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MLM News

The new rules that go into effect on December 1st 2009 are already having a chilling and welcome affect on network marketing advertising.
The new rules or “Guides Concerning the Use Of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.” An 81 page document which you can download here.
For years now, we’ve all seen network marketing ads and landing [...]

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Last year saw a resurgence of network marketing support companies “yeah right” began to push marketers to utilize auto-dialers in their marketing.
It is really sad that quite a few network marketers got sucked into these systems, lets face it no-one likes to prospect, so we’ll try to take the easy way out of it.
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Did CNBC Reporter Distort
Facts about MonaVie?

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Today in the news was an article by CNBC Reporter Darren Rovell about Network Marketing company MonaVie’s sponsorship of Tomas Scheckter who competes in this weekends Indy 500.
In what appears clearly as a blatant attack on MLM – Network marketing by the CNBC reporter, dissecting it shows this article is total crap, “Is MonaVie Endorsement [...]

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Following News About Network Marketing

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Since the beginning of 2009 there have been quite a few news media articles written about network marketing.
There has almost been at least one a week since the beginning of the year that places MLM – Network Marketing in an unfavorable light.
I wrote a post along these lines last month titled “Are You Helping [...]

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How Will The FTC
Affect Network Marketing?

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Whether you like it or not sweeping changes maybe coming to network marketing and the way we advertise and promote, which in many cases this has been long over due.
When we look at the material many network marketers blog about today, under the new rules they could be held legally liable.
Often, they repeat claims of [...]

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The Fake It Till You Make It Crowd!

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In what seems like so many years ago, when I worked as a aviation electronics technician I would often work for a customer that was never happy with any work that was done. His favorite saying was fake it until you make it.
Even though, I had 18 years of experience I was working on small [...]

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YTB Accused of Illegal Pyramid
Scheme By California AG

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California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced on in an offical release on August 5th 2008 a lawsuit against YourTravelBiz.com for running a illegal pyramid scheme. In the release he calls it a giant pyamid scheme.
Now when I first here this, I think yep it’s an election year and someone needs headlines. Yet that [...]

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Usana Health Sciences Inc In The News

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This week this article was pointed out to me and by it’s very nature is distrubing for many reasons. It really just goes to show that what we say can be manipulated by scandalous individuals.
In this case an individual – company wrote negative publicity against Usana and also to a short position in it’s stock. [...]

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Network Marketing Still Under Attack

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Ok so this news is a little late as it has been out there for over a month. Network marketing will always be under attack from those out side of this industry.
This infomercial only disguises another multilevel marketing plot – MarketWatch
The really sad part is that it is also under attack from many network marketers [...]

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MonaVie launches new web site
Global “Free Agent” Initiative.

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On April Second MonaVie put out a press release through PRWeb Really to announce this site. Open Door Campaign Which you can really tell they just threw it together quickly after after being sued by Quixtar.
Granted everyone has the right as an independent to quit any company they choose. Yet there are a few [...]

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