Harland C. Stonecipher, a life-long southeast Oklahoma resident, business giant and the founder of Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. (now LegalShield), passed away on Monday afternoon. He was 76 years of age.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley; oldest son, Allen, and his wife, Karen; and two grandsons, Greg and Zane. He was preceded in death by his parents as well as his youngest son, Brent, daughter-in-law Tina, and granddaughter, Nikki.
Stonecipher grew up in Centrahoma and attended Tupelo Schools before being the first in his family to attend college. He graduated from East Central State College in Ada in 1959 and became a teacher and debate coach at Chandler and Okmulgee high schools. He soon left his teaching career and became an insurance sales. In 1969, he was involved in an automobile accident while making a sales trip. Legal bills from that accident led him to create Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. in 1972
Stonecipher often commented he “would’ve given up on the company if he had known how broke he was” but, with the help of his wife, Shirley, saw his idea grow from a single-room operation to being listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The company sold for more than
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PartyLite Named Best Direct-Selling Company In Europe 2014
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European direct sales association Seldia has selected PartyLite as the best European direct selling company in 2014. During the association’s annual conference in Brussels/Belgium in early October, Martin Köhler, PartyLite President Europe, accepted the prestigious ASTRA award from Seldia’s chairman & CEO of Swedish company Oriflame, Magnus Brännström.
In paying tribute to the winner, Brännström highlighted the strong similarities between the PartyLite business model and the goals Seldia works hard to achieve: primarily the promotion and further development of the direct sales model across Europe including the social welfare and economic aspects for direct sales professionals, especially the active support of career opportunities for women. In addition, the chairman also praised the enormous support of Seldia itself by PartyLite Europe with regard to the growing digitalisation.
Aside from the big win for PartyLite, Spanish member of the European Parliament, Teresa Jimenez, was also recognised with an ASTRA (Personality of the Year) for her active support of Seldia’s platform for female entrepreneurs, as well as the UK DSA which received the Best Direct Selling Association of the Year Astra Award.
Headquartered in Brussels, Seldia represents the direct sales industry within the European Union and counts 28 European direct selling associations (DSAs), out of which
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Melaleuca Rewards 150 Employees With $1.6 Million In Loyalty Bonuses
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Celebrating your anniversary with Melaleuca is extremely rewarding. At least, that’s what 150 Melaleuca employees have to say now that their wallets are heavier.
They received $1,677,734.26 million in longevity bonuses at Tuesday’s annual employee meeting for having passed landmark anniversaries with the company.
Melaleuca’s loyalty and longevity bonus is available to all full- and part-time employees, regardless of position or pay level, and is simply based on length of service. The company pays $5,000 for a five-year anniversary, $10,000 for 10 years, $15,000 for 15 years, $33,361.55 ($20,000 net) for 20 years, $25,000 for 25 years and $30,000 for 30 years.
Jolene Hill, a product development operations manager, and Dauphne Lords, Idaho Falls store manager, each received $25,000 checks from Melaleuca CEO Frank VanderSloot at the event. Additionally, 14 employees walked away with $20,000 net checks, and 16 employees picked up $15,000 checks. Melaleuca also presented$10,000 checks to 72 employees and $5,000 checks to 46 employees.
“This check is a ‘thank you’ bonus for your hard work over the last five, 10, 15, 20, or 25 years,” Melaleuca CEO Frank VanderSloot told recipients. “Our recognition meeting also allows every person in the company to honor these employees’ valuable contributions and years of service toward Melaleuca’s
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Jeunesse Hits Record-Breaking 50 Million Dollar Month
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Jeunesse closed the month of October with a record-breaking 50 million dollars in sales revenue. Over 42,000 new distributors were enrolled during the month, after the celebration of Jeunesse’s 2014 EXPO5.
Jeunesse distributors have also experienced a tremendous amount of personal growth in recent weeks, as the company announced the promotion of 14 new Diamond Directors and 5 new Double Diamond Directors elevating their ranks in October alone, marking another breaking achievement for the company.
Jeunesse’s exponential growth has kept it on track to reach record numbers in sales revenue by the end of 2014. The company has already been recognized by INC. 500 as the fastest growing DSA company in the nation. With the new product launches of weight loss system, ZEN BODI™, and anti-aging microcream, Instantly Ageless™, these numbers are expected to rise before the year ends.
About Jeunesse
Jeunesse is a leading direct selling company devoted to encouraging healthy living. Company research focuses on adult stem cell science, telomere support, DNA repair, fat loss technology, and nutrigenomics. Products are made in the USA and are exclusively formulated for Jeunesse.
With a multi-lingual customer service, back office support team, global enrollment system, and in-house programming already in place, the company is fully operational in 32
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Forbes Believes In Avon
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Jack Adamo, writer for Forbes.com has a positive outlook for Avon, as shared in an articles today:
There are few stocks that the market thinks is uglier right now than Avon Products . But this unloved company could turn into a beautiful swan in the next couple of years, and its transformation could start showing up much sooner.
Avon’s third quarter earnings report was very encouraging in some aspects, but left a lot of questions unanswered. While revenues were down 8%, that was entirely due to the change in exchange rates caused by the very strong U.S. dollar. The company has a large South American presence. While that’s still not good news, it is at least not indicative of operational or marketing problems, though perhaps a new CFO would hedge currencies better. The search for one is currently in progress.
Elsewhere on the income statement, operating margins improved dramatically from 2.9% last year to 8.8% this year, although there’s still plenty of room for improvement there. Another positive is that third-quarter net income from continuing operations was $0.21 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $0.01 last year.
Analysts expect operating or adjusted earnings for full-year 2014 to come in at $0.83 and look
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Lyoness Starts Multi Brand Strategy
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Lyoness has implemented the previously announced multi-brand strategy in all markets. Since 8th November the group of companies has differentiated between the brand “Lyoness” and the new network marketing brand “Lyconet”.
Since 8th November the globally active Lyoness group of companies officially has comprised two brands. From now on the brand “Lyoness” encompasses two of the company’s three business areas: the sector- and country spanning shopping community for consumers, who save money when shopping with Lyoness, and the loyalty program for loyalty merchants, which gain loyal customers with the help of Lyoness.
The new brand “Lyconet” encompasses all of the company’s network marketing activities. The new brand world enables the company to develop target-group specific communication strategies and services.
Special program
“Xcite” From 8th November everyone interested can watch the special program “Xcite” at the company-owned web channel Lyoness.TV. The company presents all the news concerning Lyoness and Lyconet in an one and a half hour show.
Change process
With the world-wide implementation of the multi-brand strategy the company finished an important part of restructuring, which had been announced in autumn 2013.
About Lyoness
The Lyoness Group divides its three business areas into two brands: The Lyoness brand encompasses the shopping community and the loyalty program. Their
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4Life Mongolia Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
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November 7, 2014 marked the fifth anniversary of 4Life independent distributor activity in Mongolia.The three-day celebration began with a Leaders’ Forum on Friday that attracted 200 business builders in downtown Ulaanbaatar, the country’s capital.
The recognition celebration was held at Ulaanbaatar’s Independence Palace. More than 600 attendees will be onsite, including International Director Boldmaa Nyamdoo and Vice President of Communications Calvin Jolley—both visiting from 4Life Global Headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Business builders attending the events included Mongolian Gold International Diamonds Oyunmaa Banzragch and Narankhuu Rinchinsangi, Singaporean Gold International Diamonds Nadzrul Salim and Nadirah Ahmad, Russian Gold International Diamond Dmitriy Isakov, and Russian President’s Club member and International Diamond Marina Aryaeva.
Field leaders will dedicate Sunday’s activities to service. Participants will visit a daycare facility for special needs children in Ulaanbaatar. While onsite, Foundation 4Life® will make a donation of $3,000 USD to the program.
Nyamdoo: “It’s an honor to represent 4Life’s executive team here in Ulaanbaatar for this fifth anniversary celebration. Distributors in Mongolia and throughout Eurasia remain committed to enhancing lives by sharing the 4Life products and opportunity with others.”
About 4Life
4Life’s leading group of doctors, scientists, and researchers continue to advance immune system science with innovations in product formulation,
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Rolling Stone Flops When They Discuss MLM Instead of Music
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Rolling Stone is pulling at strings when they hire an in-trouble journalist to write an opinion piece on MLM that contains dated criticism, much like their reputation.
In a post-recession era when many Americans are feeling dis-heartened by the traditional path of school,college, and a 9-5, Caleb Hanna, journalist for Rolling Stone magazine, writes an opinion piece about how a few individuals in Vemma are targeting college kids with a business opportunity, with a less-than-honest approach about the opportunity itself. It’s criticism that was common in the 80’s, when few people truly understood the network marketing opportunity. However, to hear a somewhat reputable publication write an article that questions the tactics with typical media spin techniques, it’s a wonder Rolling Stone isn’t doing so well.
International Business Times, an online publication, calls Rolling Stone ‘a gasping dinosaur’ and RS’s lack of research in having a journalist, who has — not once — but twice, been in journalistic hot water is evident that when reading an article, one should consider the source.
In 2011 public records indicate that Hannan stands accused of “failing to do any due diligence at all on the story.” (In regards to a Seattle Times article)
One thing is certain, Hannan
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Zija International Wins 7 MarCom Awards
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Zija International recently received several prestigious 2014 MarCom Awards, which recognizes excellence in marketing communications, design, branding, product packaging, etc. Platinum is the highest award possible, followed by Gold. Zija received the following:
PLATINUM
New Product Materials, Zija International
Branding, Améo Essential Oils
Product Launch, Améo Essential Oils
GOLD
Branding, Ripstix Supplements
Product Launch, Ripstix Supplements
HONORABLE MENTION
Integrated Marketing, Améo Essential Oils
Integrated Marketing, Ripstix Supplements
It’s been a whirlwind year at Zija International with the launch of these two exciting new product divisions. We’re honored to have been recognized for our hard work and for the final products.
The competition has grown to perhaps the largest of its kind in the world, with over 6,000 entries per year. A look at the winners shows a range in size from individual communicators to media conglomerates and Fortune 500 companies.
MarCom Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. The Association oversees awards and recognition programs, provides judges and sets standards for excellence. A complete list of Platinum winners can be found on the MarCom Awards website at www.marcomawards.com.
About Zija International
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
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Nerium Celebrates Brand Center Opening In Richmond, BC
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Nerium International™, a leader in age-defying skincare products, celebrated the grand opening of its British Columbia Brand Center with a ribbon cutting ceremony held on Saturday, November 1, 2014. Special guests in attendance included Mayor Malcom Brodie, City of Richmond; Roy Truett, President of International at Nerium International; and Belynda Lee, Regional Vice President of Sales and General Manager of Canada.
The new Brand Center allows consumers interested in Nerium to learn about and purchase the company’s Optimera TM line of products. Since Nerium is a relationship marketing company that sells its products through direct sales, the Brand Center also serves as a resource center for Nerium’s Brand Partners that sell the products, providing them with advanced relationship marketing tools and materials to help them grow their personal businesses. It will also offer multi-lingual customer support. The Brand Center, which is 4,300 square feet, is the first Nerium International Brand Center in Canada.
The opening celebration, which took place at the new Brand Center located at Unit 130 – 11120 Horseshoe Way, Richmond, BC, included a red carpet, ribbon cutting, refreshments, giveaways, gift bags and a lion dance. Speeches were given by Mayor Brodie, Truett, and Lee.
Nerium International first began offering its