• ESPN on AdvoCare

    Yesterday ESPN published an article about AdvoCare, Drew Brees Has A Dream He’d Like To Sell You. AdvoCare is a typical multi-level marketing (MLM) company. It focuses on selling a “business opportunity” and uses nutritional products to make it appear […]

  • ESPN Outside the Lines on AdvoCare

    UPDATE: The television segment has been pushed back, but the article is out today. ESPN has been investigating AdvoCare, a multi-level marketing company that sells a “business opportunity” using nutritional products as their hook. Today, ESPN’s investigative news show Outside […]

  • MLM is Not a Business (It’s a Pyramid Scheme)

    I’ve written many times about how multi-level marketing (MLM) is not a business. Don’t believe me? Others have said the same thing. Today Lazy Man and Money lays out the reasons why MLM is not a business. You’ll have to […]

  • Herbalife $HLF Doesn’t Want You to See This Video

    Herbalife (HLF) does not want you to see or hear the evidence that the company is nothing more than a recruiting scheme. Audio and video footage was obtained of CEO Michael Johnson talking about how Herbalife is a recruiting company: […]

  • Herbalife CEO Michael Johnson on Recruiting

    Michael Johnson, CEO of Herbalife, talks about how the company is based on recruiting. ” Today, we’re recruiting. We’re still a recruiting company, and we’ve got to never not be this [again pointing to the word “Recruiting” on the slide […]

  • Rodan + Fields Income Disclosure Statements

    Rodan & Fields is a multi-level marketing company  that sells skin care products. The company initially established a positive reputation with its ProActiv Solution, which was a product for acne prone skin. In 2008, it moved into the MLM business […]

  • Thompson Burton: Support Company of the Year from Academy of Multilevel Marketing

    Thompson Burton, a law firm providing services to multi-level marketing companies, provides our comic relief today, along with “The Academy of Multilevel Marketing” (TAMM). The Academy of Multi-Level Marketing is an organization created by MLM industry supporters to make up […]

  • Herbalife $HLF CEO Michael Johnson on Recruiting

    Last week a video was posted to YouTube showing Herbalife CEO Michael Johnson talking about recruiting. Herbalife had the video pulled from YouTube on the basis of copyright infringement. That is most certainly a bogus claim. I’m not an attorney, […]

  • Herbalife Report: “Pyramid Shakedown”

    This week New York State Senator Jeff Klein and Public Advocate Letitia James issued a scathing report on multi-level marketing company Herbalife (NYSE: HLF). The report, The Amercian Scheme: Herbalife’s Pyramid ‘Shake’down, is based on complaints filed by 56 Herbalife […]

  • Advocare: What You Should Know

    Written by: Advocare Facts AdvoCare is a multi-level-marketing company (MLM), founded in 1993 by Charles Ragus. Charlie once worked as a regional vice president for Fidelity Union Insurance while being a distributor for Herbalife. In 1989 Charlie co-founded Omnitrition International. […]