Archive for the 'MLM' Category

  • 5 Paradoxes of MLM

    Here are 5 paradoxes of MLM.
    1. When you have 100 distributors, you want the payplan to pay out most of the money in the first 3 levels because that’s where your people are.
    When you have 10,000 distributors in your downline, you want most of the money to be paid out on the back end of the [...]

  • Will Proposed FTC Multilevel Marketing Rules Crash Tupperware’s Party?

    The Orlando Business Journal has this report on new FTC rules on Multi Level Marketing (MLM) and their potential impact on the venerable giant – Tupperware not to mention an entire industry composed of primarily of established and reputable businesses plus many start ups with questionable longevity. Some chicken little’s also predict a “recession”. That [...]

  • Oprius Software Unveils Specialized MLM Email Software

    Oprius software creates software to aid network marketing distributors. They have now rolled out an email client designed to assist network marketers by providing tailor made email tools.
    A couple interesting features that the e-mail packaged offers are list mailing features (similar to broadcast e-mails), e-mails that are automatically linked with your contacts, and you can check and [...]

  • Budgeting For Your Home Based Business

    From the MLM Business Opportunities Blog
    When I first started my Home Business, I like many did not have alot of capital or start-up money to spend on getting my business going with advertising, websites, money to join some affiliate programs etc. That`s when I decided to sit down and write out a list of things [...]

  • Electricity Goes MLM?

    When I used to publish my MLM newsletter a while back, I couldn’t wait to see the headlines.
    From one month to the next it was amazing to see the headline “_________ goes MLM”. It was something new every month.
    One month, a consulting client told me the headline would soon be “Mare’s Milk Goes MLM!” Then [...]

  • Creating Endless Prospects With Online Auctions

    Terry Gibbs is an expert on ebay. Here’s a tip on how to use eBay as a tremendous “get paid to prospect” machine. Plus a link to Terry’s ebook on how to make it even more profitable.
    A few months ago, I was standing in line at a local thrift store. As an antique collector I [...]

  • So What’s The Deal With BullionVault.com?

    So what’s up with Bullionvault.com? According to their marketing, they’re a revolutionary new way for individuals to buy and sell gold bullion online, in a selection international vaults – in London, New York or Switzerland and I’d tend to agree.
    From the home business perspective, they cause some confusion.
    I get this question from time to time [...]

  • Using Photos To Create Back End Profit Streams For Mary Kay (MLM)

    The other day I mentioned Steve Shulenski’s Antique photo business.
    I was telling my wife about it and she let me know about a friend of hers who did something similiar…
    She was already doing well in Mary Kay selling cosmetics and creating a downline, but she found another way to create regular customers for her beauty [...]

  • Why You DON’T Need “Motivation”

    Ernesto Sirolli tells his enterprise facilitators never to do 2 things…
    1. Never Initiate a project and
    2. Never attempt to “Motivate” anyone…
    Why?
    For the most part these just don’t work as anyone who’s tried to build a network marketing organization knows, you have to find people who are already looking for change who find your opportunity [...]

  • MLM’s Not Collecting Sales Tax May Be In Big Trouble

    Large network marketing organizations tend to be diligent about collecting sales tax.
    If yours is not, problems may lie ahead.
    From Jim Richmond Professional Tax Services taxman_jr@yahoo.com via www.mlmatty.com…
    One of the more perplexing questions facing direct selling companies today is the administration of state and local sales taxes. The general rule of law places the responsibility to [...]