The Champions Program (Program) is provided by the eBusiness Institute Pty Ltd. Any reference to “the Program Providers”, “we”, ”our”, “us” or similar words throughout this agreement includes each of those entities and their directors, employees, agents, coaches, presenters, associates, successors and assigns.
By agreeing to take part in the Champions Program, you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms. We may update these terms of use from time to time, so you should revisit each time you use our website.
Contents:
Part (1): Champions Program Inclusions & Agreement
Part (2): Terms of Agreement for Membership of the Champions Program
Part (3): Website Terms Of Use
Part (4): Privacy Policy
Part (1): Inclusions & Agreement
You have now been accepted as a member of the Champions Group. This document outlines the inclusions of the Champions program and the roles and responsibilities of each party, a copy of which was provided to you at the time you applied to join.
What is provided in the Champions Program?
1. Support from Matt and Liz and specialists in our team to help you build your website portfolio and online income streams
2. Weekly Live or Recorded Webinars (excepting holidays) to guide you through the process step-by-step and give you the information and skills you need, including access to recordings of each one
3. One-On-One “Basic Tech Training Time” (BTT) – personal training (via zoom or phone) with an experienced Champions Graduate Coach who can guide you through website build & setup, technical processes and keep you moving forward.
4. Monthly Accountability Emails and Calls designed to keep you on track, lock in your progress, address any challenges you are facing and help you move towards your online goals
5. Personal Coaching Calls with our award-winning Champions Graduate Coaches who will help, guide and advise you with: Personal website renovation reviews, development, structure and strategy for any websites of your choice, growth strategies to help maximise monetisation, long term planning and direction of your sites and growing traffic through SEO, help to keep you motivated, overcome challenges and leverage their experience and knowledge
6. Personal Strategy Sessions to help you evaluate your personal situation and help you plan out your 12 months for maximum focus and returns
7. Monthly networking and website renovation zoom sessions with Matt, Liz or their coaches – connect with us and other Champions personally on these live group coaching calls and watch Matt or Liz do live website renovation hot-seats, website builds and due diligence for Champion members.
8. 4 x Specialised 1-Day Bootcamps – experience high level coaching, success mindset and networking, plus private presentations from leaders and successful entrepreneurs in online business, internet marketing, SEO, automated content sites, and creating income from online assets & digital skills
9. Group coaching sessions including live hotseats and Q and A
10. Email Support – your questions will be answered by Matt, Liz or one of their team
11. Exclusive Training and Preferred Access to Specialist Websites Lawyer
12. Tools and Resources – including our business assessment checklist, website design checklist, sales processes, sample legal templates, website development proposal and legal contract, contract for sale templates, work agreement templates, confidentiality agreements, checklists and training lessons for all these
13. 5 years access to all recorded training lessons and information in the exclusive Champions Member’s area
14. Step-By-Step Training in our processes – these video lessons with our commentary allow you to “watch over our shoulder” as we go through our systems and processes
15. Matt and Liz’s exclusive entrepreneurial success training – including shortcuts to success, time management strategies, easy ways to be highly productive, entrepreneurial mindset, and mindset for quitting your job & building a business that frees up your life
16. Membership to the exclusive Champions network – with private Facebook group, access to graduate events, update webinars and gatherings
17. Membership to the exclusive Champions private SEO and guest posting network
18. Official Certificate of Completion and digital training certification badges from the eBusiness Institute Pty Ltd a private training organisation
We have found with past Champions that personalised help, strategy and advice when creating or buying websites is invaluable. Having the personal involvement by our experienced Champion Graduate coaches ensures that you are thinking big and implementing the key lessons from the Champions Program directly into your own websites.
We will work with you one-on-one on any websites of your choice and offer advice, strategy, and advanced tips as you build or renovate the site.
In particular we will look at growth strategies and maximising monetisation, long term planning and direction of your websites, and growing traffic through SEO. This service is offered via phone or zoom or live group coaching calls and over possibly an extended period of time as the site takes shape. You will buy or build the sites yourself on your own theme and domain name. It can be any site/topic/business.
We will also give you our personal advice on:
- Your On-page SEO set-up
- Your Off-page SEO ie backlinking strategies
- Content & keyword strategies
- Scaling content for larger websites
- Best design and site structure to maximize on-page SEO and conversions
- Advice around images, image placement and labeling
- Website internal linking and navigation for visitors
- Feedback on domain name and header logo
- Feedback on final site – look, user experience and functionality
- Long term strategies including alternative monetisation and exit sale strategy
What costs are not covered?
• Travel and accommodation to attend any events involved in the Champions Program.
• Meals during the course of any events involved in the Champions Program.
• Business brokering services and fees.
• Expenses related to running your business and websites, including administration, SEO services, web technicians, marketing and production costs.
• Legal and accounting fees.
What is expected from you?
• Enthusiasm, willingness to learn and time to work on building, monetizing and selling or leasing websites
• Application – you must do the work that you say you will do
• Initiative and the ability to work independently.
• Attending scheduled webinars, bootcamps, accountability emails and coaching calls for the 12 month duration of the program
Disclaimer
You agree that the Program Provider and other members of the Champions Program are not responsible for any success or failure that you may have as a result of this agreement. You understand that your individual success will be determined by your own desire, dedication, effort and motivation to work and follow the program. You agree not to hold the Program Provider or other members of the Champions Program liable or accountable in any way for any failure of the service to live up to your expectations.
Part (2): Terms of Agreement for Membership of the Champions Program
In addition to those matters set out above, the following terms and conditions apply to membership. By agreeing to take part in the Champions Program, you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms.
Champions Program Basics:
1. We are committed to providing all Champions Program participants with a positive program experience. This requires that all members meet the undertakings outlined above. If you fail to meet these expectations the Program Providers have the right to end this agreement and terminate your access to the Champions Program at their sole discretion.
2. Once your membership is confirmed you will be issued with a Champions Membership Website username and password. This is not to be shared with others. Your membership gives you, and the option of one family member, access to the Champions Membership Website and all resources contained on that Website.
3. There is no money back guarantee on the Champions Program. Every participant’s results will vary depending upon their personal participation.
4. By joining the Champions Program you get access to the program and all inclusions for 12 calendar months. Your access to the Champions Program and all included additional services, coaching or workshops will come to an end at the end of 12 calendar months. Your access to the Champions Members Website will continue beyond the 12 month period (5 years access).
5. Your membership is not transferable. It cannot be sold or given to another person.
6. Individual components of the Champions Program are not redeemable, transferable, or interchangeable if you are unable to attend or use them during the term of your membership.
7. As some components of the Champions Program are reliant on external suppliers outside our control, the Program Providers reserve the right to change or substitute the offer, or components of the program at any stage with alternatives that we feel will be of equal or greater value to you.
8. The Program Providers do not guarantee the services provided by third party suppliers referred to you by us and we are not responsible for any services contracted or provided by third party suppliers.
9. The Program Providers are not qualified to provide legal, tax, accounting, or financial advice, and the information provided to you by the Program Providers is not intended as such. You should refer all legal, tax, accounting, or financially related enquiries to appropriately qualified professionals.
10. The eBusiness Institute Pty Ltd is not a Registered Training Organisation. Our courses are highly specific private training courses designed and run by industry professionals specifically to train individuals who wish to have the most practical, relevant and up-to-date digital marketing skills. The eBusiness Institute and associated digital training courses and any qualifications issued by the eBusiness Institute are not government approved, funded, endorsed or accredited. Students are advised to check with Higher Education/Tertiary Institutes in relation to pre-requisites and credits for study, and with the relevant professional or industry body as to whether any of our courses of study can be counted towards Continuing Professional Development.
11. We respect your confidential and proprietary information ideas, plans, and trade secrets (collectively, “confidential information”) and must insist that you respect the same rights of fellow Champions Program participants and of the Program Providers.
No Unlawful or Prohibited Use
As a condition of your use of our Program, you warrant that you will not use our Program or website:
• for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms.
• in a manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair our Program or website or cause harm to our business.
• in a manner that could interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of our Program or in a manner that is disrespectful to others.
You expressly agree not to:
• share anything taught in the Champions program outside of the Champions community. What is taught and shared within the exclusive Champions community stays within the Champions community.
• poach clients or profiteer from our community or database of clients in any way. This includes recommending or enticing clients to other courses, products or privately coaching our clients from our E-Business Institute database unless approved by Matt or Liz personally.
• use the Program or website as a lead generation tool for the benefit of your own business, or to manufacture lists or contacts in order to help your own business. No ‘pitching’ please.
• use for your own or another person’s gain eBusiness Institute’s time, facilities, trade secrets or business information
• engage in any internal or external spamming, or other similar actions.
• engage in any unlawful or immoral acts, or acts which are in violation of these Terms.
• decompile, reverse engineer, or try to copy or imitate our Program or website or underlying content.
• Use our copyright material for commercial profit of any sort (see below clause)
The Champions Program is the Intellectual property of E-Business Institute and/or Matt and Liz Raad
We own the intellectual property rights in the content of our website and our Program. The material in the program is copyrighted and under no circumstance are you allowed to resell it in any way or reuse it as your own unless you get written permission from Matt or Liz Raad.
You may not use, copy, display, distribute, modify, translate, reformat, incorporate into advertisements and other works, promote, create derivative works, or in any way exploit or allow others to exploit any of our website or Program content in whole or in part except as expressly authorised by us. You may not use our logos or trademarks without permission.
Permission: You may access, download, or print material from the website or Program for your personal use only. Sharing without prior permission is expressly prohibited. You are not permitted to use our copyright material for commercial profit of any sort. This means you cannot resell, package or otherwise share our services or copyright material without our express written permission. You agree not to change or delete any copyright or proprietary notice from materials downloaded from our website or any materials.
Except as otherwise expressly granted to you in writing, we do not grant you any other express or implied right or license to use our website or Program or our intellectual property.
What is the payment and refund policy?
12. If you are not accepted as a member of the Champions Program your application fee will be refunded in full.
13. If you notify us that you do not want to proceed with your application before we have accepted you as a member of the Champions Program, we will close your application and your application fee will be refunded in full.
14. If we accept your application as a member of the Champions Program, the application fee is not refundable unless you wish to exercise your cooling off period rights (see below).
15. A 15 day cooling off period applies to this agreement. Before the cooling off period ends, you may decide to not proceed with your application or enrolment in the Champions Program and get any money paid refunded. Simply let us know in writing or email ([email protected]) that you wish to exercise your cooling off rights. The cooling off period will end 15 days from the signing of the Champions agreement. After this time there will be no refunds given.
16. Once you have been accepted as a member of the Champions Program you are obliged to pay the balance of your membership.
17. We may consent to allow you to pay for the program in 12 x monthly installments (after payment of the application fee), or in one up-front payment, for which you will receive a discount.
18. There is no money back guarantee on the Champions Program. Every participant’s results will vary depending upon their personal participation.
19. The provider will at all times comply with the Australian Consumer Laws (ACL) in respect to refund requirements.
20. The provisions of the ACL that require refunds does not include: changes of mind, changes of circumstances nor changes of situations.
21. Champions Program membership is not refundable once the program begins. Your payment secures you a place over other applicants and therefore is payable in full, regardless of future changes to your circumstances.
22. If your circumstances change and you are unable to complete the process, there will be no partial refunds.
23. If you wish to terminate your membership of the Champions Program during the term of membership, you are still obliged to pay in full for the Champions Program
24. If any account remains overdue after 30 days then an amount of the greater of $20.00 or 10% of the amount overdue (up to a maximum of $200.00) shall be levied for administration fees which sum will become immediately due and payable.
25. Interest may be charged on any overdue payment, accruing daily from the date when payment becomes due, until the date of payment, at a rate of 10% per year.
26. In the event that any payment is dishonoured for any reason you may be liable for any dishonour fees incurred by the Program Providers, as well as any costs and disbursements incurred by the Program Providers in pursuing the debt (including legal costs on a solicitor and own client basis and the Program Provider’s collection agency costs).
27. You acknowledge that the Program Providers may continue to seek or give consumer credit information relating to your credit worthiness and relating to the collection of overdue payments. This authorization is to remain in full force and effect until the respective payment is completed.
28. If at any time you are in breach of any obligation (including those relating to payment) the Program Providers may suspend or terminate the provision of the Champions Program and membership access to you and any of our other obligations under this agreement. We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage you may suffer because we have exercised our rights under this clause. Any suspension imposed as a result of your breach of obligation will not extend the term of your membership beyond the original membership term.
29. Without prejudice to the Program Providers’ other remedies at law, the Program Providers shall be entitled to cancel all or any part of your membership of the Champions Program and all amounts owing to the Program Providers will, whether or not due for payment under the installment arrangement, become immediately payable in the event that:
• any money payable to Program Providers becomes overdue, or in the opinion of the Program Providers you will be unable to meet your payments as they fall due; or
• you become insolvent, convene a meeting with your creditors or propose or enter into an arrangement with creditors, or make an assignment for the benefit of your creditors; or
• a receiver, manager, liquidator (provisional or otherwise) or similar person is appointed in respect of you or any your assets.
Responsibility
30. You agree to keep your Champions Program username and password secure and not to share access to the Champions Program website with anyone who is not a member.
31. You agree that the Program Providers and other members of the Champions Program are not responsible for any success or failure that you may have as a result of this agreement or your participation as a member of the Champions Program.
32. You agree not to hold the Program Providers, and other members of the Champions Program liable or accountable in any way for any failure of the service to live up to your expectations.
33. You acknowledge that the Program Providers are not qualified to provide legal, tax, accounting, or financial advice, and the information provided to you by the Program Providers is not intended as such. You agree to refer all legal, tax, accounting, or financially related enquiries to appropriately qualified professionals.
34. All information including material as referred to or provided to me by the Program Providers has been obtained by the Program Providers solely from their own experience as business owners and is referred to or provided as general information only, which:
• will require further research to identify its application to your specific requirements
• will, dependent on the further research to be undertaken and will require modification to appropriately apply to your specific requirements
• is referred to or provided by way of example only and is not intended to be nor is it acceptable as specific investment recommendations or advice for you.
35. You commit to undertake careful and competent due diligence from independent sources before taking any action or inaction as a consequence of information gained through the Champions Program
36. You understand that your individual success will be determined by your own desire, dedication, effort and motivation to work and follow the program.
37. You acknowledge that as with any business endeavour there is an inherent risk of loss of capital and there is no guarantee that you will earn any money as a result of your participation in the Champions Program. You agree that the information given by the Program Providers is one of the many learning tools that you may require before participating in your own business.
Release
38. You release forever the Program Providers from all and any responsibility or liability for any losses claims or demands that may directly or indirectly occur as a result of you using the information obtained through the Champions Program for any investment or other purposes, to the fullest extent permissible by law.
Privacy, confidentiality and intellectual property
39. We respect your privacy and must insist that you respect the privacy of fellow Champions Program members. You agree not to violate the privacy of any participant in the Champions Program.
40. You agree that any confidential information shared by Champions Program participants or the Program Providers or other presenters is confidential and proprietary, and belongs solely and exclusively to the person or entity that discloses it.
41. You agree not to disclose confidential information to any other person or use it in any manner other than in discussion with other Champions Program participants during program sessions.
42. You acknowledge that any confidential information shared by you during the program is done so at your own risk, and you waive any right to seek recourse from the Program Providers for any loss or damage suffered as a result of sharing that information.
43. You agree not to infringe the copyright, patent, trade mark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of any Champions Program participant or the intellectual property rights of the Program Providers.
Authority
44. You acknowledge that as part of the Program you or your websites may be used as examples in live events or webinars and may be recorded electronically (‘Recording’). You grant the Program Providers an irrevocable and perpetual license to use you or your websites supplied information and/or any Recording or any part of the Recording for whatever purpose the Program Provider’s see fit, including for commercial exploitation associated with the Program
Restraint
45. You acknowledge that your membership of the Champions Program does not give you the right to represent (whether expressly or implied) or hold out to any person that you are a representative, agent, employee, partner or in any way connected with the Program Providers or other Champions Program members.
46. Affiliate Commissions
From time to time we may suggest products or services to you that will earn us affiliate commissions. We may also invite someone to present to you if we feel that their products or services could support you. They may pay use affiliate commissions if they offer products to you. We will not make you purchase anything.
Earnings Disclaimer
47. Please note that results and earnings mentioned in The Champions Program are not typical. Where specific income figures are used and attributed to an individual or business, those persons or business have earned that amount and those figures are used as illustration and example only. There is no assurance you’ll do as well. If you rely upon figures, you must accept the risk of not doing as well.
Payment of fees
48. You agree that if you are accepted into the program, you are responsible for full payment of fees for the entire 12-month course of the program, regardless of whether you actually attend or complete the program. You agree that this is fair because there are only limited places in the Champions Program and it is not possible to introduce new participants into the learning program after it has started.
49. If paying by way of monthly installments, you agree to pay all monthly payments on a timely basis.
50. You agree to pay the full amount agreed and not to cancel this transaction with your bank or credit card company. If there is a problem you agree to promptly contact the Program Providers to resolve it.
51. You also acknowledge that you have represented to the Program Providers that payment of your Champions Program membership fees will not place a significant financial burden on you or your family.
General
Unless otherwise specified, $ amounts for Champion payments are in Australian Dollars.
This agreement is governed by the laws of Queensland, Australia. You agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Queensland, in the event of a dispute.
If any part of these terms and conditions is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed replaced by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision, and the remainder of the terms and conditions will continue in effect.
PART (3): Website Terms Of Use
Website Terms Of Use
By using our website you accept these terms of use, including our Privacy Policy. If you don’t agree, your remedy is to stop using our website. We may update these terms of use from time to time, so you should revisit each time you use our website.
No Unlawful or Prohibited Use
As a condition of your use of this website, you warrant that you will not use this website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms of use.
Links Disclaimer
We have no control over the information accessed through links from our site. You use links at your own risk.
Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights
Copyright and intellectual property rights in and to the information provided on this website belongs to Matt and Liz Raad or eBusiness Institute Pty Ltd.
Permission
Only your personal use of our copyright materials is permitted, which means that you may access, download, or print such materials for your personal use only. Commercial use of any sort is expressly prohibited.
You agree not to change or delete any copyright or proprietary notice from materials downloaded from this site or any site accessible through this site. Any requests for permission to publish, copy, reproduce, distribute, transfer, or otherwise use any materials contained in the web site should be directed to Matt and Liz Raad directly.
You agree that the information shared on this website is confidential and you will respect the copyright and intellectual property rights of the program providers and that you will not duplicate nor share by any means whatsoever any of the information provided on this website. Please ensure you have also read the “Privacy, confidentiality and Intellectual Property” clause in the Champions Agreement.
The names of actual companies and products mentioned on this website may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Any example companies, organizations, products, people and events depicted on this website are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person, or event is intended or should be inferred.
Any rights not expressly granted in these terms are reserved.
Disclaimer
Anything contained on this website is provided “as is” without warranty or condition of any kind. While we attempt to ensure that the content of our website is correct, we cannot guarantee its reliability, accuracy or completeness because this information changes all the time. You agree that no information or advice provided by us constitutes medical, legal or financial advice or advice of any other regulated industry and users should not rely exclusively on any such information or advice.
Limitation of Liability
We will not be liable to you or any other person or entity for any damages whatsoever arising as a result of your use of this website in any way. In addition, where warranties are implied by law, you acknowledge and agree that the total aggregate liability to us is limited to the total amount paid by you for the particular services that are the subject of the cause of action, even if those services were provided to you without cost.
This limitation of liability applies to the fullest extent permitted by law, and shall survive any termination or expiration of this agreement or your use of this website or the services found on this website.
Applicable Law
This agreement is governed by the laws of Queensland, Australia. You consent to the non-exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts of that jurisdiction.
Entire Agreement
These terms of use form the entire understanding between you and us with respect to your use of our website.
Termination/Access Restriction
We reserve the right to terminate your access to this website and the related services or any portion of it at any time, without notice.
Part (4): Privacy Policy
Personal information is information that would identify you, or from which you can be identified. It is important to us to protect your personal information. We don’t give it away or sell it and we have systems in place to protect it.
Collection
We collect personal information about you when you give it to us, usually when you complete one of our forms, whether hard copy or online. We don’t collect your information from anywhere or anyone else.
We may also use ‘cookies’ so that you can customize our web pages or so that you do not have to keep filling in your details repeatedly. If you want to find out more about ‘cookies’ and how they work, we suggest you look up Wikipedia.
Use
We use your personal information to provide you with our services and in an effort to tailor your experience of our products and services specifically for you.
Disclosure
We don’t give away or sell your personal information. We will disclose your personal information if we are legally compelled to. Your personal information has been collected by a business and if that business is ever sold in the future, your personal information may be passed to the new owner.
We might use another provider to deliver our products or services to you. If they need your personal information to complete that delivery we will require them to use your information only for that purpose and then destroy it.
Links and Public Forums
We have no control over the information accessed through links from our site. You use links at your own risk.
If you post your personal information in a membership blog or public forum, we have no control over how it is used and no responsibility to protect it for you.
Feedback or Complaints
Let us know if you have a problem or feedback at [email protected]. We will take action to fix any problems, within reason. We will update this policy from time to time to meet our legal obligations.
Update
You can update your details via our subscription facility or by contacting us at [email protected]
Please note: Buying, Building and renovating websites is a technical process and although we are very experienced, no one can guarantee that there will be an absolutely trouble free buy, build or renovation. We also cannot make any guarantees that your website will rank highly in search engines, generate traffic or generate income (no-one can guarantee search engine rankings). We will provide assistance to the best of our ability, but please make careful note of the following:
- You will need to create the content and images and you will need to provide your own domain name and hosting
- You are responsible for doing your own website due diligence when buying websites – you will need to do your own due diligence, we cannot do it for you. We can offer experienced guidance and education on website due diligence but we are not responsible for any success or failure you may have as a result of website due diligence.
- You need to build the site on WordPress and you should ideally use one of the themes we recommend in the Champions Program
Please note that results and earnings mentioned in The Champions Program are not typical. Where specific income figures are used and attributed to an individual or business, those persons or business have earned that amount and those figures are used as illustration and example only. There is no assurance you’ll do as well. If you rely upon figures, you must accept the risk of not doing as well.