Today, I’m going to share my Top 22 MLM Trainers in the industry, as I see it. There are lots of great trainers in the network marketing industry. I’ve personally studied everyone on this list to some degree or another.
When I began compiling this list I had a few factors to make my assessment. Those factors include:
- How much I learned from them
- Their impact on the overall industry
- Their experience in the industry
- Whether they trained just people in their company or everyone in the industry
- How many products and services they offered (and the quality)
- Their reputation in the industry
- Whether they still build a team or just do training
Top 22 MLM Trainers
Let me begin by telling you this list of top MLM Trainers is very SUBJECTIVE. You may agree or disagree with me. That’s okay. This list is simply my opinion. To me, these folks are the best of the best and I know you could learn a lot about network marketing by studying any of them. Enjoy.
# 22: Jackie Ulmer
Jackie Ulmer is a powerhouse. When it comes to building your network marketing business online she is one of the best trainers around. She has her own podcast, a great blog, and does tons of great training videos. She is a top earner and amazing trainer. You could learn a lot from studying her. Learn more about Jackie Ulmer.
# 21: Doug Firebaugh
Doug Firebaugh joined the industry sometime around 1985. He spent about 14-years in the field as a distributor and then transitioned to the role of a trainer sometime around 1999. He leads his company Passion Fire International. He offers books, videos, audios, webinars, and tons of other great training materials for network marketers.
# 20: Art Jonak
Art Jonak definitely had to make my list for the top MLM trainers in the industry. He’s been in the industry nearly 30-years now and he is the founder of the Mastermind Event, one of the premier training events in our industry. He is also the co-founder of the annual MLM Cruise. Art is laid back, has tons of knowledge, and great people skills. He is always sharing his wisdom with others and trying to improve the reputation of our industry by teaching people the right way to act.
# 19: Clay Stevens
I haven’t known about Clay Stevens very long. I wish I learned about him when I first joined the industry nearly 20-years ago. Clay Stevens is the author of Six Figures in Six Months which happens to be one of my top 3 favorite MLM Books of all time. He is also a 30-year veteran in the industry and he has extensive experience in direct selling and training. Clay Stevens is an industry mentor, a Fortune 500 corporate trainer, and personal effectiveness coach. One of the most important products he has is his “3-Step Success Pattern” which can help anyone build a successful network marketing business. He is one of the best trainers in the industry. He is the sleeper on this list that you should know about, but probably don’t.
# 18: Michael Clouse
Michael Clouse is/was a top earner in Isagenix. He’s been there and done that and he is a phenomenal trainer. He’s to the point and calls a spade a spade. He is calm, confident, and poised. Michael Clouse has so much wisdom and knowledge about this industry. He has more than 35-years experience in our industry and he’s frequently been considered one of the top 10 MLM Trainers in the industry. He is also a business consultant, personal coach, and keynote speaker. He is editor-in-chief of the popular, Nexera.com website.
# 17: Robert Hollis
Robert Hollis is a network marketing icon. Robert has built teams with more than 700k people. He’s also helped 45 people become seven figure earners and thousands of people become six figure earners. Robert does tons of interviews on YouTube and is definitely an ambassador to the industry. He also does coaching and consulting. Robert is one of the nicest guys you would ever meet, and extremely humble.
# 16: Ray Higdon
Ray Higdon had a huge impact in my network marketing business, especially when it comes to blogging. He taught me the value of posting new content every day and positioning yourself as an expert. He’s also taught me a lot about social media marketing and email marketing. His training helps network marketers and anyone looking to brand themselves online. Ray is no longer a MLM distributor, but he still provides exceptional training.
# 15: Mike Dillard
If you’re reading this Mike, THANK YOU. Although Mike is not a network marketing trainer per se, he taught me everything I know about attraction marketing and online marketing. I credit my success to his book Magnetic Sponsoring, which taught me the important concepts about positioning myself as an expert, creating multiple streams of income, and generating leads with funded proposals. Mike left the network marketing industry to pursue other business endeavors, but his legacy continues. His training courses are top notch and he is without a doubt the best MARKETER on this list. Learn more about Mike Dillard.
# 14: Jordan Adler
Jordan Adler is the top money earner is his MLM Company Send Out Cards. He is the author of the book Beach Money, which is one of my favorite network marketing books of all time. Jordan is such a breath of fresh air in our industry. He teaches relationship marketing and the power of making new friends wherever you go. He builds his business the old fashioned way, working face-to-face, one person at a time via relationship marketing. His training is absolutely priceless.
What’s most inspiring about Jordan is that it took him 10 years and 11 companies to sponsor his first person. After years of struggle and failure, he figured things out and has since earned tens of millions of dollars in our industry. Jordan is humble, low-key, and honest. I admire him very much. Learn more about Jordan Adler.
# 13: Don Failla
Don Failla has been involved in this great industry for nearly 50 years now! He is the author of The 45 Second Presentation, which is one of the all-time bestselling books in our industry, and definitely one of the best. If you haven’t read it before, you should. He shows people how to “own their own life” with his powerful “napkin presentations.” Don speaks around the world at different company events and even does his own seminars. He’s famous for wearing his Hawaiian shirts! He’s also very nice and very humble! Check out Don’s website.
# 12: Mark Yarnell
Mark Yarnell taught me so much about our industry, even though I have never met him in person. His books Your First Year in Network Marketing and Your Best Year in Network Marketing are two of the most powerful books in our industry. What I admire most about Mark is his no-nonsense approach about what it takes to succeed in our industry. He teaches that duplication is a lie and what you want is innovation, not duplication. He is the ultimate man’s man and he keeps things simple. He calls a spade a spade and tells you what you need to hear, not necessarily what you want to hear. Sadly, Mark Yarnell passed away in March 2015 at the age of 65. Rest in peace, Mark.
# 11: Jeff Roberti
Jeff Roberti has earned more than $100 million in this industry and he is one of the top earners of all time. Jeff is a distributor with Juice Plus and he also travels around the world providing training, coaching, and interviews. Of all the people on this list, Jeff is one of only a select few that has been in the trenches with the same company for more than 30-years. He’s still actively building his business. His YouTube videos are absolutely priceless and are loaded with great content. What I admire and respect the most about Jeff is how humble he is.
# 10: Holton Buggs
Rounding out the top 10 MLM Trainers is the one and only Holton Buggs. The myth, the man, the legend. Holton previously earned more than $1 million PER MONTH in his former MLM Company, Organo Gold. Holton is loaded with wisdom. He is a rags to riches story in our industry. His training videos are exciting, up beat, and jam packed with great content. If you need some MLM Motivation, Mr. Buggs is your guy!
# 9: Todd Falcone
Todd Falcone has been in this industry a long time, nearly 30-years now. I like to call him the “King of Calling Leads.” He offers several great courses, training programs, and live training events. He consults company owners, top consultants, and is an overall advocate to our great industry. Some of his popular training programs include:
- Insider Secrets to Recruiting Professionals
- How to Win in the Game of Prospecting
- The Little Black Book of Scripts
- Cracking the Code to Success in Network Marketing
Todd is a no-nonsense, in your face type of guy. That is what I admire most about him.
# 8: Richard Bliss Brooke
Richard is the man! He is the author of The Four Year Career and Mach 2 with Your Hair on Fire. If you haven’t read those two books before, you should! At the time of this writing, he’s spent more than 38-years in our great industry. Richard is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Direct Selling Association. He is/was a senior member of the DSA Ethics Committee and he is currently a top producer in Young Living. He also has a great podcast you can find online.
# 7: Sarah Robbins
Sarah Robbins is a top earner in Rodan & Fields. She is also the author of Rock Your Network Marketing Business one of my favorite network marketing books of all time. She has an amazing blog where she delivers a ton of great content for network marketers. Sarah offers lots of training in her YouTube videos. You can find her channel online. She is genuine, friendly, intelligent, and very sweet. Much respect, Sarah! Learn more about Sarah Robbins.
# 6: Randy Gage
If you’ve spent any amount of time in our industry, you have probably heard of Randy Gage several times. Randy is the author of nine popular books, including two of my favorites Making the First Circle Work and How to Build a Multi-Level Machine. He has personally trained more than 2 million people and he is also a member of the Speaker’s Hall of Fame. Randy’s initial focus was MLM training, but now he talks about many different areas in the prosperity and personal development field. He’s one of the best known MLM Trainers.
# 5: Robert Blackman
Robert Blackman is a renegade in our industry. He’s the one guy on this list you might not have heard of before. One of the most important things I learned from him is the power of direct mail and postcard marketing. He has a great book titled MLM Big Money. If you haven’t read that before, you should.
Robert is a huge advocate for our industry. As of 2022, he owns his own network marketing company. He also serves as a consultant, does his own private coaching, and teaches people how to be successful in this great industry. I’ve been following his teaching for more than ten years now and his training has helped me immensely!
# 4: Eric Worre
I am grateful for Eric Worre. He has more than 25-years experience in our industry. He’s been a distributor, a company owner, and now he focuses 100% of his time on helping people in the industry. What he has done with his video tutorials on Network Marketing Pro has been a real game changer for our industry. He offers so much value to his audience. Eric interviews six and seven figure earners in the industry to get them to share their insider secrets and best tips. His training is on point, there’s no hype, and anyone can benefit from it. Combine that with his bestselling book “Go Pro” and you have a winning 1-2 combination.
# 3: Tim Sales
Tim Sales is a former Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal team member (bomb squad). Tim is the creator of Brilliant Compensation and First Class MLM Tools, an iconic training program for network marketers. Within five years of joining the industry he built a team of 56,000 people and was earning more than $150,000 per month! He is currently a distributor, consultant, coach and trainer. He does seminars and events. He teaches a no-nonsense style that I can relate to. He is practical, to the point and loaded with great knowledge.
# 2: Dale Calvert
Dale Calvert has more than 30-years experience in the network marketing industry. He is the founder of Calvert Marketing Group. He has authored more than 10 books and countless training programs for network marketers. Dale has built huge teams in our industry in the past. He retired as a distributor in 2000 and now focuses his time and energy as a MLM Trainer. He is best known for his “no fluff” and “tell it like it is style.”
# 1: Tom “Big Al” Schreiter
I had to put “Big Al” Tom Schreiter as number one on my list of top MLM Trainers. He’s been in the industry longer than just about everyone on this list. He joined network marketing in 1972. Big Al offers great training through his weekly ezine, his books, his websites, and his events. He holds training events around the world and speaks at lots of different company conventions.
Some of my favorite Big Al books include:
- How to Prospect, Sell and Build Your Network Marketing Business
- Sponsoring Magic
- How to Build MLM Leaders for Fun and Profit
You can also check out his website, Fortune Now. Big Al is a master at storytelling and keeping things simple. He uses his great sense of humor to make his training easy to remember and practical. I’ve been following “Big Al” since I first joined the industry in 2002 and he has helped me immensely.
Final Thoughts
I hope you have enjoyed my list of the top 22 MLM Trainers of all time. Putting this list together was lots of fun, and time consuming, but it sure was challenging to just keep it to just 22 names. These MLM Trainers have helped me immensely in my network marketing business and I know they can help you, too.
I would love to know what you think. Which person on this list has taught you the most about network marketing? Who is your favorite MLM Trainer? Who did I forget to include? Leave a comment below to share your thoughts. I look forward to hearing from you.
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Sincerely,
Chuck Holmes
Network Marketing Professional (21+ years)
Top Recruiter & Top Rep
mrchuckholmes@gmail.com
Hi Charles, great Post! These are really Network Legends. I found it very interesting that you were in Don Failla’s team. Cool Thing!! Can you tell me which company he is in. I never find anything about it. I wonder how he built his downline because you can’t hide your company that good even you are such a caliber.
Don is part of Life Plus.
I’m a new commer for the mlm trade. Your informatons help me lot to develop my knowladge. Thank you very much my dear friend. I wish you all the best. Thanks again.
I really enjoyed reading this post and will look into the information that you shared . I have studied a lot of the trainers that you mentioned but not familiar with several. Thanks again for another great post Chuck!
Glad you enjoyed it Kathy.
How great is it that you have been able to learn from each of the people on this list in some way? I like that you really do take the time to research and study those that you’ve found to be successful in this industry. You are surely on your way to being on this list because you soak in so much information and then use what you know to help others. I’ve studied a few people on this list, but I may have to take a look at a few others too.
Yes, all of these folks have helped me in one way or another.
The list is full of people who have all the knowledge mlm business builders are looking for. my mlm blog is making for me wonders because of some of the guys in the list. thanks for sharing it
Glad I could help.