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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I purchased a n emails glow up package for £1500+ in 2023 and haven't received the service as promised, or even any of the extras promised as an apology for not returning my comms for over a year. I h... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Poorly made resources with loads of typos. Basic canva templates with basic content. Don’t fulfil promises and difficult contact. My bank blocked payments and refunded me the money. Avoid. Business ow... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

One of the best places to shop as a small business owner. Olivia provides literally everything you'd ever need to understand how to properly run a business. I can honestly say I've noticed a huge diff... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

She steals digital products from small businesses and sells them. Extremely poor customer service. Promises things and they never happen. Mis-sells products. Half the products you... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Everything you need

TSBH has practicality everything you need to know on how to set up your own small business and all the tips and tricks to help you succeed. The masterclasses break everything down to help you understand more about the topic and what you need to do to reach your potential. Olivia has a way of making you feel empowered and confident to take any necessary steps to progress your small business.

August 3, 2023
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not worth the price and not clear this was a ebook you have to…

Not clear this was a ebook you have to scroll right to the bottom it should be in the title. I also have had better freebies for the price. not worth the money.

July 26, 2023
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Reply from Thesmallbusinesshandbook

Hi VB,

Sorry to hear you weren't happy with your order!

We try our best to clarify which format our products are in by categorising them under collections titled "eBooks", "Masterclasses", "Notion Planners", etc. We also use the word "eBook" throughout the product description.

We'll look into ways we can make this clearer to avoid confusion in the future!

Apologies you were unable to find the value in it. The eBook was written for ecommerce and Etsy businesses with a physical product range. So, I can understand as to why much of the guide wouldn't have been useful to your business.

I have refunded your order. Don't hesitate to reach out if you need any further help.

All the best,

Olivia x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The best business adviser your money can buy

I had brought similar types of products from other sellers and always felt they were overpriced for how much information you recieve. TSBH was a breath of fresh air, instead of just telling you what you need to do Olivia very clearly walks you through each piece of advice complete with examples. You cannot get it wrong. Love and appreciate her products

July 6, 2023
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Reply from Thesmallbusinesshandbook

Thank you so much Nejlah! So thrilled to hear you've found the products helpful!

Wishing you all the success in the world,
Olivia x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

OMG FANTASTIC SMALL BUSINESS

I’m blown away these are fantastic Digital downloads. I’m over the moon with my recent purchases I’m literally addicted I have purchased quiet a few templates, from this small business. Notion Planners, masterclass, marketing and more. wow I’m so impressed!! I highly recommended you stop hanging around and get buying you won’t regret it what are you waiting for!!

May 25, 2023
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Reply from Thesmallbusinesshandbook

Thank you so much Stacy! So thrilled to hear you're happy with your recent purchases!

Wishing you all the success in the world,
Olivia x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I absolutely adore everything I’ve…

I absolutely adore everything I’ve purchased from TSBH ! Olivia and her team are wonderful and the masterclasses are exceptional. I’ve learned so much about myself and my business from these.

I’ve found them very informative and helpful and I’m now noticing positive results with my business

May 2, 2023
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Reply from Thesmallbusinesshandbook

Thank you so much Christopher! I'm beyond thrilled to hear you're seeing positive results with your business.

May your success continue into the future,

Olivia x

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

TAKES YOUR MONEY AND RUNS

Doesn’t respond to emails, cancels events with zero notice and DOESN’T REFUND.

May 8, 2023
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Reply from Thesmallbusinesshandbook

Hi Emily,

I've searched for your name on our system and have been unable to identify any orders. I shall request more details via TrustPilot so I can get in touch with you, otherwise please contact us on help@thesmallbusinesshandbook.net. Georgia responds to all emails within 24 hours Mon - Fri.

Thank you,

Olivia x

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I purchased a quarterly membership and…

I purchased a quarterly membership and then canceled 5 days later. I received an email saying no future payments would be made, so figured since it was a quarterly membership I would still have access for 3 months. Nope. They cut off my access immediately, but have no refund. I reached out for assistance, first via chat which said I would receive a response in 24 hours and nothing. Then I submitted an email and it took weeks to finally get the account activated. I then sent an email asking for a partial refund since I was unable to access my account for over a month and crickets. Horrible customer service.
**Update- received the reply from the company to email with my information. I did on 5/2/23. On 5/11/23 I got an email apologizing because my email went to her junk box and asking for additional information. I sent the information (on 5/11/23) and immediately got a reply back saying she only responds to emails on Mondays. I sent a follow-up email on 5/30/23, got the same auto email about Mondays. As of today, 6/7/23, I have not gotten any response regarding a refund for the time I was unable to use my account.

March 26, 2023
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Reply from Thesmallbusinesshandbook

Hi Shae,

I'm so sorry to hear this happened!

We've now resolved this issue with accounts closing as soon as memberships are cancelled so rest assured this won't occur again.

I'm terribly sorry to hear my team didn't offer the solution you were hoping for. You should have absolutely received a partial refund for the days you were unable to get into your account. If you could please drop me an email with your order number, I'll get that sorted for you!

You can get me directly at director@thesmallbusinesshandbook.net

Speak soon,

Olivia x

**Response To Update: Hi, I responded to your email last week but had no response. Would you like me to forward it on again if it has gotten lost in your mailbox?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I really didn’t want to leave this…

UPDATE: Thank you for swiftly addressing my concern and sending me the product.
I really didn’t want to leave this review but I’m super frustrated. I ordered the 2x £10 combo of classes and never got my product. I tried to follow up via email, comments and DMs on Instagram and no response. It’s not cool to take people’s money and not give them a product.

March 26, 2023
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Reply from Thesmallbusinesshandbook

Hey Stefana,

I'm so sorry to hear you've experienced trouble with your downloads.

I've just checked our help email, and can see Abbie - our VA - responded to you and linked the downloads on Mon 27th March at 1:45pm.

I have just forwarded the same email onto you again incase it got lost in your mailbox.

All the best,

Olivia x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Enjoyed my product when I eventually…

Enjoyed my product when I eventually received it, I purchased a download but it didn't get to me for 3 days and that's after I contacted admin for help. They then sent it to me via a PDF link as the video itself wasn't working. As annoying as this is, I will still purchase again in the future as the information was very helpful.

March 25, 2023
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great products

Great products, very easy to follow and keeps you motivated to carry on with all the tasks that you are given throughout the books

March 25, 2023
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The best business ed you can get on online marketing

Olivia knows what she is talking about, her masterclasses and ebooks are easy to understand and very effective. I also love how she is willing to learn new things, do research and goes above and beyond to create products that are actually factual, practical and useful.

March 21, 2023
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Empowering small businesses

I love all the masterclasses I've gotten from TSBH! Each topic is broken down into easy to understand pieces and really gives you the motivation and confidence to apply it to your personal business. Not only that, but everything is affordable which is huge when you're just starting out as a small business. Thank you Olivia and the team at TSBH, you have a customer and fan for life!

March 26, 2023
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great for both handmade and non handmade :)

I’ve known about TSBH for over a year now, and I found them at the perfect time. I’m an artist making functional art and had a hard time running my business because I didn’t know what to do, but Olivia’s work really helped me figure out what I wanted to do.

March 25, 2023
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disappointing

I have supported and purchased from TSBH since around November 2021. The business has grown so much since then and not for the better.

Masterclasses
I have purchased a number of these. I always found them a little hit-and-miss. Some of them I had already found all the info for free on Google, but I figured maybe they are more aimed at people with zero knowledge. I then bought a bigger masterclass (I think it was called the full-time CEO, but I can't find it anywhere on Instagram now) & it was the biggest disappointment. It was disorganised & confusing and just looked thrown together.

Planners
I ordered a few of these when they sold physical products and it would take 4-8 weeks to arrive, when they did arrive they would be full of errors, misprinted & not what I ordered. I get it, mistakes happen and suppliers can let you down but this was consistently bad.

Coaching
This got moved, pushed, excuses were made, and I got offered other things as an apology but I honestly just wanted what I paid for

I think Olivia is intelligent, motivated, enthusiastic, and absolutely has something to teach others. However, everything feels rushed (I wanted to join the Growthpreneur membership but I saw all the issues going down at the start, no idea if it all got sorted), she seems to experiment with lots of different ideas & some are never heard of again (boss b!tches tour, the small biz profit fund, the department store, podcasts, product supplies, the service business handbook, social success membership??) Now today I see another brand/Instagram account has been launched! I respect it can be difficult when you have lots of ideas and want to test them all out, but it just results in everything becoming substandard.

There have been competitions and giveaways where winners are never announced (one of which my friend won and never received anything & all emails got ignored).

Basically, everything now feels a little messy and it's sadly tainted the brand for me. I probably have spent a few hundred ££ on TSBH which is a lot of money for me. They are very good at tapping into the problems of business owners and offering all these great solutions, but I have sadly come to the conclusion they don't care about solving your problems they just want your money.

January 14, 2023
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Reply from Thesmallbusinesshandbook

Hi Bea,

Thank you for taking the time to leave feedback, we’ll be sure to take this on board.

Firstly, I’m terribly sorry to hear you were disappointed with your masterclass purchase. I’d be more than happy to sort something out for you if you’d like to drop us an email!

I understand your frustration with the planners, and this is why we stopped selling them at the end of last Summer. We were faced with a lot of technical issues when selling such a large volume of physical and digital products under one website, hence we’ve kept them separate from one another in recent times.

All proposed projects are still going ahead; I don’t recall ever saying that they wouldn’t be. I explained on social media that the fund launch was postponed due to accountancy issues (we needed an established firm when introducing a non-profit), but nevertheless is still going ahead in the coming months. The Service Business Handbook is still going ahead, whether that be as it’s own entity or a department within TSBH. I be sure to only ever give estimated launch dates as I often find these projects take longer than anticipated - as proven by these events. The only project that fell through was the tour. Our offices were burgled last Summer along with 14 other businesses. We were advised to ensure availability for a possible court hearing in September if the defendant pleaded not guilty. The tour was arranged for September, but only exams, hospital appointments and booked holidays are accepted by the legal system, meaning we had to cancel it. We tried our best to rearrange it as I was personally super excited about it, but we had a lot of difficulty finding dates that people could attend, so sadly drew an end to it.

Please do ask your friend to reach out regarding their giveaway prize, as I haven’t heard anything of this. We always announce winners publicly on our Instagram stories and save the winner’s post of them receiving the prize to our “Customers” highlight.

As for the coaching, I again understand your frustration. We put an end to it almost a year ago now due to personal health reasons. I wish I was able to return to coaching to provide you with what you initially wanted, but unfortunately this isn’t possible as these health issues are ongoing.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you’d like to discuss this further.

All the best,

Olivia x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A must for small biz owners!

One of the best places to shop as a small business owner. Olivia provides literally everything you'd ever need to understand how to properly run a business. I can honestly say I've noticed a huge difference in my sales and website sessions since using the masterclasses. Would 100% recommend any of her products, they're all completely unique and have outstanding results.

February 24, 2023
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Reply from Thesmallbusinesshandbook

Thank you Abbie! I’m so thrilled to hear your business is beginning to flourish; may this be the first of many successes for you.

Olivia x

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Consistent Sales was not helpful

I’m a little surprised that the consistent sales pdf is originally priced at over $30 because it’s not worth that much. Its worth the clearance price I paid which is 9.99

Didn’t learn anything new and was hoping for something that would really help me sell my e-cookbook. Maybe I bought the wrong thing. Not sure. But this wasn’t helpful in showing me what to do and how to do it and what wording to use, etc.

February 9, 2023
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Reply from Thesmallbusinesshandbook

Hey Zhanna,

Truly sorry to hear about this.

I see you described the product as a PDF although the product is actually a two part masterclass with audio recording. I just wanted to check you accessed the video recording, as the audio goes into more detail than the text on the PDF. If you're having trouble accessing this, please do drop us an email and we'll get it fixed for you! help@thesmallbusinesshandbook.net

I also see you said you were hoping it'd help you in selling your e-cookbook. We always make it super clear in the product descriptions if it's tailored for product-based, digital product-based or service providers. This masterclass was particularly tailored toward physical product businesses, so I can understand why you didn't find it helpful in selling a digital product - the strategies used to sell digital and physical are very different.

If you'd like to contact me directly to sort this out further, please don't hesitate. My email is director@thesmallbusinesshandbook.net

All the best,

Olivia

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