Yes. It’s true. Free programs cost you money. A lot more than you think.

First, Let’s define what is a free program. I’m talking about online programs that ask you to join for free, then offer online marketing tools to help you recruit other people. Or, they do the recruiting for you. That one is a little hard to believe, or else, don’t expect to be rich in the next month, year, or decade.

Let’s talk about the former. Your upline offers help. There are eBooks, videos, charts, spreadsheets, statistics, to teach you how to recruit people. Then what? You go out there and advertise the program. If you are careful, you won’t bother your family and friends, at least not too often. So, you have to talk to strangers. Where to find them? In malls, restaurants. on the street? Not anymore. That is so 20th century. Nowadays, we can do the recruiting online. In most cases, you can talk to anyone on the planet. That’s a lot of people.

Will you have to pay for advertising? Not necessarily. There are may places where you can talk about the program, or use the promotional material for free:

• classified ads
• social networks such as FaceBook, Twitter
• Business social networks such as APSense
• Forums
• Traffic Exchanges
• Safelists
• Many other places