My First Reply from the first batch of Blackman leads

I'm so excited!

Today I got my first reply from a lady based upon my bag-over-the-head postcard.

She's a mother of 3 (5,3,1) with a 4th on the way. She's a stay at home mom who has never done any work from home before. She has a PC but it is down right now and won't be repaired for about 3 weeks.

I told her to look at http://BradPollina.com for some ideas of sites and went over Send Out Cards with her briefly.

I asked her how much the average card costs in her area, and informed her she could send real customized cards via the internet for about $1.00 each. She will look into that as well.

I then logged into my send out cards site and sent her a follow-up card.

We agreed to follow up again next Friday.

If anyone would like a demonstration account where you can send 2 cards with postage on me, just fill out the form at http://YourFreeCard.com and I'll get right on it!

Brad "The Abundant One" Pollina
http://BradPollina.com
(314) 485-4528
Come learn how I now leverage my time and enjoy optimization.

Recently I purchased 100 phone verified leads from Robert Blackman's MLM Mastermind for $100. He actually gives you 110 leads plus replaces any that have a bad email, address, or phone number at the end of the month.

Anyway, I loaded all 110 leads into the United States Post Office's postcard service here and it double checked the names and addresses for me, finding 3 duds. I had a double-sided postcard created for me, so I uploaded that, the leads, and it made 108 (1 to me!) postcards for a whopping $32.69 including postage ane everything! Is that amazing or what!

Thes take 24 to 48 hours to produce, so they should hit the mail by Saturday at the latest.

I'll keep you posted once people start to visit my website http://SuccessWithBrad.com or call my 800# of 888-433-9799 TOLL FREE.


Brad "The Abundant One" Pollina
http://BradPollina.com
(314) 485-4528
Come learn how I now leverage my time and enjoy optimization.

Is looking out for #1 worth it?

Here is some more words of wisdom from Joe Schroeder's The Alpha Code:

The ALPHA STATE is about power, authority, winning the price and when you can which is always. ALWAYS bring everyone up with you along the way, because being on top sucks if getting there was about walking across other people's backs

Pretty potent, huh? How many times do you hear things like:

• Watch out for #1
• Climb the corporate ladder no matter who gets hurt
• You deserve a break today
• Whatever makes YOU happy

But oftentimes self-made people climb the corporate ladder to the executive level and beyond only to find that once they get there, it was very lonely; they had no one to share their successes with because they STEPPED ON or OVER everyone as they climbed that ladder, and found it ultimately lead to NOWHERE.

Remember, in order to TRULY receive, you must freely give!


Brad "The Abundant One" Pollina
http://BradPollina.com
(314) 485-4528
Come learn how I now leverage my time and enjoy optimization.

You don't have to get it right...you just have to get going!

I'll admit it. I'm a perfectionist. And what's worse, I'm a quitter too. If I can't do it "right" the first time, then why even try? If I don't get instant gratification, I'm out of here.

I grew up in affluent Western Springs, Illinois (an all white, upper-middle class central West suburb of Chicago) where I had it drilled into me to NEVER get too excited or passionate about something that hasn't happened yet, because if it doesn't happen, then you will be disappointed. Just do your best and take what comes your way.

I've also been taught that the A#1 goal in life is to be "happy" no matter what that does to people around you.

I grew up hearing things such as these:

• Wife giving you problems? Stay at work on purpose to avoid her or if she gets really bad, divorce her. Whaver makes you "happy"
  
• Dating a girl that you can't commit to in marriage just yet? That's ok, just live with her, have her kid, so long as you're "happy"
• Being overworked at the job but making over $100,000/year at the cost of never seeing your wife and kids? That's ok, so long as YOU are "happy"

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

EVERYTHING

We need to remember that in order to TRULY find fulfillment in life, we have to step out of our comfort zone and help others, putting them FIRST!

Then and only then can we find true contentment.

You don't have to get it right....you just have to get going!

Great people became great because they do not fit in.

Brad "The Abundant One" Pollina
http://BradPollina.com
(314) 485-4528
Come learn how I now leverage my time and enjoy optimization.

Sell yourself!

I've been reading The Alpha Code by Joe Schroeder and came across this excellent quote on page 28:

In the business WE are in, at the end of the day, everyone is following you. Not whatever program you are pitching that month. At the end of the day, YOU are in the people business selling people BACK to everyone themselves. Not selling whatever else that you think you are selling.

Me? I sell leadership. I am a knowledge bank and as such, I sell tickets, literally, for people to sit and watch me as I teach OTHER people how to ATTRACT and lead others.

I have transcended all companies and ultimately it is me who people are joining, not whatever "program" I am using as a n excuse to incubate with everyone.

So what about you? Have you learned that it is NOT about what program-of-the-month you are pitching. SELL YOURSELF and it won't matter which MLM you are in!

Brad "The Abundant One" Pollina
http://BradPollina.com
(314) 485-4528
Come learn how I now leverage my time and enjoy optimization.

Spellbound

Hello again everyone! Brad here.

I just wanted to announce that my new Spellbound page is finally LIVE as of today!

Please come check it out at either http://BradPollina.com or http://www.BradPollina.com
and then please add a comment about what you think!

Feel free to give me a call anytime!

Brad "The Abundant One" Pollina
http://BradPollina.com
(314) 485-4528
Come learn how I now leverage my time and enjoy optimization.

Meet Joe Schroeder and the Quick Link System

As I was being trained on the Send Out Cards system, someone mentioned on our Yahoo! group the idea of social networking sites and suggested I sign up for a Ryze account. (see my Rize page at http://bpollina.ryze.com/go/bpollina) I joined Ryze in July and met several good friends there.

But one man who stands out is Chuck Bartok. He befriended me and took me under his wings. He also became my mentor and accountability partner. He showed the excellent Quick Link program a guy by the name of Joe Schroeder created (see http://BradPollina.com) and how by learning how to shower people with gifts, you can ultimately gain in the long run.

I joined the Quick Link sytem in October of 2006 and decided to make this blog a chronicle of my experience and successes and failures.

So over the next days and months, I will be blogging about everything that I do including the good, bad and ugly, so that others may learn and so that I have something for posterity for my two wonderful children years down the road!

Please feel free to leave me any comments on any of the posts. I reserve the right to remove or edit any that I find inappropriate or otherwise.

Thanks and welcome!

Brad "The Abundant One" Pollina
http://BradPollina.com
(314) 485-4528
Come learn how I now leverage my time and enjoy optimization.

Send Out Cards

On July 9, 2006 I joined Send Out Cards under Jack Bastide.

I joined because I finally saw a system that made sense and had an attractive cost.

Jack showed me a system where you could send REAL post cards (**NOT** e-cards) over the Internet for about $1.00 each whose quality whas photographic!

I don't know about you, but I hated to go down to the dollar store or whevever, spend about 30 minutes to find a card that looks good and says what I want but doesn't cost $4-5 each, then drive over to the post office to mail the card and purchase stamps if I was out. Consequently, I didn't send many cards, and I was ALWAYS forgetting to send birthday, aniversary, and other types of cards to people.

Enter Send Out Cards. With Send Out Cards you put the names and addresses of people you send cards to ONE TIME, and if you fill out their Aniversary and Birthdate, it will even REMIND you when you log in when you have a birthday or aniversary coming up for someone! NEVER AGAIN will I forget my brothers Matt or Scott's birthday or aniversary! It is way too cool!

And when I found out that there is not only a wholesale account available but that I could actually make a referral bonus and get paid residually on those I referred, I jumped at the chance!

For a F.R.E.E. demonstration account which allows you to send 2 cards on me, see http://YourFreeCard.com.

Brad "The Abundant One" Pollina
http://BradPollina.com
(314) 485-4528
Come learn how I now leverage my time and enjoy optimization.

Magnetic Sponsoring

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Brad "The Abundant One" Pollina
http://BradPollina.com
(314) 485-4528
Come learn how I now leverage my time and enjoy optimization.

THE BEGINNING

This is Brad Pollina offering you greetings from lovely Saint Louis, Missouri, home of the Gateway Arch and the World Champion Saint Louis Cardinals!

My wife Lori and I enjoy suburban living in the North Eastern section of Saint Louis along with our two children Marissa (8) and Ross (4).

I got started in Network Marketing in 1993 when our landlord introduced my wife and I to an opportunity we couldn't pass up. We were attending Graduate school at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Spring break was approaching, so we decided to hop a Greyhound bus and head for Idaho Falls, Idaho to tour the facility ourselves and see if this company was for real! And we've never looked back!

In 2006 I found a wonderful Social Network called Ryze where I met Chuck Bartok who has become not only an awesome friend, but also a wonderful mentor and accountability partner. He introduced me to an off-the-wall man by the name of Joe Schroeder who taught me a principle that I've seen before in the Bible but never fully understood until I met him -- you have to "give to get".

Through our effective use of the system, we will be enjoying our new home way ahead of schedule.

For immediate info call 888 209-2809 and listen to Joe on extensions 7 (Joe’s JUICE call) and 37 (QUICKLINK system)

Since then, Joe and his "Quick Link " system has taught me the importance of building RELATIONSHIPS and FRIENDSHIPS FIRST by showering people you meet with freebies and small, inexpensive items as you get to know them.

For many it's the right mentorship that makes all the difference.

Contact me for a marketing consultation and see how the Quick Link System and my training can help you succeed.

Brad "The Abundant One" Pollina
http://BradPollina.com
(314) 485-4528
Come learn how I now leverage my time and enjoy optimization.