While doing some recent keyword research, I came to find that the term MLM MultiLevel Network Marketing is something that people are actually typing in. . .further evidence that there is some confusion about the various titles that apply to this type of business model. Hopefully this article will clear it up a little bit. . .

First of all, here is the formula. . .

Network Marketing = Multi-Level Marketing = MLM

I guess when people are searching for MLM MultiLevel Network Marketing, they have heard all three terms and just can’t remember which goes with which. That’s pretty understandable. In today’s network marketing industry, the three above terms are synonomous and can be used interchangeably.

In the beginning. . .there was just Multi-Level Marketing which was shortened to MLM. And this name refers to a type of business model which uses direct sales. So, simply put, instead of buying an MLM product in a retail store, you purchase it from a distributor.

Problems arose when Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) was mistakenly confused with pyramid schemes, also known as Ponzie schemes, which are illegal. There is something about the term “multi level” that sort of conjures up the picture of a pyramd, right?

So, that’s when the more diplomatic term “Network Marketing” came into play. It seemed a safer way to avoid the whole nasty pyramid image. And today, the term Network Marketing really is interchangeable with Multi-Level Marketing and MLM. The term network marketing originally referred to what we now just name “networking” but it has officially evolved to be synonomous with MLM and Multi-Level Marketing.

So, for those of you who are searching for MLM MultiLevel Network Marketing, I hope you have found your answer here!

More to come on how MLM works!