PPC Coach Worth It?

Is PPC Coach Worth It?

  • Yes. I learned a lot from it

    Votes: 131 35.2%

  • No. You can learn the same stuff from WF

    Votes: 241 64.8%
  • Total voters
    372


It's probably worth it if you are new, I have an account because I like reading the forums...the tools he provides are not that great and I use none of them...basically you pay for access to the forums, and videos although most of them are outdated, but still could be helpful.
 
so why would you pay to access a forum and watch outdated videos?
surely that money would be better spent elsewhere.
 
Diego86 said:
so why would you pay to access a forum and watch outdated videos?
surely that money would be better spent elsewhere.
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the forum members are very helpful, especially to people new to PPC...and its only $50 a month...it's not really much.
 
Info inside PPC-Caoch is outdated. at times too complicated for someone who does not have bast knowledge. PMs responed by Coach are dealyed and too short to understand. First month method will get your campaigns dry up/slapped before you launch!!!
 
I joined PPC Coach early last month and have been happy with the results so far. The site has some useful content and search network tools for the Big 3 making campaign setups pretty easy. But I am a n00b to the AM community, so I really don't have anything to compare to.

I frequent both WF and PPC Coach everyday, and I feel I was able to learn more in a shorter amount of time on PPC Coach.

For $40 USD (which I made back with the things I learned), it has been valuable so far, and I will be continuing my membership onto month 2.
 
I think it's worth it. You can find the same stuff on WF probably through tons of digging but PPC coach just hands it to you like Here's what you do. Here's what you do next ...
 
As an AM I am talking to more and more affiliates joining PPC Coach. Most have been happy with the program. Then again some people learn best by trial and error and others like to use step by step instructions. In the end the choice is yours.
 
I signed up for PPC Coach about 10 days ago, and even though I can't give it stunning reviews I still think it's worth the money.

My problem with it is that it's being pitched as a coaching program, when really it's just a forum with some tools and tutorial videos. The Coach is just like a head moderator who pops into some threads to answer questions and replies to PMs, but his contributions are brief and take a while to arrive after you ask for help (not too long, but like a day or whatever). It's not a step-by-step handholding process. You have to read all the threads and watch the tutorials and try to figure shit out for yourself.

So it's not a coaching program as far as I'm concerned, but the tools are good and the forums are focused around PPC so you can learn a lot from focused discussions. Worth $50 a month. I wouldn't pay $100 though.
 
Bombastic said:
So it's not a coaching program as far as I'm concerned
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I totally disagree. It is a coaching program if you use it right. You have the forums, videos and moderators to guide you through. A coach is there to set you on a path and answer questions when you get stuck. And, that is exactly how it is setup.

You are given a task for the month, instructions in how to do it and also the tools to do it. If you get stuck, the forums are there for you to post your questions. Or you can IM the moderators if you need immediate help.

Anything beyond that is mentoring and that is not what PPC-Coach is about.
 
Is it worth for noobs who are at the same time non-US? It would be tough joining affiliate marketing if you're non-US. Any piece of advice is appreciated.
 
What's with all the 2 post queers chiming in here about PPC coach? Don't sign up,

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nightwatcher said:
Is it worth for noobs who are at the same time non-US? It would be tough joining affiliate marketing if you're non-US. Any piece of advice is appreciated.
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Non-US as in what? UK, AUS, CA, most of the coutries in western Europe and places like Malaysia and New Zealand are quite well known to the bigger networks and you shouldn't have much trouble getting approved/paid.

As far as ppc-coach goes, I found month one techniques to be completely useless, apart from a few awesome threads about getting the most out of google content network.

Also, there are a few excellent tutorials/case studies on how to set up a solid search netw. campaign and a lot of discussion about ppc. I'm sure most of the stuff discussed there is basic knowledge to most people on this forum, but as a newbie I found a few (read 3) threads to be well worth the $40 fee. Most of their forum is crap though, so it's up to you to find the gems.

If $40 is a substantial amount of money to you - don't sign up. However if you do sign up, ignore month1 polls/review pages and use the info on content network to optimize your campaigns, get cheap clicks... test different offers. Forget about polls - waste of time.
 
I used to support PPC-Coach but I cant in good conscience anymore. It just seems like they stopped caring much about the site. The whole point of the program is that their supposed to give people step by step directions to run a campaign. Beyond the first month the directions look like this (Made this up but just an example):

Month 6 - Credit Reports

We are going to run credit reports. Its a huge market. Use Google and here are some keywords:

Credit reports
creditreports360
bad credit

Now discuss...

Then there are a few posts with people asking questions and thats it. Wickedfire is 1000 times more lively then PPC-Coach.
 
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narsticle said:
I used to support PPC-Coach but I cant in good conscience anymore. It just seems like they stopped caring much about the site. The whole point of the program is that their supposed to give people step by step directions to run a campaign. Beyond the first month the directions look like this (Made this up but just an example):

Month 6 - Credit Reports

We are going to run credit reports. Its a huge market. Use Google and here are some keywords:

Credit reports
creditreports360
bad credit

Now discuss...

Then there are a few posts with people asking questions and thats it. Wickedfire is 1000 times more lively then PPC-Coach.
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Hi, I'm new. What the fuck is up WF? Sorry for the long ass post, BUT....

I'm glad to see this post, as I've been somewhat frustrated with my ppc-coach membership. I agree completely that the site seems to be falling off quite a bit. Maybe they have a big update planned (they did just launch a redesign of the site and a help desk, and coach has been promising a new month 1 for some time), but I've been busting my sack, and it's been really tough for me to get clear information from the site. Even the equivilant of "hey fuckface, your question doesn't make any sense" would be great under the right circumstances, but even that can be tough to extract at times. I keep hearing that you'll get flamed to shit posting noob questions to WF, but today one of my new AMs told me that I should really check out the newbie forum here...so I figured I'd come back for another look, and found this thread.

One of the major problems on ppcc is the conflicting information you'll get:

"Polls still work" "no they dont" "yes they do" "well they do, but single field submits are pretty much dead" "polls still work anyway" "but its really really hard to make it work" "polls and zip/email submits are the easiest things to do, thats why we start with them, so make it work"

"you have to be able to profit with polls before you can profit on stuff like review sites, you'll never convert a higher payout offer if you cant convert simple polls" "I skipped month 1 and made very decent bank off month 2 (review sites)" etc etc etc

That shit is fucking frustrating, for real. Then I go and launch campaigns and end up losing more $ than I feel like I should in testing anyway. I've lost a bunch of money sending many clicks to 7-10 rotating offers on ppc-coach's own network (which is highly touted on the boards) - not 1 conversion from any of them. Really? C'mon.
In addition, I'm busting my ass generating auto-content blogs to try and dodge g-slaps for a poll that's for a $1.25 payout CPA....

It really does feel like they've just gotten sick of answering the same questions over and over again - which I get, but that's what your site says it does. A post went up where many users asked for better organization of the info on the boards, only to be met with terse replies from coach about how they need to ask questions and that nobody is going to spoon-feed them. Several (myself included) tried to clarify that we just wanted better organized info so we could help ourselves better and ask more intelligent questions, and he was not having it.

A lot of times it feels like when you ask questions there's an attitude of "you're not trying hard enough or you wouldn't have to ask this question" - which I understand in some circumstances, but again - this is what your site (purportedly) does. C'mon.

However, to be fair, there are some very friendly/helpful members of the boards over there, Harry1970, newageads, and proneone have all been very helpful to me, and I did learn a lot of basic stuff (working with trackers, rotation techniques, light keyword research etc) in my first month or so there....which is great, don't get me wrong. But I'm almost at my third month, and I'm still deep in the red on every campaign I start....and I would like to see at least a LITTLE bit of return on my investment.

The thing about ppc-coach is that it's just really hard to tell what's up and form an opinion on it one way or the other. I know I've made it seem really shitty here, but there are good things about it, some of the tools are alright, and there is a decent and friendly community, for the most part. However, none of that has helped me turn a profit on a campaign - not even a cent. So it begs the question: Does PPC-Coach suck? Or am I just borderline retarded?

Who can say?

I'm gonna stay on for another month or two, and if shit doesn't turn around, I'm probably gonna kick - that's $50 a month I could be putting into testing...
 
Prypiat_Pulse said:
One of the major problems on ppcc is the conflicting information you'll get:

"Polls still work" "no they dont" "yes they do" "well they do, but single field submits are pretty much dead" "polls still work anyway" "but its really really hard to make it work" "polls and zip/email submits are the easiest things to do, thats why we start with them, so make it work"

"you have to be able to profit with polls before you can profit on stuff like review sites, you'll never convert a higher payout offer if you cant convert simple polls" "I skipped month 1 and made very decent bank off month 2 (review sites)" etc etc etc

That shit is fucking frustrating, for real. Then I go and launch campaigns and end up losing more $ than I feel like I should in testing anyway. I've lost a bunch of money sending many clicks to 7-10 rotating offers on ppc-coach's own network (which is highly touted on the boards) - not 1 conversion from any of them. Really? C'mon.
In addition, I'm busting my ass generating auto-content blogs to try and dodge g-slaps for a poll that's for a $1.25 payout CPA....

It really does feel like they've just gotten sick of answering the same questions over and over again - which I get, but that's what your site says it does. A post went up where many users asked for better organization of the info on the boards, only to be met with terse replies from coach about how they need to ask questions and that nobody is going to spoon-feed them. Several (myself included) tried to clarify that we just wanted better organized info so we could help ourselves better and ask more intelligent questions, and he was not having it.

A lot of times it feels like when you ask questions there's an attitude of "you're not trying hard enough or you wouldn't have to ask this question" - which I understand in some circumstances, but again - this is what your site (purportedly) does. C'mon.

However, to be fair, there are some very friendly/helpful members of the boards over there, Harry1970, newageads, and proneone have all been very helpful to me, and I did learn a lot of basic stuff (working with trackers, rotation techniques, light keyword research etc) in my first month or so there....which is great, don't get me wrong. But I'm almost at my third month, and I'm still deep in the red on every campaign I start....and I would like to see at least a LITTLE bit of return on my investment.

The thing about ppc-coach is that it's just really hard to tell what's up and form an opinion on it one way or the other. I know I've made it seem really shitty here, but there are good things about it, some of the tools are alright, and there is a decent and friendly community, for the most part. However, none of that has helped me turn a profit on a campaign - not even a cent. So it begs the question: Does PPC-Coach suck? Or am I just borderline retarded?

Who can say?

I'm gonna stay on for another month or two, and if shit doesn't turn around, I'm probably gonna kick - that's $50 a month I could be putting into testing...
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Hey Prypiat Pulse,

I'm kinda new to ppc coach, and completely new to WF, but I'm kind of surprised at your post Prypiat. I will admit, the info in PPC Coach could be much better organized and that would help alot. I'll be honest and say that I think one should have a better understanding of ppc basics before they jump into ppc coach.

Before I started with ppc coach I went through ppc classroom and I think it gave me a good basic foundation for learing the basics of ppc with adwords. I went through the free month and didn't start paying because i felt like it wasn't worth the price after the first free month, but the course itself is great for the brand new newbie.

Then I got into ppc coach. If you aren't a technical person and don't know anything about html, php it will be a tad bit difficult to get things set up. It took me hours and hours to get things going, but I did get campaigns up, and I did get campaigns profitable.

There are people who are making profits with polls. I am not alone with it, but it is kind of hit and miss when it comes to polls. Especially when it comes to email and zip submits due to scrubbing.

The curse and the blessing of ppc coach is that there are lots of gaps with instruction. The months will give you basic instructions to go and start campaigns and make money, but there is alot of things left out that could help you make more money. PPC Coach is not an end all be all, but it is a good starting point to get you going and get you making money.

Right now I am in month 2 and it does leave alot to be desired, however at this point, I don't feel that i'm paying for the month instructions, i'm paying more for the tools that help alot for setting up campaigns and I'm paying for the support from the forums and other members.

PPC coach is not going to make you a ppc master, but it will definitely get you started in the right direction. The people there are great. They'll tell you what direction you will need to go in, but they won't give away their secrets (unfortunately lol).

Also, from time to time they give good information about good deals and such. I'd say it's actually way underpriced, at least at first. Maybe in the later months it gets really watered down, but so far I am grateful for getting into ppc coach.

I will also say that I have branched off and gotten into other programs that are much more in depth and give much more information that was missing in ppc coach. If you want a discount with ppc coach, pm me and i'll share my commission with you. I don't mind. I'll also give you help at and let you know what is working for me.

PPC coach does work if you work it. That's the bottom line.
 
Lots of haters here, that's to be expected, you can't please everyone and my site is not perfect. Nothing is perfect.

To clarify, it's a coaching site. Meaning I will coach you, but I can't coach you unless I know what the problem is. Meaning ask me and you'll get answers. The forums, (all 83,000 posts now) are just a historical archive of people getting answers to questions. You can try to read every thread, get confused, get depressed at the mountain of information you just tried to swallow then quit.

OR

You can launch some campaigns and get started with manufacturing yourself some "luck". The harder you work the luckier you get. I am not promising you anything. You will fail if all you do is read and never lift a finger. But if you put in the required effort and use the site the way it's meant to be used, you will succeed. If you're looking for a short cut, there isn't one. Want a magic pill? Doesn't exist. Hard work = success I don't care what anyone says. The people who don't like my site joined for the wrong reasons, they thought things would be handed over on a silver platter. When they discover it does take work and they actually have to do something besides read, they get upset and quit. I say good riddance to them, they'll fail at everything they never try. To the ones who stick with it and put in some effort, they succeed, I have almost 300 success stories now.

So go ahead and bash it, (I read one post from a guy here how never used it yet voted no...LOL) But if you use it right and you need some help, you won't be disappointed.
 
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