NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/uk/misc/372

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Newsgroups: uk.misc
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From: [e-mail] (Steve Ladlow)
Subject: Re: Network Marketing
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Organization: Unipalm Ltd., 216 Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge CB4 4WA, UK
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 09:10:58 GMT
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[e-mail] (imcneill) writes:

>Has anyone come across network marketing?.  I was recently at a seminar
>(selling spree), where this method of distribution was being touted.  It
>seems a facinating system, where the product is almost secondary to the
>selling method.  The main people involved were at pains to point out that
>this is NOT pyramid selling.  The difference does seem rather subtle however.
>Mainly unlike pyramid selling, this system allows you to move up to the top
>of the tree.  Also the company gaurantees to purchase back 90% of any unsold
>stock.  The one point that really stood out was that quite a large number of
>people involved had never sold any products.  They had merely introduced new
>people and were now profiting from their sales and introduction etc, quite a
>facinating concept.

>Just wondering is anyone out there a part of a network selling system, and if
>so, does it work and what are your comments.  The company involved with this
>one is ASA, selling environmental products (water & air filters)


Network marketing is another term for Multi-Level Marketing. It is very
big in the US and is already widely used in the UK and growing fast. You
would learn a lot more by checking out alt.business.multi-level.

Steve Ladlow
[e-mail]