About a year ago, I canceled most of my subscriptions to online membership sites. I found I was spending too much time browsing new content instead of working on my own projects. This isn’t to say the sites I was a member of didn’t deliver what they promised - 99.9% did. It was a matter of prioritizing where and how I would spend my time.
The only site I still pay a monthly membership fee too - no, I’m not comped - is Dan Raine & Ed Dale’s Immediate Edge. To give you an idea why, here’s some of the *most recent* content posted inside (there’s tons more in the archives):
- Q&A with Ed & Dan - no holds barred, all questions answered (they do these all the time, very cool)
- 31 page PDF on setting up a complete sales system - awesome for folks who’ve never done it, includes screenshots, templates, very step-by-step so you can’t go wrong.
- Updates on two software systems available ONLY to Immediate Edge members
- Facebook pay per click guides, videos, Q&A’s & call recordings (a really comprehensive series)
- The latest monthly newsletter (you get a monthly PDF newsletter, plus all the other content inside the members’ area, it’s really must more then promised on the salespage.
- A ton of resources on niche picking - numbers to look for, where to get ideas, how to do the research for free
- The Max Edge strategy - you can guess I can’t let this cat out of the bag, but it’s the blueprint from which Edger’s are getting top Google rank for their sites using social media strategies.
The Edge covers beginner, intermediate and advanced strategies. I wouldn’t still be there if I didn’t learn from it, and newbie marketers find a helping hand getting started as well. I appreciate the fact that much of the lessons are deliverd as part of a “Project” - that is, the whole Edge team starts a project and gets to see it develop live. There’s no theory to what’s taught inside, it’s truly hand-on and lean by direct example stuff.
If you’ve room in your subscriptions to join The Immediate Edge, I do recommend you do so. If you’re already overwhelmed by what you’ve got, it’s really time to pare down your memberships for this one. I’ve been a member of just about everything out there, and this is the only subscription that remains.
I agree, Michelle. The Immediate Edge is one subscription I wouldn’t be without. Like you I have given up most everything else but couldn’t live without the insights on the Edge (plus the cool tools).
I loved Ed’s Thirty Day Challenge. I wrote a detailed step by step action list for Ed’s 2007 Thirty Day Challenge. If you are interested in this, please check out this action list in the link above.
February 27, 2008
I love “The Immediate Edge” I would be lost in the dark without it, another that I love is Aaron Brandon’s online business newsletter. Like you I canceled all my other subscriptions because I WAS WASTING TOO MUCH TIME. I just couldn’t bring myself to part with these two. My productivity goes up because of them.
I was a SINGLE CLICK away from registering for ‘The Immediate Edge’ but reality got the better of me.
Right now IM is pretty much an ‘interest’ that I hope I can apply and see pay off in my businesses over time. However, I hardly have the time to read the free advice I’m constantly downloading never mind dedicate the time required for the paid stuff! Just couldn’t justify the cost.
Hmm… tried Immediate Edge right at the start. Good, but not great, certainly not for the $97 a month. Your enthusiasm has made me think again Michelle but I’m about to commit subicide on most else of my monthly expenditure.
Thanks Michelle!!
Ed
Yes, I also got into Immediate Edge after the AUG 2007 Thirty Day Challenge (TDC) because there were so many practical how-to’s for internet marketeers. They don’t speak in glorified generalities, it is concrete stuff. Myself I am trying to sell hard items versus the digital products.
There is still a plethora of knowledge to absorb and to put into practice.
Michelle I remember your helpful comments in the TDC blogs.
PS do spell check on “Laeave a Reply”
Thanks Michelle I agree with you. i have been a member of the Edge for 12 month now and it is my only monthly membership. I learn so much from Dan and Ed. Ed’s current series on creating videos is not to be missed.
THanks for posting this review. It sounds like this one might be worth my time.
Not impressed with the content on thirty day challenge. It seems rather counterintuitive to ask people to pay $97 upfront to just sampling the content. Could be great, but I rather stay at the top of the game by myself than using information someone else is paid handsomely to provide for me.
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