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Reliv Hires New Sr. VP of Global Marketing

Reliv International, Inc. (Nasdaq:RELV), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of a proprietary line of nutritional supplements, has hired Jack Linn to the newly created position of senior vice president, global marketing.

In his new role, Linn will be responsible for U.S. and international marketing. He brings to Reliv more than 35 years of experience in the direct selling industry, including a 15-year stint operating his own consulting firm. He has served as a consultant to Reliv for more than five years, including a period starting in November 2006 to the present.

Reliv International Names New Senior Vice President, Global Marketing

Victorian Epicure Business

Laguna Hills, CA, January 30, 2007 --(PR.COM)-- Victorian Epicure, located on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada in an 80,000 sq. ft. facility recently selected ERP leader BatchMaster. Victorian Epicure, marketing under the banner of Epicure Selections, is a food and cookware company specializing in gourmet spice blends, rubs, and jellies. They are a unique organization in their niche since their marketing is done primarily through a direct-to-consumer distribution model via their thousands of field sales consultants, who facilitate in-home sales parties (similar to Tupperware or Mary Kay Cosmetics) and follow a multi-level-marketing (MLM) business expansion.

This past June, Victorian Epicure decided they wanted to proceed with a complete review of BatchMaster. After performing interviews to understand the tasks and critical issues of each major role within their organization, BatchMaster prepared a demonstration that included the company’s business processes and how the ERP software would address critical issues of inventory management, forecasting, planning and production scheduling; this was especially important since the company has several raw materials that are shipped from overseas.

Victorian Epicure required a product that could be integrated with their web-based sales system; the company leaders were adamant about not replacing that core existing technology. The decision was made and the company ordered 10-users of the BatchMaster Enterprise solution with MRP/MPS and eConnect for the integration with their sales system.

Medifast Could Generate $700 Million in 5-10 Years

In a research note published on January 19, the analyst mentions that the company is well positioned to benefit going forward from weight-related concerns and is poised to capitalize on this trend through an increase in its ad spending. Medifast faces an opportunity to generate over $700 million in revenues in the forthcoming five-to-ten years, the analyst says. The company is expected to achieve 38% and 30% earnings growth this year and in the long-term, respectively, eResearch adds.

Medifast initiated with "buy" | newratings.com

The Balance Company

The Balance Company™ creates innovative products and inspirational ideas that help people lead healthier and more balanced lives. The company's innovative BalanceBox™ product and BalanceGuide™ philosophy deliver simple and effective solutions to increase energy, improve stress-resiliency, and increase sense of purpose in everyday life. The Balance Company is backed by some of the most successful founders and entrepreneurs in the health and wellness world, including Founders, CEOs and Board Members from 24 Hour Fitness, Odwalla, and Whole Foods. The company is based in San Mateo, CA.

The Balance Company

Mannatech Phytochemicals

As part of its on-going mission to redefine wellness, Mannatech, Incorporated, (Nasdaq: MTEX - News) announced today it has introduced PhytoMatrix, the industry's first supplement containing a unique blend of standardized plant-based minerals, natural vitamin complexes and phytochemicals.

PhytoMatrix distinguishes itself in other ways. Unlike some mass-market supplements, PhytoMatrix contains no synthetic or chemically derived vitamins nor any chelated minerals. All-natural PhytoMatrix is formulated to provide (per daily serving of four caplets) at least 80 percent or more of the U.S. recommended daily values for seven of the 12 minerals it contains and at least 100 percent of the U.S. daily values for the vitamins it contains.

New PhytoMatrix Supplement Contains Standardized Plant-Based Minerals, Natural Vitamin Complexes and Phytochemicals: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

Vision For Life Opportunity

Vision For Life International Independent Representatives have found a way to unleash the Power of Three in order to break free from the daily grind, the power to determine their own destinies, and the power to make their dreams a reality. Through this financial opportunity, thousands have achieved the power to live a life without limits.

Vision For Life: Opportunity

Vorwerk

Vorwerk Kobold has the highest level of sales volume of any division within the Vorwerk Group – selling directly to customers around the world through more than 10,000 sales partners.

Kobold vacuum cleaners are best-in-class when it comes to room care. Our highly skilled sales partners demonstrate the benefits of the system in your own home. The Kobold vacuum cleaner from Vorwerk raises the bar in terms of convenience, performance and design. This unique system made up of durable and top-quality products guarantees effortless and effective home cleaning. We have created a new dimension in cleanliness and freshness, allowing you to feel good in your home each and every day.

Vorwerk - Direct Sales Vorwerk Kobold

Weekenders Fashion Clothing Opportunity

Weekenders fashions for autumn are fun, full of life and completely energetic - just like the women who wear them. See for yourself!

Being a Weekenders woman is all about living life on your own terms. It's having the freedom to do the things you want to do - when you want to do them. Weekenders offers an exciting opportunity to work in the fashion industry

Weekenders - Clothes You Love To Live In

Wine Shop at Home

Welcome to WineShop At Home, the first direct selling company focused on bringing a taste of the wine country to homes across America. To us, wine is not just a drink, but a way of life - it's about food, celebration, and sharing with others. Through our unique At Home wine tastings, we bring the best of the wine country right to your home. Featuring a special selection of limited-production wines carefully chosen for the highest quality and great value, each is hand-crafted by local winemakers.

Whether you are interested in joining our company as a Wine Consultant, Hosting a Tasting, Becoming a Wine Club Member, or sending one our Signature Gifts, you don't have to be an expert to discover the joy of the wine country living.

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Yoffi Jewelry Business Opportunity

Inspired to provide an exciting new fine jewelry shopping experience, Nick Messe founded Yoffi Fine Jewelry™. As a leader in traditional retail channels, Nick recognized an opportunity to offer quality fine jewelry in the fun and entertaining atmosphere of Trunk Show Parties.

Yoffi Fine Jewelry

Reliv Sends Free Nutritionals to Children in Mexico

CHESTERFIELD, Mo., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Reliv Kalogris Foundation, a charitable foundation operated by Reliv International, Inc., has started providing free nutritional supplements to under-nourished children in Mexico, said R. Scott Montgomery, president of the foundation and senior vice president of worldwide operations for Reliv International. Initially more than 800 children are receiving the free nutritional supplements every day at locations outside of Mexico City, Monterey and Chiapas, Mexico, Montgomery said.

Worldwide, the Reliv Foundation donates supplements that provide daily nutrition to approximately 15,000 under-nourished children in eight countries, including Mexico.  The other countries are the United States, the Philippines, Myanmar (Burma), Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Haiti and South Africa.

The children receive daily shakes made by combining two powdered formulas, Reliv Now for Kids and Reliv Delight, with water.  Reliv Now for Kids provides the optimal level of nutrients for children, and Reliv Delight contains many of the nutrients of milk, plus additional vitamins and minerals.

The Reliv Foundation is unusual in that it is funded almost entirely through donations by Reliv's independent distributors.  The foundation pays no salaries and has no other overhead costs; all funds go directly to support nutrition for children and others in need.

About Reliv

Reliv International, Inc. (Nasdaq: RELV - News), based in suburban St. Louis, Mo., is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of a proprietary line of nutritional supplements addressing basic nutrition, specific wellness needs, weight management and sports nutrition.  Reliv sells its products through an international network marketing system of approximately 65,000 independent distributors.  Reliv International's common stock trades on NASDAQ under the symbol RELV.  Additional information about Reliv International, Inc. can be obtained on the Web at http://www.reliv.com .

Predator Marketing System can Be Used to Market Other Companies

The Predator Marketing System continues to impress, as well as advertising itself as an automated prospecting system, it will also advertise a several other business or work at home opportunities. The system can be used to promote any business or website such as Emerald Passport, Profit Masters, Mentors On a Mission, and Veretekk just to name a few.

Press Release - One of the Most Advanced Work at home Businesses on the Market!

The Balance Company

The Balance Company™ announced today that it has launched its first line of innovative products to support a balanced and healthy lifestyle, tackling head-on the issues faced by millions of overworked and stressed-out Americans who crave better health and more balance in their lives. The Balance Company's initial offering is a toolset of products, tips, and ideas that take the guesswork out of figuring out how to achieve better health and balance for both body and mind. Taking a cue from highly successful public companies such as Avon, Herbalife and NuSkin, The Balance Company will sell its new line exclusively through a "customer-direct" model and a national network of independent sales consultants.

The Balance Company™ Announces First-to-Market Concept for Balanced Living

Femone Opportunity

One woman’s passion to help women look and feel their best, one woman’s unwavering love of family and friends, and one woman’s deep desire to inspire women to achieve their dreams and goals has led to the creation of one of direct selling’s hottest new companies, FemOne, Inc.. This fantastic female-driven company established in May 2002, was passionately created by one woman, Daran Grimm...

FemOne

BIOPRO Technology

BIOPRO Technology is an energy design company. By utilizing the fascinating field of Bioenergetics, our company’s mission of enhancing the overall quality of life worldwide is being realized. Through the vision and voices of the corporate team, the independent consultants and our customers, we truly are “elevating” the energetic state of processes and people across the globe. Our products are designed to improve health and well being while reducing physical stress and environmental assaults on the body. The exclusive Breakthrough Personal Development Program enhances and accelerates our individual and collective personal growth. Last but not least, the BIOPRO Pay Plan offers people an opportunity to create financial “energy” and supplement their income in life-changing ways. Welcome to the BIOPRO Experience!

BIOPRO Technology

BookWise - Prelaunch Opportunity

BookWise is a book club / network marketing company with a structure that is not only unique to both the book and network marketing industries, but takes the best from both worlds to help our Associates build a library as well as a home business.

BookWise

AmeriTalks Opportunity

"AmeriTalks® is a company whose goal is to consistently provide quality products with a spirit of goodwill to its agents, its customers, and its employees. As a company, we strive to always be ready to listen and to serve as we truly believe in creating “win-win” relationships. By establishing a vast network of customers and distributors with contact points reaching across the marketplace, we will continually strive to achieve and maintain a recognized focal point in the global services and technology landscape."

AmeriTalks - About Us!

YouthFlow Business Opportunity

The key to success in any business is to understand that it is the product that drives the opportunity. To do otherwise is like placing the cart before the horse. It is always easier to let the product pull the business forward instead of having to “push the product” to make the opportunity work. YouthFlow is a product-driven company. We know that the success of our Independent Representatives is determined by the quality of our product line. Superior quality at competitive prices ensures high demand and high demand accelerates financial potential.

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FemOne Inc. Business Opportunity

One woman’s passion to help women look and feel their best, one woman’s unwavering love of family and friends, and one woman’s deep desire to inspire women to achieve their dreams and goals has led to the creation of one of direct selling’s hottest new companies, FemOne, Inc.. This fantastic female-driven company established in May 2002, was passionately created by one woman, Daran Grimm...

* To share exceptional products that balance and enhance health and beauty

* To offer a powerful business that creates financial wealth

* To provide a support system that inspires and empowers women of all ages.

http://www.femone.com/About_FemStory.aspx

BIOPRO Technology Opportunity

Visionary co-founders Ray Grimm and Alfred Hanser launched BIOPRO Technology in February 2004. Their story is a simple one of great synergy and a mutual desire to create a global positive impact on people physically, personally and financially. Ray Grimm has a successful history of experience in the Direct Sales Nutritional arena. He appreciated early on in his career, the power of bringing products to market that physically make difference.

http://www.mybiopro.com/Company.aspx?ID=awengrove

Tastefully Simple Promotion

Kristine Brooks has been promoted to a team leader for Tastefully Simple

Oshkosh Northwestern - Who's news: J.J. Keller brings new metro sales manager on board

Does Everyone In Direct Sales Earn A Six Figure Income?

By Audrey Okaneko

If we were to rely on the advertisements we see, we just might believe that everyone in direct sales is a million dollar income earner. Not only does everyone claim they are earning millions, but they also claim they do it while the kids are napping.

This just is not reality. If you understand numbers, take a look at the statistics offered by the Direct Sales Association. Their home page is dsa.org. Click on the “about direct selling” link. You’ll see their statistical information listed there.

Looking at the amount of distributors and the amount in dollars of sales you can create averages. Keeping in mind that average commissions on sales is about 30%, you quickly realize that not everyone is a millionaire in direct sales.

If you continue looking at the statistics, you do realize that 80% of all those in direct sales put in under 30 hours per week and only 15% of that is spent on developing a team. This means that the vast majority of time is spent creating sales.

I would encourage someone who might believe that everyone in direct sales is a millionaire to visit a classified ad forum and read the ads from one year ago. Start clicking links and see how many advertisers are still in business 12 months later. I think you’ll be amazed at the amount of folks not in business. Now, if everyone were a millionaire, why would they leave the business?

So what are realistic expectations of what can be earned in direct sales? I have to speak of averages. Average commission in direct sales is 30%. I am very aware that a few companies pay more than 30% and a few companies pay less. I’m working with an average here. If you sell $500 worth of products in a month, you will earn $150. Seeing these numbers in writing can be eye opening. While millions in earnings are spoken about in advertisements, no one ever seems to give details on how to achieve this. I’m showing in black and white what the earning potential is with direct selling.

You can also earn money in direct sales through sponsoring others. The average commission on this is 10%. Again, this is only an average. Let’s say you find 10 people to join you and be part of your team. Now let’s say each of these 10 people sell $500 each month. This is a total of $5000 in sales per month. If you earn 10%, you will earn $500. Now $500 per month is nothing to sneeze at, however it’s $6000 per year, hardly the millions we read about in the advertisement.

Let’s add our two examples together. With sales of $500 per month, you will be earning about $150 per month. With team sales of $5000, you’ll be earning about $500 per month. At $650 per month, you’ll have a yearly income of $7800. This is wonderful, but again, not the millions you read about in the ad.

While these ads look nice in writing, once you start looking at real numbers, you quickly realize that very few earn millions in direct sales.

Audrey Okaneko has been scrapbooking for several years. She can be reached at audreyoka@cox.net or visited at http://www.scrapping-made-simple.com

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Are You Talking to Your Family and Friends About Your Direct Sales Business?

By Audrey Okaneko

If you are looking to your family and friends to make the sales to build your business, you just might be looking in the wrong place.

I know I’m always saddened when I read training materials that suggest making a list of everyone you know and then trying to get them to both make a purchase and also join your team. In fact some training materials tell you that if this feels uncomfortable to you then direct sales might not be right for you.

There is a reason that you get a funny feeling in the pit of your stomach when you think about having to contact your long last relatives and friends you’ve not seen since the last big gathering. It feels funny, because it’s not the way to build a business.

My sister in law cuts hair. When she cuts my hair or my kids’ hair, she doesn’t charge us. Her business is not built off making money from those in her family. I have another friend who specializes in the graphic design field. When she helped me with a banner, she did not expect payment. Her business is built off of customers she has found through her marketing efforts. One more friend owns a restaurant. When his family comes to eat, they are not given a bill. They come and eat for free. So, why in direct sales are distributors told to build their businesses off of family and friends?

Before I continue, I want to be very clear that letting family and friends know you are in business is fine. It’s very different to make a statement, versus making a sales pitch.

Think very long term. Even if you knew 100 people and 50% of them ordered products from you 3 times per year, you are looking at only 13 orders per month. This is great, but it’s not a full time business. Again, you can not rely on your family and friends to build your business.

Over the years I personally have lost two friendships due to poor training from a well meaning upline leader. In both cases the upline leaders convinced my friends that if I were a true friend I would support them and that support meant joining their team. While not all prospecting efforts end relationships, it certainly can damage them. Remember that funny feeling in your stomach? You know that a potentially damaged relationship might be the result of approaching family and friends.

Instead of relying on family and friends to help you build your business, develop a marketing plan. Your marketing plan can be very simple, but it will be a plan of how you hope to find both customers and those who wish to build a business with you. Of course let your family and friends know you are in business, but market according to the plan you have created. Don’t harm relationships by approaching family and friends.

Audrey Okaneko has been working at home since 1983. She can be reached at audreyoka@cox.net or visited at http://www.scrapping-made-simple.com

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Multi-Level Marketing: How to Succeed

By Joseph Then

The Multi-Level Marketing industry does not teach new recruits to market. This gigantic industry with over 13 million members in the United States and millions more worldwide is not really a marketing powerhouse. Even though the word marketing is part of its title few if any groups use real world marketing methods.

The recruiting methods are old word Amway. New recruits are taught the 3-foot rule. Talking not selling is the way to go. Many sponsors are still teaching marketing for the 19th century . If your upline is still urging you To buy tapes, attend the big revival meetings, urging you to use the name jogger, then run to your computer and allow technology to take your business to the next Level.

The Internet can take your business to the next level or to the first level depending on where your start. Using the internet you can work smarter by finding a guaranteed signup program that will build your downline at warp speeds. The guaranteed signup programs can build your downline and the downline of your downline by bringing in a steady supply of new members to your program.

Getting a steady stream of prospects each month is vital to your business success. when you utilize a system that brings The prospect to you, you generate immediate cash flow. The possibility of having hundreds of potential customers each month waiting to join your business opportunities, home based business program is exciting and will be lucrative for you.

With a guaranteed sign-up program, you can stop chasing your Prospects. You will gain a level of confidence that will attract More business prospect. Success does breed success. This is True in MLM because when your downline uses the system Your income will explode.

Internet Marketing and multi-level marketing are not the same. Internet Marketers build their business by marketing to hundreds of thousands of people on a daily basis. When you integrate The two business models, you put your self in the position To be the expert at what you do. You can build your business faster when you combine MLM with Internet Marketing.

Using Internet Marketing techniques you can begin bringing  massive pre-qualified targeted prospects into your business.

These prospects are seriously looking for income opportunities. These prospects want to work from home in their own home based business empire. These individuals have raised their hand. They have answered yes I want a home based business. They have answered yes to the question now you can provide the opportunity.

Joseph operates a guaranteed sign ups website that offers you a chance to build your MLM business. You can check out his Guaranteed Sign ups website.

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Starting An Online Internet Business Opportunity From Scratch

By Dassana Jayalath

Would you like to be your own boss? Choose your own hours, set your own deadlines, work to develop your own business idea? Many people dream of going into business themselves, but fear that they don't have the resources. A home based business can be the perfect solution.

Running a business from home dramatically reduces start-up costs. All you'll need to get going are things you probably already have - somewhere you can sit and work, a computer with a good internet connection, and a secure place to store files. If you need equipment or materials to put together your product or service, you may be eligible for locally-based grants or low-rate loans. Visit your local library or look online for further information. Talk to your bank about the business services it has to offer, but be ready to shop around - sometimes the banks which are best for individuals are not the best for companies.

To get your home based business going, you'll need a business plan. You can find free advice online which will help you to create one of these for yourself, or you can pay an agency to commission one from an expert. This plan could help you to secure funding. It will also help you to determine the practicality of your idea. How many competitors are there in the field you want to work in? How will you find or create a niche market for your product or service? The internet makes it easy to look up other companies doing similar things. This can also help when you're trying to work out how much you should charge. Your business plan will help you to balance your expected earnings against your costs, including the tax which you will incur on any profits. Your local tax office can advise you on this and can also let you know which expenses you can write off against tax. As you are based at home, your company will be responsible for paying a share of your home fuel bills and computer and telephone costs.

Once you have the basics of your business operations worked out, you need to start thinking about how to promote it. One of the disadvantages of being based at home is that, without advertising, nobody will know you exist. Fortunately, there are several low cost and even free ways for you to promote your company. Wherever its activities are based, a website is an important starting point. Even a locally based company looks more professional if it has a good site. If you have good html skills, you may wish to design your own website, or you could pay a professional designer to create one for you. If you choose the latter option, make sure that you see examples of the designer's existing work first. Your website is equivalent to the lobby of your office suite - it's the first thing most of your customers will see, and they'll judge your company by it.

Once you have a website, you'll need to make sure that people know about it. Make sure it is listed on the major search engines and try selling your product or service on internet auction sites to create links back to your site. If you're worried about using your home address in promotions, consider getting a P.O. box or ask your solicitors if you can have mail sent via their offices.

As well as online promotion, you may wish to promote your business in your home area, especially if you are offering a locally-based service. There are many options for doing this, including flyering, advertising in local papers and shop windows, or getting involved in community projects. Whatever you choose to do, the rewards will be all your own. Though you'll have to put in a lot of hard work, you'll be doing it for yourself.

Dassana Jayalath is the editor of InternetBizIQ newsletter. Visit http://www.DassanaJayalath.com/ to get more information on online internet business opportunity.

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Success in MLM and the Mistakes to Avoid

Like anything else success in network marketing or mlm (multi-level marketing), comes with a lot of hard work,patience,time, and of course, it comes with it's own learning curve. How fast one gets past the learning curve depends on education, training, and how fast one learns and avoids the mistakes often made in a network marketing business. In this article and the next one I want to focus on some common mistakes people make in network marketing and how you can avoid them and not let them hinder your success.

Success in MLM and the Mistakes to Avoid - Part 1

Maximizing The Effectiveness Of Your Network Marketing Advertising Dollars

It is common to assume that you want to advertise to get leads or prospects to look into your network marketing program and potentially have these prospects join your organization.

What is not commonly known to most networkers is that they can maximize the effectiveness of their advertising dollars by getting their money back either when their prospects join or do not join their program.

While this method can easily be done online, you can find a way to do it offline as well.

Maximizing The Effectiveness Of Your Network Marketing Advertising Dollars

Forbes Ranks Reliv No. 14 Best Small Company

Forbes magazine ranked Reliv International, Inc. (Nasdaq: RELV) No. 14 on its list of the 200 best small companies in the United States. Reliv, which develops, manufactures and markets proprietary nutritional supplements, ranked No. 43 on the Forbes list last year.

Forbes Ranks Reliv International Among the 200 Best U.S. Small Companies

Coastal Vacations Heads to Florida

The date and location has been announced for the first official Coastal Vacations event to be held outside the state of Florida. Information about Coastal Vacations memberships and the 12-year-old top rated home based business can be found at www.coastalpassiveincome.com

The one day event will be held in Los Angeles November 4 at the Crown Plaza Resort. Information was released by top level California based Coastal Vacations Director Dean Marino

This is the first regional event sanctioned by the Coastal Vacations governing body---the Coastal Vacations Board Of Directors. It is expected that regional events will supplement worldwide membership meetings in Orlando held twice a year.

First Official Coastal Vacations Event Slated For Los Angeles

Coastal Vacations Father & Son Team

When the father and son duo joined Coastal Vacations they knew their backs were against the wall. After joining, they quickly found that 95% of people who joined, failed to even make a single sale! What was the reason for this lack of success? "People aren't salesmen. Selling doesn't come naturally to most and people are afraid to sell. Plus, the majority of people who fail at the business, fail because they are not trained the right way, said Bill Webster" What set these two apart from the 95% group was not their selling ability, but the way in which they developed relationships along the way. Along with having a knack for developing relationships the father-son team joined the Coastal Vacations Call Center where professionals handle the selling aspect part of the business. This frees Matt and Bill up to spend time getting to find out the needs of the people who are deciding whether or not to join their team. It also allows them to go to seminars and spend more time fine tuning their skills, which in return they pass down to their team members. This constant increase of knowledge shared amongst team members creates an atmosphere for a very strong successful team.

mmdnewswire.com - Coastal Vacation Scam: Father & Son Team Discover Serious Flaw in Home Based Business

Discover Toys Sponsors Baby Loves Disco

Tired of the zoo, amusement parks and local playgrounds? If you're looking for new ways to entertain your kids, the best new alternative may be a nightclub. NBC4's Kelly Mack took an inside look at a nationwide craze known as Baby Loves Disco.

nbc4.tv - News - Baby Loves Disco Nightclubs

Clickbank Environment for eCommerce

Matt is using ClickBank for his affliate program. The Internet’s largest digital marketplace, ClickBank sells thousands of the Web’s most popular products every single day. The company provides a highly secure, scalable and fraud-resistant environment for e-commerce, thereby making commission earning easier than ever before.

Earning Online Commissions Now Easier and More Profitable – Matt Bacak Unveils New and Improved Internet Marketing Affiliate Program

Stampin' Up and Scrapbooking Go Hand and Hand

As they got more into stamping, however, they had a hard time finding the stamps they wanted. So they decided to start their own company. At first, they offered stamps designed by others, and they filled their orders from Gardner's living room.

But soon, they began custom designing, manufacturing and selling their own stamps. And to keep the social aspect strong, they decided to sell them through in-home demonstrators and distributors, much like Tupperware and Mary Kay cosmetics.

What Gardner likes about that approach are the "ah-ha" moments it provides. You don't get that from products on shelves, she says, but if someone shows you how to do something different, you can catch on immediately.

A lot of scrapbookers seem to agree. Stampin' Up grew and the co-founders first relocated to Boulder City in Nevada, and then, in 1993, they moved back to their hometown in Kanab. But the company outgrew Kanab. They kept a manufacturing plant there but moved the corporate offices to Salt Lake City in 1996. In 2004, they moved into a 300,000-square-foot office/distribution center in Riverton.

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Network Marketing Companies Hit the Bazaar and Craft Show Circuit

The bazaar, which is the club's largest annual fundraising event, will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 21 at the United Methodist Church of Chugiak.

"We are expecting quite the range of items, including handmade jewelry, beads, hand-sewn items, custom handbags, hand-knit baby clothes, embroidery and handmade candles, food mixes, bath and body products and scrapbooking supplies," said president Michele Monastra, adding that Chef Stop will also make an appearance in its signature gourmet kitchen on wheels.

She said among those who have signed up to showcase their goods and services are Cookie Lee, Isagenix, Mary Kay, Cuter Than It Seams/Knits by Nanna, Gold Canyon Candles, Tastefully Simple, Arbonne, Arctic Embroidery, Homemade Gourmet, Close to My Heart & Crafts, Tupperware, Sensaria, The Bear Scentials, Lower 48 Clothing, Premier Designs Jewelry, The Body Shop at Home, The Midwives Birth Center and Pandora's Pet Services and Pet Beds.

Alaska Star - News: Annual bounty of bazaars, craft shows 10/12/06

Tastefully Simple Representative at Twins Club

The Pittsburgh Mothers of Twins, Triplets and Quadruplets club will meet at 7:30 p.m. next Thursday (Oct. 19th) and every third Thursday of the month at Faith United Methodist Church, 305 Freeport St. Available are chair massages and manicures, plus a representative of Tastefully Simple. Mothers and expectant mothers of multiples are welcome. Call 412-824-3881.

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Mannatech Launches MannaBar

Mannatech, Incorporated has introduced MannaBar, a healthy, low-glycemic nutritional alternative for those looking for a portable, between-meals snack.

Even if you maintain a healthy lifestyle and eat properly, you probably do not ingest enough glyconutrients or omega-3 essential fatty acids to maintain optimum health. MannaBar provides these valuable nutrients in a delicious, healthy snack.

MannaBar's core ingredient is Mannatech's proprietary Ambrotose complex -- a patented glyconutritional blend of plant sugars (carbohydrates) designed to support the immune system. The bars also contain 80 milligrams of DHA and EPA omega-3 fatty acids -- the most active form of omega-3s that the body does not have to convert for nutritional use.

Mannatech Introduces MannaBar :: News :: Natural and Nutritional Products Industry Center

More on MLM Leads

"MLM leads" is the blanket term used for any type of lead that can be incorporated into an MLM program. This seems obvious enough; however, what many people do not realize is that this class of lead covers a very broad spectrum. It ranges from guaranteed signups - which are always purchased via the Internet - to bulk mail and telephone leads, which are something altogether different.

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Imperiali Organization Seeing Value in MLM Marktet

Today the Imperiali Organization (www.imperiali.org) announced that they are officially offering global expansion services that are geared towards the multi-level marketing (MLM) industry.

West Palm Beach, FL - August 28, 2006 - Today the MLMs or affiliate marketing companies account for an estimated $20-50 billion in sales each year with a product range from skin & healthcare products, telecommunications, motivational speaking, to power & electricity.

With MLM operations in all 50 states domestically, and presence in over 100 countries, the Imperiali MLM advisory arm will have many regions of the world to expand new companies and new products. However, most countries have yet to have the market penetration that the MLM industry has had in the United States.

Imperiali Organization Announces MLM Advisory Services :: MediaSyndicate :: Free Press Release, PR, IR, News Post & Media Relations