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by Robert L. FitzPatrick, Author of PONZINOMICS, the Untold Story of Multi-Level Marketing July, 2023 From the outside or if you just drive by, the enormous facility in Ada Michigan would look like any large corporate center. There is a huge globe on display by the...Apr 10, 2023 | News
by Robert L. FitzPatrick #1: MLM Is Not “Business”; MLM Is Not “Direct Selling” MLM contracts are never voluntary. Necessary information is always withheld. A fair exchange of value does not occur. The MLM financial proposition is inherently deceptive and harmful....Mar 4, 2023 | News
by Robert L. FitzPatrick I was quoted and a link to my book, False Profits, was included in a recent article in the Washington Post that probed the aphorism, “Fake It Till You Make It”, which now pervades our culture as a recommended strategy for...Feb 14, 2023 | News
by Robert L. FitzPatrick For many years, I addressed questions about why so many people, especially younger people, fall into MLM with a simple answer: deception. MLM is a utopian, almost irresistible proposition, a fraud, deviously disguised as a legitimate...Jan 10, 2023 | MLM, News
Each year, more than 20 million Americans get recruited into multi-level marketing (MLM) to be “direct sellers” of soaps and supplements, leggings and lotions, cosmetics and crypto, among other things. Few ask the first question: “Is MLM really direct selling?” If...Nov 11, 2022 | News
MLM is not and never was “direct selling” (door-to-door retailing). Mass merchandising, big box stores, mail-order and then the internet, among other societal changes killed off the old “direct selling” model generations ago. MLM promoters...