source : USA Today Direct-sales businesses that rely on home-based representatives to peddle their wares are seeing their sales forces rapidly expand as the nation's unemployment rate soars to nearly 9% and those who lost jobs and nest eggs look for new ways to make money…USA Today. Visit link for full story http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2009-05-13-direct-sales-jobs-recession-unemployment_N.htm That is 9% unemployment rate in a country such as the United States of America. Compare this with Philippine unemployment rate as of January 2011 – 7.4% . Comparing both countries, we feel a much greater overall impact in the Philippines. Based on my observation majority in this 7,000 plus group of islands, still tend to think employment is the solution. Question is where are the jobs? . We have massive unemployed  nursing graduates,  thanks to the growing BPO industry in the country, it is helping some segments of the unemployed well versed in the english langua...

Source : Direct Selling News June 2011 Issue   Every credible industry ranks its players. Here in the United States we have the Inc . 500, FORTUNE 500 and Forbes lists, and there are certainly lists among other countries. Direct selling should have one as well. The purpose of our DSN Global 100 goes beyond a simple ranking. It serves to support strategies to improve public perception of who our companies are and how they compare to one another. We want to share the social and economic impact that direct sellers make on the world community…. Direct Selling News A must see for all who are active in the Direct Selling Industry, find out the ranking of your company. To find the top 100 list  go to below link : http://www.directsellingnews.com/index.php/site/entries_archive_display/the_top_direct_selling_companies_in_the_world When we decided to get involved in the Direct Selling Industry, we made sure the company that we would choose should ; 1. some how belong to one o...