Should you or shouldn’t you enroll in Elite Blog Academy?

Well, that’s a decision you are going to have to make yourself. Through this review, let me help you get informed before you make your decision.

*Just a warning – this is going to be a long post friend. There’s a reason for that though. In order for you to make the most educated decision about whether EBA is right for you, you have to know everything about it first!

Let’s get into the nuts and bolts of Elite Blog Academy.

What is Elite Blog Academy?

EBA is an online, self-paced course with an active networking community that will give you the framework and foundation to create a successful, profitable blog AND business.

It is taught by expert 7 figure blogger and business owner Ruth Soukup.

Over 10,000 students in 60 countries have gone through the course with over 50 different niches.

Elite Blog Academy is created to help you start a blog with the right structure, messaging, branding and reach. Additionally, it is set up to help those who have already started a blog but need to take it to the next level.

In 2020 it costs $1097 for the silver package. There are payment plans available and other packages too (see below).

I have also just learned that in 2020 Ruth is offering a Platinum level to 50 people who want live coaching from her WEEKLY to complete EBA and be making money within 6 months of enrolling!

If you’re not sure that you want to start a blog, you should take this free assessment first.

Get on the Wait List! Doors opening in March 2020.

Do Real People Really Use Elite Blog Academy and Find Success?

Sometimes people find it hard to believe that people can even make a living through an online business. I just want to say that most businesses fail within the first five years because they don’t do it right and/or they don’t have enough money. You can find out here the difference in cost in starting a brick and mortar business versus an online business.

Through Elite Blog Academy, I have met several real people who actually make a real living doing business online and working from home. The most successful people I have met have taken Elite Blog Academy to learn the framework of what it takes to do online business the right way though.

If you want to learn about them definitely click the link below because there are 40+ stories you want to read about and watch videos on. From farmers to those struggling with chronic illness to entrepreneur couples and homesteaders you’ll be shocked at some of these success stories.

Click Here for some truly inspirational online business success stories!

What’s Included with Elite Blog Academy?

Elite Blog Academy comes with 4 modules, 12 units and 36 real-life assignments. There is a video and a Q & A video in each unit.
You get lifetime access to the course It has been amazing being able to get all the updates to the course over the years as well as every single bonus that’s offered each year. Their value alone has totaled more than the cost I paid for EBA!
You get lifetime access to the active networking group with thousands of people (that has been one of the most priceless parts of EBA for me – I still use it almost every day.) Even though I enrolled in EBA 3.0 in 2016 and went through the entire course and did ALL the assignments, I now have access (for free) to 4.0 too! That means that if I want I can go through it again to brush up on some things that I need too. Plus, I get access to all the new bonuses! Woot! Woot!

Here’s What’s in the Modules:

Module 1: Refine Your Message
Module 2: Grow Your Traffic
Module 3: Monetize Your Platform
Module 4: Build Your Business

Units:

Start with the Fundamentals
Conquer Your Content
Presentation is Everything
Set the Stage for Growth
Grow Your List
Rock Your Social Media
Show me the Money
Create Your Product
Master Sales and Marketing
Work Smarter, Not Harder
From Blog to Business
Lead Your Team

Assignments:

While I won’t be sharing the specific assignments {you’ve got to enroll for that}, I want you to know they encompass:

Figuring out who you are writing to
Blog/website structure
Branding
Creating killer content people actually want to read
Learning what it takes for eye-popping graphics
SEO
Networking
Opt-ins and Lead Magnets
All things social media and Facebook ads
Advertising and monetization
Market surveys
Baby seed launches
Sales copy
Affiliate marketing
Your company’s organization, mission, business plan and structure
Identifying your strengths as a leader
Hiring

Whew – that’s a lot. All those modules, units and assignments are what makes Elite Blog Academy the A-Z framework you are going to need to go from unrecognized and unknown to beautifully branded, SEO optimized, well-known and income-producing professional online presence.

Extra Items Included with Elite Blog Academy

Not only does EBA come with the Units, Modules and assignments I mentioned above but it comes with MANY extras that are worth more than the Elite Blog Academy Course itself!

With every release, there are new bonuses that each student gets for free from top bloggers.

These bonuses can include:

specialized courses
affiliate marketing training
email sequence templates
e-book workbooks
business trackers
goal setting and income and expense help
ROI intensives
Pinterest deep dives
Facebook Ad training
product workbooks and so much more!

Additionally, one of THE most valuable parts of EBA is access to the Facebook Community. The networking that happens in the supportive and encouraging community is like no other.

I belong to a lot of communities on Facebook and I can honestly say that the Elite Blog Academy group is by far the best.

Every student gets free access to this community. You will get your questions answered, tech help, find people in your niche, hire people within the group and more.

I personally have met and become friends with many bloggers through the EBA FB group. Even more important is that Ruth ACTUALLY shows up in this group and is active in it regularly answering questions and making herself available. Also, I have met Ruth in person and let me tell you, she is the real deal! Very loveable and very smart!

What Will I Learn by Taking Elite Blog Academy?

The beauty of Elite Blog Academy is that you are going to learn what makes you unique, and WHO you are writing to. You know the old adage – if you are writing to everyone you’re writing to no one? You’ll gain expert focus to whom you are writing to and ultimately find your voice.
You’re going to discover the secret method for creating a profitable blog that starts with amazing content. You will master the four strategies for creating killer content and blog posts that crush it every single time.
Understanding SEO and stepping up your SEO game. You’ll get noticed and be easily found. You will learn professional SEO strategies that multi-million dollar online business owners use.
Through networking and collaboration, along with creating killer content, you will learn how to powerfully build your list {which is actually like your baby} and more important than any social media platform out there.
You will learn the game of social media and be able to strategically define your presence on platforms like Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
The ability to develop a clear picture of how to monetize your blog {that means make money} through several different avenues. You don’t want to put all your eggs in one basket when monetizing!
Goal setting will become a part of your every day. You’ll establish concrete financial goals and be able to follow a framework to actually make those goals come to fruition.
You’re going to learn how to work with ad networks as well as brands to make genuine income.
Affiliate marketing will be taught on a deep level and you will understand how people even make money doing this.
Through a product creation intensive, you will actually create your first product and sell it with success!
Yes, working hard will help you achieve, but with EBA, you will learn to work smarter through prioritizing, goal setting, and creating editorial calendars. Time will become your friend again!
Most importantly, you are going to learn how to take your blog and create a sustainable, profitable business with a plan, structure, long term mission and vision and literally 10X your presence and income. Additionally, you are going to learn to outsource, hire, build a team and lead!

Who is Elite Blog Academy For?

There are two types of people Elite Blog Academy is for:

New bloggers
Established bloggers who just aren’t seeing the success they want

New Bloggers:

You are passionate about an idea and/or message you want to share with the world.
You are ambitious and want to start a game-changing blog.
You haven’t started a blog yet.
You really don’t know how to even start a blog or what to do to actually make it successful.
You want to have someone give you a road map that teaches you where to start, what path to take and how to get to your destination of owning a successful, profitable blog.
You really need to make some side cash or have a desire to create a full-time income with your website but really don’t know the best practices about how to do that.

Established Bloggers:

You’re an intermediate blogger looking to grow.
You’ve started a blog but you’ve been spinning your wheels and feel like you aren’t gaining any traction or seeing any success. {That was me!}
Nobody is reading your blog posts and, if people come to your site, they don’t stay very long.
You have little to no email list, yet you’ve been blogging for over a year.
You don’t even know why you would need an email list
SEO eludes you. You don’t really understand it.
Your presence on social media platforms could improve.
An idea for a product has been something you desire to fully develop but you don’t know the first thing about creating one, let alone doing a full product launch.
You just plain need help to get your blog off the plateau that it’s on.
You want to talk to an ACTUAL person to get help and answers to your questions.

What I Really Think About Elite Blog Academy

{My personal experience with EBA}

Back in 2016, with trepidation and uncertainty, I enrolled in Elite Blog Academy. By definition, I was an established blogger. I had been blogging since 2010 and for four years had a hobby blog. However, in 2014 {after my miracle healing} I decided that I wanted to transform my hobby blog into a business where I could educate women about how to heal their chronic illness naturally, apply wellness principles to overhaul their diet and lifestyle and ultimately feel like themselves again.

I tried to do it on my own for two years.

Sadly, I did not gain traction nor did I grow my audience. I only had a few subscribers (hi Mom and Dad!) and really didn’t know who I was writing too. (key problem)

My ideas and visions of what I wanted my online business to be were swirling around, keeping me up at night, but I felt alone, discouraged and frustrated at how much there was to learn and not knowing truly where to start to become a pro-blogger. Desperately, I needed a real person or a community to bounce ideas off of and to help me learn the best practices of online business development.

About that time, I began to see ads and emails about Elite Blog Academy all over the place. EBA was offering a free course I could take to try and deepen my understanding of what it would take to take my blog to the next level. I thought it was too good to be true that there was something free I could take that would help me!

When I was taking this free training, I couldn’t believe it was actually free because I was learning so much. Honestly, EBA could have been charging for this because it was so good. I took pages and pages of notes in the free workbook they provided.

After that, I was offered the opportunity to take the full Elite Blog Academy course. It was a huge investment and quite risky. I was excited but scared at the same time. With that, I spoke to my hubby to see what he thought about me taking it AND spending our hard-earned money on the course. He gave me his blessing, we pulled from our savings and I started on the EBA adventure.

My Results from Taking Elite Blog Academy and Doing ALL the Assignments:

{These are REAL Stats, my friends!}

First, I now not only have a blog but I have a successful, profitable business. I am the CEO of JB Well-Being, Inc. as well as Feasting On Joy, FeastingOnJoy Oils, Root Cause Christian Coaching, and Wellspring™!
I increased my sessions 2,419.5%. Sessions are how many people come to my website and engage with my pages.
I increased my users 2,878.7%. Users are how many people come to my site in a given month.
I increased my page views 3,417.2%. They were only 845 per month when I first started and now they are a few away from 30,000 in a month!
I’ve created and sold products online that real people pay me real money for.
I’ve helped thousands of women cultivate a holistic life and get on the healing path for their chronic illness.
I now have thousands of women subscribers that I look forward to writing to each week.
Thousands of people visit Feasting On Joy each week and actually read what I have to say and even go from page to page for more!
I regularly hear from my readers and followers. They share heartwarming stories about how their lives have changed because they found Feasting On Joy. These messages often bring me to tears!
I have hired help {that my business pays for} because my business is busting at the seams.

You can see here that I hadn’t even installed google analytics in 2014! I didn’t even know what it was! Also, you can see a clear spike in visits to my website starting in 2016 when I took EBA. I completed EBA in 2017 and from there, you can see that my stats continued to rise!

If I hadn’t taken the leap and invested in Elite Blog Academy, I wouldn’t have a business. Taking EBA truly changed my life and business forever. It was completely worth the money and I made my money back (and then some) within the first year.

Each year since taking EBA, I have also been able to more than double my income and this year we project it to quadruple past revenues.

Most importantly, I have many woman clients who have been able to remit their chronic illness symptoms which was my initial goal!

Get on the Elite Blog Academy Waiting List (or enroll if enrollment is open) and, in the meantime, grab this Blog Structure Blueprint to help you start thinking about how you want your website to be structured.

Is Elite Blog Academy Really No Risk?

In one word, I can say, yes! One of the reasons I felt comfortable with enrolling in Elite Blog Academy is because of their refund policy. It truly is NO RISK.

We had to use our savings for me to take the course.

Knowing that I could get a full refund if it didn’t work, gave me peace of mind.

Basically, if you do all the work and can show that you have, and you have not seen measurable results upon completion {you have 365 days from your purchase date to complete the course and submit finished work}, then you will be refunded ALL of your money.

That to me is truly no risk.

You can read more about the refund policy here. Learn if the expense and risk of Elite Blog Academy are really worth it.

When and Where can I purchase Elite Blog Academy?

Elite Blog Academy will be open for enrollment for only 5 days each year!

Enrollment coming March 2-6, 2020! You can enroll in EBA in March only. Then, the doors will be shut again for one year. Space is limited!

Get on the waiting list here if it is not quite March yet. Save your spot!

Click the button below to enroll or get on the waiting list.

Are There Payment Plans and Tiered Levels for Elite Blog Academy?

Yes, there will be payment plans for Elite Blog Academy. You will have the option to break your tuition up into three payments. However, not all course lessons will be available to you until all payments have been made in full.

Elite Blog Academy 2020 Tiered Levels to Choose From:

Updated for 2020!

All the bolded course deliverables I have read or taken. They have absolutely 10x’d my business!

Silver Level {$1097}:

4 module course with 12 total lessons and 36 assignments, 12 bonus Q & A videos, 12 downloadable workbooks, access to private EBA Facebook group ($997 value), bonuses from pro-bloggers ($997 value), How to Blog for Profit digital and audio book by Ruth, and a 365-day money-back guarantee! {Can do 4 payments of $297.}

Gold {$1,597}:

Platinum {$4,997} You Actually Get to Meet with Ruth WEEKLY!:

12 module course with 12 total lessons and 36 assignments, 12 bonus Q & A videos, 12 downloadable workbooks, access to private EBA Facebook group ($997 value), bonuses from pro-bloggers ($997 value), How to Blog for Profit digital and audiobook by Ruth, Home Business Starter Kit {297 value}, Social Boom {$297 value} advanced FB ads training with Ashley Dillon {$197 value}, access to both the Activate 2017 and 2018 videos ($597 value), Irresistible email ($297 value), Access to Create Your Perfect Product Workshop videos ($297 value), Access to Build Your Business Workshop Video {$297 value}, EBA Product Launch Playbook ($297 value), AND a Dated Syllabus with Due Dates for All of Your Assignments ($97 value), Meet with Ruth EACH WEEK for a Dedicated Group Lesson ($5,000 value), Meet in Person for a One-Day intensive That will Replace Six Months of Work ($3,000 Value), Direct Feedback on 3 Key Assignments as Well as Personalized Website Audit ($1,500 value), and a 365-day money-back guarantee! {Can do 6 payments of $947}

What are the Benefits of Enrolling in Elite Blog Academy?

Elite Blog Academy is Powerfully Organized and Has Many Printable Workbooks as Well as Video Modules to Work Through.

Actual hands-on assignments where you implement what you learn immediately so you can see results.

A Thriving and Active Facebook Community that Ruth and Other Pro Bloggers Actually Show Up in. I can’t tell you how many times I have signed up for something that claims to have a Facebook group as support only to find out that the Facebook group is not managed and there really is no activity or support. When the owner barely shows up in the group it’s discouraging. The EBA Facebook community is not like that at all! In fact, it is bustling with activity and has thousands are community members who are active. Plus, Ruth regularly goes live to answer questions. She also has pro bloggers share inspiring advice and answer questions live too!

A Course That Provides a Roadmap and a Purpose or Goal to Strive For Every day. Since Elite Blog Academy is so comprehensive and well thought out, it eliminates the time you need to search to figure something out on your own and helps you to create your business with purpose going from A to Z.

It Allows You to Achieve Your Dream of Being a Business Owner and Online Entrepreneur. The confidence that I gained from taking EBA and developing a successful blog and business is priceless. Ruth helped me to realize I was capable of much more than I previously thought. She taught me to hold on to my “Why” and pursue my passion. Taking EBA has allowed me to accomplish some of my dreams and get closer than ever to dreams I still have. I know Elite Blog Academy will do the same for you!

The Bonuses are Worth Their Weight in Gold. When I enrolled in Elite Blog Academy, I was already super pumped up about the course. But when I saw all the bonus courses, e-books, templates and spreadsheets that came from other pro bloggers as bonuses, I was ecstatic! I literally couldn’t believe how much bonus material we got for free. And the kicker?!?!? I keep getting the bonuses for the new versions of EBA because of the lifetime access! Woot! Woot!

Honestly, I could probably write another 2000 word post about the benefits of Elite Blog Academy. I’ll stop there for now though since this post is already mammoth in size.

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What I Did Not Love About Elite Blog Academy

Elite Blog Academy is an all-around excellent course. I NEVER recommend anything on Feasting On Joy (or in any of my businesses) that I haven’t tried and loved myself. I will never be able to be accused of being a sell-out.

That being said, there was one thing that did frustrate me about EBA. When it comes down to the nitty-gritty of the technical stuff, EBA does not go over it in depth. While there is some technical info shared {so much that I didn’t even know I needed to know}, once in a while I found I would need more help with the technical aspect of setting something up.

I just got word though – that in 2020 there will be an early bird bonus called “What the Tech!” This is a bonus that will help with the technological side of blogging. You can get that if you enroll on March 2 or 3rd!

The good news about the tech!

That brings me to something I absolutely LOVE about Elite Blog Academy. The community was priceless.

I mention this because whenever I needed technical help, all I had to do was head on over to the EBA Facebook community and ask my question and it would always get answered. I was also able to get hooked up with a top-notch tech guru to help me with an even deeper setup! He is now one of my hired contractors.

Within that community, I was able to find and hire a blog designer that redesigned my entire website too!

The EBA community is worth gold.

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Elite Blog Academy Myths

1 | I only have to do a little work and I am going to make an income.

If you don’t have at least 10 hours a week to devote to Elite Blog Academy, then you should not take it. In order for you to see success, you have to put in hard work and sometimes more hours than others.

I love what Colin Powell says, “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.”

2 | EBA will be the only course you should ever need to take

While I think Elite Blog Academy is truly the best course to help you start a blog or take your blog to the next level, you should know that there are many other supplementary courses that you will probably take over the course of time.

The reason for this is not that EBA is lacking, but that you may find you really need to dive real deep into a certain topic like Tailwind on Pinterest or how to grow your YouTube channel. Deep dive courses are excellent compliments to EBA. **However, I would only recommend enrolling in any other deep-dive courses once you have finished EBA. It’s proven that multi-tasking is absolutely NOT an efficient or successful use of time.

3 | I’ll easily become a millionaire overnight

Please don’t ever take Elite Blog Academy under that notion. It is true that many, many EBA alumni are millionaires some took over a year to get there and some took many years to get there. Furthermore, many alumni are perfectly happy making 5 figures per month.

No matter what the financial outcome of your success, you will be connecting with people, leading a community and contributing to the betterment of the world. Money is not everything though you will find success and make an income that’s perfect for you when you follow the EBA principles and framework.

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Elite Blog Academy FAQ’s

1 | How long does EBA take to complete?

One of the benefits of Elite Blog Academy is that it is a self-paced course. It is designed to be completed in 12 weeks. However, you can finish it in three months like some have or take 18 months (or more) as others do.

It took me 16 months to finish it because I took my time and made sure to do every single assignment and because I was also in school to become a Certified Essential Oil Coach. {Again, I don’t recommend doing more than one course at a time. It can be very stressful.}

You’ll want to be able to devote at least 10 hours per week to complete this course.

2 | I am a complete greenhorn newbie when it comes to blogging. Will EBA be able to help me?

Honestly, I think you are in the perfect place to start EBA. This comprehensive course will give you literally everything you need to start a blog and create a business. I wish I had access to EBA in 2010 when I started my blog. It would have changed my life much earlier.

3 | I already have a blog and have had it for a while. Will EBA be able to help me?

You are in the same position I was. The answer is a resounding YES! Just like I had to do (since I was doing so many things wrong before EBA), you will probably find the desire to go back and revamp a lot of what you already have on your blog to follow the successfully proven framework that Ruth through EBA provides. Though I finished EBA a long time ago, I find I still am tweaking things to make it more professional according to the EBA principles.

4 | Is Elite Blog Academy really worth the hefty price tag of $1097?

Yes. I liken this question too, “Is buying organic food really worth the price tag?” My answer to that is yes as well. The reason I say yes is that the return on investment is abundant. With EBA, it’s likely you will make your money back (and then some) in a short amount of time if you do the assignments and follow the steps laid out in the course.

I made my money back within a year. With organic food, the ROI is reduced sickness and disease as well as reduced or eliminated doctor bills. Do you see the similarities? The cost is definitely worth it.

5 | Who is EBA NOT for?

I love this question because there truly are certain people that this course will not work for.

If spending the money on the course will put your family at risk, then you need to just stay on the waiting list until the investment wouldn’t put your family in a bad place.
If you think you are going to get rich overnight or within a couple of months, this course is not for you. Blogging can be a marathon and not a sprint. Success results are vast and varied. Some become 5-figure bloggers within a year. Some make four figures for a couple of years and some take 18 months to become 6-figure bloggers. The way I look at it is that it’s God’s timing when success comes for you.
If you aren’t willing to put in hard work and actually DO every single assignment, then don’t spend the money. Elite Blog Academy will not give you results unless you follow the road map that’s laid out for you. While there are many wonderful days owning your own successful business, there are also hard days that require grit, determination and perseverance. If you don’t have those qualities, EBA is not for you.
If you are an excuse maker; you are one to come up with an excuse for everything or even blame your place in life on someone else, then EBA is not for you.

I like what John Maxwell has to say, “The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s when we truly grow up.”

6 | What will Elite Blog Academy cover in the course?

Elite Blog Academy will cover refining your message (messaging), branding, copywriting and content creation, growing your traffic, designing eye-catching graphics, diving into social media and SEO, monetizing your platform, creating a successful blog structure and design, turning your blog into a professional business and a whole lot more! There are also many bonus courses included (from other bloggers) when you sign up for EBA.

7 | How long will I have access to Elite Blog Academy?

This is one of the factors that helped me make my “yes” decision to take Elite Blog Academy. You will have lifetime access to Elite Blog Academy. Yes, that really means lifetime access.

For example, I enrolled in EBA 3.0 and took the entire course and accessed and utilized all the bonuses.

I also went to Activate (their in-person blogging conference which was phenomenal). This year, EBA is at 4.0 and guess what? I have access to that too! That means, if I want, I can go through the entire 4.0 course (which I will probably do) since I have lifetime access.

8 | Does EBA offer any refunds?

The beauty of Elite Blog Academy is that they do have a generous refund policy. You can get your full money back within 365 days if you do all the work and have no results to show. You would need to turn your work into Ruth for her to verify. It’s a no-risk investment. See the section above labeled “Is Elite Blog Academy Really No Risk?”

9 | What is NOT Included with Elite Blog Academy?

This is also a great question because let’s face it, one single course, cannot “have it all.” After going through the entire Elite Blog Academy course, I would tell you that EBA will not teach you the technical know-how of building the actual blog. There are several bits of help but not the step-by-step directions of some of the nitty-gritty techy things. I didn’t find that to be a stumbling block though because of the EBA network/community of thousands that I became a part of. I always get my tech questions answered. Excitedly, I was able to afford to hire a few contractors to help me with tech – all because of the EBA community.

10 | Will I need to spend any more money to start my blog?

The good news is that you are not looking at starting a brick and mortar store where startup costs can grow into multiple thousands of dollars.

When it comes to blogging, yes, you will have some small start-up costs outside of the course cost. You will need to pay for a domain name and a hosting service at the very least. Those are very inexpensive!

At max, start-up costs could reach a couple of hundred dollars but there are so many free options out there so it’s not completely necessary to spend any extra money. Really, the choice is yours.

11 | How do I get started?

If you are ready to take the course you can click here or the button below.

My Comprehensive Review of Elite Blog Academy

You made it to the end! I am SO proud of you. That means you are really doing your homework in trying to decide if Elite Blog Academy is right for you.

An educated decision is always the best.

Hopefully, I’ll see you in the EBA Facebook group. You can always tag me {I’m Jennifer Brightbill in there} to ask any questions! Cheers to making your dreams come true and creating a sustainable, profitable business.

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