Category: Direct Selling

MLM.com recently featured an original article from Scott Allen that provided great insight into strengthening online relationships.

The Momentum Factor team, including Founder & CEO Jonathan Gilliam, is excited to be back at this year's Direct Selling Association (DSA) Sales & Marketing Conference: Focus on the Field in Las Vegas from Dec. 9-11!

Recently, Facebook announced it would be adding new “reaction buttons” to its commenting features. Though some jumped to the conclusion that this would be equivalent to a ‘dislike’ button, there was room left for interpretation about what exactly the buttons would do.

Every time a direct seller has an issue with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), critics of the industry are quick to jump on it, hailing it as a step in the right direction towards shutting down multi-level marketing completely. They’ll say that it is finally being outed as an unsustainable business practice — that they’re all just pyramid schemes in disguise.

In the wake of recent FTC actions, a new pattern of consumer protection action has emerged: companies who go too far in their marketing or give the appearance of an anti-consumer bias may be putting their companies at great risk.

Judge John J. Tuchi yesterday amended his temporary restraining order in the Vemma case – and it has HUGE ramifications for direct sellers. Join us on Tuesday, September 22 at 1 pm Central for a critical update webcast to discuss these important industry developments.

Mark your calendar and plan on joining Momentum Factor at this fall's Direct Selling Symposium, the premier educational experience for starting and growing a direct selling company. As part of the event, Momentum Factor CEO & Founder Jonathan Gilliam will be presenting on topics of social media and digital marketing for early-stage companies.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Herbalife Ltd. and its chief executive officer of misrepresenting the weight-loss and nutritional products maker's sales practices as legitimate when the company was "at its core" a pyramid scheme.

Great article from the Harvard Business Review on how risk should be integrated in a company's day-to-day operation rather than as a side function.

We are proud to announce that the Momentum Factor team and CEO Jonathan Gilliam will be in attendance at this year's DSA Canada Annual Meeting from June 24-25 in Niagra Falls, Ontario. Gilliam will deliver the latest cutting-edge content to the world's greatest direct selling executives at this year's "We Have the Power!" annual meeting as he will be speaking during an 11:00 am Tuesday morning session.