Worst MLMs of 2025 Exposed! (they're not the ones you think!)
Frugal Friends Podcast
Jen Smith & Jill Sirianni | Backyard Ventures
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
In your 20s or 30s, you will encounter MLMs that promise communities, easy cash, and empowerment. It is important that you DO NOT fall for it so easily. Today we’re pulling back the curtain on what you need to know about the worst MLMs of 2025, some of which you may not have known were multi-level marketing.
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| 0:57.4 | The worst MLMs of 2025, and they're not the ones you think. |
| 1:07.5 | Welcome to the frugal friends podcast, where you'll learn to save money, embrace simplicity, |
| 1:14.0 | and live a rich in your life. Here are your host, Jen and Jill. |
| 1:23.6 | What do you think when I say the words multi-level marketing? |
| 1:30.6 | Is it awkward Facebook messages from college friends? |
| 1:34.8 | Is it overpriced nail stickers, shampoos and supplements, |
| 1:38.4 | or maybe it's the documentaries about obscenely bright leggings or sketchy smoothie shops. It's super easy to go after |
| 1:48.4 | MLMs for some of their very obvious flaws, but there is a more insidious side to some of these |
| 1:54.5 | small businesses. And so today we're going to be pulling back that curtain and talking about |
| 1:59.9 | some of the worst MLMs of 2025, which |
| 2:02.4 | you may not even realize are MLMs. If you are a pretty girl and not using your pretty |
| 2:08.6 | privilege to make you literally millions of dollars, what are you doing? Hey, frugal friends. I'm Jen. |
| 2:14.2 | I'm Jill. And if you're not using your pretty privilege to become a millionaire, |
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