A much needed update

Well it has been almost 1 month since I last posted on this blog about Robert Evans course. For a couple of weeks I was away on holiday but I have also been struggling with the course itself.

Below are some points on how I feel about the course so far....

After reading about Robert before purchasing the course I was intrigued about how he done it and I feel that it was a very slow start as the learning curve is immense. I am very technical minded and able but have issues with the course delivery.

Getting 1 lesson each week delivered from an autoresponder is very robotic - I liken it to every time I shop in my local Sainsburys where every time they ask me "Do you have a Nectar Card?" Not personal and said because they have to. Getting the lesson delivered into my inbox each week has actually acted as a demotivator, as it will remind me what I have yet to do from the previous lesson.

The length of the lessons and required work is also quite varied and initially I was sold this course as something that would take about 1 hour per day to complete - so 7 hours per week. In the first few weeks I was spending more time than that and that is difficult to absorb in the early (non money making days).

I have also had concerns about the copyright date being 2009 - the internet changes rapidly and techniques used 3 years ago may not work now - so the question is do I continue using this old advice in the hope that it works - or do I not waste the time and effort doing so.

Lack of supporting evidence. The ebooks that were once sold and spoken about highly are not found by an ebay search so it is hard to validate any claims. I ignore extracts of bank statements as they can be photoshop edited. What is needed is some live sites that have worked and are continuing to work. That way the theory can be represented in reality. At the moment it feels like the evidence is in the convincing text of the sales copy.

Creativity takes time. Being a qualified designer to come up with new concepts using the theory and principles in the lessons can take some time and to cram those into a week is limiting the creativity and hence limited the idea. Most people like me who take this course will have full time jobs and this will be done in the evenings and weekends.

So what next.. Lesson 9 has just arrived in my inbox and am still working on Lesson 3 and Lesson 4. I have started to build a website with the advice given and a few more tweaks required.

I am not the sort of person to give up, but at the moment feel very deflated and demotivated. Given there is no other supporting evidence that the course works should that be enough to want to continue or stop. Is the course simply selling a dream which all makes sense but the reality in implementing it is much different....


Any advice.......