Lunch & Learn for MLM and Affiliate Marketing Entrepreneurs | Sponsored by Kirton McConkie

PRESENTATION OVERVIEW

The multi-level/affiliate marketing industry continues to sustain a prominent presence in a rapidly evolving consumer-access marketplace. It is one of the few remaining areas where you can access high-volume sales with seemingly limited regulation. But, increasing regulation in public and governmental bias toward the industry is making the industry more complicated. Starting or maintaining an MLM venture requires continued focus and awareness in business, technology, and governmental aspects of the trade.

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Kirton McConkie attorneys Tim Anderson and Rachel Naegeli, longtime practitioners in direct and multi-level selling, along with John Winterholler, a strategic consultant in the software and compensation plan aspects of the direct-selling industry, are hosting a brief presentation and roundtable discussion on current developments in the multi-level and affiliated marketing industry, with a focus on how to start or maintain/expand this kind of company in today’s domestic and international marketplace.

The presentation is specifically designed for current MLM business owners and those seriously thinking about starting this kind of business.

TOPICS

• Startup challenges
• How to develop effective documentation: distributor agreements, policies and procedures, sales documents, and legal challenges
• Dealing with trade restraints, recruiting, and confidentiality, and distributor challenges
• Selecting software to enhance your ROI
• FTC and FDA regulation issues, and other state and federal consumer protection issues
• Corporate franchises and sales tax issues, and state disclosure filings
• Deciding when and how to go international - understanding NFR (not for resale) rules and permanent establishment rules that trigger foreign taxation
• Avoiding pitfalls and mistakes of the pyramid-selling MLM industry of the past
• Intellectual property protection