Tim H.
Please don't do this
I was sold this program being promised that "85%" of members of CGE make 2-5k within the first 6 months. Then one of the very first onboarding meetings one of the coaches tells me that members make 2-5k after their first 6 months. Immediately I thought this was a scam. And I got scared and nervous, but I continued anyways. One of the first assignments is to find out what your channel is going to be about and discuss with one of the coaches. In all caps it says "YOU CANT MOVE ON FROM THIS MODULE UNTIL YOU KNOW EXACTLY ABOUT YOUR CHANNEL." I thought I found my niche and discussed it with their "client success manager." He said it was a good niche and we could go from there. Fast forward to me having all my assignments done, I have less than 100 subs and I'm being told they will extend the program for me and I can have a meeting with Shane. I meet with Shane and we discuss my channel, turns out, over 40 videos later, I AM NOT NICHED DOWN ENOUGH. Which was one of the FIRST assignments I had to do and COULD NOT MOVE ON until my coach and I figured out a niche. Okay so now with the extension I can figure it out? I keep posting videos consistently but the consistency dies because I don't know what I need to be doing. I have another meeting "oh its cause you're not posting consistently." But I'm running out of ideas and have no idea what videos I need to do because even after my meeting with Shane we never locked down a niche for me. They extend my program again, but not before trying to upsell me double the money when I told them I couldn't even afford this program to pay it in full. after a little less than a year I reached 100 subs. Then I start joining the group meetings, they audit my channel, and he says, "stop posting consistently cause you have that down, now you need to focus on making really good videos that's how you'll grow." Oh okay, I was told a few months back I need to post consistently and that's why I'm not growing. Then I have more meetings with more coaches, and a lot of them are starting to contradict each other about videos and thumbnails. I then have another upsell meeting, which, I felt like they forgot I was making payments that I couldn't even afford to pay for this program, and they end up extending the program again and are bringing on a brand new coach that maybe can give me some direction. I have a meeting with this new coach, and after a year and a half of being in this program I felt like I had the most productive meeting about what my niche should be. Then I had one more upsell meeting where I am also being told that this program is about how to do YouTube and not necessarily all about the business side. they told me they would give me until the end of the month to be in the program but by that time, every message I sent on the discord channel would get one response by one coach at 3am. I wanted to like this program, and I wanted to be successful, the tips that the coaches give about technical things like how to do the thumbnail, how to edit were really good, but I wouldn't have taken out a loan of 5,000 just to learn editing. I'm just really disappointed that I spent so much time and effort to leave this program feeling like nobody could really help me, they just wanted my money, money that I do not have. Because there were extensions, but the advice that was given everything was so contradictory. Update and response: I emailed out to them like they suggested, and they told me they would forward it to Murray, the customer success manager. That was going on 4 weeks ago. They got their money and weren't interested on solving anything other than trying to get me to pay them more money. Of course the exact wording wasn't in my discord chat, it was in the given assignments which I looked back on were updated this year. That's interesting, I wonder what could have been edited out. And after a year and a half of extensions by the time I was done with the program I had 450 subs and no clients. I also find it interesting that I talked with Murray in the future? September 9th 2026 isn't here yet, so not sure what that's about. I left the program at the end of May, actually before because again, I would get one coach to respond to me at 3am. There was also no denying that the information I was given was contradictory, so imagine dropping 5k and all the coaches tell you to do something different.
Response from Content Growth EngineJul 22, 2026
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us, Tim. Throughout your time in the program, our team continued supporting you well beyond your original program term by providing multiple extensions, additional coaching sessions, ongoing Discord support, assignment reviews, and personalized guidance because we genuinely wanted to help you succeed. During your coaching with Shane, your channel strategy was reviewed, and feedback was given that your niche needed to become more specific. On March 5, 2026, you met with Jimmy, where the focus shifted to identifying the audience you were best equipped to serve and building your content strategy around your long-term business goals. Then, on May 20, 2026, you shared with Murray that Jimmy's coaching had helped reshape your channel direction, and together you continued refining your offer, audience, and content strategy. During your follow-up with Murray on September 9, 2026, your channel's progress, improving thumbnails, and growing video performance were reviewed, along with additional content ideas and strategy. We also want to address your statement that you were told, "You can't move on from this module until you know exactly about your channel." We thoroughly reviewed your Discord history and the available onboarding materials but were unable to locate that wording. If it appeared elsewhere, we'd appreciate the opportunity to review it so we can better understand where that expectation came from. We sincerely appreciate the time and effort you invested in the program and the feedback you've shared. Feedback like yours helps us continue improving how we guide students through the early stages of finding a clear niche and building a sustainable YouTube business. We’d still welcome the opportunity to continue the conversation with you. Please contact us at [email protected] so we can discuss what resolution would feel fair and supportive.