Growth ToolsReviews of growthtools.com

The people I worked with were wonderful people. The plan they put together for me at the beginning was a great start and gave me the clarity I needed to further shape my product package into a great offer. The marketing plan, unfortunately, wasn't what I expected and was not a fit. I wasn't looking for sales call strategies as much as a marketing system to bring highly qualified leads to me. That was where the sales guy and I got our wires crossed. The 90 day marketing plan is front loaded with warm emails and messages to set up sales calls, and setting up podcasts, neither of which fit a high-value B2B offer like I have. I followed the program, sent thousands of emails and LI messages and set up as many sales calls ("discovery calls") as I could, but was unsuccessful. I was already good at getting on podcasts, but got a little better from what I learned. In spite of being on dozens of podcasts (some top 2%) and using all the tricks taught, I got nothing. The salesperson told me the program would only take about 5 hours a week. That seemed rather ridiculous, but I was already committed to full time, so I didn't worry about it. The reality is, there is absolutely no physical way to get through the program in 90 days even full time. It's essentially an extremely detailed online program that can become both tedious and extremely time consuming. You also have to be quite adept at various marketing tools and have some artistic talent to accomplish everything. Having said that, I did find some great tips and strategies embedded in the program that were useful for executing the plan. They just weren't that helpful for me. My coach was highly positive and encouraging. However, it became clear early on that my business was not a fit and if I were to succeed, I would need a coach with expertise closely aligned to my kind of B2B business. At the end, I was able to work with someone very briefly who I think could have been a great asset helping me course correct if we had started working together much earlier. I spent $12,000 and about 8 months of work and got zero sales from the program before giving it up. I would have quit earlier, but I was told by my coach that if I quit I would lose access to everything online. That turned out not to be the case and I made the poor decision to spend several thousand additional dollars before ending the relationship. The guarantee didn't kick in because you have to complete everything in 90 days to qualify—an impossible task. You also fly blind in that you never fully see the whole plan. It is only revealed as you go, so you don't know that you are nowhere close to finishing when the 90 days ends. In summary, the plan was very useful for helping me redefine my product offer for which I am very grateful. I think the sales approaches better fit B2C or lower dollar B2B situations. Sales/discovery call and email campaign approaches all use fairly traditional sales techniques that can be found elsewhere for a lot less. I think having the right coach can be a huge benefit for the $1000 extra each month, but getting a good coach is fairly hit and miss. I liked the people and I think their system can work well for other markets. Their bold guarantee was a huge disappointment for me as I have made similar aggressive guarantees to my clients and made sure they never had to invoke the guarantee. I was expecting the same. UPDATE: the 90-day provision was in the contract language in my GrowthTools account.

Katherine was the star of the show. She got right on my level and helped me clarify priorities that excited me, and tangible next steps that moved me towards immediate goals. She had creative feedback that showed me she cared. I enjoyed working with her for the short time we had, and would always recommend her to anyone looking for clear, thoughtful guidance and heartfelt passion in their corner. Growth Tools itself was not as fantastic. The deeper I got into the first 90 days, the more it became apparent that this program is designed for people that are already up and running and clear on what their business is. And, that would be fine, except their sales process to onboard me did not qualify me with this in mind, and I was left to handle some fairly big building blocks on my own. They sold me on their ability to scale up, but they didn’t include start up. My own clarity around what I needed and didn’t receive has grown greatly and I would never make this mistake again. Additionally, my original coach conceded that nobody really finishes the 90 day program in 90 days, and that it usually takes 8-12 months of working 10-15 hours a week. Most of that is promoting yourself to partners you sourced, which basically means I paid $15k to a company to teach me how to do something I could have paid someone $8k to do for me. If I’d done that, I’d get to stay on my zone of genius. Truly beautiful learning.

Before I started with Growth Tools, I had many ideas but no solid plan. With them, it was less emotional. They created a plan for me based on what I needed and then helped me stay accountable. That was very useful. The coaching staff is great. I worked with Mike Berry and Katherine MacDonnell and they were both amazing. They asked the right questions, helped me accountable to my own commitments, and even pointed out when I was being too hard on myself.

First of all: what an incredible team! Everyone at Growth Tools is passionate about helping you out. Their dashboard is really good for breaking down huge tasks into small steps and take small actions every day to work towards your goal. You can reach out to a coach that knows and understands your business pretty much 24/7. It's by far the best coaching solution out there.

I'm so thankful I found Growth Tools (or they found me!) and that I signed on. The sales process, onboarding, and especially the coaching experience were an absolute pleasure. Growth Tools hires amazing people!! Chung, Matt, and Jerry Burns were all phenomenal to work with. My only regret is that I didn't start the process sooner. It is so helpful to have a dashboard of daily tasks that you KNOW are moving you closer to your business goals.

GrowthTools has been such an incredible gift to my business. The systems are fantastic and the coaches are unbelievable. I made huge progress the first week working with them and that continues to be true each week. I initially passed on the opportunity to work with them in favor of another program and that was a mistake. 6 months later I came back after realizing this really is the best marketing partner for my business right now. I got my initial investment back in 2 months of joining the program and the ROI keeps multiplying. Thank you to the GrowthTools team! You're incredible! Shawn Lemon The Digital Organizer

I've really enjoyed working with the GT team and Jerry Burns specifically. The frameworks, templates and reminders help hold my feet to the fire and demystify the process of listing out to potential clients, getting them on a call, conducting a sales call and closing the deal. Good stuff.

Responsive and helpful Tony was able to help me flush out a revenue road map that made sense and helped with clarity. He provided helpful feedback and quick responses.