Impact AcademyReviews of impact.me

A few things worth knowing before you invest: - Positives: there is a real structure, system, and community to follow, and it can help grow your audience quickly. Coaches and support personnel are friendly and efficient. - But the gap is obvious by comparison. There are cheaper programs that teach more and offer more value. This program is expensive, and the price doesn't reflect the substance. - The sales process set expectations of earning back a monthly salary, which wasn't backed up despite showing up for the work. - Growing an audience isn't the same as understanding why. There's more implementation and hacks than actual strategy that gives you long-term business understanding. Without that, you can grow an audience without ever understanding how to turn it into a business. - Some parts of the program are siloed, offer feedback happens in isolation, never the full picture of content, audience, and offer in alignment. - I wouldn't recommend it to anyone in the burnout, trauma, or psychology space. The level of nuance you need isn't there, the program favours physical yoga (handstands, splits) instead. - I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with a business or corporate background. You won't get the depth (business strategy, content architecture, nuance) you need to succeed in this space. - Perhaps most disappointing: I spent real time writing detailed, specific feedback and received generic, vague responses in return, deflections rather than took accountability.

I am sharing my objective experience with Impact Academy to provide a transparent look at this €5,000 program for anyone considering the investment. While the basic framework exists, and the coaches do their best, the whole infrastructure failed to deliver the expert human mentorship and support promised during enrollment and the overall experience did not match what I was sold. The enrollment process involved intense, high-pressure sales tactics. When I requested time to discuss the investment with my spouse, the salesperson used emotional manipulation, telling me that if my husband loved me, he would support it. I felt pressured to pay on the live call with the person walking me through the bank transaction and providing verbal promises that my 2.0 version would be unstoppable and that "everyone else reaches 1, 2, 3 thousand per month as a conservative estimate." I implemented the strategies faithfully and had my funnel posted, but made zero sales of this offer (other than my own test). The promised mentorship was severely lacking. Group calls were heavily overcrowded, having students wait hours for a few minutes of attention. Additionally, the individual feedback for each part of the funnel seemed generic. We had access to a shared Excel sheet showing everyone's feedback, and it was evident the team was using automated ChatGPT templates slightly tailored to each niche instead of bespoke human coaching. Additionally, they relied heavily on GPT usage and pre recorded videos to help us build our full offer. I proactively flagged that I was falling behind by filling out their official monthly satisfaction forms negatively. I never received one single check in, and considering the sum of the investment one would expect some more close or individual attention, but I never received a single follow-up. Finally, when my 6-month access was about to expire and I checked if it was possible to have some more time to access the material and to finish my full offer, I was directed to a 1:1 call which ended up being basically a sales call for an expensive upsell. When I declined, they offered a brief extension and then also prompted me to write my experience / reviews on Trustpilot and Reddit in exchange for additional 2 weeks program access for each. Not only did it all feel completely transactional, but I also learned they offered $1,000 to members to read marketing scripts, which explains how their public reputation seems heavily manufactured. When I requested a refund, support stonewalled behind a rigid contract checklist, ignoring that their own lack of responsiveness, their doubtful overall performance in the academy, everything mentioned above and non existent individual support (although the premium price tag suggested otherwise) prevented my progress. Prospective students deserve an honest picture before investing such a large sum like this.

Mijn ervaring met Impact Academy Ik ben met veel enthousiasme gestart met Impact Academy. Juist de persoonlijke benadering en het idee dat er tijdens de clarity call echt naar mijn situatie, mijn bedrijf en mijn manier van werken werd gekeken, spraken mij aan. Helaas bleek mijn ervaring na het instappen heel anders. Wat mij het meest heeft teleurgesteld, is dat de persoonlijke aandacht die ik vooraf verwachtte er in de praktijk nauwelijks was. De begeleiding en calls vinden voornamelijk in groepen plaats. Voor mij maakte dat een groot verschil. Ik had juist behoefte aan persoonlijke afstemming, het kunnen stellen van mijn eigen vragen en begeleiding die aansluit bij mijn specifieke situatie. Wanneer je als ondernemer ergens instapt, vind ik het belangrijk dat er niet alleen wordt gekeken naar een algemeen stappenplan, maar ook naar de persoon achter het bedrijf. Als yogadocent is menselijk contact bovendien de basis van mijn werk. Voelen, luisteren, afstemmen en kijken naar wat iemand daadwerkelijk nodig heeft, zijn voor mij essentieel. Daarom vond ik het extra bijzonder om te ervaren dat juist dit persoonlijke aspect binnen het programma zo beperkt was. Daarnaast ervaarde ik het programma als erg exact en star. Er lijkt weinig ruimte te zijn om een andere route te kiezen wanneer die beter aansluit bij jouw persoonlijkheid, bedrijf of doelgroep. Voor mij was vooral opvallend hoe groot de nadruk ligt op Instagram. Het programma richt zich naar mijn ervaring voor een groot deel op Instagram als kanaal voor zichtbaarheid, marketing en groei. Daarom voelde het voor mij alsof ik niet zozeer werd begeleid in het ontwikkelen van mijn eigen manier van ondernemen, maar vooral werd meegenomen in een bestaand systeem dat ik vervolgens moest volgen. Voor mij kwam de werkelijkheid niet overeen met wat ik vooraf dacht te kunnen ontwikkelen. En dat heeft uiteindelijk geleid tot een behoorlijke teleurstelling.