…Everyday there news about something happening in the world of MLM-Network Marketing. Most of this news is nothing more than self-promotion, and occasionally there is something that is news worthy!
Below you will find blog posts about news that I felt was news worthy and how it could affect on your business today and in the coming months and years.
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 others yet have absolutely no way of verifying if it is even true.
{ Read more How Will The FTC Affect Network Marketing? }
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 airplanes that where completely different as far as the problems that had to be solved. No longer did I have a wealth of technical data to work with, the wiring diagrams where vague and no two airplanes out of 25 where exactly a like, talk about challenges.
{ Read more The Fake It Till You Make It Crowd! }
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.
{ Read more YTB Accused of Illegal Pyramid Scheme By California AG }
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. If your not sure what a short position is here is a reference to help explain it.
{ Read more Usana Health Sciences Inc In The News }
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
{ Read more Network Marketing Still Under Attack }
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.
{ Read more MonaVie launches new web site Global “Free Agent” Initiative. }
I came across this today, and did it ever hit the spot head on. It is something that is sorely needed in network marketing today.
Their mission is to show the world that network marketers care about ethics, fair competition and truth in marketing.
Unless distributors take a stand, government may soon take one for us. That’s not something that will be good for anyone.
{ Read more Alliance For Ethical Network Marketing }
In what could be a disturbing trend, of MLM companies, distributors suing other’s within the industry for false claims.
Quixtar Files Suit Against MonaVie.
Where would this take us? Personally if this is the case I could sue several former downline and up-line members as well.
The suit alleges that there are false statements and raiding of downlines going on. What is really interesting is if what they claim to be is true, why has the FDA not stepped in?
{ Read more MLM’s suing MLM’s }
Kyani Inc, based out of Idaho Falls, Id is reported to have merged with Enliven International based in St. George Utah.
The two companies both in the nutritional side of network marketing have been around for a few years now. Kyani was established in 2005, it was reported that the company is one of the fastest growing nutritional network marketing companies in the U.S.
I could not find anything to substantiate that claim, but that does not mean it’s not true.
{ Read more Kyani Inc. and Enliven International Merge. }
Glenn Burks has helped ten's of thousands discover the real truth behind this industry, cutting through the hype and spin so you'll know what you're up against today! Read More...
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