Entries from March 2005

Who are you?

March 31st, 2005 · No Comments

I was doing a little research this morning and came across a couple of websites that looked like good sites for advertising. But I couldn’t find any information on the site about the owners or managers. And if I can’t figure out who you are, I’m not going to spend any money on your [...]

Tags: General

Recent company closings

March 28th, 2005 · No Comments

Over the past month or so I’ve received word that several direct sales and MLM companies suddenly closed their doors completely or discontinued their direct sales divisions.
In January, Affordable Luxuries (which sold several brand name candles, including Yankee Candles) abruptly closed.
Just last week, Gold Entertainment discontinued it’s MLM program stating that it was “no longer [...]

Tags: Company News

Should you turn away potential team members?

March 12th, 2005 · No Comments

When a potential team member inquires about joining your business opportunity, do you always encourage her to join, or do you sometimes discourage her?
There seems to be two schools of thought on successful sponsoring….
1 - Some network marketers think it’s a numbers game. The attrition rate in the industry is 80-90% per year —- [...]

Tags: Team Building

Is the FTC selling ice cream?

March 3rd, 2005 · No Comments

Check out the newest kiosk business at www.wemarket4u.net/sundaestation/
The FTC is fighting fire with ice cream and I think it’s a great way to get the message across. Combined with their recent crackdown on home business scams, this type of education will hopefully help cut down on the number of scam victims. They’ve set up [...]

Tags: General

New companies look interesting

March 1st, 2005 · 1 Comment

Every once in a while I find myself tempted to join a direct sales company. Not because I need or want another business, but because I come across a company that I think would be great to join. In just the past few weeks a couple of new companies caught my interest.
SimplyFun.com sounds, well… [...]

Tags: Company News