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Deadly MLM Policies and Procedures (Part II) – How Long Is Yours?

by Wayne on December 26, 2009

in MLM Business Models & Legal

The relationship you have with your MLM company should be one of mutual respect and support, right? After all, you can’t be successful without your company and they can’t be successful without you. On that basis you would expect your company to trust you to promote them ethically and you would trust them to provide you with the best products and marketing plan.

Some companies just don’t trust you. You can tell by the length of their policies and procedures that they don’t. The longer it is, the less they trust you and the less freedom you have as a distributor. It’s so ironic that this industry is all about freedom, yet some MLM policies and procedures are way more restrictive than employment contracts – beyond what you can imagine.

A fair network marketing company should have policies and procedures that are up to 10 to 15 pages long, according to Rod Cook of MLM Watchdog. Any longer than that and I would the question the motives of the company. I used to think that all MLM company policies and procedures were the same – just some legal flotsam where you would tick “I accept” when downloading some free software, but they’re not… [click to continue…]

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Deadly MLM Policies and Procedures (Part I)

by Wayne on December 24, 2009

in MLM Business Models & Legal

If there’s one thing that we, as professional network marketers, should all do, it is to read is and understand our MLM company’s policies and procedures.

The policies and procedures manual will tell you everything you need to know about the integrity of your company’s management team and just how important YOU really are to them.

Unfortunately, alot of us skip this crucial step when we sign up to become distributors.

We skip it because our sign up was based on the trust and relationship we already have with an existing distributor. Or We skip it because we’re blinded by the excitement of being able to start our own business. Or We skip it because we’re not really expecting to be successful. Whatever the reason, this is a crucial step that has major consequences down the road. [click to continue…]

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