Archive for Assisted Education Courses
New Local Offline to Online Marketing Course Under Review:
Posted by: | CommentsAs pretty much everyone knows, local offline marketing to benefit local businesses in their efforts to gain more ‘footfall’ i.e. customers through the door is rapidly becoming the prevailing song of a growing proportion of email promotions these days.
My particular situation makes this of genuine interest and I have started collecting available education on the subject – white papers, research and training courses with a view to…
- Rapidly adding to my existing knowledge on the subject
- Verifying by the use of separate sources, the viability of this business with respect to my personal attributes
- And to give me something to get stuck into whilst my badly broken leg recovers – though that is not a good reason really
(nor do I recommend breaking a leg either!) We shall leave that to the more theatrical among us.
So I have today (after a careful look around that is) purchased what promises to be a very comprehensive training course called
Local Lead Machines with the intention of meeting the bullet points above and reporting back as to whether it is worth the money. I should be in the position to confirm this (or otherwise) within a couple of days. As I said earlier… I do have quite a bit of time on my hands at the moment.
If you have been reading my other posts with any regularity you will have seen that I joined Jonathan Van Clutes Membership some time ago and the good news that imho his way of doing things although a tad slow at times is really fist class. The tools he gives you are themselves worth a years membership alone never mind that he personally helps with anything related to I.M.
I just don’t get how he does it all.
You can still watch his video http://milessentme.com/rd/JVCSOL or read the whole article here
New Effective & Recommended Training
Posted by: | CommentsIt is not that often that I recommend products here as usually I seem to be in the position of reporting products that simply don’t cut it or prove to be out and out fraud. There are however some very respectable, decent and upstanding sources of training (yes REALLY!) and the one I am suggesting you take a close look at is produced by Jason Katzenback and Jason Potash who have once again collaborated on a training product that is not only inexpensive but also actually delivers what it claims to deliver.
So what is it? The product name is Blog Blueprint and is a complete, structured and well produced training course covering autoblogging and how best to go about it to get great results.
The price is currently (at the time of this post) just $67 and well worth it – I got myself a copy and have no complaints at all.
It seems customary these days to be offered an upsell or two when buying (especially training) on-line and this is no different. What is good is the 14 day free trial of ALL their tools that are available above and beyond standard membership.
There is no harm in going for these PROVIDING you have the self discipline to cancel at the appropriate time if indeed that is what you decide to do. (I won’t be cancelling as the tools are worth it).
These guys ALWAYS issue prompt refunds when valid requests are made – they are upstanding guys with whom you should have no worries. I have purchased products from both of them before and have never been unhappy at all. I once suffered a tech support cock-up, tweeted Jason Katzenback and had it resolved in less than 30 minutes – can’t ask more than that.
So take a look at the intro video to get a flavour of what I am recommending.
PPC Coach – PPC Coaching Beginner to Very Advanced!
Posted by: | CommentsThe guy behind PPC coach one of today’s most advanced PPC coaching programs is Will Haimerl, he’s been in the on-line space for …. well let’s just say a hell of a long time. He is also the co-owner of a CPA network called Wotogepa.
So what does this coaching program offer?
I think the first point to make is that Will set’s his stall out from the get go and is totally focused on getting his students into the position of having generated income as quickly as possible. He also is keen on the idea of teaching from basics in order to ensure that his students have a thorough grounding in the fundamentals and to ensure that they move forward with their individual businesses (for that is what you will have at the end of your very first month) with the confidence of knowing that perhaps for the first time they actually do know what they are doing.
(The ‘Learn The Basics Mantra’ is something I totally support — I see too many trying to run before they can walk — don’t buy advanced tools if you don’t understand their background to use)
I could drone on and on about what comes in the months after month one, but frankly it would not serve any long term purpose as the content of his program is constantly being updated in order to ensure that it reflects the current state of the market in terms of what works and works ‘now’.
So What’s In Month One?…
Perhaps the best thing to do is play you a short audio clip of Will himself explaining part of Month One’s activities, because it is a ‘full’ month, lots to do and lots to watch (over 24 videos if recall correctly) and lot’s to take on board. The emphasis on month one is ground up…. nothing is missed and no stone left unturned when it comes to getting his students up and running and into money generating mode.
Oh, and don’t be worried by his
“I don’t want you to use any tools or tracking”
statement. That is very deliberate on his part. Of course you will get into using some highly sophisticated tools as you progress through the program. As Will would confirm, it’s no use using a blade to cut with, if all you do is bleed to death as a result!
Here’s that Audio
Go check out the PPC Coach Main Site Now!
Howies Apprentice System – My Review & Thoughts
Posted by: | CommentsIf you are still very much learning the skills to market on-line then look at Howies stuff….
If you are very experienced and already know most of the basic to intermediate techniques, then still look at Howies stuff.
Howie Schwartz is one hell of an on-line and off-line marketer that is for sure. But, should you go out and enroll onto his Apprentice Program? Well my take on that is it depends…
I myself stomped up $1997 to go through Apprentice 4 and the short answer is that if you are new to the on-line marketing world then Howies system is for keeps. Rest assured you will cover a lot of material over the 10 week course. You will generate results, you will learn skills that should stand you in good stead for your business activities long after the program has finished.
However, if you are relatively well experienced, know your way to a good or very good level in respect of SEO, understand how to drive traffic (efficiently and effectively) to your sites, I would then say this is not for you as you would only find a small number of elements/ideas truly useful (as did I).
But as I say, If you are new (< 1 year say) to the on-line game, then Howies course is worth it.
You will learn a great deal but be prepared to work and work very hard, why? because that is what it takes to succeed, there are no magic bullets!
I will warn you now. The senior coaches can be VERY direct at times, in fact one of them severely pissed me off by going too far (of course I said my piece as I am inclined to do 
) But overall they do have your best interests at heart.
They just have little time for slouches who are not prepared to work, yet still demand results. If you are like that then Don’t sign-up because I warn you now, you will be told and told in no uncertain terms.
It’s business, simply business and they treat you that way for a reason.
Apprentice 5 is the next one available to the public and will be focussing on DOMINATING clickbank. These days that’s not my scene so I won’t be going along despite the great discount I have been offered.
So in conclusion.
If your new on-line, bite Howies hand off and get the course, work hard and get yourself skills that will go the distance.
If you are experienced on-line then spend your money elsewhere.
Either way do take a good look at what Howie is offering as whether you go and grab the course or not, you will still learn a few things.
Howie is quite prolific when it comes to giving away useful perspectives that if you take them and use them will be quite useful to many.
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