Born and raised in her native Philippines, Aileen P. Galera has made a quite impact in the MLM industry. She came to the United States in 1990 with next to nothing, except her character, drive and a glimpse of the “American Dream”. She went to work wherever she could find it. These jobs included fast food server, cleaning staff, and later as an employee in the corporate world.
She put everything she knew into trying to make a better life for herself, even earning a Business Degree during nights and weekends while working fulltime during the day. There was just one problem. The “American Dream” does not work for people like Aileen in traditional corporate America. Aileen wanted to secure her financial freedom and spend more time with her family.
She began looking
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Christian Science Monitor On New Face Of Direct Selling
by Ramya Chandrasekaran • • 0 Comments
Christian Science Monitor features a story on the new face of direct selling with companies like Stella & Dot, Jamberry, and Scentsy that are drawing in women, squeezed more than ever by competing work and family pressures. Their appeal lies in the promise of flexible income streams, creative fulfillment, and less rigid boundaries between work and leisure.
“Welcome to my first official ONLINE Jamberry Nails Party!” the message read. My friend Sarah had joined up with Jamberry (think Avon for durable press-on manicures), and she was kicking things off with a Facebook shindig, inviting about 30 of her friends to browse Jamberry’s vast inventory of nail decals and adorn their fingertips with chevron patterns, rainbow polka dots, or the logo for their favorite college football team. In return, she gets a discount on
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Network Marketing On The Rise In South Korea
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The number of multi-level marketing (MLM) firms operating in South Korea rose in the second quarter, the antitrust watchdog said Friday, as the government moves to better regulate such operators to prevent consumer damage.
According to the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), there were 132 MLMs in the country as of June 30, up seven from three months earlier. It said 11 new firms opened for business while four closed.
MLMs refer to companies where the sales personnel are not only compensated for selling products and services, but for the sales generated by the salespeople they recruit. Some companies have been discovered to exploit members and are viewed as illegal pyramid schemes.
The FTC said all new businesses signed consumer damage compensation contracts with official direct-selling mutual aid cooperatives. The agreements bind MLMs to conform to
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90 Year Old Dena Edwards Has Been Mary Kay Distributor For 46 Years
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The OCRegister reports:
A black-and-white newspaper clipping from a 1974 edition of the Fullerton Tribune shows a grinning woman stroking her cheeks in an upward motion, showing patients at a convalescent hospital how to properly apply facial cream.
Dena Edwards, the woman in the photo, was already well into her career selling cosmetics with Mary Kay Inc. when that photo was taken. She started her career 46 years ago and hasn’t stopped working since.
Even today, the bottom of her pink business card reads: “Call me for a complimentary facial.”
Edwards celebrated her 90th birthday on Saturday.
Crowned with a sparkly silver tiara, Edwards greeted old friends, colleagues and customers at the active senior residential community in Fullerton she calls home. Today, she maintains more than 150 Mary Kay customers as an executive senior sales director.
“It was
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Sheri McCoy – Avon CEO Interview
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Sheri McCoy was named in April 2012 as the CEO of Avon Products. In 2014, McCoy ranked #27 on Fortune magazine’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” list, which she has been on since 2008
Sheri is at the helm of almost $9 billion in annual sales and Avon has a sales force of 6 million direct selling Representatives in nearly 100 countries, 30,000+ employees worldwide.
The company has empowered and inspired women for nearly 130 years. Sheri lives in New York, USA, is married and has 3 children.
As a scientist, Sheri holds a Bachelor of Science degree in textile chemistry from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA a master’s degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University, and an MBA from Rutgers University and holds four U.S. patents.
Ted Nuyten had the honor to interview
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Xinping Ning – From Immigrant To Top Leader
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Xinping Ning or PingPing Ning is an Ambit Energy Executive Consultant, this is what she had to say about her road to success:
“I’m an immigrant from Mainland China and also a single-mother. When I first came to the US, everything was alien to me. I had to start all over again and adjusted myself to the environment, including language, work, social life, etc.
In order to make a living, I had to work and tried different things. I had waited tables, provided care to the elderly, and even worked at a poultry processing factory as a feather-clearing laborer.
After several years of hard work, I was able to establish my own businesses. I started a restaurant, a beauty salon and a moving company with some friends and still own them. Having my
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Vemma Has Requested 1 week Additional Time For the Hearing And 10 Legal Bullet Points
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1. Vemma’s legal team has been assembled. In order to present a strong case the legal team has requested additional time to prepare. I understand the additional time requested is one week.
2. Jeffrey A. Babener, of Portland, Oregon, is the principal attorney in the law firm of Babener & Associates. For more than 30 years, he has advised leading U.S. and foreign companies in the direct selling industry, including many members of the Direct Selling Association.
He has send us his analysis of the case:
Vemma vs. FTC: 10 Quick Bullet Points Jeffrey Babener (2015)
On August 17, 2015, the FTC filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Arizona, seeking a permanent injunction against Tempe-based Vemma International Holdings, Inc., a long-time direct selling marketer of health-related products. The FTC was successful in obtaining
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Poll: Is Vemma an illegal Pyramid Scheme?
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According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the USA, Vemma is an illegal Pyramid Scheme and the company fight in court to this – to be proven – allegation.
Temporary Vemma was forced to close down operations, the assets are frozen, basically a $200 million company is taken out in an hour by the FTC.
A first hearing in court is set for the second week of September.
Founded in 2004 by CEO – BK Boreyko and his two sisters, Karen and Lauren, Vemma Nutrition Company has become known as one of the premier industry leaders specializing in premium liquid nutrition.
Vemma has done over $1 billion in revenue since 2004, has clinical proven products, is a long standing member of the Direct Selling Organisation, and is open in 50+ countries all over the
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Where The FTC Went Right — And Where It Went Wrong
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If Amway could make it out of the problems they had and come out the strongest network marketing company in the world, there’s a strong chance that Vemma can make it out of this as well — and probably better for it.
Whether you agree with the FTC or not about their reasons, it’s still an organization Americans need to understand and respect if they want to stay off the FTC radar.
The recent allegations against Vemma by the FTC are strong, to say the least. But what isn’t strong, is network marketing’s response to it. True to fashion, the response has been a retalliation against the allegations, disregarding the accusations. It is doubtful that most network marketers have read the details of the report.
In a nutshell, Vemma is in trouble because some time
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Kannaway Appoints Brad Tayles As VP Operations
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Hemp lifestyle network marketing company Kannaway today announced the addition of Bradley (Brad) J. Tayles as Vice President of Operations. The company focuses on hemp history in the U.S., consumer education of the plant’s more than 50,000 innovative uses, and the opportunity to take part in a “hemp revolution” that is returning hemp to consumers’ daily lives with unique hemp cannabidiol (CBD) oil products.
“We are very fortunate that Brad Tayles joined the Kannaway organization and welcome him to our team,” states Jeff Rogers, Chief Executive Officer of Kannaway. “His experience in the network marketing industry is an invaluable asset to the corporate team and to the ‘Kannaway Nation’. Having the ability to attract industry icons like Brad Tayles is the reason why we feel Kannaway has become a legacy company in the