Hi, Everyone!
I hope that everyone had a great day yesterday! We had a really lovely day with Bob’s youngest son and his fiancee’, they are fabulous cooks, fun to be with, and just all-around great people, and it was just a wonderful way to spend the day. We have our second family event on Sunday, which is really a day of football with turkey on the side 😉
And as I do every year – I avoided the mad crush of shoppers and instead enjoyed a frittata and coffee with my hubby and the kitties, in a nice warm house LOL! I don’t mind getting up at the crack of dawn but standing in line in the dark for a flat-screen TV? Nooooope – ain’t never gonna happen.
As I mentioned previously – I am not going to hit you up with a gazillion BF specials this weekend. I totally agree with what Ruthie Bowers said in her newsletter today – only buy what you need and will actually use in the coming months! I have a very defined strategy for 2022, and since I pretty much have 90% of the software I need to run and manage my business, my focus is on courses that can guide me through to the next level.
There are a LOT of great courses on sale right now but I want to offer a word of caution to all about buying courses:
I have noticed a VERY disturbing trend lately regarding something that we usually pay ZERO attention to when buying a course: The Terms Of Service, or Terms Of Use.
Quite honestly, I never paid much attention either until recently, when a course creator posted part of her TOS in the FAQ on the bottom of her sales page – a section that I DO pay attention to!
I was dumbfounded/horrified/flabbergasted….well, you get the drift…and what I read!
In essence, the TOS restricted you from creating a new product for resale based on anything that you learned in the course…it also prohibited you from ever creating a competing course, in ANY format, and the course was so generic that anything you created on the topic (which was a very broad one about planner creation) could be construed as a competing product.
I did not buy the course not did I promote it.
Just this week, I was looking at a new course on creating digital planners and discovered some real doozies in its TOS as well, including this gem:
• The content of the Course contains the Company’s proprietary methods, processes, forms, templates, and other information. You hereby agree not to share the information provided in the Course with anyone…
And the penalty for violating the TOS?
Each instance of noncompliance is subject to a damages claim of $150,000 USD!!
And since I have seen the same processes on YT many times – I hardly think they qualify as ‘proprietary’….Ego check time, folks!
Believe me, I understand not wanting your hard work and ideas copied right and left – it’s happened to me more times in the past year than I want to think about – but if I am buying a course there is about a 99% chance that I am buying it because I want to learn something I can use IN MY BUSINESS!!
Why do I want to pay
to learn planner-building techniques
to create a planner that
ONLY I CAN USE?
Yes, our work and training IS valuable – but let’s be realistic!!! If we hogtie our customers with a TOS that is so restrictive that what they learn cannot be used in their business – what’s the point??? And do you really want to be chasing people down to sue them??
I don’t. I want my readers and customers to learn from me and with me, and I want everyone to USE what they buy from me, rather than be constantly worrying about violating some stupid over-zealous TOS.
So just a heads up, peeps – read the Terms Of Service on everything you buy because this trend of sue-happy TOSs seems to be growing – as is my list of folks that I will not buy from or promote!! I am very sad to see this happening, and while it is probably a misguided attempt to protect their work, content/course creators need to realize that this is going to happen, there will always be competition. The people that you chase off are usually the ones that are law-abiding good customers, while the ones that will copy your work will never be deterred by your TOS – no matter how nasty it is!
The Person That Got Me Interested In Designing Planners!
Yes, you can blame Leonie!!! I discovered her planners and workbooks and fell in love with her artistic style – and her color schemes!! A cautionary note, however – she drops the “F-Bomb” frequently so if you have tender ears, Leonie is not going to be for you!
Leonie RARELY puts any of her courses on sale and right now she has4 of her top sellers on sale for 50% off:
Money, Manifesting + Multiple Streams of IncomeSales Star Masterclass40 Days to a Finished Book40 Days to Create + Sell Your eCourse
Check them out here:
From Content Sparks
In all honesty – I think this is one of the best deals I have seen so far! This goes live FRIDAY and it is a bundle of 28 bonuses that they have offered over the last 12 months. In addition to the bonuses, you also get coupons for deep discounts (50%) on the related courses, in case you want to pick those up too. This is the kind of true High-quality content that you can quickly use to build your list, create passive long-term revenue streams, and in general – just simply make money with!! This is the kind of BF special I love – and yes, I will be snapping this one up!
You’ll get all of this white label content in your bundle:
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- 5 daily worksheets for your participants – so you can really get them to take action
- 2 promo emails (to promote the related course)
Here are the 9 challenge kits included in your bundle of bonuses:
- Are You Ready to Start Coaching? (based on Action-Based Coaching Skills)
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