What is the difference between MLM and Network Marketing?

None as far as I know. I think somebody decided to call it network marketing because there was a stigma associated with MLM, and it caught on.

So the names have evolved again?

Pyramid schemes were renamed as MLMs to avoid the stigma of pyramid schemes. :D

LOL...That's hilarious!

Know of any mlm sites for example?

Know of any mlm sites for example?
Not off hand because I try to avoid them.

Well, first let me say that I AM NOT a part of a Network Marketing Group.... but here are some links (that I do NOT recommend ;) ) LOL

http://www.quixtar.com
http://www.excel.com
http://ld.net/corporate.cgi?
http://www.amway.com/

Yeah, all of the ones you mentioned require a fee to become involved and pay little commission. I would not recommend them either.

The only one I found that doesn't cost anything to be an agent, doesn't require you to buy anything, and pays pretty good commissions compared to others is Cognigen.

http://cognigen.consultantalliance.net/

Most of the other ones I would never join because their compensation plan sucks. Cognigen is really like a free affiliate program that happens to pay commissions for referring other affiliates.

Some of them can be a good deal, but most are not. You have to read the fine print to see if it is a good one or not.

Some people actually make a lot of money doing that. Avon and Mary Kay are also example of Network Marketing organizations. I don't know how their program works, but I do know some people who are making money at it.

mlm/network marketing has nothing intrinsically wrong with it, i have been accosted for many years to become involved, but my gut feeling has always held me back. the ideas appear to be genuine, and people do make money from it. Unfortunately most people that are making the money are selling "the dream" to people that they can also earn the possibility of a more than generous income (something beyond their current situation).

the major problem is that if you want to get ahead, you have to have a major network of people under you selling the product. and what's being sold is the dream, not the product to people who want to advance their financial situation. so if you teach people to sell the dream on the proviso they have to buy some product to show their wares, you achieve both ends.

i believe this type of sales/marketing takes advantage of the gullible individual. mlm people are at constant pains to bypass this objection. i've always thought if their goods were so respectful, they'd be available from professional outlets, not unproffessional ones.

So the names have evolved again?

Pyramid schemes were renamed as MLMs to avoid the stigma of pyramid schemes. :DNo, actually MLM and Pyramid Schemes are different things. It's just that almost all pyramid schemes falsely advertise themselves as MLM giving MLM a bad name.

mlm/network marketing has nothing intrinsically wrong with it, i have been accosted for many years to become involved, but my gut feeling has always held me back. the ideas appear to be genuine, and people do make money from it. Unfortunately most people that are making the money are selling "the dream" to people that they can also earn the possibility of a more than generous income (something beyond their current situation).

the major problem is that if you want to get ahead, you have to have a major network of people under you selling the product. and what's being sold is the dream, not the product to people who want to advance their financial situation. so if you teach people to sell the dream on the proviso they have to buy some product to show their wares, you achieve both ends.

i believe this type of sales/marketing takes advantage of the gullible individual. mlm people are at constant pains to bypass this objection. i've always thought if their goods were so respectful, they'd be available from professional outlets, not unproffessional ones.

I agree too.... Pyramid schemes curtail the side Leg or width as they call it, wheras in MLM the more the width the merrier

i believe this type of sales/marketing takes advantage of the gullible individual. mlm people are at constant pains to bypass this objection. i've always thought if their goods were so respectful, they'd be available from professional outlets, not unproffessional ones.The "gulible" are not taken by the product or the company, they are interrested in seeing a Dream realized. The biggest problem comes when they are not taught or directed properly by those who signed them in the first place.

There are many professional people who make it a point to train their people well, and they do well because of that. and their Success lines fluorish because of that. There are also many unprofessional people that are strictly in it for the recruiting aspect, as in a numbers game. They will have some success, but not long-term, because of the attrition of those they and their people recruit.

MLM is what you make of it. It's not right for all, but for many, it is a way to build a business quickly.

What is the difference between MLM and Network Marketing?

I think that it is basically the same. I guess people got fed up with MLM, so they gave it a new name, Network Marketing.