Income Blogging Guide Course Review

2011 BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL: For 100 members only, get six months membership to the Income Blogging Course for $27 per month – a total savings of $120 off the entire course!

I have been contacted by several people in the last few months for reviews on various hosting services and make money online products. I’ve declined many because I really don’t feel comfortable writing about something that I can’t even sample, or when I do sample it, feel that it doesn’t meet up to the expectations the sales pages’ set for it.

The Blogging Income Guide Course is by someone who I have been following for awhile now, and is well know by several people that I fully trust. As a disclaimer, I was not paid for this review, although I did receive a few chapters to sample as a part of my research for the review.

The links to the products mentioned below, however, are affiliate links. Since I feel the following course would be valuable to many of my readers who are interested in making money online and will provide what is advertised, I fully support it as I do other affiliate products I mention throughout my site such as the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog and Thesis.

Who is Behind the Income Blogging Course

Personally, I like to get to know the people behind a product before I purchase it. So before jumping straight into what it is all about, here is a little about the creators of the Income Blogging Course.

Andrew Rondeau

Andrew Rondeau is the author of We Build Your Blog, a site where he shares his experiences about making a blog and making money online. He is also a regular contributor on Famous Bloggers, and provides several video tutorials on WordPress, blogging, and SEO on his Youtube channel.

He has created several products, including a book on becoming a first class manager, and offers blog setup and maintenance services for as little as $100 (plus domain and hosting costs). You can find recommendations of his products and services on his testimonials page.

You can connect with him on Twitter or contact him on his website.

Joel Williams

Joel Williams is the author of Blog Tech Guy, which covers blogging and WordPress. Joel also offers video tutorials for bloggers on Youtube.

He offers several blogging related services, including setup and customization, blog maintenance, and WordPress management training. He also has an extensive list of recommendations on his testimonial page.

You can connect with him on Twitter or contact him on his website.

Sales Page Summary

Now, if you’re like me, you want to get to the nitty gritty of the sales page. So here it is! There is a lot of great information on there, including course details, testimonials, and what you should get out of the course. Here is the shortened version.

Ideal Candidates

Are you already blogging and not making any money, or not the kind of money you want? Are you thinking about blogging as a way to generate income? Do you already have a business and would like your blog to drive traffic to your business and increase conversions? Then this course is definitely for you!

Course in a Nutshell

The course will be delivered in weekly lessons over the course of 6 months (26 lessons total), from choosing your niche to running an online business. Lessons include specific instructions for each task, screenshots, and videos – not just “go do this and you’ll make money” but go do this, and here is how to do it right from start to finish. To give you an idea, the five sample chapters I received were 30 – 46 pages each.

The six stages of lessons are:

• Blogging Essentials (choosing a profitable niche, keyword analysis, domain name selection, setting up WordPress, and creating great posts to bring in visitors)
• Turbo List Building (creating a free product to build your list and setting up Aweber, autoresponders, and building a relationship with your subscribers)
• Easy Traffic Generation (utilizing social media, bookmarking, commenting, guest posting, search optimization, and collaboration with other blog owners)
• Simple Product Creation (creating the products and/or membership site plus teaming up with others to help with sales)
• Copywriting Secrets (creating headlines, hooks, story, benefits, guarantees, and pricing for products)
• Outsourcing Your Internet Business (how to find, test, and monitor / manage contractors and maintain and online business)

In addition to the set lessons, there will be bonus lessons sent at appropriate times throughout the six months, such as a professional article marketing course or other methods to getting highly qualified traffic.

The estimated amount of time to complete the coursework included in each lesson is 5 – 10 hours per week. And of course, once you get to the part of what can be outsourced and how to do so properly, your work time per week will probably decrease. That or (if you’re ambitious) you will be able to outsource parts of your first project and use the extra time to start your next one!

Objective

The overall goal is for beginning to more advanced bloggers who are not yet making money online to be making an average of $500 per month by the end of the course. This is not a guaranteed number in any regards, as it is based on the niche chosen and the dedication the blogger puts into accomplishing each lesson. Because, let’s face it, you can sign up for anything, but if you half-ass it, you won’t reap the full benefits. $500 is an approximation and possibly just the start – once the fundamentals have been established, the blogger should be able to apply the same strategies to new ventures to continue to increase their online income.

Pricing

What I love about the pricing of this product is that you don’t have to put up a huge chunk of change before you find out if you are going to love it or not. The course is simply $47 USD per month for six months – billable monthly, not all at once. Or you can pay all at once and save 20% off of the monthly cost.

Outside of the pricing of the course itself, you will need to buy your own domain and hosting, plus additional tools and services that will be needed to aid you in earning income on your blog (such as Aweber for mailing lists).

Bonuses

Your membership does not only include the lessons but also access to a private members forum where you can discuss your progress in the course with other members. It is monitored by both Andrew and Joel so all questions will get answered, and you will even have access to the forum after the end of your six month course.

You will also be able to reference a database of popular questions and answers about blogging and making money online (as you can see above, no question is too simple or complex for Andrew and Joel to answer), and get invitations to weekly teleseminars held by Andrew and Joel.

Also included in the cost of your membership is a premium WordPress theme – your choice of Headway (normally $87 for a single license), Flexx (normally $80 for a single license), or Thesis (normally $87) for an additional $40. They will also install these themes on a new or existing blog for you for free.

60 Day Money Back Guarantee

This course offers a 60 day money back guarantee. So if you don’t feel that this is the right program for you after the first 60 days, you can get your money back and keep the first lessons, the premium theme, plus valuable contacts and resources from the forums. So, if you think about it, you really don’t have much to lose, especially if you are already planning on buying one of the premium themes listed above!

Why I Like This Course

I like this course simply because the creators do not promise a get rich quickly scheme with little to no effort. They don’t guarantee that if you take this course you will be a millionaire overnight. They tell you up front that it will take work to make money online. They aren’t looking to “con” anyone into buying their program thinking it will be simple just so they can make their money online without any regards to how you do in your ventures.

They aren’t simply making you pay $300 for an ebook and then leaving you in the lurch to figure out how to do it yourself. They are offering their personal assistance throughout the course and beyond through forums and weekly teleseminars for no additional cost (so even after the six months is up, you can still connect with them and other members of the forum). And they are offering a money back guarantee in the first 60 days before you put you commit to the total course cost.

Will I Sign Up for This Course?

YES! Probably not until July because I want to make sure I have the time to dedicate to really completing each lesson in the course. But for a long time, I have wanted to monetize my blog in a way that I can be proud of, without overloading it with a ton of links and ads. I am pretty good at writing and sharing information, but I’m clueless at how to take that and turn it into income.

As I said in the beginning, I received a few chapters from the course to review. Some covered topics that I felt I knew at an intermediate to advanced level of knowledge, and some covered topics that I have no idea about because I have not seriously considered monetizing this blog beyond simple Adsense and affiliate links to books and products I use and believe in.

With the topics I felt I had a lot of experience in, I found a lot of good additional information and new ways to utilize particular tools and strategies to benefit my site. And I felt the details given in the topics I was not familiar with were easy to follow and apply in my niche. So all in all, I believe this course has a lot to offer and will deliver on it’s objectives, assuming I dedicate the time that is necessary to completing the tasks.

What Will Make or Break This Course for You

I cannot reiterate enough that your success is dependent on the amount of time you are willing to dedicate to this endeavor . You can sign up, get all of the lessons delivered to you, take a friendly stroll into the forums, and do nothing more for the entire six months and then wonder why you are not making any progress. But if you want results, it will take work.

You will need to read the lessons thoroughly, whether or not you feel you already have a good grasp on the topic or not, and follow the coursework. You can’t skip anything, even if it is something you have already done. You have to follow the instructions to setup your blog, create products, build traffic, get affiliates, and much more. You will have to build something you believe in and support all of the way before you can earn income. Unlike a lot of the other “how to make money online” products and courses out there, this course will help you earn an income that is honest and that you can be proud of.

Free Blueprint

If you’re not quite sure you are ready to commit to the six month course that may change the way you earn income through your blog, why not start with something for free?

Andrew and Joel have created a Free Income Blogging Guide Blueprint – a 95 page ebook that covers choosing your niche based on your passions, blog setup, WordPress (plugins and even blog security, something most of us could use more information about with the recent malware hacks going around), the basics about monetization methods, and how to manage your time between content creation, marketing, and learning about new technology.

Sign up now for the Free Income Blogging Guide Blueprint.

Learn How to Make Money Online Now

If you already have the free blueprint or are ready to start the six month course to building a money making blog, click here to sign up for the Blogging Income Guide Course now, get even more details, and dive in!

Your Review

Have you signed up for the Blogging Income Guide Course or free blueprint? What are your impressions, based on your own membership or even just this review and the information available on their sales page?

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