Vox Media is one of the USA’s largest and fastest growing online publishers. Based in Washington DC, Vox owns and operates sites in distinct vertical categories: general news, sports, technology & culture, gaming, dining & nightlife, shopping & fashion, and design & real estate.
According to Vox:
On the Herbalife website, there’s a section dedicated to “science videos,” where various company stakeholders boast that they “guarantee the very best science” behind their products, which are all “science proven.”
Dig a little deeper, however, and it seems the evidentiary underpinnings of Herbalife’s wares boil down to only four very weak studies that can barely be called science, let alone the “very best science.” If this is Herbalife’s prime research and development, then the company’s science is definitely garbage and customers should question the health claims on its products.
A look at Herbalife’s clinical trials
On a dedicated science website, Herbalife cites four clinical trials to prove the safety and effectiveness of its products:
1) The first clinical study compares weight and fat loss in two groups of obese men and women: the first went on a diet involving protein enriched Herbalife meal-replacement shakes; the second dieted with a standard Herbalife shake. While the study shows that both groups
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Dennis Bay – World Ventures Hits $1 Million In 12 Months
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Dennis Bay from Sinagapore made over 1 million dollars USD in the past 12 months as World Ventures distributor. On his website Dennis stated:
“Dennis graduated from the National University Of Singapore in 2002 with a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science. While in school, Dennis read a book called “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki and that set him off on the path of entrepreneurship. ”
He started his own web design business part time and also started a network marketing wellness home business. Before he graduated, he had already built a 6 figure annual income from his businesses at the age of 23.
Dennis travelled the world teaching people how to start their home based businesses, coaching thousands of people throughout Asia, from Singapore to Malaysia, Indonesia and all over Greater China. He even started his own online business club that coached thousands of people from over 40 countries.
I’m actually the 1st Director in the entire Asia for Worldventures which is a multimillion dollar travel marketing company from the USA.
About WorldVentures:
WorldVentures is the leading international direct seller of vacation club memberships. WorldVentures is on a mission to help people achieve more fun, freedom and fulfillment in their lives, and to
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Nu Skin Publishes Average USA Distributor Earnings
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According to Nu Skin:
In 2013, the Company paid approximately $143,266,000 in commissions to Distributors residing in the United States.
There are two fundamental ways in which a Distributor can earn compensation:
Through retail markups on sales of products purchased at wholesale prices; and
Through commissions (sometimes called bonuses) paid on one’s product sales and the sales of other Distributors in one’s downline sales network. As with any other sales opportunity, the compensation earned by Distributors varies significantly and is based upon the time Distributors devote to the business, etc. The cost to become a Distributor is very low.
People become Distributors for various reasons. Many people become Distributors simply to enjoy the Company’s products at wholesale prices. Some join the business to improve their skills or to experience the management of their own business. Others become Distributors, but for various reasons, never purchase products from the Company.
Consequently, many Distributors never qualify to receive commissions. Generating meaningful compensation as a Distributor requires considerable time, effort, and commitment. This is not a get rich quick program. There are no guarantees of financial success.
The average commission paid to U.S. Active Distributors each month was $176.00, or $2,112.05 on an annualized basis. In 2013, the average monthly
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Lawsuit: Nu Skin Paid MLM Compensation To Chinese Distributors
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Several former Chinese distributors of Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. claim the marketer of skin care and nutritional supplements authorized sales representatives to earn compensation on their “downline” network in violation of the country’s regulations, according to a consolidated putative class-action complaint that was filed last month in Utah federal court against Nu Skin.
Nu Skin misled shareholders, orchestrating a “massive expansion in China knowing that Nu Skin’s form of multi-level compensation violated many of China’s regulations on direct selling and prohibitions on pyramid schemes,” the lead plaintiff State-Boston Retirement System, a government pension plan, alleged in the 124-page lawsuit filed on June 30.
Plaintiffs in the consolidated complaint have requested certification of a class of shareholders who purchased Nu Skin securities including options between May 4, 2011 and January 17, 2014. The end of the class period roughly coincides with a precipitous decline in Nu Skin’s stock price (NUS: NYSE), following revelations that the Chinese government was investigating its business practices.
Plaintiffs have alleged violations of Section 10(b) of The Exchange Act and Rule 10(b)(5), and Section 20(a) of The Exchange Act.
“We continue to believe the allegations are without merit and intend to defend ourselves vigorously,” Nu Skin spokesperson Kara Schneck said. “Nu
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FTC In South Korea Reveals Average MLM Incomes
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The South Korea FTC released information on the country’s multi-level direct marketing companies and their distributors.
Distributors at Amway in South-Korea made an average of 770,000 won ($760) last year, data by the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) showed Tuesday.
According to the data, the number of such companies has been growing steadily, to 106 last year from 67 in 2010.
These companies recorded 3.9 trillion won in combined sales last year, up 19.9 percent from the previous year.
They paid their distributors 1.3 trillion won as commission, but the income was concentrated on only a handful of them ? while the top 1 percent of the active distributors were paid on average 56.6 million won for 2013, the remaining 99 percent made 469,000 won on average.
The number of those who got commissions was 1.3 million, or 22 percent of the total registered as distributors at these multi-level direct sales companies.
Among the multi-level direct marketing companies in the country, Amway Korea is the biggest, with 1.1 trillion won in sales and 1.1 million distributors last year.
Among them, 456,797 got sales commissions totaling 353.3 billion won ? an average of 770,000 won each.
Herbalife in Korea, ranked as the second-biggest player in the industry, with 568.3 billion
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Amber Witt Onstine – Isagenix Hits 2 Star Golden Circle
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Amber Witt Onstine distributor for Isagenix achieved the rank of Crystal Executive on July 1.
Just one week later, Amber promoted to 1-Star and then again to 2-Star in the same week.
Amber stated:
I keep pinching myself that I am doing this business while I’m at the pool, park, or beach and that I’m able to bring others with me to create total physical and financial freedom! This FEELS AMAZING to empower others.
Her enroller Michael Clouse stated:
That’s an income between $56,160 to $109,512 per year!
So how did this extremely busy wife and mom of four kids under the age of 12 accomplish this impressive goal?
As I wrote less than a week ago, Amber has a BURNING DESIRE to succeed! Her passion is contagious, her determination is outrageous, and her commitment is second to none!
From the moment I met Amber, I knew she was going straight to the top of our company.
Whatever was thrown at her, whatever she needed to do, whatever it took, Amber was going to figure it out; she was going to go over it, around it, or through it…and she did just that! Well done, Amber.
You are a true inspiration to anyone who knows
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QNET Supports Globby E-Commerce Platform in Singapore
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Singapore recently hosted a presentation of a new E-Commerce Service. Globby E-Commerce Platform is designed to support small business development in Southeast Asia.
QNET International welcomes the development of electronic commerce in Asia, as the company’s management believes that the development of the e-commerce market is crucial for future growth.
QNET is constantly improving its own products as well as delivery methods to the end user.
The greater number of companies that create an opportunity to promote their products through eCommerce, the greater the number of people in the world get to choose for themselves exactly the way they’d like to purchase goods.
This type of trade is beneficial as the producer has an opportunity to reduce the budgetary output costs and and the consumer has the opportunity to reduce costs pertaining to the acquisition of goods.
QNET supports eCommerce development in many countries. In early February of this year, the Company became a member of The QNET E-Commerce Association in the Philippines. This non-profit partnership engages in increasing the competitiveness of Philippine business in the global market. It brings together the leading players in the electronic market of this country.
Joachim Steffen, regional director of QNET in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Europe,
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Agel Opens Corporate Headquarters in USA
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Congratulations to Agel Enterprises, as they have recently opened a new World Headquarters in Pleasant Grove Utah.
Company president, Craig Bradley, said the Agel (pronounced a-jell) product group was founded nine years ago after he learned of a suspension gel technology that allowed for better absorption of nutrients.
“We knew this was a billion dollar idea. It’s been our goal to build a team that can take that idea to fruition,” Craig Bradley said.
The co-founders and also co-CEOs, Jeff Higginson and Jeremiah Bradley, have incorporated family into their business. Jeremiah Bradley and vice president Zach Bradley are brothers and their father is Craig Bradley.
Jeff Higginson’s brothers, vice presidents Sam Higginson and Scott Higginson, are additionally on the executive team helping to manage the ever-expanding corporation.
Family and the work culture at Agel was showcased at the grand opening ceremony.
To allow the community to become acquainted with Agel’s marketing program, its products, and to celebrate the opening of their new work space, Agel invited Pleasant Grove city officials, local business leaders, and their top selling representatives from around the world, to a ribbon cutting ceremony at company headquarters.
Oskar Okko, a representative from the nearby BMW car dealership, attended the ribbon cutting and open house.
“We
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Zija Experiences 30% Growth in Japan During June
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Zija International recently experienced its best month ever in Japan since launching there in 2010.
The company introduced a new promotion called “Fast Start Commissions (FSC)” in May, which has taken off and helped Zija Japan experience 30% growth during June 2014.
In response to the success of the FSC promotion, Zija recently launched 2 new promotions that go along with it called Race to Summit 2014 and Fast Start 500, respectively.
Both are expected to further help all markets participating in the FSC promotion—including the United States, Canada, and the company’s Southeast Asia and Latin American markets—to experience similar types of growth and Distributor success.
Zija International
located in Lehi, Utah, develops natural, earth-friendly health, wellness, nutrition and fitness products. Zija currently operates in 50+ countries worldwide through its global family of Independent Distributors.
Although the company has been in business for only a few short years, it has experienced impressive growth year after year and been recognized as one of the fastest-growing and top-revenue companies by Inc. Magazine, Direct Selling News, and Utah Valley Magazine, to name a few.
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40 Little Changes to Your MLM Business Blog (For Big Results)
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GetResponse, the flagship product of Implix, was launched in 1999 by Internet marketing pioneer and entrepreneur Simon Grabowski.
GetResponse Email Marketing is available internationally in 14 languages and serves a growing base of customers, currently 350,000 strong. Their support team recently published these awesome suggestions:
If you have been blogging for your business for a while without seeing any results, you might be thinking, “blogging just doesn’t work in my industry”, “what’s the point if nobody is reading my blog?”, “maybe I should invest more in paid advertising and try to get leads from other avenues”, “blogging is a waste of my time”, “I don’t know how to blog. I suck at blogging.” Let me tell you that blogging works in almost any industry when done right.
Most business bloggers tend to make silly little mistakes when it comes to writing blog posts and creating content, they also don’t promote enough – or they are overly promotional and then wonder why nobody pays attention.
In this post, I am not going to give you the foundation of blogging for business (check out my 4-part Complete Guide to Successful Business Blogging). This would include things like identifying your ideal reader, clarifying your message and