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3 Ways to Start Promoting Your Network Marketing Business

Charity — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 21:29:56 +0000

Promoting your network marketing business can be done in many ways. Here are three ways to begin promoting your MLM business:

Warm Market

Most network marketers first approach their warm market, that is, their friends, family and acquaintances. Friends and family can easily become your first customers, and in some cases, will also join the company in your downline.

Social Media

Secondly, social media is an excellent way to advertise your business. Create a Facebook page and Twitter account used only for business purposes. Invite your existing friends and family to “like” or “follow” you on your business pages. Update your feed frequently with company promotions and special product pricing. Another underutilized method to advertise your business on social media is online groups. Search Facebook for local moms and dads groups if you are selling a parenting-related product. Search for business groups and groups that allow for business promotion and join them. Make sure the group allows sharing of businesses before you begin to post. Or, start your own Facebook or Google+ group! Online groups are great ways to network and share your home business with like-minded individuals in your community.

Online Advertising

Thirdly, there are many online advertising websites that offer free classifieds posting. Write an ad and post it online for free. To find online classified websites, Google “free classifieds online” and choose one of the many websites that allow advertising of MLM products and services.

The key to success in any business is being able to sell to anyone and everyone. Successful consultants sell products to teachers at their child’s school, neighbors who they meet at the park, and even other parents at the PTA. Keep the success of your business at the front of your mind, no matter where you are or what you are doing and this will help you achieve success in your business!

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Our next Starting and Running the Successful MLM Company Conference takes place October 22 and 23, 2015 in Las Vegas. View our conference flyer and speaker list online. Participate in our Innovation Campaign for your chance to receive TWO FREE TICKETS to attend our next conference.

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Looking Forward to 2015 – 63 New Videos Being Launched at MLMLegal.com

Charity — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 20:41:43 +0000

MLMLegal.com is famous for squashing MLM myths, spreading knowledge about the network marketing industry, and distributing resources to anyone who visits our website.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (depicted here in true Babener-fashion by Jeff Babener’s grandson, Sammy) are famous for battling petty criminals, evil overlords, mutated creatures, and alien invaders. MLMLegal.com is famous for squashing MLM myths, spreading knowledge about the network marketing industry, and distributing resources to anyone who visits our website.

Every year MLMLegal.com adds a comprehensive project to its website. Whether it is videos on network marketing, well-researched articles, library of legal cases, or a video miniseries, each year our website is expanded upon. This year is no different.

In 2014, MLMLegal.com committed the highly-regarded article “BurnLounge Appeal Decision: Guidance on Pyramid v. Legitimate MLM and the Role of Personal Use in Pyramid Analysis” to the website.

In 2015, we plan to add 63 new videos to our website and Youtube Channel on the topic of MLM education. Below are some of the topics to be discussed by MLM Attorney Jeff Babener in this new video series:

What’s the Difference between MLM, Network Marketing, Party Plan and Direct Sales?
What Is a “Pay to Play?”
How Much Does It Cost to Start a MLM Company?
How Do I Raise Capital to Start My MLM Business?
What Is the Benefit of Recruiting Experienced Distributors?
What about Gifting Clubs?
Why Do I Need an Experienced Network Marketing Attorney?
What Do I Do with Distributors Who Go Passive (for MLM Executives)?
What Do I Do with Distributors Who Go Passive (for MLM Distributors)?
What Key Factors Determine the Growth of Network Marketing Companies?
Do You Have Some Tips for Generating Network Marketing Leads?
Do You Have Some Tips to Become a Successful Network Marketing Distributor?
Are There MLM Companies That Have Achieved Success on a Low Budget?
Since You Are a MLM Attorney, Why Would You Host the MLM Startup Conference for the Executives of Startup and Existing Companies?
If I’m a New Distributor Then Should I Focus My Selling In Areas Where Other Distributors Are Successful Or Should I Focus On Untouched Territory?
I Own a MLM Company. How Can I Determine Cost of Goods? In Other Words, How Do I Price My Products for Retail, Distributor and Direct-To-Consumer Sales?
Do I Need To Worry about Merchant Account Processing? Should I Have Just One Merchant Account?
If a Sales Kit or Startup Fee Is Several Hundred Dollars, Then Is This Considered “Frontloading”?
How Do I Create a Compensation Plan That Guarantees That I Am Legal?
I’m Starting a MLM Company. I Am Going to Have Distributors Earn Income by
Referring Others, Is This Legal?
What Should I Look for When Hiring a Vice President of Marketing?
What Is the Typical Price of an at-Cost Starter Kit in the Industry?
Can I (as a MLM Executive) Pass the Costs of Website Development, Marketing Materials, Etc. Down to Distributors?
How Do I Find Top Distributors?
In an Absolute Nutshell, What Are the Two Main Causes of a MLM Company Failing?
As a Distributor, Can I Use Display Booths to Sell My Company’s Products? Is There a Limit on the Time I Can Spend Selling at a Booth?
In Regards to Event Sales, Such as Fairs, Kiosks, Vending Machines, Etc., Am I Authorized to Sell My Company’s Products at Such Events?
Why Do MLM Companies Require Distributors to Use Replicated Websites Rather Than Distributor-Created Websites?
What about Raising Capital to Start Your Network Marketing Company?
How Many People Would I Need in My Organization to Make Over $10,000?
Are Network Marketing Companies Mostly Moving to All-Digital/All-Online Starter Kits? Can It be Done in a Way That Ensures a High Perceived Value?
What Regulatory Changes Are Affecting Network Marketing Companies?
What Should I Look for in a Company When Choosing Back Office Software?
How Important Are Celebrity Endorsements? Do They Help Marketing or Is It a Double-Edged Sword?
How Often Should Companies Renew Their Policies and Procedures to Make Them Relevant in Today’s Marketplace?
Do You Want to Attract MLM Professionals or MLM Junkies into Your Direct Selling Company?
How Have Raiding Rules Evolved in Direct Selling Contracts and Policies and Procedures?
What Happens if Consultants Raid Anyway?
What Are the Most Important Things to Remember When You Host a Distributor Recognition Event?
Do Incentives Increase Sales? How Worthwhile Are Consultant Incentives?
What Do Startup Companies Think about Long Term Professional Relationships?
What Is the U.S. and International Trend in Recognizing the Validity of Personal Use by Distributors in Pyramid Cases?

So, keep your eyes on MLMLegal.com this year. We will have a lot of new content added to our website and we want you to be a part of it! Run, learn and get lost at MLMLegal.com!

For more information on any topic on network marketing that comes to mind, please visit www.mlmlegal.com and www.mlmattorney.com.

MLMLegal.com is bustling with educational content for direct sellers and startup/existing MLM companies! Be sure to visit us often!

Our next Starting and Running the Successful MLM Company Conference takes place October 27 and 28, 2016 in Las Vegas. View our conference flyer and speaker list online. Participate in our Innovation Campaign for your chance to receive TWO FREE TICKETS to attend our next conference.

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Who Owns The Downline?

Charity — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:28:20 +0000

Actually no one owns the downline. Distributors enter into an individual contract with the company. Inherent in the contract is the company’s agreement to pay overrides on the downline sales organization of the distributor. However, downlines are people and no one owns people. On the other hand, companies provide distributors with computer printouts and genealogical reports, which the companies view as proprietary and confidential. Companies do expect that distributors will not use printouts to solicit for other opportunities, or to conduct mass mailings or in any other way utilize computer printouts to compete.

The question of “rights in the downline” is one which is clearly headed for the courts within the next few years. Many MLM companies take the position that they are the sole owners of “downlines.” Many key distributors market their “downline structures” from one MLM company to another as if downline structure was a piece of property which could be marketed at will. When the “process” of multilevel, as a form of marketing is closely examined, the better argument is probably that neither of these positions is correct.

Multilevel marketing is a form of one-on-one direct selling by which companies contract with independent distributors to market products and compensate those distributors through sales commissions on sale of product produced by their sales organization, as well as offering distributors the opportunity to profit through the differential between wholesale and retail price. A downline is, in reality, a sales organization made up of independent distributors. It is not owned by key distributors, nor is it owned by an MLM company. Independent distributors are free to cancel participation at any time. In fact, those states that have adopted multilevel distribution statutes require that distributors be permitted to cancel participation at any time, for any reason upon notice to the company.

Most companies have adopted sophisticated data processing which provides detailed information on downline sales organizations. In the event a distributor leaves an organization, a company is obviously free to continue marketing through its system of independent distributors. Modern thinking MLM companies also provide availability of data processing information on the sales organization in the distributor’s downline. In fact, providing such information is tangible evidence a company may offer to regulatory authorities that its distributors are well informed as to their downline sales organizations. This indicates that the distributor plays a bona fide supervisory selling soliciting function in moving product to consumers. Many statutes now require this bona fide supervisory function as a precondition to receipt of commissions or overrides by distributors. Distributors are free to use information as to their own sales organization as they deem appropriate subject to restrictions regarding confidential information. Companies which attempt to restrict distributors after termination from working with other MLM organizations should seriously consider the federal and state antitrust implications of such restrictions. In California, for instance, noncompete agreements are unenforceable unless based on confidential information.

Companies may not arbitrarily terminate distributors without facing liability. Distributors enter into contracts with companies in reliance on the fact that they will be compensated for building sales organizations. Although many MLM companies adopt one year contracts with distributors, arbitrary or capricious termination of the distributor may clearly subject companies to contract claims as well as possible claims under various state dealer termination statutes. It should also be noted that, in recent years, many state courts have gone so far as to even award damages to “at will” employees, i.e., employees who are not under contract with the company. This line of cases, which has developed claims for “wrongful termination,” has produced sizeable awards of both compensatory and punitive damages. Such cases involving MLM companies are still in developmental stages.

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Parts of this article are borrowed from http://www.mlmconsultantadvice.com/babener_12.html, written by Jeff Babener in 2011.

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