How did you get into Medicare?
“It was totally a God thing. I’d gone through 25-plus job interviews to become a pharmaceutical sales rep, and everyone told me I needed experience to be hired. But one interviewer asked me if I’d want to do Medicare and I asked, ‘What’s Medicare?’”
Who and how does your company help?
“I help qualifying seniors, veterans, and disabled people understand their options and choose what’s best for them. Medicare is so complex and now they have someone holding their hand… they’re not just thrown to the wolves to figure it out on their own. I’m married to an Air Force veteran, so I love helping service members explore programs beyond those at the Veterans Administration.”
How did MedicareMisty come about?
“I worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield when they laid off the whole Medicare department in 2011. As a single mom, I went out and started getting contracts with every company I could find.
After about six years, I started training other single moms to create their own business, but I wanted to help more people succeed. Now I have 50 agents and am licensed in 45 states and Puerto Rico.
Is it hard to recruit others to do what you do?
“This is not a sexy industry. It is all about marketing and sales, and I can teach anyone how to do that successfully. One woman said, ‘It’s going to take four years to accomplish this? But I’ll be 44 then.’ Her friend said, ‘You’ll be 44 anyway, so why not set your goals and chase them?’ I encourage anyone to come shadow me for a day to see if this is a good fit.”
What are you most proud of?
“I came from nothing. My parents were 16 when they had me, and my brother and I were in foster care. My college degree didn’t teach me how to be a business owner, so I had to start from scratch. Now my brother is general manager of a trucking company, I own my own business, and my 17-year-old son joined my company and will take it over someday.
What accounts for your success?
I believe I was called to do this work. God made me struggle to get where I am so I can help others, and I couldn’t be more grateful.”
Contact info:MedicareMisty.Com | Misty@MedicareMisty.com | 423-240-0794
“God made me struggle to get where I am so I can help others.”