how dangerous is network marketing? can i even trust it?

[Pioneer]

while i was looking for a job last week i meet somebody and invited me to join in their company (UNO) i believe they are into network marketing but they offer or show evidence that is way too good to be true, so doubt it, but when i start to search the internet about network marketing it seems that alot of people are really into it.
Now i am confuse, so i need answer or opinions from people who had join or got knowledge about this network marketing.
I also wanna ask what the difference of network marketing and pyramid scam cause i've notice that they actually just look the same. I mean a person will invite somebody and then if he/she join he will also invite somebody and so on...
so please help me cause i am interested to join but doubtful if its worth investing.

[simon]

Do lots of research on this person and the business they are promoting and if it sounds too good to be true, it normally is. I am looking at many ways to earn online and currently reading and looking at everything I can.

Rather than going with someone that came to you look around sites like warriorforum.com that have numerous experts ready to help with advice showing how they do it. Look all over the web at social networking sites, youtube, twitter, facebook. There are plenty of groups to help. Search for the company in your search engine and look at what others say about them. They may offer good evidence of previous sales and income but they have been doing it a while, doesn't mean you will earn just as much

I have a small blog at http://www.siturnock.com where I have articles to help in some ways. You can check out many other blogs of internet marketers.

Pyramid scams normally mean you pass on some of your earnings to people who recruited you. The more you have in your downline, the more you earn. Internet marketing is where you buy a product, normally pay a one off fee and sell to others to make money for yourself. The way they make money is to offer other products to you in the future as you will know if they offer good items from past experience.

Good luck and have a look at my site http://www.siturnock.com

[Nucifera]

Network marketing is a good way to earn a living. But unfortunately most of the pyramid schemes are disguised as network marketing.

Main thing to consider is
a. is the product useful to man and the price is reasonable.
b. do they have a refund policy . If no , its probably a scam.
c. Is there repeat purchase.
d. does the product have a secondary market
e. Is the company registered and has an office
f. If they are promising you that you can become a millionaire soon forget it.

These are some of the things you need to check carefully.

Hope this helps.

[Royston]

Do you know robert kiyosaki, author of rich dad poor dad?

Watch this video about his comment on network marketing via below link.

Networking marketing is an ingenious business model but there are scams/ponzi laying around or even some are really time sucker or using forced sell/force buy tactics.

So you need to filter out these pyramid stuffs carefully. But there are also viral system which you can leverage on to make safe money. Dont trust get rich fast. no such things exist.

[braveteam834]

Network marketing is the trend of home business today.Integrate with internet marketing as the marketing strategy, it will great. I will not join network marketing unless I can use internet as online marketing strategy. Of course, you must consider few factors:
- the network marketing company must be legitimate and has networks worldwide and a proven growth track record
- choose the right product
- choose the network marketing group which adopts online marketing strategy
- choose upline who can guide or coach you.
- use the professional lead system