{"id":6351,"date":"2010-09-06T15:25:29","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T00:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/?p=6351"},"modified":"2019-02-13T11:25:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T19:25:33","slug":"mlm-vs-affiliate-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/mlm-vs-affiliate-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"MLM vs. Affiliate Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the following video, I go on an almost 15 minute rant against MLM (FHTM in particular). <\/p>\n<p>These guys have the audacity to call their business model &#8216;relationship marketing', when in fact what folks are doing is destroying relationships with their friends, family and neighbours while trying to recoup hefty investments in this so-called business opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>For your $300 initial investment plus $70 every month thereafter, you get a cookie-cutter site that Google hates and will slap with a duplicate content penalty. 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