Happy Wednesday, friends! We’re gearing up for The Come Together Event tonight in Fredericksburg Virginia, and we couldn’t be more excited!
And it’s just an exciting day all around because our new set of workshop seats are officially ON SALE today! Right now, in fact, and we would love to have you! This will be our LAST workshop of this year on Monday and Tuesday August 31 – September 1 in Scottsdale, Arizona!
We’re so excited to meet our new group of attendees and help them get from where they are to where they want to be!! Been waiting for this?! You can sign up right here!
Here are THREE ways to get all the information you need about the AJ Workshop:
1. Past Workshops: Behind-the-Scenes
Here are links to the recap posts from our three Scottsdale workshops earlier this year so you can get a behind-the-scenes peek of what it’s like to be an attendee!
1. March 2015
2. #AJWorkshop
To see the workshop from our attendees eyes in real time, check out #ajworkshop on Instagram! We just wrapped one in Richmond on Tuesday, so it’s super fresh!
3. Past Workshops: Testimonials
And here are just a few of the MANY powerful testimonials we’ve received from the more than 50 attendees from across America who’ve already been part of this experience this year!
1. “No investment I have made for my business has been more meaningful. It lit a fire under my feet and gave me tools I needed to gain momentum, mostly in areas where I literally had no clue where to start. And no one cares more about serving their attendees than Amy and Jordan. Jordan switched his dinner with someone whose order was wrong and gave his coat to someone when we were freezing outside at night, even though I could see he had goosebumps on his arms. Amy breaks down any barriers the second you walk in and makes you feel more important than anything in the world. This one is a game changer, and I would do it again tomorrow if I could.”
2. “You are possibly two of the kindest people that I have ever been lucky enough to meet. FOR REALSIES. As we sat outside on Tuesday night I couldn’t help but get teary eyed over and over again, because the fact that you were there in itself was amazing. It was obviously cold, and you not only stayed and sat, and shared yourselves with us, but you gave us the coats straight off your backs to make us more comfortable while you did it. People like you two are a rarity, and while I know you two aren’t the ‘look at us!’ type of people, I hope for just a millisecond today this email makes you stop and recognize the type of hearts you two have and feel proud of the way that you give so freely.
It goes without saying that all of the information you shared over the course of two days was business enhancing, but as I reflected on everything on the flight home I was honestly surprised at how LIFE enhancing it was as well. I flew to Arizona planning to learn from you two and make our business better, but left with such a fire in me to make our overall LIFE better. While thank you doesn’t seem like even close to enough of a word, deeply and honestly THANK YOU.
I am truly touched and inspired by the way you live with such an intense mission to serve everyone around you, and if there is absolutely ever a time we can return the favor or serve you two in any way, I hope you know we would be honored.”
3. “The night before the workshop opened in November, I was sitting on my computer looking at my bank account. I was initially saving up for a new lens, so I almost had that money set aside. But when I saw you were offering this, I knew it was something I wanted to do. HAD to do. The stress of counting everything as a loss and not making any profit for the past two years was taking its toll on me, but especially my husband who doesn’t understand why a piece of glass costs $2,000. I looked at him and said, ‘I have to do this.’ He was convinced I just wanted to because you guys are my Jose Villa and it would be a ‘cool experience.’
I then told him everything I had been holding in about how sick I am of going nowhere, pouring my life into my photography with no reciprocation, and started sobbing in his arms in the kitchen. ‘It’s my only chance to change things,’ I told him. At the workshop, I saw how much you love on your brides and how you really care about their experiences and marriages. I do too, but do my brides know that? And that hit me like a brick. How was I showing my brides that I love them besides showing up? And that’s what clicked in my head and made me realize I’ve been doing this whole thing wrong.
1 Peter 4:10 says, ‘Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.’ This verse is ON MY WEBSITE and I wasn’t even implementing its meaning to its fullest extent. So thank you for giving me this kick-in-the-pants realization that I have to serve my brides beyond what I think is fitting because it will not only change their lives, but mine. I cannot thank you enough for pouring everything into us these past few days, staying until midnight to answer my question, and giving me new friends to connect with. You have changed my business, and my life for the better.”
4. “I’m actually in tears as I write this. When I first discovered you guys, I knew we had an instant connection. Husband and wife team. Just like you say in the workshop, ‘Create the connection. It builds trust.’ I immediately trusted you guys. I showed my wife your site, and we both immediately fell in love with your work. We felt the joy, the intimacy, the images were so beautiful. Those were the things that drew us in, but little did we know, the couple that was behind all of it. As we read the ‘Pink Slip Files,’ it was like, ‘Hey, we identify with that. We have been in that situation, too.’ Your transparency allowed us a look into your personal lives, further providing that connection and trust. It set you apart. When I sent my first Facebook message to Jordan, I expected to never hear back. What I got in return was this: ‘I’m proud of you guys. Keep working hard, okay? The Bible says that the diligent prosper. Make your business about loving and serving people you’ll never go wrong.’
I had no words. I cried. People don’t say things like this. It’s not normal. It changed my life and how I do business. God has blessed both of you with a unique skill set. As crazy as it sounds, photography is just a small insignificant thing in the long run. Let’s face it: who cares. Fifty years from now, I might not remember ever detail from your workshop, but I’ll always remember how it felt to see and hear you guys say, ‘We’ve been there. We understand. We know it’s hard. We believe in you. We love you.’ There’s no price tag for an experience like that. Thank you for being you. You guys are rock stars. I’m a total groupie. Not because I worship or idolize you, but because I’ve seen and heard the real you. And that real you is a beautiful, wonderful thing.”
You can sign up right here! Can’t wait to see you!!
Want to see more of past workshop experiences? Click here:
1. March 2015
