Category: Direct Selling

The next episode of the MomoTalks podcast series is now available! Listen in as host Anabelle Gilliam talks with Jonathan Gelfand, the Executive Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs at Bodi. Learn about Jonathan's career and work, while also exploring the complexities of compliance in the direct selling industry. You don't want to miss this!

The DSA will be holding its 2024 Technology + Operations Conference from June 12-13 in Boise, Idaho, and Momentum Factor's Travis Wilson will be a featured speaker. We hope to see you there!

The DSLC Summit is returning to Salt Lake City in 2025 from Wednesday, February 12 through Friday, February 14! So, mark your calendar and plan to join us at the Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City for direct selling's premier event.

Momentum Factor's Travis Wilson will be attending and presenting at the 2024 DSA Canada Conference to be held from June 23-26 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. We hope to see you there!

On Wednesday, May 1, the FTC staff released updated business guidance for multi-level marketing, which revises previous guidance from 2018. Read this article from Kelley Drye to learn more.

After proposing a rule back in January of 2023 to potentially ban noncompetes, the FTC voted to ban noncompete agreements nationwide on Tuesday, April 23.

For the second straight year in 2024, Momentum Factor will be sponsoring the Gratitude Invitational Golf Tournament on Thursday, May 9, at the Thanksgiving Point Golf Club in Lehi, Utah. We hope to see you there!

The initial Momentum Factor Social Selling Update Quarterly Newsletter of 2024 has been released! Don't miss out on all of the professional news and insights for the direct selling executive.

With the expansion of culture through social media in just the last 10 years, social selling is no longer a young person’s game. It is now almost a requirement for every direct selling company to harness the power of social media selling and pave the way to creating meaningful digital connections in order to be successful. 

The FTC sent letters to both the DSA and the DSSRC on Friday, March 15. While these letters or advisory opinions reflect the views of the current FTC staff and are not official Commission positions, the letter to the DSSRC raised concern about the program's guidance about income disclosure statements, and the letter to the DSA restated the FTC's position on the interpretation of the Koscot Test. Learn more in this article from Kelley Drye.