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FTC v. Herbalife: Post-Settlement Legal Guidance for the Direct Selling Industry
This guest post is from Jeffrey A. Babener, the principal attorney in the law firm of Babener & Associates. For more than 25 years, he has advised leading U.S. and foreign companies in the direct...
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On Direct Sellers’ Earnings
Early this year, what the individual direct sellers had been earning abruptly made the headlines. There was a report from the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) in the U.S., according to the news. The US...
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Pyramid Schemes in 10 Questions
Legitimate direct selling and pyramid schemes have often been confused. While there are clear distinctions between the two, pyramid scheme promoters do everything possible to disguise what they really...
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FTC v. Herbalife: Post-Settlement Legal Guidance for the Direct Selling Industry
This guest post is from Jeffrey A. Babener, the principal attorney in the law firm of Babener & Associates. For more than 25 years, he has advised leading U.S. and foreign companies in the direct...
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AdvoCare Abandons MLM: Uncertainty Returns to Direct Selling
Jeffrey A. Babener, of Portland, Oregon, is the principal attorney in the law firm of Babener & Associates. For more than 30 years, he has advised leading U.S. and foreign companies in the direct...
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AdvoCare’s Leadership Council: The Truth Behind Their Season Ending Story!
Author Steve Jamieson is the Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner of WorkingSocial, offering innovate and transformational business, sales, marketing and digital strategies to network...
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Fundamental Characteristics of a Good Compensation Plan
A well-designed compensation plan is vital for a direct selling company’s success. There is no doubt about it. The direct selling industry (at least in general) has learned this lesson so far. It has...
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Customer Viral Marketing Compensation Plans Go Viral!
Guest author Steve Jamieson is the Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner of WorkingSocial, offering innovate and transformational business, sales, marketing and digital strategies to network...
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Why Are They Leaving Our Company?
Growth is important in all industries, no doubt about it. In today’s challenging business environment, this is crucial at least to prevent complete failure. That said, growth is probably more...
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7 Clear Signals That Today’s Direct Sales Company Must Embrace
Rick Loy is a sales strategist and training specialist with more than 20 years of experience as a Senior Executive in direct selling. As an Associate with Strategic Choice Partners, Rick helps...
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FTC vs. AdvoCare: A Teachable Moment for Direct Selling
Jeffrey A. Babener, of Portland, Oregon, is the principal attorney in the law firm of Babener & Associates. For more than 30 years, he has advised leading U.S. and foreign companies in the direct...
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Six Easy Ways to Lose Your Sales Organization
Managements at direct selling companies are no exceptions when it comes to making mistakes. Some of these are minor in nature so they might not hurt the whole operation much. However, some others can...
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AdvoCare, Neora, an Ever More Aggressive FTC! What Now?
Guest author Alan Luce is Co-Founder and Managing Principal of Strategic Choice Partners (SCP), a consulting firm that provides strategic support and services to help today’s direct selling companies...
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Is it Worth it?
Andi Sherwood has more than 20 years of experience in the direct selling industry and has worked in almost every aspect from distributor services, top tier leader representation, and corporate...
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6 Common Reasons Behind Direct Sales Startup Failures
The initial ideas sounded great to all involved so the expectations were quite high… The first reactions from the field were also very promising: In fact, products were moving out and the whole sales...
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What Makes a Good Compensation Plan?
A well-designed compensation plan is vital for a direct selling company’s success. There is no doubt about it. The direct selling industry (at least in general) has learned this lesson so far. It has...
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AdvoCare’s Leadership Council: The Truth Behind Their Season Ending Story!
Author Steve Jamieson is the Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner of WorkingSocial, offering innovate and transformational business, sales, marketing and digital strategies to network...
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Customer Viral Marketing Compensation Plans Go Viral!
Guest author Steve Jamieson is the Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner of WorkingSocial, offering innovate and transformational business, sales, marketing and digital strategies to network...
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Why Are They Leaving Our Company?
Growth is important in all industries, no doubt about it. In today’s challenging business environment, this is crucial at least to prevent complete failure. That said, growth is probably more important...
View ArticleClik here to view.
7 Clear Signals That Today’s Direct Sales Company Must Embrace
Rick Loy is a sales strategist and training specialist with more than 20 years of experience as a Senior Executive in direct selling. As an Associate with Strategic Choice Partners, Rick helps...
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