Episode 13: Income Disclosure Statements

Life After MLM

Roberta Blevins

Society & Culture, Education

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In this bonus episode, I tackle the age old question of "How much can you make PER HOUR in MLM?" by analyzing 14 different MLM's Income Disclosure Statements, and using averages to find out. I take the annual average wages, divide by 12 to get the monthly figure, then divide by 80 hours a month for part time wages. I think the results may shock you. For comparison, we also talk about minimum wages, livable wages, living comfortably, and what the going rate for labor is in the US Prison System. *I do say the wrong thing in this episode, stating I divided the monthly figure by 20 to get part time pay, but I meant to say "divide by 80" (20 hours x 4 weeks) so forgive me, because the math still checks out.* Show Notes! "Living Comfortably" : https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/living-wage-income-to-live-comfortably-in-every-us-state Prison Labor Wages : https://isps.yale.edu/news/blog/2013/10/time-to-reckon-with-prison-labor-0# Livable Wage Info : https://livingwage.mit.edu/articles/61-new-living-wage-data-for-now-available-on-the-tool# Lollipop Moments : https://www.ted.com/talks/drew_dudley_everyday_leadership?language=en "What does an average MLM or Network Marketing Distributor make per year?" : https://www.mlminsider.com/articles/what-does-an-average-mlm-or-network-marketing-distributor-make-per-year Ponzinomics by Robert L. FitzPatrick - https://amzn.to/3tWutRS How can you help? Report false income and health claims here: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/ Or go to: https://www.truthinadvertising.org You can also report to your state Attorney General's office! https://www.naag.org/find-my-ag/ Not in the U.S.? Go here: https://www.ftc.gov/policy/international/competition-consumer-protection-authorities-worldwide Support the Podcast! Buy me a Taco and leave me a note! 🌮💖 - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/robertablevins Follow us on Instagram for visual show notes, FAQ, and updates! - https://www.instagram.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast/ Like us on Facebook and join our show fan page to jump in on the conversation! - https://www.facebook.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast Follow me on TikTok for Anti MLM humor! - https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa Find me on CLUBHOUSE at @therealrobertablevins Become a monthly supporter for as little as $.99! https://anchor.fm/roberta-blevins/support *Some links may be affiliate links. When you purchase things from these links, I get a small commission that I use to buy us tacos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi all how we doing afternoon afternoon let's get this meeting meeting meeting
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0:29.0	C EE. E. dot-K slash claims. Hey, I'm Roberta Blovins, and this is life after Mlem. A podcast where we work to end the stigma of failure in an industry designed for you to fail.
0:47.0	All right, it's just you and I this episode. No guests, no interviews, nobody but me.
0:58.8	I decided I wanted to do this because this is something that's been bothering me for a while.
1:05.2	It's something that I see a lot, it's something that we talk about a lot, not only on this
1:09.2	podcast, but on my friends podcast, like Jessica's persuasion pitch and I see it a lot in a lot of
1:18.9	YouTube videos and I and I see it a lot in the groups and people talking about these and sharing these things and
1:26.5	oftentimes these things are used as proof that multi-level marketing is a scam.
1:32.0	And so I sort of just wanted to take this very simple
1:34.2	document and break it down and dissect it and and look at just the numbers from a
1:42.3	numbers perspective and here's the thing like I am not a numbers person I'm sure you guys have heard me say that before
1:50.0	I feel like I probably have some undiagnosed discalcula which is like dyslexia but with numbers because honestly I don't even know my own phone number sometimes.
2:01.0	It's it's rough and numbers always get mixed up for me and so this was not only difficult but was also sort of frustrating
2:08.7	But I double checked everything and I went back and I had a friend look at it as well.
2:13.0	And this information is correct.
2:15.0	And I will give you my sources as well.
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