Written by Black Nova Just keep saying “no.” I have learned when my friends invite me to MLM engagements of any sort to tell them that I have a personal rule of not supporting any form of MLM because I Read more…

A 1997 article from Forbes magazine does an excellent job of explaining the pyramid that is multi-level marketing. And I don’t think anyone is going to accuse Forbes of being “bitter ex-MK consultants who coudn’t make it” or “anti-MLM zealots Read more…

Is Mary Kay a multi-level marketing company (MLM) or is it a pyramid scheme? Does it really matter? Not really… both are essentially business opportunity scams that take money from millions and millions of households a year. MLMs generally have Read more…

written by PinkedOff 30 SPOOKY SIGNS THAT THE HOME BIZ YOU’RE IN IS: A) OVERSATURATED B) DANGEROUS

This article comes from a site called StopSpam.org. The site’s primary purpose seems to be stopping email scams. However, they included this article which addresses the multi-level marketing (MLM) and pyramid scheme issue. I think that Mary Kay falls under Read more…

The FTC has issued some guidance to help people evaluate MLMs. Look at these and ask yourself how many of these really do point to your MLM.

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…

Federal and state law enforcement officers have been conducting sweeps targeting bogus business opportunities and work-at-home scam as part of the Federal Trade Commission’s Project Fal$e Hope$. I thought I’d mention this because it’s interesting to see what businesses the Read more…

This is an interesting little piece from the FTCon multi-level marketing companies (MLMs) that sell health and beauty products. I thought it was worth mentioning because if you look at some of the questions they want you to ask about Read more…