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Showing posts with label MLMBasics. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 30, 2020

If you resorted to name-calling, you've already lost

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 One of the refrains in network marketing is "how to deal with haterz".  Usually one laments over "why do you hate my dreams...
Monday, January 29, 2018

Herbalife's first post-FTC disclosure still uses funny math to manipulate impressions

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Herbalife settled with the FTC in 2016 in exchange for FTC not calling the company a pyramid scheme outright. The settlement included a long...
Wednesday, January 3, 2018

MLM Basics: Why MLM (almost) never have a price advantage

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Ever notice that the products in MLM cost way more than equivalent products elsewhere? doTerra essential oil... Intro kit is $27 for 15 mL...
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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

DADA Loop: Data / Analysis / Decision / Action and the MLM mind

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How do you make decisions?  It's usually a 4 step process: 1. Gather Data 2. Analyze Data 3. Decide on Action 4. Perform th...
Saturday, November 18, 2017

MLM Basics: The eBay Test

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"Jason McRiffle" brought up an interesting test in a BehindMLM comment for the "legitimacy" of an MLM, and it's more...
Sunday, November 5, 2017

The Difference Between Skeptical People and Toxic Negative People

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When one searches on the internet (through Google, Bing, or any other search engine), one often comes across MLM minded articles, and so...
Saturday, September 2, 2017

How to spot truth in sea of lies, rumors and myths

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Spotted this in the Lifehacker archives (originally published 2012) but it's still relevant The internet is full of crap. For every ...
Tuesday, August 22, 2017

MLM Basics: Why do so many MLM noobs don't understand "referral sales" is illegal?

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It seems an MLM noob is very fond of her comp plan, which she described as ... I can find 3 people who also want sustainable <item> ...
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Sunday, August 13, 2017

Critical Analysis of a R+F consultants denial that R+F is a pyramid scheme

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Recently my news feed came across an R+F consultant (that's Rodan and Fields, an MLM cosmetics brand) denying that R+F is a pyramid sche...
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Monday, July 31, 2017

DSA's latest attempt to destroy direct selling: Moolenaar Amendment

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Direct Selling Association is supposed to be promoting direct selling. Instead, for the past several decades, DSA has been trying to destroy...
Wednesday, December 14, 2016

MLM Basics: Why is MLM so... addicting?

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Many people who are NOT in MLM wonder WHY MLM seems to be so addicting to its participants, and even as members lose money month after month...
Friday, November 11, 2016

MLM Basics: Numbers Needed To Profit

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One of the hardest things to analyze in a MLM is "How Much Money Will I Make". The stupid ones recite the slogan: "As much ...
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Monday, October 10, 2016

Bad Argument: Flip the Burden of Proof

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One of the most often tactics used by bad arguers is refuse to prove anything, even when you prompt them "where's the proof?" ...
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Friday, September 16, 2016

Scam Tactics: Whip Up Fear, Provide "Solution", Take Your Money under false pretense

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A lot of so-called " entrepreneurs " (read: MLM noobs) are so fond of repeating marketing speech they don't ever stop and wond...
Wednesday, November 4, 2015

MLM Basics: Is there such thing as "good MLM"?

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The MLM Skeptic has been asked repeatedly, "is _____ a good MLM?" The short answer is: I don't know. The longer answer is:...
Monday, September 7, 2015

MLM Basics: Six Factors to Consider When Evaluating an Income Opportunity

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There are always new income opportunities launched daily. Many of them are downright... WTF? How can any one put money into something like t...
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Sunday, August 23, 2015

MLM Basics: Just What is Deductible in MLM, and what is NOT?

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One of the "advantages" of opening your own business, MLM proponents touted, was that you can deduct a lot expenses as cost of doi...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Scam Tactics: How Do Scammers Identify What You Need?

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How does a conman pick up on what does the victim needs, and thus, tailor the scam to fit?  There are five different techniques. If you...
Friday, August 7, 2015

MLM Myth: How Mary Kay Ash incorporated the Bumblebee Myth into company culture

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A bit of link surfing on bad arguments brought me to an unexpected link... the Bumble Bee Myth, and its link to Mary Kay Ash of Mary Kay Co...
Sunday, July 19, 2015

MLM Basics: Is Multi-Level Marketing a Shared Delusion?

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In a blogpost back in 2014, author Robert Fitzpatrick, who operates the website PyramidSchemeAlert postulated that Multi-level Marketing, i....
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