We get asked all the time about MLM and social media. What’s the best way to promote products through social channels? Is it enough simply to post product links on Facebook? Any MLM social media strategy...
Read MoreWe’ve written before about how, in light of recent regulatory investigations, direct selling companies must be more careful than ever to pursue product sales as a primary focus rather than overemphasizing the recruitment of sales...
Read MoreIn recent weeks, one of the largest firms in the direct selling business made some sweeping changes to their business model allegedly driven by FTC regulatory oversight. Based on the FTC’s recent investigation, the firm announced...
Read MoreThe concept is about as old as direct selling: an enterprising sales rep who wants to rake in a bunch of sales in one evening plans a gathering and invites as many of her friends,...
Read MoreWhat would you do if tomorrow morning, a nationally-known blogger with 1.2 million followers posted a glowing review of one of your products and provided a link to the product page on your website? Like any...
Read MoreMaking payments to sales reps is much more than a simple transaction. Your flexibility in making payments can actually be a major competitive differentiator for attracting new sales reps in our “gig” economy. Just be...
Read MoreClawbacks. Sorry to begin this article with a dirty word, but it needed to be said. Nobody likes clawbacks. They usually represent something that went wrong in the processes of your direct sales company. Maybe your...
Read MoreWe’ve written before about the fact that when you’re trying to motivate your direct sales reps to sell, you can’t take a carrot-and-stick approach. Why not? Because there’s no stick—nothing you can threaten them with. You...
Read MoreWhat’s keeping your direct sales company from growing the way you want it to? There’s no silver bullet technology solution that can solve all your problems and guarantee that you’ll dominate your market. But the...
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