Why I’m LEAVING Kajabi (and What I’ll Be Switching To)

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I’ve been with Kajabi for YEARS now, using them for both emails and course hosting. And now I’m leaving. Let me show you what I think is lacking from the platform, why I don’t think they’re keeping up with technology, and who I’ll be using instead to take their place.

WHAT I USE INSTEAD OF KAJABI:

PLAN 365 DAYS OF CONTENT IN UNDER 5 HOURS:

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Pros to Kajabi
02:31 - Cons to Kajabi
16:08 - What I’m Switching To (SO COOL!)

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4 REASONS TO SWITCH TO CLICKUP:

CLICKUP TUTORIAL/FIRST STEPS:

HOW TO READ A BOOK A DAY (#1 APP):

FREE YOUTUBE PLANNING TEMPLATE:

IS CLICKUP STILL THE BEST PROJECT MGMT SOFTWARE?

BEST SOFTWARE FOR BUSINESS BUDGETING:

FREE LOOM ALTERNATIVE:

// ABOUT ME

I’m Tara Wagner, Breakthrough coach and lifelong entrepreneur. I help small business owners use a holistic approach to business, so you can take back your time, make more money, and finally **crush your goals, not your soul**. Looking for mindset and business coaching?

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UPDATE: I got sidelined with post covid this year, which has forced a break from YT, and haven't had a chance to create an update to this video. So here's the quick version: I'm loving XP! Since I was only using Kajabi for course hosting and already had other tools that I preferred for other aspects, I made the switch to XP solely for their course features and can't comment on every other feature. But we've seen a big uptick in member engagement, progress, and their use of the support available to them. We've also gotten lots of feedback from members on how much they love it as well. They are still releasing features and we don't use/need them all, but I am hoping the mobile app is done soon. That's my only "con" at this point. I hope to do a full update in the future. Thanks for your patience as I go through this slow recovery and conserve my limited bandwidth right now for clients and members right now!

TaraWagner
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Wow, really appreciate you showing your cards a bit in what you are using. REALLY looking forward to your review of XPERIENCIFY.

My background is video production, I manage the website, Facebook page, and (admittedly not so expert) graphic design for my wife's beauty shop here in Kigali, Rwanda.

My wife and I have been toying with the idea of moving towards more service/info/advice vs simply selling products (as she is always giving advice at the when customers buy products at the shop, as HOW you use the products is as important, if not more, than just the purchase).

We've been realizing we need to step up our game (email marketing, tutorials, rewards programs, etc), though having 2 small kids, a full-time job (me) and a fuller-time business (her) some days just making it through is an accomplishment. But we need to work smarter on the business to grow it, and for our clients to get more out of it.

Am inspired to see this content, thank you very much for taking the time to share!

RyanYewell
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Wow, Tara! I’m impressed. Not only is your video helpful, but your thorough comments and replies are, as well! Thank you! I’m saddened to hear your health was so significantly impacted and pray for a full recovery soon!

Just stumbled onto you as I was researching a new option for my course and community, which have been on Learndash on WP. I’m no coder, so it’s been a challenge keeping up with all the different pieces of the WP ecosystem. All that makes the thought of an all-in-one like Kajabi enticing.

Hang in there and feel better soon. I’ve subscribed to your channel and look forward to learning more!

jeffmcelroy
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Hi Tara! I wrote a long, unbiased, and thorough comment on Graham's YT page where he was reviewing your video about Kajabi, only to have him delete it because I said I agreed with everything you said in your video. I now realize and will not believe anything he says moving forward and will not be viewing any of his videos because I don't particularly care for people who only tell the good about a product and not the bad, especially when they are an affiliate. I know Graham is the highest earning affiliate with Kajabi and now I see why - it's basically all he talks about and promotes. He did a review of your video because he knows you are a reliable and credible source and your video would sway people who watch it away from Kajabi. Instead of simply refuting what you said with no proof, he should have shown viewers that Kajabi could do what you've shown it cannot do. Kajabi was once the leader when it came to hosting a course but not anymore due to its lack of design, development, and focus.

I too stopped using Kajabi's email marketing, checkout pages, and pipelines because they are not useful, even if you are just starting out because you are very limited in what you can do. And their coaching platform is worthless, I wouldn't advise anyone to use it. I am now looking for a membership platform that will keep members engaged and moving forward.

When Kajabi started the owners, Travis and Kenny, were more focused on customers and developing the platform. However, that started to change prior to Travis leaving, which was one of the reasons for the fallout and Travis leaving the company, which is why Kajabi's design and software development has suffered.

Thanks for your unbiased and honest review of Kajabi!

yeverett
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Hi Tara, did you make the next video about Active Campaing? This was very good, thank you. And best recads from Finland

suskilife
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Thank you, this was super helpful. I hope you're feeling better with each day! 🌷

ACompassionateHeartSchool
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I've never heard of this until this video and I'm working on my first course and because of this video I will give it a try!

I was hesitant about creating courses simply because I don't complete them and don't know many people that do so I've been doing live and one on one options.

I'm hopefully that these tools will help people to complete courses. I too am starting with the Growth plan.

Thank you for taking the time to create this video.

missrhondam
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Looking forward to your next video with more details!!

movetosouthscottsdale
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Thanks. Very helpful. I would love to know how you got on, and whether you regretted leaving Kujabi.

kc
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So good! Thank you Tara! First time getting on your channel and this video is so GREAT.
I've tried and seen so many course platforms and they're so boring - just information on each page.
They do nothing to help the students. I am super interested in trying this out :)

MeetKevon
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Thank you so much for this video, found it really helpful and honest. I'm looking forward your new video for XP and curious why you didn't consider Mighty Networks?

theholisticmindwithsoniamo
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Hi Tara, I subscribed and searched your vids and did not find your follow video about your experience with XP? Can you link?

PounceAnalytics
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hey, and how about some update about Xperiencify? Are you happy with your choice after half a year of using it?

klaudiatolman
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This looks awesome. I am creating a course for my music students and the learning experience in the other programs just don't have style points kids need!

Mr.EKmusic
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Hi Tara! Can you briefly comment on Xperiencify's ability to run live courses, perhaps integrating Zoom?

baltazarconsulting
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You really need to do a follow up on this video and your experience with Experiencify.

JarrettHolmes
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You are so right, Tara! I really wanted to love Kajabi and bought the 3 months promo. I had even put Kajabi in my budget for 2023. But after playing with it for about 4 hours for my website, courses and email marketing, I decided NOT to use Kajabi. Took me a day to even be able to write about it, I was so upset. In a nutshell, this all-in-one platform may have been the best thing on the market 5 years ago, but not now. It simply does not allow for the kind of quick customization that we are used to today. For starters, anybody who uses Canva on a regular basis will be disappointed at having to save every change before seeing it on the screen. It is clunky like my first website builder... years ago. For the price (and all the advertising on youtube) of Kajabi, I was expecting much more. What a let down.

juliakirst
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does this have a mobile app? I can't tell from their website but I think no since they don't mention it or you. How does it look on mobile phones since most people do everything on their phones these days - thank you!

laurenFRitz
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Following up - did you decide to stick with Xperiencify? Pros/cons?

jennmwmusic
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Can't thank-you enough for this video. I've been happy with Kajabi for 7 years, but I've hit a wall on the learner experience side and started investigating other options. If not for this video, I'd never have known about Xperiencify. I have a question though: In Kajabi, I used it for all my pages -- landing pages, and even my home page. Are people doing this in Xperiencify? Or... at what point do you link people to your Xperiencify course?

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