Category: Industries

Former Princess House CEO Tim Brown partners with foodie celebrity Jamie Oliver on new direct selling company in North America.

As part of the ongoing Herbalife short seller saga, Herbalife recently released its 2012 income disclosure statement. The first paragraph immediately highlights one of the common misconceptions about direct selling.

Looks like there is more investment in the direct selling industry coming from the venture community. And it's happening for one of our favorite companies too - Chloe & Isabel! 

One metaphor I've been using recently is the idea of social marketing as agriculture. When farming, we wait for a season, we sow, we nurture and ultimately if all goes well, we harvest. I view social media marketing as planting seeds of a direct selling community.

As discussed in this great article from Ad Age about the quiet giants being built in the direct selling industry, Amway's Artistry brand is enjoying a comeback.

Jeff Stroud, former CEO at Private Quarters, DSA Board Member and Chairman of the DSA Strategic Planning Committee, has posted a fantastic feature article to his blog about the future of direct selling. His message of progressive and transparent thinking is spot on and should be required reading for any direct selling executive.

Amway reports that Russia is now fastest-growing market for direct selling entrepreneurs. The former communist country is one of the Ada-based company's biggest and most promising markets. Learn more in this article from mLIVE.

Momentum Factor Founder & CEO Jonathan Gilliam will be speaking again next month at the Direct Selling Symposium. The conference will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, from February 20-22 and will feature a tour of Miche Bag.

If you're going to create social media content for the field, make sure it's so good they want to share it. Here are 12 tips to do just that.

Corporate raider William Ackman has attacked a venerable direct selling company in Herbalife. Is this a threat to the entire direct sales industry?