Multi Level Marketing (MLM) Professor

Criticisms of MLM
Top 10 Negatives of MLM

Why Network Marketing?

Before you step into Network Marketing, you might be wondering why do it. It's the "WHY" that matters more than the "HOW". Let's do a comparison of a Network Marketer with being an employee, employer and an investor.

	Employee	Employer	Investor	Network Marketer
Freedom of Time	A typical job gives you a 9-to-5 lifestyle	If you are a self-employed, be prepared to sell your soul 24/7 to your business	Relatively free	Initially, much effort is required to acquire more knowledge and to build a network. Subsequently, when the network runs by itself, theoretically, you are financially free
Knowledge	Salary is determined by paper qualifications	Need to have business knowledge	Knowledge in finance and investing and good sentiments of market	Through the guided business structure, you can learn as you earn. Earnings not confined to qualification level
Capital	NA	High startup cost when physical rental of shop is required	Sum of money required to invest	Relatively lower. However, it depends on the company policy whether repeat purchases are required
Risk	Retrenchment	Business Failure	Loss of investment	Loss of membership fee
Control	Little or none. Subjected to Employer	Lots of it.	Dependent on stock market performance	Subjected to company's policy and restrictions to the methods in conducting the business
Asset Accumulation	Building the asset of Employer	Increase if business model is good	Increase	Increase as network expands.

Other reasons why people participate in network marketing include:

- utilising the power of leverage
- get paid by effort instead of by time

However, Network Marketing is NOT a get rich quick scheme. Please refer to the common criticisms of Network Marketing.