Len Clements has spent over 22 years researching and analyzing all aspects of MLM. He is a legally recognized expert in MLM, and a professional speaker, trainer, and corporate consultant. He is the author of the controversial book "Inside Network Marketing" as well as the cassette tapes "Case Closed!" and "The Coming Network Marketing Boom." For more information, visit http://www.MarketWaveInc.com
Let¡¯s be clear on what prospects are really looking for ¡ª the opportunity to make money! Of over 6,000 active network marketers who were surveyed from 1990 to 1999, 55% said they were focusing on building one, and just one, network marketing company. Nineteen percent said they were an active distributor for two MLM companies. Three…
Learning how to do something before you begin doing it makes sense in most endeavors, especially when it involves one’s livelihood. I knew in first grade that I wanted to be an entrepreneur. I didn’t just set up a lemonade stand, I also offered snow cones made from my Frosty Sno-Cone Maker as well as Incredible…
AND NO ONE IS CALLING THEM Several months ago I received a call from one of my downline distributors inquiring about a good “MLM list.” Jack then asked specifically if a list of “heavy hitters” existed and how he might approach them. My response was something to the effect of, “Jack, why would you want a…
FDA Draft Guidance for Supplement Industry Us Baby Boomers, and what ever they call those that came the generation before us (Gen W?) will surely remember the story of Chicken Little (a.k.a Henny Penny; Chicken Licken), who tried desperately to inform all who would listen that the world was ending. His hysterical exclamation “The sky is…
The phenomenon, called geometric progression or “momentum”, does exist, and with commitment it can occur within your own personal downline much like it does for a company. One of the saddest things I see happening in this industry is the huge number of folks who wander aimlessly through this ever widening sea of network marketing opportunities….
FTC to wipe out MLM industry in July From the TransformingMLM.com/Weblog posting April 30, 2006, and MarketWave ALERT #60 April 29, 2006. Len Clements is the ‘thinking Network Marketers’ best friend… or, one of them. And although my watchdog pun may be a stretch… for over 15 years now, ‘old’ Len (don’t let his Dick…
Binary BS — Part 1 There are four basic types of MLM compensation plans. There’s the Stair Step Break-Away, like Nu Skin and Herbalife use. You can build as wide as you wish on your first level and you are usually paid a percentage of all or part of a leg, or branch, of your…
When evaluating MLM pay plans, you need to know more than just what the percentages are. You also need to consider what percentage of that percentage you are going to be paid on! Only then can you know for sure… 1. BV 2. CV 3. PV 4. HumVee Which of these does not belong? While…
The scarcity of women among the scams. As told in Homer’s Odyssey, the song of the Sirens was so enticing that all those who sailed past their island’s shore would be compelled to dive into the sea, to their ultimate destruction. The great Ulysses himself had his men bind him to the mast of his ship…
What you aren’t supposed to know CAN hurt you. Compensation plan design goes way beyond just picking how many levels you’re going to pay and how to divvy up the percentages. In fact, compensation theory, as it relates to MLM, is an evolving, every expanding goulash of mathematical, psychological, artistic, and historical factors. Even most professional…