When Lucas Hoffmann first heard of Vi in North America, he felt like the Vi system would make all the difference in his life. As soon as Vi pre-launched in Germany, Lucas was excited and determined to take part in Challenging the World.
With the money he got for Christmas and some of his savings, Lucas went to the Influencer Summit where he met Vi Co-Founder and Global Ambassador Nick Sarnicola. Nick was so charismatic and convincing that Lucas spent all of his savings for an Executive Promoter System, and accepted The Challenge.
Inspired by Nick Sarnicola and IFBB Pro Bodybuilding Champion and Regional Director Daniel Hill, Lucas—at only 18 years old—quickly became Germany’s youngest Regional Director. He earned his BMW… and he didn’t even have his driver’s license yet!
Lucas has always been very active and interested in helping people lead healthy lifestyles, but he knew that many health and fitness programs were too complicated and time-consuming.
However, he felt that The Challenge was something everyone could do, and tried it out for himself. He took on his first Challenge with the goal to become fit and more active. He soon built 10 lbs. of lean muscle, which made it even easier to
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Younique Announces Chief Scientific Officer, Mukhtar Siddiqui
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Younique Products, a cosmetics direct-sales company dedicated to motivating and empowering women, announced the addition of their Chief Scientific Officer, Mukhtar Siddiqui. Mukhtar will lead all the Research & Development efforts at Younique and manage their internal Laboratory, overseeing all the formulations, testing, processing, manufacturing, and quality.
Mukhtar is an academic, scientist, chemist, and formulator with a total of 32 years of hands-on experience in the Health and Beauty industry. He has researched, developed, formulated, and launched hundreds of products globally, working with brands such as Almay, Playtex, Max Factor, Jhirmack, Johnson & Johnson, AirWick, LaCoupe, and Shaklee.
Mukhtar is a well-known and respected member of the international Health & Beauty community, and is a member of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists and of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He also holds a Master of Science in Organic Chemistry from University of Sind.
He currently has six US patents in the cosmetics, skin care, and hair care categories. His expertise in formulating with the finest ingredients and most cutting-edge technologies led him to bring to the market some of the most successful, environmental-friendly, and high-performance products worldwide. About his role at Younique Products, Mukhtar says, “Uniting science and nature will be our
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Epicure Launches Timesaving Solutions To Inspire People To Improve Health
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It’s time to change the way the world thinks about food. To help busy people who want to improve their health, Epicure—Canada’s largest direct sales company—has launched the Good Food. Real Fast.™ movement.
This transformative movement is about inspiring people to cook and eat real food, know where their food comes from and what’s in it, and limit processed foods.
“This movement is critical now,” says Amelia Warren, CEO of Epicure. “We want to dispel the myth that cooking is hard and time consuming. We want to show you how easy, quick and delicious healthy, real food can be.”
Epicure’s launch of the Good Food. Real Fast. movement provides true timesaving meal and cookware solutions that take a meal from raw to ready in mere minutes, Epicure hopes to change the way people think about what goes on their plates.
In keeping with the company’s purpose to Inspire Good,™ for every person who joins the Good Food. Real Fast. movement, Epicure will donate $1 to the Epicure Foundation,™ a nonprofit organization that partners with other charitable organizations to enhance the lives of others through vital grassroots food initiatives.
About Epicure™
Founded in 1997 in Victoria, B.C., Epicure is a women-led company, committed to doing good by providing delicious and wholesome food, inspiring people to live more fulfilling lives, and giving back to Canadians and their communities.
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Mary Kay And Marketing Through Project Runway
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Adweek talks to Mary Kay’s director of U.S. consumer marketing Kim Sater about the brand’s deep relationship with Lifetime’s long-running fashion design competition show Project Runway—why it’s different, and why it works.
Why do a major TV integration with Project Runway?
The Mary Kay Color Design Studio, where the models go for makeup before walking the runway, is a perfect way to showcase the full Mary Kay line. … The makeup looks [that are] used on the models play a big role in completing the overall look of the design, so the designers can get very passionate about it, and the audience at home is interested in how to get the looks or how to interpret the looks for everyday wear.
That makes the partnership go way beyond just being an official sponsor of the show. We are part of the show every week and part of the designer’s vision.
One of your top artists is appearing on the show.
Luis Casco is one of Mary Kay’s global makeup artists, and we were thrilled to have him integrated into the show. In this role, Luis is the on-air representative of the brand. Luis was on set in the Mary Kay Color Design Studio consulting with the show’s designers on their visions for their models and working
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Ambit Energy Responds To Negative Press
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In a press release sent out this week, Ambit Energy speaks on how they have handled negative press and how they are overcoming future challenges.
Numerous reports of complaints have been received by BBB against Ambit Energy; however these complaints have been handled, resolved and dealt with at no time.
Ambit Energy is a United States Multi-Level Marketing Company which provides electricity and natural gas services among households. The company was founded in 2006 and its headquarters is located in Dallas, Texas.
Ambit Energy Holdings LLC have been accredited by the Better Business Bureau since its founding in 2006 and have enjoyed continuous accreditation ever since. The company committed in abiding with BBB’s high quality accreditation standards and promises to continue to support them by providing excellent customer service to their consumers and making sure that all consumer complaints are resolved the soonest possible time.
Ambit Energy makes sure that everyone connected with their company follows the standards set by BBB. This is one of their top priorities since these are the core pillars of excellent consumer handling and a prosperous business. Ambit Energy wants to make sure that they have proper communication lines open to all consumers especially those who have complaints in the past. Ambit
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AdvoCare Sponsors Training Facility For Major Football Team
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Plano-based AdvoCare International, a health and wellness company, recently announced it has secured the naming rights of a new professional sports practice facility located at The Greenbrier, an award-winning resort in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Officially named the AdvoCare Sports Performance Center, the facility is the new training camp home for the New Orleans professional football team.
“AdvoCare is very proud to give its name to this new training facility that New Orleans football players, coaches and fans will call home for the next few weeks,” said Richard Wright, CEO of AdvoCare. “We are excited for the exposure AdvoCare will receive as a result of the crowds the facility will attract in the next month, as well as down the road.”
The practice facility includes three practice fields – two natural turf and one synthetic grass – along with a 55,000-square-foot multi-purpose building equipped with meeting, weight and locker rooms, training and physical therapy accommodations, as well as kitchen and dining facilities.
AdvoCare, a nationally recognized brand for more than 20 years, offers general nutrition, weight loss, energy and sports performance products of the highest quality. To further establish AdvoCare as a household name, the company has developed local, regional and national sports-focused
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Vemma Partners With Acclaimed Peak Performance Coach Rex Crain
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Vemma announced that they will be continuing their strong commitment to the training and personal development of their Affiliates with a new, live online training program featuring acclaimed speaker, writer, and peak performance coach, Rex Crain. They shared the news on their blog this week:
Rex has served as a peak performance coach, speaker and consultant to Fortune 500 companies, professional athletes, Olympians, entertainment executives and celebrities, in addition to people from all walks of life.
Beginning August 14, join Rex Crain every Thursday at 5 p.m. PDT on Vemma.com for the new U Power training call! Experience personal development training sessions designed to help you transform into the person and business leader you want to be.
You’ll get inspired, get the tips you need to succeed and discover new, results-oriented activities and business strategies to take you to the next level so you can achieve your full potential. Rex Crain made his Vemma debut at the Miami Verve Leadership Academy and his passionate 50-minute keynote power talk rocked the thousands in attendance, as well as those watching the stream at home.
The weekly 10-15 minute training will be streamed live and is completely free for all Vemma Affiliates. Special guests will appear on
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LegalShield Elects New CEO, Jeff Bell
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LegalShield, one of the nation’s leading providers of affordable legal plans and identity theft solutions for individuals, families and small businesses, announced today that Jeff Bell has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Bell succeeds Rip Mason, who will now serve as Executive Chairman of the Board.
Mr. Bell comes to LegalShield with over 20 years of corporate leadership and consumer marketing experience for global brands including Microsoft, Chrysler, Ford and NBCUniversal. While serving as Corporate Vice President, Global Marketing, Interactive Entertainment Business (Xbox) for Microsoft Inc., Mr. Bellsaw tremendous success, leading the business to its first profitable year in its existence, and garnered industry recognition launching and marketing a number of successful video game franchises including “Halo 3,” “Gears of War,” “Madden,” and “Rock Band.”
In addition, he led the growth of Xbox LIVE from four million to 12 million members in two years. While serving as Vice President of the Chrysler and Jeep Divisions for DaimlerChrysler, he launched the Chrysler 300, and the ‘Grab Life by the Horns’ and Town & Country with “Stow ‘n Go” seating and storage marketing campaigns.
In 2012, NBC Senior Vice President, Kim Niemi, called upon Mr. Bell, to lead NBCUniversal’s marketing efforts in the health and fitness market. In this role, Mr. Bell developed the “Challenge
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Thirty-One Gifts Convention So Successful, They’re Doubling Up
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Thirty-One Gifts’ recent convention in Columbus proved so successful the company will do it again next year – and double up in the process.
Thirty-One Gifts spokeswoman Sara Westtold me the growing direct-sales company will host a three-day conference for associates from the eastern U.S. the week of July 26 next year, and will relocate its conference for Canadian consultants from Niagara Falls, Ontario, to Columbus as well.
“We’ll have a three-day conference, then another three-day conference,” she said. “… It will be easier to manage if we break it out into two identical conferences.”
According to Experience Columbus, the 12,769 attendees for Thirty-One Gifts’ July 22-25 event this year occupied about 15,000 room nights at 36 area hotels. The conference had an estimated $17.5 million economic impact on the hotels, restaurants and other businesses.
The Niagara Falls conference attracted 800 associates from July 16-18. Thirty-One Gifts just started in Canada in September 2012, so West said the company expects the number attending the 2015 conference to grow.
The company announced a year ago it would return to Columbus after two years in Atlanta, where 16,600 attended in 2013. The company counts about 110,000 sales associates in all.
West said the company has scheduled another conference in Denver
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Dancing With The Stars Finalists, Ryan And Ashleigh Di Lello, Earn A Jeep Through Mynt
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Ryan and Ashleigh Di Lello are Latin ballroom champions known for their guest performances on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and for being the first married couple to be voted all the way to the finals of the hit FOX show So You Think You Can Dance.
So the question becomes: How do you parlay your dance skills into earning a Jeep through the 4×4 Program?
“We worked very hard to find good leaders to launch this business with. Then we focused on helping these leaders build their businesses by doing opportunity meetings and calls with new potential promoters,” Ryan says. “We taught them to do the same and organized meetings and charity events where our teams could invite new prospects.”
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Fear is rarely ever a productive emotion, and certainly not in business or in relationships. Ryan and Ashleigh both agree that they have taken a fearless approach to presenting the mynt opportunity. “We didn’t hold back when we thought of a new person to approach about this business.
We felt it was a disservice to them to not invite them to hear about such an incredible opportunity. We also make sure to always follow up. ‘The fortune is in the follow up,’ as they say.”
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