When I first got introduced to Network Marketing I heard about buying leads.  I thought to myself, ” don’t have to worry about that because I don’t have money in the budget for that.”  How grateful I am for being in that position after hearing this audio-I am truly blessed.  My first MLM opportunity was like just like abandoning a baby in the forest, there was no training, mentoring, or coaching on the skills to be successful.  I even had to make my own website and have it approved by the company, I have kept it for a reminder here and do so to prove the point of website abandonment and improper training.  I’ll speak about that at some later time.

It turns out the so called ‘leads’ are just people who might have signed up for an mlm, internet marketing, or information product launch that may or may not have ever existed.  But the people who signed up giving their information in the hopes of following their dreams of working from home now get passed around the internet being sold and re-sold.  The horrifying part of all of this is the questionable companies who allow their affiliates to make money selling these leads to their downline.

That is where Mentoring for Free came to my rescue by educating me to become a professional network marketer.  I learned how to study the details of a company’s policies and procedures, compensation plans, and of greatest value learned about the different personality types.  The cost for all of this priceless information?  Free.  All I had to bring the table was the ambition and the willingness to succeed.  Well, that’s not completely true I had to find out if I am coach-able and if I can focus by clearing the chatter and negative programming from my mind by the mental cleanse.

So if you are currently in a company and you’re being told to buy leads get out as fast as you can.  Because much like approaching friends and family with your mlm opportunity it just doesn’t work.  Like they say in the boxing ring, “that’s leading with the chin.”  And every time you do that you are bound to get hit in the face.  Mentoring for Free is designend to train you to target your market by finding people who already believe in this amazing industry called Network Marketing.  I would like to say it one more time so stand back BUYING LEADS IS A SCAM! Take it from some who found out the hard way, I am so grateful for being in association with the amazing leaders who shared their experiences with buying leads on the above call.

Most of today I spent with friends I haven’t seen since moving to a nearby city to fulfill, it turns out, somebody else’s idea of being successful by getting an education.  Now I’ve been educated in many different ways in the course of my life and ‘higher education’ has been more enlightening than most-but for different reasons than one might expect.  Thinking in terms of relationships, my education finally came full circle in a way that has given me purpose, focus, and direction.  A direction I didn’t find in any of my textbooks.

So many times we have the opportunity to change someone’s day, week, or entire life by striking up a conversation at a restaurant, grocery store, or even at the gas pump.  For example, I pulled over to get gas in my motorcycle after spending some time with friends.  I noticed a sign on the car next to me that said, “computer repair.”  So I asked the guy if he had a card because I don’t work on computers running Windows or MacIntosh for personal reasons.  Well, except for my mother of course.  He gave me his card and we started talking.

It turns out that he used to be employed at a company called Dell and had been laid off and now worked on computers, did odd carpentry, and light electrical work-basically whatever comes his way.  Which is just the person I’ve been needing to handle jobs that I can’t take.  I also got to tell him a little bit about my company and about our online trainings at Mentoring for Free.  The conversation lasted as long as it took to fill up my gas tank, which isn’t very long.  But it was long enough to exchange ideas and make a connection, as well as find out a little bit about someone who might become a business partner in the future.

I am not new to the concepts of network marketing as I have done it all my life.  It’s so thrilling for me to know that I will have the time freedom to continue writing, speaking, and possibly raise a family while building a fortune.  My reasons for being alive are to open the conversations I’m supposed to, for the reasons God intended, and I believe for the purpose of passing along all of the love and support I’ve received to get to this exact point in my life.  And I am excited about being able to say when asked, “What do you do for a living?” that I help people find their dreams.  And I am so grateful for the education I have received and continue to receive from My Loving Family-Mentoring For Free.