There is a credibility problem with the above article - namely, Len's research did not extend to the discovery that Rod Cook is on the Monitium Advisory Board. This point and the emphasis Len places on Rod Cook as a benchmarker for lumping Monitium in with the rest of the so-called "similar" companies becomes problematic in this case.

Having listened closely to the podcast this article is extracted from, I found numerous other inconsistencies of this sort, such as the assertion that Monitium control how compliance is advocated for the MLM companies in their portfolio, when in fact, it is written in the Strategic Alliance Agreement (a publically available document) binding both Monitium and the MLM companies that Rod Cook himself is the final arbiter of compliance issues.

Without these major (and some minor) points clarified and corrected, it would be easy to dismiss an opportunity without really knowing what the opportunity is and lumping it with previously failed strategies. I have no problem with subjective dismissals of ANY opportunity as each of us have to feel comfortable in our own skin working a strategy, but let's not demonize based on an incomplete or distorted picture.

What Rodney says in his comment about the Monitium model being borne from frustrations with the traditional MLM model is correct. The frustration is not only about how leaders (the top earners) have felt frustrated, but also how there is a real need to improve the success rate for those marketers who do not have a good experience at any level working the traditional MLM model.

If we feel that improvement cannot come but through following the same path, but just finding a better way to walk it, then we limit the potential for innovation in the industry. I understand that innovation can often struggle to find an initial foothold. It will not be easy for Monitium to show it is not colored the same as the black-tarred so-called “similar” failed systems of the past, but the innovations are there, and there is room to dig deeper and find those through a deeper discussion of the structure of the Monitium platform as I hope I have addressed on 2 of the points I mentioned here that were entirely missed by Len’s podcast and article.

That is not to say the Monitium strategy cannot be improved upon, and as an insider I see that feedback from members does loop back to improvements. I would like to see an even wider scope for this strategy to include some of the less well-developed (or financially limited) systems trying for a similar result to Monitium, but having their own talent, resources and angles to give traction to a potentially worthwhile strategy.

Please note: Rod Cook (of MLM Watchdog fame), quoted as a source in your article on the "against side" of Monitium, is in fact a prominent member of the Monitium Advisory Board.

That point alone is enough to indicate a MAJOR difference between your perspective and what Rod Cook is backing in being part of the Monitium system. Consequently, using Rod Cook as a source in your article has no bearing on the critical analysis of Monitium as a potentially successful strategy for marketers. Because this critical point was entirely missed in the research for this article, a revised analysis could be in order, or at the very least an acknowledgement that Rod Cook is on the Monitium Advisory Board.

Corrections & clarifications of this Monitium review.

1) You use Rod Cook to bolster your case against umbrella companies of which you include Monitium. However, Rod Cook is a prominent member of the Monitium Advisory Board and would be a relevant addition to your article.

2) Ii is incorrect to state that Monitium essentially dictates to a partner MLM Company how compliance is arbitrated. In fact, the final arbiter is Rod Cook. This information is found in the Strategic Alliance Agreement document linked to on the Monitium home page.

3) There is a difference between Monitium going out of business to an MLM partner going out of business. A Marketer's income (for the vastly major part) is from the MLM partner company, NOT Monitium. If Monitium passes, a Marketer's positions in the MLM partner companies continue regardless.

4) Monitium exclude pre-existing members of a new MLM partner to take up another position with that company in Monitium.