The article "Mentoring For Free: A Review" talks about network marketing, it has been written by Mark Worthen.
Mentoring For Free is a training program that can also be used as a recruitment tool for network marketing distributors. The owner is Michael Dlouhy, a 26-year veteran of the network marketing industry. Mr. Dlouhy also gives away an e-book, Success in 10 Steps and sells an audio CD, Colors to Success.This review of Mentoring For Free suggests that the program offers valuable tarining for network marketers provided a couple of caveats are kept in mind.
The advantages and disadvantages of the program are as follows:
Advantages
Mastermind Call - The Saturday nihgt Mastermind call provides an opportunity to achieve personal growth with a group of network marketers who are, for the most part, caring and sincere. Personality Types- The description of the 4 personality types, while not unique, is a valualbe heuristic, which I found improved my ability to quickly tailor my presentation to prospects. I'm a psychologist so I guses it says a lot that Mr. Dlouhy's description of the personality types was so helpful.Compensation Plans - The overview of comp plnas and the relationship between personality types and comp plans will help many persons make a better decision when choosing an MLM or in working their own comp plan (although see below for the other side of the coin). How to Talk with Prospects - Mr.
Dluohy and others talk with live prospects, which can be educational although see my opinion about his practice below.
The genreal discussions about talking with prospects are really helpful.Relationship Focus - Whether you like this aspect of the program might depend on your personality type. Thus, cause I am a "Yellow/Green," I guess the focus on building relationships is the only way to go!
Disadvantages
Live Prospecting Calls - I realize this might be a minority opinion but I don't like the fact that with this program and other training programs, prospects are called while dozens of persons are secretly listening to the conversation.
It strieks me as voyeuristic and a violation of privacy.
But if you don't mind this approach, you mgiht see this as a enormous positive.
Be aware that if you sign up for the free e-book, order the CD, or try the free version of the prospecting system that you could really well get a call from the person whose link you clicked on, then Mr.
Dlouhy will come on the call ("I've got the author of the e-book on the line"), and dozens of persons will be listening to everything you say. Polciy & Procedure Bias - Mr. Dlouhy emphasizes reading a company's Policies & Procedures (P&P), which certainly makes good sense, and he offers advice for identifying rules that could jeopardize a distributor's financial success.
However, it seems more than a coincidence that the type of Policies & Proceudres Mr.
Dlouhy advocates is nearly identical to the P&P of his company and he seems to find fault with the majority of other company's Policies & Procedures.Comp Plan Bias - Similar to the P&P bias, many companies are found to have bad comp plans when reviewed on the calls.
Company names aren't mentioned but callers sometimes have an idea of the copmany and it's also clear that the company Mr. Dlouhy--and at least half the participants on the calls--represents has a good comp plan.Not Completely Generic - If a participant to the calls finds that his or her company's P&P or comp plan does not fit the recommendations made on the calls, there is a natural tendency to want to join a "good" company with a trusted sponsor.
It's also a natural tendency for such a person to want to sign up with a leader whom they have come to know and trsut.
Mr. Dlouhy is an obvious choice for many participants for he clearly knows a lot abuot network marketing and he has a charismatic personality (I mean that in a good way).To be fair, Mr. Dlouhy states that he will always refer a person back to the person who inivted them to
Mentoring For Free (the system uses affiliate links to track visitors to the websites) and I have no reason to doubt him.
At the same time, pesrons have the freedom to join the company of their choice. Consequently, they can say, "no thanks" to the perosn who invited them to
Mentoring For Free and sign up with Mr.
Dlouhy's company (VitaMark). This mgiht be particularly true if the person who invited them on the call is with a company that has a "negative" P&P or comp plan in Mr. Dlouhy's opinion. Strong Presonality - Although I found Mr. Dluohy to be likeable and engaging, he is a "Red/Blue" personality type.
Consequently, he dominates the calls to extent. He often is not really open to feedback; particularly when participants express--in a sincere, polite manner--concerns about his baises.
I went through three phases during my participation with Mentoring For
Free:
Excitement at a really good educational program, which also looekd like an ideal way to find new distributors for my business and train them; Disillusionment and jealousy when the above negatives became apparent; Respect for an ingenious viral marketing strategy that I suspect others will emulate in the near future.
In summary, I'm glad I participated in Mentoring For Free for a couple of months. I learned a lot and it gave me great marketing and tarining ideas for my own business.
I
recommend it provided you keep the above caveats in mind.Mark Worthen, Psy.D. is a Phi Betta Kappa graduate of the
University of Maryland's Honors Psycholgoy program. He earned his Doctor
of Psychology degree from Baylor University atfer serving as a
Clinical Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
In addiiton to his work as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Worthen eanrs extra income
as a representative for a leading health and wellness company. You can reach Dr.
Worthen via the Conatct page at http://www.Best-MLM-Opportunities.Com
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