Well after 26+ hours of travel, Eric and I are finally back stateside.

And today I’ve got some great photos to share with you from our Australia MEGA TRAINING event.

The event (and our trip overall) just rocked.

Once again the highlight was the Member of the Year contest, where we got to hear just how far so many folks have come over the past 12 months using
all the programs you’ve come to know and love like AUTO-CLOSER®, DUPLICATOR®, DEEP CORE®, several of our VIP done-for-you campaigns like Your Best Body Challenge™, Body Balance™, and so on.

There were soooo many great success stories, that any one of the finalists could have won the 2010 Aussie Member of the Year title.

But the story that won the crowd over the most was Dave Lambert, owner of Oxygen Health & Fitness, in Kiama, New South Wales. Dave’s titled his presentation “The Rise and Fall and Rise of Dave Lambert” and shared with everyone how he had built up a great business, but had a partnership that fell apart. Then flat broke, and with no list, he moved back into the country town where he grew up, started from scratch on October 11th 2009, and now just 11 months later he has over 70+ clients, 2 sports team contracts, 3 corporate contracts worth over $40,000, and the business has already grossed over $150,000+ in revenue. Not only that, but his company does a ton of great of charity work helping misguided youth with drug and alcohol problems.

In addition to the Member of the Year award, a special award was also given this year for the 2010 “Rookie of the Year”. That award went to Dane Mitchell, who’s a great young gun that is up and coming. Dane was originally one of the “most skeptical prospects” we’ve ever had, ringing up the Fit For Profit offices numerous times and calling just about every testimonial we’ve ever listed in Australia. Finally, once Ric was over answering Dane’s 300 questions about our products, he ended up enrolling in EVOLUTION ACCELERATOR Profit Path Training Program™ and has absolutely changed his business and his life dramatically in just a matter of weeks (and he’s only through the first 2 levels… still having 3 more to go!).

Dane shared with us the dramatic results he got within just the first 7 weeks implementing the AUTO-CLOSER® Fitness Sales System, more than quadrupling his income. He also shared a funny story about how his dad told him to watch out for these “pushy American products” (many Australians are skeptical of American products and marketing, and with good reason since some bad apples have poisoned the well over here by just selling junk programs and then skipping town). But during the weekend activities of MEGA TRAINING Dane called his Dad and shared with him how NPE got listed as #131 on the Inc 500 list this year and his dad said, “oh, well maybe they’re alright then”.

As a side note, Dane’s also a big Crossfit fan like I am (Crossfit is just starting to really spread through Australia now) and Dane and I had a conversation about him opening up his own facility in the next 12 months. We’re looking forward to supporting him in his continued business growth and expansion and I look forward to seeing him move forward with that goal.

There were lots of other great members we got to spend some time with on this trip, and I’d be remiss without recognizing a few more in particular. Bianca Aiono was a finalist for the Member of the Year last year, and she along with other 2009 Member of The Year superstars Clinton Thomas, Laurie Maximillian, Joel Scutt, and 2009 Member of The Year Dirk Hansen all made great case study presentations.

Bianca focused her case study on her results with publicity and media marketing. She has become quite the media darling over here during the past 12 months, with a portfolio that includes several national magazines, television, newspapers, radio, and just about anything else you can think of.

In her presentation she shared just how she got started, how she leverages and pitches great hooks to the key media producers and reporters, and how she continues to snowball her publicity results to grow her business. Eric made the comment that she now has one of the largest media portfolios we’ve ever seen from a client… and that’s saying something.

USA MEGA TRAINING Coming in Just 5 Weeks

We had a great time at the Australian MEGA TRAINING event and can’t wait to head back next year. In fact, Eric and I both decided that next year we’re going to head over for 2 weeks and take some time after the event to just hang out and enjoy Australia. It’s a great country, the Aussie’s and Kiwi’s (New Zealanders) are all great people and we really enjoy spending time there.

But now we’re home and all our efforts are focused on USA MEGA TRAINING which takes place in just 5 weeks. We’re down to just about 30 seats left, so if you haven’t booked your ticket yet… it’s time to do so here.

Several more announcements to come about MEGA TRAINING over the next couple weeks, including something I’m very much looking forward to share with everyone this weekend.

Watch your inbox on Sunday for more info.

To your success,
Sean

P.S. A BIG “THANK YOU!” to Ric Issac, Andre Sauer, Emily and Michelle from the Fit For Profit team, and all our members and friends in Australia for making this trip another great one for Eric and I.

It’s a pleasure to spend time with you all and we’re looking forward to seeing you again soon… hopefully next year on the Gold Coast!