There is mentality/personal development content instead of it just being the technical or business side of IG, which is super important. Thanks, Niklas and Team, for the work you all do. It'd have... See more
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Niklas Pedde is the founder of Phoenix Media, a media company that owns and operates more than 20 channels with a combined audience of over 17 million followers. He started his entrepreneurial journey in 2016 with a simple Instagram theme page which has since grown into one of the worlds largest social media networks reaching over ~1B Views per month. Inside the Instagram University 4.0, with over 70,000 members, Niklas shares his knowledge and experience of the last 8 years.
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Got influenced by an Instagram Ad and bought the 6$ Instagram Course, how bad could it possibly be for 6$, right? Yeah, unfortunately it turned out to not only be a complete pain to buy the course due to super heavy, dodgy and aggressive marketing (they even force (!) you to watch a video in between the transaction before you receive your credentials per email). The course is a complete waste of money and lifetime - there is ZERO information regarding the topic or any information with value. It's a huge scam to promote his "academy" and contains videos of other dodgy coaches. Save your time and money and stay away!! Absolutely not worth it.

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Although I have just started, it seems like this is the correct path to take to educate myself about IG, implement a successful strategy to make serious $$$. The only thing confusing at the moment is about an offer to apply for 1:1 mentorship, however, at the end of the application it asks how much money I have to invest in the mentorship, so its unclear. Otherwise I am ready and excited to get started!!

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Help me step by step for instagram to make reels which go viral and get followers and make money

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Hi, Niklas i really enjoyed your program and it is really worth but need more content creation video.

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I paid so little for the program, and I was so surprised at the rich content. The modules and lessons were structured so well, it was easy to follow and understand from the mindset training to Instagram mastermind. I have confidence to now create my theme page. Thank you.

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I was introduced to the Mentorship/Masterclass and paid more than $6,000 USD and Max Gmoser promised me the world. I was hesitant listening to him but he convinced me that I could get immediate help 24/7 and he would be there for me. What a liar. He NEVER helped me once and I asked him on a Thursday and by Sunday I still had not heard from him. I asked for him to help me at 7:00pm EST on a Thursday and he told me he wouldn't help me past 2:00pm EST. Who has time during their workday to stop and get help for a side hustle? What happened to the 24/7 he promised? Then my phone rang twice in the middle of the night (5:00am) and it was Max Gmoser. He knows NOTHING about customer service and I've yet to get help from him like he said I'd get when he presented the program to me. He's basically a low life liar and he took my money and ran. However, I will say that I fortunately found a mentor that agreed to help me and he wholeheartedly apologized for Max's lack of following through. If you are presented with the Mentorship/Masterclass program be FULLY AWARE of Max Gmoser. He sounds legit but he is NOT. I haven't had enough exposure as of this time with the program to give it an honest rating but right now my experience with Max Gmoser leaves a lot to be leary about. Proceed at your own risk $6000+ USD is a lot of money to invest to get treated like Max Gmoser treated me.
P.S. I received a personal call from Niklas Pedde the owner of this program and without going into details everything he said and did he deserves 10 stars. So the situation was handled VERY well and I am very happy.

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There supposedly was a time limit to get this at $6.95, but it seems it's just to create urgency. If you find it at the "original", non-discounted price, I would look into other courses. At $6.95 there's not much to lose if you don't learn anything new.
There's a HUGE amount of upsell attempts and you get at least 3 daily emails with more upsells. It's really annoying.
I'm honestly underwhelmed. There is SOME value if you know absolutely NOTHING about creating an Instagram page, but otherwise, it's very repetitive with more focus on "WHY" this works and "WHY" you should book the 1-on-1 mentoring (upsell), and not much value in HOW to create content.
Many of the few courses actually showing you how to create something show Niklas being technically challenged because, surprise, he's not actually the one who creates the content.
There are often "webinars" which are, you guessed it, more upsells into the mentoring package. Those are big waste of time, with a bunch of filler questions asking the participants meaningless "small talk" questions like "can you hear me?" and "where are you from?", or other obvious small talk like "are you excited to learn?" or "do you think it's possible to make money with Instagram?", and so on.
At the end it's at least 40% of the webinar telling you about why the mentoring program is what you need, then asks who booked the "application call", then guilt trips those who didn't.
Finally, one of the biggest red flags for me is that there's so much hype and talk about his biggest earner instagram account which is "@money.focus" and he even mentions it in the live seminars, but it just so happens that this account is no longer active.
Like with many things, the real money is in the selling of courses and selling of consulting and coaching, which is really how Niklas makes money.
I would give this 1 star, but honestly, at $6.95, it's not so bad. If you find it at a higher price, look for other courses.

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I bought only instagram university 4.0 for $6 whatever it was, the content there is ONLY made to make you believe if you buy other stuff you can make money from it, there is no benefit anywhere bunch of motivational speech and thats it, no layout how to make money online, no nothing = just a pure scam imho, to make you hyped about investing and buying other products they offer so you "possibly" could learn how to make money online which imho is a scam as well, good job lads trying to feed off $ from poor ppl and making them fake-believe they can make money with instagram etc etc.

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I’m only in the 1st Module, but am enjoying the content do far - motivational.

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Great value for such a small outlay, not having a great deal of cash and looking to start an online business, this is the place you should start-- HUGE value

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Nothing valuable about Instagram in module 1-2. I did not come to listen about nothing. Niklas is talking about general motivational things and uploaded nothing about Instagram. Not a bit of it is about Instagram. Complete dissapointment.

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I am in first module still, but having a great experience so far. I had the oportunity to understand clearly a few things of my goals, like do I really want be rich? or is it wealthy? And looking at my goal of life, I down the amount in my head because truly my main goal is freedom and family. So it was very helpful to understand this and have clarity to be able to go for the results.

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If I could give zero stars, I would.
Absolutely a rip-off. I paid £5,000 for something that’s freely available on YouTube. I requested a refund the same day I signed up, and they refused. Total scam. DO NOT INVEST. £5,000 is a lot of money to waste on false promises.

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for the price of the course and the value you get from it, there is simply no match out there, absolutely amazing!!! keep up the great work

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So far so good. Finally getting my act together and doing this course and I think he's providing great value so far.

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Not so impressed. When will I start implementing something to start working?

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I just started, and I'm sure I have much to learn. only completed the first module so far, so I can only comment on what I've learned. So far, I like it. Even if I earn something and build a small following, I'll be happy. im learning to trust the process.. I have a 9-5 job and I hate it. Watch this space!

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Wow! I am less than 48 hours in and I'm already blown away! First off, Niklas comes across as extremely knowledgeable and successful but also humble and trustworthy. He seems genuinely invested in not only helping his students to make money but also in helping them grow as individuals. The videos are engaging and easy to follow. And the number of gems that have been dropped so far by Niklas and Tai are worth 100x the price! I feel like I'm getting real-world advice/guidance and a step-by-step road map, not just outrageous numbers, pretty words/videos and "fluff" that many other "mentors" use to reel you in...and then leave you hanging. I'm in for the long-haul with Niklas! Thank you for giving me the push that I needed to make a decision and change my circumstances 🙏🏽

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