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AI Secrets Challenge VIP Review: The 14-Day Trial Now Opens Without the Challenge

We took VIP during the April cohort and used every bonus. Below: which bonuses still come with the trial today, which ended with the live week, and the one catch to plan for.

What the VIP upgrade was, and what is left today

During the challenge, VIP showed up at the registration step. You ticked a box and the upgrade was added, bundled with a 14-day trial of MarketingSecrets.AI. That trial is the part that charges $97 per month if you stay. Today the trial has its own checkout. You enter a card, pay $0, and the 14 days start at once.

The VIP "freebie" was always a route into the Core subscription. It was disclosed at signup, so it was not deceptive. It is the part most casual reviewers gloss over, and knowing it changes how you judge the offer.

The clean play is the same today: start the trial, use the software on real work, then decide on day 12.

The 8 VIP bonuses, ranked by what we actually used

1. Encore replays (ended with the cohort)

This was the top bonus during the live week: recordings of all 5 days. The replays are not part of the standalone trial. The trainings the sessions drew on are in the training vault below.

2. The Funnel Oracle — the standout software

An AI tool trained on ClickFunnels' internal funnel data. Drop in a product and an avatar; it returns a funnel architecture, traffic plan, and offer stack. We tested it across three different niches — two were correct on the first pass, one needed a second prompt. Better hit rate than most paid funnel consultants.

3. Daily VIP pre-sessions with Russell (ended with the cohort)

Smaller sessions before each main challenge day, with more Q&A. They only had value live, and they ended with the live week.

4. Marketing Secrets Training Vault — the digger's reward

Russell's full archive of trainings, indexed and searchable inside an AI interface. Gold mine if you actually use the search. Easy to ignore if you do not. Best treated as a reference library, not a course to binge.

5. VIP Zoom Room (ended with the cohort)

A VIP-only breakout room inside the live event. Useful for networking. It closed with the cohort.

6. Backstage Pass Community — slow burn

The operator-focused community where higher-tier members share workflows. Worth checking 1–2× per week. The value compounds over months, not days.

7. Influencer Secrets Software — prereqs apply

Creator-side tool for mapping short-form content onto an offer. Real software, but you need an offer first for it to be useful. Set this one aside until you have shipped a funnel.

8. 14-day MarketingSecrets.AI trial: still open

The trial was the engine under the whole VIP upgrade, and it is the part you can still get. It gives full access to Marketing Secrets Core, the AI workspace Russell Brunson and Todd Dickerson built to run a marketing operation from one login. It converts to $97 per month on day 15 unless you cancel.

The MarketingSecrets.AI trial: what to know before you click

This is the only part you need to plan for.

• The trial runs 14 days from checkout.
• If you do not cancel by day 14, your card gets charged $97 and the subscription rolls monthly.
• You cancel in the Billing tab of your MarketingSecrets.AI account, or by email to support@marketingsecrets.com. No phone calls.
• If you cancel mid-trial, you keep everything you accessed during the trial. You just are not charged for the next cycle.
• The subscription is genuinely cancel-anytime — no annual commit, no contract.

Start the trial. Put a calendar reminder on day 11 or 12. Use the software on real work during that window. Decide with full information. The exact play we ran ourselves

If MarketingSecrets.AI is replacing tools you are already paying for (copy generation, funnel scaffolding, sales-call prep, ops automation), $97 per month is a steal. If it is a "maybe someday" sitting unused in your dashboard, cancel before the timer hits.

How to cancel cleanly (in case you decide it is not for you)

The cancellation flow is straightforward and gets no points for friction:

1. Log into MarketingSecrets.AI with the email you registered with
2. Open the Billing section from the account menu
3. Click Cancel subscription
4. Confirm. That is the entire flow.

You keep everything you accessed during the trial. Future updates and new content stop with the cancellation. No retention agents will call you.

VIP vs Platinum — they are not the same decision

For the paid tier, see the Platinum review. Platinum was only sold during the live week. Start with the trial.

VIP — the honest pros and cons

Our final verdict on VIP

VIP was the right call for almost everyone at the challenge, and the trial inside it is the right call today. Funnel Oracle is the first reason. The training vault is the second. The 14-day trial is a real product and not bait, but it auto-converts, so respect the timer.

If you often forget trial dates, set the reminder before you start. If you manage subscriptions well, just start it.

Verdict: start the 14-day trial. Set a day-12 reminder. Decide on MarketingSecrets.AI after using it on real work for a week.

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