Yoli Founder Daren Falter’s “2009 Network Marketing’s Best Companies Review.”
2009 Best Companies in MLM Review
By Daren C. Falter
Thank you for studying my articles and my book. By doing so, you have proven that you are genuinely interested in becoming educated about network marketing. Hopefully, this book has helped you to better understand emerging trends in network marketing. I also hope that you learned some valuable techniques for selecting the right network marketing company for you.
Using the criteria found in these articles and in my book, I reviewed over four hundred of the most popular network marketing companies. This was quite an undertaking. I gained valuable insights about the industry that have helped me continue to evaluate opportunities more accurately and objectively. Although many companies scored highly in testing, many did not. Some programs didn’t make the top ten, top twenty, or even the top four hundred. Some didn’t make any list other than my black list.
Although many of the following programs have significant flaws that would keep them from being recommended as top opportunities today, they are worth listing. The top ten opportunities are worth evaluating seriously, and only the top five scored high enough to be considered superior companies. I update this list as new information becomes available. However, these updates are only accurate at the date of publishing. I realize that there may be companies that were doing fantastic at the date of publishing, but within as little as two weeks, a company can get into big trouble. So please excuse any information that has become inaccurate. Be sure to check http://www.networkmarketingbook.com for updates, corrections, and additions.
One of the reasons I conducted such a thorough study of over four hundred programs was to pick the number one company in network marketing for the purpose of pursuing an independent distributorship. Although I believe in developing multiple streams of income, I truly believe that you should commit to one network marketing opportunity at a time and give it your heart and soul. Please review the following pages to find a list of the top programs in network marketing today.
The following is a list of my top picks in North America for 2010. It’s no coincidence that none of these companies are start-ups. In fact, all of these companies are 4-30 years old. Be sure to study Chapter Seven of my book again to understand why start-up companies are high risk.
You also see that there is a strong focus on health and nutrition products among these top companies. I spent a lot of time in Chapters Five and Six of my book explaining why health and nutrition is the most viable industry today. It’s also interesting to note that although many of these companies have from fifty to over one thousand products in their line, nearly half of these thirty companies utilized a single flagship product or a single line of products to produce momentum growth.
Over one third of these companies still produce a majority of their revenue through a handful of products, sometimes even just a single product. Most of these companies feature a unilevel, breakaway, or binary compensation plan, or a hybrid plan which is a combination of two or more. Be sure you study Chapter Eight of my book carefully so you can understand the pros and cons of each before making your ultimate choice.
In Chapter Nine of my book, I outlined many strategies and tools for scrutinizing the company’s management team. Although we don’t have room to comment on each below, know that this is the most important criterion of them all. The experience, integrity, and ambition of the founders of these top thirty companies is as varied as their product lines, but these companies have all show some level of determination to get where they are today. Be sure to carefully check out each of the founders on your own. This is the key to a long, successful career in network marketing, and in finding a successful match for you.
Finally, every company featured in the top thirty has phenomenal products or they would not have made the list. You can rest assured that these are some of the best products in the world, and I would use and recommend all of them (and I actually do use and recommend many of them).
Success leaves clues, and so does failure. Make sure you study this book inside and out so you can understand why some companies survive in network marketing and some don’t. Being featured on this list of the top thirty companies in network marketing for 2010 is an honor but there are no guarantees that these companies will continue to grow and thrive. Odds say that several of these companies will make poor choices over the next five years and sabotage their existing momentum, and possibly even go out of business. Continue to apply the strategies for scrutinizing network marketing companies outlined in my book and articles and you’ll drastically increase your chances for selecting a solid, long-term winner every time.
Daren’s Top Thirty – Listed by year of launch, most recent to oldest
Companies with the * have achieved special recognition based on superior performance over the last five years. Not all of these companies are doing well presently but most are likely to survive long term. Statistics show that a few of these top thirty companies will go out of business over the next five years.
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The following is a list of companies that have paved the way for younger opportunities to follow. Our hats go off to these industry founders who have all survived at least thirty years. I’d rather select any of these grandparent companies than join most of the less proven, unstable companies in MLM. Some of these even made my top thirty list above, despite their maturity, and they are still giving some of the younger companies a run for their money.
Notice how much more diverse the product industries are. Household consumables dominated the market during the 1960s and 1970s. Also notice that all of these older companies feature a traditional breakaway compensation plan. A dieing breed, the breakaway is one of the most widely used plan in network marketing. This is mainly due to the fact that it was the only choice up until about 20 years ago.
| Primerica | 1977 | Financial (stocks, insurance) | Breakaway |
| Watkins | 1977 | Household Items | Breakaway |
| Nikken | 1975 | Nutrition (health magnets) | Breakaway |
| Nature’s Sunshine | 1972 | Nutrition (Thai-Go, Enzymes, Vitamins) | Breakaway |
| Pre-Paid Legal | 1972 | Legal Services/Bought TPN | Breakaway |
| NSA | 1970 | Household, Nutrition (Juice Plus) | Breakaway |
| Mary Kay | 1963 | Cosmetics, Personal Care | Breakaway |
| Amway/Quixtar | 1959 | Household, Soap, Catalog Shopping | Breakaway |
| Golden Neo-Life | 1958 | Nutrition (Diamite) | Breakaway |
| Shaklee | 1956 | Nutrition (VitaLee) | Breakaway |
| Fuller Brush | 1911 | Household Products | Breakaway |
| Avon | 1886 | Cosmetics, Personal Care | Breakaway |
Popular MLM Companies in 2009-2010
Please note that I do not necessarily endorse or recommend any of these companies. This is simply a list of the most popular and recognized network marketing companies as of 2010.
Company Name US Phone # Corporate Website
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Amazon Herb 800-835-0850 www.rainforestbio.com
AmeriPlan 972-702-9856 www.ameriplanusa.com
AMS 405-842-0131 www.amsonline.com
Amway 616-676-6000 www.amway.com
Arbonne 949-770-2610 www.arbonne.com
Avon 212-282-5100 www.avon.com
Biometics 805-383-3535 www.biometics.com
Body Alive 877-562-2725 www.bodyalivenow.com
Body Wise 801-466-8300 www.bodywise.com
Chews 4 Health 800-918-6778 www.chews4health.com
Care Entre 972-915-3200 www.careentree.com
Creative Memories 800-468-9335 www.creativememories.com
Cell Tech 541-882-5406 www.celltech.com
Cognigen (Bay Hill CC) 206-297-3900 www.cognigen.com
Cyberwize 941-371-1010 www.cyberwize.com
Discovery Toys 800-341-8697 www.discoverytoys.com
DWG 702-262-5555 www.dwginternational.com
EcoQuest 800-989-2299 www.ecoquest.com
Eniva 763-795-8870 www.eniva.com
Enliven 800-548-5746 www.enliveninternational.com
Enlyten 888-436-5983 www.enlyten.com
Essentially Yours 604-759-5000 www.eyicom.com
eXfuze 561-626-4515 www.exfuze.com
ForeverGreen 801-655-5500 www.forevergreen.org
Forever Living 800-309-2057 www.foreverliving.com
ForMor 501-336-0077 www.formorintl.com
Fortune Hi-Tech 859-422-7008 www.gofortuneonline.com
FreeLife 203-882-7250 www.freelife.com
Fruta Vida 512-266-1944 www.frutavida.com
Fuller Brush 620-792-1711 www.fullerbrush.com
Gano Excel 626-338-808 www.ganoexcel.com
Genesis Pure 801-492-5888 www.genesispure.com
Genewize 888-488-9493 www.genewize.com
Golden Neo-Life D. 510-651-0405 www.gnld.com
Goldshield Elite 866-218-8142 www.goldshieldelite.com
Goyin 808-944-6552 www.123goyin.com
Herbalife 310-410-9600 www.herbalife.com
Heritage Health 970-484-7120 www.heritagehealthproducts.com
Ideal Health (Trump Ntwk) 800-768-7667 www.idealhealth.com Immunotec 450-424-9992 www.immunotec.com
Infinity2 800-572-0501 www.infinity2.net
InnerLight 801-655-0601 www.innerlightinc.com
Internal Creations 480-284-8295 www.internalcreations.com
Jerky Direct 888-395-3759 www.jerkydirect.com
| Kiiera
Isagenix Legacy For Life Lets Get Fishing Life Force Life Plus Lifestyles LifeVantage |
818-217-3005
856-983-6900 800-557-8477 702-450-5905 800-531-4877 870-698-2311 800-461-3438 866-460-7241 |
www.kiiera.com www.isogenix.com www.legacyforlife.com www.letsgetfishing.com www.lifeforce.net www.lifeplus.com www.lifestyles.net www.lifevantage.com |
| Limu Company, The | 866-852-4832 | www.thelimucompany.com |
| Longevity Network | 702-454-7000 | www.longevity.com |
| Mannatech | 972-471-7400 | www.mannatech.com |
| Market America | 336-605-0040 | www.marketamerica.com |
| Mary Kay | 972-687-6300 | www.marykay.com |
| Matol (Now Univera) | 800-363-6286 | www.matol.com |
| Max Int’l | 801-316-6380 | www.maxgxl.com |
| Medifast | 800-209-0878 | www.medifast1.com |
| Melaleuca | 208-522-0700 | www.melaleuca.com |
| Monatau | 888-778-7432 | www.monatau.com |
| Monavie | 801-748-3100 | www.monavie.com |
| Moxxor | 949-362-0889 | www.moxxor.com |
| MXI (Xocai) | 775-971-9903 | www.mxicorp.com |
| NHT Global | 604-533-4425 | www.nhtglobal.com |
| Natures Pearl | 336-998-2386 | www.naturespearlproducts.com |
| Nature’s Sunshine | 800-223-8225 | www.naturessunshine.com |
| New Vision | 480-927-8999 | www.newvision.com |
| Neways | 801-423-2800 | www.neways.com |
| Nikken | 949-789-2000 | www.nikken.com |
| NSA | 901-366-9288 | www.nsaonline.com |
| NuCerity | 713-961-9080 | www.nucerity.com |
| NuSkin | 801-345-1000 | www.nuskin.com |
| Nuriche
OceanGrown |
801-765-8845
941-921-2401 |
www.nuriche.com |
| Omnitrition | 972-702-7600 | www.omnitrition.com |
| Orenda | 480-889-1001 | www.orendainternational.com |
| Orovo | 877-466-7686 | www.orovo.com |
| Oxyfresh | 800-333-7374 | www.oxyfresh.com |
| Pharmanex | 801-345-1000 | www.pharmanex.com |
| Pre-Paid Legal | 580-436-1234 | www.prepaidlegal.com |
| Primerica | 770-381-1000 | www.primerica.com |
| Pro Image | 800-323-3681 | www.proimageteam.com |
| Pro Young | 760-598-7029 | www.proyounginternational.com |
| Qivana | 801-610-4600 | www.qivana.com |
| Quixtar | 616-787-7000 | www.quixtar-inc.com |
| Reliv | 636-537-9715 | www.reliv.com |
| ReVita Royal Body Care Scent-Sations SeaAloe SendOutCards SenSatiaFruit Shaklee
Sib |
904-269-3240
972-893-4000 866-207-2368 800-299-8256 801-463-3800 620-665-7900 925-924-2000 801-542-7500 |
www.re-vita.com www.royalbodycare.com www.scent-team.com www.seasilver.com www.sendoutcards.com www.sensatiafruit.com www.shaklee.com www.sibu.com |
| Simplexity (was CellTech) Sisel
Somalife StemTech Sunrider Symmetry Synergy Tahitian Noni Take Shape for Life Trivani Ultra Unicity Univera Uri |
800-687-1107
801-423-5555 250-491-5090 541-850-1700 310-781-8096 800-796-6387 801-431-7600 801-234-1000 800-572-4417 888-874-8264 816-876-2573 801-226-2600 877-627-4749 435-586-8125 |
www.simplexityhealth.com www.mysisel.com www.somalife.net www.stemtechhealth.com www.sunrider.com www.symmetrydirect.com www.synergyworldwide.com www.tahitiannoni.com www.tsfl.com
www.trivani.us www.ultraselects.com www.unicitynetwork.com www.univeralifesciences.com www.uriinternational.com |
| Usana
Vemma/New Vision ViSalus Vision For Life Vitamark Waiora Watkins Wellness OneWorld Winalite World Ventures Xelr8 XanGo Yoli Young Living |
801-954-7100
480-927-8999 877-847-2587 405-949-1777 281-220-1240 866-699-2467 651-776-7632 763-780-8080 020-22268338 702-486-7355 303-316-8577 801-816-8000 888-295-9009 801-418-8900 |
www.usana.com www.vemma.com www.visalus.com www.v4l.com www.vitamark.com www.waiora.com www.watkinsonline.com www.wellnessoneworld.com www.winalite.com www.worldventures.biz www.xelr8.com www.xango.net www.prelaunchinsider.com www.youngliving.com |
| Youngevity YTB Travel Zrii
Zurvita |
800-982-3189
618-655-9477 801-878-8099 713-464-5002 |
www.youngevity.com www.ytb.com www.zrii.com www.zurvita.com |
Again, these companies are not necessarily endorsed or recommended by me. This is simply a list of popular companies. If the company you’re evaluating is not listed here, it is possible that it’s still worth looking into. Great companies are popping up all the time. However, proceed with extreme caution since the chances of that company surviving are less than one percent.
About the Author
Daren C. Falter is the author of the network marketing industry-wide best seller How to Select a Network Marketing Company. Daren has been a consultant to the network marketing industry for over 12 years and a student and participant for over 20 years. Daren has built downline organizations into the tens of thousands of distributors with several different companies. Daren is a popular convention speaker and trainer. You can visit Daren online at his blog at www.networkmarketingreview.com. You can also order Daren’s best-selling MLM book at www.networkmarketingbook.com.
Daren recently launched a new network marketing company, Yoli, Inc., near Salt Lake City, Utah. Daren and his four partners are excited to introduced the worlds most nutritious beverage using patented BlastCap™ Technology. For more information about Blast Cap Technology, Blast Caps, or Yoli, visit Yoli at www.prelaunchinsider.com.
Copyright ©2009 DC Falter Marketing, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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