Passion Blog Pro is an online course which is after teaching people how to make money online by building successful blogs around their passion.
The course mainly focuses on employing the affiliate marketing online business model which means earning commissions by promoting already existing products through your blog.
Truthfully, while Passion Blog Pro is pretty straightforward in teaching you the whole concept of earning money online and getting your blog and landing pages up and running, for many reasons that I am going to discuss within this review, it’s not really a course that I’d go for.
If you are in need of a high-quality course which is proven to have helped thousands of people earn their living online, and you don’t want to keep wasting your time, effort, and money joining programs which take you nowhere near your monetary goals, I would strongly suggest that you do yourself a favor, ditch this review, and go ahead and check out Wealthy Affiliate instead.
14 Quick, Fun Facts About Wealthy Affiliate
- Free to join and get started
- Cheap premium membership
- More than 500k active members
- Helping people build successful online businesses since 2005
- One-click WordPress website builder
- Free hosting
- Dedicated tech support
- Hundreds of hours of high-quality, step-by-step, affiliate marketing training
- Weekly live webinars
- Instant support through a live chat
- Tons of real-life success stories
- One on one mentoring
- Perfect for everyone who is after earning their living online
- Extremely beginner friendly
Passion Blog Pro Overview
Name of Product:
Passion Blog Pro
Owners:
Demetris Papadopoulos
Price:
$47 (one-time payment)
Official Website:
passionblogpro.com
Suggested?
So-so…
There are definitely better alternatives…
Better Alternatives:
Earnings Potential
Very difficult for absolute beginners to end up making their living online with it. Not impossible though.
Resources
Not so in-depth training. Hasn’t been updated since its release in 2016. Teaches a few outdated practices. Provides no other resources to expedite results.
Value for Money
Very affordable price. Suggests additional 3rd party tools which you’ll have to pay for.
Support
Support through a private Facebook group which isn’t active anymore. You can contact the course’s creator through his personal Facebook profile but it takes a long time for him to respond back
Success Stories
A lot of success stories of people who have purchased the program. All of them are back from 2016 though. Haven’t managed to find more recent ones.
Overall Rating
- Legit Training
- Not expensive
- A lot of success stories
- Owner is a successful entrepreneur
- 30-day, money-back guarantee
- Limited, not in-depth, unfocused, rushed training
- Private Facebook group is not active
- Success stories are from 2016
- Additional expenses on 3rd party tools
- Teaches about outdated practices
- Not updated since 2016
- Very long response times
Suggested?
Sure, but I'd go for Wealthy Affiliate if I were you...
What is Passion Blog Pro?
Passion Blog Pro is an MMO (Make Money Online) course which was created back in 2016 by Greek entrepreneur, Demetris Papadopoulos.
Demetris created this course with the purpose of helping others achieve earning their living online through running an online business on a subject they are passionate about just like he has been doing since 2012.
The course is mostly addressed to absolute beginners; those who are clueless about building and scaling an online business, those who have never build a website before, those who have never sold anything online before, those who, well, you got the point…
Within it, Demetris reveals to us the exact same 4 steps as well as the exact practices and strategies he has employed to eventually take his own online business from zero to 5 figures, quit the 9-5 forever and work for himself online.
Some Facts About Demetris Papadopoulos
- Passionate Entrepreneur
- Got fired from his job in 2012
- Started his first online business after getting fired
- Earning his living online since 2014
- Has taught over 1500 people how to start their own online business
- Lives in Greece
- He is living the dream of working online
- Thousands of followers on his social media
- Runs a successful blog and YouTube channel
- Has created several digital products besides Passion Blog Pro
Who is Passion Blog Pro for?
Passion Blog Pro is mainly addressed to those who are after starting their first online business but just don’t have the slightest idea how to achieve it.
However, be aware that while Passion Blog Pro might be a good course to get started online, I really doubt that it has the potential to take you to the point where you’ll be able to earn your living online as its training is outdated and lacks both in quality and quantity.
If you are serious about building a full-time living online, you can absolutely get your hands on higher-quality online marketing courses which are going to bring faster results as well as maximize your chances of experiencing the online success you are after just by paying a little bit more than what Passion Blog Pro costs.
If you don’t have the ability or just aren’t willing to invest more money on another MMO course, then Passion Blog Pro could be the right choice for you but you’ll probably be limiting yourself and your potential.
Who is Passion Blog Pro NOT for?
Passion Blog Pro is also NOT for intermediate or more advanced online marketers as it mainly focuses on teaching the basics of creating and scaling an online business such as
- purchasing hosting and a domain name
- creating landing pages
- building sign-up forms
- customizing your website
- building your email list
- cloaking your affiliate links
- etc
If you already know how to complete half of those tasks I just mentioned, then Passion Blog Pro is unlikely to fulfill your needs.
Lastly, if you have purchased similar courses in the past which brought you nowhere near your financial goals, and you are hoping that Passion Blog Pro is going to be the course which saves the day for you then you are probably in the wrong place and I’d suggest that you go ahead and check out Wealthy Affiliate or Project 24.
What's Inside Passion Blog Pro?
Passion Blog Pro is basically comprised of several video training modules on building and scaling an online affiliate marketing business as well as some case studies of successful websites and campaigns Demetris has run himself.
Demetris has put this training together based on his concept that turning your passion into a business is a 4-step process.
- Find your passion
- Create a website around that passion
- Get traffic to your website
- Employ ways to monetize the traffic you are getting
Here’s a glimpse of how Passion Blog Pro’s training is structured…
Right below you can also watch a video with an overview of Passion Blog Pro’s member’s area.
Do People Actually Succeed With Passion Blog Pro?
One of the first things I look for before purchasing an MMO course is if people who have purchased it have found any kind of success with it.
If there are no success stories for a course, then
- either no one has purchased it
- or no one has found success with it
Luckily, I’ve managed to find a lot of success stories of people who have joined Passion Blog Pro in the past.
Below you can take a look at a few of them.
However, just so you know, all of those success stories have been posted back in 2016 and 2017.
I didn’t manage to find more recent ones and I have come to believe that this is the case because no one actually buys this outdated course anymore.
To tell you the truth, the program with the most success stories I’ve come across in my 3 years as an online marketer is Wealthy Affiliate.
I mean, dozens of fresh success stories of people who have followed its training are being published every single day.
How Much Does Passion Blog Pro Cost?
Passion Blog Pro costs just a one-time payment of $47.
There are no upsells or hidden costs related to this product.
However, within his training, Demetris recommends some tools that you’ll have to purchase to be able to follow through such as an email autoresponder, premium themes, landing page builders, etc.
Also, consider that a portion of his training talks about getting traffic through paying for ads, which frankly, requires an even hight budget.
So, adding up the expenses of running ads and purchasing those 3rd party tools, those $47 could magically turn into hundreds of dollars per month.
However, those additional expenses are optional… You don’t really have to pay neither for the tools nor for ads if you don’t want to.
Passion Blog Pro Pros
1 • Legit Training
Passion Blog Pro’s training teaches about affiliate marketing which is a legit online business model.
Within the course you’ll learn to perform fundamental tasks such as building a website, getting traffic to it, building sales funnels to turn visitors into customers, joining affiliate programs and networks, etc.
Although I believe that someone who has no clue about online marketing is going to have a hard time building a full-time income with this course alone, I believe that it has the potential to help beginners get a solid grasp of the whole process and maybe even start earning some money online.
2 • Not Expensive
One thing you can’t call Passion Blog Pro is “expensive”.
It just costs a one-time payment of $47 and you gain access to it for life.
However, be aware that within its training, Demetris recommends some additional 3rd party tools which you’ll probably need to purchase.
While you don’t really have to, if you don’t, you’ll have a hard time following the training.
Your other option would be to find similar tools which are distributed for free (totally possible).
3 • A Lot of Success Stories
The more success stories the better, and thankfully, Passion Blog Pro has a lot.
First of all, this proves that the training, despite being basic, actually works and that Demetris knows what he is talking about…
Secondly, I find success stories highly motivating.
Since so many people who have already purchased the course have seen results with it, you could as well be the next one.
4 • Successful Owner
Demetris Papadopoulos, creator of Passion Blog Pro, runs a successful blog, a successful YouTube channel, has thousands of followers on his social media and has created several digital products which help people mostly in creating a full-time living for themselves online.
In my mind, he is a success.
And is there someone better to teach you how to earn money online than someone who has already achieved it?
I don’t think so…
5 • Money-back Guarantee
Last but not least, if you purchase Passion Blog Pro and for any reason, you are not happy with it, you can get a full refund of your $47 as long as you request it within 30 days after you initially purchased the course.
I’m a little bit skeptical about the refund actually taking place as I’ve tried to contact Demetris through his personal Facebook profile a couple of days ago (for an unrelated reason) but he hasn’t answered to me just yet and there are no other means of contact with him such as an email address or something.
Nonetheless, I’ve noticed that the course’s payments are being handled by ClickBank, so you might be able to get the refund directly from them.
Update: Demetris responded back to me 3 days after my initial query. We exchanged a few words and then I asked him a few additional questions about his course. 3 more days have gone by and I have yet to receive a word from him.
I know that Demetris does not have a support team behind him and that he is basically handling everything himself, but this is a very bad sign that when someone who has purchased his course is need of instant support, he will have to wait for days or even weeks for his questions to get answered.
Passion Blog Pro Cons
1 • Limited Training
Despite Passion Blog Pro’s training being relatively good at teaching beginners the fundamentals of online marketing, it’s really very limited compared to other MMO courses like let’s say Project 24.
I know that with a first look the training seems abundant due to the numerous subjects it covers but it’s really not.
Imagine that each section is comprised of just one video ranging from 3 minutes minimum to 15 minutes max. The entire course contains no more than 8 hours of total training which might sound a lot right now but it really isn’t (consider that Wealthy Affiliate’s most basic training is longer than 50 hours in total video training).
And besides the limited quantity of the training, Demetris is going through everything so fast that it looks like he is trying to get it over with or that he is in a rush.
That’s really not step-by-step, in-depth tutoring if you asked me and as a beginner, I know that I would have a hard time following it. To tell you the truth, there are points where you’ll have to rewind the video several times in order to get what you need to do.
For instance, the training “How to Design Your Website” has nothing to do with website design. Demetris just talks for 5 minutes about which WordPress themes he uses to build his websites and how to include banners to them.
Another example, the training on “How to Build Your Landing Page” is a 10-minute video talking about which page builders you should use and at the end of it he very quickly goes through some drag-and-drop features of some of them.
An absolute beginner is definitely going to have trouble following through and build an online business of real value with such limited training.
2 • Inactive Private Facebook Group
As I’ve already talked about, once you purchase Passion Blog Pro, you get to join a private member’s Facebook group.
However, as it seems, the group is not active at all anymore.
As you can see in the image below, 11 people have joined the group the last month but no posts have been published whatsoever during that time.
This is definitely not a good sign of a high-quality course because as it seems neither others who have joined the course support and interact with each other nor Demetris supports and interacts with his customers, at least not through this Facebook group.
Lastly, the group has been created since 2016 and it only has 287 members, which is a very small number compared to Wealthy Affiliate which has grown its community to more than 500k active members (since 2005 to be fair).
However, even Commission Hero which was created just 4 months ago and costs $997, has managed to grow its community to almost 600 members with 30+ posts being published daily within its private Facebook group.
3 • Old Success Stories
Despite having found many success stories of people who have used Passion Blog Pro, all of them go back to 2016 and 2017.
There are no success stories of people after 2017 which along with the ghost-town of a Facebook group probably means that the course is now pretty much dead.
4 • Not Updated Since Release
Passion Blog Pro hasn’t been updated since 2016. Demetris actually confirmed that himself.
The internet landscape is everchanging and a 3-year old course which has to be updated since its release 3 years ago is probably teaching about practices and strategies which won’t work anymore.
And as you’ll see right below, this is indeed the case.
5 • Outdated Practices
While going through Passion Blog Pro’s training, I was really shocked by the lessons on getting content for your website.
As a way to get “free” content for your website, Demetris kept suggesting copying content from other websites, or sales pages or using PLR articles.
Such practices are just not going to work anymore. I really don’t think that they even used to work back in 2016 either…
I know that opinions differ about PLR.
Some people claim that it’s a great way to get content out there faster while others condemn it.
But here is the case.
If you aren’t experienced enough to write content by yourself, attempting to repurpose already existing content is only going to result in plagiarism and having duplicate content on your website which frankly could hurt your credibility, trustworthiness, and most importantly your website’s search engine rankings.
Publishing any kind of already existing content, even if you change it a little bit, is a very bad practice, period.
The worst thing is that Passion Blog Pro doesn’t have any lessons on creating unique content from scratch yourself whatsoever.
And since the only reason for someone to visit and keep visiting your website is to read your very own unique content, Passion Blog Pro loses a lot of points right here.
Note: Demetris informed me that he is going to be working on a second updated version of the course within 2019 which is going to include more abundant and in-depth training and resources. Despite not being aware of the exact release date just yet, I know that his new course is going to be more expensive than Passion Blog Pro. Make sure to stay tuned for my review.
So, What Now?
Okay, so you read this Passion Blog Pro review in its entirety…
Now what?
As I see it, you now have 4 options.
- You either risk it and go for Passion Blog Pro. If you are after earning your living online, chances are you’ll end up purchasing another MMO course at some point
- You take my alternate, higher-quality suggestions Project 24 or Wealthy Affiliate, both of which have helped hundreds of people earn their living online (optimal choice)
- You take a look at the dozens of others reviews I’ve put together hoping you’ll find another course which suits you better there
- Or you walk out of here completely empty-handed, you never start an online business and you move on living your current life for the years to come
If I were where you are (which I’ve been), I would go ahead and join Wealthy Affiliate (which is what I actually did).
Here’s why…
- For me, Wealthy Affiliate is one of the best affiliate marketing training platforms that currently exist
- I’ve actually been a premium Wealthy Affiliate member for almost 3 years now and I couldn’t be more satisfied with it
- Wealthy Affiliate also has the most success stories I’ve ever seen in an MMO course. Dozens more are being published daily within its forum-like community
- It is completely FREE to join
As a free WA member, you
- have access to some basic affiliate marketing training
- can get your very first online business up and running
- host up to 2 websites for free on Wealthy Affiliate’s private hosting platforms
- use the keyword research tool
- interact with other members of the platform through a live chat
- publish posts and ask questions within its forum-like community
If you want to get your hands on the full spectrum of Wealthy Affiliate’s features, you can go ahead and upgrade your membership to premium which costs $49 per month at worst.
So, what are you going to do?
10 Responses
You’ve obviously taken a very close look into the training provided by Passion Blog Pro and I agree, from the descriptions you give, it appears the training is very lacking for someone who is a complete beginner. It also appears to be outdated.
Given the price of a one time payment of just $47 for lifetime access, I actually think Passion Blog Pro could offer some great supplemental training for someone who wants to start an online business, however, like you, I do not think this is the one-stop shop that will include everything they would need to know.
Your website offers some really excellent tips and training. I will bookmark your page and return for more great tactics to help build my business.
Thanks so much for your thoughts and advice.
Thank you for your kind words Shannon 🙂
Unfortunately, Passion Blog Pro is indeed outdated as it hasn’t been updated since its initial release.
However, I don’t think that anyone besides a complete beginner would benefit from it. I mean, yeah, there are definitely better courses out there but if a beginner doesn’t want to spend hundreds of dollars to join one, Passion Blog Pro could offer some guidance to get started.
On the other hand, you can get a taste of this whole “make money online” thing by getting your very first affiliate business up and running for free with Wealthy Affiliate.
This is exactly what I did 3 years ago, I am still a premium Wealthy Affiliate member to this very day, and I have never looked back.
Harry
Thanks for creating this Passion Blog Pro review, this is a new product for me that I came across and wanted to check out. There are a lot of substandard ones on the market these days so it pays to do some due diligence prior to investing time or money into them. I take it that the tool used to be more than what it is now, based on your title…
Your review of this product was quite detailed and very thorough and I appreciate that. It actually was more than I expected. It appears that the developer has the right intention, but perhaps needs to update the training to reflect the changes that have taken place over the last 3 years in the market.
Wealthy Affiliate keeps up with changes in the market, it is adding new features all the time, and there is a complete path to success with affiliate marketing that you have. You will also have to get some external tools with Wealthy Affiliate, but far fewer. There is a monthly cost however that you do not have with the Passion Blog Pro product.
Between the two, I would have to say that if a newbie was looking at which one to invest their money and effort into, Wealthy Affiliate would win out hands down. There will be similar costs when you add up all the expenses, but you get far more with Wealthy Affiliate and the newbie will have a much better chance at success.
I think you summed up my entire review in just a few words 🙂
Thank you for that!
Demetris indeed seems to have good intentions but in my opinion, he should provide more value with his course. Maybe its second edition will offer higher-quality, more in-depth training.
Wealthy Affiliate is indeed more expensive but if you think about it, you get what you pay for… I’d prefer paying $49 per month (Wealthy Affiliate’s premium monthly price) in exchange for training which has helped thousands of people succeed online throughout the years than paying $47 for one time for training which has helped just 10 people succeed just in 2016 and not a single one after that.
I mean that’s common sense, right?
Harry
I am new in affiliate marketing business so I’m not pretty adept in everything yet but thanks to Wealthy Affiliate and it’s abundant training I am in the process of learning so much of the skills and competencies I need to become successful online.
With all of the substantial training from WA, how does Passion Blog Pro par with it? Do you know if they are similar in term of training or if they’re just even one they have and the other doesn’t?
Passion Blog Pro cannot even compete with Wealthy Affiliate when it comes to its training. Without even taking into account the difference in quality, Passion Blog Pro offers less than 10 hours of training, when Wealthy Affiliate more than 500.
As it seems, you are pleased with WA! Why are you looking for another course?
Harry
Thanks for sharing this Passion Blog Pro review.
Demetris sounds like a very likable guy. I also commend him for his success. Yet, you have given me just enough information to know that I probably should pass on his program.
I simply do not have the budget or the desire to make money with a blog that gets its traffic from paid ads or Facebook.
Even though he has not updated the course in a long time, if I do decide to go the paid ad route, I MIGHT consider this course.
$47 isn’t much to lose. Maybe he will have created a new, updated course until I make my decision.
Demetris indeed seems to be a legit guy. I don’t believe that he is after convincing people to join his program without providing any real value to them. He just has a good vibe…
Just so you know, Passion Blog Pro also teaches about getting free traffic not just paying for it so you don’t have to worry about that.
If you decide to go down the paid traffic route, you should consider Commission Hero. It might be a lot more expensive but it offers some extremely high-quality training on promoting ClickBank products with Facebook ads.
Harry
Hello Harry, I must say that this review actually helped me because I was about to give Passion Blog Pro a try. I like that it is not expensive but based on your review I think it is not worth to join. Do you think that more experienced affiliate marketers can benefit from it?
Hi Daniel,
As I mentioned within this review, Passion Blog Pro is definitely not for intermediate or advanced affiliate marketers.
If you already know how to build a website or blog, find hosting, write content, set up an autoresponder, landing pages, etc, Passion Blog Pro has nothing more of real value to teach you.
If you are already running an online business and you are looking for a way to scale it up and increase your revenue, you should take a look at Wealthy Affiliate and Project 24. Commission Hero is also a pretty good course but it mostly focuses on paying for ads to get traffic and I prefer the free, organic way.
Please let me know more about your situation and needs in order to guide you to the best course for you.
Harry