Passion Parties in the Las Vegas Weekly

Source: Npros.com

"Passion Parties is one of the largest companies of its type in the country, and its headquarters are located right here in Las Vegas. Last month it hosted a large convention at the Hilton (yeah, you missed out) and this month marks the company’s 15th anniversary. For women like Mason, working as a Passion Parties consultant full or part-time has become a lucrative and fulfilling career.

Mason claims that consultants can make an annual salary of $75,000 to $400,000. While the parties are free to guests, the consultants earn a 40 percent commission from every product they sell.

A former Nordstrom’s employee, Mason met Passion Parties founder Pat Davis at the store where Davis was a frequent customer. Through her, Mason learned about the company and decided to join the team.

“If I could sell furs, I could sell sex toys,” Mason reasoned. After switching jobs, Mason shed over 200 pounds and enjoyed a corresponding influx of self-esteem. “I want to go out there and share my experiences and help girls feel good about themselves and enhance their relationships.”

For 18-year-old Liz, the hostess of tonight’s party and the woman whose apartment we are all invading, the incentive is more mercenary. Liz is trying to earn enough money to attend Pima Medical School’s veterinarian technology program, and her current job, as a spa attendant at a hotel, doesn’t pay enough.

“This is the perfect thing,” Liz says of the Passion Party, although she isn’t a fan of the toys. “I don’t own a single one. I prefer the old-fashioned way.”

Thankfully for Mason, Liz is in the minority. "

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ForeverGreen in the Salt Lake Tribune

Source: Npros.com

"A 5-year-old Orem-based network marketing company is struggling under the twin challenges of financial losses and a legal attack by a vendor that is turning itself into a competitor.

ForeverGreen Worldwide Corp., a seller of natural food, nutritional supplements and personal-care products, lost $1 million in 2008, had a deficit of $1.8 million in cash available for daily operations and ended the year with a deficit of $18 million accumulated over its five years of operation, according to its annual report filed this month with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In addition, Wellosophy of Folsom, Calif., has sued in federal court alleging ForeverGreen has failed to pay it about $75,000 for supplying a weight-loss product. The suit also claims the Utah company is violating its contract by continuing to market the product and it asks for an injunction.

Paul Frampton, ForeverGreen chief financial officer, said Wednesday the company has sufficient backing to weather the financial strains. He acknowledged there had been a disagreement over invoices after the weight-loss product called Form began piling up in the company's warehouse because it has not been selling well.

"We're happy to work it out," Frampton said. "Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the intent of the suit." "

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ForeverGreen Home Business Profile

MonaVie in the Hutchinson Leader

Source: Npros.com

"MonaVie juice a no-brainer choice for anyone looking to improve their overall health, according to its growing legion of converts and advocates.

MonaVie, which features high-mineral, high-antioxidant juice extracts from the Brazilian superfruit acai (pronounced ah-Sigh-ee) berry and 18 other fruits, is distributed by a growing stable of direct marketers.

A tasting event is planned for 3 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at the Hutchinson Event Center. Free samples will be provided.

“The big thing for me is the cholesterol control. I take the Pulse formula (in the red bottle) with plant sterols for cardiovascular health and to get away from taking medicines,” Novak Ardolf said. Pulse has antioxidant polyphenols.

The Active formula (in the green bottle) aids in muscle and joint health. The original purple bottle formula features the juice of 19 fruits, including the acai, an almost black purple berry about the size of a blueberry. "

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MonaVie Home Business Profile

Zrii in Hollywood Today Newsmagazine

Source: Npros.com

"

Another great opportunity is a multi-level marketing business called Zrii. Zrii launched in 2008 and generated $45 million in sales in its first year. It’s destined to be a billion dollar brand under the tutelage of owner Bill Farley who has taken six other companies to the billion-dollar level over the course of his lifetime (Fruit of the Loom, BVD, Christian Dior). Zrii is an Ayurvedic nutritional drink endorsed by wellness guru Deepak Chopra and is the only third party endorsement ever given by the Chopra Wellness Center. "

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Zrii Home Business Profile

efusjon in the Cascade Business News

Source: Cascade Business News

"Start-up company efusjon was recently featured in the Cascade Business News.


...The goal of efusjon management is to re-launch their brand at the beginning of the year, which will include an overhaul of their website. Ultimately they would like to introduce a new flavor every month, until they have 10 to 15 different healthy energy drinks on the market. Flavors and properties will be kept natural.


Following the model so successfully developed by Costco, efusjon will not use traditional marketing techniques. The say that social networking will be the key to their success. Similar to a wine club, members will join up and receive four cases a month. If members end up bringing more people on board, they will be compensated on a monthly basis. Essentially it is a referral based social networking model.


Everything will be handled out of the corporate headquarters which will utilize their website to manage and track their growth. “We want people to market for us, and we’re not going to have a fleet of delivery trucks so our model allows us to focus on managing our core business,” explained Towles, “and we needed to be somewhere where a healthy energy drink fits in.”

"

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efusjon Home Business Profile

IamVoip Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT:
Kenny Trattner
IamVoip Inc.
512-371-6060 Phone
512-349-2745 FAX
marketing@iamvoip.com
www.iamvoip.com

Telecom Giant and Internet Guru Partner to Create Digital Phone Company

Austin, TX, April 3, 2009 - IamVoip, an established digital VoIP phone service, has joined forces with Steve Smith, Co-Founder and former Chief of Marketing for Excel Telecommunications. An industry leader, Mr. Smith has re-entered the communications realm to take a hands-on management position with IamVoip.
IamVoip is the brain child of Internet marketing guru Blake Christensen. Over the past three years IamVoip has become a leader in the Voice over Internet Protocol industry, offering its customers a service-based experience while pairing in-demand technology and a direct sales platform.

“The digital space is taking a hold over every aspect of modern consumerism,” said Smith. “As new technology emerges, it is crucial to stay on the cutting edge. IamVoip gives this fast-paced and technical industry a personable, approachable and familiar spirit. I’m looking forward to working with the company and expanding its dedicated clientele.”

Mr. Smith brings his knowledge and expertise to a company that is at the center of the innovations in the communications field as digital technology quickly becomes the standard in the telecom industry.

The IamVoip service offers substantial savings over standard telephone service, with no hidden “gotcha” fees as seen on traditional phone bills. Unlike other “free” internet-based calling services, IamVoip customers merely plug their home or business phones into the IamVoip jack and call as normal. There is no computer necessary. IamVoip provides Digital Phone Service (VoIP) by using a High Speed Internet connection instead of outdated, more expensive telecom lines.

IamVoip customers keep their established phone numbers and use their existing phone equipment to make calls as usual. IamVoip works exactly the same as traditional phone services. When customers pick up the phone, they hear a dial tone. When someone calls, the phone rings. The consumer will never notice a difference in service, only a drastic reduction in price.

There are several IamVoip packages available. Customers can also choose to become an Independent Sales Agent with the company to earn a residual income, while helping others save money on their phone service. In this uncertain economy it is vital to save every penny—and even more important to seek additional income sources. IamVoip offers both to the public.

For additional information on IamVoip and telecom giant Steve Smith, contact Kenny Trattner or visit www.iamvoip.com. To make a free call using IamVoip’s crystal clear digital service, visit the Make a Call on Us station at www.iamvoip.com.

ABOUT IamVoip - IamVoip is the industry leader in digital telecommunications, pioneering the VoIP movement by offering business class service and features to homes and small businesses across the nation at unbeatable prices.


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IamVoip Home Business Profile

Lia Sophia on WOWT

Source: Npros.com

"Lia Sophia was mentioned in a news piece on WOWT recently... With layoffs and job loss making headlines, many are looking at alternative ways to earn a living. Instead of going to work, some are opting to work from home.

Fresh baked goods and a few snacks, at first glance it may be hard to believe A.J. Sanford is getting ready for work. "I've been able to meet some wonderful people and the lady I work for is just an absolute sweetheart. She's been able to introduce me to some other people and you know we're just kind of building this network of friends."

A year ago, she started a second job working part time from home selling jewelry for the Lia Sophia jewelry company.

"I try to book approximately four shows a month and with that it's about $800 a month additional income, so it's huge, especially in the times we're in." ...

Click below for the entire article "

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Lia Sophia Home Business Profile

Passion Parties on KAUZ

Source: Npros.com

"A recent story on KAUZ.com, Texoma's news station, featured Passion Parties, the adult in-home party company.

Passion parties. Adult stores. Sex. It's out there. And women say it's okay. And it's about time. Call it the "Sex and the City" revolution.. Women are opening up about their sexuality. And it's no secret anymore. Challenging the stigma often attached to adult toys.. Mainstream media is getting in on the action.. Even texoma is moving on the trend.

Passion parties, the ultimate girls night in. The products are designed to promote intimacy and communication between couples. Shelly Gallagher is a fulltime nurse. And she has been hosting Passion Parties since May. Think of it as a Tupperware party for 2009. Shelly says the intimate home environment offers women a chance to open up and ask questions in a familiar setting.

And they're a hit.. She says business has grown.. On average she throws about ten parties a month for ages 18 and up... Shelly says her parties attract every generation. Although a female favorite, the parties are also open to men.

"I didn't know some of the products that were out there for men and women," says Watts. "Things for couples, we have lots of things for couples. We have books. We have a stripper pole, we have a love swing, we have a pillow, a passion pillow because sometimes you have people with back problems and knee problems."

Passion parties are enlightening women across the U.S. Decades after Hugh Heffner first brought sex to mainstreet.

"It's time for women to be just as excited and open about it as guys."



"

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Passion Parties Home Business Profile

Green Mountain Energy in the Chicago Herald

Source: Chicago Daily Herald

"Everyone knows the best and easiest diet plan for losing weight. You eat less, eat healthier, and get some exercise.

These days, environmentally conscious people want to go on a different diet. They would like to reduce the size of their carbon footprint, or go on a carbon diet, if you will.

But it's not so easy to know the best way to do that. After all, a few years ago you didn't even know you had a carbon footprint, much less knowing that you needed to reduce the size of it. "

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Green Mountain Energy Home Business Profile

Watkins in the Minneapolis Star Tribune

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Two-ounce bottles of natural lavender body oil moved along the line at the Watkins Inc. manufacturing plant in Winona, Minn. Watkins has been manufacturing on the same block in Winona since 1885, back when founder J.R. Watkins rode around in his horse-drawn buggy.

Small comforts: A retail concoction that mixes natural products and door-to-door sales along with mass merchandising is keeping Watkins Inc. vigorous and growing. "

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Watkins Home Business Profile

ShopWurld in the Times Union

Source: Albany Times Union

"A new Internet company based in Saratoga Springs is called ShopWurld.com, and some readers have been wondering if there is any connection with Wurld Media Inc., the now defunct Internet firm that was also based in downtown Saratoga before it sold off its assets in 2007.

Turns out, there is no connection. Owner Paul Bardwell, who used to be in the mortgage business, says that when he was searching for Web domain names, ShopWorld.com was already taken. So he decided to take the ShopWurld.com name. Bardwell, like many others in the region, was an investor in Wurld Media. But he says there is "100 percent" no relationship between the two companies. "

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ShopWurld Home Business Profile

ShopWurld Article in the Saratogian

Source: The Saratogian

"Two Saratoga County men have started an online multi-level marketing business that promises cash back to people who shop national retailers through its Web site and sign up more people to do the same.

The payments depend on spending a minimum of about $25 a month and building a network of other people. Lots of people.

David B. Silipigno, 36, of Saratoga Springs, and Paul Bardswell, 43, of Rexford say that in less than four weeks their new firm, ShopWurld, has signed on thousands of participants — they wouldn’t be more specific — in 48 states and five countries, all through word of mouth. "

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ShopWurld Home Business Profile

MonaVie in the Examiner

Source: Examiner.com

"MonaVie is an elixir made from the pulp of 19 antioxidant rich fruits and berries with the crown jewel being the Acai (pronounced ah-sigh-ee) berry. The Acai berry is harvested in Brazil and has an ORAC (scale used to determine the antioxidant content of foods) value of 10% greater than blueberries, previously being known to be the reigning champ of antioxidant content. The Acai also contains the following beneficial nutrients: phytonutrients (promote healthy immune system); healthy fats and plant sterols (promote healthy heart and cardiovascular system); amino acids (body tissue and cell repair); vitamins and minerals (essential for proper body growth, development and metabolic reactions); complex carbohydrates (storage transport of energy); and dietary fiber (proper digestive system health).

One 4 ounce serving of MonaVie per day entitles you to the equivalent of 14 servings of antioxidant rich fruits. I personally have been taking this product the past month and have been experiencing some fantastic results. I feel better, more energized and feel like my food cravings have subsided. "

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MonaVie Home Business Profile

Tastefully Simple in the Echo Press

Source: Alexandria Echo Press

"Tastefully Simple, based in Alexandria, was recently honored as the 2008 Special Olympics Minnesota Outstanding Business at the annual Distinguished Service Awards banquet in Bloomington.

The awards recognize Special Olympics Minnesota athletes, coaches, volunteers, sponsors and family members who demonstrate support, enthusiasm and time commitment to the organization. "

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Tastefully Simple Home Business Profile

ShopWurld Founder in DailyGazette Article

Source: DailyGazette

"Gazette Reporter Tatiana Zarnowski wrote a detailed account of ShopWurld Founder David Silipigno's business history in her January 28, 2009 article.

"Local businessman and philanthropist David Silipigno has started a new online business venture that he says has taken off like wildfire.

Silipigno calls ShopWurld a viral marketing opportunity that is spreading as fast as social networking sites Facebook and MySpace, with one important difference.

“With those programs, nobody makes any money. With our program, everybody makes money,” he said.

“At the end of the day, there’s nobody who can lose any money through this.”

She goes on to reference Silipigno for his "checkered past":

Silipigno is known for his checkered past, which includes convictions for felony wire fraud and lying under oath in 2003. He was charged after his first company, National Finance Corp. in Halfmoon, closed suddenly in 1999, leaving 300 employees out of a job just before Christmas.

Silipigno was sentenced to three years of supervised release and fined $100,000, plus he had to make $5.6 million in restitution payments from money his company fraudulently kept from investment banker Bear Stearns & Co.

He paid the fine and completed his sentence, according to federal court records.

Silipigno later founded and worked as a consultant for First Guarantee Mortgage in Saratoga Springs, which specialized in bad credit and subprime loans until it dissolved about a year ago.

Several First Guarantee customers were irked enough to file complaints about the company with the Better Business Bureau.

The bureau got 53 complaints about the mortgage company in the last three years, mostly for selling practices and service issues, according to a BBB report. Of those complaints, 24 were resolved. "

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ShopWurld Home Business Profile

Zrii in Meltdown Says Salt Lake Tribune

Source: Npros.com

"According to the Salt Lake City Tribune, MLM startup Zrii is in a meltdown…

A Utah-based nutritional drink company that started last year is reeling after its top distributors failed in an attempt to oust its CEO and co-founder and then were fired. Other co-founders of the company and top managers, including at least 35 top employees, also left the company amid allegations of personal enrichment made against CEO William F. Farley.

The sides were huddling with lawyers Friday to discuss options after the meltdown at Zrii LLC of Draper, which launched its juice just last May with the endorsement of the popular author of mind-body wellness books and seminars Deepak Chopra.

Farley terminated the top seven distributors in an e-mail Thursday after they had sent him a letter on Monday demanding his resignation, said Jason Domingo of Sacramento, the company's master distributor, who was at the top of a web of what he said were about 70,000 independent sellers at the multilevel marketing company.

Domingo cited personal and professional behavior by Farley, his relations with distributors and company staff, as well as his decisions altering payments to distributors in ways not in accord with the Zrii's compensation plan.

The letter, which has been circulating among lower-level distributors, demanded Farley "immediately remove yourself as the CEO of Zrii." "Your behavior both in your person and professional life, neither represents the ideals and principles of our team nor our brand," said the letter. "To continue our association with you would not only represent a severe compromise in principle but would also put every IE's [independent executive's] family at great risk."

Farley refused to resign.

Click to read the entire article. "

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Zrii Home Business Profile

Votre Vu in the Chicago Daily Herald

Source: Chicago Daily Herald

"A new suburban-based luxury skin care company is drastically different from the makeup catalogs your mom used to order from, according to the Naperville founder. Harold Zimmerman launched Votre Vu, a direct selling company, because he felt the skin care market was underserved. While researching the concept, he looked to Europe where facial care is far more important than here.

"French women have been babying their skin for years," said Zimmerman, 38.

He partnered with a family-owned lab outside Paris, France, which now serves as manufacturer. The French laboratory boasts more than 80 years of research and development expertise, creating formulations in small, artisan batches. "

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Votre Vu Home Business Profile

Melaleuca Issues Voluntary Recall on Peanut Products

Source: Press Release

"Melaleuca, Inc., of Idaho Falls, Idaho, has issued a voluntary recall of select lots of Attain® Nutrition Bars Chocolate Peanut Butter flavor, ProFlex15™ Protein Bars Chocolate Peanut Butter flavor, and ProFlex20™ Protein Bars Chocolate Peanut Butter flavor in response to an expanded recall by Peanut Corporation of America ( PCA ). The FDA is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella linked to PCA’s Blakely, GA peanut and peanut product manufacturing facility.

Melaleuca has always taken seriously its responsibility to safeguard its products against contamination from bacteria such as Salmonella. Salmonella is not to be taken lightly. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. It can cause flu like symptoms in healthy people. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections ( i.e., infected aneurysms ), endocarditis and arthritis. "

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Melaleuca Home Business Profile

ShopWurld in the Times Union

Source: Albany Times Union

"A new Internet company based in Saratoga Springs is called ShopWurld.com, and some readers have been wondering if there is any connection with Wurld Media Inc., the now defunct Internet firm that was also based in downtown Saratoga before it sold off its assets in 2007.

Turns out, there is no connection. Owner Paul Bardwell, who used to be in the mortgage business, says that when he was searching for Web domain names, ShopWorld.com was already taken. So he decided to take the ShopWurld.com name. Bardwell, like many others in the region, was an investor in Wurld Media. But he says there is "100 percent" no relationship between the two companies. "

Albany Times Union : Source Link

ShopWurld Home Business Profile

Qivana newest company in Npros Directory

Qivana has been added to the Npros.com MLM Directory.

The company is in prelaunch, with an expected launch date of March 1, 2009.

Owners and/or Executives
Derek Hall, CEO
Craig Johanson, Chief Marketing Officer

GOHFT Added to Npros.com Directory

GOHFT ( Health First Technologies ) has been added to the Npros.com work from home / home business directory.

Health First Technlogies GOHFT
900 Mallory Way
Carson City Nevada 89701
Phone: 775 885 1270
Fax: 775 885 1271

Owners and/or Executives
Michael Bianco, CEO

AloeBoost added to Npros.com Directory

AloeBoost is a new product line and MLM Company from Real Aloe, Inc.

Owners and/or Executives
Not Available

Products:

AloeBoost

Zoegetics added to Npros.com Home Business Directory

Zoegetics has been added to the Npros.com work from home directory.

Zoegetics
1040 Booth Road
Suite 300
Warner Robins Georgia 31088
Fax: 888-791-4039

Owners and/or Executives
Benny Graham, CEO
Jay Vaughn, President
Stephen Davison, Executive Vice President

EIS Emergency Information Services added to Npros Directory

EIS Emergency Information Services
9000 Southwest Freeway Suite 260
Houston Texas 77074
Phone: 281 768 7880

Owners and/or Executives
Tim Ross, President


Sales associates may join EIS at different tiers and with different levels of initial purchase of the Emergency Sticker.

EmergencySticker.com was recently featured in a news report on ABC 6 Local News in South Eastern Massachusetts.

Petshop.biz added to Npros.com Home Business Directory

Petshop.biz

PetShop.biz offers a business opportunity in the $40 Billion Pet Industry and an on-line Pet Store for each PetShop.biz affiliate. PetShop.biz affiliates have a fully equipped customer service center at their disposal, ready to take customer orders. There is no inventory requirement and no paperwork. Affiliates are equipped with an ongoing Support Program, custom tailored to meet their individual needs during start up.

PetShop.biz
430 Franklin Village Drive
Suite 123
Franklin Massachusetts 02038
Phone: 888-303-7775

Owners and/or Executives
Paula Ross, President and Founder
William Ross, Executive Vice President

Syntec Global added to Npros.com Directory

Syntek Global

Syntek Global
1245 E Brickyard Road
Suite 410
Salt Lake City Utah 84106
Phone: 877-796-8351
Fax: 801-386-5004

Owners and/or Executives
John Winterholler, CEO & President

Moxxor Added to Npros.com Work from Home Directory

Moxxor

MOXXOR
125 Columbia
Aliso Viejo California 92656

Owners and/or Executives
Noel Turner, Founder and CEO
John Turner, Founder and CEO

Product: Moxxor Supplement

Dominator Clothing added to Npros.com Home Business Directory

Dominator Clothing has been added to the Npros.com home based business directory.


Dominator Clothing
286 West Maple Road
Birmingham Michigan 48009
Phone: 248-348-2518
Fax: 248-305-8049

Owners and/or Executives
Jodi M. Soper, Director of Sales and Marketing

Products:

Active Wear

Wealth Masters International added to Npros.com Directory

Wealth Masters International

Wealth Masters International
1600 HWY 6 Suite 360
Sugar Land Texas 77478
Phone: 832-532-7655
Fax: 832-201-9804

Owners and/or Executives
Kip Herriage, Founder
Karl Bessey, Founder

Products:

Financial and Personal Development Products

Boresha Coffee Added to Npros.com Directory

Boresha Coffee

Boresha Coffee
936 Detroit Ave., Bldg. A
Concord California 94518
Phone: 925-676-1400
Fax: 925-676-1412

Owners and/or Executives
George Najjar,President and Chief Executive Officer
Leonard Di Giovanni, Chief Operating Officer
Michael C. Babcock, Vice-President and International Marketing Director

KickBrix added to Npros.com Directory

KickBrix

Owners and/or Executives
Not Available

Products:

KickBrix Energy Chews, KickBrix Citrus Blast, KickBrix Berry Blast

Ascential Bioscience Added to Npros.com Directory

Ascential Bioscience

Phone: 877-695-9590

Owners and/or Executives
Not Available

Products:

Nutritional Supplements, Fitness Tips and Meal Plans

Chews 4 Health added to Npros.com Directory

Chews 4 Health

3208 Pennington Drive
Wilmington North Carolina 28405
Phone: 800-918-6778

Owners and/or Executives
David Friedman, CEO/President

Products:

Nutritional Supplements

Zrii in Meltdown Says Salt Lake Tribune

Source: Npros.com

"According to the Salt Lake City Tribune, MLM startup Zrii is in a meltdown…

A Utah-based nutritional drink company that started last year is reeling after its top distributors failed in an attempt to oust its CEO and co-founder and then were fired. Other co-founders of the company and top managers, including at least 35 top employees, also left the company amid allegations of personal enrichment made against CEO William F. Farley.

The sides were huddling with lawyers Friday to discuss options after the meltdown at Zrii LLC of Draper, which launched its juice just last May with the endorsement of the popular author of mind-body wellness books and seminars Deepak Chopra.

Farley terminated the top seven distributors in an e-mail Thursday after they had sent him a letter on Monday demanding his resignation, said Jason Domingo of Sacramento, the company's master distributor, who was at the top of a web of what he said were about 70,000 independent sellers at the multilevel marketing company.

Domingo cited personal and professional behavior by Farley, his relations with distributors and company staff, as well as his decisions altering payments to distributors in ways not in accord with the Zrii's compensation plan.

The letter, which has been circulating among lower-level distributors, demanded Farley "immediately remove yourself as the CEO of Zrii." "Your behavior both in your person and professional life, neither represents the ideals and principles of our team nor our brand," said the letter. "To continue our association with you would not only represent a severe compromise in principle but would also put every IE's [independent executive's] family at great risk."

Farley refused to resign.

Click to read the entire article. "

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Zrii Home Business Profile

Votre Vu in the Chicago Daily Herald

Source: Chicago Daily Herald

"A new suburban-based luxury skin care company is drastically different from the makeup catalogs your mom used to order from, according to the Naperville founder. Harold Zimmerman launched Votre Vu, a direct selling company, because he felt the skin care market was underserved. While researching the concept, he looked to Europe where facial care is far more important than here.

"French women have been babying their skin for years," said Zimmerman, 38.

He partnered with a family-owned lab outside Paris, France, which now serves as manufacturer. The French laboratory boasts more than 80 years of research and development expertise, creating formulations in small, artisan batches. "

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Votre Vu Home Business Profile

MonaVie Featured on CBS The Doctors

Source: Free Press Release Center

"The Doctors, a daytime talk show delivering up-to-the-minute information from a panel of four practicing medical professionals, featured the acai berry and MonaVie in a segment on the top 10 health trends for 2009. The segment, which aired January 7, 2008, touted the benefits of the acai berry, ranking it No. 7 on the list of most talked about health trends. Calling it a “miracle berry” from the Amazon, the hosts said acai is made into a juice that is high in antioxidants.

The MonaVie formula is a blend of 19 fruits, including the antioxidant-rich acai berry as the foundation ingredient. Acai contains concentrated levels of anthocyanins—a family of antioxidants that assists in neutralizing the harmful effects free radicals can have on the body. Unsaturated fats found in the acai fruit at unusually high concentrations facilitate the fruit’s antioxidant compounds. To read a synopsis of the show, visit thedoctorstv.com, or click here to view clips from the segment. "

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MonaVie Home Business Profile

Quixtar in the Chicago Tribune

Source: Chicago Tribune

"Once a household name and reputedly the key to fortune for modern salesmen hoping to live out a Horatio Alger myth, the Amway brand faded from the American market years ago, tarnished by legal and regulatory problems.

The direct seller of everything from health and beauty items to household cleaners repeatedly fought allegations that it was a pyramid scheme. The company also paid $20 million in fines in a Canadian criminal fraud case in 1983.

In 2000, after Amway become part of an umbrella company called Alticor Inc., the Amway name was dropped in the U.S. and Canada. The hope was that the company could emerge remade in the world of online sales under a new moniker: Quixtar.

Now, as Amway's 50th anniversary approaches in May, Alticor is retiring the inert Quixtar label and pouring millions of dollars into reviving the Amway brand in North America with market research, national TV commercials and ads in newspapers, magazines and online. The company will use a transitional name, Amway Global, before reverting in about a year to Amway. "

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Quixtar Home Business Profile

BurnLounge in Wired News

Source: Wired News

"Have you ever wanted to be a snarky record store clerk like the ones in High Fidelity, recommending the choicest cuts to a grateful and adoring public? People's Music Store lets you set up your own online storefront to sell up to 50 DRM-free albums from a decent range of high-quality electronica, rock and other music. The store won't earn you money, but it could earn you respect, plus ability to download free music from other people's stores.

"This sounds peachy keen, but I was trepidacious because some of it sounds familiar. The most notorious "build your own storefront" music store was BurnLounge, which went offline in June after drawing negative attention from the FTC during the previous year for allegedly running a pyramid-type scheme that defrauded storefront owners. Good riddance; BurnLounge storefront owners used to drive me nuts, showing up to online music hangouts urging me to shop at their stores." "

Wired News : Source Link

BurnLounge Home Business Profile

Stampin Up in the Evansville Courier

Source: Evansville Courier & Press

"FRESNO, Calif. -- It may sound like an exaggeration to say that Kathy Chono-Herring's hobby of making greeting cards for family and friends was spilling into every room of her home. Guess again.

"I had towers of stuff everywhere," she says. "There were piles -- avalanches waiting to happen -- here and there."

What to consider when choosing window fabrics How to decorate a Christmas tree like a pro Keep your hardwood floor working hard and looking even better with a few proactive measures The description is hard to imagine, given how organized her 10-by-11-foot stamp room is today.

Chono-Herring is an independent demonstrator for Stampin' Up! -- a Utah company that makes decorative rubber stamps used for card-making and scrap booking. It's a hobby she's enjoyed for 14 years. "

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Shaklee in the Livingston Daily

Source: Livingston Daily

"Ron and Nancy Gosselin believe living a healthy lifestyle begins with nature.

As such, they have committed themselves to helping educate others on the benefits of healthy living, which they say begins with making choices on the "little" things, such as the cleaning products people use in their homes.

"It started with me being a musician," Ron Gosselin, 55, explained. "I was playing four nights a week and working full time. That was taking a toll on my health. I thought I'd be old before I was 30."

Ron Gosselin started using Shaklee supplements, a product with which his father had some familiarity. He began to see a difference in his energy level, as did his bandmates, who asked for his secret. He shared his secret. "

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Shaklee Corporation Home Business Profile

MonaVie on KPNX 12

Source: KPNX 12 News

"Many high-priced fruit drinks are trumpeting claims of health benefits from drinking recommended amounts of their bottled juice, instead of eating fruits and vegetables.

Some of those drinks include exotic ingredients like the acai berry which comes from the Amazon region of Brazil. One of the popular drinks, called MonaVie, is not sold in stores but by private distributors who host prospective customers at tasting parties.

A 25-ounce bottle of MonaVie retails for $45. But Victoria Zinser, a Valley distributor, says there are discounted prices for distributors and preferred customers. For example, those who pay a one-time $39 fee can order a four-bottle case for as little as $120, plus shipping. Other discounts are available for bulk and monthly orders. "

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MonaVie Home Business Profile

PartyLite in the Portales News Tribune

Source: Portales News Tribune

"Information on creating ambiance in the home, tips to motivate a child to get to a healthy weight, and making tassels for lampshades will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” at noon Tuesday and at 2 p.m. Saturday.

According to Jill Roe, consultant with PartyLite, it doesn’t take a design degree or a big budget to create ambiance in the home. She’ll show how to add a few simple pieces to create instant drama in any room... "

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PartyLite Gifts, Inc Home Business Profile

Scentsy in the Salt Lake Tribune

Source: Salt Lake Tribune

"According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Scentsy Inc.'s convention may pump more than $4.5M into the local economy...

Up to 5,000 people are expected in Salt Lake City from Aug. 10 to Aug. 15 for the 2009 convention of Scentsy Inc., a Boise, Idaho-based company that sells wickless wax scent bars. With conventioneers filling 4,500 room nights in area hotels, the meeting is projected to generate $4.5 million for Salt Lake County's economy, said Todd J. Ness, who booked the sale for the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau. "

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Scentsy Home Business Profile

Gold Canyon Candles in the East Valley Tribune

Source: East Valley Tribune

"In the wake of the Sherriff's Deputies raid on Gold Canyon Candles, the company has questions of its own about the raid as described in this article in the East Valley Tribune:

...Business was almost back to normal for a Chandler candle company raided by sheriff's authorities last week, despite some unanswered questions from management and a short-handed work staff.

In total, 65 employees of the more than 200-person Gold Canyon Candle Co. were arrested Sept. 10 on suspicion of identity theft and illegal immigration issues. One woman had even stolen the Social Security number of a male White House staff member, Maricopa County authorities said...

Click below for the complete article "

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Gold Canyon Candle Co Home Business Profile

Verve Energy Drink Mentioned in Daily Illini

Source: Daily Illini

"Verve Energy Drink receives positive mention in this article in the Daily Illini:

...Dick Christenson said he believes the nickname is far from juvenile.

"I got more energy than most guys my age," he said while drinking a can of Verve, his favorite energy drink. Christenson sells this and Chicago style hot dogs at Mustard's Last Stand, all while singing Italian and Irish songs his parents taught him in his youth... "

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Vemma Nutrition Company Home Business Profile

YTBTravel Mentioned in ASTA Article

Source: Npros.com

"The American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) issued a statement reiterating its standing opposition to abuse of multilevel marketing and card mills and distanced itself from remarks by former ASTA president Phil Davidoff that appeared exclusively in Travel Agent. {Davidoff, who provides education and training for YTB, gave the controversial company’s business model a measured endorsement.}

“Following on the heels of legal actions taken by various states, including California, against a multilevel travel marketing firm (MLMs), ASTA is reiterating its stance regarding MLMs and card mills,” an ASTA spokesperson said. ASTA did not mention Davidoff or YTB by name.

"

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YTBTravel Home Business Profile

MonaVie in the Deseret News

Source: Deseret News

"MonaVie and their VP / Co Founder received covereage in the Salt Lake City Deseret News:

"Athletics prepared me for this," he says in his office. "I haven't encountered any situation in business that even comes close to the pressure and stress you experience at the Olympics. I've been through the refiner's fire."

Welcome to the second half of Marsh's life. Now 54, Marsh is co-founder and executive vice president of MonaVie, a wildly successful multilevel marketing company that sells a health juice consisting largely of an exotic berry from South America. "

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MonaVie Home Business Profile

Xocai in the Sydney Morning Herald

Source: Npros.com

"Xocai and its founders, Jeannette and Martin Brooks, receive some harsh scrutiny in an article in the Sydney Morning Herald. The article discusses more than $336 million in claims from 25 individuals in part of a bankruptcy proceeding in Reno at the time Xocai was launching.

...THEIR company has reached through the internet into hundreds of Australian pockets with the promise of fortunes to be made from a "healthy chocolate". This chocolate, they claim, helps weight loss, lifts people's moods, lowers cholesterol, improves dental health and even makes insulin work better for diabetics.

But just three years ago, as they were launching their Xocai chocolate range through their network marketing company MXI Corp, Jeanette and Martin Brooks were facing more than $US36 million in claims from 25 individuals, companies and government agencies as part of bankruptcy proceedings in their home town of Reno. ... "

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Xocai Home Business Profile

Metabolife in Newsweek

Source: Newsweek

"So you're feeling a little thick around the middle and you've heard enough about abstinence and exercise. Wouldn't it be nice if you could pop a pill, stretch out in the BarcaLounger and incinerate calories like a long-distance runner? That's the idea behind a hot herbal supplement called Metabolife 356. Americans are downing it like candy, and some are claiming remarkable results. "Metabolife has been absolutely amazing for me," says 43-year-old Anna Hamersly of Woodbridge, Ill. Hamersly says she weighed about 270 pounds when she started using the product last year. She's now down to 200--and expecting to drop an additional 20 pounds by New Year's. "I feel like a new person," she says.

Launched four years ago by a former San Diego cop with no formal medical training, Metabolife is now one of America's best-selling herbal products. Enthusiasts peddle it from living rooms and kiosks, as well as retail shops. And Metabolife International, the privately held company that produces the stuff, says its sales will approach $1 billion this year--a figure that places Metabolife in the same league as such blockbuster pharmaceuticals as Prozac and Viagra. The catch is that the stimulants it contains can be dangerous: the Food and Drug Administration has warned that products like Metabolife can cause "cardiac arrhythmia and death." Several states have moved to ban or restrict their use, and a few users have filed lawsuits claiming injury. Yet consumers continue to down an estimated 225,000 pills every hour. "

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METABOLIFE INTERNATIONAL, INC Home Business Profile

Tahitian Noni in the Nassau Guardian

Source: Nassau Guardian

"Residents and workers in the south-west have been saved in more ways than one, by the team that is operating The Noni Way Cafe, Coral Harbour Blvd., Coral Harbour.

The distributors of Tahitian Noni have brought a healthier style of fine dining to that end of the island, which is expected to have residents traveling from as far east to dine at the restaurant. The team of Tahitian Noni distributors operating it pride themselves on preparing foods with health-conscious and health-oriented people in mind. "

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Tahitian Noni International Home Business Profile

Pharmanex on WPTV

Source: WPTV

"One by one, people sat down to get their hands scanned at a health luncheon on Friday in Manalapan. The BioPhotonic Scanner is supposed to read the level of antioxidants in your skin.

Dr. Mark Bartlett's company, Pharmanex, supplies the scanners. He says he was scanned a while back and got a low score. So he upped his intake of fruits and veggies. "I've noticed just feeling better day to day, but what's really striking is what other people have noticed. I meet people all the time and the people that I know say what have you done to your skin what moisturizer are you using? I said I haven't changed anything. At first I didn't belive them but it happens so often now that I believe them, it can change your physical appearance".

Dr. Bartlett's children also took the test. "They love pizza and fast foods, they were scanned and it was at a sports shop and they came home and said, dad our score wasn't great. What do I need to do? Which is amazing because we started having the talk about fruits and vegetables". "

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Pharmanex Home Business Profile

Stampin Up in the Biloxi Sun Herald

Source: Biloxi Sun Herald

"SALT LAKE CITY and ST. PAUL, Minn., June 5 --Scotch 3M's Stationery Products Division, major manufacturer of adhesives and computer accessories, and Stampin' Up!, a leading manufacturer of decorative rubber stamps and crafting supplies, have formed a joint marketing agreement. Both companies anticipate the agreement will produce substantial increased reach to crafters in the billion-dollar US craft market and beyond.

"The synergy created by this program will be outstanding," says Stampin' Up! CEO Shelli Gardner. "We are very excited about the cross-promotional opportunities with a great company like 3M." "

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Stampin' Up Home Business Profile

BioPro Claims Cited in Cellular News

Source: Cellular News

"A company, which coincidentally manufacturers "radiation shields" has issued a statement claiming that mobile phones could kill far more people than smoking or asbestos. The company, BioPro Technology is citing a a study by a neurosurgeon and cancer writer, Dr. Vini Khurana.

"It is anticipated that this danger has far broader public health ramifications than asbestos and smoking," says Professor Khurana. He believes that the three billion people in the world that now use the phones worldwide are at risk and that their death and illness from cell phone use could exceed the harm from smoking.

Noting that malignant brain tumors represent "a life-ending diagnosis," he adds: "We are currently experiencing a reactively unchecked and dangerous situation." He fears that "unless the industry and governments take immediate and decisive steps," the incidence of malignant brain tumors and associated death rate will be observed to rise globally within a decade from now, by which time it may be far too late to intervene medically." "

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BIOPRO Technology Home Business Profile

Arbonne International in the Tribune

Source: The Tribune

"Arbonne gets positive mention in this tribune article:

...Health and wellness are two of the fastest growing businesses in the economy today. Magazine, TV ads and now reality programs show how to get a nip and tuck, a chemical peel and how BOTOX can make a person look years younger. Why the attention on how to look and feel better all of a sudden? The answer is very simple – Baby Boomers. The Baby Boomers are aging and want to look and feel better, and are willing to pay for it and even sometimes endure radical procedures to make it happen.


But there is an alternative, a health and wellness company that is quietly slipping into the homes in America and is addressing these issues in a pure, safe and beneficial way. That company is Arbonne International Inc. This 28-year-old company was founded on the basis of promoting health and wellness through the most pure and positive methods using cutting-edge technology. Since the launch of their incredible NutriminC RE9 anti-aging line in 2003 and most recently the new SeaSource Detox Body System, the company has experienced exponential growth. They have six product lines that are all strategically placed within the health and wellness industry and they are delivered through a business model that is also exploding across the country right now. That is network marketing. People are tired of going to the mall or grocery store and buying products that they know little about. Network marketing allows consumers to receive personal attention from trained consultants who can educate them in any of the six product lines that Arbonne features... "

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Arbonne International Home Business Profile

MonaVie on CBS 4 Denver

Source: cbs4denver.com

"Last Friday night seemed pretty typical at the popular Cherry Creek hot spot Ocean, except the martini had been replaced by a new drink of the evening: the Bazitini. Take the booze out of the Bazitini and you have what some fans are calling a wonder drink called Bazi.

Steve Rosdal drinks an ounce or two of Bazi every morning and swears by it."I haven't had a cold or the flu in a couple years. I just feel great on Bazi," he said. Bazi is a Colorado product loaded with vitamins and minerals as well as eight different fruits and berries, including the jujube fruit from China and the very popular acai berry.

Acai berry drinks have become the new rage on the health food circuit. Early research on the acai berry (pronounced "ah-SIGH-ee") shows it has antioxidant properties. "

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MonaVie Home Business Profile

Zrii Launch in Salt Lake Tribune

Source: Salt Lake Tribunehttp://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_9354105

"A new direct-selling company based in Utah on Thursday declared itself ready to compete in the crowded field of nutritional supplements. With a razzle-dazzle display of huge video screens and loud music, Zrii touted the health benefits of its new product, a drink made with a fruit grown at the base of the Himalayas that is endorsed by popular author and speaker Deepak Chopra.

About 4,000 independent distributors crowded into the Salt Palace Convention Center to listen to the pep talks and inspirational sales messages from company officials. "This is the largest launch in the history of network marketing," said Bill Farley, CEO of the multilevel marketing company based in Draper. Amy Robinson, vice president of the Direct Selling Association, a trade group for companies that have independent sales forces who sell directly to consumers, said she didn't know of any way to compare the size of the launches of such companies. "

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Zrii Home Business Profile

Green Mountain Energy in Yellow Springs News

Source: Yellow Springs News

"Yellow Springs residents will soon have the opportunity to ensure that the cost of their share of household energy use goes to supporting renewable power sources like the sun, wind, waterways and landfill gas. Village Council on Monday, May 19, agreed to initiate a new “green pricing” program that will offer residents the option of paying for the renewable energy production equivalent to their household power consumption. In other words, by paying a little extra on their utility bill, residents can support the production of green energy and reduce demand for fossil fuels to supply the country’s power grid.

The green pricing program allows Yellow Springs utility consumers to purchase renewable energy credits (RECs) equivalent to the amount of kilowatt hours of electricity they consume each month. While all energy consumers are using the mix of renewable and non-renewable energy available on the power grid at any given moment, green pricing participants will be paying only for the renewable sources. According to Julia Blankenship, who directs the AMP-Ohio program that will administer green pricing for Yellow Springs, green pricing participants are thereby investing only in renewable energy. "

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Green Mountain Energy Home Business Profile

USANA ordered to pay for SLAPP violation

Source: LocalNews8.com

"Vitamin maker USANA Health Sciences Inc. must pay a critic of the multilevel marketing industry who was forced to defend himself against a company lawsuit.

Federal Magistrate Samuel Alba decided Wednesday that USANA owes $142,510 in attorney fees to a San Diego investigator, Barry Minkow, and his Fraud Discovery Institute.

Alba's order came after U.S. District Judge Tena Campbell ruled on March 3 that USANA violated California's anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) law for suing Minkow for fair criticism. "

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USANA Home Business Profile

Wealth Pools in New Brunswick Business Journal

Source: New Brunswick Business Journal

"...The New Brunswick Securities Commission recently approved a settlement agreement with the operators of a pyramid-type investment scheme that was promoted in this province in 2006-07.

James Oagles, Jeannie Tracy, Ronald Fulton and their company, Wealth Pools International LLC were named in the settlement.

James Oagles agreed to pay an administrative penalty of $10,000 and $2,500 toward the costs of the commission's investigation. Tracey agreed to pay an administrative penalty of $2,000 and $500 for costs. Fulton agreed he would have been subject to a penalty of $2,000 had he not been bankrupt. The three individuals acknowledged their actions caused financial losses to the people they recruited into the scheme and they agreed to be permanently banned from trading in securities in New Brunswick.

The commission concluded the three did not intend to defraud their victims but they were involved in illegal activity and ignorance of the law was not an excuse. More than 109 New Brunswick residents had invested more than $440,000 in Wealth Pools.

The securities commission urges New Brunswickers who believe they are being solicited with questionable investment schemes to visit their website at www.nbsc-cvmnb.ca. "

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Wealth Pools International Home Business Profile

Arbonne in the Dallas Morning News

Source: Dallas Morning News

"So, last night as I shoveled down a second plate of dessert (true story) at a party, I naturally began complaining about not looking like THIS.

That led to a conversation about the chocolate Weight Loss Chews. Yep, I knew my friend Angela was a rep for the Arbonne skin care line (I've picked up a bottle or two of the "all-natural" shaving cream in the past), but turns out the Swiss-based company also has a weight loss line.

There are the usual nutritional supplements and even a "contouring cellulite cream" and anti-fat scrub (my words, and I'll take two by the way), but I was most intrigued by the chews. "

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Arbonne International Home Business Profile

Pampered Chef in the Tampa Bay News

Source: Tampabay.com

"Area residents can get that needed haircut this weekend and contribute to the Good Samaritan Mission.

All of the proceeds will go to the mission, said Hair Carvers team leader Debbie Hoffmann.

Also, the Pampered Chef started a fundraiser through its Web site of kitchen and entertaining products. It runs through April 13. When shoppers follow the proper links and make a purchase, 15 percent of the total will go to the mission.

"

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Pampered Chef Home Business Profile

Eniva in the Rocky Mountain News

Source: Rocky Mountain News

"Eniva Vibe is a line of liquid vitamins (and other nutrients) being aggressively promoted as a healthful alternative to vitamins and minerals sold in tablet form. A chief selling point is the claim that liquid vitamins are better absorbed by the body because large, hard pills may pass through the digestive tract and be excreted intact.

Liquid vitamins aren't any better for you than are good- quality vitamin and mineral supplements formulated to be easily digested and absorbed in pill form.

The downside to liquid supplements is that they're more expensive. And since many vitamins begin to break down upon exposure to air, in some cases the potency of liquid vitamins may begin to wane as soon as you open the bottle. "

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ENIVA Home Business Profile

Mary Kay Featured on Voice of America Broadcast

Source: Voice of America

"And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. This week, we tell about one of the most successful American businesswomen. Mary Kay started a company in nineteen sixty-three with a five thousand dollar investment. Today, Mary Kay Cosmetics is an international company worth thousands of millions of dollars.

Mary Kathlyn Wagner was born in the state of Texas in nineteen eighteen. For much of her childhood, she cared for her sick father while her mother worked long hours at a public eating place. Mary Kay married Ben Rogers when she was seventeen years old. They had three children before he left home to serve in World War Two. When he returned, their marriage ended. Mary Kay looked for a job so she could support her children.

"

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Shaklee in the Hartford Courant

Source: Hartford Courant

"It was hard to believe Shaklee's automatic dishwasher concentrate could be so, well, concentrated.

I had to check the directions twice to be sure that only 2 teaspoons of the powder were all that was needed to clean a load of dirty dishes with no pre-rinsing. The result: The dishes came out cleaner — and with no residue of detergent —than with any other dishwashing detergent I've tried (Arm & Hammer, Cascade, Ecover or whatever is on sale). The company says the enzyme-activated cleaning powder contains no polluting phosphates or hazardous dry chorine bleach and is safe for septic tanks. "

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Shaklee Corporation Home Business Profile

Pampered Chef in the Indianapolis Star

Source: Indianapolis Star

"The Pampered Chef. I love everything about it. A friend threw me a Pampered Chef bridal shower years ago, and to this day, when I host a party, I give everyone in attendance the "Quikut Paring Knife," just $1.50. I swear by them.

Buggs Temple and its executive chef, Brad Gates. I love his food. He opened my eyes to the "wonderful world of risotto" -- my personal favorite food, which often drives which meal I will eat at any restaurant. If it's served with risotto, I order it. "

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Pampered Chef Home Business Profile

MonaVie on News2

Source: cw2.com

"It's a nutritional beverage that's getting a lot of attention because of one berry: Mona-Vie is invading Colorado.

Some say it's changing their lives, making them healthier and feeling better.

Recently in Douglas County, an event was held in Lone Tree to promote the drink, which has exploded in states like Florida, Utah and Oklahoma.

"Colorado is the healthiest state in the country and Mona-Vie is going to be big," said local distributor Rhonda Gruenewald of Castle Rock.

Mona Vie is a multilevel marketing company out of Salt Lake City, Utah. It relies on independent distributors to sell and share the story of it's product. "

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MonaVie Home Business Profile

Vemma in the Calgary Herald

Source: Calgary Herald

"Q: What do you think of Vemma, the latest craze in supplement drinks?

A: Vemma stands for vitamins, essential minerals, mangosteen and aloe, and it comes as two liquid drinks to be mixed together and consumed daily instead of taking more conventional vitamin/mineral supplements.

Mangosteen, one of the highly touted components, is a tropical fruit prized for its delicate taste. It is sometimes called the "queen of fruits" and has been described as the most delicious fruit in the world. Mangosteen trees are native to Malaysia but grow elsewhere in the tropics, mostly in India, Thailand, Vietnam and other parts of Southeast Asia. "

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Lia Sophia in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

Source: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

"The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation appointed six local community leaders to its Fort Wayne Community Advisory Committee: David J. Bennett, executive director, Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne; Rick Cartwright, dean of art, University of Saint Francis; Herb Hernandez , president, Asset and Estate Management; Gregory A. Johnson, vice president and chief financial officer, Fort Wayne Newspapers; Wendy Robinson, Fort Wayne Community Schools superintendent; and Kyaw Soe, a director for the Fort Wayne Schools literacy program.

Twila Huddlestone-Keirns joined the team of Eddie Merlot’s as sales manager. Eli Hicks was promoted to sous chef.

Bun-Hiong (Carls) Chua has been named design engineer for Brock Grain Systems, Milford. He will assist in the design and development of the company’s full line of grain storage, handling and conditioning products. "

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Lia Sophia Home Business Profile

SISEL Founder in the Herald

Source: Herald Extra

"A backround Article about SISEL Founder Tom Mower from the Herald Extra:

A month away from his trip to federal prison, Neways founder Thomas E. Mower Sr. is opening a new manufacturing plant for personal care products and dietary supplements in Springville and plans to hire up to 150 workers by year-end.

Mower, who will start serving a 33-month prison sentence on Nov.

13 for income tax evasion, bought the former corporate headquarters of Little Giant Ladder in Springville for nearly $3.5 million on Friday -- as part of his plans for his new company, SupraNaturals LLC. "

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SISEL International Home Business Profile

BeautiControl in the Charleston Daily

Source: Daily Mail

"A chance meeting in the Atlanta airport led to a life-changing experience and a new career direction for Lesia Keffer.

It was February 2005 and the registered nurse was headed back home to South Charleston after attending a wound care seminar.

She recalls she wasn't particularly happy in her career and on a flight from Tampa, Fla., to Atlanta, she made a list of pros and cons about her job and said a little prayer something like this, "God, please give me a sign of what to do." "

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Beauticontrol Home Business Profile

Npros Launches Repspace Networking Portal

Source: Npros.com

Npros has launched a new networking portal for home based business and work from home professionals.

Repspace.com is a free networking portal that offers a personal profile page, discussion forums, blogs, media archives, an event calendar, classifieds and more.

As the Repspace portal grows, active members will be eligible for revenue sharing from the site.

Please visit Repspace, create a free profile page, and participate in the groups and discussion forums.



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Repspace Home Business Profile

Green Mountain Energy in the Dallas Morning News

Source: Dallas Morning News

"Executives with retail electricity companies say they're selling more renewable energy to businesses these days than to residential customers.

Paul Thomas, chief executive of Green Mountain Energy, which sells renewable energy, said corporate customers will make up about half his business this year, more than last year.

Corporate customers have been growing quickly. Last year, Green Mountain delivered 50 percent more electricity to corporate customers than in 2006, Mr. Thomas said. "

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Green Mountain Energy Home Business Profile

XanGo in the Boston Globe

Source: Boston Globe

"On stage at a sales convention, XanGo executive Joseph Morton said that when he first stumbled across mangosteen, a tropical fruit with purported curative powers, "I didn't have to have it confirmed in the New England medical journal before I would listen."

more stories like thisThe multilevel marketing company has built a huge business around its mangosteen-based juice, which it promotes as an immunity booster. The company still hasn't proved its health benefits - which it says could include a stronger immune system and improved joint function - to skeptical experts. XanGo's website includes a disclaimer, noting the juice is not meant to treat or prevent disease. A lab test arranged by The Associated Press found its antioxidant power to be on par with other fruit juices. "

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Xango Home Business Profile

Xocai in the Indianapolis Star

Source: Indianapolis Star

"Xocai dark chocolate, sold only through distributors, is advertised as "the healthy chocolate" with antioxidant-rich acai berries and blueberries. Even so, chocolate has taken a couple of health hits of late. One study linked regular eating of any chocolate to slightly weaker bones because it contains oxalate, making calcium harder to absorb. Another said consumers are misled because some manufacturers often remove heart-healthy flavonols due to their bitter taste and darken the cocoa anyway.

So can dark chocolate be called a health food? "I think that's stretching the point," said registered dietitian Lucinda Miller, St. Vincent Heart Center. "Chocolate has to have fat or sugar in it, or people wouldn't eat it." "

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Xocai Home Business Profile

Passion Parties in the Ventura County Star

Source: Ventura County Star

"Sales representative Aubri Webb stood before a group of 10 women relaxing in a living room in Oxnard. Behind her, next to the television, Webb had set up a display of adult toys, oils, fragrances and other sexual enhancement products.

"If anyone has a cell phone," Webb said, "I do recommend you put it to — "

"Vibrate!" several replied spontaneously, giggling.

The women were at a Passion Party, which is kind of like a Tupperware party that has nothing to do with burping lids. Passion Parties are in-home, women-only get-togethers in which sales representatives like Webb explain and display a number of gadgets, potions, lotions, oils and other items designed to increase sexual pleasure. "

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Passion Parties Home Business Profile

Ambit Mention on BlackNews

Source: BlackNews.com

"Ambit Energy and Raven L. Mahdee, a top income earner in the direct sales industry, have aligned to move the largest transfer of wealth to take place during our lifetime, with the recent deregulation of the trillion dollar electricity, gas and green energy industry. Ambit Energy is a solid 2 year old direct sales energy company thats capitalizing on the monopoly the "big boys" had in the energy industry before being broken up. "

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Ambit Energy Home Business Profile

XanGo Super Fruit in the Herald Tribune

Source: Herald Tribune

"Exotic super fruit juice spawns $1B nutrition business for one company; experts doubtful

On stage at a sales convention, XanGo executive Joseph Morton said that when he first stumbled across mangosteen, a tropical fruit with purported curative powers, "I didn't have to have it confirmed in the New England medical journal before I would listen."

The multilevel marketing company has built a huge business around its mangosteen-based juice, which it promotes as an immunity booster. The company still hasn't proved its health benefits — which it says could include a stronger immune system and improved joint function — to skeptical experts. XanGo's Web site includes a disclaimer, noting the juice is not meant to treat or prevent disease. A lab test arranged by The Associated Press found its antioxidant power to be on par with other fruit juices.

Morton, a 37-year-old triathlete nicknamed Ironman Joe, was on a business trip in Malaysia when he saw mangosteen, a white delicacy wrapped in a blood-red leathery shell, on the dessert menu.

From that introduction, Morton, the company's president of international and distributor relations, capitalized on a new brand category of liquid "super-fruits" that is "doing gangbusters," said Jeff Hilton, a partner at Integrated Marketing Group, a branding and packaging consultant.

XanGo has more than two dozen competitors that sell fruit juices, powdered drinks and vitamin fizz tablets. Tahitian Noni International Inc. sold $2 billion (€1.38 billion) worth of noni juice, from the French Polynesia fruit, in its first 10 years by 2006. MonaVie, also of Utah, bottles a blend of acai juice from the Amazon basin berry. Pure Fruit Technologies Inc. underprices XanGo on a mangosteen-based juice that sells in health food stores. "

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Xango Home Business Profile

Xocai in the Indystar

Source: Npros.com

"Xocai dark chocolate, sold only through distributors, is advertised as "the healthy chocolate" with antioxidant-rich açai berries and blueberries.

Even so, chocolate has taken a couple of health hits of late. One study linked regular eating of any chocolate to slightly weaker bones because it contains oxalate, making calcium harder to absorb. Another said consumers are misled because some manufacturers often remove heart-healthy flavonols due to their bitter taste and darken the cocoa anyway.

So can dark chocolate be called a health food?

Health benefits

Still, studies consistently say cocoa powder tends to affect the body in a way similar to baby aspirin, said Deborah Murray, assistant professor of food, nutrition and hospitality at Ohio University, Athens. Dark chocolate typically is 60 to 80 percent rich in cocoa powder; milk chocolate, about 10 percent. "

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MLMRankings.com Posts January 2008 Update

Source: Npros.com

"MLMRankings has posted their latest monthly updates for home based business metrix based on public interest in various companies.

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MoneyTalks 17.79% Gain Oriflame USA 17.37% Gain Once Upon A Family 12.77% Gain IamVoip 12.30% Gain Rena Ware International 11.45% Gain AMERIPLAN DENTAL CARE 11.43% Gain Tianshi Health Products 11.42% Gain Mia Bella Scent Sations 10.63% Gain Nutrimetics 10.34% Gain Nikken, Inc. 10.31% Gain "

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Green Mountain Energy on Energy Central

Source: Energy Central

"Buying pools may help encourage more green energy development. By combining consumers into one larger block, electricity suppliers say that they are able to leverage their buying power to bring down prices for all technologies, including renewable energy. In some cases around the country, cities are aggregating their businesses and households and buying renewable energy credits. Those "certificates" guarantee the production of such things as wind generation, thereby facilitating the development of more sustainable energy generation.

Consider Direct Energy, which has just completed a deal for 10 cities in Texas to buy almost 13,000 renewable energy credits over the next 15 years: The alternative energy provider says it will then purchase that energy and the associated credits from five West Texas wind farms, with a total output of 813 megawatts. That, it adds, will offset more than 2 million tons of carbon dioxide a year. "

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MonaVie Recommended in Herald Citizen

Source: Cookeville Herald Citizen

"It may seem a little depressing that so many of the foods we love are causing us harm. However, it would be nearly impossible to follow these research-proven dietary guidelines every meal every day. Also, heredity plays a role in how easily we develop these chronic diseases. Does this mean we should never eat pasta, bread, dairy, beans or a perfectly marbled New York strip? Of course not. When consulting with patients on these issues, I guess the world that comes up most often is "moderation." Since almost nobody could eat perfectly all the time, we should strive to eat as many of the anti-inflammatory foods and as little of the pro-inflammatory foods as possible. By taking extra nutritional supplements (absolutely essential, in my humble opinion), we can offset or counteract the negative effects of the pro-inflammatory foods we do eat.

A high-quality multi vitamin/multimineral, omega 3 and 9 fatty acid fish oils, extra vitamin D, magnesium, Coenzyme Q10, alpha lipoic acid and L-carnitine are the nutritional supplements most recommended for reducing inflammation. A concentrated antioxidant, anti-inflammation fruit drink like MonaVie would be very beneficial as well. "

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Creative Memories in the Shelbyville News

Source: Shelbyville News

"Creative Memories received positive commentary in the Shelbyville News:

'In recent years, scrapbooking has exploded into a billion dollar industry. Creative Memories, a home-based retailer of scrapbooking supplies that was founded in 1987 posted sales of $425 million in 2004 and has continued to grow rapidly. Entire stores now exist just to satisfy the needs of the large number of people who enjoy the hobby.

It is estimated that one in three households in the United States has someone involved in scrapbooking. Using pictures, colorful papers and graphics along with actual memorabilia, pages are created and put into scrapbooks that tell stories about families and important events in their lives.'

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Power Pops on CBS 11

Source: CBS 11

"Could New Lollipops Help You Lick Away Pounds?

...There are many ways to lose weight, but can you really lick away the unwanted pounds and keep them off for good? One woman said she did with an unusual kind of lollipop called Power Pops.

With 28 calories, no fat, amino acids, vitamins and just four carbs, the Power Pops are said to help knock off weight. They come in eight flavors including cherry, root beer, butter pecan and pina colada. The main ingredient is Hoodia, grown for hundreds of years in South Africa.

Missy Worcester is a life skills coach who had packed on more than 100 pounds while caring for her son who had been tragically burned a few years ago. She managed to lose all but 20 pounds.

That's when Worcester stopped reaching for a bag of chips and started reaching for Power Pops. "The last 20 pounds are from Power Pops and I kept it off. And, I keep shedding weight," she said... "

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Mary Kay Cosmetics in the Seattle Times

Source: Seattle Times

"Hispanic women change the face of Mary Kay

LOS ANGELES — Altagracia Valdez is dreaming of a perfect pink Cadillac. All she has to do to win it, according to her boss at Mary Kay Inc., is expand her list of "conocidos."

Those familiar connections, she says, can adorn Valdez's 60-year-old hands with diamond rings, pump up her bank account with enough money to pay the bills and buy a house and help her finally enjoy some middle-class financial security.

If Valdez can recruit a sales force of 30 and sell at least $18,000 worth of cosmetics in four months, she can win a free lease and insurance for her first Mary Kay car — not the signature pink Cadillac, but maybe a Saturn Vue or a Pontiac Vibe she can trade in for a Cadillac if she keeps meeting sales quotas. If she falls short of winning the car, she can still earn a promotion if her sales total $16,000. And she can always try again.

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Nu Skin in the Borneo Bulletin

Source: Borneo Bulletin

"The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports together with Nu Skin Enterprises, a global company dealing with life-enhancing products, will begin the first phase of their collaborative project this coming Monday. The first phase of the project entails the scanning of Brunei Darussalam's National Athletes using the Phamarnex Bio-Photonic Scanner at the Sports, Medicine and Research Centre, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium from 9am to 12pm and from 1.30pm to 4.30pm. The scanning project is scheduled to run for a period of three days or more.

Over the last 20 years, NuSkin Enterprises have devoted their research and development effort to produce products containing the most advanced, scientifically proven ingredients that help people live better, healthier and longer. "

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Pampered Chef CEO in Smart Business Network

Source: Smart Business Network

"Every year, thousands of investors flock to Berkshire's annual meeting to hear the "Oracle of Omaha" hold forth on the prospects for investing success in the coming year. But on this early September day in 2002, Buffet wanted to hear what Doris Christopher had to say.

Just a week earlier, the $36 billion dollar man had never heard of Christopher. Now he wanted to know if the founder and CEO of The Pampered Chef would sell her company -- a direct seller of 225 high-end kitchen tools including everything from vegetable peelers and cutting boards to skillets and fondue sets -- to Berkshire.

But it wasn't the cooking accessories that drew the interest of Buffet, whose culinary tastes run toward a simple steak and Dairy Queen ice cream. Instead, it was the fact that The Pampered Chef had grown by more than 230 percent since 1995, had no debt, offered juicy profit margins (estimated as high as 25 percent pre-tax) and boasted a following of 70,000 dedicated sales reps, or "kitchen consultants" as the company calls them. "

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Shaklee Products Referenced in Whole Life Times

Source: Whole Life Times

"Go green with household cleaners Unless you are using products scented with natural oils, your favorite “clean smell” is likely the result of a chemical concoction. Try natural cleaning agents such as baking soda and white vinegar. Or look for brands with non-toxic ingredients like Shaklee’s Get Clean or Mrs. Meyers Clean Day. If you’re a fan of scented candles, consider switching to soy, which burns much cleaner than petroleum-based counterparts. To keep the bugs away, use boric-acid-based bait stations as an effective alternative to chemical sprays.

Enlist the power of plants While formaldehyde (found in plywood, adhesives, carpets and paints), benzene (found in Styrofoam, plastics, lubricants, detergents and synthetic fibers) and carbon monoxide (off-gassed by heating or cooking equipment) are bad news for people, plants can thrive on them and help remove them from the air. Peace lily, bamboo palm, English ivy, mums and gerbera daisies top the clean-air list. Plus, they’re easy to care for, so even if you don’t have a green thumb, you’ll still have a good chance of keeping these babies alive. "

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