1000% worth the investment I'm not going to lie, I was skeptical and frankly terrified to invest in this program as it was the most $ I had ever personally spent on anything in my entire life... but I'm SO glad I did. I joined Uplevel in May 2023, which is Smart Coach's program that teaches you how to scale from 1:1 coaching to group & how to create a more sustainable, scalable business model. Let me just tell you - they DELIVER. I was previously struggling with the backend/systems/structure of my business & Smart Coach really helped me get that all ironed out & running smoothly. They give you all the resources, instructions, and support you need. And their sales script is worth the whole investment alone, truly. Two absolute necessities to be successful in this program -- you HAVE to be willing to bet on yourself AND you must be willing to put in the work. There is a lot of work involved, but you have a ton of accountability & community support along the way. It really is transformational. I've achieved some pretty incredible milestones in my business in the past 11 months & I couldn't have done it without Smart Coach.

Better than anything on the market Smart Coach was everything I was looking for in a business coaching experience! I had done a mastermind in the past and felt it gave little real strategy. I had also done another program the year before I joined Smart Coach that was better but had way too much crap in it. Truly I don’t know of anything on the market like Smart Coach! I think of it as everything you need and nothing you don’t. The system is clear AND effective plus you have support with implementation every step of the way!

Deceptive. Woo Woo. Rude. No ROI. No Guarantee. Had I known that the Spark Program by Smart Coach expects DMs each day for the marketing process, I would not have purchased this program. Before joining this program, there was no written statement saying that this would require posting on social media 4x a day nor that it requires 100 DMs per day. Every week someone would post in the Slack channel about error messages with pushing the limits of what is allowed on IG for follows and outbound messages. Most of the outbound messages end up in the other folder, rather than the primary inbox. Because IG knows this user is constantly pushing the limits of follow requests and outbound messages. I don't believe unsolicited DMs, on IG, are well-received by people. It is an annoyance to receive unsolicited messages in DMs. It feels like spam! The sales coach is straight-up woo-woo. She started a sales call around the idea that the position of stars/moons was affecting her energy. Then asked the whole room, "Do you guys feel that too?" What a load of BS. The mindset coach just chimes in with basic snippets like "Just work on your morning routine," as if such high-level advice has validity or relevance. The hypnosis that's included in the program of course feels like another version of pseudo-science quackery. The hypnosis appointment is nothing more than a guided meditation. It always bothers me when a sales professional selling the program is friendly, polite, and approachable, but then the course creator is rude, mean, or offensive with their tone - unapologetically -- after payment is received for the program. It's the worst kind of emotional bait and switch. If you would not be rude, mean, or disrespectful on a sales call, then you should not be mean, disrespectful, or rude in an online course. Russ Johnson has an entire section where he speaks about mindset, and it's just delivered in the most condescending tone. Much of the mindset work boils down to work hard, being consistent, and being committed. Nothing novel. Jessica Johnson is never present, at all. She does not show up to coaching calls. She doesn't respond to members. She does not teach anything. We're talking about 0 interactions with Jessica in 3 months inside of the program. These one-sided contracts that penalize people for not knowing what is ACTUALLY in the program and not allowing refunds are just self-serving and deceptive. Their guarantee is entirely conditional upon terms they fail to communicate beforehand. At no point in the onboarding process do they explain point blank that the guarantee is voided out entirely if 1 coaching session is missed or if 1 IG post does not go out in 60 days. How convenient to NOT SAY it then ENFORCE IT and remove the obligation to honor their guarantee. They sleep with a clear conscious at night, even if their program doesn't work. It sucks to know they are profiting off of a program that doesn't help everyone. They feel no moral or ethical obligation to make amends, when results are not achieved by their methods. There is no fair exit of the contract if there's a genuine problem with the course, just their way or the highway. Any purchase on Amazon has some kind of basic consumer protection, whereas a $7,500 course, has no consumer protection. They write into their contracts that you waive the right to initiate a chargeback. Cold direct messages are nothing new. Gary V talks about DMs for more than 4 years. Alex Hormozi talks about outbound DMs every month on YouTube. In short, there's nothing truly proprietary about the concept of sending 50-100 DMs every day to drum up new business. It's publicly available content that does not require $7,500 to learn. Had I known that the program expects cold direct messages each day for the marketing process, I would not have purchased this program.

Spent $12k, to make $280k in my business Working with Jess and Ross and the entire smart coach team was the best thing I did for my business April 2023-April 2024. I went from struggling to build my coaching business to building a thriving coaching business that has profited me over $280,000 in just the year that I worked with the Smart Coach team. Adopting the smart coach model was a game changer for my business. The simplicity that they teach is incredible. I was over complicating my business and making it so much harder. In the year that I’ve worked with the smart coach team my business has profited more money than I could have ever imagined with zero cold DM outreach. My business has grown with mostly warm marketing and ads. I definitely plan to work with the Smart Coach team again in the future. They are great mentors to lean on especially now that my business has grown so much within their support. They have been extremely helpful with scaling and hiring out. Because of their guidance, i am taking my business to a place where it will be run by my team that I’ve hired, so I can take a step back and be the mama I’ve always wanted to be. It was scary investing into their program, but I’m so grateful I did. It’s changed my family’s life.

This program has seriously changed my… This program has seriously changed my life. I get to help others and be abundant while doing it! It makes me so sad to see this company have any bad reviews, because if you do what they say, it WILL pay off! You have to be willing to put in the work! I made my ROI for the first program back within a month and then joined their second program where I made my ROI back within weeks. You have to be willing to bet on yourself! I’m moving into my dream apartment next month and living my DREAM life! Thank you Smart Coach team!