Monthly Archives: February 2018

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To Keep Customers Loyal Trust That They Can Handle the Truth

by Jeffrey D. Epstein • February 24, 2018 • 0 Comments

You can’t count on lifetime fans unless you’ve seeded your brand image with transparency. Create the kind of open dialogue with customers that fosters loyalty for the long haul.

The Do's and Don'ts of Asking for a Raise

by Ceren Cubukcu • February 24, 2018 • 0 Comments

Asking for a raise is no easy task. Here are some tips to help.

How Multilevel Marketing Companies Got The Autism Community Hooked On Essential Oils

by Ted Nuyten • February 24, 2018 • 0 Comments

Mother Jones is a reader-supported nonprofit news organization and the winner of the American Society of Magazine Editors’ 2017 Magazine of the Year Award.
A few extracts from there controversial article:
“Over the past five years or so, with a big assist from DoTerra and its main competitor, an MLM company called Young Living, essential oils have taken off in the autism community.
Some parents I talked to told me they spend more than $200 a month on DoTerra products.”
On Facebook, there are dozens of essential oil groups for parents of kids on the spectrum—the group Autism, ADHD, and Essential Oils, for example, has more than 19,000 members.
Dawna Toews, an Ontario-based DoTerra saleswoman, told me she holds sales events all over the United States and Canada, where she teaches the families of children with autism how to use oils as a complementary therapy to help with some of the symptoms. “When you get an autism diagnosis for your child, you feel incredibly helpless, and you just want to be able to do something,” Toews told me.
While she emphasizes that she never implies that her products can cure or treat autism, “Essential oils make parents feel empowered,” she says. It’s also a smart

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Isagenix Launches New Mobile App

by Ted Nuyten • February 24, 2018 • 0 Comments

Isagenix International, a global health and wellness company providing nutrition and lifestyle solutions, has launched a mobile app designed to coach customers through their product experience and assist in tracking their progress so they can reach their goals.
The IsaLife™ app, which debuted Feb. 8 in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, has already proved popular. In its first 24 hours, it exceeded projected downloads by nearly 10,000, and there were tens of thousands of downloads in its first week of release.
IsaLife is a convenient nutrition and fitness tracker, personal coach, and product-ordering platform for Isagenix customers and independent distributors. Its features include the following:

Goal manager: Users can set goals, take progress photos, track their weight, and view product education videos.
Nutrition tracker: The Daily Schedule allows users to track what they eat using a large database of foods, including popular restaurant meals and all Isagenix products.
Fitness tracker: Users can sync their FitBit tracker to track burned calories and physical activity, or they can manually track calories they’ve burned.
Coaching community: Users can share their progress through the activity feed, communicate with their support team through private messages, and receive notifications on their team members’ progress.
Order management: Users can

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The Average Salaries of Tech Works in Major Cities (Infographic)

by Rose Leadem • February 24, 2018 • 0 Comments

In 2017, most tech workers brought in a enviable yearly salary.

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Jeunesse Garners 19 Awards In 2018 AVA Digital Awards

by Ted Nuyten • February 24, 2018 • 0 Comments

For a second consecutive year, global youth enhancement company Jeunesse has garnered numerous awards in the AVA Digital Awards, an international competition recognizing outstanding work in digital communications. Jeunesse garnered 10 Platinum, 5 Gold and 4 Honorable Mention awards for video and other digital media projects.
One of the company’s newest video releases, “We Live Jeunesse”, received an impressive six Platinum awards in the following categories:

Company Overview
Recruitment
Graphics/Design
Motion Graphics Design
Special Effects/Animation
Writing

The launch video for the company’s Luminesce HydraShield Mask garnered Platinum awards in the Marketing category and for Motion Graphics Design.
“Jeunesse Kids 2017 Bringing Hope – Ecuador” and the Jeunesse Spa launch video were also awarded Platinum in the Nonprofit and Marketing categories, respectively.
Gold awards were received for:

Jeunesse Kids Identity video (Nonprofit)
Jeunesse 2017 Lifestyle Rewards recap video (Travel)
NV Application Tips video (Instructional)
“We Live Jeunesse” video (Editing)
Jeunesse Global website (Home Page)

The company’s blog, Jeunesse EXPO Elevate 2018 World Tour promo video, Naära launch video and Jeunesse 2017 Diamond Discovery – Bora Bora recap video all received Honorable Mention recognition in this year’s competition.
“Our goal is to deliver highly effective marketing tools that help our global family of Jeunesse Distributors share our story, corporate culture and innovative brands,”
said Jeunesse Chief Visionary Officer Scott

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Here's How AI Is Changing VC Funding

by Hossein Rahnama • February 23, 2018 • 0 Comments

Venture capital firms are using machine learning to make their investment decisions. Here’s how to use AI for better business insights and better access to funds.