Nigel Botterill Entrepreneur Circle

[MBPH]

Hi All,

I'm guessing that most of you have heard of Nigel Botterill. For those of you who don't he's a business owner who has apparently create 8 million pound+ businesses in the last ten years. He also has a book out.

He now runs a venture called Entrepreneurs circle, of which I was a member of up until yesterday. The basis of the model is that you pay a fee mine was £250 a month and nigel and his experts help you gain more customers and to squeeze what you can out of existing customers. They do this by teaching you how to run PPC campaigns, squeeze pages FB ads etc etc. Well this was what was sold to me and was a complete waste of money. They teach you obvious things, and you get little to no help running campaigns etc. The forums are like a old boys club.

Don't know if anyone else has had experience with it and if the feedback was the same?

It has got me thinking though. They are all sorts of experts on here from copywriters to PPC experts, telemarketers etc etc. Would an idea not be to set up a free group where people get help when needed and the favour gets returned. Just an idea

 

[businessfunding]

2 questions here:

1; does Entrepreneurs Circle work
2. Can we create an alternative

In response to 1. EC is effectively a franchise and will ultimately be as good as your local leader. there is good, interesting content and you will meet local business owners

the downside the botterill way is intensive marketing and up-selling - not relaxing!

Can y6ou set up your own? try it - you will be herding cats. It is very hard wok - so best of luck!

 

[MBPH]

I was thinking more along the lines of setting a group with various different strengths and helping each other along the way

 

[andygambles]

This ethos of setting up gourds to help each other out always sounds good but means nobody makes any money. Last time I checked Sainsburys didn't accept payment for food in return for SEO advice.

 

[beasty]

This ethos of setting up gourds to help each other out always sounds good but means nobody makes any money. Last time I checked Sainsburys didn't accept payment for food in return for SEO advice.

Why were you checking this?

I imagine a computer guy with a sign

Will do SEO FOR FOOD.. lol

 

[KM-Tiger]

Hi All,
Don't know if anyone else has had experience with it and if the feedback was the same?

I've been to one EC event as a guest, as a very good friend is signed up to the premier club or whatever it is called. My friend is successfully expanding his business and thinks he is getting a good ROI on the EC fees.

One thing I did get from the event is that not all marketing techniques are applicable to all businesses. The aim seemed to be that one would go away with nuggets of useful information that you could then apply to your business.

The man himself has a chequered history, with some dodgy franchises that have been discussed at length here in former years. I'm inclined to think his real talent is an unrivalled ability to persuade others to empty their wallets into his.

 

[businessfunding]

There is no reason why everyone can't benefit - except for human nature

The theory is great, in practice you will get a room full of people 80% of whom are looking for immediate gain

After a few meetings they will make excuses and drift away.

 

[garyk]

Agree with the sentiments above, if you get a 'group' together where no-one pays then there is no tie-in and no commitment. Even when paying people don't always take action anyway.

 

[Silky]

One thing I did get from the event is that not all marketing techniques are applicable to all businesses. ..

I think that's fairly obvious and indeed very, very basic marketing. (And more than covered in another S&M thread on here). If I'd paid £250 per month for that, I'd expect £249.99 back (unless the biscuits were good).

As for setting up a group where everyone helps everyone else -- aren't these forums for exactly that purpose? No need to hand over shed loads of cash to dodgy businessman, just tune in, ask and read. Simples.