network marketing

noun

1. a marketing strategy in which sales representatives of a company recruit other salespeople and earn commissions on their own sales and on the sales made by their team:

   Use your personal relationships to be successful in network marketing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of network marketing¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

Explaining why CNN dropped the crawl during ads, a network marketing executive once noted: “We want to keep it an advertiser environment and not detract from the message.”

From Washington Post

The PlayStation Network marketing and operations team was adamant about having the Vita be 100 percent digital.

From The Verge

Three people he knew were still in Cedar City including his brother, 25, who works for a network marketing business and is his roommate, and two female students, 19 and 30, who live together.

From Seattle Times

Denne then introduced Spencer to Janoah King, an old associate from Denne’s days in network marketing, a controversial sales strategy that often relies on recruiting other sellers who will buy the product and continue the chain by recruiting other sellers, who will do the same.

From Los Angeles Times

He told Fox News: “I've spent the last five years as my own boss building a network marketing business in the health and wellness industry. It's allowed me the geographical freedom to live and work from beaches, coffee shops, and cities around the world. I'm always looking to partner with other inspired entrepreneurial types who aren't afraid to hustle.”

From Fox News