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Taking Chances: The Maria Sparagis Story

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 5 a.m.

Are you looking for inspiration or someone with a message that speaks to you? This podcast aims to inspire and educate, to encourage people to carve their own path, take risks, and pursue their passions. In today\\u2019s episode, Maria Sparagis shares her adventures as a young Greek immigrant, the risks she had to take, and the many lessons she needed to learn to get to where she is now.

Who is Maria Sparagis, and why should you listen to what she has to say? Before establishing DirectPayNet, Maria used to work for the adult entertainment empire Mansef Inc. (now known as MindGeek), owners of brands such as Brazzers and Playboy. It\\u2019s where she developed her skills in affiliate marketing, sales, customer service, and merchant accounts/payments. Her experiences make her highly capable of offering merchants valuable insights on how to increase revenue while mitigating risks. Interestingly, Maria is trilingual, speaking English, French, and Greek. She is also an avid runner and yoga enthusiast. Stay tuned and be inspired.

\\u201cAs competition becomes bigger and bigger, you take chances.\\u201d

- Maria Sparagis

In This Episode:

- Who is Maria Sparagis

- Maria\\u2019s initiation into cold selling and entrepreneurship

- A taste of customer service

- Learning the art of negotiation while traveling the world

- Maria\\u2019s venture into affiliate marketing

- Payment processing and working with merchant accounts

- Building skills in an unlikely place

- Shifting into the UK market with a different product offer

- How Maria met her first client