Not Your Grandma’s Tupperware: MLMs vs Pyramid Schemes Blog Not Your Grandma’s Tupperware: MLMs vs Pyramid Schemes More needs to be done to shut down pyramid schemes.
What I Discovered When I Looked into Sarah’s Discovery Blog What I Discovered When I Looked into Sarah’s Discovery Just because a weight-loss product or program is all over Instagram doesn’t mean it should be trusted
I Was Desperate for a Job, But Not This One Blog I Was Desperate for a Job, But Not This One The opportunity of a lifetime? Not so much.
An Open Letter to Congress on H.R. 5230 Blog An Open Letter to Congress on H.R. 5230 Renowned pyramid scheme expert denounces proposed federal law.
The Direct Selling Association on Pyramid Schemes: Truth and Truthiness Blog The Direct Selling Association on Pyramid Schemes: Truth and Truthiness Guest blog by Peter Vander Nat and William Keep.
Radio 104 Fest: It’s Not Really ‘Back’ Blog Radio 104 Fest: It’s Not Really ‘Back’ What makes a fest? Let’s start with more than three bands.
TINA.org’s Year in Review 2023 Blog TINA.org’s Year in Review 2023 Here’s what we accomplished in 2023 with your help.
Should Best Lip-Sync Be a New Grammy Category? Blog Should Best Lip-Sync Be a New Grammy Category? There are understandable reasons for lip-syncing—sound quality, predictability, choreography—but in the end, lip-syncing is a kind of lie.
Argo-nomics: the Commercial Value of Oscars Blog Argo-nomics: the Commercial Value of Oscars The Oscars: merit award or money maker?
Goodbye Pork Butt Blog Goodbye Pork Butt The beef and pork industries are renaming 350 cuts of meat. What do these new meat monikers make us think of?
We Sold a $5,000 Winner! Blog We Sold a $5,000 Winner! Someone won $5,000 with a card from this very store!? It seems logical (in a really flawed, not-actually-logical-at-all kind of way) that because this store had one $5,000 winner, your…
Are the Oscars Just a Test of Commercial Success? Blog Are the Oscars Just a Test of Commercial Success? The expanded “Best Picture”
Six Vintage Eco-Clueless Ads Blog Six Vintage Eco-Clueless Ads In honor of Earth Day, check out these vintage commercials to see how advertising has gone from blissful ignorance to calculated The practice of making something sound better for the…
Multi-level Marketing: The Long and Short of It Blog Multi-level Marketing: The Long and Short of It The financial appeal of multi-level marketing companies attracts investors and swindlers alike.
May the Force of Google Be With You? Blog May the Force of Google Be With You? The reality of the free Google Star Wars virtual reality cardboard giveaway.
TINA.org’s Year In Review 2015 Blog TINA.org’s Year In Review 2015 What we did this year at TINA.org.
Do MLM Earnings Statements Constitute Deceptive Advertising? Blog Do MLM Earnings Statements Constitute Deceptive Advertising? Despite the availability of the data, MLM earnings statements fail to disclose crucial information to recruits, writes guest blogger William Keep.