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USA Today - Network Marketing Offers Recession-Proof Jobs

People are opening up to direct sales to get them through the recession, and beyond. Whether to supplement their current income, replace income from a lost job, being able to save taxes, receiving up to 50% better health care rates or just staying home with the kids to cut down on day care expenses or spend quality time to be with and raise their children, network marketing is giving people an attractive alternative to the standard 9-to-5 job. 

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Direct Sales Offer Recession-Proof Jobs

By Charisse Jones, USA TODAY

Not long ago, Craig Lapp made his living driving a truck that helped carve Southern California's soil into new developments. But then housing sales slumped, and in November 2007 Lapp's construction company let him go.

While he searched for another job, Lapp began working alongside his wife, Lynne, in a business based in their Temecula home, selling nutritional supplements made by the direct-sales company Isagenix. Nearly two years later and with no construction job in sight, Lapp says a one-time sideline has become the couple's bread and butter.

"It's paying our mortgage, our car payments … putting food on the table," says Lapp, 55, who adds that he and his wife are earning a six-figure income. "It was our 'Plan B' that turned into our 'Plan A.' "

Direct-sales businesses that rely on home-based representatives to peddle their wares are seeing their sales forces rapidly expand as the nation's unemployment rate soars to nearly 9% and those who lost jobs and nest eggs look for new ways to make money.

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Now open: France, Spain, Portugal

Finally!!!

The hard work and waiting will now pay off. Europe is open for Xango, Glimpse & 3sixty5. One last country to go - Italy. Enjoy the direct shipping and therefore lower cost. Go get yourself a treat and order the awesome vitamins and the unmatched skin care line. See the official Xango blog for details or see the short video here.

Now open: France, Spain, Portugal

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XanGo is Making a Difference for Children all around the World!

Is there any wonder why XanGo has broken 
every record in the industry and continues 
to be so successful.

At the Top Leaders Dinner on Friday night, our President, Craig Hale highlighted the charity accomplishments of XanGo....think about it.  Not only are we the role model of all other companies, but NO ONE can top our passion for MAKING A DIFFERENCE....
just read below and let me know your thoughts...

Making a Difference Africa In Africa, XanGo completed the fourth year of its title sponsorship of a project in Ghana through a partnership with the University of Utah. This sustainable program has addressed the pressing needs of a region in Ghana by partnering with local leaders to address nutrition, clean water, and education, prevention and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases. We have also helped build a school and a soccer field. This program has become a model for sustainable change projects in third world countries. India XanGo has partnered with a charity known as Vitamin Angels and has become the title sponsor of the organizations Vitamin A program in India. By providing essential Vitamin A to, XanGo and Vitamin Angels have helped prevent blindness in nearly 2 million Indian children since 2007. Mexico In our No. 2 market, XanGo was the title sponsor of two Operation Smile Missions - one in June, and one in October. During these two missions, some 80 distributor volunteered to help staff the mission. Through these efforts and our funding, we helped some 200 children receive life-altering cleft lip or cleft palate surgery, changing their lives forever.  (Avg. cost $25,000.00 = $5,000,000). Canada North of the border, XanGo partnered with The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada, a charity dedicated to fulfilling a favorite wish for children diagnosed with high-risk, life-threatening illnesses. Through its national sponsorship, XanGo helped raise nearly $1.5 million to fulfill dozen of children's wishes. Hundreds of Canadian distributors had the opportunity to support this initiative in their own community by serving as volunteers and providing XanGo Juice during more than 100 XanGo Wishmaker Parades which took place across Canada in mid-October. Japan During the past three years, XanGo has provided significant funding to the Yokohama Family House, an organization that provides housing and support to the families of chronically ill children. With XanGo's help, which included both support of fundraising efforts and direct contributions, the Yokohama Family House opened its beautiful state-of-the-art facility last May. Phillipines In 2008, XanGo announced a sponsorship of the Tuloy Foundation, a charity that provides housing and education to orphaned and abandoned street children as well as classes to out-of-school boys and girls from indigent communities or other street children centers. Serving a much-needed role in The Philippines by integrating neglected and abandoned children back into society, the Tuloy Foundation is continually expanding its outreach. A Few More Reasons to Be Proud of  XanGo's Accomplishments -       XanGo provided a level of funding to the Children's Organ Transplant Association that enabled approximately 20 children to receive life-saving transplant surgeries.  Avg cost ($300,000.00 = $6,000,000). -       We also joined with New Orleans Saints' quarterback Drew Brees to send the message that we had not forgotten the victims of the 2005 hurricane, helping to rebuild recreational and educational facilities for children in New Orleans during the past two years. Phase I of that project was completed late last year. -       At home, XanGo also provided funding and employee manpower to build a safe playground in one of South Salt Lake's neediest neighborhoods. The pavilion in the park will be named the XanGo Pavilion.   This is just one of the MANY reasons to be proud of being a XanGo distributor. Xango's charitable giving is second to none! Just think of all the amazing things that together, XanGo and XanGo's distributors can and will accomplish over the years to come! Thanks for all of your hard work! For more information on all our Xango activities visit: http://www.xango.com/company/news-center. To order Xango Mangosteen Juice, Glimpse Toxin-Free, All Natural Skin Care or 3sixty5 Vitamins & Minerals, click here: here: http://www.mymangosteen.com/Breeze/order.asp

How the Recession Affects Network Marketing

Should you be spending time on network marketing when the economy is in a downturn?

By Michael L. Sheffield | October 21, 2002 | Entrepreneur.com


Q: I've been working with a network marketing
company and am concerned about what others are saying about us being in a
recession. How will this affect my business? Should I be spending my efforts
on this part-time business right now in these
uncertain times? Should I focus on retail customers or on building my sales
organization?

A: Whether or not we are in a recession is a topic I'll leave to the
economic wizards. However, having worked full time in direct sales and
network marketing through several times of faltering economic indicators,
inflation, unemployment, layoffs, etc., I have some thoughts on this matter.

In today's news, you get mixed messages. But if we are in a recession, what
does it mean to you, the distributor? If you're not doing anything and
looking for an excuse not to do anything, a recession is about as good a
reason as any.

But if you're serious about your network marketing business, then, believe
it or not, a recession could be the best thing that's happened to you in a
while. Shaky economic times have historically produced a renewed awareness
of the need to make more money. You'll find people who were previously
uninterested in your business are suddenly looking for new financial
opportunities. They want a business that doesn't require a lot of capital,
allows them to establish their own hours and offers rewards that can grow
faster than capital or labor requirements.

Sound good to you? It's the business you're in right now!
While other businesses offer one or more of these benefits, only a true
network marketing plan can offer all three. The reality is that leveraging
your time through the multiplication process of network marketing is the
hardest principle to teach others, yet it's the easiest to attain if you're
involved with the right company and right product at the right time. It's
such a simple concept, people sometimes refuse to accept it as being
something that could actually work for them. They suffer from "analysis
paralysis," trying to figure out why it won't work rather than why it will,
making the whole process more difficult than it really is. But when people
are motivated by concern for their financial future, the sponsoring process
becomes much easier. Spouses are more supportive of their partner spending
extra hours working to create more financial security for the family.

If you're pre-planning for uncertain times, consider that customers
scrutinize your product or service more when dollars are tight. Is your
product or service a "need to have" or a "nice to have"? Products that are
necessities rather than luxuries do better during times of uncertainty.

Do you focus on retail or recruiting? In network marketing, these are never
exclusive. Building a strong retail customer base is critical, but you must
recruit others to duplicate your efforts. Learn the success formulas for
yourself, then teach others to achieve that same success. There is no other
way in network marketing. You can't achieve significant success on your
own--you only have so many hours each day. Nor can you sponsor that one
hotshot person who'll make you a success while you sit back and watch the
dollar bill sprout wings and fly into your mailbox. You need a plan to
duplicate your efforts through many others. It's a vivid example of the
biblical admonishment, "as ye sow, so shall ye reap."

Network marketing is and always has been a person-to-person business, so
nothing happens until two people talk. During recessions, talk to people
about protecting themselves against an uncertain future via network
marketing. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "It is one of the most beautiful
compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another,
without helping themselves."

Michael L. Sheffield is the CEO of Sheffield Resource Network, a
full-service direct sales and network marketing consulting firm. He is also
the co-founder and chairman of the Multi Level Marketing International
Association (MLMIA).

The Mangosteen Weight Loss Challenge

Mix the following to make your Xango Cocktail:

•        2 ounces of Xango Juice. 

•        2 ounces of Kefir (flavor of choice) 

•        1 tablespoon of extra-virgin olive oil 

•        1 tablespoon of coconut oil (heat to liquidize)

If you are looking to lose 50 pounds or less, drink this 2x a day. If you are looking to lose more than 50 pounds, take an additional oz of Xango juice and an additional ounce of Kefir, and take 3x a day.

For breakfast, eat watery fruits such as watermelon, cantaloupe, grapefruit, strawberries, etc.

Drink your Xango Cocktail right before eating a sensible lunch.

Drink your Xango Cocktail right before eating a sensible dinner.

You can actually eat nearly anything you choose and still lose weight when drinking the Xango Cocktail. However, the healthier you eat, and by doing exercise, you will see results faster. Email me feedback on your results. Would love to post your guest blog.

IMPORTANT: You must drink half your weight in ounces of water each & every day. Your body cells need it to perform and regenerate and full fill all their functions well.

It's Your Business, But You Can't Do It Alone

Hi Everybody,

We had a fabulous Xango training on Saturday with Pat Petrini in Phoenix. For those who were there: we hope you could take a lot of new ideas home, especially on how to create systems to structure and grow your business.


Education is Key


We encourage you to go to as many trainings (incl. webinars, conference calls) as you can. Please understand that we are really lucky to have such an active upline! They give all the support we need from a modern Network Marketing business perspective. Remember, this is not Corporate World where you are not allowed to talk to people high up or where colleagues try to bully you out. We are there for each other.

For those who missed the Saturday meeting, please find a summary about the most important points Pat Petrini made below:


A. Our business is a team business.

Please take advantage of your sponsor and upline, get to know them and do as many three way calls as possible with new prospects. Do not go and try to do the business "your way" without any help. Too many do and struggle for a very long time dabbling frustrated around 1K and fail. You are the messenger, not the message! Open up the communication and let your upline start doing some work for you. After introducing your coach to your new prospect, sit back, listen and learn in order to get more confident about product, business and how to do three ways. This also takes the pressure off newbies to succeed immediately. The beauty of this business is that you needn't know much in the beginning.

B. Start calling and talking to people

Stop wasting your time with too much learning and analyzing products, downline, prospects. You have to make at least 20 phone calls a day to get your downline going / or find new people. And remember: Xango is not about selling a juice. It is about helping other people with their health and - if they are willing - their business. Find people's needs, listen, ask questions and help to solve their problem. Again, we are not in the Old Network Marketing World and not in Corporate World: we are here to help people not push them.


C. Drop Outs

Yes this does exist more than anyone wants to admit or speak about. But that's part of life. If you have people in your downline, who stopped drinking Xango, you should call them and find out why. Look at it as a customer service move. You are curious why or what happened. Ask them 5 questions to find out, if they really do not want Xango anymore or if they just did not have enough information from their sponsor about the product or the business and got lazy drinking Xango (75% give that as a reason!).

Do not pressure anybody: you only want to find out why they stopped drinking and you want to offer them help and answer questions, if they wish. It helps you to build relationships, trust, understand your downline and create momentum at the same time.

Here are the questions:

1. Why did you join Xango?
2. Why did you stop the ADP?
3. How long have you been drinking Xango?
4. How much did you drink?
5. Have you listened to CDs about the product/biz? Did you read any flyers or other print material? Did you go to an event?

Pat's experience is that only 25% of the people who stopped drinking Xango were properly introduced to Xango. The rest did not know how much they should drink, what the Mangosteen can do for them or how the business works.


D. Call everybody who is new in your downline. 

Here is the phone script:
"Hi xx. My name is xx. I am a friend/colleague of xxx and I would like to welcome you in our team. People join Xango for many different reasons: some want Xango for free, some want to build a business and some need to prevent or help with a health issue. I wanted to connect with you today to find out how I can help you. What questions do you have and what can I do for you today? ...."

Please do not hesitate to call people even deep down your downline without permission from the personal sponsor. Everybody belongs to your team and will be happy to get support in any way!

E. Write an welcome e-mail to everybody new in your team!

You will find all sorts of scripts and materials Pat Petrini uses at 'www.mangosteenarizona.com'. Also check out his 36 YouTube Videos, which are great training tools!


A quick word on Glimpse

Please remember: Our goal is NOT to retail Glimpse (or Xango for that matter). Our goal is to have people sign up with the Xango company. Our upline has all sign-up forms at www.mangosteenarizona.com. Please check this resource daily, since there are new docs and forms coming in every day now.

We all recommend to start doing Glimpse home parties for now, but try to get people signed up with Xango and do not put too much emphasis on selling retail: Xango is not only about Glimpse, it is about the Mangosteen, which helps inside out with Xango and Glimpse and 3sixty5. Educate people by showing the Glimpse DVD and offer as many Q&A sessions as possible.

One last word from us: If you want to make it to 5K, 20 K or Premier in a reasonable amount of time - training is not an option, it is a must. Too many of us are dripping around in the 1K area for 1 or even 2 years and wonder why they are frustrated and not growing the way they should. Remember: be coachable and curious, but do NOT forget to put everything you have learned into action. Step out of your comfort zone and treat this as a business, not as a hobby.


Have a wonderful & productive week,

Ken & Christine Breeze

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Concerned about someone's health? 
Looking for non-toxic skin care? 
Need vitamins that you actually absorb?
Try these links for more info:

www.MyMangosteen.com/Breeze
www.Xango3sixty5.com
www.MangosteenFruitInfo.com
www.XanthoneEducation.com
www.My-Glimpse.com
www.GlimpseSkinCare.com

Visit and subscribe to our blogs at:
www.breezy-mangosteen.blogspot.com (all about learning, training & coaching)
www.breezy-mangostan.blogspot.com (German)
www.breezy-glimpse.blogspot.com (all about glimpse & skin care)
www.breezy-mangosteenhealth.blogspot.com (all about mangosteen, health in general, the product, it's benefits)

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Kenneth & Christine Breeze
Independent XanGo Distributors 
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