Network marketing on an international level

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Story Published: Nov 19, 2009 at 8:22 PM MDT

Story Updated: Nov 22, 2009 at 11:28 AM MDT

By Danica Lawrence

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IDAHO FALLS - It starts with building a team of consultants and hosting house parties- that's what network marketing is- creating a line of independent agents and a hierarchy of different levels of consultants- and making people extra money.

"It wasn't until I got pregnant that I was all of a sudden looking for a plan B, I didn't really know how compatible my job as a flight attendant was going to be with having an infant at home, and I was like you know if I could just earn $600 a month then I could get rid of half my shifts," says regional vice president of Arbonne International, Janna Van Witbeck.

Regional Vice President for Arbonne International, Janna Van Witbeck, admits selling her company's products directly from her home has turned from a part time job just making couple hundred dollars a month up to a full time business now making around $5,000 a month! She started almost 4 years ago and then her husband lost his job two years later.

"We were just able to not lose everything even though we were totally unprepared for his income to go from bread winner to zero."

Despite what the consultants say about the products, this particular party is about educating these women to become business partners.

Local hair stylist, Jen Jennings just started her home based business with this multi-level marketing company- and she's making a couple hundred a month, she says it works for her because it takes up little time.

"It's not a 9 to 5 job, which I think is very appealing to a lot of people, no one tells you you have to go to work but no one is going to give you a paycheck if you don't go to work... It was just another avenue, another outlet, another part time job but it's been bringing in income with little to no effort," says hair stylist, Jen Jennings.

As the recession continues and people are filing for unemployment by the hundreds of thousands, the idea of network marketing has turned into a part-time job for people across the world and brought in that cash flow these women had lost.

So if you're thinking of a few ways to earn that extra income, consider a business straight out of your living room.

There are many forms of home-based, multi-level marketing, just be sure to check with your local Better Business Bureau to see if the company you want to work for is legitimate.

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