Marketing Impact Academy 2.0: Changing the Course of My Life Forever

Have you ever wanted to go somewhere, like an event, but you didn't have anyone to go with you or you weren't quite sure what it would entail? But, something pulled at your heart and you just knew you were meant to be there?

That was me.
That was the Marketing Impact Academy (MIA) event.

For those of you who follow me, not for business advice, MIA is a online course for ANY business owner who wants to learn how to properly execute and successfully run an online business with passive income options. For me, I went because I am a student of Chalene Johnson's in the MIA online course and this was a no brainer. This training teaches you EVERYTHING you need to learn to be successful with building an online business and gives you the tools to succeed.

So, on Thursday, I left SUPER early and boarded a plane that ended up being delayed twice. But it enabled me to get more work done so I wasn't even remotely upset lol. As the plane landed, all of my worried anxious feelings went away. My Uber driver got me talking and it was easy to chat about my brand Gina Marie Fit and this community I am building along with a successful online health and fitness business. It wasn't hard to see my excitement and hear the passion in my voice, I was meant to be here.


That first day, I checked into the Hyatt Regency, busted out a workout to calm my nerves and then of course what else would one do when coming to California? I went to Target. Legit, no lie it was the second thing I did because I needed healthy options for snacks for the weekend. Then, I hopped on my life Beachbody northeast mastermind leader group call and headed downstairs to listen to register. After registration, I hopped on another ranked coaches call and found myself totally in my own element.

Finally, I went to dinner. I was starving, crushed a steak and took in all of the palm dreams and beautiful weather. I laid out my outfits, bagged my bag full of snacks, notebooks, pens and of course highlighters #nerdstatus. Then it was time for sleep....yeah right. I was so excited  I couldn't sleep so I got to work. Honestly, the coolest thing about running an online health and fitness business is that I can do it from ANYWHERE! Legit in the airport, on the plane, in the hotel, at the conference, walking down the street. You name it I made it happen.

DAY ONE: There is absolutely no risk involved

As I walked down to the conference room, early as usual, I sat in line and took it all in. There was this weird feeling coming over me, it's like God was guiding me to my purpose. As the doors open, I found a seat as close to the front row as a I could and breathed. The event began and there she was, my mentor, my favorite fitness instructor, Chalene Johnson! The whole time she had music playing and she came out announced by Kim Cole who I got to meet #loveher! They got down as we did and then it was time to learn.

 

Dreams, you have to align yourself with your dreams and then align your work ethic to achieve those goals. They explained the importance of being captivating, not entertaining, we are in the business of changing lives, we must lead from the front. There was an awesome training on the four types of people and I learned I qualify as a "Processing Perfectionist" someone who loves processes, having a business, but it's just not going where you want it to and your desire for perfection is robbing you of your greatness.

After our first training, then it was time for the speakers. Our first speaker was Brock Johnson, from UnwrapSnap.com training us on SnapChat. It was awesome to see someone so young becoming successful and using such a personal platform as SnapChat to run his business. If you run a business and have a SnapChat account utilize his academy. I joined right after MIA. If you're on Snapchat add me at: ginamariec17.

Then our next speaker was Nicole Walters, an income strategist and entrepreneur. Nicole was a big time corporate worker and one day she decided to become an entrepreneur. Honestly, the biggest takeaway from her story and training was her story about adopting her three girls who were born to a drug addicted mother. Tears. So many tears. I resonated with some of the things her daughter said about not feeling worthy being abandoned by a biological parent. Seeing how selfless Nicole was shows why she's successful. My biggest business takeaways were:

• Part of dealing with being an entrepreneur is dealing with the hard stuff while life is happening
• Set realistic goals, not fantasy
• Ask for resources and help
• Know who you are and what you're doing

Our last speaker of the day was Brendon Buchard, not going to lie, huge fan girl moment when he walked out on stage, my jaw dropped. Beachbody is bringing him as one of our key note speakers for our annual event this year. That's how important Chalene Johnson is. Brendon became an entrepreneur after a string of circumstances that almost caused him to take his life. He was in an accident and almost died. He said as he watched the blood and his life leave his body he realized he still hadn't lived.  My biggest business takeaways were:

• Every moment in life is a second chance, be intentional
• Inspire and instruct others on hot to improve their lives and achieve their goals
• Care enough to decide to do it and align your goals with your actions
• Create products structured around helping people improve their lives

DAY 2: HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN

On Day two, we started with another training with Chalene, talking about the importance of quality content. There was a heavy emphasis on no longer putting out content that we feel we should because everyone else does it. Also, the emphasis was established to arrange your business with organization, structure, persistence and patience. Lastly, to determine the qualities in your ideal coach/customer and be specific with your posting towards them.

Day two one of our speakers was Sean Cannell the YouTube expert. This training was focused around live video, video content and the importance of establish libraries of information that people find beneficial. His top five mistakes for those that create video content were:

1. Weak Intros
2. Low energy
3. Distracting backgrounds
4. Lack of planning
5. Self focused instead of being focused on your audience

DAY 3: IMPLEMENT WITH A PLAN

On day 3, the focus was on establishing an effective plan with set to do list items that we could leave and implement with success. During this training, we were trained on passive income which I am currently in the process of creating and will be launching this month.

Part of the training was on the importance of the right message, sent at the right time, with the right segments. There's nothing worse then signing up for something and being spammed with multiple emails. Instead, create quality, valuable content, with segments so you know who you are sending it to.

Day 3, our speaker was Pat Flynn, an entrepreneur and podcaster from Smart Passive Income (I downloaded it immediately and recommend it). One day Pat "decided to become an entrepreneur." The top takeaways for me, were to create quality audio and take your audience on a transformation so even though they're on a podcast they can visually see where you're going with your story and see your purpose.

So....what's the point of all of this?

For me, personally, I've had a dream for a year of a community base, of a website, a portal for people to go to find quality information, to find value, inspiration and assistance. To thrive even in the most difficult of times and to have the kind of support system we tend to lack with starting an unconventional opportunity.

It took coming to MIA not only to establish the confidence, but to learn the tools to become an effective leader and to truly become a business builder. Now, I have set actions plans, I have steps to follow and a passion burning so bright it's hard to sleep. That's what events  can do for you and your business. Not only does it recharge you but it gives you the things that you don't always find in your daily business life.

Since leaving the live academy training I have implemented more systems, processes and passionate action steps then I have in the past two years combined. It's truly amazing what can happen when your interest, passions and desires align with the plan set for you and your willingness to work for every single second of it. If there is something that you think about, that keeps you up at night, that fuels your soul and you're not doing it yet....just start. It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to begin.

Here is a list of all of the speakers and their academies. I know over the next year and a half I have a plan to incorporate all of them to reach a different level in my business to make more of an impact.

Brendon Buchard: The Expert's Academy

Nicole Walters- Fierce Clarity and $1 k in  day

Sean Cannell-YouTube trainings

Pat Flynn-Business/podcasting

Brock Johnson- UnWrapSnap.com

Mantra Monday: Recap from The Destin Leadership Retreat

When you think of 100 women in one area, what do you think? Do you think compassion? Motivation? Friendships? Happiness? Business building? Brainstorming? Lifting each other up? Recognition?

When I think of the community I became a part of two years ago, I honestly had no idea what I was getting myself into. At first, I joined a challenge group to get healthy, to lose the weight and finally feel confident again. Coaching, was not in my game plan. Coaching was not on my list of things to do. But that's exactly what happened. 

Last year at this time, my teammates attended the diamond and above leadership retreat. I didn't even qualify. Instead, I was in my hometown, planning my father's funeral, as he had just passed from sudden heart failure. As I spent time picking out the right black dress, funeral planning and packing his belongings up, I watched the coaches celebrate their amazing success. I knew I was where I needed to be, by the side of my family, but in my head I told myself I would be there next year. This would not be my reality again.

DAY ONE: PHOTO SHOOTS, TRAININGS, BEACH OLYMPICS

On Friday morning at 4 am, I left my house, with an overpacked suitcase, nervous as can be, and headed for Destin Florida. This was a dream that I set out for just one year ago, to think that I qualified to be surrounded by the TOP LEADERS in all of our company had be shaking in my flip flops. But...I did deserve to be there and nothing could have prepared me for the EPIC weekend that we had been blessed with. As I walked to the baggage claim, I met some of my favorite people and we hopped in our shuttle to head to our home away from home...this beautiful house was ours for the weekend. Can you say omgghhhh!? 

As our feet hit the ground, we were off and running. We entered this beautiful home to find our rooms and adorable gifts (t-shirts, notepads, and our faces plastered along the walls...like how crazy cool is that?

As we all said our hellos, and hugged...a lot (when you only get to see your fit best friends a few times a year you really embrace the moment), it was time for our photoshoot.... Let's talk about stepping out of my comfort zone. I was the kid in high school who wouldn't even get a senior picture let alone get all fancied up and have someone focusing on you while they took your picture. I mean....the nerves. As I sat around all of my beautiful best friends, I found myself getting more and more excited. I watched them as they stood tall, smiled and rocked their shoots. Finally it was my turn, I won't lie, my friend Candice did my make up and made me feel so beautiful. Our photographers were amazing and made it super easy for us to be comfortable. They embraced us and our mission and made sure we looked awesome! 

After our photo shoot, it was time for our corporate training with Cim Carver, in our world he is called "the coach whisperer." Because we are the top team in the network, I had been blessed to attend his 3 vital behavior training prior. This man knew his stuff, but his ability to reach you on a personal level is mind blowing. We all sat around and talked about our strengths and weaknesses as coaches. Some people talked about recruiting, consistency with challengers, but I openly spoke about my greatest weakness is myself. 

For my whole life, I have been a perfectionist who never felt like she measured up. I've always felt like I was one step behind everyone else and when I was finally ready to step out of my comfort zone, I was too far behind. When I began this journey, it was about a physical transformation, I never expected anything else. But this journey...it's superseded any number on a scale ever could. It was in that training, and our 1:1 after the training that I realized, my potential is open-ended but I have to change my mindset.

 The fun continued with BEACH OLYMPICS.... I mean if you know let's talk about how excited I was: SAND, SUN, OLYMPICS and COMPETITION. I secretly am very competitive and love a fun opportunity to get sweat and meet new people. We were randomly put into teams and of course our team ROCKED IT. Down to three tug of war competitions where we won every single one! GO YELLOW!

DAY TWO: TRAININGS, POOL HANGOUTS, BOSS BRAINSTORMING, YOGA

Day two was filled with amazing trainings including corporate trainings, top elite coach training and tons of vital information. Where have you ever found a group of women, who openly share their top coach principles in order to help other women successfully grow their businesses? Never. But in our community... it's normal. I sat in awe, writing down everything I could, openly listening and learning about how they paved the way for those of us who were unsure of our worth in the beginning. 

These women were nurses, teachers, mothers, corporate mentors, therapists...you name it, someone in that room had that job but now was a full time working coach. It's amazing to see what is possible when passion meets purpose. These women expressed their lowest lows and their highest highs... Every single one said the same thing, this coaching opportunity changed their lives. 

After the trainings, we all returned to our houses, got out our laptops and got to work. We sat around brainstorming, bouncing ideas off each other and embracing the moment to relax and enjoy what we had earned. It's crazy to think this all started from a need to lose weight and be healthier.... it still baffles my mind what's now our reality.

 

DAY THREE: TRAININGS, POOL PARTIES, BEACH PARTIES & BONFIRES

Our third full day arrived quickly, like everyday we started our day off with a team workout. One of the best things about this coach life, is that everyone is motivating others to live healthier, more fulfilled lives. As leaders, it starts with us and that means that we are a product of the product. Just like you, our challenger, our coach sitting on the fence, thinking about this opportunity, we started off on our journey to be healthier, happier, more accomplished women. 

As we headed into our final day of training, my head was spinning.... there were so many ideas, so many possibilities, so many options to take this business to a whole new level. Each training was specified to social media, leadership, business building and time management. All areas that anyone whether leading a business or being a busy parent could benefit from. One of the most influential aspects of this business is the emphasis on growth as a person first and business builder second. Our team culture is that of integrity, hard work and unwavering faith to never give up.

As the trainings came to an end, we listened to all of the elite, top leaders and hosts of the retreat talk about their favorite thing that this business has done. The crazy thing...none of it was objective, it wasn't about money, trips earned, nothing physical. Every single person talked about freedom with their families, freedom to travel, friendships turned into families, the release of stressful jobs that left them unfulfilled. Each one touched on an aspect in my life that I am currently working on. 

Our formal training came to an end and then it was time to RELAX. Which included, a beach party, a pool party at our top coach Melanie Mitro's team house and then a catered smores bonfire. We spent the day/night chatting with others in our network, talking about our dreams, goals and plans for when our feet hit the ground as our planes would land the next day. This is by far one of the most beneficial times, the ability to bond with like minded, passionate people, dedicated to changing lives.

This trip forever changed my coach life and my personal life. It enabled me to relax in an environment that reflected with my soul and realize that my true desire and dream for life involved following my mission to inspire strength in others. Our team is INCREDIBLE. I've never worked with or for a company who has gone ABOVE and beyond to make us feel welcomed, comfortable and recognize us in such a personal way. The people you meet in this business aren't just in the moment, they stay with you through the darkest of dark and brightest of bright times. This business will change your life if you let it....so what are you waiting for? 

Imagine your dream life....it's actually possible.

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Country Heat: What You Need to Know

Hey ya'll!!!!

So you've heard the hype IT'S COMING!!!!!

COUNTRY HEAT IS LAUNCHING ON

So I wanted to answer ALL of your questions and make an easy place for you to fill out a quick application if you want more information on my exclusive test group launch!

Question: What is Country Heat? What kind of workout is it?
Country Heat is a low impact, high-energy dance workout that is simple but fun and easy to follow. Each 30 minute workout is jam packed with easy to follow dance moves that are set to the latest country music. It's a fun way to burn calories and shape your body while achieving improved health! BONUS you get a really easy to follow meal plan that works with the container system.

Question: Who is Country Heat for?
ANYONE...literally ANYONE who is: looking to lose weight, get fit, and follow a simple but fun workout routine. Country Heat works well for beginners who are looking to get started and for anyone looking for a great cardio based workout. It's also great for anyone who likes to dance but feels challenged by complex choreography. There are no complex moves or equipment required.

Question: What is the program like?
Country Heat is a 30 day program following 20-30 minute long routines. One workout a day for 6 days a week. You need approximately 6 square feet of space.

Question: What is needed to successfully complete the program?
No equipment is required. But you should utilize cross trainer or tennis shoes.

Question: What is included in the program? 

3 DVDs with the 6 workouts. Network exclusive workout. Can opt for the deluxe edition with 2 additional workouts. Also, you will receive a quick start guide, Country Heat eating plan, 30 day calendar, 7 portion control containers, Shakeology shaker cup and a bonus free gift by signing up with me!

Question: What is the portion fix container system?
It is a system based off of calculating a calorie level based off of your starting weight. Then you take that number along with the corresponding chart that goes with your calorie level. This expresses the daily allotment of calorie intake and containers for daily consumption. The system has color coated containers that correspond to the food lists to determine what goes into each container. From there just fill, eat and count your containers!

Question: Will I get real results? 
YES---> IF you follow the program, follow your nutritional guide and give it your best effort. Results are contingent based off of effort and the level at which you follow the program.

Question: What are the workouts like? (This is direct from Team Beachbody) COUNTRY SWING               Go a little wild with songs like "Young & Crazy" while you crank up the calorie burn with moves like the Grease Step and 2-Timing Hop. GIDDY UP Stomp your feet as you speed up your heart rate. Moves like Scuff Squats and Saddle Jumps work your legs and glutes, but songs like "Fake ID" help you forget you're burning major calories! DOWN AND DIRTY Get down to the songs "Sideways" and "Footloose" and feel the fire in every muscle, while steps like Rocking Horse and Mule Kicks send your metabolism soaring. BRING THE HEAT Autumn mixes up the tempo to blast your entire body with high-energy moves set to "I Like It, I Love It" and other hot songs that get your heart pumping, so you get fit fast. TRAIL RIDE  Blitz the fat in no time flat! There's no cooling your heels when you're doing the Summertime Stomp to tunes like "Bar Hoppin" and "Be My Baby Tonight." DANCE CONDITIONING Follow Autumn's most effective toning and conditioning moves that use your own body weight to build muscle and sculpt your sexiest body yet. DANCE MASH-UP You'll want to be front and center, because Autumn is cranking up her favorite songs and top fat-blasting moves from Country Heat for the ultimate "best of" workout. WILD GOOSE CHASE Kick your metabolism into overdrive with this pulse-pounding dance routine set to songs like "Save a Horse (Ride A Cowboy)" and step up the fat burn. CARDIO ROUND UP You'll have to dig a little deeper into moves like Body Roll and Savannah Stomp as Autumn works every muscle to tighten and tone your entire body. SADDLE UP LINE DANCE "Cowboy Up!" Autumn's going to teach you her original choreography in this line dance that you can take straight to the dance floor. If you are ready to get your COUNTRY HEAT on and score some AWESOME RESULTS then fill out the app below for a chance to earn a spot in my exclusive test group AND win a free cookbook to go along with your nutritional guide!

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