Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle Review

While growing my solopreneur business of teaching voice and guitar out of my home, I felt that the Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle was very helpful in helping me start my business.

I had no experience building a service based business or a degree in music. Having some guidance was super valuable for me.

While the Elite Guitar Teacher’s Inner Circle did help me grow in the early years, I found that being a part of the group became more restrictive VS beneficial to the growth of my business over the years.

I found that I wanted to focus on more flows of income and large-scale growth. As I started expanding and opening my music school, it became clear that teaching anything outside of guitar was considered a 'shiny object'. I definitely felt a tone of negativity towards the trajectory I was taking with my business.

Despite that, I continued to build my music school business to about $450k in revenue. After years of operating my business one way, I started implementing new strategies and ideas presented in the EGTIC program.

Even though we were generating more leads and business, our retention plummeted.

I knew something had to change.

I started following another business mentor who quickly made me realize that some of the things I was being taught were not the best way to run a business. I instantly removed every aspect of the Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle culture from my business and student retention and business growth improved massively.

Not only that, I knew from my other mentor that the online market was something you needed to participate in to truly grow your business into the future. The global Corona virus pandemic has proved how true this statement was.

As a member of the Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle, I was banned from participating in the online market. We were even told we could not use online Facebook ads to advertise our business because it competed with the online market of the Tom Hess Music Corporation.

I felt I was limited in reaching the full potential and vision of my business.

At that point, I knew it was time for me to leave the group.

Knowing that I needed to be in the online space to realize my vision and dreams for my business, I made the decision to leave the Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle. This was a very hard decision for me because I knew the culture of the Tom Hess Music Corporation. I knew this would mean that I would lose contact with many people I had built relationships with over the years.

Despite that, I made the decision to remove myself from the group in 2017.

I was able to open a third music school location as well as start a separate online teaching business via YouTube. That busines earned over $120,000 in revenue in 2020 alone.

This is during the worst economic crisis and pandemic the world has seen in quite some time.

If I did not make the move to leave the Tom Hess Music Corporation back in 2017, I feel my business and livelihood would have suffered greatly.

By going online, I was able keep all of my adminstrators and employees working through the pandemic. Not only that, at the end of 2020, my music schools actually grew from where they were in 2019. Something I know would not have been possible if I had kept the culture and ideas taught to me in the Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle.

I hope you found this updated review of the Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle helpful in making your decision on whether or not to participate in the program.

Again, I will reiterate that I did find this group helpful in the beginning, but the culture changes that took place over the course of my 8 years of involvement with the group would make me NEVER recommend anyone get involved with the Tom Hess Music Corporation.

Final Verdict: DO NOT RECOMMEND

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