The Keyword Academy Review | Scam?

84

By kaizensecrets

View The Course Outline HERE

The basics of making money online isn't hard to grasp. The hard part is putting everything into a workable, step by step system that anyone with determination and persistence can be successful with.

The Keyword Academy Review - A Scam?:

Unlike a lot of making money opportunity type reviews where you have a bunch of people write reviews about products or services they have never even used just so they can make a quick buck for doing the review, this review will be about my personal experience with this training course. So yes, I actually went through the course. How else could I write an honest review about their product? So whether you searched for the Keyword Academy Scam or review or any other term, what you really want to know is if this program could help make you money. Let's find out.

The Reality

Like many internet marketing programs out there, the Keyword Academy is advertising that they can teach you how to build an internet business online and actually make money from it. If you've ever tried to make money online then you probably know what I mean. The failure rate is so huge it almost makes you wonder why people even bother.

See all 3 photos

The Truth

Is it actually possible to make decent money online? The short answer is, yes. So if it's possible, how come most people don't? There's two main reasons for this.

1. People get the wrong information.

You'd be surprised how many programs and ebooks that are being sold out there about how to create online income is just flat out wrong. A lot of these people who are selling this stuff are actually making money from, well, selling this stuff. What they do is find some basic information here and there about making money on the internet, stick it together in an ebook or some program, and sell it to the public while claiming that what's written in those ebooks is how they make money online. The truth is that selling those useless information to you is how they really do it.

If you want to know how to tell the fakes from the true authorities, you need to look at how they make their real income. If it's from selling stuff about how to make money, then pass on it but if most of their income is coming from doing the things they actually show you how to do, then it definitely deserves a second look unless all they show you is to rip people off by selling them useless ebooks.

2. People quit way too soon.

This reason accounts for most failures in ANYTHING you can think of, not just building a business online. How many people do you know has ever tried to lose weight by going on some diet and failed? Plenty. How many people have set a goal and failed? Pretty much everyone. What makes the difference between the people who fail and the people who succeed? Two things: Strong desire and strategy.

Strong Desire: If your desire is weak, what do you think will keep you going when you are met with challenges and setbacks? Not much. Think back on all the goals you've attempted and failed to achieve. Chances are, the reason you failed is because your desire for achieving that goal just wasn't strong enough.You may say, "No, I really really really wanted it!" Really?

Let's define "strong" desire. What will you do if you fail to achieve your goal the first time you set out to achieve it? You readjust and try again. What will you do if you failed a second time? Readjust and try again. Now what will you do if you fail a tenth time? 20th? 50th? 500th? How many of you can say that you will readjust and try again?

This my friends, is why most people will never live the life they have been dreaming of. You may say to keep going after 500 failures is just stupid, no one would do that. Don't be so quick to assume. Read the story of Colonel Sanders and Thomas Edison. Each failed well over 500 times but kept readjusting their strategies and kept going. How many of us can say we kept pressing on after just 5 failures?

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Photo credit

Strategy: The other reason why people fail is that they are using the wrong strategy. As I stated above, a lot of information being sold on the internet about how to successful build a business that will make you money is wrong. If you are doing the wrong things, no matter how many times you try, you will fail. That's why I kept saying the word "readjust". You want to learn from your mistakes. Figure out what worked and what didn't. As the saying goes, "Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome is the definition of insanity."

The main challenge therefore, is finding the right know-how. You can do this by doing the trial and error method like what I explained above. Basically, know your outcome, take action, find out what's working and what's not, readjust your actions, and take some more action. Keep repeating this process until you reach your goal.

Success in anything really comes down to those basic steps. How long do you keep adjusting and taking action? Until you succeed. As you can see, sometimes this can take a huge amount of time. So what do you do to speed up the process? Get a mentor/coach.This can be anyone, not necessarily someone you pay. You see, the best in the world at what they do all use the strategy of modeling other successful people who have already accomplished what they want to accomplish.

If you are able to find someone who has already gone down the path you are going down, they will be able to help you save YEARS off your journey. Instead of going through the trial and errors yourself, you can use the knowlegdge they have gained through their failures to reach your goals faster.

Power of Modeling

If you've ever read the story of a man who started a discount store, you will know the power of modeling. When this busines man started out in his industry, he had a ton of competition. In order to even survive in his industry, you had to be a big player. So instead of trying to come up with ways to try to beat them, he modeled the way those big players ran their business. He would go to their stores and take notes on how everything was operated. Fast forward a few decades and from this strategy, Sam Walton, the owner of Walmart, grew his discount store into one of the biggest company in the world, completely dominating his industry.

Checklist

Going back...

Okay, let's get back to the Keyword Academy review. Sorry for the long ramble. The point of telling you all of that is so you can better distinguish a good program from a bad one and once you find a good one, what you can do to ensure that you succeed.

Their Program

So what does the Keyword Academy offer? They give you a step by step tutorial on how to make money with a website through a series of videos. It covers everything you need to know from choosing the topics that will actually make you money to the strategies you need to implement in order to bring your website enough traffic to make money. All it really comes down to is those two things. Finding the right niche to build a website around and driving targeted traffic to the site.

Is this really anything you can't find on the internet for free? Not really. But as I stated earlier, there is a lot of wrong information out there and if you spend your time doing the wrong things, you will never get the results you are after. The guys running this training course are some of the best in the industry and they make most of their money by doing exactly what they show you to do.

My review of the Keyword Academy will be based on the following criterias that will hit all the points I made earlier.

Criteria

Are they doing what they teach (authority):

They make most of their money from doing what is taught in the programs. This is a huge plus as I stated before. Too many people make money selling people stuff about making money. That just doesn't make sense.

Easy to follow structure:

Many programs out there have great material but the structure stinks. They can give you all the right information but if they don't tell you exactly what to do in what order, it makes it a lot harder. It's like a recipe. You can have all the right ingredients but until you know what order to use them, you will not get the same end result. This program gives you the ingredients AND the step by step recipe.

Power of Support

Support/Mentor:

No matter how good a training course is, there will always be questions since everyone's situation is a little bit different. So they have 3 support structures.

1. Forum - This is standard. You can post your questions and other members or the trainers will answer your question.

2. Webinars - They have ongoing training scheduled every other week where you can also get some of your questions answered.

3. Weekly 1-on-1: This is by far the biggest surprise to me. They actually let you call in every week during a certain time to get personalized help. Almost every program I've come across that has some coaching call option will cost an additional amount of money. Most just do it through email. With the Keyword Academy, you can talk to them on the phone at no extra cost. This is a HUGE plus.

4. Tools - They have various tools that are part of the program which will help speed things up. A big plus. These tools alone is worth the price.

Update: They have discontinued the 1 on 1 sessions since they now have so many students. Instead, they have implemented a weekly Q&A session where you can get your questions answered.

Cost/Risk:

Okay, so with any program, no matter how good it is, the price has to make sense to you. If you don't have the money, don't do it. Fortunately, you can get access to the full course for the first month for FREE. This is just insane in my opinion because who's to stop anyone from spending a dollar to learn everything and then canceling after the month is up?

So after the month is up, there will be a monthly subscription of just $33. So that comes out to be about $1.10 a day. So why are people staying in the program even after the month is up? The support and tools.

As I stated before, learning directly from someone who has already achieved what you want to achieve in invaluable. It will save you a ton of time.

Bottom-line

This program has all the right combination of what I mentioned above so I highly recommend it, however, there is one thing that I don't like about the program. That is, the 1st month is FREE. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to pay nothing to learn all this stuff, but realize that because it's free, there will be a lot of "get-rich-quick" minded people signing up for this program. Because of this, I know that many of them will quit way too soon and will probably call this program a scam. This is probably prevent people in the future from joining such a great program.

Take the examples of the people I've mentioned above and go into this thing with that kind of mentality. Nothing in life that is worthwhile will come easy. Although this training course is great, it does take a lot of work to achieve the results you'll be looking for. If you can do what it takes, if you want your goal bad enough, if you will stand up even after falling 100 times, then I have no doubt that you will succeed.

Here is the link to sign up for the program. Obviously, I'm an affiliate because I see the value in this training program. If you found something this valuable, you'll want to share it will other as well. Nothing to think about since the 1st month is free. Think about where you will be a year from today if you keep doing the same thing you've been doing up to this point. It's time to make a change.

And that sums my Keyword Academy Review.

Sign up today.

Keyword Academy Course


Comments

ChloeAliceWilson profile image

ChloeAliceWilson 2 years ago

I think the best bit of TKA is the easy to follow step by step guide. It's a lot of work and I'm just starting on my road, but hope to get there in the end! Cheers, Chloe

kaizensecrets profile image

kaizensecrets Hub Author 2 years ago

Don't hope, decide... and then go all out :)

kev8 profile image

kev8 22 months ago

Thanks for the review. Good read and your right about having to go all the in what you do no matter what it is. Ill be giving the keyword academy a go in the next few months and I look forward to been able to write my own review.

kaizensecrets profile image

kaizensecrets Hub Author 21 months ago

As long as you learn what is taught and keep pushing forward, I'm sure you will eventually hit your income goals. I'm getting closer to mine every month.

strewnpapers profile image

strewnpapers 20 months ago

I signed up for TKA this week and have been watching the videos and reading. I have the Niche Refinery working right now, it should be about done. The program looks legit, I'm actually quite impressed! Even though this first month is free and I'll learn a lot, I still want to continue for the updates and support.

kaizensecrets profile image

kaizensecrets Hub Author 20 months ago

Good decision strewnpapers. The support and tools that they have isn't needed to be successful online BUT without them, it will take way, way longer. NR alone will save you dozens of hours of work.

moneymatter profile image

moneymatter 19 months ago

Good information here. I am a member of the Keyword Academy as well. I joined 2 weeks ago. I believe what you mentioned as making money on the net takes time and the right strategy. TKA fortunately is providing that. Right now the site is facing some server problems but that should soon be solved

iriegirl profile image

iriegirl 18 months ago

Since I joined the keyword academy have not been able to get into the membership areas of the site. Keeps telling me that I am trying to access a protected page. Anyone else have this problem?

kaizensecrets profile image

kaizensecrets Hub Author 18 months ago

@iriegirl - If you joined TKA, you should have a username and password to access the members area.

If you have any issues, you can email them using the form at the bottom of the following link...

http://thekeywordacademy.com/coaching/need-help-wi

Tom 18 months ago

Can anyone give me an idea of how much money you are making in month 2, 3 or 4 please? I dont mind the work, but wondering what the payoff is in a few months-thanks!

kaizensecrets profile image

kaizensecrets Hub Author 18 months ago

How much you will make will really depend on a lot of things. Some members work a year and only make 100 bucks a month while some members make over 1,000 per month within 6 months. Some say they are willing to put in the work but only "work hard" for a month.

This is a tough business to be in. It requires a lot of persistence and a bit of faith. The Keyword Academy has changed my life financially but only because I consistently worked hard for over a year. Don't expect to make a ton of money in just a few months. If that's your mentality, you're probably going to be disappointed.

If you need money to survive, it's better to get a job and work on this business part time until you make enough to pay for your expenses. Most members only put in a few hours a day and they do just fine.

Marshall Adler 17 months ago

Man you are good! A good affiliate marketer at best. Your review comes across as if you're just a third party outsider giving your honest opinion but lord knows that's the currency of today's Affiliate Marketers, writing reviews with pros and cons and pitching in the Negative Closing style. From a pro Internet marketer (myself) it's clear your out to make a buck off the program from your review and the traffic you receive off Google but you did a good job so you deserve it.

It comes off amateur and non-scripted so naturally it offers Social proof which is the key to selling on the net.

Good job my man, good job!

kaizensecrets profile image

kaizensecrets Hub Author 17 months ago

@Marshall - I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not. My review is my honest opinion of the program. I also point out that I'm an affiliate with the program. I only do these reviews on products that I truly believe will help other people. I consider myself bad at affiliate marketing. I don't know anything about writing sales copies. I just write as if I was writing to a friend.

Yes, I make money from being an affiliate but the money I make from the affiliate side of The Keyword Academy is peanuts compared to the money I make actually USING what they teach. It has changed my life and it would be wrong of me to not try to promote something this good.

If you're not being sarcastic, then thanks.

Printer 15 months ago

TKA IS A SCAM. There forums are nasty, there program has been changed twice now. There is nothing in this program that is going to make you money.

kaizensecrets profile image

kaizensecrets Hub Author 15 months ago

Which part of TKA do you think is a scam? The forums are nasty? Why do you say that? Unless you tried to personally attack people or tried to sell some affiliate products on the forum, TKA members are some of the most helpful and friendly people in this business.

I've been with TKA for almost 2 years now and the core of the program is pretty much the same. There has been some changes here and there but that's to reflect the changes of the industry. If anything, that's a good thing because you want to keep up with changes that constantly occur in this business. This way, you won't have to worry about using outdated methods.

Tons of people make money with TKA and I'm one of them. I'm sorry it didn't work out for you, "Printer" (you weren't just trying to get a link were you?). It's not for everyone. It's really only for people who are willing to put in the work. There is no such thing as quick and easy money. You won't get rich quick with this program but financial freedom can be yours in a few short years. Most people aren't willing to and some, like you, unfortunately yell scam whenever something doesn't work out for them.

kat 13 months ago

I'am actually planning to get into TKA but just curious how much you need to spend for the first few months? just an estimate so I can budget my salary.. tnx

kaizensecrets profile image

kaizensecrets Hub Author 13 months ago

@kat - here's a rough breakdown of expenses for the first 3 months combined:

TKA membership = $66 ($0 + $33 + $33)

hosting = $30 ($10 per month)

domains = $8 per domain (domains range in price since there are so many deals constantly going on. You will probably have 5-10 domains)

So you're looking at about $136 - $176 in total over the first 3 months. The range depends on if you buy 5 domains or 10 domains. Remember that domains are a 1 year purchase.

Your ongoing monthly cost after buying the domains would just be for TKA membership and hosting, so about $43 a month.

Hope this helps.

Eric 11 months ago

First and foremost I want to see if I can actually post a comment! Should this be evident in the near future I will be that much more interested in TKA. I am not a member of TKA and I am currently in a financial struggle... With time though that will improve and I should be able to afford hosting and picking up Domain names. I enjoy writing and sharing my opinion (because I am an over the top know it all!), and I enjoy the Internet. I must admit I spend countless hours on websites dedicated to humor, simply because I get paid in the form of attention from others and little green thumbs if my content is funny! However I realize I have also been paid in another way... Learning to enjoy the Internet as a form of social appreciation. Should TKA turn out to be the source that it sounds like, I may just have to switch my hobby into a method that pays me in attention from others and little green dollar bills!

So here's to commencing the first step!

In 3... 2... 1...

POST!

kaizensecrets profile image

kaizensecrets Hub Author 11 months ago

As long as you don't mind writing content, then the TKA approach will work out well for you. Good luck on your path!

Paul 10 months ago

is there a point in your business where you can feel safe enough to break away from The Keyword Academy's fees and manage your own business with good profit?

kaizensecrets profile image

kaizensecrets Hub Author 10 months ago

You don't need the Keyword Academy to manage your business. Just think of it as a school where you learn what you need to know. Once you have the info you need, you can do your own thing. However, they provide resources/tools to save you a ton of time and that's why most members continue with the membership.

kate4 8 months ago

you say the start up costs over the first 3 months are approx $136 - $176, what is the likely return during this time period?

Niki 8 months ago

I'm still a skeptic

kaizensecrets profile image

kaizensecrets Hub Author 8 months ago

@Kate4 ... Hard to say since everyone's experience varies but just to be on the safe side, give it at least 9 months. There are people who reach $1k a month by their 9th month but there are also people who make way less by that time. It all depends on your work ethic and how closely you follow the system.

@Niki - That's understandable, but then again, it's free for the 1st month. Of course, you will be investing some time and some money (domains, hosting), and sure, you might lose that if things don't go well but if the thought of losing 1 or 2 hundred to run a business is scary to you, then perhaps having your business isn't for you.

There are always some risk when it comes to owning your own business. At least with an online business, your risk is extremely small compared to opening a traditional business where you can potentially lose hundreds of thousands of dollars.

That's just how I see it.

Brandyn 5 months ago

So what do u actually do? Write the code for the page? make links to other pages that sell books? Or do u pick what to sell?

kaizensecrets profile image

kaizensecrets Hub Author 5 months ago

@Brandyn: I don't really know anything about writing code. Not sure what you mean by other pages that sell books. You mean affiliate programs? If so, then that's part of it. And yes, I pick what I sell and promote.

The main gist of it is that I create websites that provide useful, relevant content which is found by people who are looking for whatever it is I'm promoting through search engines and when they buy, I make money.

Let's say you want to know what the best running shoes are. If you do a search in Google, you'll find sites that give you guidelines on choosing the best shoe for your type of feet. Many of those sites are affiliate sites which means after you're done being convinced that whatever shoe is the best one for you and you click from their link to buy, they get a small commission.

Hope this helps.

flipm00de 2 months ago

Hi kaizen. I have read over the website of TKA. I don't currently have a website; however I did attempt to start a blogging site in the past and it didn't quite work out for me. Not to mention I can no longer use Adsense with my google account because it was disabled by google due to misuse. I just honestly wonder if I'm going to do anything with TKA being that one of the most lucrative outlets to use will be of no use to me (Adsense).

I have not attempted to sign up for the free trial just yet because I just found out about TKA in the past 12 hours and I need to pray and think seriously about it before I decide to do so.

I'm not really sure what I'm asking here. I'll give it some more thought, but please respond when you can. Thanks.

DestinCas 7 weeks ago

Hi Kaizen,

I am interested in signing-up with TKA and giving it a real go... I have a question regarding Brandyn’s question (So what do u actually do?) just to follow-up so I understand correctly. Please allow me to use the following scenario seeing this is the line of work that I’m in. Being a fitness & Nutritional Professional if I build an affiliate web-site doing a review on a great sports supplement or several different ones and they leave my site and go on to purchase that product from another web-site would I receive a commission for that sale? Is that how it works? or am I off in left field somewhere?

me 12 days ago

TKA isn't really a scam but all the info is completely outdated. They still talk about blogroll exchanges in their ebook. Most of the seasoned IMers have already left the forums and if you speak your mind and it goes against their happy go lucky attitudes they will ban you on the spot, no email no refund, no nothing. Not worth it. You can sign up for the free month and get all the outdated info they have to offer in about an hour.

kaizensecrets profile image

kaizensecrets Hub Author 2 days ago

Sorry for not responding to the comments sooner. I rarely check this page. To answer some of the questions above...

The basic concept is to create web properties, drive traffic to it, and convert that traffic into sales. Whether you use Adsense, affiliate marketing, sell your own products, the key is to get targeted traffic.

TKA mainly teaches to get search engine traffic and helps you to choose a niche, get your site up, and do things to get traffic to your site.

As for the commenter who said they won't give you refunds, can you prove that? From what I know, they're pretty good with refunds. Yes, they've kicked some members out here and there but have always given them refunds for the current month. As for the outdated info, yeah, they're a bit slow to update their ebook stuff but that's why it's good to join the weekly webinars where they talk about more updated stuff as well as answer any questions you may have.

As for some seasoned members leaving, that could be for a number of reasons. Most people keep renewing their membership because of the tools TKA provides, mainly Post Runner. If your strategy changes and you no longer need it, it would only make sense to stop your membership. Some people stay to interact in the forums. There are many seasoned IMers who are still members as well.

If you're just starting out in this business or simply don't have a concrete plan of action, TKA is one of the best courses out there. Once you learn everything and get the hang of how this business works and actually take action and produce the results, you'll naturally grow and become more experienced. Eventually, you'll hit a point where you won't need TKA any longer.

Submit a Comment
Members and Guests

Sign in or sign up and post using a hubpages account.



    • No HTML is allowed in comments, but URLs will be hyperlinked
    • Comments are not for promoting your Hubs or other sites

    Please wait working