Those of you who REALLY know me, know that I’m not one to “sell” people on my business or my ideas. My intention is to educate or consult. My life has taken me in a direction where the things I’m involved with really sell themselves. Let me give you an example:; Digital Marketing. Seriously, do we as agencies/consultants really have to sell a company on getting involved online? Hell no we don’t! We just have to sell ourselves. We have to sell our capabilities and hope it meshes with their needs. Of course, more goes into it than that but that’s for another discussion. I’ve enjoyed being in a business where the less I SELL, the better I feel about what I’m doing to help others. Seriously!

That’s what leads me to my topic today. MoneyWise! Before any of you start getting some preconceived notions about this being an MLM thing let me stop you right there, it IS an MLM thing. Make no mistake about it. Well at least a piece of it is. But before you leave, think about this, Mary Kay is one of the biggest MLM’s and they are a pretty damn successful company. I know a lot of people that made some serious $$ in Amway’s hay day. I PROMISE you, this is not the typical MLM you’ve probably been pitched to about. Why? Because I’ve been pitched by those same ones and you’ve never heard me say anything until now. That’s because I believe that 99% of all MLM’s are crap because of the NOTHING you really do. You pay huge upfront fees and have to jump through hoops to sell someone something they really don’t need. MoneyWise is NOT that. So stay with me….

If you are like me, your parents weren’t really educated about finances or credit. So how could we expect them to teach us about those things?? Other than my mom saying “you need to save”. Ohh Okay Mom, I’m 18-19 in the Marines with a steady pay check… Yeah Right! :) Seriously though… We all grew up differently and unfortunately for us majority, we’ve had to make touch financial decisions that have ultimately hurt us. Life’s a roller coaster of situations. But now I think we can do something about it. We need to teach our children early on the importance of all things financial. It’s imperative to our society.

That’s what I thought about after I saw a demo of MoneyWise. I was instantly sold and not one person had to SELL me. Why? Because when you see something that makes sense, it just freaking makes sense. As a digital marketer we look at all sorts of tools that do all sorts of things. When I saw this one, I was like YES, YES. Not only will I use it and make myself smarter, I’ll become an affiliate because all I have to do is show this to people and for most it’ll be a no brainer. If for nothing other than to use as a tool with their teenagers. Cost is $29.95 to use the tool. I knew you were waiting for some kind of pricing. That’s why I just threw it in there. To be an affiliate, it’s $75.00 per month. First month is $125 + $75 but that’s just to get your own site set up and get things going. I’m not going to BS you in this post. Just going to state the facts. I suspect I probably lost 30% of readers with the pricing. :) I don’t know why because most MLM’s you spend $500 and way up just to get in. Plus you don’t have to be an affiliate if you don’t want too. Just use the tool and pay for the subscription. The affiliate program isn’t for everyone but it is how we are getting the word out. You won’t see any TV advertising. At least not anytime soon.

Have you ever wanted to know what would happen to your credit score if you signed that Macy’s application with a $2000.00 limit? Have you ever wondered what would happen to your credit score if you declared bankruptcy? Do you have Identity Theft Protection as well as monthly credit monitoring? Have you ever thought about what Quickbooks would look like if you injected it with steroids? :) Just kidding, but you get my point. All the items you see in the graphic to the right are what you get with your subscription to MoneyWise. Currently you can only get Deductor if you are an Affiliate. I think that’s being addressed at this time.

The next few paragraphs of this post will add credibility to why I’m involved with this venture and why I’m sending this out to my entire network.

I was approached by my good friend Don Hill. Don is one of those nice, genuine, likes to help others type of person. Which is why Don has been so successful. Those of you in Texas know Salt Grass Steak House. He’s one of the one’s that helped start that franchise. Don also has an extensive background working in the credit industry. He’s the one that introduced MoneyWise to me and told me I need to sit down with Rodney and talk about it. Don knows I’m a digital marketer and I know how to get the word out. :)

The spokes person for MoneyWise is Rodney Anderson. Again those of you who live in Texas know who Rodney is. If not just click his name and it’ll direct you to his website. I met Rodney though Don and that’s when they introduced me to MoneyWise. All it took was a demo. A simple demo and I knew that not only did I need this, others around me do too. And that’s because a lot of us really want things made simple. Don’t over complicate things for us. We want to get in and understand and not have to take class upon class trying to make quickbooks or another application work the way you need it. If you’re like me you would have been doing this instead of shelling out the thousands of dollars over the past few years on accountant fees.

This is perfect for the small business, at home or not. Plus you can add it to your services offerings. Give yourself multiple things to sell. And again, you don’t have to sell this. Just show it to people.  It’ll sell itself.

If your interest is peaked at all, just send me an email at anthony@anthonyzapata.com and I’ll make sure you get added to the distro list for our next webex demo. They are usually held at Noon central time on Tuesdays, in the evenings on Thursday’s and mid-day Saturdays and last no longer than 45 minutes. If you are in Dallas we have face to face meetings we can arrange. Either way we will accommodate a demo one way or another.

Below is the login information for this Thursday’s webex (August 18th, 2011).

Topic: Prospect Meeting
Date: Every Thursday, to no end date
Time: 8:00 pm, Central Daylight Time (Chicago, GMT-05:00)
Meeting Number: 621 459 785
Meeting Password: 072011
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To start the online meeting
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1. Go to https://moneywise.webex.com/moneywise/j.php?ED=176206282&UID=499245762&PW=NMDkyZTBiYTg5&RT=MiM3
2. If you are not logged in, log in to your account.
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Audio conference information
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Call-in toll number (US/Canada): +1-408-600-3600
Access code:621 459 785

Rodney truly believes that this will be taught in our high schools and colleges within the next 5 years. In my opinion, it has to be.