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Monthly Archives: January 2015
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How to Be the Puppet Master of Your Own Life
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By Janice Walker Pinnington Having to manage your time and tasks can either be your closest friend or fiercest enemy, depending on your organizational abilities, discipline, and execution. As a busy working stay-at-home mom, business owner, wife, friend, neighbor, sister, daughter, (and numerous other roles), there were many times in my life where I ran […]
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The New Talk Fusion Launches with Fresh Designs, Offerings
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Moving at the speed of technology, Talk Fusion has overhauled its web-based business with fresh designs, product offerings and incentives.
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North American Power Terminates Direct Selling Enterprise
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North American Power brought its direct selling operations to an unexpected halt last week.
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Government scheme approves 25,000th small business loan
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The government’s Start Up Loan scheme has reached £130 million in funds lent to new companies.
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$250 Million MLM Company Is Expanding To USA And Is Looking For A GM
by Ted Nuyten • • 0 Comments
Sum Gui Consulting, an international direct selling consulting firm is now recruiting a General Manager for the new US subsidiary of a publicly traded Taiwanese MLM company.
This new company will compete in the massive US direct selling space.
Ken Dunn, Principal, Sum Gui Consulting said:
“Our client is an incredibly well capitalized international company that trades on Taiwan’s main stock market. The public company is a natural product developer with lines in several verticals.
The company has decided to begin operations in the US with an extremely unique simple product, but with a 20 year plan to create a replacement spending model. The client has already invested a significant amount of money in the US market and intends to become a dominant player”.
The company’s US headquarters will be based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The GM will report to the Vice President of International Markets and be responsible for every facet of setting up the company in the US. The responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Administration
Staff Selection
Local Product Selection
Contract negotiation
Vendor Selection
Leading a dynamic team
Presenting the business opportunity and sharing the vision with new prospects
The ideal applicant will read, write and speak Mandarin as well as English and have an understanding
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Vemma Announces Second Year Breaking $200 Million Worldwide Sales
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For seven years, global wellness company Vemma Nutrition steadily climbed and in year seven, finally hit the coveted $100+ million a year mark. Now, after just completing its ninth year, Vemma is proud to announce its second consecutive year of sales exceeding $200+ million while achieving significant milestones for the company’s future growth.
“The year 2014 was a watershed one for Vemma. We invested over $15 million back on into our manufacturing infrastructure; created a new, 52,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Home Office, and upgraded our IT systems to a robust new system supported by InfoTrax,” says Vemma Founder and CEO BK Boreyko.
“Now that we’re built out to reach $600+ million in sales, it’s time to get to work while continuing with our strategy to ‘Make Success Simpler’ in 2015.”
Now entering its tenth year, Vemma continues to expand its market reach both domestically and internationally. With new infrastructure in place in these critical areas and a focused vision, Boreyko says Vemma is poised to handle explosive growth in the coming years.
“We took our eye off the ball a bit last year while trying to stay ahead of our growth. Now we’ve refocused our leadership to get back to our core business, which is innovative nutrition,” explains Boreyko.
To deliver on this strategy of providing innovative nutrition, Vemma’s newest product, a high-protein, ready-to-drink meal replacement shake called Bode Build, will hit the market the week of January 26.
“This protein shake has 25 grams of protein and boasts only 12 net carbs.
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Zrii Celebrates Its Success In Peru With A Massive Event In Lima
by Ted Nuyten • • 0 Comments
Zrii celebrated its incredible success in Latin America with an event attended by thousands of people at The Jockey Club in Lima.
The company, which distributes health and wellness products endorsed by the Chopra Center for Wellbeing, welcomed more than 4,000 people to its official Peru Country Opening event.
The sell-out crowd packed the seats to hear from elite Zrii leaders, including 10-stars from Peru, who spoke alongside top Zrii corporate staff members, including Bill Farley, Zrii Founder & CEO; A.K. Khalil, President of Zrii; and Ricardo Sousa, V.P. of Latin American Sales.
One of the highlights of the event was a keynote speech by motivational speaker and bestselling author Chris Gardner, who is an official partner of Zrii. Mr. Gardner’s remarkable life story was the inspiration for the movie The Pursuit of Happyness starring Will Smith.
Following the country opening, a small group of prestigious Zrii leaders got the opportunity to meet and speak to Mr. Gardner in person, where they took photos, mixed and mingled over cocktails, and learned more about Mr. Gardner’s secrets for success.
The event was a nod to Zrii’s remarkable success in Latin America and the Peruvian market in particular, where growth has been in the triple digits year over
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The Power Behind Power Train
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7 Ways to Cut Yourself Some SLACC in 2015
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Knowing how difficult, not to mention annoying, resolutions can be, there’s a different way to kick off the new year in your small business. I call it Strategic Look At Critical Components, or SLACC, for short.