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New Video! Why Do Most Companies Only Allow One Distributorship Per Family?
A Conversation with Jeff Babener Video Series: Some companies face issue of manipulation by distributors, with distributors signing up their spouses, children, even pets. This is not so much a legal issue but a standard in best practices for network … Continue reading
Posted in Commission, Compensation Plan, Consultants, Consumer Protection, Direct Selling, Distributor Education, Distributors, Just for Fun, Legal, MLM, MLM Attorney, Network Marketing, Party Plan, Videos
Tagged direct selling, distributorship, law, legal, mlm, Multilevel marketing, network marketing, one per family, Rules, video
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U.S. Supreme Court Sales Tax Reversal… Where To From Here? – New Article
U.S. Supreme Court Sales Tax Reversal… Where To From Here? © 2018 by Jeffrey A Babener (First Published in World of Direct Selling) The future ain’t what it used to be. Yogi Berra Or maybe it is. In ancient Egypt the pharaohs … Continue reading
Posted in Consulting, Consumer Protection, Direct Selling, Distributor Education, Distributors, For MLM Executives, Headlines, Legal, MLM, MLM Articles, MLM Attorney, MLM in the News, MLM Startup, Network Marketing, Party Plan, Tax
Tagged direct sales, direct selling, mlm, network marketing, online sellers, party plan, sales tax, Tax, tax rules and regulations, U.S. Supreme Court
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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
Posted in Consultants, Consulting, Consumer Protection, Direct Selling, Distributor Education, Distributors, Endorsements, For MLM Executives, Home-Based Business, Legal, MLM, MLM Articles, MLM Attorney, MLM Startup, Network Marketing, Party Plan, Pyramid, Raiding
Tagged Debunking Myths, direct selling, law, legal, lies, mlm, Multilevel marketing, myths, network marketing
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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
Posted in Direct Selling, Direct Selling Association, Distributor Education, For MLM Executives, FTC, Headlines, Home-Based Business, Internal Consumption, Legal, MLM, MLM Articles, MLM Attorney, MLM in the News, Network Marketing, Party Plan, Personal Use, Pyramid, Recruiting
Tagged direct selling, Federal Trade Commission, ftc, HR 3409, law, legal, mlm, network marketing, new article, Pyramid, Pyramid Scheme
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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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Tagged direct selling, Federal Trade Commission, ftc, law, Legal Cases, mlm, Multilevel marketing, network marketing
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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
Posted in Capitalization, Commission, Compensation Plan, Consulting, Direct Selling, Distributor Education, Distributors, Home-Based Business, Just for Fun, Marketing, MLM, MLM Articles, Network Marketing, Part Time, Party Plan, Recruiting, Sales Tools / Kits, Sales/Selling, Startup, Success, Videos
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Incentivize to Increase Company Sales in Network Marketing
Incentivize to increase sales across your business. There are vastly different types of incentive programs. The most assumed and expected incentives are monetary and come in the form of bonuses and commissions. Since direct selling companies are trying to incentivize different types … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalization, Consulting, Direct Selling, Distributors, For MLM Executives, Just for Fun, Marketing, MLM, MLM Articles, MLM Companies, MLM Startup, Network Marketing, Party Plan, Recruiting, Sales/Selling, Startup, Success, Videos
Tagged business, cars, cash, direct selling, distributor, incentives, incentivize, increase, mlm, Multilevel marketing, network marketing, Sales, types of incentives, video
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Legally, are all Compensation Plans Viewed the Same?
Being in the MLM law business for over 30 years, we’ve been asked this question countless times. Direct selling business owners – especially MLM startup company owners – want to know which compensation plan structure will be the most supportive … Continue reading
Posted in Compensation Plan, Compliance Guidelines, Consultants, Consumer Protection, Direct Selling, Distributor Education, For MLM Executives, Home-Based Business, Legal, MLM, MLM Articles, MLM Attorney, MLM Companies, MLM Startup, Network Marketing, Party Plan, Personal Use, Products, Pyramid, Startup, Videos
Tagged binary, Compensation Plans, direct sales, direct selling, is my compensation plan legal, legal, matrix, mlm, multilevel marekting, network marketing, Pyramid
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The Thorny Issues of “Personal Use” in Direct Selling
There exists tension between the direct sales industry and industry regulators as to the role of “personal use” of products and services by distributors of MLM companies. The broad and ambiguous language in pyramid legislation has contributed to the problem. … Continue reading
Posted in Commission, Compliance Guidelines, Consumer Protection, Direct Selling, Direct Selling Association, Distributor Education, Distributors, Earnings Claims, For MLM Executives, Law Cases, Legal, MLM, MLM Articles, MLM Companies, MLM History, Network Marketing, Party Plan, Personal Use, Pyramid, Sales/Selling, Videos
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