In September 2014, multi-level marketing company Avon left the Direct Selling Association (DS) with a flourish: NEW YORK, September 12, 2014 – Avon has made the decision to withdraw from the U.S. Direct Selling Association (DSA) based on our belief Read more…
The Direct Selling Association (DSA) promotes itself as a trade association that ensures ethics and integrity among the multi-level marketing companies that are members. The real truth about the DSA is in this clip of my appearance on HuffPost Live:
The Salt Lake Tribune published a wonderful article by Steven Oberbeck, Average Multilevel Networkers Never See Idealized Gains. The article gets it right about multi-level marketing… most aren’t making any money.Tell that to a pro-MLM zealot, however, and you’ll get Read more…
A December 2006 seminar by the Direct Selling Association included this breakout session on bloggers who oppose multi-level marketing:
Robert FitzPatrick of Pyramid Scheme Alert, recently brought attention to the real political agenda of the Direct Selling Association (DSA). The DSA is a organization to which multi-level marketing (MLM) companies like Mary Kay belong. Mary Kay cites their membership Read more…
I'm so sorry that happened to you. What a crummy thing to do to someone. I'm glad you had the…
One of the last bits of Negative Motivation was getting shamed in a weekly meeting. Pretty much pointed out that…
The best and easiest way to lead a volunteer army is shame. I refused to use it as a Director.…
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This nuance of motivation in female-oriented MLMs like Mary Kay intrigues me. When I was in my late 20s and…