Thats how they makin money. You see in YT like 30 people selling same shit. Trust me most people that have figured it out for real rthey will never share
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Lots of people want to "get rich quick" and with minimum effort, so these fake gurus sell the dream via their courses etc.
People who sell “how to get rich doing x” instead of actually doing x <<<
It's pure profit.
The ones who say "I made $350k on Amazon but I can't share what product it is as I don't want copycats. But buy my course for $499 and see how I did it:" lol too many of them around!
Because their "products" are the people.
They make money off the people who join/buy, not the thing they advertise they sell.
Going to be honest I do six figure profit monthly, it’s basically work ~ not sitting by the pool with topless supermodels… I don’t have time to do social media much less teach someone I don’t know how to do it?
So just saying!
Exactly, May I ask what niche you killing in ?
I sell basic evergreen stuff online… nothing fancy.
Great, last question, Which marketing method is going in your favor ?
In my experience as a business coach, most entrepreneurs are creative people. Social media is really fun and creative. It’s also safe, because you don’t really have to interact with people in meaningful ways. People love the idea of having a big following that buys just because you are entertaining.
You know what isn’t fun and creative? Sales. Networking. Following up on emails. The things that actually get people to buy. I have tried and tried to get people to learn sales and cannot get much interest.
Instead, people want to learn how to make stuff. My most popular webinar is “Get started making helpful videos.”
The real question is: why do so many people listen to them?
Lack of creativity and chasing money Vs something that adds value.
I agree. I actually have two coaching clients where I have helped them get better jobs and clarity in their career. I don’t advertise but the results of their actions speak loudly for how I coach them. Part of the challenge is that people what a better situation for themselves in their families so they will go to some of these coaching gurus thinking it is going to help at the end of the day they may spend thousands of dollars but not get the result they want. You have to be careful out there because people are desperate and need a solution to their problem. I think as long as you add value and can prove that you value that it’s OK to be a coach.
Well to be honest the principles of entrepreneurship are pretty easy. It’s the execution that’s killer.
What are the principles of entrepreneurship?
Read a book- something like disciplined entrepreneurship by bill autlet that will give you a structure.
I’m interested in your definition though … for me, the principles are simple too.. buy something and sell it at a mark up. Period
I don’t know if we are talking about the same people, but I have been aware of this in the last years. Spanish and English gurus coaches.
In fact, i have been monitoring this. Used to buy many many courses and most of them have ONE thing in common: John C. Maxwell. 🤔
John C. Maxwel
believe it or not they do this in all languages I've checked
My dad has a niche, but it’s getting really hard would love to help him out
Because... their business is edu-tainment. They're trying to make money on youtube and with some crappy course.
That's their business model. Every business guru is just someone trying to sell a ghostwritten book. Stop listening to idiots online and start actually studying business development.
You are the method.
Because there is a dream of being an entrepreneur that people want to pursue that is who this sub is mainly populated by. They have an idea of some kind or skills that they feel could result in something, but they don’t know an incredible amount of stuff, and aren’t really in good positions to become entrepreneurs, so they pay other people to find out what’s not working. Where there is a want there are people to fill that want.
There’s also a lot of people on the other side who started as uninspired wantrepreneurs who realized that they themselves are a market and tricking people like them can work because they got tricked. It’s like a self fulfilling recursive market. Entrepreneurship is the only way out if you’ve taken the corporate path. It’s the last dream of creativity and ambition that’s left, no more being a rockstar or a movie star. It’s kind of like an entertaining daydream for people to stew on.
The story of the guy who wrote a book called "How to make a million dollars selling books". The book ended up being a best seller.
Because it's a business in itself.
Money
Just another scam. Time to move on.
They want to make more money by selling courses etc to others so if you see someone giving out info and it has like 2 mil views chances are they are giving Info so that they can selling you a course like giving you one piece of the puzzle and you have to pay for the other piece
🧨Yes,there is many fake business gurus
All this with big amount $ are Eye Catching Title.
"7 secrets to go from 0 to 10 million become entrepreneur!!!!"
"my journey from 0 dollars to 100k a month!!!"
-"I had this business ..."
-find your niche/market
-dont give up
-use ai tools !!
-also buy my course where I explain all the secrets in detail
is it even worth listening to them anymore or at all ?
for me is NO,if you heard enough,you will found out speaking type A or B also can attract audience.
i more rely to data,
how many years gurus website ,social media.
if the guru in singapore,you can buy guru profile from goverment website.
People will buy their programs
I wouldn’t say they’re fake because they found value in sharing their knowledge. I think we all need to be weary of stranger danger
For views for sure.
Are they fake? No, but they are not doing any of the business by themselves. So they cannot provide you strategies that work for the businesses they are talking about.
Are they helpful. Maybe yes. Because whatever they are saying, a lot of people are making good grands from it.
But the trick is that you need to pick a business model and dig deep into it. Internet is changing so fast so you have to experiment with different strategies and find the one that works for you / your business.
That's because nobody teaches that anywhere for real.
Perspectie of the people, like me, who spent 3/4 of their life in a corporate machine+schooling system, is that even tho I really want to, I don't even know how to do the first step. Where to start. Zero. Nothing. Stuck in the matrix.
Look for info "on the web"? ok, who's telling the truth? who's a scammer?
Easy to judge if you have experience, your own or passed from your parents for example...
For me? Not so much. Had neither, was raised in a communist country. Lived a corporate life. GG.
Some people sell products.
Some people sell services.
Some people sell dreams.
It makes money. People jump on personal and business finance topics in general, it’s a niche that makes serious side money on YouTube or blogging if you take off.
Cause it works. Lots of dumb people buy those course.
Those who can’t do, teach.
Did you heard something like, 50$ in australia, fakbro, panza panza panza?
I can say for a fact that many people that successfully figure something out that's valuable see courses as another income stream. That's what entrepreneurs do. The product sells itself. A lot of these courses also offer a mentorship feature which can change someone's life. There's plenty of value in some of these courses. There's nothing fake about that.
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they wanna get rich telling you how to get rich
Someone said that you should give away your best stuff for free and once that happens, people will ask you for your page stuff because they want more. The fake gurus are using marketing tactics to get you to buy the products. There are a few out there that legitimately know what they’re doing and they’re making a business out of their knowledge, which to me is the right thing to do and ethical.
You just have to find them.
The financial market is one of the best markets, always growing and with a good starving crowd (everyone wants to be rich, right). That attracts lots of people, the problem is that the vast majority of them don’t really know what they are doing, they are just trying to get rich themselves, not necessarily wanting to add value to others.