What is the difference between network marketing and network building?

Question by : What is the difference between network marketing and network building?
Network marketing and network building are similar sounding terms but I was told they are like different branches of medicine. I don’t belive they can be that different. Any ideas?

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Answer by the_unluckiest
They are completely different. Network marketing is about literally blasting people with your brand. It’s about brand identity. So if I ask you to immediately throw out some names for sports wear, you would probably spew out Adidas or Nike. That is marketing power.

Network BUILDING is about literally working with people and building and fostering relationships with them. When you build and maintain a good network, it also is a way that markets you and keeps you memorable in their minds. So if you’re a realtor and you’ve built your network well, you will be the first name or ONLY name they think of and want to work with when buying or selling a property.

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