Mentoring For Free Created by Linda and Michael Dlouhy is a surprisingly simple system with extreme value added through the free 10 weekly calls and audio archives of those call going back to January 18th, 2007.  All the recorded calls and those live now deal with the Network Marketing Industry and NOT a specific company.

The value added for system users is the ability to tap into interactive coaching calls, experienced mentors and the rich resources helping system users succeed through sound principles, integrity and courtesy building relationships.

For the $ 19.90 a month this simplistic system is an excellent value and easily duplicated.  The value is extreme if you desire personal development, network marketing industry and lead generation training.  The solid principles and practices for the long term beyond narrow sited techniques is their emphasis.

I have read some posts suggesting Michael Dlouhy is trying to recruit individuals into his own organization.  There is nothing on this site or in the call I’ve listened to that would indicate this accusation.  Because they do talk frankly about companies who do not follow the basic principles taught by Mentoring For Free it may look as if there is a effort to discredit other companies.  I see it as they have the guts to call it as it is even if it is unpleasant.

The participants in the call each seem to have the interest of the listeners at heart. (One trainer lost a monthly income build up over many years. His $4000+ a month income was gone one month because of something in the companies Policies and Procedures.  Believe me, he really wants to save you this kind of potential problem.)

This is really a FREE Mentoring system.  You do not need to pay anything to participate in the calls or when using the training materials.  You only pay if you purchase materials or want to use this simple system to gather and support leads.

Branding – How well does the system brand YOU as an expert?

Mentoring for Free provides some simple branding practices like mentioning you in the ebook as the person to contact and send information regarding the exercises in the book.  The capture pages also have a place for the system user.

While this looks good it really is not branding you.  Michael and Linda’s names are through out the sales pages and the free 10 Steps to Success eBook.  The key persons in the eBook are Michael and Linda.  Personal branding is there hand in hand with branding the system creators and call presenters.

Income Streams – How does the system generate cash flow?

This system provides 4 products for which users pay.  These products are not affiliate items so all profits help fund the system owners.  These items are: 1. The Mentoring for Free program 2. Powerful Networking Secrets. 3. The “5 Pillars” and  4. the “Personality Colors”  audio cd’s at 19.90 each.

This system does not provide a funded proposal.  Instead it focuses on you using the system to build your primary business and earn your money in your company’s compensation plan.  In several placed in the training calls they make it sound like getting money off your system users raises questions of integrity of your desire to really mentor and help system users.

Capture / Landing Pages – What brings qualified people in?

This system has 8 capture pages.  Most focus on the Success in Ten Steps booklet. These pages are referred to as “Doorway” pages.  Essentially, each page contains the required information and some personalization of the sponsor and a call to action.   These capture pages are quite different from those if other systems.  They do not follow the Large title bulleted text, testimonials kind of page.  Look for yourself.  You can see the lead capture pages below:

The capture page are the the latest “New” school they seem to be working despite the aging appearance.

Relationship Building – How do you establish a relationship with your list?

This system does help establish the relationship because of the autoresponder messages are going directly to the new system users.  Better than the autoresponder messages  (not editable) the system training strongly recommends you place follow up calls.  The system also provide regular call training through live events where leads are getting calls and the “experts” show how it is done.

The system also encourages the people who sign up for the system sent their why and their weekly goals to their “Sponsor” into the system.  Other personal level interactions are encouraged as the calls suggest and strengthen the relationship of the system user and “Sponsor” (system owner).

This system strongly supports principles and practice that work to help you build your network marketing business on or off line.

Usability – How does the system support your work in the system?

The back office of the system is conducive to working with prospects.  Options, Prospects, stats and appointments all work easily for the typical days work.  The interface for scheduling activities and tracking the status of prospects and notes about prospects all work reasonably well though it appears to be from an older generation of web page design.  It works.

The friendly usability becomes a challenging interface in the training area.  Until you know there are multiple training material interfaces meant to meet the needs of individuals at various stages of development it can be confusing.  Even withing the “Advanced” training areas the frames based interface leaves finding certain information difficult at best.

The training and call archives are right on and rich but getting to the next thing you need and finding it again when you return can be a bit challenging.

System Training – How do I come up to speed with the system?

Despite the relative maturity of the system the system training was only done through videos.  I would have though some system handouts or overview graphics would exit.  Instead the videos are available from a menu page that looks like it was build in 1995 as the first graphical pages were appearing on the Internet.   If you can get past the appearance (and you should) the videos do deliver the needed information.

System Support – When I get stuck what help can I expect?

The system support system handled reasonably through help tickets and FAQ and glossary pages.

My ticket system experience was satisfactory.  They responded within 24 hours my questions and provided informative assistance.  The system has a ticket system integrated in.  This is not an third party attachment as we have seen in many other systems.

FAQ’s deals with prospect communications and some features of the site relative to the prospect’s experience.  There are no FAQ’s relative to the workings of the system (Probably not needed as the system is pretty straight forward.)

Internet Marketing Training – How do I generate Internet leads?

At first look the Internet Marketing side of the system looks weak as the trainings on the first few training pages deal more with the Mentoring For Free eBook “Success In Ten Steps” and associated MLM trainings.  Once you get to the advanced training pages you begin to discover archived conference calls on most of the typical Internet Marketing Topics.

The content of the trainings are often conversational and interactive with callers.  There seem to be very few visuals except for a few webcast type resources on some topics.  Again the information is there just not as tightly organized as some may want to move quickly through getting going with a particular strategy.

It is refreshing in many ways to listen to these calls an hear first hand the real experiences questions and concerns of system users.  The overarching feel is we are all in this together learning.  Only if you don’t  ask or you are not honest are you not going to learn.  Shared success are heartfelt and sincere.  Refreshing after many of these Guru to the rest of you trainings in many of these systems.  For many the slow progress through a topic may be to slow.

Personal Development Training – Will the system support my growth too?

This system has a very strongest personal development component.  Just after a system user goes through the eBook and a few fundamental webcasts they user is direct to take part in a 30 day Mental cleanse.  The calls around the 30 day cleanse cover different chapters of “Think and Grow Rich” each session.  The moderator and lessons by individuals are shared around the chapter of the week.  It certainly does not look like a lead generation system at all.  It looks like a master mind group progressing through mastering the principles in Think and Grow Rich.

Personal development is all the classes and conference calls are about.  There is continual reassurance that any failures of the past are not the participants fault.  The system constantly communicates “you are perfect the way you are”.  In nearly every case it looks like this system exists for personal development first and lead generation 2nd.

Overall Impression – So Jim, What do you think?

I am surprised.  I put this system off to the end because I know it was just a free eBook download and a prospect tracking backend.  I signed up for the book multiple times.  Read the book and thought that was the end of the system.  I was wrong.

System users are supposed to call within hours of the down load with a “Courtesy Call”.  Then when the eBook is read they offer additional trainings and one of the simplified training pages.  This is to be  followed by invitations to one of the ongoing training calls.  There are suggestions for connecting with system users at several critical junctures as the system helps determine who is coachable and who has the persistence necessary for success in the MLM industry. (I did not get any of this kind of personal treatment from the folks I went through to enter they system.)

Now that I know how the system really is designed to strengthen a real interactive relationships with real people, I see it as one of the stronger systems.  This is because the relationship is not based on product purchases and autoresponder messages.  It is built on a fully supportive mastermind group building a solid relationship based on an education on very specific sound principles.

Through this system you will not end up with lead ready to blow your program out of the water in days.  Instead this system helps you find and work with the stable consistent performers you want at the center of your organization.  They will likely to produce consistently over the long haul if they come through all the steps of this duplication system.

Please feel free to check out Mentoring for Free by Michael Dlouhy and expect me to give you a call to assure you got your eBook download OK.  Then I will act as a mentor/sponsor in helping you to succeed. (You need to know I am not making any money if you purchase the system. There is no funded proposal here.)

Best of success,

Teach Jim
INterNET INvestigation: Lead Generation Systems

http://inetin.com

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