Ryan
COD and SOD are amazing programs, much to improve with SOD learning process though
I had taken a $2500 online program (by a VERY well known business guru) designed to help me go from zero to launching an online business. It was a very helpful course. But...I found that while I was able to create initial validation for the idea and actually did launch, it takes a TON of work to get "passive income". Writing all the content, sending out emails, etc. Not to mention, you don't actually make a ton of money when you sell programs for a few hundred bucks. And, of the people that bought my course, NOBODY took action. So I couldn't get testimonials (which meant I felt like I wasn't really doing anything important, couldn't show that my course was working, couldn't get referrals etc). Upon checking in on the rockstar students in that program, almost all used coaching as their primary source of income. My ONE client that I had that actually took action (after much pestering) recommended COD. I am SO GLAD she did. I made back the COD investment after a few weeks in the program, my clients are now getting results and they are SO THANKFUL, and I've got testimonials and a funnel to help me grow. You should 100% take COD if you're serious about your client's results. The group model works so much better than 1-1 coaching (I used to have lots of people reschedule calls, and they got far worse results with 1-1), and so much better than self-study courses (which basically nobody takes action on). I also love the COD facebook grads group -- it's so encouraging to see other people winning with the program. I have no doubt that this has kept me going (after all, learning to sell a $5k program over the phone isn't easy). That said, I also took SOD. While it got me an ROI and I highly recommend the program, I feel like SOD could be improved to get better student results. Marc is excellent at sales, but I don't think he's a great teacher of how to get other people (that don't have the same offer as he's selling) to get better in a reliable way. I would have loved a similar staged approach as is in COD (where you submit facebook copy, mission statement, webinar outine, all for feedback along the way). But instead, it's just one review of your script, and one review of one call. With how complex sales is, I don't think this is enough feedback to ensure students actually internalize the lessons fully. I'd recommend potentially hiring a retired teacher or something to consult on the learning model, because it would be amazing to have sales drills or something to isolate the individual skills and actually test them along the way somehow (think of learning basketball -- getting one feedback session with Michael Jordan is great, but interactive practice sessions with an OK coach is even better, or drills you can practice at home to isolate individual skills). So, should you take COD? Yes. No doubt. Could COD get better? Maybe a tiny bit, but I already think it's probably 95% of the way to a foolproof method. It's not a get-rich-quick scheme, but it's by far the best program I've ever taken, and it'll get you a quick ROI if you do the work. Should you take SOD? Yes. Could it get better? MUCH BETTER. I think the potential here to teach more effectively (and check in with students at a few points along the way as COD does) would be phenomenal, and would make the program easily worth 10 times as much to me. I think the results one gets with SOD are much more variable and much more left to the individual students to figure out, and I know there's so much knowledge in Marc's head.



