The Direct Selling News Podcast

Rudy Revak is the Founder and Chairman of Xyngular and Owner and Chairman of Pure Haven Essentials. He was also recognized earlier this year with the 2023 DSN Lifetime Achievement Award.  Rudy’s deep commitment to personal development and adaptability is what he attributes as the key to sustaining success.

From a refugee camp in Germany to an incredible career in direct selling that has spanned more than 50 years, Rudy’s story is legendary. This episode is a goldmine of insights and practical tips to help you take your business and career to new heights!

Wayne Moorehead is joined by Logan Stout, Founder and Chairman of IDLife. Logan and Wayne discuss how to create a culture that attracts the right people and why personalization is so important to the future of direct selling and why vulnerability is the key to connectivity. Logan also shares how their focus on culture and applying a personalized philosophy to their employees and work environment has resulted in high staff retention rates.  

As we charge into 2022, what better way to move forward than to take a quick look back for motivation and inspiration? In this bonus episode, host Wayne Moorehead shares his favorite moments and takeaways from Season 1. We invite you to sit back and enjoy the “CliffsNotes” version of the first season for a recap of the insights and real talk about direct selling that you won’t find anywhere else.

In this episode, we bring together four successful and pioneering CEOs in a dynamic no-holds-barred roundtable discussion. These powerful women come from very different backgrounds but share one common commitment—providing aspiring entrepreneurs a viable opportunity through direct selling.

Featuring Joni Rogers-Kante, Founder and CEO of SeneGence; Sarah Shadonix, Founder and CEO of Scout & Cellar; Michele Gay, Founder and CEO of LimeLife by Alcone; and Amelia Warren, CEO of Epicure.

Welcome to a new episode of Executive Insights—the interview series for busy direct selling executives, hosted by direct selling executives—featuring one-on-one discussions between two direct selling executives talking about—well—all the top-of-mind topics and issues the rest of us are intrigued by and curious about. 

Two industry titans— MONAT President Stuart MacMillan and Mark Pentecost, Founder and CEO of It Works!—share how they are combating ZOOM fatigue and re-inventing relationship building in this new reality.

In this episode, we take a deep dive into the importance of building a direct selling brand that emphasizes community and inclusion with Candace Matthews, Chief Reputation Officer at Amway. Candace is responsible for overseeing Amway’s global reputation strategy and corporate social responsibility efforts. She’s also the executive sponsor of Amway’s Diversity & Inclusion employee networks.    Hosted by John Fleming, former Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Direct Selling News and Patricia White, the current Editor of DSN.

With more than 50 years of industry experience each, six direct selling legends share their memories, knowledge and insight to offer a unique glimpse into the channel’s past, present and future.

The Legends series is hosted by John Fleming, one of the inaugural Direct Selling Legends Honorees. John’s successful career includes starting as a distributor, becoming an executive and officer at Avon Products, and former Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Direct Selling News for 10 years.

John is a member of the Direct Selling Education Foundation Circle of Honor, the DSA Hall of Fame, was the first recipient of the Direct Selling News Lifetime Achievement Award and recently added author to his list of accomplishments with his book, The Ultimate Gig, a research project on the gig economy.

John is interviewed by Stuart Johnson, Founder and CEO of Direct Selling News, NOW Technologies and Direct Selling Capital Advisors. 

When Larry Thompson started in direct sales more than 53+ years ago he worked in construction. Years later, he was once referenced by The Wall Street Journal as the Architect of Wealth Building.

Larry Thompson and his friend, Mark Hughes, the founder of Herbalife, laid the foundation for what has become one of the largest brands in direct selling.

Larry continues to be a coach and mentor to many of the industry's leading companies and top direct selling leaders with the training concepts he developed more than four decades ago.