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My name is Ty Tribble and I would like to welcome you to the MLM Blog. I launched this site in 2003 as a journal of my thoughts and opinions on Network Marketing.

While I write about many companies, I am only active in one, if you would like more information about myself or my business, visit TyTribble.com. 

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Dan Mitchell has recently joined the MLM Blog as a reporter/blogger.  You will notice that his posts have his name at the bottom of the report. For the record, I am not Dan and he is not me.  His thoughts and opinions may differ from mine.

Yoli - New MLM Company Founded By Corey Citron

Some big names (formerly of Xango?) appear to be connected with new Network Marketing company, Yoli.

Yoil appears to be founded by Corey Citron.  Corey had one of the most used online marketing systems connected with Xango.

There is nothing at Yoli.com at this point.

Also connected with Yoli are Robby Fender, Rick Eisele, Daren Falter, and Michael Pritchard.

If you have additional details to share, feel free to post them.  MLM Blog will keep you updated as new information becomes available.

On a side (but related) note.  Xango appears to have lost he luster it had a few years ago. I wrote about Xango's lack of innovation back in May.  I have spoke with a number of Xango reps who tell me that volume is way down.

This is more bad news for Xango.

Tupperware Indonesia Gives Blood

By Dan Mitchell, MLM Blog Correspondent

From The Jakarta Globe:

(Donors giving blood during an event organized by Tupperware Indonesia at Plaza Semanggi on Friday. (Photo: Jurnasyanto Sukarno, JG))

As shoppers rushed in and out of the stores at Plaza Semanggi in South Jakarta on Friday, some stopped to donate blood to the Indonesian Red Cross.

Among them was Effi Prabowo, 52, a longtime blood donor.  “This is the 28th time I have given blood,” said Effi, smiling.

“I seek out events like this at which to donate blood — preferably ones that are close to my house.”

Effi said she was introduced to the habit of donating blood by her husband and found, after his death, that she could not abandon it.  “My husband liked to give blood and he got me to go along with him,” she said.

Effi donated blood for the first time in 1990 and now gives blood about four times a year.  She said she’d hoped her son would also be a frequent blood donor, but it turned out that he was afraid of needles.

Rini Astuti is a doctor who has been working for the Indonesian Red Cross for the past six years.  She said the average daily amount of blood needed by hospitals in the city was 300 units, which meant about 300 blood donations a day were needed.

The whole story...

MLM Review Kings Pay Per MLM Review

By Dan Mitchell, MLM Blog Correspondent

Hey! You can buy a post on MLM Review Kings. Review yourself for $135. At that price you'd think they'd write it for you...

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100 Year-Old Ohio Woman Credits Nu Skin For Youthful Appearance

By Dan Mitchell, MLM Blog Correspondent

From Ohio.com:

Mary Elizabeth (Bricker) Fairchild — who was selected ''May Queen'' back in the day when she was a student at Akron's Central High School — still flashes the smile that scored her that long-ago title.

Indeed, the neatly coiffed Mrs. Fairchild, who turned 100 Thursday, has much to be grateful for and smile about.

Amazingly, the Cuyahoga Falls Cardinal Retirement Village resident, who still covets her independence, lives in an assisted-living apartment.

Mrs. Fairchild was born July 9, 1909, in Barberton and moved to Akron a few weeks later. Teddy Roosevelt was president.

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New York State Sues Social Network Tagged

By Dan Mitchell, MLM Blog Correspondent

From AFP:

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The attorney general of New York state announced plans on Thursday to sue social network Tagged for deceptive email marketing practices and invasion of privacy.

Attorney general Andrew Cuomo, in a statement on his website, said a lawsuit was being filed against the San Francisco-based social network for "an illegal plan to lure new members and artificially inflate traffic on its site."

"Consumers who visited Tagged were tricked into providing the company with access to their personal email contacts, which the company then used to send millions of promotional emails," the statement said.

"Tagged disguised these solicitations to make them appear as if they were coming from a personal contact, when they were actually spam," it said.

Between April and June, Tagged sent "tens of millions" of misleading emails stating that Tagged members had posted private photos online for their friends to view, the statement said. "In reality, no such photos existed and the email was not from their friends.

"When recipients of these fraudulent emails tried to access the photos, they were forced to become a new member of Tagged," the statement said. "The company would then illegally gain access to their personal email contacts to send more fraudulent invitations."

"This company stole the address books and identities of millions of people," Cuomo said. "Consumers had their privacy invaded and were forced into the embarrassing position of having to apologize to all their email contacts for Tagged?s unethical -- and illegal -- behavior.

"This very virulent form of spam is the online equivalent of breaking into a home, stealing address books, and sending phony mail to all of an individual?s personal contacts," he said. "We would never accept this behavior in the real world, and we cannot accept it online."

The statement said the lawsuit aims to stop Tagged from engaging in "fraudulent practices" and seeks an unspecified fine from the company.

Tagged suspended the email marketing campaign in June.

Tagged chief executive Greg Tseng, in a blog post on Thursday, called Cuomo's announcement "disheartening."

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Celebrating 50 Years of Amway India Scam

By Dan Mitchell, MLM Blog Correspondent

Sounds like Amway reps are up to their old tricks in India.

From Corporate Frauds Watch:

Amway India indulges in the same blame game whenever a distributor fails to do business. He did not work hard that it is why he had failed in his mission. The truth is the scheme itself inherently deceitful. Amway India distributors all the time tell their new members about motivation and soon they are going to become rich soon.

Nirmala, the school teacher, stated in her letter that though both are working they hardly had five thousand rupees in their bank account and her husband was still in the illusion that they are going to become millionaires soon. And he keeps on bringing pressure on her to sell products to their kith and kin.
The housewife who tried to join the auto rickshaw driver told him that she has been earning thousands of rupees every month. She was killed in her own flat by the same man for money. But he did not find any money in her home not even jewellery and that was what he told the police during interrogation.

Another housewife told me that she was earning Rs. 68,000 every month. But she rides a battered scooter and lives in a tin-roofed rented house. People who earn Rs. 20,000 a month lead a decent life in India.

Lambada ladies were lured to become members with the promise of becoming rich by some Amway distributors. It is not their poor choice. But the distributor has wrongly chosen them to become distributors. His aim is to enroll more members and earn commission.

These are all facts which could not be skipped or taken lightly. People who lost money in such transactions would never trust the persons who introduced them to such schemes. That is why such schemes are damaging the social fabric of our society. Is there any need to interview each and every distributor in the country to come to such conclusion. Not at all.

Anyway, IBOFB agreed that all is not well with Amway UK and it is better they close shop before cheating many more people. So is the case with Amway India.

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Xango Expands to Portugal, Spain and France

By Dan Mitchell, MLM Blog Correspondent

Sounds like an invasion!

From PRLog:

The air is still fresh with energy around XanGo with the excitement generated by the recent European Regional event in Brussels, Belgium. Topping the list of news was the enthusiastic announcement that France, Portugal and Spain are now officially open for business to XanGo Distributors – bringing our total number of markets to 28 countries throughout the world!

Each of these new markets presents great opportunities for XanGo Distributors and each is fully supported by functioning and localized websites, MXO and customer service. Brian Gallacher will be the Country Manager over Portugal, Spain and France in addition to his current responsibilities with other Western Europe markets.

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Cedric Penn Leaves Zija For Zrii

Trouble at Network Marketing company, Zija?

Zija's top earner, Cedric Penn has left the company for Zrii. There was no disclosure of the financial terms Penn may have received for making the jump...

Draper, UT (PRWEB) July 10, 2009 -- Zrii, LLC (www.zrii.com) announced today that Cedric Penn has joined forces with Zrii as one of the company's top distributors. Penn has been in network marketing for 14 years, and with his team, the Diamond Network, he has been the number-one income earner for the past 24 months. Penn has earned the title of Distributor of the Year multiple times and is known as a top trainer and mentor in the industry.

Created by Penn's founding principles of faith, family, and prosperity, the vision of the Diamond Network is to present a premier networking opportunity to the world--Penn's personal mission is to create 300 millionaires in five years. Now the Diamond Network is a bright shining star in Zrii. "I have never been as excited about a company that has a complete story, dedicated professionals, and a partnership with Bill Farley," Penn explains. "I know Zrii is going to be a billion-dollar brand!"

"The success of Cedric Penn and the Diamond Network is the combination of committed people, an extraordinary business opportunity, and a value-driven product," states Bill Farley, Founder and CEO of Zrii. "Cedric's passion aligns perfectly with Zrii's own goals. I believe Zrii offers the best opportunity in the industry and we couldn't be more pleased to have him and his organization as a part of the Zrii family."

Efusjon - Derek Broes: The Truth About Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft

MLM Blog Exclusive...

In an exclusive Facebook communication with Derek Broes from Efusjon, Ty Tribble from MLM Blog posed the following questions:

I see Efusjon reps saying you invented Skype...

Derek Broes: "I never said I invented Skype. People in MLM create the lies. not me."

Partnership with Facebook?

Derek Broes: "My company is a development company that writes software and we are a facebook approved developer. We are not partners because we don't need to be. Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook CEO) and I did not meet and discuss efusjon...efusjon is simply using the open platform API's that facebook provides to build applications to launch in facebook."

Commentary: Do a quick search and see how many Efusjon reps are misleading people into thinking that there is some kind of partnership with Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook and Efusjon.

Partnership with Microsoft? 400 Microsoft Engineers working on Efusjon program?

Derek Broes: "No 400 Msft (Microsoft) engineers and NOT 400. We are not building Microsoft windows. Some engineers may have worked at msft but no Msft is not partnered nor did I hire Msft."

Microsoft invest in Facebook because of Efusjon?

Derek Broes: "NO Msft did not invest in facebook because of efusjon."

When questioned about income claims, Mr. Broes wraps up by saying: 

"I cannot disclose specific about earning but I can say there are many people paying bills and yes some are buying homes and cars. Yes I was a partner with skype and helped launch it through a company I ran called Altnet/ Kazaa Yes I was an executive at Microsoft Yes I was SVP at Paramount and NOT VP."

iJango vs. Tampogo

By Dan Mitchell, MLM Blog Correspondent

I stumbled upon a network marketing opportunity called Tampogo this morning while trying to get to the bottom of the so-called iJango scam.

 You can check it out at Tampogo.com.

It seems to be identical to iJango and it doesn't cost anything to join. And you don't have to sit through a black & white video of an earnest huckster - Cameron Sharpe - claiming he had the original idea to "network" Google.

Tampogo and iJango are so similar their respective Terms & Conditions are almost identical. They must share the same legal team. They certainly share the same destiny.

This from TamPogo:

3.1 - Adherence to the TamPogo Marketing and Compensation Plan

Network Partners must adhere to the terms of the TamPogo Compensation Plan as set forth in official TamPogo literature. Network Partners shall not offer the TamPogo opportunity through, or in combination with, any other system, program, or method of marketing other than that specifically set forth in official TamPogo literature. Network Partners shall not require or encourage other current or prospective Direct Customers or Network Partners to participate in TamPogo in any manner that varies from the program as set forth in official TamPogo literature. Network Partners shall not require or encourage other current or prospective Direct Customers or Network Partners to execute any agreement or contract other than official TamPogo agreements and contracts in order to become a TamPogo Network Partner. Similarly, Network Partners shall not require or encourage other current or prospective Direct Customers or Network Partners to make any purchase from, or payment to, any individual or other entity to participate in the TamPogo Compensation Plan other than those purchases or payments identified as recommended or required in official TamPogo literature.

This from iJango:

4.1 - Adherence to the iJango Marketing and Compensation Plan

Representatives must adhere to the terms of the iJango Marketing and Compensation Plan as set forth in official iJango literature.  Representatives shall not offer the iJango opportunity through, or in combination with, any other system, program, or method of marketing other than that specifically set forth in official iJango literature.  Representatives shall not require or encourage other current or prospective Customers or Representatives to participate in iJango in any manner that varies from the program as set forth in official iJango literature.  Representatives shall not require or encourage other current or prospective Customers or Representatives to execute any agreement or contract other than official iJango agreements and contracts in order to become an iJango Representative.  Similarly, Representatives shall not require or encourage other current or prospective Customers or Representatives to make any purchase from, or payment to, any individual or other entity to participate in the iJango Marketing and Compensation Plan other than those purchases or payments identified as recommended or required in official iJango literature.

Who will win the iJango Scam ?

By Dan Mitchell, MLM Blog Correspondent

Yesterday Ty blogged about the so-called iJango scam and how it was similar to AGLOCO. As a former Director of Sales at one of the top MLM Leads companies in the industry I've spoken to thousands and thousands of Network Marketing and MLM Professionals and I can still remember the hype and lies surrounding AGLOCO. And then the eventual collapse...

I just hope people aren't duped into this latest get-rich-quick-scheme called iJango from Cameron Sharpe and Steve Smith. With the state of the economy these days the $150 it takes to get started could buy a lot of food and essentials.

The iJango scam is a lot like a game of Jenga - it's fun and exciting to begin with but it's not over until the pieces fall down. iJango!

Read the TechCrunch article here that discusses AGLOCO...

Mary Kay Sues Yahoo

By Dan Mitchell, MLM Blog Correspondent

From Biz Journals: 

Yahoo Inc. has been sued by Mary Kay Cosmetics over unauthorized links inserted into e-mail messages, according to a report Thursday.

Online Media Daily reported that a lawsuit filed in federal court in Dallas said e-mails advertising Mary Kay products are inserted by users into e-mails from unauthorized re-sellers and other competitors.

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Tags: mlm, networkmarketing, legal, marykay, yahoo

iJango Scam = Failed AGLOCO Toolbar?

iJango appears to be some sort of toolbar that will allow you to monetize the web, right?

Sorry to report that it's been tried before, twice.

Read this TechCrunch article from 2007.  it will shed a lot of light on iJango:

If it was a bad idea the first time around, it’s probably a bad idea the second time around too. Mike was harsh on AGLOCO, a variation of the failed AllAdvantage pyramid scheme from a few years ago, when he wrote about their launch. He was right to question the business - they’re closing down. The following email was sent to at least some AGLOCO members:

We would like to update you on the status of AGLOCO’s operations. We continue to believe in the AGLOCO concept, but our revenue is currently not sufficient to give Members a meaningful distribution. And though there are increases in membership, the resulting revenue is not enough to support operating costs. As a development team we are unable to continue to use our savings to fund the operations. If any Member would like to pursue continuing the operations of AGLOCO, you may contact us at agloco1@live.com .

We would like to thank every Member for supporting our effort to bring a piece of the Internet directly to the user. We hope that we can find a way to keep the operations going.

AGLOCO is the reincarnation of AllAdvantage (complete with some of the same founders), a Web 1.0 company that paid users for viewing advertising through a toolbar. The founders, who blamed the stock crash in 2000 for the AllAdvantage faiure, claimed they’d get it right this time around. In particular, the ability to highly target advertising would allow them to generate enough revenue for a sustainable business.

Apparently they were wrong. AGLOCO joins the TechCrunch Deadpool.

Efusjon Scam Hype and Lies?

I am getting a little tired of the apparent hype and lies surrounding Efusjon

Here is an example from a Hubpage written by an Efusjon rep:

Derek Broes, colleague of Bill Gates and inventor of SKYPE became a VP at Paramount Pictures.

Colleague of Bill Gates? The guy was a director level at Microsoft and Microsoft has over 90,000 employees.  Was Derek Broes really a colleague of Bill Gates?

Maybe Broes was a colleague of Gates.  Good for him.  However the second piece of information about SKYPE appears to be a lie.

Here is information on the founders/inventors of SKYPE (from Wikipedia):

Skype was written by Estonia-based developers Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu and Jaan Tallinn, who had also originally developed Kazaa.[1] The Skype Group, founded by Swedish-born entrepreneur Niklas Zennström and the Dane Janus Friis, has its headquarters in Luxembourg, with offices in London, Tallinn, Tartu, Stockholm, Prague,[2] and San Jose.

No mention of Broes.  In fact the SKYPE entry on Wikipedia makes absolutely no mention of Derek Broes.  

Kind of odd that the "inventor of SKYPE" is not even listed on the SKYPE entry on Wikipedia, don't you think?

Folks, it is not hard to become a fast growing business when you build on hype and lies. 

Like my boys from Public Enemy always say: Don't Believe The (Efusjon) Hype.

EIRO Offers Huge Signing Bonus For The Average Networker

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An EIROStar is an associate who enrolls a minimum of 3 new EIRO associates in a given month. In the month of June, EIRO is giving significant cash bonuses to top recruiting EIROStars. 

If you enroll 20 new associates who purchase the Leader Upgrade package at EIRO, you would earn $15,000! 

EIROStar details can be found here. 

Click here to take the EIRO Tour.