# Should You Buy Marketing Courses? \| Ep\. \#301

**URL:** https://www.singlegrain.com/episodes/marketing-school/should-you-buy-marketing-courses-ep-301/  
**Published:** 2017-05-28  
**Updated:** 2017-12-06  
**Author:** Selena Templeton  
**Summary:** In Episode \#301, Eric and Neil discuss whether or not you should buy marketing courses\. Tune in to learn the importance of putting learning BEFORE earning and why paying for\.\.\.  

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In Episode #301, Eric and Neil discuss whether or not you should buy marketing courses. Tune in to learn the importance of putting learning BEFORE earning and why paying for a course is sometimes more beneficial than trying a free one.

### Time Stamped Show Notes:

- 00:27 – Today’s topic: _Should You Buy Marketing Courses?_
- 00:39 – There’s a time for learning and there’s a time for earning
- 00:51 – Check Neil’s advance marketing course or his other courses that he has available
- 01:03 – Keep reading and keep learning! 
    - 01:12 – Implement what you have learned
- 01:25 – If you’re starting off, courses are great
- 01:30 – If you’re not starting off, the best way to learn is by networking at events and by practicing and doing things on your own website
- 01:44 – Neil is a big believer that it is easier to learn through DOING
- 01:51 – Neil’s current courses are about investments 
    - 01:53 – Neil invested in a Canadian company
- 02:17 – Instead of buying courses, Neil is investing on someone who already is doing them
- 02:30 – When Eric first learned about marketing, he had access to a site where he could buy courses or learn from free courses 
    - 03:03 – The problem with free courses is you have too much information available for you and you’re not really invested in it
- 03:37 – An executive once said, people buy courses because courses are perceived progress
- 03:49 – If you buy courses, finish and complete them
- 04:13 – [Marketing School](http://marketingschool.io/) is giving away a free 1 year subscription to [Zapier](https://zapier.com/) which allows you to have different applications working with each other 
    - 04:47 – Subscribe, rate and review [Marketing School](http://marketingschool.io/)
    - 04:51 – Text MARKETINGSCHOOL to 33444
- 05:09 – That’s it for today’s episode!

### 3 Key Points:

1. Put yourself in learning mode every day; there’s always an opportunity to learn something new.
2. Paying for a course is an investment—use it well and apply what you’ve learned.
3. If you have the knowledge, continue your learning by DOING.

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