Start Me Up!
Startups - It's our middle name.
For nearly three decades, we have assisted hundreds of startups - probably more than everyone else put together.
Some of our more famous startups: Melaleuca, USANA, Quorum, BodyWise, Shaperite, Kaire, Network 2000, Envion, Matol, MLM divisions for Home Shopping Network, ServiceMaster, Fuller Brush...
The Business World Looks To Us...
We've been interviewed by and written for the best:
Direct Selling News (more than once), Inc., Money, Atlantic Monthly, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Entrepreneur, Business Start-Ups, Success, Wealth Building, Success from Home, Money Maker's Monthly, Home Office Computing, Upline, Family Circle, Home Business, Direct Sales Legaline...
Educating the Industry
Conference Sponsor:
~Starting and Running the Successful MLM Company
~University of Texas Academic Conference
~Lecturer at Numerous DSA and MLMIA Conferences
At the Crossroads of Policy
~The DSA - Lawyer's Council, Government Relations Committee, Internet Task Force
~The MLMIA - Legal Counsel, Board of Directors
~ABA - Litigation Section, Antitrust Section
~Oregon State Bar - Chairman, Committee on Judicial Administration
A Library of Books
Yes, we authored:
~The Network Marketer's Guide to Success
~The Tax Guide for MLM/Direct Selling Distributors
~The MLM Corporate Handbook
~Network Marketing: Window of Opportunity
~And chapters in numerous industry works and textbooks.
Around The World And Beyond
Find our clients on earth, in cyberspace and from satellite in outerspace -
~Operating in more than 130 countries
~Headquartered from Japan to New York, to Paris to Korea, to L.A. to China...
~Millions of distributors
~Billions in sales
Lawyer to the Lawyers
Author of educational articles on network marketing in official State Bar Journals:
~Maryland
~Virginia
~New Mexico
~Oregon
Contributor to proposed legislation in the U.S. and Canada.
The Rich and Famous
Billion dollar legends have tapped our expertise:
~Avon
~Amway
~Team National
~NuSkin
~Excel
~Nikken
~Discovery Toys
~Cell Tech
~Fuller Brush
~Longaberger
~Noevir
~Sunrider
~ACN
Articles, Articles, Articles
Some of the hundreds of authoritative articles on network marketing by Jeffrey A. Babener:
Network Marketing: What You Should Know; Is This Network Marketing Opportunity for Real?; The Inside Track on Network Marketing; MLM Earnings, How Much?; Marketing Discount Services; Network Marketing: Is It For You?; New Protection for MLM Distributors; Value Is The "In" Thing; Planning A Great Meeting; Co-op Advertising: Get the Word Out; Network Marketing: Future Opportunities; Successful Long Distance Sponsoring; Networking and Time Mangement; Networking Through Mail Lists; Networkers on the Information Highway; Networking Through Nonprofit; Changing Face of Network Marketing; Investigating a Network Marketing Company; ABC - Three-Way Calling; MLM Earnings Projections; Promote Sales Presentations with Gifts; FDA and MLM; Look for Buy-Back Policies; MLM Pyramid Legislation; MLM Management and Training; Incorporating Your MLM Business; Tax Deductions for Your MLM Home Office; Financing Growth for your MLM Business; FDA Approval for MLM Products; MLM Retirement and Benefit Planning; MLM and Postal Service; MLM and Credit Card Fraud - Be Careful; Your Personal MLM Legal Dictionary; What's in a Name?; MLM Trademarks; Marketing Through Nonprofit Organizations; New Life for MLM Services in Missouri; MLM Statutes: Georgia Adopts Legislation; Electronic Fund Transfers; FTC and Advertising; The FTC Cooling Off Rule; The Business Plan: A Valuable Tool for Success; Missouri's MLM Struggles; The MLM/Franchise; MLM Buyback Rules; Your MLM Home Office and Taxes; Who Owns the Downline?; FDA Nutritional Health Claims; MLM and Sales Taxes, Future of the MLM Industry; The MLM Distributor's Guide to Incorporation; When the Postman Knocks; MLM Taxes: Entertainment Deductions; Network Marketing v. Pyramid Schemes; MLM and Franchising; Organizing Your MLM Business; How Many Levels?; Boost Sales with Nonprofits; MLM National Expansion; MLM to Europe - 1992; Noncompetition Agreements: Enforceable?; MLM in Canada; Underage Distributors; Involving Your Family In Business; MLM Statutes: Washington Continues the Trend; MLM Cross-Sponsoring Rules; Changes in the Marketing Plan; Selling Sales Tools; MLM Sales Taxes and Corporate Taxes: The Multistate Tax Commission; MLM and Business Opportunity Statutes; Buenos Dias Mexico; NuSkin Troubles: Light in the Tunnel; The Saga of MLM Investigations; Earnings Hype - What Can You Say?; Say It Again Sam: Making the Most of Great Press; IRS Audits and Network Marketers; Canada- Welcome-Bienvenu; Proposed FDA Legislation Helps MLM; Network Marketing: Legal Issues; Knock! Knock! It's the FDA; The SEC Awakens; Electronic Fund Transfers; New Rules on Home Office Deductions; State AG's Applaud Industry; Buy-back Standards; MLM Nuraceuticals! - Say What?; NSA Settlement: Enormous Industry Impact; Is the US Postal Service in Your Future?; You Too Can Incorporate; SEC: We Hate Pyramids; Opportunity Goes South: Mexico MLM; FDA v. Health Industry: Showdown; Forget the Saturation Theory; Network Marketing Reaches Maturity; New Proposals for Home Office Deductions; Chasing the Competition; Networkers and Credit Card Fraud; NuSkin and the FTC: A Message on Earnings Claims; Network Marketing Management and Training; Cancel This Sale! The Three Day Rule; Looking for the Right Compensation Plan; Too Young to Play.Return to the Babener & Associates Overview Page.
We advise in the areas of marketing, Federal Drug Administration (FDA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), trademarks, regulatory, international expansion, sales tax, distributor relationships, vendor relationships, and so much more.
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