Utah in the USA and its capital Salt Lake City is famous for its world-class ski resorts, nature and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Beyond that, however, Utah has a lesser-known claim to fame: It is the unofficial world capital of multi-level marketing and direct sales companies.
There are at least 100 Network Marketing companies in Utah alone, generating est $8.5 + Billion in annual revenue and making direct sales the second-biggest industry in Utah behind tourism, according to Loren Israelsen, executive director of the Utah-based United Natural Products Alliance.
Under corporate executives there is a strong “Old Boys network culture” many executives have worked with each other in different companies, helping each other to success.
Top earners such as Ken and Carol Porter with life time earnings of $28 million, Steve and Melyn Campbell $26 Million, Nathan Ricks $50 million and Mark Comer $17 Million are Utah based residents.
Per capita, Utah has more MLMs than any other state.“It must have something to do with the way LDS culture works in the valley,” said Ann Dalton, CEO of the beauty product direct-seller Perfectly Posh, from her Salt Lake City office.
Connections fostered in LDS communities, said Dalton, create a hotbed
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100 Year Old Woman Refuses to Retire After 76 Years in Network Marketing
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Step Into Success – Harriet Lonergan turns 100 and has no intentions of slowing down.
The 76-year Direct Sales Consultant shares how the party plan sales model helped her earn extra income, have a social life and work her business around her personal schedule over the last several decades.
Direct Sales Trainer and author of Direct Selling for Dummies, Belinda Ellsworth, sat down with Harriet to learn more about her 76 year journey in direct sales.
When Ellsworth asked the Minneapolis resident about her start in the industry, Harriet replied, “My dear, it was lucky. You’re going to hear me use that word a lot because I feel like I’ve been so lucky.”
Lonergan started her direct sales journey as an Avon Representative where she went door to door in her neighborhood with her baby collecting orders.
After representing a few companies, Harriet landed at home and entertaining product company, Princess House. This year, she is celebrating her 50th anniversary with the company.
“I remember that my father didn’t want me doing it because women weren’t working at the time. They stayed home. But I needed extra money and I wanted to do something with my life. And it was the beginning of how women saw
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QNET Convention A Massive Success With Record 15,000 Attendance
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Prominent Asian direct selling company QNET held its annual convention, V-Con 2017, in May in Penang, Malaysia.
The five-day extravaganza of inspiring presentations and new product launches was attended by a whopping 15,000 distributors who came from all corners of the world.
The five-day event presented prime opportunities for QNET’s distributors, to learn from QNET’s top leaders on how to go after their dreams and be in tune with the call to be limitless.
Another major attraction at this year’s convention was the attendance of Bollywood star Vivek Oberoi who inspired the crowd with his personal stories of failure, success, and finding his purpose. As the ambassador for the Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA), Vivek presented the brave warriors (Divyuansha, 6, Lahu, 7, Aakhansha, 16, and Anita, 40) on stage to thank QNET for supporting their fight against the big C.
V-Malaysia 2017 also witnessed the launching of QNET’s new products in the Home Care, Personal Care, and Luxury ranges as well as holiday packages with tripsavr 2.0. With more than 30 QNET product brands on display at the ‘QNET Carnival’ exhibition area, SPICE transformed into a massive showcase of QNET’s global business.
“In line with QNET’s philosophy of RYTHM (Raise Yourself to Help Mankind),
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ForeverGreen – FGXpress CEO Ron Williams Resigns
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ForeverGreen Worldwide Corporation, a leading direct marketing company and provider of health-centered products, announced today the appointment of Rick Redford, as the company’s new CEO.
Ron Williams has resigned as the company’s President and CEO, and will remain as a member of the Board of Directors, as well as continue in a consulting role working directly with the leadership in the field.
Ron Williams commented,
“Finding the right person has been a timely and thorough process for the company. Mr. Redford has the right experience and knowledge to do an outstanding job as the Company’s new CEO.
I am looking forward to continue supporting and growing the company by taking a role that really embodies my talents and passion, which is working with our distributors and leaders of the company and to always keep our
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German Regulator Freezes IMS – An OneCoin Company For Unauthorized Payment Services
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The BAFIN in Germany regulates financial transactions and according to a German press release, Bafin ordered InternationaI Marketing Services – a OneCoin company – to freeze and cease its operations in Germany as the company did not and does not have the required authorization for finincial transactions.
The order may still be subject to judicial review.
BaFin is one of the largest financial supervisory authorities in Europe. With its more than 2,600 employees, BaFin takes an industry-appropriate and risk-oriented approach to supervision on the basis of recognised European supervisory standards.
As an integrated financial supervisor for the banking, securities and insurance sectors, BaFin ensures the stability of the largest financial market in continental Europe.
BAFIN did not judge the Direct Sales compensation plan:
BaFin does not have the right to decide as to
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Paycation Names Larry Cantrell As President
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Paycation officially announced at the 2017 National Leadership Conference in Las Vegas their global expansion strategy and the much-anticipated person that will be leading the charge.
TraVerus Global, Inc., was introduced as the new parent company of Paycation Travel, Xstream Travel and Xstream Holidays. These entities will continue to operate under the TraVerus Global brand as the travel and leisure division.
Bachar Nutrition will be added as a health-and-wellness division, along with Success Training Institute (STI) operating in conjunction with the other businesses in a personal development division. These three areas combine to give customers and representatives more options to improve their lives in a more complete way.
Larry Cantrell was announced to spearhead the expansion strategy and is welcomed as the new President of TraVerus Global. Cantrell is a 30-year veteran of the
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OneCoin – OneLife Sales Are $500 Million+ Per Month
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According to our information, despite the bad press OneCoin and their marketing Arm OneLife gets, sales are topping $500+ Million per Month.
At this growth rate the company will be the largest direct selling opportunity in 2017 in the world, passing well known giants as Amway and Avon.
Earlier OneCoin – OneLife annouced their intention to go public:
The company press release:
“It is with great pride that we announce the first steps OneCoin is taking toward being publicly traded.
The procedure every company has to go through in order to become listed on the stock exchange is long and complicated, so we are sharing the information 15 months in advance, so we can all prepare accordingly. It is official – OneCoin is going public in the second quarter of 2018, and we want the coin
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Lyoness Plans To Appeal Against Swiss Pyramid Decision
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According to an article in TT.com an magazine in Austria, Lyoness has stated it plans to appeal the decision from the Swiss Court that the company compensation plan is a Pyramid – Snowballl system.
The google translation, partly edited:
Against Lyoness, main sponsor of the Austrian football club Rapid Wien, is an other civil law judgment. This time, the Swiss Obergericht Zug has described Lyoness as a snowball system. Members would only receive money when they recruited other members. Moreover, the business model is intransparent. The judgment is not final.
Lyoness had resisted a corresponding judgment of the lower court and has now cut off with the complaint. A judgment of the Supreme Court of the Canton of Zug (APA), dated February 28, is entitled to appeal “if a legal question is of fundamental importance”.
Lyoness
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Top Leader Trish Schwenkler Making History At ASEA
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Trish Schwenkler and her husband Robert are reaching new heights in ASEA and maintaining their position of Number 1 – Top Earner in ASEA.
ASEA is a recognized category creator. ASEA is the first and only company to market the new patented “redox signaling technology” in both consumable and topical products to customers worldwide.
The Schwenklers joined ASEA in 2009, were recognized as the Top Earners since 2013, and within the past twelve months have reached new, higher ranks and achievements.
In April of 2016 ASEA created six new ranks. When the new ranks were announced in April the Schwenklers were the first to achieve Ambassador Triple Diamond. Just five months later at the Envision conference the Schwenklers were again recognized as #1 earners, they were pinned and made ASEA history as ASEA’s first Presidential
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Vida Divina Acquires Latin MLM Giant OvaNutric
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Vida Divina Worldwide, officially acquires Latin MLM giant OvaNutric, based out of Guadalajara – Mexico.
Vida Divina Worldwide is a global direct marketer and Manufacturer of nutritional and lifestyle products, selling products into 30 countries and with impressive distribution centers in 10 countries, using the platform of the direct sales channels to distribute to over million end product users a month world wide.
On the 21st of February 2017, Vida Divina has announced that the Company has finalized an agreement to acquire 100% of the assets and take over all operations of Latin America’s MLM giant, OvaNutric Worldwide, based out of Guadalajara, Mexico.
Additionally, Vida Divina has entered into a supply agreement to manufacture and market products of OvaNutric’s brand to pending orders and fulfilling contracts to the non-Network Marketing branch of products that spans