Shall I take this $3,500 (AUD) course in Digital Marketing?

[Fuavin]

Hi Guys,

I have not posted in a while, I would appreciate any input on the courses that are currently running in Melbourne.

I am considering enrolling in the following.

https://generalassemb.ly/education/digital-marketing

Before I get shouted at and told I can learn everything online (which i completely agree with), I am a traveler and have found it extremely hard to study as I get distracted easily when others are around me and most of the people around me just want to drink "goon" and "yolo" the night away. So my current study plan consists of half a ritalin and the local cafe for a few hours.

General Assembly seem to have decent spokespeople for there online learning such as Alexis Ohanian co-Founder of Reddit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4mGfgJSvQw

Great video on "Making Something People Love" from him.

To the point I would like to get a foot in the door job in the field of Digital Marketing working with startups, I feel I would struggle to prove to potential employers that I have the skills to pay the bills and feel that maybe going through a curriculum of some sort may give me the upper hand.

However this is not as cheap as your average pack of biscuits at $3,500

Just a point that I also have no higher education qualifications, would I realistically stand a chance for an entry level role after 10 week course completion

What say thee?:batman:

 

[aeisn]

Waste of money. Spend the $3,500 and the time you would have on the course developing your own project.

 

[titanium777]

The fact you need to ask about forking over 3 racks for this course probably answers the question.

 

[skohh]

Spend that money buying hosting, a VA and tons of content around a niche you plan to make 10x the return on that courses investment. Then scale. (I do not know how I arrived at 10x, but it sounded good)

 

[acidie]

I am a traveler and have found it extremely hard to study as I get distracted easily when others are around me and most of the people around me just want to drink "goon" and "yolo" the night away. So my current study plan consists of half a ritalin and the local cafe for a few hours.

Your current attitude is the problem. The people you hang around will influence how you behave and your current circle of friends are wasters.

They might be good people (I don't know) but getting drunk and partying is not going to lead to anything in the long run (except dead end jobs or the dole).

So my current study plan consists of half a ritalin and the local cafe for a few hours.

This isn't a study plan, this is metal masturbation and pretending to be productive.

We've all been in the party mode, but there is a time where you realize that it wont get you anywhere.

If you're serious you need to stop hanging around the people you currently do and focus on your life.

Or you can make excuses and party while the people who don't end up driving BMW's while you're still taking the tram.

Choice is yours.

 

[Lucidity]

Startups want to the hire the guy that is 3 steps ahead of anything taught in a formal course. Technical business skills taught in any formal academic setting = stale, watered down horseshit.

$3,500 would go farther by investing it into your own projects or paying living expenses while you be an intern / slave for someone legit.

 

[Member8200]

I am a traveler and have found it extremely hard to study as I get distracted easily when others are around me and most of the people around me just want to drink "goon" and "yolo" the night away.

If you really are serious about your study, then you will set aside those things.
That's the first problem, you get distracted easily so why not step aside from those and focus.

You know your problems, and you already know the solution.

It's up to you. Goodluck.

 

[slowboiled]

You can't pay anyone to teach you to hustle for what you want and it's more than rare to find a publicly available 'course' that's going to teach usable strategy that has any ROI. To this day I've never even interviewed a marketing degree holder than knew how to do current shit online. Boy can they regurgitate information well though.

The actionable, current and FREE training/case studies/feedback/help you have available right here on this board are likely to trump the living shit out of the marketing course you're asking about.

If you just 'have a hard time studying', then there's the reason you didn't get what you wanted. Don't just expose your weaknesses thinking there's an easy path for you adjacent to the hustle. That's the path that gets left the fuck behind. Expose your weaknesses and work on them. Congrats, it just so turns out you know about WF and have right at your disposal all kinds of barriers to entry into digital marketing potentially removed for you if you just shit out some focus and discipline.

There are a dozen different ways to get into the space your trying to get into, all of which you could learn true insider paths to success from by lurking the Enlightened Members section as a daily practice. Learn about what start-ups need, find your place amongst the dozen things you find and insert yourself into the chain of fulfillment. Then learn enough to compete/lead in that space, refine your systems over time, rinse/repeat. It's all right here for you to grab for free.

To quote CCarter(someone you'd be well served to study) quoting 50cent from another thread:

Reality can be rather harsh. Your days are numbered. It takes constant effort to carve a place for yourself in this ruthlessly competitive world and hold on to it. People can be treacherous. They bring endless battles into your life. Your task is to resist the temptation to wish it were all different; instead you must fearlessly accept these circumstances, even embrace them. By focusing your attention on what is going on around you, you will gain a sharp appreciation for what makes some people advance and others fall behind. By seeing through people's manipulations, you can turn them around. The firmer your grasp on reality, the more power you will have to alter it for your purposes.​

 

[slowboiled]

Tell you what, I'll make you a deal. I do for a living exactly what you're trying to do. Just send me the $3,500 and we'll call it a bird dog/apprentice fee. I don't normally do this but since living the yolo life is all it takes to distract you, I'll teach you how to talk the talk and you can just send me all the business, then you can take the credit and a commission for it.

I'm such a giver