Ecademy - Has anyone else joined
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Network Yorkshire
lol You dont fancy joining the 'blackstar club' then Duane!?
I've had a few experiences with ecademy and dont rate it....
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Active Office Solutions
Joined myself the other day. I have had 1 person out of about 50 being from the UK.
However if you find your local ecademy meeting i would suggest you pay it a visit. I go to the one in Stafford and its great for networking and they have two truly great speakers on each week.
They do plug there own businesses, but the stuff they tell you, you can really put to practice.
Our local one costs £10, they cover the room and coffee, then the rest goes to charity. no on benefits so to speak.
However if you find your local ecademy meeting i would suggest you pay it a visit. I go to the one in Stafford and its great for networking and they have two truly great speakers on each week.
They do plug there own businesses, but the stuff they tell you, you can really put to practice.
Our local one costs £10, they cover the room and coffee, then the rest goes to charity. no on benefits so to speak.
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OOh I just got a new one a 'creative visonary from Australia' . Here is what she has to say.
"I am a Creative Visionary and as such see the value in multiple streams of income,
while supporting people who join with me at the same time to be as successful as they wish.
Life is a bundle of miracles and magic as more and more doorways are opened to our inner self and inner worth
as we trust the process of communication.
The courage to connect and live our inner whispers then lead us on a pathway which is forged into the
Golden Vibration of our Purpose to BE."
I am a little scared now.
"I am a Creative Visionary and as such see the value in multiple streams of income,
while supporting people who join with me at the same time to be as successful as they wish.
Life is a bundle of miracles and magic as more and more doorways are opened to our inner self and inner worth
as we trust the process of communication.
The courage to connect and live our inner whispers then lead us on a pathway which is forged into the
Golden Vibration of our Purpose to BE."
I am a little scared now.
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Been a member for five years. This month saw my subscription expire and that's me back to 'greystar'. There's people 'signing-off' in droves now due to exceptionally poor management decisions, poor communication, archaic and over-complicated interface (back to HTML, anyone?) and the expulsion of a well-liked member because they wanted her to prove her mum actually existed.
Yep, it's a looney-bin now. Full of blogverts and the daily barrage of contact requests (which you can only turn off, not filter) from idiots you have not one thing in common with.
True Ecademists believe that it's the only network. They probably think it's the first network - from which all online networking was born. It's really sad to see them all blinkered, mesmerised by the messiah and festering away. Some are actually intelligent people, believe it or not but their heads are firmly in the sand. It's all going to the dogs now though now that their links are 'no-follow'.
But we'll move forward.
Yep, it's a looney-bin now. Full of blogverts and the daily barrage of contact requests (which you can only turn off, not filter) from idiots you have not one thing in common with.
True Ecademists believe that it's the only network. They probably think it's the first network - from which all online networking was born. It's really sad to see them all blinkered, mesmerised by the messiah and festering away. Some are actually intelligent people, believe it or not but their heads are firmly in the sand. It's all going to the dogs now though now that their links are 'no-follow'.
But we'll move forward.
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i tried it and its truly awful..
you instantly get bombarded with emails which you then have to figure out how to turn off - thankfully thats not too hard..
after that i had a look around and couldn't really see anything of value
its a really awful site - it feels like its been put together in word or something
you instantly get bombarded with emails which you then have to figure out how to turn off - thankfully thats not too hard..
after that i had a look around and couldn't really see anything of value
its a really awful site - it feels like its been put together in word or something
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Yep as per other posts, think of a typical business network meeting (where I find the desperation for new business a turn-off) and multiply it by 10 where you have people who rate themselves but are desparate for work at the same time, a strange oxymoron, surely good people dont need work that bad?
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I joined few years back and never looked again..I recieve couple of invitations but I hardly bother..
The most interesting part is that the moment you login into their network you get bombarded with network invitations and that too with people you would not want to..Strange.
But yes..you would find a lot of contacts from your area or domain you work on.!
The most interesting part is that the moment you login into their network you get bombarded with network invitations and that too with people you would not want to..Strange.
But yes..you would find a lot of contacts from your area or domain you work on.!
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Absolutely agree, the place is dire. Been a member for two years and have logged in maybe a dozen times max. Full of snakeoil sales(wo)men, mostly from abroad, who have no intention of really networking with apart from selling their rubbish e-books and upping their ranking based on numbers of connections.
Up till last week there was one benefit, which was you could benefit from listing a number of your website links. This has been changed so all links are 'no-follow'.
Save your time and stay away!
I note MD Thomas Power was marketing director at Amstrad for about a year, but I don't see a testimonial from Alan Sugar on his LinkedIn profile ;-)
btw LinkedIn and FaceBook are way ahead from a tech point of view and certainly from a quality of members point of view.
Up till last week there was one benefit, which was you could benefit from listing a number of your website links. This has been changed so all links are 'no-follow'.
Save your time and stay away!
I note MD Thomas Power was marketing director at Amstrad for about a year, but I don't see a testimonial from Alan Sugar on his LinkedIn profile ;-)
btw LinkedIn and FaceBook are way ahead from a tech point of view and certainly from a quality of members point of view.
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telemax
It's a real shame that Ecademy has severely deteriorated in the last 6 months, they have put too much emphasis onto the expensive Blackstar membership and shut out the standard Orange stars.
It used to be a great medium of finding business contacts and getting high up in google for next to no effort. I have some fantastic customers met via Ecademy who are still with me today. I also think their Networking events are very good value.
The problem now is that there is so much spam, no longer any SEO benefits and annoying people who just ask for contact details to boost their ranking. However, I'm still managing to make some good contacts, but it's harder work. Still worth a tenner per month though!!
It used to be a great medium of finding business contacts and getting high up in google for next to no effort. I have some fantastic customers met via Ecademy who are still with me today. I also think their Networking events are very good value.
The problem now is that there is so much spam, no longer any SEO benefits and annoying people who just ask for contact details to boost their ranking. However, I'm still managing to make some good contacts, but it's harder work. Still worth a tenner per month though!!
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I quit my membership of Ecademy last year and agree with most of what's been said here.
Hadn't realised links were now 'no-follow' - why was that decision made? Also there was a virtual Penny Power on the front page extolling the Google juice benefits of Ecademy.
Did Ecademy get wrapped over the knuckles by Google for selling SEO benefits in this way?
Just asking ...
Cheers
Alex
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I think someone mentioned to them that they were "tricking" Google with cloaking (which they denied) and becoming a massive paid link farm. They had to back-pedal quick and now it's like a ghost ship in comparison to last week.
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Been a member since 2003 and have covered my subscription many times over.
The place at one time had huge potential but that has been missed and the management seem hell bent on destroying the place.
Some members do very, very well financially from it but it takes a huge amount of time in order to do that and I rate the risk of getting anything more than a few% of your income from any one channel as to high so I have never really put the time in.
That said have purchased many times via it and their are some good and clever people on their running good solid businesses.
Downside is they are being drowned out by the fruit bats and seriously deranged. This combined with the very blinkered management is resulting in a place that I suspect more are leaving than joining.
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Had huge potential but missed the boat and is holed and sinking
The place at one time had huge potential but that has been missed and the management seem hell bent on destroying the place.
Some members do very, very well financially from it but it takes a huge amount of time in order to do that and I rate the risk of getting anything more than a few% of your income from any one channel as to high so I have never really put the time in.
That said have purchased many times via it and their are some good and clever people on their running good solid businesses.
Downside is they are being drowned out by the fruit bats and seriously deranged. This combined with the very blinkered management is resulting in a place that I suspect more are leaving than joining.
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Had huge potential but missed the boat and is holed and sinking
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I joined a while ago (didn't pay though, just a free listing) and I've been inundated with spam, loads of drivel about religion and self-improvement from all over the world and some quite creepy messages from people pretending to know me from elsewhere asking to linkup. I just ignore all the emails now but should probably delete my profile on there.
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lindam
I've met some nice folk there.
You used to be able to make a fairly good judgement of who you'd like to get to know better by what they they blogged about and their blogging style.
Joining or setting up specific interest clubs were another good way.
Life moves on and there are many more platforms to choose from. And, as always, in the end the customer (paying or not) makes his or her own decision.
You used to be able to make a fairly good judgement of who you'd like to get to know better by what they they blogged about and their blogging style.
Joining or setting up specific interest clubs were another good way.
Life moves on and there are many more platforms to choose from. And, as always, in the end the customer (paying or not) makes his or her own decision.
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Jim Wade
... (just before she closed her account there) "they've shot themselves in the foot so often it must be a bloody stump by now".
The management seem unable to accept that their membership problems are caused, to a large degree, by their own incompetence at customer relations, communications and so on.
That incompetence is compounded by their surrounding themselves with yes-men (and women) who blindly do their bidding, often in return for membership of the BlackStar grade.
Pity - they are ruining what was, in principle, a brilliant idea.
The management seem unable to accept that their membership problems are caused, to a large degree, by their own incompetence at customer relations, communications and so on.
That incompetence is compounded by their surrounding themselves with yes-men (and women) who blindly do their bidding, often in return for membership of the BlackStar grade.
Pity - they are ruining what was, in principle, a brilliant idea.
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for asking questions when they were launching the BlackStar "life members" band of membership.
I then came into possession of the following messages between CEO Glenn Watkins and co-founder Thomas Power.
ecademythomaspower.blogspot.com
EcademyWatch has recently been resurrected to discuss the strange management and bizarre characters on Ecademy.
ecademywatch.ning.com
I then came into possession of the following messages between CEO Glenn Watkins and co-founder Thomas Power.
ecademythomaspower.blogspot.com
EcademyWatch has recently been resurrected to discuss the strange management and bizarre characters on Ecademy.
ecademywatch.ning.com
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ArrowLightHaulage
Ste, At least you know why you were kicked off!
I found many friends there, but in the last year the place has become impossible. Perhaps they can no longer make money from the forum from the UK community and have to focus on members from abroad? I have given up trying to second guess people who have so much emotional wealth there is no space in their brains for common sense or business acumen.
I think it's such a shame because it could be so much more.
I would like to think that anyone was welcome, but the welcome messages from people are now just big fat sales pitches.
I will miss a lot of the community, I am happy to spend more time on other UK focused forums as well and will hope to meet old acquaintances as well as new ones.
Sarah
PS how do I change my user name to something sensible?
I found many friends there, but in the last year the place has become impossible. Perhaps they can no longer make money from the forum from the UK community and have to focus on members from abroad? I have given up trying to second guess people who have so much emotional wealth there is no space in their brains for common sense or business acumen.
I think it's such a shame because it could be so much more.
I would like to think that anyone was welcome, but the welcome messages from people are now just big fat sales pitches.
I will miss a lot of the community, I am happy to spend more time on other UK focused forums as well and will hope to meet old acquaintances as well as new ones.
Sarah
PS how do I change my user name to something sensible?
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