Tecademics Review (Is it a Scam?)

Tecademics Review (Is it a Scam?)


Most Updated Facts About Tecademics You Must Know After Chris Record Left (2018)

Welcome to my most updated Tecademics review (September 2018)

Have you ever thought what happened to Tecademics after its founder Chris Record left the college early 2018?

I bet you won’t know much if you are neither its students nor affiliates.

I can still find many outdated reviews about Tecademics including its old products and mlm-affiliate system which is already obsolete.

Hardly can find any reviews about the college after its recent restructuring.

In this review, I’ll share with you the most updated information about Tecademics after Chris Record left, replaced by Jim Piccolo as Chairman.

QUICK NAVIGATION
What is Tecademics?
Arizona Campus
Tecademics Startup Products
Marketing Model
The Founder Resigned
New Products replacing the old ones
What I Like About Tecademics
What I Don't Like About Tecademics
Is Tecademics A Scam?

The New Tecademics is Secretive


TECADEMICS REVIEW SUMMARY

Product Name: Tecademics 

Founder: Founded by Chris Record in August 2016 (Current Chairman: Jim Piccolo)

Product Type: Internet Marketing College

Price: Startup tuition fee is $10,000. Current tuition fee is unknown (quite secretive, will explain later)

Best For: Anyone, but you might have to go to Arizona, USA

Summary: Tecademics is an Internet Marketing College (not accredited with any regulatory body) with a physical campus in Arizona, USA. Currently they might not be offering any online courses and you have to travel to Arizona to attend their classes.

Rating: 60/100

Recommended: Yes, if you live in Arizona, USA or ready to travel there.


What is Tecademics?

Tecademics is an internet marketing program founded by Chris Record, a very controversially well-known entrepreneur in both MLM and digital marketing industry.

I admire Chris Record for his vision in starting Tecademics. Here’s the video of him sharing his vision of Tecademics.

And I bet you will want to enrol once you watch the video …. but hang on and decide only after you finish reading this review.

 

Tecademics offers structurally design, step-by-step internet marketing education.

It is produced with the combined effort of both academicians and industry practitioners that makes Tecademics unique and well received by students.

Chris Record believes via this combination, students are able to gain both mainstream education and also practical knowledge to make money online, giving them a competitive edge.

Despite having a full-fledged campus, Tecademics is not recognized by any authoritative body as a college.


Arizona Campus

Chris understand the importance of networking among digital entrepreneurs, therefore decided to have a physical campus.

He setup Tecademics campus in Arizona, USA consisting of facilities such as co-working loft, labs and studios.

Tecademics Campus in Arizona USA

Flexible, Co-working Space.

A 7,500 sq ft collaborative co-working space is provided to the students. Be it you are working alone or with a team, the flexible workspace makes it easy for you.

Co-working includes basic facilities such as wifi, power outlets, coffee and video/audio studios. It is ideal as project-based office.

Tecademics Co Working Loft in Arizona USA

The Lab

Collaboration is what makes successful entrepreneurs.

Students attend physical classes in the Lab, a learning environment carefully designed with comfort that encourage communication among students.

Tecademics Co Working Loft in Arizona USA

The Studio

Tools and facilities are prime to becoming a good marketer.

The Studio is designed for students to create audio and video content to capture stunning photos, film viral video, and record weekly podcast.

Tecademics Studio in Arizona USA


Tecademics Startup Products

Tecademics started with 3 main products namely TEC, IMPACT and MASTER. You are considered an ELITE if you have access to all 3 products.

I will just briefly introduce as the startup products are no longer available after Chris Record left.

TEC is the foundation of Tecademics courses. It is a 100% online learning for beginners at $100 per month.

IMPACT is a 12-month home-study program costing a one-off of $2,000. These are advanced programs and for more experienced marketers.

MASTER is a 2-year course program costing a one-off $10,000. Opportunity to get one-on-one mentorship at the workshop.

These courses were priced too high, way above what they were really worth. It is good that they discontinued.


Marketing Model

One of the many ways to earn money online is to become affiliate of Tecademcis.

Tecademics pays affiliates to market their startup courses, then sponsors other associates to develop a team to expand the sales network, sort like a MLM.

To activate a product as affiliate, the only way is by buying the product or selling to customer.

Once activation sale is made, Tecademics pays 20% to 40% commission, depending which MLM tier you are in.

To cut the story short, on February 23, 2018, Tecademics ended its mlm-affiliate program after sold all of its 3 startup products.


The Founder Resigned

Chris’s vision is to see his students achieve proven results in their digital business.

And he prefers learning through application rather than getting academic credentials.

Seems like, Chris Record and his business partner Jim Piccolo have different vision.

In mid 2017, after a private equity firm invest in Tecademics, the new Tecademics transformed in line with Piccolo’s vision, and Chris left.


New Products replacing the old ones

When I browse through Tecademics website, I can’t find the 3 startup products and its mlm-affiliate program anymore.

All the links were taken down. Even its blog section returned with invalid page.

Tecademics Invalid page

Unless you click on the member login (which I doubt any non-member will do), you won’t find more information about its current courses.

From the member’s login page, I found 3 different courses Tecademics currently provides. No information about the tuition fee on its website.

Tecademics 2018 Courses

Should you need to get more information, the only way is to contact Tecademics directly.

By doing more research I finally found this link which is not openly published in Tecademics website, not even on their member login page.

It shows a list of 16 INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS PATHS™ (maybe the name is changed to Systematic Path Process (SPP)™ – as shown on Tecademics member login page).

  • Agency Start Up
  • Digital Asset Brokering
  • Digital Marketing for Entrepreneurs
  • Drone Pilot Ecom
  • Foundations Ecom
  • Management Ecom
  • Mastery Email Marketing
  • Facebook Ad Specialist
  • Lead Generation Strategist
  • Online Video
  • Marketing Specialist
  • Pay Per Click
  • Print On Demand
  • SEO Strategist
  • Social Media
  • Ad Specialist
  • Social Meda Manager
Tecademics 2018 Course 16 Individual Success Path

Tecademics seem very secretive and cautious about the information it publishes on website.

Guess they are concern on module leak. Otherwise I can’t find any reason as to why their courses are not openly published.


What I like about Tecademics?

The Great Vision. Chris Record’s vision of combining academics knowledge and practical implementation are commendable.

The structured step-by-step lessons introduced by Chris is indeed what is lacking in the industry.

Most higher learning institution treats digital marketing as an ancillary product. Such big scale college like Tecademics focusing on digital marketing education is indeed innovative.

Reputable Founder. Chris is a very successful internet marketer and was top performer in MLM industry.

A very energetic guru who always provide good advice to aspiring entrepreneurs.

I trust anyone will be honoured if given the opportunity to learn from him.

The Do-As-You-Wish Lifestyle: You might not have to attend college like other students.

Even though there is a massive 25,000 square feet college of Tecademics, you can still learn at the comfort of your home.

Studying at your own pace is a plus point.

No one can stress you on punctuality but discipline is highly required. (Learn how you can get organized at home to earn money online).

Awesome Face-to-Face Networking. Tecademics understand the loneliness of working alone facing your laptop day and night.

With the physical campus, you get the opportunity to meet the brightest minds face-to-face. This gives you additional learning opportunities.


What I don’t like about Tecademics?

Location is in Arizona. The only campus they have is in Arizona.

To enjoy the benefit of face-to-face networking with its members, those who are not staying in Arizona has to travel.

Unless you have some money for travelling, otherwise the campus means nothing to you.

I believe many people might not have the luxurious to do so.

If that’s the case for you, I would recommend you to start with My Top Recommended Internet Marketing Training.

Tuition Fee. I can’t really comment on the current price tag as there is no information found on the internet.

However, the initial startup tuition fee of $10,000 is quite high for many people. And I don’t think the current price will be anything lesser.

This tuition fee does not include cost of business such as subscribing for tools and equipment.

Unless you have additional cash to spare for the business, I won’t recommend you to this program.

If you don't have that much amount of money to invest, I would recommend you to check out My Top Recommended Internet Marketing Training which you can get started for FREE!


Is Tecademics A Scam?

Like what I’ve shown earlier, there are still people having negative feeling about Tecademics.

Some didn’t manage to get their prize money while some feel that quality of the courses did not meet their expectation.

However, I don’t think Tecademics is a scam.

When Chris resigned from Tecademics, the site has put in every effort to create a FAQ page and keep everybody informed about the change.

This proves that the college are doing their best to provide information to students and affiliates on its restructuring.

If Tecademics is a scam, I don’t think any scammer will go through such hassle to make things right. Many will just leave the site and run away.


The New Tecademics Is Secretive

However, I find Tecademics more secretive after its restructuring.

As I am a person who demand for transparency, I feel more comfortable if Tecademics can publish complete information about its college.

It should make information easily accessible to all, particularly information about its products and tuition fee.

If you want to save money, then I would recommend you to get a copy of my free guide to start a small business online. 

Inside this guide, you can find beginners who are able to make decent income without paying for hefty investment.

What they did was just to follow the step-by-step training inside the guide. That's also the exact training I went through to start my online business.

I highly recommend you to get my free guide if going Arizona for Tecademics College is not possible for you.

I hope after reading this, you already understand what Tecademics offers. If you find this Tecademics Review valuable, I hope you can share in your Twitter and Facebook too. 

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26 thoughts on “Tecademics Review (Is it a Scam?)”

  1. While researching for legit place to earn money online, I didn’t come across Tecademics. Lucky for me as I can’t afford such high tuition fee either. Found Wealthy Affiliate instead. At least affordable to me. This program works  but guess I need to put in more effort if I want to quit my current job. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to more of your sharing.

  2. Thanks for sharing such informative post about Tecademics. Having to drive to Arizona and learn internet marketing is crazy. I think Tecademics is just too paranoid not to share more information about their training. I am glad I found wealthy affiliate and not Tecademics. Otherwise, I might had joined them and pay huge course fee. 

  3. Fantastic article. Searching the web to find ways to earn money online I came across your article. I had heard about Tecademics and was interested in finding out about it. You’re article gave me all the information I need. I don’t think I want to join something where you have to travel to go to classes and the biggest thing it sounds as you said to secretive, I wouldn’t feel confident in what I was getting into. I really like your recommendation and Wealthy Affiliate sounds like a great place to learn affiliate marketing. I will be Joining and see where it takes me. Thank you so much for this well written review.
    David

    1. I just can’t rationalize the reason that Tecademics is not publishing sufficient info about their courses online. But I believe if anyone wants to do business online, then he/she should learn online. Learning offline is only for networking purposes I  suppose. That’s why I decided to start my blog with Wealthy Affiliate.

  4. There is just so much scam out there and Tecademics sounds fishy if yo ask me. Great for sharing all this information but since I started in Australia with my online journey I would have not been able to travel to the classes 🙂 Good info and I am glad I trusted my guts with this one. Thanks

    1. I won’t be able to travel too as I started in Malaysia! But if I have the chance to go Arizona, I will sure visit this college to find out more. So I can add more details into my review.

  5. I have taken training with tecademics, I love Chris Record. He was all about building a community and his kids. I enjoy listening to him rap about issues which are close to his heart. His enthusiasm was incredible. 

    After he left, the page where we all congregated just died. I guess the new owners did not want to share their visions so openly as Chris Record. 

    I learned so much from Chris Record, but this new owner. Nope…he wants to divulge nothing. I don’t how tecademics will once again be up there like their former glory.

  6. Hi Florence,

    Thank you so much for this review. I really enjoyed reading it. Tecademics looks like a very interesting course. One thing  that I especially like about Tecademics is that it is an in-person course. In my opinion, I learn much better in person than through online courses. However, like you said, it is quite pricey…

    I might check wealthy affiliate instead as it is much cheaper.

  7. It really is a pity that they do not offer online classes and are only available for people living in Arizona. But, yeah, I also agree that $10 000 is a bit steep. I’ll be looking into your top recommended program – you mention it is much cheaper? Is this available to anybody or is it also restricted to a location? Thanks, looking forward to your response 🙂

    1. I am not sure whether the new Tecademics offer online courses but one thing for sure, if you have problem travelling, you won’t be able to enjoy full facilities that’s included in the price tag. Wealthy Affiliate is available for everyone but not all countries are eligible for free signup. Here are some countries that are excluded.

  8. Wow!! Have never heard of them.  Seems very pricey and a bit shady.  Not to mention it seems very technical.  Technical bores me greatly.  As for Wealthy Affiliate it seems like a great deal of knowledge for a fun affordable price.  I have seen a few pages around the internet talking about Wealthy Affiliate.  I think its time I take a step closer and have a look.

  9. Thanks for your complete review. What I like about Tecademics is their co-working space. I think collaborating in real life can help new marketers a lot. What I don’t like about them is the fact that part of their business model is MLM and the fact that they are very expensive. Anyways, I don’t live in Arizona so I’ll check out your #1 recommendation.

  10. julienne murekatete

    Wow, i like this post. It seems that Chris had had a great vision to Tecademics. It is well designed and fruitful program the unfortunately according to the current information, there is some chaos caused by change of administration. I bet if Chris would be there today, He would open other campuses all over the world as the fruit is remarkable. 

  11. Great article on a company I that I haven’t heard about.  I do like the idea of teaching in-person all of the basics of learning affiliate marketing.  It sound pretty good and being able to collaborate with other people is always a great way to learn.

    The tuition does seem a little sturdy though for not being an accredited school.  It’s too bad that he left because it sounds like he had a really great vision.

    But that being said, there are a lot of ways to learn all of that stuff online and, for the most part, free for the first week.  I know Wealthy Affiliate teaches everything that was listed on that syllabus and more so with the help of WA’s amazing community!

    1. You are right. I started my affiliate business with WA too. I’ve made so many friends here. Indeed a great starting point for beginners. 

  12. I would like to try this but unfortunately I can not travel there yet. I think that is nice opportunity and I think that many people will use it as income source. I will forward this to my friends who live in the USA because it is definitely worth it and people should not miss the chance to earn online.

  13. Hi Florence, I never heard about Tecademics or about Chris but I’m just getting started in the online world, I watched the video and as you say I just want to fly over there and take the courses, I think if you have the money it would be a priceless opportunity but he said it was for newbies, so It does not make any sense the prices and the location, how you are supposed to have all that kind of money if you’re just starting haha

    1. I think most probably they are just targeting those newbies in Arizona first. I can’t find any trace of online lesson in the new Tecademics. Hope someone who has already learned there can provide more useful information. But at this moment, I still highly recommend Wealthy Affiliate as alternative for those who are beginner to affiliate marketing. 

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