ERN Grows Your Business And Surrounds You With Fun and Friendships
As an entrepreneur, you've probably heard about working "in" your business versus working "on" your business.
And if you're like most entrepreneurs, you almost never get to work "on" your business because you're so busy dealing with the day-to-day tasks of running
it.
So you have all of these projects that never seem to get done. And yet if you could just focus on one of your big projects, and got that ONE project done
and done well, then WOW -- business would triple overnight.
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ERN lets you get away from your business to work on your business with other entrepreneurs and business owners.
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At Entrepreneurs Retreat Network - also known as ERN (pronounced "earn"...and yes, the pun is intended), you get away from your business so that
you can work on those big projects--with help, feedback, and new ideas from other entrepreneurs. And the key word here is WORK. We're talking about a
working retreat at the club lodge in Breckenridge, Colorado.
Create professional videos in the high definition video lab, complete with step-by-step "how-to" guides. Show off your website on the 40-square-foot projection
screen for feedback. Get ideas for more traffic to your website and implement those ideas. Create a joint venture with another club member. In other words,
get the stuff that really matters DONE.
Get that marketing plan done. That sales plan done. That mail campaign done. That product-spec done. That book you want to write done. You choose the
project, and your friends at ERN will help you get it done...better than you could ever do by yourself.
You get so much done at ERN because other entrepreneurs help you refine your ideas, and then help you implement those ideas - right then and there,
at the lodge. Here's an example:
Imagine you're at the ERN lodge, sitting around a crackling fire with the gang after dinner, explaining something about your business. So you display
your website on the huge, 40-square-foot projection screen for everyone to see.
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Groups share websites, videos, and ideas on the 40-square-foot projection screen in the Great Room.
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Now someone gives you an idea on how to close more online sales. And here's an idea for a new traffic source. And what about adding a video? Here are
some specific conversion metrics to take a look at...
Intense debate ensues...ideas fly! The room's buzzing with energy...and you're writing down idea after idea after idea.
Suddenly, you've got it! An idea that you're certain will work. So somebody says, "Let's get it done!"
And a few of you spill into the video lab, and work on perfecting a video for your website until 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning.
As the evening unwinds, some hit the game room. Others crash in their bunk beds.
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At 3:00 AM, you head to your bunk. You've gotten more done in the last 5 hours than you have in the last 5 months.
And Who Are the ERN Members?
So here you are, with people who, 24 hours prior, were complete strangers to you...and they're using all of their creative gifts and talents as successful
entrepreneurs to help YOU get YOUR business more profitable.
Here's a small sampling of the people you might meet at the ERN Lodge:
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Ed Oakley (Enlightened Leadership Solutions) is author of Enlightened Leadership,
a Simon & Schuster book now in its 31st printing. He is also creator of the world-renowned "Making Managers Into Leaders" seminar that was delivered to
some 3,237 companies over 8 years. "I went to the ERN lodge for a quiet weekend getaway and maybe a little video shoot. Within half an hour of sitting
down to chat with another member, who I had never met, I had thousands of dollars worth of ideas for my business. Wow, over a year's worth of membership
fees already easily covered - in the first 30 minutes. I'm going back soon!"
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Angelika Ilina (AI Creative) Ai Creative is a premium boutique marketing, graphic
design and web development agency founded in 2003. Ai serves small and medium-sized businesses' web-based marketing projects with budgets of $5,000 and
up. "Every time I come here I meet someone new who gives me ideas on what they are doing to grow their businesses. Plus, I always learn about resources
out there that help me improve how I do my business. The best part is, since I'm in the mountains, I leave energized, rather than mentally exhausted, like
I would if I did this kind of work back home."
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Yael Cohen (Get IEP Help, LLC) For more than 25 years, Get IEP Help, LLC has been
getting the right help to parents of kids with learning challenges by helping them navigate the bureaucracy of the public school system. "I'm now taking
my business national via the web, and my new friends at ERN are helping me do it. As a newbie to the online world, I'm amazed at how generous other entrepreneurs
here have been with their time and expertise. I've already released an eBook, and now I’m working on teleseminars, lead generation, producing high-definition
videos, and more. I would never be as far along as I am without ERN."
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Zita Gustin (The Savvy Networker) As a Business Strategist focused on Social Marketing,
Zita helps business people realize the many opportunities presented through social contact (whether online or face-to-face) to spread the word about their
businesses. She helps folks focus in on their perfect client, their USP, and the pain they solve for their clients so that they can speak the message
that will resonate with others to help generate Word of Mouth Marketing and Top of Mind Awareness.
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Wendy Coad (ReflexologyProf.com) For almost 20 years, Wendy Coad has been practicing
and teaching reflexology. As the founder of www.reflexologyprof.com, Wendy’s business began to reach a global market, expanding dramatically after attending
an ERN video workshop. As a "solopreneur," Wendy works on her business and spends time in New York, Miami, and now Breckenridge – at the ERN lodge.
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Richard and Rae Ann Dougherty (R&R Strategies, Inc.) As Co-founders of R&R Strategies,
Richard and Rae Ann Dougherty help companies manage people, work processes, and systems in support of Organizational goals, for which they won Wells Fargo's
David E. Bailey Award for small business. Their customers include giants ARCO Oil and Gas, Sandia National Labs, Prudential, and Intel as well as small
and medium-sized businesses. With ERN, they've learned how to transform their "brick and mortar" face-to-face consulting business into an online information
business, creating professional-grade direct response marketing videos and building a list from scratch. "Not only are we reinventing our business, whenever
we come here we get exposed to new technologies and ideas that we didn't know about. ERN gives you a built-in focus group every time you come."
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At ERN You Don't Just Learn...You Get Your New Ideas Implemented
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The most successful entrepreneurs know that they have to keep learning to get even more successful, so ERN tends to attract the real go-getters. These
are the people who attend dozens of marketing seminars and spend thousands on learning materials.
But there's a difference between learning what to do at a marketing seminar, and actually doing it.
The problem with marketing seminars is that so many people end up with a pile of notes, and a year later, nothing more to show for it.
So where most people fall down isn't with knowledge gathering, but with knowledge implementation.
At ERN, it's all about getting great ideas implemented for your business.
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Entrepreneurs work on their videos in ERN's professional-quality video studio until the wee hours of the morning.
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Revitalize, Relax, and Escape With Your Newfound Friends
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"Work" has never been so relaxing.
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Now that you know that ERN is all about work, relax. It's OK to just chill. Or, to get "pumped up" about your business, all over again.
It's about the new-found energy and new-found motivation you get from being in a place filled with so many inspirational peers.
It's about opening yourself up to new ideas -- wow -- ideas you couldn't get any other place, any other way. It's about the group coming together, living
together for a weekend or a week, and the magic that happens in the "summer camp" environment.
It's about fine-tuning your business growth on a STRATEGIC level -- so that you return home with clarity, purpose, and drive. You come home excited about
the new potential you've found in your business.
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That's why a lot of people purchase second homes in resort towns: to have a place to get away from it all and enjoy life. It's about lifestyle.
But to purchase a ski-lodge like the ERN retreat, you'd have to put several hundred thousand dollars down and pay thousands of dollars per month in mortgage,
maintenance and taxes. That doesn't sound very relaxing to me. But the ERN model eliminates all that pain of owning a second house... your first visit
is free, and full membership is under $100 a month. And we even provide you with a steady flow of new friends to share the house with.
ERN members Rich and Rae Ann Dougherty also own a Colorado ski home, just down the road in Winter Park. But they've decided that it's a lot more fun -
and profitable - to rent that home out and be members at ERN.
"We had our other property rented out most of the time, anyway," said Rae Ann, "so we weren't ever able to go up there ourselves. With ERN, we have our
mountain home again, with the added benefit of being surrounded by so many amazing business owners. We've become so much more entrepreneurial as a result
of our experience here."
Put it all together, and ERN is an insanely-great deal. It gets projects done. It gives you new strategies and motivation. And it gives you a place to
get away at a fraction of the cost of doing it any other way.
What more could you want?
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ERN is an Exclusive, Invitation-Only Network
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If you've been invited to ERN by an existing member or an approved ERN ambassador, your first visit to ERN is 100% free - with no sales pressure, no hidden
fees, and no catches.
Some people fear that this is like one of those high-intensity timeshare sales pitches, and that they'll be cornered for hours on end, with no way to
escape.
RELAX. We are not in the timeshare business. We're too busy creating a dynamic environment for our entrepreneur members.
So this is a way for you to discover what ERN is all about, and for the ERN members to learn what you're all about. If it's a match, you'll be invited
to join the club.
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So when you get to the lodge, if you want to engage in a business project, you'll engage with the other ERN members. If you want to escape, they'll help
you escape. It's up to you.
Welcome to ERN.
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we handle reservations the old-fashioned way -- with a human! (Yes, that's really me. :)
