Gina Ratliffe sells a course in how to automate your business online for $6000 (now probably $8000). But if you take the course, you quickly realize that that's not at all what the course is about.
When I took the course, I made sure to cover all bases as I am a stay at home mom with limited time. She assured me that the coursework could be completed in 8-10 hours/week very easily. She also promised that the cost of the course was the last money I'd need to layout and that it could all be done without knowing your exact product/service up beforehand.
In the course, however, it was just one trap after another of Gina trying to force people to sign up for shopping carts, streaming audio and other services ranging from $30-$100/mo. She even tried to get me to sign up for these programs before I had even defined my niche. Luckily I found all of these services for a fraction of the price because her system has not yielded even one red cent in over 9 months!
Furthermore, this work could not be completed as easily as she said — not nearly! Well, actually, it could if you were to work in the same disingenuous fashion that she does and just hastily slap useless crap together just to say you did it. But for most of us who work with integrity, it just doesn't fly and you need to cover your bases — especially if you don't live at home with mommy and daddy to ensure you don't starve or waste your child's college fund.
The worst part is that her course has nothing to do with automating a system online.in fact, you will quickly learn that, like you, everyone in the class came to know about her through word of mouth. She pays her friends a commission to sell her course for her. Her course is all about upselling "high-end services". She eventually admitted to us that she never even sold much of her product (an ebook). Her strategy is to gouge people for all the money they have. And if they run out of money, she wants nothing to do with them.
I have asked Gina to uphold her money-back guarantee which clearly states that if you honestly feel she did not deliver anything that she promises on her website (squeeze page), then come to her quietly and she will refund you your money — no questions asked. There is no time limit on it either. Despite the fact that she apparently makes over half a million dollars defrauding people, she has not responded to my requests at all. So now I've gone public and created a blog about it — warning people about getting engaged in this online fraud and directing them to more honorable systems that actually deliver.
Don't think that my situation is a unique experience with her. I have not met even one person who was satisfied with this course. One person actually put into bankruptcy following her approach. Gina will claim that she has many people who are doing well with her approach, but in order to do that, you'd need to 1) have very deep pockets, 2) live in her city and 3) be her friend.
The bottom line is that there are many, many holes in this program. There is a basic framework that probably could work, but Gina doesn't know enough about page rankings, google or the internet to sell such a course. Save your money and look for a product called Commission Blueprint. I am absolutely thrilled with this program and it's a tiny, tiny fraction of the cost of hers and can actually be done in your spare time.
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