There are quite a few large companies that use the network marketing model. They include Mary Kay, Amway, Quixtar, Nikken, Herbalife, and many others. If you want to use network marketing, it's veryu important that you work hard to create a solid system and business plan. Nothing will make a network marketing company fail faster than a system that doesn't work.

First, you need to recruit partners who will sell your product for you. These are the 2nd-level customers in the multi-level marketing plan with your company on the first level. Your responsibility is to provide your partners with the materials needed to sell your product. They hold events, do promotions, and tell their friends about the benefits of your product, and get a percentage of whatever sales are made due to their efforts. It's as simple as that ? you form partnerships with regular people, who then sell whatever you have. Most network marketing companies provide their partners with things like brochures, catalogs, model products, and any other things that would cause sales to go up.

When starting your network marketing program, it would be a good idea to lay out your business plan and discuss the entire thing with a legal expert who can advise you on any problems you may run in to. You should also consult experienced business leaders who can give you advice on your business, poin t out weaknesses, and suggest improvements.

Network Marketing is a great business model that has worked in the past, and can work for you. If you spend the time, effort and money to create a solid opportunity for your distributors, then you can expect success.