Eeeeerch! I know you are doing your due diligence and investigating this company before you potentially invest your hard earned money. That is great, in particular in an industry the like the “make money online” one that is so rife with scams and shams.
The one thing that is interesting is that people continue to get fooled into buying all sorts schemes and scams every day, and that is often times not do to lack of diligence, rather it is failure to look for the red flags that are signs that you are about to be scammed.
I want to walk you through these in detail, and I also want to make a recommendation to you for the most cost efficient, lowest risk, yet most effective program in the industry. I will get to that though, first let’s discuss the program that got you here – Legendary Marketer.
What Is Legendary Marketer?
In short, Legendary marketer is an online training program That promotes itself as able to give you all the information required to establish and run an affiliate marketing business aimed at high ticket commissions.
The training is designed to teach you to promote high ticket items via the use of paid ads and email marketing and have it all set up within 15 days.
So, let’s look at this one and see whether it is worth the effort (and spending money on).
- Product name: Legendary Marketer
- Founders: Dave Sharpe
- Product type: Online affiliate marketing training program
- Price: $7 + upsells + Autoresponder costs + traffic purchase then monthly subscriptions ranging from $30 to up to $30,000 per month
- Best for: Affiliate marketers
- Is it a scam?: No
- Recommended: Look, Dave Sharpe is a tried and true successful affiliate marketer and 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 You Get?
With the entry level package you get access to the members area Split into 15 days (hence the 15 day challenge). Each day contains access to:
- Training Video – This is where Dave runs your through his training in a mixture of personal discussions and replays of live stage presentations.
- Business Call setup – The business plan call is a Zoom meeting with an advisor who will take you through the program. Note: You cannot go past Day 3 without your business plan call which will attempt to upsell you to other training packages.
- Wake Up Legendary FaceBook Show – This gives you access to the daily Wake Up Legendary show via Facebook.
It should be noted here however that you will need to spend extra money on some of the many upsells to really get the program to work for you.
What else would you need?
So to be successful with Legendary Marketer, you will also need access to the following:
- And Email Auto responder – They suggest Aweber
- Access to a Sales Funnel – They use ClickFunnels
- Online Advertising account
All of these will add extra costs to your usage requirements.
What Are The Red Flags To Look For Online?
I have been in this industry for some time now, and I have seen just about everything . These are some of the things that you need to really watch out for, as these are ‘red flags’.
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 Legendary Marketer offer a Free Trial? No, there is no available free trial. There is a $7 upfront cost for the base package with internal upsells involved – some of which are very expensive. There are also additional traffic, email, and autoresponder costs.
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 Legendary Marketer Cost? The initial cost is $7, then $10 to get access to further e-book infomration and then $30 per month for the Makreter’s Club. There are also blueprint and mastermind access options ranging from $2500 up to $30000 for access to the Legendary Leadership Group.
The training inside also discusses the use of funnel software and an autoresponder – which all add extra costs as well as the purchase of traffic – which is never an effective option. As you can see it is not just the $9.95 fee advertised on the front end, you are looking at at least $117 + recurring costs!
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 Legendary Marketer Use These Sales Pages? Credit where credit is due, the sales page for this program is not as bad as many others. You do get to see a video from Dave to prove he is a real person however there is still no real outline of what you are purchasing
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.
Legendary Marketer Rating: 2.5/5.0.
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 Legendary Marketer 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 – big tick here.
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 Legendary Marketer 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 Legendary Marketer: Yes, there is access to Dave Sharpe 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 Legendary Marketer? In the first instance, yes. And whilst this information is sound, it alone will not get you to the 15 day challenge without an extras spend on an autoresponder and a sales funnel at the very least. These are additional fees, some of which are ongoing monthly costs.
Does the “Legendary Marketer″ 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.
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. Which is obviously way less than the upsells of Legendary Marketer.
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 option. 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 Legendary Marketer’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 Legendary Marketer program above, this platform can help you build a business in 15 days, just with a physical website and domain included – for way less cost.
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.
Step 2 – Build a Website – A website is the tool we use to talk about our niche in order to earn income. And of course one the main purposes of Wealthy Affiliate is to assist you with this very step.
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. And WA has all the training to help you with this as well.
Step 4 – Earn Revenue – Ok, elephant in the room, this is what it is all about – making money. And this is the program that helped me do just that!
Conclusion
So there you have it – my take on the Legendary Marketer platform.
Let me know of your thoughts and/or experiences or if you have any questions below.
Thanks for reading
Paul