online courses the bad and the ugly should you buy one shouldn't you how do you know if one's
any good how do you know you can trust look i'll be honest the online course industry is a shambles
it's full of fake gurus and frankly some scams out there now i know what some of you may be thinking
right jordan i swear you've got an online course and i'll stop you right now i do not own an online
course i own an online education business and the product i sell is not a course it's a mentorship
program and i'll come on to that later on but there's a definitive difference between somebody
out there who just puts out content and sells a standalone course product and somebody who
actually has an education business now there is no doubt that online courses give people
the ability to gain access to information that they wouldn't have been able to access
previously right people now have the ability to sell their own knowledge which is incredible but
it's also a very dangerous thing because it's a very unregulated industry and anybody out there
can create an online course in theory uh some 16 year old guy or girl can create a course about how
to start an e-commerce business and scale it to seven figures whilst never having an e-commerce
starter store that has scaled to seven figures before there's no regulation there's nobody
actually vetting and checking that information and so that vetting comes down to the individual and
so if you're looking at an online course right now and i'm the head should guess that maybe
you are because you're watching this video it's very important you do your due diligence on that
person have a look into the businesses they are claiming they have had have a look into whether
they actually practice what they preach whether they are actually doing what they are selling if
they're not doing either one of those things if you can't find their previous successful business
then run away as quickly as possible because you can't teach how to do something if you haven't
gone ahead and actually done it yourself i can't teach you how to build a successful seven-figure
agency but i haven't built a seven-figure agency myself and i haven't documented that
everywhere online if someone else hasn't done that and they're hiding the business then they've
probably got something to hide themselves and they're probably not actually doing the thing
they're teaching also have a look at their reviews have a look if there are other successful students
out there watch some student interviews online if you can or watch some testimonials and try
and establish whether or not that person is in a similar position to you trying to establish
whether or not because they have been able to do it you would be able to do the same and if you can
try and vet those people as well so it's really important when we're buying online course
we do our due diligence we check out that person and we make sure they are who they
say they are and they can do what they say they can do so that's the guru or the teacher right
what about the product itself how do we research that well if we're trying to buy something that's
going to teach us how to do a certain thing let's say it's going to teach us how to start an agency
well the first thing we need to do is actually write a list of all the things we need to learn
all the things that go into launching an agency for example how do i actually find clients how
do i sign them up what's the strategy how do i get them results how do i build a team and so on
and so forth and then compare your list with the course that you're looking to buy to ensure that
it covers all the information needed you also only want to look into products that include
some kind of mentorship or coaching alongside you are gonna need ongoing support especially
if you're jumping into a business opportunity course you're gonna have questions surrounding
your individual circumstance and so it's important that you have access to someone when you need them
within that course product in an ideal world you want access or mentorship with the person
who is actually teaching the course itself now this sometimes comes in the form of an ongoing
support messaging system or even coaching calls or weekly or bi-weekly q and a's q a is simply
a question and answer session usually hosted on zoom so you can jump on video with other students
you can listen to other people's questions being answered and you then have the time to ask your
own questions yourself now a product that includes those things isn't just a course a course will
simply be a group of videos you can download or access via a web portal there's no community no
human intervention you go and just take it at your own pace i would generally avoid those products at
all costs because people the teachers that create those courses generally do not care about the
success of their students because if they did they would understand that they need ongoing support
in order for them to be successful and that's why it's always been very important
any time that we have launched an educational product through any of our education businesses
that there is always ongoing support that there is human intervention that there is a coaching
element and there is also access to me because i am the person that actually taught those videos so
if anybody wants to ask me any questions or any of our weekly live q as they can do so so all
of the programs that we have ever created have been coaching or mentorship programs because we
want to ensure that our students have the highest success rate possible and they have the support
that they need as they are scaling their agency and more than just support we also recognize that
people will take information they will learn in a course and not actually action it you can
learn a new skill you can learn how to start a business but you have to implement what you learn
knowledge is worthless without implementation and so in the latest version of the affluent academy
we introduce accountability coaches where a coach will work with someone one-on-one
over the course of 30 days and literally hold their hand every single day ensuring that they
are sticking to their sales figures ensuring that they are actually implementing what we
have taught them in the program itself and so it's done with you instead of do it by yourself
which is why we have one of the highest success rates in the industry why we have countless six
and seven figure agency owners hundreds of people that have signed their first ever deals because
we understand the simple concept that people need ongoing support coaching and mentorship to ensure
they have the highest chance of success possible and we understand that because i have gone through
the process myself i started an agency from scratch after quitting my job scaled it to
10k and now 100k plus monthly profits i have done it myself and i have taught people how to do it
afterwards and it's exactly the kind of support that you need to look for in other programs and
the same kind of credibility from the person who is teaching it as well now if you haven't seen
already on the 25th of may we're actually closing enrollment to the affluent academy for a period of
time we do not know when we're going to reopen yet but when we do it'll be application only
we will hand select only the best applicants to allow into the academy and only let a very limited
number of people win and if your application is successful then the price will be four to five
times what it currently is on the website that is not a marketing tactic it is not full scarcity
after the 25th of may you will never be able to go on our website and just buy the academy again
you will have to fill in an application and if your application is successful and if we have
a slot available for you you'll pay four to five times the price of the academy right now because
we get results and we guarantee results to our community and we want to ensure our community
remains as high quality as possible and so if you're on the fence about joining the affluent
academy and you've watched this video before the 25th of may then take advantage of it being open
and the price it is at right now because i promise you if you message me on the 26th of may you will
not be able to get in i don't even have a date as to when we're gonna reopen but when we do you'll
apply and you'll pay four to five times the price no exceptions that's it for me see you soon cheers