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New Video: Understanding MLM, Network Marketing Compensation Plans
MLM Compensation Plans: Maxtrix, Stair Step, Unilevel, and More – Watch the Video! A Conversation with Jeff Babener Video Series: Learn about the difference between the various compensation plans and how distributors are compensated with each plan. It’s called multi-level … Continue reading
Posted in Commission, Compensation Plan, Compliance Guidelines, Consultants, Consulting, Consumer Protection, Direct Selling, Distributor Education, Earnings Calculators, Earnings Claims, Home-Based Business, Just for Fun, Legal, MLM, MLM Attorney, MLM Companies, MLM Startup, Network Marketing, Personal Use, Pyramid, Startup, Success, Videos
Tagged Compensation Plans, compensation structure, direct selling, legal, lottery, matrix, mlm, Multilevel marketing, network marketing, Pyramid, Pyramid Scheme, stair step, unilevel, videos
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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
Posted in Compensation Plan, Compliance Guidelines, Consulting, Consumer Protection, Direct Selling, Distributor Education, For MLM Executives, FTC, Headlines, Home-Based Business, Internal Consumption, Legal, MLM, MLM Articles, MLM Companies, MLM in the News, MLM Startup, Network Marketing, Personal Use, Pyramid, Raiding, Recruiting, Startup, Training
Tagged business guidance, direct sales, direct selling, ftc, law, legal, legal tips, mlm, MLM legal questions, network marketing, Pyramid, questions and answers, Startup
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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
Posted in Commission, Compensation Plan, Consultants, Consulting, Consumer Protection, Direct Selling, Distributor Education, Distributors, Home-Based Business, MLM, MLM Articles, Part Time, Personal Use, Pyramid, Recruiting, Videos
Tagged Compensation, compensation plan, direct selling, mlm, network marketing, Pyramid, recruiting, video
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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
Posted in Capitalization, Compliance Guidelines, Consultants, Consulting, Consumer Protection, Direct Selling, Distributor Education, For MLM Executives, Home-Based Business, Legal, MLM, MLM Attorney, MLM Companies, MLM Startup, Personal Use, Videos
Tagged mlm, MLM Law, Multilevel marketing, network marketing, personal use, video
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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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Search for Certainty in Direct Selling… A Legal and Business Rationale for H.R. 3409
By Jeffrey Babener, © 2017/2018 (First Published in World of Direct Selling) Executive Summary: The legal environment and the accepted business model of leading direct selling companies has been relatively stable for 50 years. That equilibrium was upset by the regulatory … Continue reading
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Tagged direct selling, H.R. 3409, law, legal, legislation, mlm, Multilevel marketing, network marketing
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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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Is the FTC ramping up regulation of the MLM Industry?
Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez argued on October, 2016 at the DSA Policy Conference that it was time to ratchet up regulation of the direct selling industry, and not a time to “put the brakes” on more regulation of the … Continue reading
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Watch out for Pyramid Schemes! Some Warning Signs
How can you tell if a company is an pyramid scheme, unintentional cash gifting pyramid scheme, or otherwise downright illegal? Well, there is no single authority on the on the subject. There’s not really one single definition either. However, there … Continue reading
Posted in CEO Interviews, Compliance Guidelines, Consulting, Consumer Protection, Direct Selling, Legal, MLM Attorney, MLM Startup, Network Marketing, Personal Use, Ponzi Scheme, Pyramid, Raiding, Videos
Tagged cash pyramid scheme, direct selling, illegal, legal, mlm, network marketing, Ponzi Scheme, pyramid schemes, red flags, warning signs
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