Is The 4 Percent Group A Scam? An Honest Review [Updated]

Vick Strizheus has been the face of a few questionable products in the past and perhaps one of the very first to go all glitzy and withdraw tens of thousands of USD from the bank, take it to a mansion driving a Ferrari/Lamborghini or some other high end vehicle all while casually providing lifestyle "proof" in the free video training. 

This was particular the introduction training for High Traffic Academy, which despite its criticism was actually very good training at that time and pretty edgy, ahead of the curve as far a paid traffic went at that time.  

When it comes to the projects and training he has been involved in it is really as case of look behind the razzmatazz, see past the BS and smoke and mirrors and think about the training. 

I personally couldn't care if a training guy jumped out of a banged up, clapped out 1985 mark 2 for Escort or a Ferrari - it's the training I'm looking at and the quality of it. I do have to say High Traffic Academy was pretty good quality wise. 

Talking of Ferrari's he was caught filming the promotional video for Big Idea Mastermind of getting in "His Ferrari" and, well, the rental companies key fob was pretty obvious and clear for all to see.

At least pretty evident to me - watch first 25 seconds to 30 seconds in bottom right a pretty evident hire car key fob!. 

Talking of the Big Idea Mastermind this was just what I call a bit of a bait and switch operation to get people to buy in to the empower network, which ended up being a famed Multilevel marketing scam.

Rather polemically Vick was found guilty of affiliate fraud during the Big Idea Mastermind - his "Big Idea" was to switch out his affiliates tracking ID's for his own..and thus performing commission theft and fraud. 

But his history of theft and fraud does not end there. It was claimed that he borrowed $30,000 USD to start high Traffic academy - in reality he stole that money in some kind of insurance scam which almost ended up with him behind bars. 

Are you getting the impression that perhaps a leopard does n't change it's spots when it comes to this guy?. 

I do know that people can change and the past does not determine the future or who a person is NOW. I, personally wouldn't promote his products based on his past record of fraud (insurance) and then committing affiliate fraud. 

I'd say hang tight and see how the four percent group and any other project he is involved with pans out before promoting his products. 

Do bare in mind - this has no baring at all on the quality of his training. 

With the four percent group he is promoting and recommending the use of legitimate well established tools like clickfunnels. Getresponse, Aweber, Tecademics and NameCheap - all stuff you will need to be successful with his training. 

Buy from his link he will gain a commission. Be successful, you will remain a users of those tools and he keeps earning a commission - he genuinely this time has a vested interest in you succeeding.

It really might be that some of those spots on this leopard are changing...

When you become a member of the 4 Percent Group you will have access to their Training which is divided into 7 steps. 

It is after the second step where it all starts to get a bit expensive - you will need to get the tools required and recommended for you to set everything up in the way in which he teaches. 

Sadly, there is no way around this - no freebies that you could use. Maybe temporarily you could get away with MailChimp autoresponder but free autoresponders dont give you the same deliver ability rates as premium ones and it could end up costing you there in lost commissions. 

The training: 

• Step 1: Your Orientation, where the details, strategy and general plan are taught and discussed;
• Step 2: Setting up and activation of multiple income streams. 
• (Here at this point you need the tools) 

Tecademics/IQUP (Marketing Training), Click Funnels (Builds Sales Funnels for you) LeadPages (Landing page builder (I recommend Thrive leads What I use, cheaper, just as good & no monthly fee!). ClickMagick (click tracking tool). 

An Autoresponder Getresponse or Aweber is recommended - you might get away with Mail chimp if you want to save cash. Udimi*(solo ads) Namecheap - for your doman name.

Udimi I feel is a bit optional - very dated way of traffic generation. Hey if it workd for you..do it! and keep doing it. Do what works is what I say. Solo ads is very dated and not exactly in my opinion a great representation for your brand.

Once you have those tools you can continue the training:

• Step 3: Setting Up Your Funnel.
• Step 4: Activating your Power Base
• Step 5: Planting Your Flag
• Step 6: Live events and the power and effect of them. 
• Step 7: Operation $100,000!. 

Once your funnel is set up you are ready to start promoting products - including membership to four percent group - something I'd rather miss out on due to history of commission fraud. 

You do get taught in my opinion very good methods and strategies of paid traffic and how to get people to your sales funnel.

After that, sit back, be patient and wait for the commissions to roll in and then calculate if your campaign was profitable or not - then scale up and check if you optimise anything to make it more profitable. 

Rather conveniently in your affiliate dashboard area you can easily enter your affiliate links for those products (as shown below). 

Vick Strizheus claims that you have to put your affiliate links there - there is no must or have to..and given his history of affiliate fraud I'd rather not...thank you very much!. 

The price varies from free to your first born!.

In total there are 23 different training programs covering many different aspects of digital marketing and conducted by industry leading experts in that specific area. 

The prices range from free to $1,997 EACH!. With some lower end "light" training costing "only" $497. 

Ouch!. 

I like that payment option "3 easy payments of $765"

How about a nice and "easy" kick in the nuts Vick?. 

Lets not forget the additional cost of the tools that you need to run your sales funnel. 

Click funnels: $97/month, Getresponse $15/month, LeadPages $37/month, ClickMagick $17 month - $168 a month to run your funnel. 

Remember - still not spent a penny on traffic yet....

So, want to add in some training to your funnel and pay monthly suddenly cost nearer $1,000 month..again still no traffic bought...

Yes!. 

I am answering that resoundingly but to profit reasonably well you will need deep pockets and a big budget for advertising plus a winning product to promote. 

Like I have said before this guy might have a chequered past but he does provide pretty good training in my opinion but you do need big pockets to start with not only for access to his quality training (or tecademics) but for the tools you need as well and for the traffic.

Definitely looking at $3,000 to $5,000 investment first month - allowing for reasonable budget for paid traffic.  

The Pros

What I liked About the Four Percent Group: 

• High quality Training Provided by industry experts (and not just Vick)
• Proven system. Systems work people fail!. It is actually a good system
• Actually is a good place to learn funnel construction and paid traffic generation.

The Cons

What I did not like about the 4 percent group:

• The training is very expensive.
• A lot of "hidden" costs - the tools that you do need costing $160/month
• It is pretty complex running funnels like this - lot of work and lot of testing in the background to make them A - profitable and B more profitable. 
• Certainly no potential of a completely passive income - no traffic, no sales, no money. 

No, despite the site and business owners questionable past the 4 percent group is not a scam. 

They actually do give a wide variety of good internet marketing training covering many different aspects of the industry. 

I wouldn't go about promoting the product or entering your affiliate links for other products in the affiliate dashboard where you are asked to given Vick's history of affiliate commission theft.

Sure, he can change, proceed with caution - let him prove himself first!. 

Yes, The four percent group is completely legit company and training. No scam going on here that I can detect. Yep this fellow has his past but I do have to say the four percent group does look like the real deal. 

This Vick Strizheus is a bit of character and I'll be honest with you here - before, just a few years ago 2014/2015 I'd have told you to run a mile from anything by this guy. 

But it does appear that he has cleaned up his act a lot. The 4 percent group does look like it wants to take on IQup and full on Internet marketing Training platform. 

What I don't like is with this system you will always be moving from product to product and seeking the "next big thing" to promote (unless you find an ever green product). You will be forever paying for traffic also. 

No, absolutely zero way for free traffic source to find your site - not even a site - its a sales funnel - no content at all!. 

And one or two pages on the internet does not make for a business.