That headline alone is enough to earn the respect of just about any business person from any walk of life.  Do you know how much makeup that is?  Do you know what kind of focus, drive, commitment and perseverance it takes to earn one Pink Cadillac, let alone 14?

Congratulations to Susan Ehrnstrom!

"Getting the first one was the most memorable. You visualize yourself driving it. Before I won the first one I took the emblem off the front of an old Cadillac and put it on my car," Ehrnstrom admitted, saying she got inspiration from that. Her license plate reads VCTRY, which she said was inspired from a biblical song she heard in church.

"I was very busy this past December, which is when one of the sales periods are and I got to thinking that I might not reach the goal, but thankfully it was above the mark," she said.

In years past, she has also won a mink jacket and a full length white mink coat among other company awards."

That level of achievement over a period of 28 years is worthy of honor.  I may not want to sell makeup, but I have to give honor where honor is due.

Source:  http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080403/COMMUNITY/804030679

Has Anyone Seen the New Cutting Edge Media Magazine?

On April 3rd, Cutting Edge Media released a new magazine that you can use for your business.  You can find their press release, if you want to read it, by going here.

According to the PR, it is not going to be a regular sized magazine.  Instead, it is going to be a digest or pocket-sized magazine that you can give to your prospects.  If it's like their last magazine, they use when they generate their own leads, as well as develop a nice circulation to put your business out in front of a lot of people.  You can find the details on their new website:

http://www.yourhomebizmagazine.com

You will find a place there where you can request a free sample at the bottom of the website.  They also have a flyer you can download if you are interested in advertising in the magazine.

Speaking of advertising, I know of several people who have used CEM's magazines rather successfully to build their business.  It's a more traditional way to build your business, but I know it still works.  If you are going to advertise on your own… you better be ready to put up some money.   But, if you can get 3 - 5 people together, it can be worth it.  If you get too many people, then you greatly reduce the number of leads a person gets.  I would also suggest committing to 4 - 6 months of advertising.  If you can't advertise for at least 2 months, I would suggest not doing it at all.

Anyway, a new magazine and more advertising.  Cutting Edge Media usually does things right, and being the largest leads company out there, they have the resources to pull this off.

So, go check out the new Your Home Biz magazine.

Let me begin by saying that Melaleuca is a decent company, good products, and good distributors.  However, don't get caught up in the dream of untold riches unless you know exactly what you're getting into.

Rod Cook was one of the first to point this out… and he calls it the Melaleuca Law.  And, I have seen this first hand with a few of their distributors.  Here's the deal.  Melaleuca thinks they need a monogomous relationship with their distributors.  If any distributor (or even another family member) would participate any other type of business opportunity, they are gone.  And, it seems that if you make it into the top 5% of the company, you have a target on your back that the company is waiting to sue you.

http://www.mlmwatchdog.com/mlm_melaleuca_non_compete_lawsuits.html

There's nothing wrong with monogomy.  I've been married for 19 years to one person.  But, this isn't marriage, and this is 2008.  People participate in multiple opportunities.  If you want a one-company relationship, never to participate in anything else but your beloved Melaleuca, then maybe that is for you.  But, if there is ever any possibility that you will buy a bottle of Xango, build a web site to sell an ebook, drink a can of Verve, or use a dental discount program like Ameriplan, then you better think twice about signing on the dotted line.

Again, don't get me wrong.  I like Melaleuca and think they have great products.  But, their lawsuit hungry corporate staff and their policies are about 100 years behind the time, and I can't imagine any Generation X or younger people being attracted to them and expecting such ridiculous loyality.

Anyway, those are my opinions.  My opinion is there are plenty of other opportunities out there that are well worth your time.

I own a business opportunity leads business, National-Leads.com  Before doing that, I also own GenealogyLeads.com.

I am still a believer in using Genealogies to grow your business.  In fact, I think you need a healthy mixture of both types of leads.

The first thing that you need to understand is what a MLM Genealogy Lead is. Essentially, it is a list of people who have been, or currently are a part of a network marketing company.  It's like having a list of veterans to recruit to your business.  The one thing I have learned though, is while the idea of genalogy leads sounds great, it IS a lot of hard work.

One common misconception I used to get was that these people on the genealogy list were sitting by the phone waiting for you to call them.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  In fact, they may be a bit irritated that you called them to begin with.  There is an art, a science, and a method for working genies, and there is none better than Tracy Biller to teach you.

In fact, let me encourage you to go to Tracy's site, Ultimate Success CD's and download this his free reports.  Let me tell you, these two reports may very well change your whole way of thinking about how to build and MLM business.  And, if you want to learn more, and go deeper, then let me encourage you to get one or two, or the whole set of his CD's.

The very best, and the only source we would recommend for training in MLM Genealogy Leads is Tracy Biller. Don't expect him to kiss your feet because you are considering using genies. He is a no-holds-barred, pull no punches, straight up trainer. You shouldn't need to go anywhere else. 

Big news for Vemma and their hot new energy drink, Verve.  Three professional teams in Phoenix (2 basketball and 1 minor league hockey) have signed an agreement with Verve as their official energy drink.

Although I am not associated with Vemma, I want to respect their agreement with these Phoenix teams by not listing their names since they are trademarked.

Personally, this is really a cool thing, because it shows two main things:

A major company (sports franchises) recognizing the quality and marketablity of a product that is manufactured by an MLM company.

An MLM company that recognizes the broad acceptance of their product that is worthy of being placed in front of the general public.

So, next time you're at a Phoenix game, grab a can of Verve and let them know you appreciate their agreement!

Working from home and eating chocolate.  Not a bad combination.

The Indianapolis Star carried a story about a company called Xoçai.  Here's some excerts:

When Kelly Vaughn eats Xoçai chocolate (pronounced sho-SIGH), she feels good, but she says it's not due to sugar. This chocolate, which first appeared in 2005, is caffeine-free, lower in sugar (no processed sugar) and carbs and higher in antioxidants than most chocolate.

"I don't get that sugar rush. I don't feel guilty about eating it," said Vaughn, a radio news personality on B105.7 FM who's also one of about 2,000 Xoçai distributors in Indiana."

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

It depends on how someone would want to go after this… get in at the ground floor, or wait and see if a whole company based on healthy chocolate can make it.  Here's a website you can check out:  http://www.mxicorp.com

And, here's the link to the newspaper article:  Indy Paper