Reviews of Convert Monster - training on the course “SMM Manager. Profession Targetologist from Ingate
Hi all!
My name is Anton Petrochenkov, I am the CEO and managing partner of the online marketing agency Convert Monster.
As an internet marketer, I consider social media to be the most powerful channel for attracting customers. But as an employer, I understand that finding a smart SMM specialist is not easy.
Why is it difficult for business owners to find an intelligent social media specialist?
Low barrier to entry into the profession
It seems like an easy profession. And you don't need to know anything.
As a result, every schoolchild who has read 2-3 articles and has his own group considers himself an SMM specialist from God!
Look at the resume on hh - the average age of applicants is 18-20 years old. 95% of them have promotion of 2-3 dubious public pages.
Serious achievements? There is none of them. But there are ambitions amounting to 70+ thousand rubles.
As a result, the employer receives bots, likes, cats and other stuff...everything except clients.
Lots of information, little knowledge
There is a lot of information on SMM on the Internet.
The problem is that any person who is seriously involved in SMM understands that 99% of this information is complete crap. It is written by people who are poorly versed in SMM for people who are not versed in it at all.
There is also no shortage of courses on SMM.
Even state universities are already teaching the basics of SMM: State University of Management, REA named after. G.V. Plekhanov, RUDN and other reputable institutions.
However, teachers from respected state universities can help you get real results from social networks with the same success as a eunuch can teach tantric sex techniques :)
SMM is not taught from books.
This is a working tool that can only be mastered through practice and under the guidance of practitioners.
OVER 2 YEARS, THE NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS IN OUR GROUPS INCREASED 12 TIMES
And monthly profits increased by 667 times!
My name is Sergey Norin, I am the head of the SMM department of the online marketing agency Convert Monster.
The catch is that at the same time as the demand, the demands of employers have increased.
Nobody wants to pay for likes and cats anymore :) Nobody needs beautifully designed groups that work in the red.
Employers need specific results:
- brand interaction strategy (reputation management, increasing awareness, loyalty);
- increase in sales.
There are currently 32,250 people in our groups.
Now let’s estimate the profit over time.
In the first month we earned only 277 rubles. In September 2016 - 184,967 rubles.
Our new course “Social Media Promotion Specialist, SMM Manager” will give you a complete understanding of all the mechanisms for attracting real profits from social networks at minimal cost.
The course included all our developments in promotion on social networks over the past 2 years - all technical tools “with giblets” and step-by-step instructions for generating income from social networks, which we developed based on the launch of 60+ successful projects.
Hi all!
My name is Anton Petrochenkov, I am the CEO and managing partner of the online marketing agency Convert Monster.
As an internet marketer, I consider social media to be the most powerful channel for attracting customers. But as an employer, I understand that finding a smart SMM specialist is not easy.
Why is it difficult for business owners to find an intelligent social media specialist?
Low barrier to entry into the profession
It seems like an easy profession. And you don't need to know anything.
As a result, every schoolchild who has read 2-3 articles and has his own group considers himself an SMM specialist from God!
Look at the resume on hh - the average age of applicants is 18-20 years old. 95% of them have promotion of 2-3 dubious public pages.
Serious achievements? There is none of them. But there are ambitions amounting to 70+ thousand rubles.
As a result, the employer receives bots, likes, cats and other stuff...everything except clients.
Lots of information, little knowledge
There is a lot of information on SMM on the Internet.
The problem is that any person who is seriously involved in SMM understands that 99% of this information is complete crap. It is written by people who are poorly versed in SMM for people who are not versed in it at all.
There is also no shortage of courses on SMM.
Even state universities are already teaching the basics of SMM: State University of Management, REA named after. G.V. Plekhanov, RUDN and other reputable institutions.
However, teachers from respected state universities can help you get real results from social networks with the same success as a eunuch can teach tantric sex techniques :)
SMM is not taught from books.
This is a working tool that can only be mastered through practice and under the guidance of practitioners.
OVER 2 YEARS, THE NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS IN OUR GROUPS INCREASED 12 TIMES
And monthly profits increased by 667 times!
My name is Sergey Norin, I am the head of the SMM department of the online marketing agency Convert Monster.
The catch is that at the same time as the demand, the demands of employers have increased.
Nobody wants to pay for likes and cats anymore :) Nobody needs beautifully designed groups that work in the red.
Employers need specific results:
- brand interaction strategy (reputation management, increasing awareness, loyalty);
- increase in sales.
There are currently 32,250 people in our groups.
Now let’s estimate the profit over time.
In the first month we earned only 277 rubles. In September 2016 - 184,967 rubles.
Our new course “Social Media Promotion Specialist, SMM Manager” will give you a complete understanding of all the mechanisms for attracting real profits from social networks at minimal cost.
The course included all our developments in promotion on social networks over the past 2 years - all technical tools “with giblets” and step-by-step instructions for generating income from social networks, which we developed based on the launch of 60+ successful projects.
Hi all! Today we continue to publish interesting interviews with people who came to study at the most famous online schools in Russia. The topic of online learning is close to our project, because it makes it possible to earn money remotely on a computer in other countries, and the lack of money, as you know, is one of the decisive factors for most of those who like to travel.
We have already had interviews:
- with Denis, who talked about her courses and settings,
- with Olga, who told about her
Today we are publishing an interview with Nikita Dashevsky (contacts below). Nikita agreed to leave a review about his experience at school Convert Monster on course SMM manager - social media promotion specialist.
We publish without censorship or cuts, as it is. Go.
Training on the SMM manager course - Review of Convert Monster
tell me something about yourself
My name is Nikita, I'm 22 years old.
As far as I remember, you used to take photographs, and some time ago you moved into SMM and traffic - why? What influenced the change of activity?
To be honest, my involvement in photography was driven not so much by my love for photography itself, but rather by the understandable format of earning money, although not a lot, but stable money. This is firstly, and secondly, I didn’t see any strong prospects in photography, I was drawn to something more promising and complex.
A couple of random events led me to traffic management and SMM, it was in this area that I found what I wanted - complexity and prospects, and as an obvious bonus - the opportunity to raise good money.
SMM manager - who is he?
A few words specifically about the profession of SMM manager. For me, this is not quite the correct name for the activity. The abbreviation SMM stands for Social Media Marketing, and therefore is Social Media Marketing, and the specialist is called marketer.
And the manager on social networks reminds me of a girl who sits in the office and responds to a message in a group on behalf of the company. It's funny.
How is an SMM marketer different from a traffic manager?
Traffic Manager- a person who manages general traffic to a particular business from the Internet, - a person who must know everything, - look for sites where target people may be, be able to read and draw conclusions from analytics of any level, are not afraid to analyze a large amount of data. It is also necessary to understand social networks from contact to YouTube, and the more you know about them, the better;
A social media marketer is already a more highly specialized business - all business is moving so quickly to the Internet that the number of tools for working with business on the Internet is growing exponentially, accordingly, it is no longer possible to know all Internet marketing, highly specialized people are becoming more needed due to their effectiveness - that’s why Social Networks their scope should be studied by a separate specialist.
Why did you decide to study this specialty? Why did you go to Convert Monster and not Netology or SkillBox?
I chose these specialties because I still want to learn as much as possible and gain maximum skills in Internet marketing, but I want to focus on SMM. I compared schools and liked Envelope Monsters more, to be honest.
Why this particular one, and not, say, an SEO or a website designer?
I had learned website design, graphic design and advertising from other courses before this. The knowledge is very useful, I still use it, but this is rather a pleasant bonus in working with me - I can comprehensively prepare both the advertisement itself and the design for it - I also did website design, but only a couple of times, honestly - I didn’t like it.
About SEO, SEO can also be different - there are Website SEO, there is a SEO on social networks. I know how to SEO-optimize a YouTube video so that it gets to the top faster for certain keywords; But I don’t want to do website SEO. Not interested.
Why didn’t you download from a torrent, but decided to pay money to Envelope Monsters for training in the SMM specialty?
Three reasons not to pool:
- You won’t always find fresh courses online.
- There is no live connection with teachers.
- When you don’t pay, there is no desire to recoup money.
Tell us about the structure of the SMM Convert Monster courses - how the theory is presented, is there any practice. interesting details, in a word) (who teaches, how long the courses last, is there a final exam, if so, what kind, is there a diploma, is it recognized by employers or not, etc.)
Classes are held in online conference rooms, courses are held live, then students receive their recordings in their personal account on envelopes website. There are two formats of training - with and without a curator;
The curator will check the homework that is given after each lesson. For those who do not have a curator, tasks are left to their own conscience; I immediately had projects and real customers, so I had no need for remote work, I saved an extra 10-15k and was right.
At the end of the course there is an exam. You pass - a diploma. If you pass with excellent marks, you can get an internship in Moscow at Convert Monster. Personally, I did not pass the exams - I said the reason above;
What pros and cons can you highlight about Envelope Monsters after going through their SMM manager?
There are practically no downsides to the envelopes, the program is great, the presentation is super; I am a very picky type and would gladly give a scolding on all points - but there is nothing to complain about. Everything is fine with Envelopes.
What are the responsibilities of a specialist when working on a project?
In Russia there is no clear understanding of this market, sometimes a girl leads a group for 15,000, and sometimes a person does 1,000 different manipulations and gets the same amount, sometimes a specialist for a one-time advertising setup receives the monthly salary of an ordinary person, and another specialist sits 5/2 at work, not understanding what he should do.
Therefore, what kind of project, what responsibilities are always different.
How to become an SMM manager from scratch - a couple of tips and recommendations for those who do not want to pay thousands of millions of rubles for their training, but want to achieve everything on their own.
If you want to achieve it on your own, earn money for training and complete it yourself. You will be great - on your own.
Show off a couple of your cool cases, it’s interesting what you’ve already achieved)
I made clients with a price of 1,500 rubles in Moscow - the check from the client started from 25,000 - ROI 1600% is quite a good result.
Now I’m working on very large projects - the development period is up to 3-4 months, the payback period is half a year. So a little later I will brag about big numbers.
How much does an SMM specialist earn? And you? Has the training already paid for itself? If yes, how quickly?
The courses paid for themselves. In SMM you can make from 0 to 10,000,000 rubles per month on your own. If more, then either work for Western clients or create your own agency.
What do you recommend reading for those who want to understand the profession of SMM marketer in more detail? What specialized websites, books and YouTube channels do you think are worthy of attention? Where can I get useful information on my profession?
There is a lot of crap on the Internet, so first take a course - find out what’s what, get basic knowledge, then you can easily separate sensible information from crap; If you are ZERO in this area, then all the information will be cool for you.
A couple of tips for those who have read this far and are interested in training to become an SMM manager
You will have to study a lot, but in the end you will understand that all those 1000 goodies that you will learn are not the whole of SMM, and you will discover a completely different side of this work. I came to this recently and realized how much there is still to learn and how many things to learn. But I won’t tell you about this, let it be the experience of each individual person - when he himself comes to this.
Thank you!
Answers — Nikita Dashevsky(especially for
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“The debate about whether courses are needed or whether you can learn everything yourself does not subside. Looking back on my experience, I can say that the courses are different. And Convert Monster is one of those that provide real knowledge.
First, intense exercise: several hours twice a week and no water. Secondly, practice. You practice each lesson on your own project - it’s very convenient. During 2.5 months of training, I filled in the gaps in knowledge and systematized them.
Now I am not a self-taught girl, but a specialist confident in my knowledge. By the way, not only I noticed this and I’m currently considering several job offers, but even without this my income is stable and without leaving home I earn more than if I were sitting in the office 5/2 :) I’m seriously thinking about to continue studying and take the Internet Marketer course.
open review Marina Titova
“Now I have no problems with what to write on social networks as part of the project!”
“To be honest, I was wondering whether to write a review or not. And do you know why? Because I don't want my competitors to know about this course! I think this is the highest praise that consulting agencies can have.
But still, in fairness, I want to give HUGE CONFIRMATION to the creators of this course. Each activity has its own product, just as a baker has bread, and a dishwasher has clean dishes. So, the product of the “SMM Manager” course is a specialist who knows how to present his product on social networks in such a way as to ensure maximum response and sales volume from the target audience.
I consider my main “victory” during the course to be that now I have no problems with what to write on social networks as part of the project! I already have about 40 posts prepared, and ideas are still being born. Now all that remains is to work through all this and analyze the result. They teach this there too.
Also during the course, I was able to write a content plan and now I can confidently follow it, knowing how to move forward. If you are one of those who don’t like to throw themselves into the open sea, maybe they’ll give you a ride, but like to clearly know what they’re doing - this course is for you.
Now I’m looking for another project: with the course materials that I still have, I’d like to work through everything again, benefit from SMM and become a worthy pro.”
open review Alexandra Ryzhenkova
“The information is structured according to a work plan, at the webinar you can ask questions and clarify points”
“I had my eye on the course for a long time and as soon as the opportunity arose, I immediately took it and did not regret it. The information on the course is not secret - it is freely available on the Internet, but for those who have a lot of time to search for information, highlight the essence and analyze their mistakes.
I didn’t have this time, so I went to study with specialists) The information is structured, according to a work plan, at the webinar you can ask questions and clarify points. I took the course with a curator - mistakes are analyzed using an example, and the theory is better absorbed. Of course, only practice will give the necessary experience, but a good start has been made. Thanks a lot!"
open review Svetlana Molchanova
“The resources and sites that I met during the course and that I now work with increase my productivity significantly.”
“For me, the main thing is practical benefits and experience, which would take me much longer and more difficult to gain.
Actually, I decided to buy it while watching a free webinar, because I realized that this way I could do what I had been working towards for a long time much faster. Already during the learning process, the fact that you had to do homework helped a lot; you had to go through the lessons several times and, of course, remember them while working. The analytical part seriously changed my approach to the issue of Internet analytics.
Separately, I would like to note that the presence of such motivators as the opportunity to get an internship and deadlines for work assignments discipline and allow you to fully integrate into the process itself and feel immersed in work.
Many resources and sites that I met during the course, and with which I now work, and techniques increase productivity significantly, which means they save time with greater efficiency for the customer and for me. This is a serious bonus received thanks to the course.
Well, it so happened) that during my studies I decided to temporarily end my career as a TOP manager and develop in this direction, because potentially I see here more opportunities for me, including financial ones.”
open review Igor Starodubets
“Before this course, I was poking around in the dark on my own. And now I’m walking along a well-lit road.”
“The “SMM Manager” course puts everything separately and independently acquired knowledge on the shelves. Gives a clear vision of how to work, what KPIs to track, what and how to analyze, what tools and services to use, and much more. Before this course, I could say I was poking around in the dark on my own. And now I’m walking along a well-lit road.)
Speakers at the webinars answer all questions and explain everything down to the smallest detail. Homework gives you the opportunity to practice theory in practice, on your project. Just better take a course with a curator! And no matter how bad it may be over time, it is better to attend webinars online rather than recorded.”
open review Svetlana Pustovalova
“The course is excellent, rich! Not only did I learn a lot of new things, but I immediately tried to implement every homework assignment into the practice of the company’s activities.”
open review Anastasia Konovalenko
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I am periodically asked to recommend courses on social media marketing. Social networks have long become a full-fledged area of business development and a sales channel, because it is on social networks that Internet users spend the most time. Anyone who does not understand the logic of promotion on social networks remains practically unarmed.
In RuNet there are many paid and free courses and training programs for various SMM tools, which provide the sought-after Internet profession of an SMM specialist or SMM manager from scratch to employment. This article is different in that it contains only best online courses on SMM for beginners, where you can study this subject. Let's go from best to free.
Unlike many other online schools, the Republic SMM school specializes in teaching promotion on social networks. In a three-month course on promotion in social networks, which starts on May 20, they promise to teach how to effectively design a community, develop a content plan, collect target audience segments, set up advertising, increase engagement and receive the first orders.Training on your project, teacher support, feedback and training certificate. Find out more details and reviews, download the program or register by .
2. I am a PRO SMM marketer
A comprehensive two-year marketing training program with a job guarantee. Here you will consistently move from studying the basics of SMM to the specializations that are most interesting to you personally. Online classes with the strongest teachers, live meetings and employment consultations, as well as workshops. The most interesting thing is that if you don’t have money for training, you can enter the profession for free, and start paying for the course after getting a well-paid job. Find out more and sign up for the course using this link.
3. Practical intensive course SMM manager
An even simpler option is a four-hour intensive course from the April agency on the Skillbox platform, which costs from 12,000 to 20,000 rubles. Feedback from teachers is also included in this course. Register using this link.
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4. SMM manager - profession from Netology
People love to search, download, and sign up for free courses, but usually they gather dust somewhere and never get around to them because they lack the motivation to complete them. Therefore, I always recommend taking paid courses in which you invest money to recoup them. Moreover, there are often installment plans and assistance with employment.
For example, such conditions exist in almost all Netology courses, including a large seven-month course that involves mastering the profession of SMM manager. Here they teach you how to develop an SMM strategy, set up advertising on Facebook, Instagram, VKontakte, MyTarget, and also work with the community. Cost from 54,900 to 74,900 rubles. Details and registration follow this link.
5. SMM manager from Convert Monster
Well "Social media promotion specialist, SMM manager" will give you a complete understanding of all the mechanisms for attracting real profits from social networks with minimal costs. The course includes all our developments in promotion on social networks over the past 2 years - all technical tools and step-by-step instructions for generating income from social networks, which we developed based on the launch of 60+ successful projects. All classes are held in real-time format. We monitor all changes in social networks, and before each stream we update the program - we exclude outdated tools and add new features. During the course you will study only what works right now! Register for a course on this link . You can attend the first lesson for 0 rubles!
6. "SMM specialist" from TexTerra
A paid course on the TexTerra platform will help you understand SMM. Classes are held 2 times a week for an hour and a half for three weeks. Here you will acquire the skills necessary to promote your brand or group on VKontakte, FB, Instagram, set up and launch targeted advertising, as well as the basics of working with the target audience. See details and register .
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7. Instagram promotion course
For those who want to focus on one of the most popular social networks - Instagram, there is a twelve-week course from practicing teachers and the EpicStars blogger base. Here you will be told about creating an account, working with content, targeted advertising and working with bloggers. Sign up for future Instagram marketers using this link.
8. Profession Targetologist from Skillbox
A one-year educational program with a guarantee of employment, in which you will learn a new current profession from scratch, receive your first orders during your studies and a ready-made portfolio by the end of the course. Learn how to set up advertising on popular social networks and use complex targeting tools: myTarget, Popsters and Target Hunter. Details and registration for the course follow this link.
9. Profession Targetologist from Ingate
Targeted advertising is a very popular and highly paid area in SMM. The targetologist manages advertising budgets and traffic flows based on numbers. In the targeting course from Ingate you will be taught how to set up advertising on VK, Facebook, Instagram and MyTarget. Graduates of the course will be able to work both as a freelancer and will have the opportunity to find a job at Ingate, one of the top internet marketing agencies. Details and registration and.
Why is online better than St. Petersburg, Moscow and Ivanovo?
But learning social media marketing requires maximum immersion online - reading blogs, watching videos, communicating in professional communities. Teaching in a classroom at desks here no longer makes any sense and is fundamentally not tied to the region. The best experts are still concentrated in Moscow, but at the same time they strive for maximum coverage in the regions via online, so I believe that it is not worth signing up for any local courses.
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