I Bought Iman Gadzhi's $2,999 SMMA Course And Tried Making Money

Summary

The speaker discusses their decision to start a social media marketing agency (SMA) inspired by Iman Gatzi's success. They invest in a $3,000 online course, 'Agency Navigator', to gain knowledge and network with like-minded individuals. Despite an initial lack of response to their outreach emails, they secure a three-month contract with a local dealership, earning a profit. The speaker reflects on the value of the course, noting that while it's expensive, the community and support provided are worth the investment for those willing to take action and apply the knowledge.

Takeaways

• 🚀 The speaker is exploring starting a social media marketing agency (SMA) inspired by Iman Gatzi's success in the field.
• 📈 Iman Gatzi's online course claims SMA is a lucrative side hustle, potentially earning over a thousand dollars a month.
• 💡 The speaker invested in a $3,000 course to gain knowledge about SMA and determine its viability as a business model for beginners.
• 📚 The course provided comprehensive information and a supportive community, going beyond basic content to offer networking opportunities.
• 🎯 The speaker chose to focus on paid advertising as their service offering, leveraging their prior experience with Facebook and TikTok ads.
• 📝 The speaker's strategy involved reaching out to local businesses, offering tailored advertising strategies to boost their client base.
• 📞 Initial outreach via email was unsuccessful, leading the speaker to try phone calls, which resulted in securing a meeting with a local dealership.
• 🤝 A one-thousand-dollar per month partnership was established with the dealership on a three-month contract, with the speaker aiming to generate double the revenue.
• 💭 The speaker believes the business model is promising but questions the value of the expensive course, suggesting similar knowledge could be gained from free YouTube resources.
• 🌐 The speaker emphasizes the importance of taking action and gaining experience, rather than just consuming course content.
• 📈 The speaker plans to delve deeper into SMA and share their journey through future YouTube videos.

Q & A

What is the main business venture of Iman Gatzi that the speaker has been observing?

Iman Gatzi's main business venture is social media marketing.

What motivated the speaker to start their own social media marketing agency?

The speaker was inspired by Iman Gatzi's success and the increasing number of people starting their own agencies, as seen on YouTube.

How much did the speaker invest in Iman Gatzi's online course?

The speaker invested three thousand dollars in Iman Gatzi's online course.

What are some of the services that can be offered by a social media marketing agency?

A social media marketing agency can offer services such as email marketing, paid advertisements, content management, and SEO.

What was the speaker's initial goal for their social media marketing agency?

The speaker's initial goal was to get paid five thousand dollars per month by a business, in return for bringing them clients who pay at least double that amount.

What is the Agency Navigator according to Iman Gatzi?

Agency Navigator is described as a foolproof formula for starting and scaling one's own social media marketing agency (SMMA).

How did the speaker attempt to secure clients initially?

The speaker initially attempted to secure clients by sending out emails to local businesses, followed by making phone calls when emails did not yield responses.

What was the outcome of the speaker's first client meeting?

The speaker secured a three-month contract with a local dealership for a one thousand dollar per month partnership.

What is the speaker's overall opinion on the business model and the course?

The speaker believes the business model is as good as advertised, but finds the three thousand dollar price tag for the course too expensive considering the information provided.

What does the speaker suggest for those who cannot afford the course?

The speaker suggests that people can learn everything they need to know for free from YouTube videos and that the course might be suitable for those who can afford it and want networking connections.

What advice does the speaker give about taking action in business?

The speaker advises that taking action is more important than consuming course content and that the best knowledge comes from experience, not just learning.

Outlines

00:00

🚀 Starting a Social Media Marketing Agency with SMMA

The speaker discusses their decision to start a social media marketing agency after watching Iman Gatzi's success in the field. They decide to invest in a $3,000 online course by Iman Gatzi to gain knowledge about SMMA (Social Media Marketing Agency). The speaker explains that they want to offer services like email marketing, paid ads, content management, and SEO to businesses. Their goal is to earn $5,000 per month by acquiring clients for businesses, with the businesses paying them at least double what they earn. The speaker also talks about the community aspect of the course and their initial steps in reaching out to local businesses for potential partnerships.

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📩 Outreach and Initial Challenges in Securing Clients

The speaker shares their experience of reaching out to local businesses for potential partnerships. They initially send out 20 emails but receive no responses, leading them to try phone calls instead. After two hours of calling, they secure a meeting with a local dealership. The speaker details their conversation with the marketing manager and successfully negotiates a three-month contract worth $1,000 per month. They reflect on the business model, the value of the $3,000 course, and the community aspect of the program. The speaker concludes that while the course is expensive, the networking and community support it offers are valuable. They also emphasize the importance of taking action and gaining experience over just consuming course content.

Keywords

💡Social Media Marketing

Social Media Marketing (SMM) refers to the process of promoting a brand, product, or service through various social media platforms to engage with the audience and increase brand awareness. In the video, the narrator discusses starting an SMM agency, which involves offering marketing services to businesses to boost their online presence and customer engagement.

💡Agency Navigator

Agency Navigator is a course created by Iman Gatz that aims to teach individuals how to start and scale a social media marketing agency (SMA). It is described as a comprehensive program that includes guidance, community support, and resources to help aspiring entrepreneurs succeed in the field of online marketing.

💡Paid Advertising

Paid Advertising refers to the practice of promoting products or services on various platforms through paid ads. This includes sponsored posts, search engine marketing, and pay-per-click advertising. In the context of the video, the narrator decides to focus on paid traffic as the service they will offer to clients, using platforms like Facebook and TikTok for ad campaigns.

💡SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

SEO is the practice of optimizing a website or content to improve its organic ranking on search engines, thereby increasing visibility and attracting more traffic. It is one of the services that a social media marketing agency can offer to clients, as mentioned in the video.

💡Content Management

Content Management involves the creation, publication, and governance of content on a website or social media platform. It is a service that a social media marketing agency might provide to help businesses manage their online presence and engage with their audience effectively.

💡Email Marketing

Email Marketing is a form of direct marketing that involves sending promotional messages or newsletters to a group of people via email. It is another service that can be offered by a social media marketing agency to help businesses communicate with their customers and potential clients.

💡Side Hustle

A side hustle refers to an additional job or business venture that is taken on alongside one's primary job, often to earn extra income. In the video, the narrator considers starting an SMA as a side hustle, something they have wanted to try for years.

💡Tactical Person

A tactical person is someone who is strategic and skilled in planning and executing tasks or projects. In the context of the video, the narrator describes Iman Gatz as a very smart and tactical person, implying that he is knowledgeable and effective in his approach to social media marketing.

💡Testimonials

Testimonials are statements from individuals expressing their positive experiences with a product, service, or company. In the video, the narrator mentions testimonials on the Agency Navigator website, which are meant to convince potential customers of the course's value and effectiveness.

💡Networking

Networking refers to the process of building and maintaining professional relationships, which can lead to opportunities, collaborations, or support in one's career or business. In the video, the narrator values the community aspect of the Agency Navigator course, highlighting the importance of networking with high-value individuals in the same field.

💡Action

In the context of the video, taking action refers to actively applying the knowledge and strategies learned from the course or other resources to achieve tangible results in one's business or venture. The narrator emphasizes the importance of not just consuming information but also taking practical steps towards implementing an SMM strategy.

Highlights

The speaker is exploring starting a social media marketing agency (SMA) inspired by Iman Gatzi's success.

The speaker has been observing the trend of people starting their own SMAs on YouTube.

A $3000 online course by Iman Gatzi is purchased to gain knowledge about starting an SMA.

Iman Gatzi claims that SMA is an easy way to make over a thousand dollars a month.

The speaker spends time watching free YouTube videos by Iman Gatzi to get basic information on SMA.

Services offered by an SMA include email marketing, paid ads, content management, and SEO.

The goal is to get businesses to pay $5000 per month in return for bringing in clients that pay double that amount.

Agency Navigator by Iman Gatzi is presented as a foolproof formula for starting and scaling an SMA.

The speaker experiences initial difficulties purchasing the course due to bank card issues.

Agency Navigator provides a community of like-minded people and instructors for guidance.

The course involves information overload, resembling studying for an exam.

The chosen service to sell to businesses is running paid ads to get them clients.

The speaker plans to find local businesses and offer them paid advertising services.

After sending out emails to local businesses, the speaker receives no responses and decides to try phone calls.

A local dealership agrees to a $1000 per month partnership on a trial basis.

The speaker's overall opinion is that the business model works, but the course is expensive for the information provided.

The community and networking opportunities provided by the course are seen as valuable.

The speaker believes that most of the course content can be found for free on YouTube.

Despite the course cost, the speaker is optimistic about delving deeper into SMA and sharing future content.

Transcripts

smma smma's social media marketing

agency starting a social media marketing

agency is a business model that I've

never tried before but I have been

watching Iman gatzi for a really long

time and social media marketing is his

main business venture and I can see how

successful it made him over the years

I've been seeing lots of people starting

their own social media marketing

agencies all over YouTube so I thought

about finally giving it a shot on my own

and what better way to do that than to

buy a three thousand dollar online

course by one of the most influential

people on the internet actually there's

probably many better ways to do this but

I love experimenting and doing these

expensive things so you guys don't have

to now Iman gazi says that smma is one

of the easiest ways to make at least

over a thousand dollars a month it's

also been a side hustle that I've been

wanting to try for years now so in this

video I'm going to gain as much

knowledge as possible about smma from

Iman gadget's three thousand dollar

online course and we're going to find

out if this really is the best business

model to start as a beginner

to begin before going into the actual

course I wanted to get some free basic

information on what smma is this way I

would at least have an idea of what I'm

getting into so I spent a few hours

watching some of Iman gaji's free

YouTube videos on social media marketing

and honestly the information and

knowledge Iman gadji has to offer is

beyond what I expected and whatever I

say later in this video I should point

out that regardless of how this goes

he's actually a very smart and tactical

person who I've been watching for a good

amount of time now and he's helped me

many times because he's a very

motivational person but anyways other

than all that what is smma so within a

social media marketing agency you can

offer many different services that you

can Market to other businesses you would

personally contact the businesses and

basically offer to help boost their

marketing in return for money and some

examples of the services you can offer

are the following things like email

marketing paid advertisements content

management and SEO and to figure out

which one I'm going to pick I'll first

have to go through Iman gadget's course

what I want to do in a nutshell is be

able to get paid five thousand dollars

per month by a business and in return

I'll get them clients that pay them at

least double that amount and the reason

I'm aiming for such a high number is

because I'm already paying three

thousand dollars to access Iman gaji's

agency Navigator speaking of the agency

Navigator Iman says that it's a

foolproof formula for starting and

scaling your very own smma well for

three thousand dollars I really hope

that it is now when you go on the agency

Navigator website you will see a 38

minute video by Iman gatzi I believe the

sole purpose of this entire video is to

convince you to buy his course and I'm

not gonna lie he did a pretty good job

of doing that in this video he talks

about his entire life story then he

moves on to talk about the agency

Navigator he shows a bunch of

testimonials for many different people

who claim that it changed their lives

and then he goes into an agency

Navigator demo and basically shows us

how the entire thing works so he did a

pretty good job with the convincing you

to buy his course part but let's take a

look at the rest of his website before

we move on to the actual agency

Navigator course so he has a few more

testimonials here by three people each

with a YouTube video promoting his

course and basically saying that it's

legit and then he explains what agency

Navigator is with some text and these

are all just the modules that you will

go through when you buy the course and

again he explains in detail exactly what

you're going to be getting for your

money and finally when you scroll down

here you will see this tiered system

that puts each client in a tier based on

how much money you can make off of them

so now I feel like I have a pretty good

idea of what to expect when I get into

agency Navigator so I just signed up on

Iman gazi's website and now it's finally

time to get access I just tried buying

his three thousand dollar course with my

debit card and not only did it get

declined but it also got blocked so

after waiting for two hours on hold to

speak with the bank I finally got them

to unblock my card and explain the

situation to them I guess they just

didn't expect me to be making such large

purchases online but anyways I tried

buying it again and it finally worked as

soon as I got in I was presented with a

lot of material that I have to go

through and I can see that this isn't

just like all the other basic courses on

making money online it looks more like a

company with instructors that are there

to guide you and if you've watched my

Andrew Tate video where I tried making

money with Hustler's University I talked

about how you get access to a community

and the same thing applies here it's a

beautiful Community with a lot of

like-minded people that are there to

help you or motivate you if you need and

the thing I love most is that when

people in there score their first

clients they openly share that with the

the rest of us and that's honestly very

motivating because it makes you look

forward to your very own first client

but anyways other than that I spent a

little bit of time going through the

entire course it almost felt like I was

studying for an exam because it was such

an information overload the service I'm

going to be selling to businesses is

basically getting them clients by

running paid ads I'm going with paid

traffic specifically because I'm sort of

familiar with how it works I ran paid

ads before on platforms like Facebook

and Tick Tock ads so I have a pretty

basic good idea of how to start things

off the way this is going to work is

I'll try to get a business to pay me x

amount of money per month and then I'll

try to get that business client with

paid traffic and the goal is to spend

less than I'm earning for example if a

business pays me three thousand dollars

a month to get them clients I'm going to

try spending about one to two thousand

dollars in paid traffic to do that the

next thing I need to do is find clients

and I'm going to find local businesses

based around where I live and once I do

that I'll write down all of their names

and emails down so that I can just copy

and paste the same message it's

recommended to work with local

businesses that are based around where

you live because in most cases they're

not getting blown up with emails about

online advertising which is good for you

because it gives you less competition so

after finding these businesses I'll

write up an email with a link to

schedule a meeting with me and finally

after sending all the emails out if I

get a business that schedules a call

with me I'll try to close that sale and

convince them with my services which are

paid traffic by the way feel free to use

my exact email template in your own SMA

Journey if you want so with the

information I have from Iman gadget's

course I wrote up this email right here

dear business name I hope this email

finds you well I am reaching out to

introduce you to my paid advertising

services on platforms like Facebook and

Tick Tock in today's digital age it's

crucial to Leverage The Power of social

media to reach your target audience

effectively that's where I come in with

years of experience in creating

successful advertising campaigns I can

help your business achieve its marketing

goals by designing a tailored strategy

that targets your specific audience my

expertise lies in crafting compelling

ads that capture the attention of your

potential customers and drive

conversions I have a professional

understanding of the algorithms and best

practices of these platforms enabling me

to optimize your ad spend and maximize

your return on investment whether you're

looking to increase brand aware Earnest

Drive traffic to your website or boost

your sales I can help you achieve your

objectives by leveraging my expertise

you'll be able to focus on other aspects

of your business while I take care of

your advertising needs if you're

interested in learning more about how it

can help your business grow through

effective paid advertising please reply

to this email and we can schedule a call

to discuss your specific needs further

thank you for your time and I look

forward to hearing from you soon so I

think this email looks perfect and I

also have my list of businesses that I'm

going to send out the emails to so I'm

going to go ahead and do that and I'll

update you guys tomorrow to see if we

got any responses 2 000 years later so

it's now the following day and out of

the 20 emails that I sent I got zero

responses I thought about it from a

business's perspective and I noticed

that emails are pretty easy to ignore so

my next move is to try phone calling

different businesses however I'm going

to use the same script that I used with

my emails so I spent about two hours

doing this and I was actually able to

secure a meeting with this local

dealership I'm gonna have this Zoom

meeting with them and hopefully I can

get a deal and I'll update you guys

right after I'm done

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thank you

all right so I talked with the marketing

manager at the dealership and it

actually went pretty well this guy I was

talking to was pretty smart and knew

what he was doing but all it took was a

little bit of persuasion and I was

actually able to secure a one thousand

dollar per month partnership but instead

of signing me on to a long-term

partnership I signed a three-month

contract with them and this was done so

they can see what type of work I'll be

providing so now I'm going to be running

ads for them and getting them clients

with half the money that they paid me

and overall I'll be pocketing about 500

in profit per month my thoughts on this

business model in general is that it's

actually as good as people advertise it

to be however three thousand dollars is

a really expensive price tag for the

information that you're getting but as I

said before this also wasn't just a

basic course like any other it's a lot

more like a community where you network

and meet people that have the same goals

as you and honestly I feel like that's

what I really paid for here and of

course with that comes things like if

you need any guidance or help there's

always going to be someone that's there

to answer any of your questions because

I can see that people in there are sort

of high value people that know exactly

what they're talking about and I've

noticed that when they see others in the

agency that aren't taking action they

try to encourage them and even have

weekly calls with them a part of the

reason they do this is probably because

they want the agency to have the highest

chance of success especially with each

of their students and this way they're

able to get more and more enrollment and

the reason for that is because of the

testimonials that are made by successful

students so basically on top of all the

course content that you get there's also

weekly calls and in these calls they

give you a call to action in the end and

this is to make sure that you actually

get to work and not just easily give up

I also forgot to mention that they do an

amazing job at summing up the course

however I have to be transparent with

you guys I genuinely feel like most of

this information you can find it on

YouTube I think there's only one

instance where I'd actually recommend

buying this course and it's if you have

a lot of money laying around and you

just want connections with people like

networking and stuff in that area they

did a great job but I still feel like I

could have gotten my client without

agency Navigator just based on the free

information I learned from YouTube alone

but let me tell you more about the

course itself and my experience with it

each video and module in there is very

well built and it's all in 4k so it's

very high quality but then again you're

also paying three thousand dollars so it

is kind of expect I was never really big

with smma but I actually kind of like it

I'm going to go deeper into it and I'll

probably make some Future YouTube videos

around this topic now guys whether you

take this course or not it's important

that you take action with what you know

I see a lot of people that feel like

they're taking action just by consuming

a lot of course videos and yeah it makes

you feel like you're doing something but

the best knowledge always comes from

experience if you're worried that you

don't have enough money to get started

you don't need to buy a three thousand

dollar course to get into smma you can

find tons of YouTube videos for free

that teach you how to do everything step

by step if you've watched this far and

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