Our $25 Story of Success in Empower Network

Our $25 story of success starts in December 2011. My wife and I had been involved with at least five home business opportunities previous to that time. We had spent tens of thousands of dollars in out attempt to create a different life and lifesytle for ourselves. We actually approximate that we lost about $70,000 in our attempts to have a successful home business. We had invested countless hours and been committed with our time and effort to achieve our goals and dreams. But no matter how hard we tried, how much we educated ourselves in marketing, and how disciplined we were to follow the leadership of those we viewed as successful, we still did not gain success in our business.

In December of 2011, I noticed a friend and acquaintance of mine had made some changes in his home business approach. He had stopped marketing in the company we were both involved with. So I decided to see what he was doing and where he was doing it. I soon learned that Tony had joined Empower Network. I decided to take a look at this company and soon decided to join too. This was the beginning of our $25 story of success with Empower Network.
It turned out that you can start a business with Empower Network with just $25. I felt this was a no risk investment. It was only $25 to check out this business opportunity, get a blogging platform, fast start training, capture pages and sales pages, and begin to create what we had desired all along - the life of our dreams. In December of 2011 we started our new home business. And we made our first $25 online EVER our first week with Empower Network. Our success story was beginning.

Myself with David Wood - co-founder of Empower Network                      
Lorien with Ashley - David's wife

 Lorien and I with David Sharpe - the other co-founder of Empower Network


A month later we purchased our Inner Circle product with our profits in our home business. We worked in various social media sites to develop a greater sphere of influence. The next three months we had no success. I worked on the business several hours a day, but had no signups, no success. In May 2012, we bought our 15K and Costa Rica Intensive products. In June we posted our first ads in LinkedIn jobs. BAMM - we started to produce 10-15 sales a month. In October we purchased our Master's product. We ranked in the top 200 members at the San Diego, Austin, and Chicago Empower Network events. Our success story was continuing to grow.

It is noteworthy to mention that on Christmas 2011 we made our first $25 online EVER with Empower Network. Exactly one year later, on Christmas 2012, we woke up to our first $3,000 day with Empower Network. Our success had grown from $25 to $3,000 in a day in just one year.
I have made alot of mistakes this past year with Empower Network. But I have been developing the skills and been learning about network marketing. I can show that my mistakes cost me about $30,000 in passups last year alone. But, the truth is, the money is in the mistakes. What I have learned this past year will yield us hundreds of thousands of dollars and lead us to greater and greater success.

I made the following video last November. In it, I speak about the intentions of quitting my job in the coming months. I give a candid description of our journey to independence and a home business success. Since the time of the video we did indeed quit our jobs, buy a RV, and head west. Watch the video - get to know us - we can be the bridge to get you where you are to where you want to be. We can show you the way to success.
 

Our story of success begins in December 2011. Now we have our dreams unfolding before our eyes. We have quit our jobs, bought our RV, and hit the open road. Our decision to join Empower Network is our $25 story of success.

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The Secret To Great Results

Everyone wants to know the secret to getting results in a home business. As soon as you join a home business opportunity, you see and hear about the success stories. And then you ask yourself," What is their secret?" Some of us take initiative and ask what the secret is. We are told there is not one. We are told to be persistent, learn the skills of the trade, apply the training we are given, and take massive action to get massive results.These are real factors of success in a home business. But what if there really is a secret to getting great results in your business?

Let me start by telling you a personal story. In first grade I had a music teacher that told my parents that it was an impossibility for me to ever learn to play clarinet. I continued to teach myself for the rest of my life. The result of my persistence was I ended up representing the United States competing internationally throughout Europe. I even received a standing ovation from 14,000 people in an international stage band competition after a sax solo. I'm telling you this to point out that telling your story has great results. Story tellers make great marketers.

The secret to great results in your home business is simply to tell your story. The people getting the best results are the ones who are always telling their story. They tell and show people about the results they have had and it causes even better results. In other words, they use a result to create another result by telling the story of the first result. This is a fantastic approach to marketing. Talking about your results replaces the grinding out success.

I have a friend, a self-made millionaire in the industry, who I have watched use this secret extensively. He started in our company making Facebook posts. On one day he would say, " I didn't expect this, but I made $75 today just from making a couple posts and placing an ad." Then the next day I would see him posting more social proof with a screenshot or a video. He would point out how his income keeps climbing and now today he made $200. He was continually telling his story, going from one victory to another. The secret of telling his story was always producing greater results. He continues to tell his story to this day.

You can use this secret even if you are new to the business. You simply use someone else's story until you have one of your own. I did this myself. I used friend's stories until I had one of my own. And I still use their stories, from time to time. The secret to success is talking about the success you have already had.

Now, I have to caution you about one thing. Never share your struggles while you are in them. Keep them a secret. You can share your struggles after you have your way through them. Then they become part of your story. The secret to getting results is talking about your victories, where you have come from, and where your achievements have brought you. The secret to success is telling your story of success. Only after your hardships, mistakes, and failures are a thing of the past, do you share them as part of your story. Until then, keep them a secret.

This is an example of part of my story. I told people how I made my first $25 online on Christmas in 2011. Then, I shared how I had my first $3,000 day on Christmas of 2012. When I shared this part of my story, I attached a screenshot of my success. I have done this repeatedly as I have more and more successes. I can directly attribute the secret to many of my results to sharing the results I have already had.

The secret to great results in your business is to tell your story. You can use the results you get to create more results. Become a story teller in your business. E-mails that tell stories produce far greater results. People relate to them and tell themselves that they can do it too. Yes, there is a secret to marketing. The secret is to always be telling your story.

My story grows better every day. Click here to start your story.

How To Have Success, Money, and Have Your Dreams Come True

I have had most of my dreams come true in life.I have learned how to have success, money, and how to have my dreams come true. It is a true saying: "Where there is a will, there is a way".

When I was in first grade my parents thought it would be nice if I learned how to play clarinet. It was

one of their dreams. Over time it became one of my dreams.

Our elementary school in Altamont, NY gave free lessons and had a school band.

I remember my first school concert. My parents, aunt and uncle, and grandmother came to watch me.

I sat there and pretended to be playing as the band played its songs.

It wasn't long before the music teacher told my parents that I would NEVER be able to play the clarinet.


He refused to waste his time trying to teach me.

Years past and I continued to work with the method book I had been given and the silver plated clarinet they make lamps out of now.

One of my dreams was to play clarinet.

I got to junior high school in Hampton, NH and decided to join the band.

My parents couldn't afford private lessons. So, I learned what I could from the band director and continued to teach myself how to play the clarinet.

I remember a concert we had at that school. I had a solo in it playing "Swan Lake".

When I went to play I couldn't get one note to come out of the clarinet.

 I think I was so scared up on that stage that my windpipe of my throat was closing or something.

I raised my hand and told the band director my clarinet wouldn't play.

He came over, took the clarinet, played up and down a variety of notes, and told me the horn was fine.

We started the song and we got to my solo. It was horrible. Squeeking, wrong notes, a total unraveling disaster of a performance.

When my parents and I headed home that night I was crying, ashamed, and saying that I would never be able to play the clarinet.

My dad looked at me and said, " You can do anything you set your mind to do."

That summer I practiced all the time and it was time to go to high school.

I got to the high school band at Winnacunnet High School, Hampton, NH.

It was the 4th best high school band in the country.

 It was directed by Stan Bednarz from the New England Conservatory of Music.

He pulled out a music chart the second week I was there called "Beguine for Band".

 It was in the key of 7 sharps and had began with a series of sixteenth note runs with the clarinets.

It was a train wreck. Stan listened to us play, or try to play, the music one by one - individually.

 When my turn came I played all the notes correct and in perfect time.

From that day on, and for the next four years, I was the first seat, first clarinet of the band. My dreams had started to come true.

Stan told me I needed to learn saxophone to play in his band and to be able to play professionally.

We still couldn't afford private lessons. So I taught myself to play saxophone too.

Four years later I graduated from high school and was traveling around Europe representing the United States for all the international band competitions and dignitary functions abroad. I was playing for presidents, kings, and queens. My dreams of playing in front of thousands at a time and traveling as a professional had come true.

I was playing with the elite US Army Band Europe.

There was one night I had 5 sax solos out of 8 songs our stage band performed at an international stage band competition.

When I finished playing my ad lib solo in "MacArthur Park", I received a standing ovation from 14,000 people for minutes.

You are never given dreams without also being given the power to make it come true.

The achievement of your goals and dreams are assured the moment you commit yourself to them.

If you have the desire, you have the power to obtain your dreams.

You can have anything you want in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.

 It doesn't matter whether you are pursuing money, success, or personal goals and dreams.

Your dreams can come true if you pursue them.

If you have dreams and the will to achieve them, then we have the way for you to live the life of your dreams.

Remember: "Where there is a will, there is a way." That's me up front with the sax.

Never give up on your dreams. If you want them bad enough, you can have your dreams come true. I have had many achievements in my life. Many of them have been in the face of people saying it could not be done. Never allow discouragement. Your desire and determination to achieve dreams is the fuel to obtain them.

I have many of my dreams in life coming true right now. If you would like to know how I am achieving them and have the freedom in my life to write articles like this, click here.