excited about that! I also feel so much gratitude for these simple options - the MVP way - that make it so much easier to take action. They may seem rough but they are the diamonds :) Nuggets for fellow EPMers: 1) I am hoping this inspires some of you to go for it, even if you don't think you're ready. A couple of the people wanting to share info said to me "When you're ready, send me info" and I thought about that and realized that I was ready. I was ready enough to share some info for them to share. Maybe you can think about being ready enough to do one step - whatever that step may be... make 1 call, send 1 email, spend 15 minutes giving value in a Facebook group. You can be ready for that one thing ???? I wrote this down during one of Marisa's calls or one of the pod calls: “Now has got to be the time.” Yep! 2) The other thing I invite you to consider is this: no conversation is a loss - even if it doesn't turn into a sale, it is connection and can lead you to other opportunities and possibilities.
I recently decided to transition from teaching to coaching when I signed up for EPM. What drew me to your program was the layout and promise of success. Being a teacher, I gravitated towards the clear layout of the modules and am motivated by the XP points. I eagerly finished every milestone on time, and then the holidays came and I literally lost my momentum...and there were no more milestones to hold me accountable. When I joined your Momentum Program, my coach was switched from Coach Missy to Coach Lucas. Missy was great (only had her for 2 sessions) and Lucas has been fantastic. I know the only reason I did not reach my MVP launch was that I got in my own way. There are a few mental blocks I am currently trying to break down and with Lucas' continued help and motivation, I know I will launch. The other reason I did not launch yet is that I did not lean into the FB group for support as much as I should have, nor did I reach out to Coach Lucas for more input when I got stuck. I take full ownership for my lacking and have promised myself I would reach out more often while in Momentum so I can successfully launch my MVP.
What has been the biggest change in your business?
Getting out on social media....it frightens me.
How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
It has reminded me that I can be successful only if I put forth my 100 percent effort. The sky really is the limit and this program has shown me that I can do it.
What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
Use the support system that is offered to us, there are no other programs like this that offer the amount of guidance and help as EPM.
What is now possible for you because of your Experience Product?
I have the skills and knowledge to launch my own product that will bring me revenue.
Is there anything else you would like to add?
I loved the program!
I learned a lot in the course and made the course but even with chatterboxing, email and social media I was unable to make my first sale. Thought I had four people at one point but then 2 backed out over the price and a couple decided they didnt want to commit to 6 weeks of training. I am still working to sell.
I was having a hard time getting a sale even after many tries with social media, emails and chatterboxing. One of the first ones I chatterboxed with finally said yes and she will get a super class 1:1. She will be amazed how much better she will feel after doing the program. My program is: Awesome Life with Pain Relief
I was having trouble clarifying exactly what I wanted to share, even with whom would most benefit from the teachings. I had been fumbling for quite some time, and procrastinating the moving away from teaching just my patients to a larger group of teaching practitioners. I joined EPM and witht he help of my amazing coach Emily was guided into clarifying how exactly my course would run. I never actually got into virtual chatterboxing, that still intimidates me a little, but through my own clinic and having a couple of practitioners come to see me for treatment I kind of diagnosed their problem, and told them I was teaching Practice with Presence. I have 3 people signed up for my 12 week long Masterclass, I am looking forward to trying get at least 3 more before we commence the training. It is amazing, it just d if feels like the clarity EPM gave me was like a build it and they will come moment, for when these people actually came to me and I already had the solution in the cooker. I am excited to work with these people, as they seem so congruent with the core teachings! I have bought many other 2000.00 programs in the past, EPM was by far the most value for what I got. I haven’t even gone through the super charge parts yet. Thank you Marisa for such value!??????
What has been the biggest change in your business?
Clarity
How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
It has modelled how an amazing course is run. Marisa’s energy and crazy elite process and presence is very inspiring. The course really and truly exceeded every expectation I had.
What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
Way more affluence in regards to all the working parts, from a sales page to a PayPal integration, to email campaign etc. I have a better understanding of tech.
What is now possible for you because of your Experience Product?
With the modelling I feel I can give my clients way more than they expect.
Is there anything else you would like to add?
The survey part being more clear, it kind of railroaded me. I wasn’t ready for it when it came up in the program, and I think it would have been beneficial to do one. I just did not have anything I could then nurture they people with and gift them for taking the survey. I would have liked more guidance with chatterboxing as well. I think you guys have a lot and maybe I am just shy to hit social media, I fee I have an allergy to it.