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Should I Launch my MLM Business Locally or Nationally?

Charity — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:13:24 +0000

Companies often come to us and ask, “Should we launch locally or go national immediately?” Sometimes, your product may limit what you can do. For instance, if you are going to be offering a discount buying service – unless you have entered into private label backup agreements – you may have to create footprints in your local area with vendors in order to serve your customers. However, most companies do not offer discount buying services. Most companies are selling products or services that lend themselves to be provided nationally. When we finish our work for companies, they are ready to do business throughout the country. This is the best route to take because when a distributor signs up in Los Angeles, and has a brother in Boston, who has a college classmate in Seattle, who has a cousin in Dallas, you may have a network spanning the country within two days. If you aren’t open nationally then you are depriving yourself of some great opportunities.

For additional information on starting and running your direct selling company, click the following links:

Starting a Network Marketing Company? Article

How to Build a Successful Direct Selling Company Article

Do We Start Local or Go National Immediately? Companion Video to this Blog Post

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Are the MLM Glory Days Gone in the United States?

Charity — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:25:14 +0000

Absolutely not. It is true that some of the largest MLM companies, such as Amway, Mary Kay, Avon, Tupperware, and Herbalife are experiencing extraordinary growth abroad. The first wave of mega international success occurred in 1990s Japan.

Post 2000, leading direct selling companies looked to the emergence of China. And interestingly, those companies needed to adapt to doing business in a country that does not formally approve of the MLM marketing model. The result was the creation of legions of distributors who drove customers to thousands of retail stores around China.

But don’t short sell network marketing in America quite yet. First, MLM has its roots in America. We invented it. In a world where cheap labor may draw away manufacturing jobs, it is well recognized that America can excel at activities that are not found elsewhere: innovation, technology, marketing, and finance.

And MLM fits in that category – it is truly a great American export. No other country continues to spawn new MLM companies that span the globe and dominate the network marketing and direct selling industries. And at home, it remains vibrant. In an era where the “watchwords” are “entrepreneur,” “networking” and “small business,” MLM fits right in.

Thus, the first decade of the new millennium saw an authentic home-grown industry or channel of distribution in direct selling that accounted for more than $30 billion in sales and the involvement of more than 15 million individuals. Like baseball, America is MLM’s home stadium.

Readers may find the following articles helpful: “MLM Consulting: How to Build a Successful Direct Selling Company” and “MLM Consultant: International – Singapore and Asia: Open for MLM Business.”

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