Your Graduation Story
EPM is a product I will recommend very highly and was well worth the investment. Even though it was necessary for me to delay my product launch due to prior commitments, I'm very confident that I now have the blueprint and insights to launch successfully and reach Mission Accomplished within the next four months. I have two potential Customers from Chatterboxing and have a list of businesses I have identified as needing my product, and will be making an offer directly to them soon.
The first pod coaching was really encouraging, though I had not realized I would need a camera set up to take part fully in this as I had assumed it would be a traditional-type webinar so I really like Zoom which I had never heard of before. A nice part of this session was logging into Zoom early (because I got mixed up re time zones) and chatting with several others before the formal start, so I do regret that I was unable to attend the following pod coaching sessions.
One delicious takeaway from this was another participant's term "Comparanoia" (sorry I can't recall his name just now). Oh yes, I definitely used to relate to that feeling back in those days, pre-EPM - nowadays, I'm happily iterating my way to awesome without any "compare-anoia"", because I know that my product is uniquely valuable and nobody else could create and deliver this in quite the same way as me.
Facebook was a bit of a challenge for me because although I use it for several business and charity pages I run, I have always found it rather overwhelming for personal use so avoid spending much time on there. So I didn't use it very much, though when I did I found it very supportive with some good tips and I enjoyed giving feedback on other members' polls and names too as it does build a very nice community. I hope this page will remain available after the course end. I happened across a very short coaching video by Coach Deborah when I first ventured onto Facebook and I keep her "ladder" lesson in mind.
The very friendly personal email to check I was OK after not logging in for a while was a nice touch. A few weeks after that, I filled in some of the Milestones Document but never heard back from my Coach so I must take responsibility for not understanding correctly how to request feedback and for not following up on this with Support, as I was very late getting started so I felt a bit awkward about asking at such a late stage what I was doing wrong re tagging.
It was at this stage that I became a little confused about the direction I was going in with my product idea and had intended to ask a question in the coaching pod but then had to deal with other priorities and missed all the coaching sessions, though I have started watching the replays.
Although my own first product can be experiencified, I'm still uncertain about whether EPM could be adapted for use in selling a one-off physical product or for a product which has only 2 or 3 modules but that is because I missed the coaching sessions so when I watch replays and look in the Facebook community I'm sure that will become clear. My impression is that it is designed really pnly for coaching-type or instructional products though I thought I heard Marisa mention using EPM for all sorts of surprising products when I watched the initial enrolment webinar.
The Niche training was excellent in helping me decide which of several product ideas to pursue first and to combine two of them.
Normalising Challenges was an eye-opener because I admit I had not given any thought previously to doing this for my future Clients as until then I was focusing more on how I can prove myself to them (and naysayers in my life!), and I found the Carol Dweck quotes in this training really helpful.
"Done is better than perfect" is a challenge I've been working on and I really liked how Marisa emphasised this throughout the course and the ""iterate your way to awesome"" motto with reminders to simplify, also the training on marketing strategies made it much less daunting and very do-able.
The training modules, the coaching, the practical resources and tips, and the support have all been excellent so I'm looking forward to hitting my own Mission Accomplished before long and will update my testimonial then - with a loud ker-ching!
Thank you to Marisa, Murray, and all the Supporters (I only know Jhaymie and Brandee by name) who have made EPM really enjoyable and I know it will be profitable too.
PS See you eventually at Message to Money!
What is your biggest takeaway from EPM?
Done is better than perfect
How did EPM help you become successful?
Simplified the process of what to do, what tools to use and most of all in changing mindset
How has EPM and your success impacted your life?
Given me the tools and confidence to get my products out of my head and into the real world so people can benefit from them
What has been the biggest change in your business?
Putting my ideas into practice
What are you most excited about moving forward with your Experience Product?
Making money for me and helping others make money who need what I can teach them