Bruce Mitchell and Lorraine Hollitt made ACN Pacific history when during their RVP promotion parade at the ACN Training Weekend in Sydney, February 27 & 28, 2010, Bruce proposed marriage to Lorraine on stage.

Prior to ACN Bruce had worked for 25 years as a financial planner and before that was a retail business owner. His partner, Lorraine was working 7 days a week as a real estate agent and before that ran her own newspaper. Both were content in their jobs, earning well and convinced that working in traditional businesses would generate enough wealth for them to retire comfortably. Neither were looking for a new opportunity before being introduced to ACN – but was open to the idea of learning about a great way to earn more money and make more friends.

When Bruce was first approached about the Opportunity he was not really interested in learning more about the business and felt no urgency to attend a meeting. Six months later, when Co-Founder Mr Mike Cupisz was touring Australia and stopping in Bruce’s hometown of Adelaide, his sponsor contacted him again. The chance to meet a Co-Founder, successful business owner and expert in the Direct Selling field excited Bruce. He attended a meeting with an open mind, was energised by what was presented and signed up right away.

After signing up himself, Bruce asked his partner Lorraine to attend a meeting with him. While doubting she could add any value by attending the meeting with Bruce, she went along anyway to show him support.

“I joined because Bruce wanted me to – not because I did. It was not until 2 months after joining that I finally understood what ACN was all about. This came when he took me to my first International Event in Sydney in June 06. That Event changed my life, and that of the many people that I have since shared ACN with”, says Lorraine.

After attending the Event, meeting thousands of excited people and hearing some great testimonials, Lorraine could see what Bruce had seen all along – that “the Opportunity was an absolute ‘no-brainer’. ACN had such a good track record and the product was for essential services that people use every day”.

When Bruce began talking to friends and family about ACN they all said the same thing “Don’t be crazy, you already have a great job. Why change?”

What was Bruce’s response? “I never actually owned my business, my business owned me. I can’t believe that ACN carry all the infrastructure costs, staff problems etc and all I need to do is talk to people. I would never go back to being a slave to traditional small businesses after experiencing the ease and lack of stress associated with ACN."

Lorraine faced a similar resistance from her friends and family, but now 3 years later, at the prestigious position of RVP, earning great money and enjoying the life she has always wanted – Lorraine’s family and friends are queuing up to join ACN. Lorraine says, “the moral of the story is – never, never take people off your list. I believe as long as you leave the door open – eventually they will all walk through either as customers or reps”.

With a strong work ethic, consistency and persistence Bruce and Lorraine are now RVP's and fast tracking their way to SVP.