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This my honest review 2 years after the…
This my honest review 2 years after the CK program. I went through an old CK program in 2017, so their trainings may have changed since now and their coaches may have changed since then. I HOPE the way they've treated people has changed. I've waited 2 years to post this review so that my emotions could settle and I could provide a realistic account of what happened to me. Pros: You'll learn something. You'll meet some great people. You'll be pushed outside of your comfort zone. The program itself is good if you're new to marketing on social media platforms. The private CK Facebook group is nice, some of the members were very active and helped me out a lot. Some of the coaches and admin staff were really helpful and I appreciate them to this day - the negative part of my review is not about them. Cons: My biggest issues with CK were horrible treatment by certain coaches. I 100% know their process works and smart marketers are part of their team. You can do well if you take responsibility for doing what you need to do. There is no magic pill which will make you succeed. However, sometimes even great processes need to be slightly customized (which is what I needed help with but didn't receive). Personally, I was told to "Don't be a little b***h" by certain coaches for simply asking questions. I followed the T&F program with 100% commitment and adherence to the program for 3 months, but I wasn't seeing results. When I brought this up on a coaching call, I was called "dumb", "an idiot", and "obviously not doing the right things". I was met with resistance from coaches every time I asked for help with my offer/messaging/strategy. Out of the many times I asked for custom help, I received custom advice twice. The coaches I looked up to effectively tore me down every time I had an issue by attacking me personally instead of helping me with the issue at hand. When I asked for help with my offer, a coach looked it over and told me that my offer was good - it was obviously something else I was doing wrong that was preventing me from hitting my goals, but gave me no guidance as to what this issue could be other than "stop being a little b****". I didn't appreciate being called a little b**** repeatedly and having my problems deflected. I certainly wouldn't have paid money to have people I looked up to speak to me that way if I knew that's what was going to happen. I really looked up to Taylor specifically, but he would constantly call people b****/dumb on calls. I had no inclination that this was commonplace in CK. Like I said, maybe they've changed and realized that different people have different learning styles. Not everyone learns faster or is motivated by being called a b**** on a coaching call 💁🏽♀️ For a long time (even post CK), I felt brainwashed into thinking I was doing something wrong for just asking questions or not following cookie cutter advice because 80% of the time I asked a question in CK I was met with hostility. It wasn't until I found a new coach that was willing to customize a marketing strategy to work for me (help with offer, custom messaging, etc.) that I was able to see how badly I was treated. I ended up leaving CK early because of this behavior. You'd have to pay ME money to subject myself to that environment again. Like I said, I hope they've changed, but no one has ever reached out to me or offered an apology for the actions of past coaches or even the founders themselves, so I'm not super hopeful. I personally know other past CK-ers (specifically women and women PoC) who had a similar experience as me. I would post this in their public FB group, but when I left it was just a circle jerk of people who tore anyone down that had something negative to say about T&F. I don't consider it a waste of money. I learned a valuable lesson to vet your mentors well, never allow people to gaslight you, and don't ever pay anyone money to treat you like trash.


