First Month's Successes and Failures

I committed to trying out WakeUp Now and being honest about my personal experiences.  I meant to blog about my first month of WakeUp Now at the beginning of August.  Where has the time gone?  I can't believe it's time for school to start again.  Watch for my August results in about a week or two.

I definitely had my ups and downs the first month.  I set out to discover if WakeUp Now could really save me the money that it claims, and whether it would be a good business opportunity for me.  Here are my successes and failures the first month...

Successes:

The savings are definitely worth it!  The first week, I saved $38.48.

The first $30 days? $146.68

WakeUp now uses a savings tracker that resets every calendar month.  For this reason, I will also give the data in calendar months and from this blog forward.

June savings: $38.48 (remember, it was only one week)

July savings: $162.18 (because there were a few more savings the last week in July, after my 30 day mark)

So how did I save all that money?

• Free offers including music downloads, movie tickets, free samples, etc
• Printable manufacturer coupons (Juice, Chips, toothpaste, deodorant, etc)
• My husband bought a PS3 controller (normally $50) for $17.50
• We saved $30 on my husband's contacts.

And that's not all!  Included in the membership are three magazine subscriptions.  I did not add these to the monetary value, but it allows me to receive these without having to pay for them.  So which three magazines did we get?  Men's Fitness for my husband, Redbook for me, and Discover magazine to share.

I set up my cell account to get the 22% discount, but it takes a billing cycle or two before it kicks in, so I did not include the cell phone discount into the monthly savings this first month. 

Other successes:

• I set up my financial planning
• I set up taxbot (and I have already tracked approx. $200 in deductions using taxbot)
• I attended some webinars in order to familiarize myself with the product.

Failures:

• I did not complete my 15 day sprint to success (I didn't help 3 people to sign up in my first 15 days.  If I had completed it, I would have earned an extra vacation on my one year membership anniversary)
• I mentioned WakeUp Now to some of my friends and family, but I blundered my way through- telling them the things that I had found out, but none of it came from my own experience.  I was not sure what to say about the company, or how to get people to sign up.
• I didn't involve my mentor as much as I should.  Many of my friends and family has said, "We'll see if it works for you, and then MAYBE I'll try it."  I need for them to talk to Evan, or one of my other mentors- someone who is actually making money doing this.
• People in my organization: 0 (just me)
• I didn't make any money.

Conclusion:

For July, I have a net savings of $62.18, so the membership more than paid for itself just in the benefits.  If the savings continue like this, it will become more and more worth it (like when the cell phone discount kicks in).  The savings seem to be worth it, but we will see if the savings are always this good, and we will see if I can make any money.