(12-18-2018 10:37 AM)rondev Wrote: [ -> ]Hello again JLR0309,
I have another question or two.
1. Is there any course that is shared either on here or another forum that you would recommend for beginners? I see you did a reference for "Seal Beach SEO Services" which is a site made by Dori Friend on one of her courses, do you recommend her stuff? any other one in particular you would like to vouch for?
2. How doable is to reach to 10k per month? I see a lot of courses who often market themselves and have their sales copy around "Make 10K per mont in 'x' amount of time" I figure they are trying to sell their course but, how doable is to reach that amount? is it possible to make 10K by selling SEO services or Facebook ADs?
Or maybe the gurus always use this amount just so that they can sell their courses.
Anyways, hope you can shed some light on this.
Thank you.
RonDev.
1. I'm currently going through the Dori Friend course (which is why that reference was in my mind) and so far she's said (in about 2 hours of video) to use PBN's. So no, I wouldn't recommend it, but if you can find it for free then maybe it's worth a watch. I purchase all popular courses and then share any major findings with my insiders group, to save them both time and money. Most courses are massively overpriced, sometimes there will be a hidden gem or two, but it means watching hours of garbage content to get to the good stuff.
As I say in my post on Client SEO (which will be out soon, I promise), you can learn everything you need from free resources. The one course I do recommend though is Consulting Empire by Sabri Suby.
2. Is it possible? Yes. Is it easy? No. As you said, it's all marketing hype and fake gurus. But it's definitely doable, you just have to commit to it rather than moving over to the next "big thing" every time something new comes out. Starting any kind of business is hard. SEO even more so thanks to the aforementioned fake gurus ripping people off and, consequently, people losing trust.
Keep in mind that SEO is just one piece of the puzzle, with the ultimate aim of digital marketing being more money from the sales of products or services. You should also look into Facebook ads (I personally purchased Kevin David's course to give to my staff, but I hear Ad IQ by Maxwell Finn is good too), email marketing, copywriting and sales persuasion, and sales funnels. Russel Brunson's courses are good, but again, don't pay for them. You can find them around the web, and other people talk about the same stuff on YouTube, etc.
I should point out that when you start out, it might take you 3-4 clients to make 10k/month. But now, I won't even talk to someone if they don't have at least 10k to spend per month. Though this is for a full marketing campaign - Facebook Ads, SEO and sales funnel creation. Don't think that because these are 3 different thinks that they shouldn't be combined together. Facebook ads calm the client by them seeing monthly traffic incoming, while you're working on the SEO, which as I'm sure you know takes a few months before anything happens, and the sales funnel ties everything together by getting them the conversions they need.
Good books on copywriting:
The Boron Letters – Gary Halbert
Advertising Secrets of the Written Word – Joseph Sugarman (re-named “Adweek Copywriting Handbook”)
Ogilvy on Advertising – David Ogilvy
Getting Everything You Can Out of All You’ve Got – Jay Abraham
This Book Will Teach You How To Write Better – Neville Medhora
Save The Cat – Blake Snyder
A Whack on the Side of the Head – Roger Von Oech
Breakthrough Advertising – Eugene Schwartz
How To Make Maximum Money In Minimum Time – Gary Halbert
Anything else you want to learn? Google it! There's a treasure trove of free knowledge and resources online. Most of the paid stuff is just free stuff repackaged to look nicer. For example FB ads and Google Adwords have official documentation that I have seen re-branded multiple times.
Hope that helps.
