Actually it's called Network Marketing and people such as Donald Trump and Robert Kiosaki recommend it as one of the best ways to start and build a business that pays residual income.
Network Marketing has been proven as a viable business opportunity through such companies as Avon, Mary Kay, Shaklee, Amway and many others.
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Take a look at this video, it describes Network Marketing the best that I have ever seen!!
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Each to their own, but it just urks me when people call anything other that a 9 to 5 j.o.b(just over broke) a scam! Yes, there are many scams out there, including network marketing companies. Just like anything else, you have to be a informed consumer. But just calling a company that has been in business for 2 years and has helped thousands of people change their lives for the better a scam without looking at the facts is just wrong.