{"id":8572,"date":"2013-04-08T14:41:35","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T14:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=8572"},"modified":"2019-11-04T14:14:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T14:14:35","slug":"free-government-money-for-a-franchise-purchase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/free-government-money-for-a-franchise-purchase","title":{"rendered":"How To Get Free Government Money For A Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Ghee's Free Money Day, Exeter, Devon, UK by freemoneyday, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/freemoneyday\/8079676244\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8054\/8079676244_c1d29ec2e5.jpg\" alt=\"Ghee's Free Money Day, Exeter, Devon, UK\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That goofball,<strong> Matthew Lesko,<\/strong> almost had me.<\/p>\n<p>You <em>do<\/em> know who Lesko is, right?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/featured-listings.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/featured-listings.png\" alt=\"How To Get Free Government Money For A Franchise\" width=\"188\" height=\"160\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Matthew Lesko by Nakeva, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nakevanc\/5183101602\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4148\/5183101602_5d304115dc.jpg\" alt=\"Matthew Lesko\" width=\"483\" height=\"400\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Matthew Lesko is the &#8220;<strong><em>Get Free Government Money<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; guy.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s an author. (<em>Among other things<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some of his book titles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gobs and Gobs of Free Stuff<\/li>\n<li>Free Legal Help<\/li>\n<li>Free Stuff for Busy Moms!<\/li>\n<li>Free College and Training Money For Women<\/li>\n<li>Free Money and Help for Women Entrepreneurs<\/li>\n<li>Free Money For Your Retirement<\/li>\n<li>Free Money To Change Your Life<\/li>\n<li>Free Money To Pay Your Bills<\/li>\n<li>Free Money To Get A Better Home<\/li>\n<li>Free Money To Quit Your Job<\/li>\n<li>Free Money for <strong><a title=\"entrepreneur ray kroc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/ray-kroc-the-entrepreneur-who-built-the-mcdonalds-franchise\">Entrepreneurs<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What an amazing collection of <em>titles<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Order Now!<\/h2>\n<p>Are you tempted to click away from this post-and grab his books?<\/p>\n<p>Really?<\/p>\n<p><strong>C\u2019mon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Aren&#8217;t you curious?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t you deserve to get your hands on some free government money for your <a title=\"a franchise\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/definition-of-a-franchise\">franchise<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Free Government Money For A Franchise<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s not there.<\/p>\n<p>It never was.<\/p>\n<p>It never <i>will<\/i> be.<\/p>\n<p>(<i>Available to you<\/i>.)<\/p>\n<p>Or me.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to know why?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Because it\u2019s just words.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a marketing ploy.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Lesko is a <em>marketer<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Some say a great one.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not one of them.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Great marketing is only great if the promise stated upfront comes through when the purchase is made<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Consumer Protection<\/h2>\n<p>In 2004, the <strong>New York State Consumer Protection Board<\/strong> issued a statement (<i>and a press release<\/i>) concerning Lesko, accusing him of \u201cE<i>xaggerating and taking advantage of downtrodden consumers<\/i>.\u201d The office pointed out that Lesko&#8217;s book isn&#8217;t a scam, but that advertising for the book includes &#8220;<i>wild exaggerations<\/i>,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the agency said that \u201c<i>Lesko is profiting from the false notion that the government has billions of dollars available to help people pay their credit-card bills and other expenses, and this is due, in part, to the exaggerations and misleading claims spread by Matthew Lesko and the nationwide network of Lesko distributors<\/i>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And, still, his business exists.<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article about Lesko <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/id\/6692633\/#.UWLBs5POlSA\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Distributors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Lesko Just Contacted Me<\/h2>\n<p>He filled out a form on <a title=\"franchise website\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\">the website<\/a> that you\u2019re on right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<i>My name is Matthew and I am thinking maybe I can contribute content to your blog. I show people how to take advantage of government programs and have written over 100 books on the subject. Two of the books made the New York Times best sellers list and&nbsp;I&#8217;ve&nbsp;written columns for Good Housekeeping Magazine and the New York Times Syndicate. I have also been very successful on the Home Shopping Network and television infomercials<\/i>. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>I met him a couple of years ago.<\/p>\n<p>I was a panelist for the GrowSmartBiz event in Washington DC, and Lesko was in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>I <em>could<\/em> let him write a few guest posts, I guess. I <em>could<\/em> join his distribution network as an affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>I <em>could<\/em> make a few bucks by doing so.<\/p>\n<p>And, with future college expenses looming on the not so distant horizon (<i>we just made our 1<sup>st<\/sup> formal college visit<\/i>) I <em>was<\/em> tempted to join up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> College is happening now.<\/p>\n<p>Amazing.<\/p>\n<p>I even spent 10 minutes on his main website\u2014just to \u201c<i>see<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But, it\u2019s just not me. It never was. <em>It never will be<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s because I\u2019m not in the game of offering things that don\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n<p>But, why did I almost fall for it?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The Question<\/h2>\n<p>9 times out of 10, when I do presentations on franchising, I\u2019m asked this question:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<i>What about those government grants that I hear about all the time? Can I get one<\/i>?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My answer:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<i>There aren&#8217;t any. Erase that thought from your memory cells<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You need to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>Top image courtesy of Exeter, Devon, UK by freemoneyday, on Flickr<br \/>\nLesko image courtesy of Nakeva, on Flickr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That goofball, Matthew Lesko, almost had me. You do know who Lesko is, right? Matthew Lesko is the &ldquo;Get Free Government Money&rdquo; guy. He&rsquo;s an author. (Among other things) Some of his book titles: Gobs and Gobs of Free Stuff Free Legal Help Free Stuff for Busy Moms! 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