Category Archives: Distributor Education

New Video – Know the Signs: Pyramid or Legal MLM Company

A Conversation with Jeff Babener Video Series: Educate yourself on the difference between a legal MLM company and a pyramid scheme. Learn the keywords, such as front-end loading. Distributors should not be required to buy thousands of dollars’ worth of … Continue reading

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FTC Offers Guidance: Business Guidance Concerning Multi-Level Marketing

Do you have questions about multi-level marketing? The FTC staff has guidance to help members of the MLM industry apply core consumer protection principles to their business practices. Multi-level marketing is a diverse and varied industry, employing many different structures … Continue reading

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Distributors, how many consultants do you need to recruit to make $10,000? Watch the new video!

Will the stock market rise tomorrow? Who will win the Kentucky Derby? If one knew the answers these questions, he or she would be rich beyond imagination. How much one might earn in a compensation plan is subject to too … Continue reading

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What Are Some Network Marketing Myths?

We have all heard the following claims in the zeal of promotion and recruitment. Multi-level marketing (MLM) classes are taught at Harvard Business School. Network marketing has produced more millionaires than any other type of business. MLM will dominate the … Continue reading

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Most Requested Video of the Month – How Many Levels Deep is it Legal to Go?

MLMLegal.com’s most requested FAQ this month answered in a video by MLM expert Attorney, Jeff Babener: How Many Level Deep (in the compensation plan) is it Legal to Go? The issue of depth of levels seemed to be a major … Continue reading

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Attract MLM Professionals or MLM Junkies into Your Direct Selling Company?

The answer here is somewhat “tongue and cheek” and should be taken with a “grain of salt.” This question is often asked of people who are starting network marketing companies. The majority, if not all of them, respond as wanting … Continue reading

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New Video – Today’s key trends in MLM legal and business environment

What are the key trends in the legal and business environment in today’s world? A global $2 billion-dollar industry has great press, but it must be self-regulating, looking out for the consumers and distributors. Regulatory agencies today want MLM companies … Continue reading

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The New FTC Direct Selling Guidance… Imperfect, But a Good Start – New Article

by Jeffrey A Babener (First Published in World of Direct Selling) Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in Leonard Cohen… Anthem The new FTC Direct Selling … Continue reading

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FTC and Direct Selling Come to the Table as Stakeholders: H.R. 3409

by Jeffrey A Babener (First Published in World of Direct Selling) Everything dies baby, that’s a fact. But maybe everything that dies someday comes back. Bruce Springsteen, Atlantic City By Jeff Babener, Copyright 2017 What a difference a year makes. In a well-received … Continue reading

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How Many Distributors Fail in Network Marketing?

What is the meaning of failure? If a distributor only makes a few hundred dollars a month, does that mean they have “failed?” What would that make the distributor who doesn’t make any money from network marketing at all? Or the … Continue reading

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