For the last three years, Briar and I have been trying to take the 8 Week Challenge globally. In March 2013, at CBC studio's we waited among thousands of other hopefuls trying to pitch the Dragon's Den thinking this would help spread the word.
Well the Dragon's never came through, but what did happen that day changed everything. We decided in that moment that no matter the outcome we were going to keep pushing until the world knew about the 8 Week Challenge.
We started the flood of calls to the Shopping Channel, knowing if we could just pitch directly to them we had a shot. We got the pitch. May 30th, at 9:30am we showed up to pitch one of the shows producers with sweaty palms and a lot of excitement. The producer told us "OK you have 15 mins to convince me..." We got all set, and started into the pitch, after 5 mins the producer said, "ok that's enough..." in my head I thought, well maybe it's not our day. She then said the words, Briar and I have been dying to hear for over 3 years. She said "I love it, I want this on the Shopping Channel, you girls and the 8 Week Challenge are going to be a house hold name." My hands were shaking and it took everything I had to hold back the tears. Briar and I gathered up our Challenge package and lap top and headed back to the car. People must have thought we were crazy. We loaded everything in my vehicle and the tears started, we were crying, hugging, cheering and high fiving in the parking lot of the Shopping Channel! All the hard work, sleepless nights, up and downs it was finally all coming together. We got our first big break!
We go live on air, the first week of January. We hadn't officially made the announcement because we needed to wait until the vendor agreement was complete and lawyers did their thing. But it is OFFICIAL!
8 Week Challenge Inc., Briar and I along with some past challengers will be in the homes of over 3,000,000 viewers! We wanted to say, thank you to our Challenge Friendly community that is growing every single day, to our members at Balance Fitness Studio as this is where it all started. Who knows where this is going to TAKE THE CHALLENGE, but one thing is for sure. We are not going to stop until the world knows about it!
We always say "if it doesn't CHALLENGE you, it doesn't CHANGE you"!
Our next LIVE/VIRTUAL CHALLENGE starts Sept 23rd! Start to get your team together today! Please email me at Bonnie@8weekchallenge.com and I will add you to my list of potential captains! Here is a "GETTING STARTED" commercial you can share with friends and family members that might want to join your team!
http://youtu.be/uNp8QKZqpt4
Here we go!
love bon and bri
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