Last weekend, 4Life opened the company’s twenty-fourth international market in Hamburg, Germany. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by 400 distributors and guests.
Vice President, Europe Rafael Fernández: “4Life Germany is in a strategic location to drive growth and support the field. This office offers great opportunities for our entrepreneurs to develop their businesses and relationships.”
The new office space is designed to provide meeting space for 4Life distributors throughout Hamburg and Germany at large. The 500-square-meter office includes six multi-purpose meeting rooms, a business library/computer lab, and two smaller rooms for individualized training.
“The new office will give a major boost to those taking the 4Life opportunity to people in the German market,” stated Vice President, International Preston Richards. “This office is a big leap forward in Europe and throughout the world.”
The capacity-plus crowd celebrated 4Life’s entry into the market with a recognition ceremony. Gold International Diamonds from Spain Carme Solà Xalabardé and Ángels Muñoz Estape were in attendance.
Foundation 4Life® contributed a donation of €2,000 EUR to the German organization, Kinder Tapfere, to support projects for needy children in Hamburg.
Ángels Muñoz Estape: “The German office staff is well equipped to support the distributors of Germany! This office is a symbol of the investment
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Amber Voight – Younique Hits $60,000 Per Month
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Amber Voight lives in Elk River, Minosota, USA and has hit the $60,000 * per month mark with 25,000 team members in 5 countries as of October 2014.
Amber Voight is a Black presenter, a top rank in the Younique compensation plan.
She is a mom of 3 amazing little guys and wife to David, the most supportive husband ever.
Amber has been in network marketing/direct sales since she was 17 years old so about 11 years.
Younique, a cosmetics direct sales company dedicated to uplifting, empowering and validating women everywhere, received the Direct Selling Management Association’s (DSMA) “Growth” award in a ceremony held November 6, 2014. Younique October sales topped $35 million.
Younique’s year-over-year sales growth of 5,145% (from October 2013 to October 2014) was enough to secure the honors.
Younique is the first direct-sales company to market and sell cosmetics almost exclusively through the use of social media. Younique Virtual Parties bridge the huge world of social media and the traditional home-party business model.
Younique’s mission is to uplift, empower, validate, and ultimately build self-esteem in women around the world through high-quality products that encourage both inner and outer beauty and spiritual enlightenment while also providing opportunities for personal growth and financial reward.
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LIMU Wins The 2014 People’s Choice Award As Best New Consumer Product
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LIMU, a leading direct sales company and provider of health-centered products, won the 2014 People’s Choice Award as Best New Consumer Product for their recently launched all-natural energy drink BLU FROG 2, in the 12th annual American Business Awards, also known as the Stevies.
With a mission to help people “Be More” in all facets of life, LIMU has positively impacted the lives of millions worldwide, offering ultra-premium liquid nutrition and a highly effective new business model. In the last year alone, the company has also garnered significant recognition with awards in business, marketing, creativity, packaging, event planning, design, videography, mobile, digital media and social media.
“Seeing our BLU 2 energy drink win the People’s Choice Award for Best New Consumer Product is proof that BLU 2 already has huge momentum,” said Justo Nunez, Vice President of Marketing for LIMU.
“That new product has only been in the market for less than eight months and it’s already the drink of choice for our Customers and Promoters, especially all of the 20-something YoPros having huge success with our company. BLU2 has totally energized and fueled the young professionals’ #BYOB Movement.”
The incredibly rapid success of BLU FROG 2 is no surprise, as it has a
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Direct Selling Investor CVSL To Raise $60 Million In IPO
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CVSL (CVSL) plans to raise $60 million in an IPO on Tuesday, November 25th. The company will issue 6,700,000 shares at $8.00-$10.00 per share.
In the last year, CVSL generated $111.3 million in revenue and had a net loss of $11.1 million. CVSL has a market-cap of $445.4 million.
Cantor Fitzgerald, JMP Securities and Janney Montgomery Scott served as the underwriters for the IPO and Feltl and Company and National Securities Corporation were co-managers.
CVSL provided the following description of their company for its IPO: “(Note: Not an IPO – “Our common stock is traded on the OTCQX Marketplace, operated by the OTC Markets Group, under the symbol “CVSL.”)
We operate a multi-brand direct selling/micro-enterprise company that employs innovative operational, marketing, social networking and e-commerce strategies to drive a high-growth global business.
We are engaged in a long-term strategy to develop a large, global, diverse, company that combines the entrepreneurship, innovation and relationship-based commerce of micro-enterprise with the infrastructure and operational excellence of a large scale company. We are building an online “community” consisting of a growing number of entrepreneurs and their customers, who can share various economic benefits of membership.
Our growth is supported by a highly disciplined acquisition strategy focused on
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Top Industry Leader Chris Reid Joins Preiscoin
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Preiscoin (PRS) has been making waves in the online opportunity business of late and they have just acquired the services of prominent Canadian Marketer -and former World Taekwon-Do Champion- Chris Reid who is also the head of his own marketing company; Championsway Marketing.
“Digital currencies have been of high interest to me for the past few years.”, said Chris.
I am a fan of Sir Richard Branson and have always believed him to be a pre-eminent business visionary of our generation…and when I read about his feelings towards this new form of currency, my interest only grew”
PRS is an online marketing company where members receive a subscription that allows them to generate a brand new Swiss based digital currency called Preiscoins.
“To attach an affiliate program to a product that is actual currency… well…leave it to the Swiss!” Chris continued. “I have never seen anything like it. The actual product is the equivalent value of the monthly subscription fee.
For 25 CHF, you generate 25 Preiscoins which is appealing enough, but to attach a 3×7 forced matrix where marketers can earn 4% on their entire down line top to bottom is incredible. As the currency spreads around the world, the value of the
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Herbalife Distributors Upset About Recent Company Change
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A handful of Herbalife’s Internet distributors are rebelling against the company’s move to corral them and exert greater control over their sales and marketing.
The weight-loss products company started earlier this month requiring distributors to move their far-flung retail sites to a new corporate-controlled hub, goherbalife.com.
Herbalife portrayed the policy, which went into effect Nov. 15, as an effort to curb bad behavior and prevent independent distributors from making false product claims.
But a few holdouts, including shoptoshape.com, herbal5.co.uk, and herbalhappy.com, had yet to move to the new destination and were still operating stand-alone sites as of Friday.
Some operators of these sites believe Herbalife’s real aim is to keep them from selling products at discounts, which undercuts the company’s recruiting efforts, sources said.
The retailers, which only sell discounted products and do not recruit, have been allowed by Herbalife to sell through their own Web sites and advertising for 15 years, sources said.
The change is just the latest of several that have made it difficult for them to compete, causing the number of independent sites to decline from about 300 in 2012 to about 40 earlier this year, according to sources.
Typically, independent sites advertise Herbalife products at anywhere from 25 percent to 45 percent
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Home Party Companies On The Rose
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Direct-selling parties are enjoying a surge in popularity, according to the Direct Selling Association of Ireland (DSAI). The trade body says about 4,000 people have signed up to become direct sellers over the past year, taking the total number to more than 20,000.
Parties, where self-employed direct sellers showcase products such as cosmetics, jewellery and homewares to a group gathered in a client’s home, now account for a fifth of total direct-selling revenue in Ireland, according to the DSAI, which represents 16 member companies including Amway, Forever Living, Mary Kay Inc and Neal’s Yard Remedies.
Direct-selling parties “are becoming increasingly more mainstream”, says DSAI director general Lynda Mills.
The days of the stereotypical “Avon Lady” are gone (as is the company itself from Ireland). More than 5,000 direct sellers are men – a quarter of the total – while there are 8,800 people aged 50-plus selling products outside the traditional retail channel, the association says.
Although direct selling is typically a second or casual stream of income, about 13 per cent of direct sellers, or some 2,600 people, work full-time in the industry, which is estimated to be worth more than €50 million. That’s quite a lot of moisturisers and herbal supplements.
first reported by: irishtimes.com
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International Study Reveals Attitudes Toward Self-Employment – Amway
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Are entrepreneurs born or made? And what drives them to start their own businesses?
These questions were posed by the 2014 Amway Global Entrepreneurship Report (AGER), an annual survey that takes the public pulse on the state of self-employment around the world. This year’s report explored entrepreneurship education.
Unique in its broadness and regularity, the AGER fosters global discussion on entrepreneurship and raises awareness of the significant role entrepreneurs play in modern economies. The groundbreaking first survey launched in 2010 as the Amway European Entrepreneurship Report, then expanded worldwide with the 2013 AGER, encompassing 24 countries. This year’s report spans a record 38 markets, with face-to-face and telephone interviews conducted with 43,902 men and women aged 14-99.
“Entrepreneurs play an important role in growing economies,” said Amway Chairman Steve Van Andel. “They create jobs, encourage competition and help communities grow and flourish. As the business environment has changed through the years, so have the reasons people decide to venture out on their own. We hope this report advances the discussion on entrepreneurship and leads to a deeper understanding of what can be done to encourage and better prepare more people around the world to start businesses of their own.”
2014 Key Findings
The AGER reveals that entrepreneurship
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Visalus’ 3-Star Ambassador & New $1 Million Lifetime Earner Neil Bellville On Not Quitting
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Perhaps just as strong as Neil Bellville’s ‘Why’ is his favorite saying: “It’s always too early to quit.” It’s a powerful motivational force that has led this 3-Star Ambassador to achieve over $1 million in lifetime earnings with Vi.
In asking Neil about his success, and how his story embodies each of the three Vi Foundational Pillars of Life, Health & Prosperity.
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To put things in perspective, what took Neil 14 years to make a little over a million in the industry took him just four years to make a million with Vi. He credits his success to his passionate team dedicated toChallenging the World… 10 lbs. at a Time.
“I was taught a long time ago that it takes teamwork to make dream work,” said Neil. In fact, he values his team so much that helping them achieve their goals is way more important than his.
He also believes in Vi events and the impact they’ve had on his life and business—whether it’s on a local, regional or national level. “I do not miss an event, period. It’s the #1 belief-building tool that we can have. It’s filled with positive energy from likeminded people. There’s nothing else that will build the belief tank like an