Hey there and welcome to my Entre Institute Review where we will try and find out if it can turn you into an ENTREpreneur.
What is it?
The ENTRE Institute, founded by entrepreneur Jeff Lerner, is an online education platform that aims to help aspiring entrepreneurs build successful online businesses.
With a strong emphasis on personal development and mindset, the Institute seeks to provide its students with the necessary tools and support to create a sustainable, long-term business.
At the heart of the ENTRE Institute’s mission is the concept of the “3 Ps”: Personal, Professional, and Physical development. This holistic approach to entrepreneurship emphasizes the importance of nurturing not just business acumen but also personal growth and overall well-being.
So, let’s look at this one and see whether it is worth the effort (and spending money on).
- Product name: Entre Institute
- Founders: Jeff Lerner
- Product type: Online business development training program
- Price: $39 + upsells up to $3997 per month
- Best for: Those looking to set up an online business
- Is it a scam?: No
- Recommended: Look, the information here is good but you will need extra cash to make it all work so if you don’t have access to extra funds then I would say no.
What Do They Cover?
The ENTRE Institute’s curriculum is designed to cater to various interests and skill levels, with a wide range of courses available for students to choose from. These courses fall into three main categories: Affiliate Marketing, Digital Agency, and E-commerce.
- Affiliate Marketing: This course focuses on teaching students how to create a successful affiliate marketing business from scratch. Topics covered include niche selection, traffic generation, conversion optimization, and scaling strategies.
- Digital Agency: The Digital Agency course teaches students how to start and grow a profitable digital marketing agency. Covering topics such as lead generation, client acquisition, and service delivery, this course is ideal for those interested in offering marketing services to other businesses.
- E-commerce: The E-commerce course focuses on various business models, including dropshipping, Amazon FBA, and private labeling. Students learn how to find profitable products, optimize their listings, and implement effective marketing strategies to drive traffic and sales.
What Are The Red Flags To Look For Online?
Ok, so if you are looking into this program as part of your due diligence, then let’s just start by looking at some of the red flags. And and whilst this site certainly does have as many as some others around, there are still some here.
Here are some of the main ones to look out for:
1. Programs That Don’t Offer a Free Trial. I am all for making an investment in your online business, however what is the point in paying for something that is worthless, or a scam? Many hide behind this by not offering the option of a free trial to see if the program you are purchasing is really worth it.
Does ENTRE Institute offer a Free Trial? No, there is no available free trial. There is a $39 upfront cost for the base package with internal upsells involved – some of which are very expensive.
2. Programs That Don’t Clearly Outline Pricing. As a follow on from the above, many product sales pages will give you a base price (usually at a highly discounted price if you purchase in the next 10 minutes – in this case, pay $9 now before it goes back to $87 per month) but don’t outline what you get for that.
In most cases, they HIDE their pricing via the numerous upsells that appear only once you have made your first purchase. This is unethical and the upsells often include essential functionality needed if you are going to get anywhere close to the promises on the sales page – not that this is usually really achievable anyway.
How much does ENTRE Institute Cost? The initial cost is $39, from the Entre membership is $297 (one time payment), and then the suite of Entre Digital Course is $3,997. Then there is Entre Results at $10,000 and the Entre Inner Circle for $29,997.
The training inside also discusses the use of website builders, funnel software and an autoresponder – which all add extra costs as well.
3. Programs That Use Long Winded Video Sales Pages / Squeeze Pages. If you visit a “sales page” and it runs for miles and miles without actually showing you what it is that you are purchasing, this is almost certainly going to be an expensive, overpriced scam. This is a marketing tactic used to HIDE pricing, but also to hide the product itself. They typically ask for your email or a small payment, and then you are going to be put through an extensive, and expensive sales funnel.
Other things to look for here include:
- Long sales videos with lots of pitches but with no identification of the actual person behind the program or any demonstration of what you are actually purchasing.
- Fake testimonials telling me they made $1000’s in the first month that they owned the program.
- Constant reminders that “I know you have been scammed in the past, but this is different – this is the real deal”
- A lot of bullet point sales pitches outlining just how much work you don’t need to do…
Does ENTRE Institute Use These Sales Pages? Credit where credit is due, the sales page for this program is not as bad as many others. There is a full outline of the story, owner and outline of the training – however no real clarity of just what you get for your first joining cost.
4. Low TrustPilot Ratings. TrustPilot is the place where you should be going to do to get real consumer reviews about products/services that you plan on buying. If a company doesn’t existing on this website, or has a rating lower rating than 4.5 out 5 stars, then you may want to second guess it and there are definitely going to be better programs and services available.
ENTRE Institute Rating: 4.7/5.0 – so a big tick here.
5. The Program Sells “Riches” Without Telling You The Process. If you are being pushed the idea that you are going to make a lot of money of not much work without telling you what you will be doing to earn this money (in a specific way), then it is maybe time to look elsewhere… Look for warning words such as ‘autopilot’ or an amount of commissions/day you will make.
Does ENTRE Institute Focus On The Riches? No, they definitely get a pass mark here. There are not promises of a lot of money, just an option to learn and build.
6. Support options are available. In many cases, there are no direct ways to contact to the owner/developer to answer questions about their program. That is something that you can easily test as there is usually only an email address available. Email the company and if you don’t get a response within 48 hours max then that is probably the sort of help you can expect in the future.
Sadly you will usually need to purchase the program to test this as there are usually never any contact details on the sales pages either.
Does ENTRE Institute Have Support Options Available? Tick, the program has solid support options.
7. No Access/Communication With the Owners. If the sales page outlines who it is that owns the product, many of them don’t, then can you get help and/or communicate with them directly? If NOT, then this program is more than likely not going to be helpful. Owners of reputable systems make themselves available to their customers.
Can You Contact The Owner of ENTRE Institute: Yes, there is access to Jeff Lerner here
8. Are you Just Purchasing “Information”? Of course there is absolutely a market out there for training platforms that are very effective. However, if the program is telling you they can help you earn money online but end up just providing you with “ideas” without offering you all the tools, services and levels of ongoing support that you need to succeed, then it may be time to walk away
Unfortunately, many programs use their sales pages to charge you for their information, and then tell you that you need to purchase all sorts of stuff in order to actually use the techniques taught.
Are You Just Purchasing Information with ENTRE Institute? In the first instance, yes. And whilst this information is sound, it alone will not get you an online business built without the very expensive upsells and extra spend on a website builder, an autoresponder and a sales funnel at the very least.
Does the “ENTRE Institute″ program that you are reviewing meeting ANY of these points? Perhaps it is a good thing that you are doing your research and second guessing yourself here. Apart form some red flags in the sales processes, the information as I found it was sound and there is no doubt that the owner knows his stuff – it just may cost you a lot of money to get it.
However, there is definitely not everything found in the one spot to help you establish your online business.
I Used Wealthy Affiliate Instead!
OK, now that we got that out of the way, I wanted you to introduce to a company that is free of ALL of the red flags, and in fact, goes above and beyond what you would need to build a successful business online. Let’s run it through the red flag check we outlined above:
1. Programs That Don’t Offer a Free Trial. One of the things that first attracted me to Wealthy Affiliate after losing money on other rubbish was the free trial.
Most people who join Wealthy Affiliate do so via the Free Starter Membership. Unlike most other online platforms, the FREE starter membership provides for enough access to get a website started. There is no time limit to the starter membership and it gives you access to:
- The first phase of the either the Online Entrepreneur Certification and/or Affiliate bootcamp training – 10 lessons
- Access to 2 out of 12 Member Training Classrooms
- 1 free website
- Web hosting for your free website
- Access to the WA SiteBuilder to build and manage your website
- Limited access to Jaaxy – WA’s keyword research tool
- Access to Site Content – WA’s post writing and publishing tool
- 7 Days of Full Mentorship & Expert Help
- Access to Site Support.
2. Programs That Don’t Clearly Outline Pricing. Wealthy Affiliate has 3 available memberships clearly outlined on their pricing page. They have a Starter membership (FREE), Premium ($49/mth) or Premium Plus+ ($99/mth) with discounted yearly pricing also available. There is no time limit on the starter membership and there are no further upsells involved.
It would be remiss of me not to outline here however that in order to fully create your online business, you will at some stage need to invest in a membership options Pricing table is as follows:
3. Programs That Use Long Winded Video Sales Pages / Squeeze Pages. Yes, Wealthy
Affiliate does have a decent sized sales page. However this is a full website that clearly explains everything to do with the program, what you will get and how much it will all cost. All without the fake testimonies and empty promises of lots of money for no work.
4. Low TrustPilot Ratings. WealthyAffiliate.com has a 4.8 STAR rating on TrustPilot. The owners personally get back to each and every comment, and this leads to the industry. It is very difficult to achieve a rating like this in any industry, let alone the opportunity world one.
5. The Program Sells “Riches” Without Telling You The Process. Wealthy Affiliate offers the best of both worlds, a full training suite and all of the tools required to put it into practice. There are no promises of getting rich quick and the reality is, you first have to build a solid foundation and you need to understand the business.
As within the pricing table above, Your Wealthy Affiliate membership – even the free starter option – you will have access to all the tools, training and platform you need to create a business of any size online.
6. Support options are available. The platform offers a complete support network in both the training and website build arenas. Training support is provided via the Questions section and Site Support offer an extremely fast response to any technical website issues that arise.
Their hosting package also offers assistance with site speed, backups and other optimization options as well.
7. No Access/Communication With the Owners. You can contact Wealthy Affiliate directly from their website without being a member. They have a contact form, and the owners freely share their email addresses if you ever need to get in touch with them or have any questions. They are kyle@wealthyaffiliate.com and carson@wealthyaffiliate.com, feel free to reach them directly if you have question and of course as a member you are going to have access to them within the community.
8. Are you Just Purchasing “Information”. For me, I strongly believe that everything you need to build your own online business is all found within Wealthy Affiliate. And all within your chosen membership option.
Compare that to ENTRE Institute’s base subscription costs alone that can reach up to between $30 a month and up to $30000 and you still can’t build your website etc. all in the one place. You can learn just as much if not more in Wealthy Affiliate (and for way less).
Why I Recommend Wealthy Affiliate
I joined the program myself back in 2018 as I wanted to sell essential oils online. And after trying quite a few programs where I paid good money for not much in return, I found Wealthy Affiliate. Within 2 weeks I had a website created and was well on the way to earning my first dollar – which I managed within the next month.
And like the ENTRE Institute program above, this platform can help you build an online business, just with a physical website and domain included – for way less cost – I mean even if you purchased the yearly Premium Plus membership, you are still over $29,000 ahead.
As with any business, it takes time and dedication to reach success and not everybody who joins will make money. That said, if you follow the training and take advantage of the tools available, there is no reason why you can’t make money either.
What Do They Teach You?
In the interests of keeping things simple, the training within Wealthy Affiliate focuses on four simple steps as follows:
Let’s explain these in more detail:
Step 1: Choose an Interest
Have you ever looked at someone else and said “How lucky are they that they get to work in area that they love!”. Well guess what, this is your opportunity to do the same – regardless of whether you do it through Wealthy Affiliate or not!
You see the advantage you have here is that you can build an online business based on absolutely any subject that you like. This can be either:
- Something you are passionate about – such as a hobby or skill
- An area you have expert knowledge in
- A subject where you can help people
And to tell the truth, can even be something that you want to learn about yourself – yep, you can learn as you go! I mean what is better than spending your days researching and writing about something you love?
In website geek speak, the subject you will be working on is usually referred to as your niche!
Step 2 – Build a Website
A website is the tool we use to talk about our niche in order to earn income. Now, creating a website can be a daunting task for many however it really is not as difficult as you may think. To start with, let’s address the most common question I receive: What if I get it wrong?”.
The answer? You really can’t! Now you can do things you don’t like, or don’t work for your audience of course. However if this does occur – which it will – you can change anything you like within seconds! It really is that easy.
And of course one the main purposes of Wealthy Affiliate is to assist you with this very step which we will cover soon.
Step 3 – Attract Visitors
For this next part, think about a normal brick and mortar store. You can stock it with products but how do people know that you are there? Getting people to visit your website – called traffic – is what this part is all about.
You may have heard terms such as Search Engine Optimizations (SEO) and keywords however again, this does not have to be complicated. I have to be honest here – there are some technical integrations to set up but once that is out the way, all you need to do is write about your passion – that’s it!
Step 4 – Earn Revenue
Ok, elephant in the room, this is what it is all about – making money. And as above this can be via:
- Affiliate marketing
- Dropshipping
- Selling your own products
- Network marketing
You can also run advertising on your site as well.
At the end of the day, if you are sick of working in an office, sitting on a train for hours to and from work or just not being able to to what you want to do then why not check it out. You don’t need a credit card to join so what have you got to lose?
Conclusion
So there you have it – my take on the ENTRE Institute platform.
Let me know of your thoughts and/or experiences or if you have any questions below.
Thanks for reading
Paul