{"id":61,"date":"2015-02-17T05:09:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T05:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/marketing\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2015-02-17T05:09:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T05:09:09","slug":"multi-level-marketing-an-introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/marketing\/multi-level-marketing-an-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-Level Marketing &#8211; An Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Multi-Level Marketing OR MLM<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For short, we call it MLM, and almost everyone has had a close shave, if not an all-out encounter, with the expression before. Today, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of companies which employ a marketing system\u00a0known as MLM to market their products.<\/p>\n<p>With the rising popularity of the internet, and the exponential growth of online commerce, MLM companies started to harness the power of the internet and internet marketers.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever heard about companies such as Avon, Herbalife, SFI, or TelexFree, you&#8217;ve heard about MLM companies.<\/p>\n<p>By now, a great percentage of internet users\u00a0has been pitched with an offer to join an MLM program,\u00a0and for this reason, the idea of multi-level marketing raises many troubling questions; questions such as:<\/p>\n<p>Is multi-level marketing\u00a0a pyramid scheme?<\/p>\n<p>Is multi-level marketing fair?<\/p>\n<p>Is multi-level marketing\u00a0legal?<\/p>\n<p>Can multi-level marketing\u00a0make me rich?<\/p>\n<p>Should I get involved in multi-level marketing?<\/p>\n<p>What is multi-level marketing\u00a0really?<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that I have been following the trends in the multi-level marketing industry for the last ten years, and I know the pros and cons of every aspect of its being. 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