Excerpt from our latest DSN Podcast, Iconic Insights, provides an opportunity to learn from some of today’s greatest leaders. In the podcast’s first interview, social-selling thought leader Heather Chastain sits down with New York Times bestselling author John C. Maxwell to talk about his book, The Power of Five for Network Marketing; the importance of mindset; and how to become a person of significance (and why that matters).

We have found that it is important to create true alignment with your executive team. Things have changed but have all the people changed too? Have they altered their belief in the organization? Are they leading from this new perspective?

Direct Seller misclassification litigation is on the rise. Here’s what you need to know. Direct selling companies rely on an expansive field of independent distributors to sell their goods and services. That field is the lifeblood of direct selling companies. But recent legal and legislative developments are placing the independent contractor status of these distributors at risk […]

Direct selling is blending with the direct-to-consumer space and it is changing two very important dynamics in the industry: The nature of our relationship with consumers and the nature of competition itself. 

How some of the industry’s most successful founders turned their distributor experience into multimillion-dollar powerhouse brands.

With more than 57 million Americans involved and $1.4 trillion+ changing hands annually, the gig economy reflects people’s desires for more flexible work opportunities and greater freedom as to how, when and where work is performed.