Archive for the 'MLM' Category

I ran across this press release for ITV Ventures that supposedly links home business owners to a company with a track record in the infomercial business.
I wish them success.
It’s not the first time it’s been tried, however.
MLM is supposed to be “viral” and built on word of mouth advertising.
But now that “everything” has gone “MLM” […]

Skype is teaming to offer services in 1800 Wal Marts to begin.
The stores will be offering headsets, Webcams and handsets designed to work with Skype as well as prepaid Skype phone cards.
Previous Skype entries here related to the use of Skypecast as a marketing and communications tool, vendors jumping on the Skype bandwagon, […]

MLM’s have specialized in bringing cutting edge nutritional products to people. Here’s one such product and its benefits.
In the first large-scale study of its kind, published in the American Heart Journal, researchers investigated the health effects of daily Omega-3 supplementation in combination with a drug commonly prescribed for those at-risk for heart attacks, angina and […]

Cognigen, one of the earliest internet enabled MLM’s is constantly reinventing itself.
Currently it’s national trainers are working to make sure the entire sales force receives important free training tools to assure success.
Here is their first offering about how new agents can use the Cognigen back office efficiently.
More will be coming in future days.
Founder Kevin Anderson […]

As the telecommunications world changed (read “the death of 1+ long distance”) Cognigen has changed too. Selling cell phone activations is a money maker paying @ $50 per activation and selling DSL activations is pretty good for a chunk of change too, but they’re not residual income products.
Soon, Cognigen will roll out yet another new […]

The Food and Drug Administration - after telling us Vioxx was “safe” until it killed thousands along with other travesties - now wants to assume god like powers to ”regulate” vitamins, minerals, herbs, and natural substances like fruit juices and water if they’re used to “treat disease”.
Ever since I’ve been around nutritional MLMs there has always been […]

Cognigen one of the first internet enabled MLM’s made it name by selling telecommunication services. As that market has changed, they have sought to provide new and high profit services for their representatives to market.
The newest product to come to market will be a 24/7/365 computer help desk service for small to medium sized businesses […]

MLM Companies selling pet food are distancing themselves from the pet food recall that is affecting companies like Wal Mart and many other brands.
Here’s one such email:
By now, you are probably familiar with the extensive national recall of many brands of pet foods. Sadly, several dogs and cats have been sickened, and a few […]

According to the Greater Cincinnati Business Courier 4 Amway distributors have been ordered to pay $19 million dollars in damages to Proctor and Gamble for spreading rumors that the maker of Pampers and Bounty also worships Satan.
A Salt Lake City jury decided in Procter’s favor on Monday, ending a 12-year legal battle. Procter charged that […]

I was in bed dozing off when I remembered my days in the MLM newsletter world and I though this topic would make a good blog post.
I remembered - for some reason I can’t figure out - a company that attracted people by saying their pay plan paid out 110%
Really.
So I made the headline “MLM […]