Pass-it-on Bulletin from Someone Who Cares

NEW WEB SITE REPORTS ON 10 YEARS OF INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH ON MLM/NETWORK MARKETING

 For unusually candid and well-researched reports on the MLM industry, go to www.mlm-thetruth.com, where you will find research and education regarding MLM/network marketing prepared with the assistance of top experts over a period of ten years by Dr. Jon Taylor of  the Consumer Awareness Institute. Opinions in publications and on web sites vary widely on MLM's legitimacy. What is different about this site is that you will find objective research upon which to base analyses on MLM compensation plans and how they relate to success and loss rates, legal definitions, etc. In other words, you will have a basis for deciding whether or not to participate in a particular MLM – or any MLM – or to seek an alternate income source.

Some of the more interesting features posted on this site include:

• Evaluations of approximately 200 specific MLM programs.
• “Top Ten Things I Learned from Ten Years’ Research on MLM” – Very revealing summary by Dr. Taylor!
• “SURVEY OF TAX PREPARERS” – Tax professionals as a group know who is and who is not making any money in MLM.
• THE NUMBERS –The odds of success in MLM, compared with gambling and with no-product pyramid schemes
• “The FIVE RED FLAGS of a Product-based Pyramid Scheme”
• “TWELVE TESTS for Evaluating a Network Marketing (MLM) “Opportunity” – quoted by both pro and anti-MLM advocates and by consumer protection agencies
• “Conversation Cards” and “Pass-along Bulletin from Someone Who Cares,” to warn friends and family
• Some great cartoons poking fun at the whole MLM phenomenon
• Actions MLM victims can take to recover losses
• History of MLM and the status of efforts to regulate it

Again, to tap into valuable research reports and consumer guides resulting from this research, go to www.mlm-thetruth.com

 The investigative research that formed the basis of the reports below include:

• Extensive comparative research on MLM compensation plans and alternative business models to clarify differences,
• Interviews with and feedback from thousands of MLM distributors and ex-distributors in a wide variety of MLM programs, 
• Interviews with the top experts on pyramid schemes and with consumer advocates, agencies, and university research sources
• Surveys of hundreds of tax professionals where MLM is concentrated – representing thousands of tax returns of MLM participants, 
• Court records in MLM cases – including IRS income tax records of top distributors in one state, 
• Household consumer surveys regarding MLM participation, 
• Surveys of leading MLM company presidents, 
• Private and public financial disclosures by MLM companies, 
• Communications with law enforcement officials at all levels, and— 
• Direct experience with prominent MLM companies.

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