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XanGo juice is a popular product from XanGo, an MLM company which markets mangosteen based health drinks and other products. In fact, XanGo was the first company to introduce a product made from mangosteen, which is a nutrient rich fruit grown in the South East Asia. As the story goes, XanGo founder Joe Morton tasted the mangosteen, also called the queen of fruits in a café in South East Asia and could not forget its taste and that inspired him to develop this product and the company. Other founder members of the company include Aaron Garrity, Bryan Davis, Gary Hollister, Gordon Morton and Kent Wood

Today, the company has over a million distributors selling these products worldwide. Along with Robert Conlee, the CEO and Craig Hale, the President, the management team consists of Beverly Hollister, Brian Carmack, Larry MacFarlane, Nate Brown, Rob Spangler and Scott Smith. Robert Conlee has extensive experience in leading network marketing companies having worked with companies like Nu Skin.

XanGo Products

There are 6 major products of XanGo, the XanGo juice being the flagship product. However, there are products in the skin care segment also.
• Xango juice: This is a dietary supplement which contains high concentrations of naturally occurring phytonutrients like flavonoids, catechins and xanthones. Consuming 1 to 3 ounces of this whole food supplement a day is enough to support the immune system, tackle free radicals, support bones and tissues, and maintain overall health.
• Formula X51: This is the code name of a new complementary product to the XanGo juice and which is going to be launched in Sept 2009. It is basically a energy food which addresses the problems of stress, depression, physical and mental lethargy. It is being positioned as a “feel great” supplement.
• Glimpse Skin Care: This is a range of skin care products like cleansers, toners, serums and moisturizing lotions and creams, prepared exclusively to take advantage of the anti-aging properties of mangosteen. The proprietary formula called the BioActive X3 Complex contains a blend of xanthones which are essential for skin care. Another related product is the mangosteen pericarp oil which is beneficial for skin healing and restoration.
• XanGo Goodness Meal Pack: This is an innovative product which is targeted for people who are malnourished and who cannot digest regular food. This is a meal replacement pack which is in the powder form and consumed by mixing it with water.

XanGo also has a lucrative compensation plan which continues to attract distributors from around the world. Taking the lead of XanGo, many other MLM Companies have introduced products containing mangosteen. However, XanGo remains the leader.

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As network marketers all over the world are moving to the internet to build their MLM businesses, there are many internet marketers who have developed online network marketing systems which help in automating the processes of prospecting, sales and conversions. Most of these systems require a monthly subscription in order to use them. Should you invest in such a system? And are there any benefits to be derived from it? These are the questions that I will answer in this article.

• Training: When you recruit another distributor to your team and company, you are responsible to train him in the business and guide him to become successful. One of the advantages of online network marketing systems is that the complete training is an automated process. There are detailed videos and trainings that help the new distributor learn the system. In addition, you can add in your own training sessions regarding your specific MLM business. This will go a long way in helping you train your downline effectively. You can add in your personal touch whenever required but most of the training can go on self learning mode.

• List building: Such systems allow you to build your personal lists using squeeze pages which help to capture the visitor’s email id. In fact you get a choice of several squeeze pages from which you can select the ones which suit your business. The system also comes with an auto responder with high quality pre-composed messages which can be sent to your list members as soon as they opt-in. these messages will take the prospect through the sales funnel and eventually make him a customer or a distributor.

• Multiple business support: If you have more than one network marketing business to promote, these systems can help you to set up the marketing funnel for individual business. You can maintain different lists for each business and set up a different series of auto responder messages for each. Alternatively, you can set up different funnels for different product lines of the same MLM Company.

• Cash in advance: Most network marketers need cash to advertise their business. But unless, they do some business, they cannot earn cash. This can become a chicken and egg situation but with these online network marketing systems, you get an opportunity to earn cash in advance before you recruit your first distributor. This is done through selling affiliate products to your prospects.

I see a lot of benefits in investing in an automated online network marketing system and if you want to choose one, you should do some research to find out the best one.

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More and more network marketers are turning to the internet to grow their business. The internet seems to offer a great number of advantages compared to traditional network marketing including the ability to reach out to people outside your circle of friends and family. If you are also thinking of joining the internet band wagon to promote your MLM business, here are 4 things you need to put in place.

1. Website: The website is the basic requirement if you want to market online. This is your home on the internet where you invite guests and prospects. Many MLM companies are nowadays providing a replicated website for their distributors, which also help them to track and monitor the sales and the downline of their distributors. However, since all distributors would get the same website, you will not be able to stand out. Therefore, it is a good idea to develop a new site. Alternatively, a blog will serve the purpose. You can get a free blog on blogger.com or a hosted blog with wordpress.org.

2. Products: Once you have put in your site or a blog, you need to put in the product information in the form of pages on your site. If you are using a company replicated website, the product details will already be mentioned on it including presentations and videos. However, if you are having your own site or blog, you will need to add in the product information of your MLM Company. It is a better idea to put this information in the form of articles and videos which will attract the visitors.

3. Advertisement: If you want to attract visitors to your site, you will need to advertise your business. This can be done in several ways both free and paid. Free methods include traffic exchanges, safe lists, article marketing, ezines and video marketing. The most effective way to advertise is to first build your personal brand in your industry as an expert and then as a side effect, you will find people getting attracted to your MLM business.

4. Targeting: The internet is a great medium to attract people but you should attract only those who are interested, not the casual reader. This means targeting the appropriate audience. For this, you need to use techniques like search engine optimization, keyword optimization, categorization, social bookmarking, tagging your articles and videos and several other techniques.

If you are able to do these 4 things, you will be able to easily grow your MLM business online.

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Health and Wealth is a recurring theme is hundreds of MLM companies and AIM companies is also one of them. AIM companies’ products are based on the whole food nutrition provided by barley which they package in the form of powdered juices. The simple philosophy of AIM companies is that you use the products and then share them with others and in the process grow your business.

If you are an AIM member, you have chosen a company with a great track record for close to 3 decades and which has made hundreds of distributors successful. To be one of the top producers at AIM, you need to get hold of the health philosophy of the company in detail and also understand the way to increase business condensed in the formula USSBT.

Firstly, you should learn about the healthy cell concept which aims to build the body’s health right from the level of the cells. You should also understand how the AIM products target the various systems in the body including immune system, digestive systems, cardiac system and specific requirements of men, women and senior people. Then you should learn the business growth system encapsulated as USSBT – use, share, sponsor, build and teach – using which you can attract leads and build relationships with them so that they become customers and distributors for the company.

Some of the positives of the AIM companies include a strong support network in the sense that you can get access to any information you want about the products and the sales whenever you require. You are also provided with substantial training to get you off to a flying start. In addition, the company also provides you with a tracking facility to learn about the performance of your downline. This can be very important if you want meet targets and to grow your business.

These days, many network marketers are looking to the internet to generate leads and customers for their businesses. This might also be a good option for you since you are able to reach out to targeted people via the internet and those need not be in your close circle of known people. The internet can become a fully automated way of developing your business once you set up your systems.

To me the AIM companies’ MLM opportunity seems to be decent one. If you are interested in becoming an AIM member, you should get started in learning about the company and make your own decision.

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The Aim Companies market barley juice based nutritional supplements and personal care items with a huge network of distributors in the US and Canada. Since 1982 when the founders Dennis Itami and Ron Wright started sharing the benefits of the barley powder, the company has attracted a large number of entrepreneurs with its rewarding compensation plan.

Joining the AIM opportunity is easy. It just needs a $25 one time initial membership fee which can be waived if you purchase AIM products worth 50BV. As an AIM member, you can order products at wholesale prices and sell them at retail prices earning a retail profit. If you order in bulk, you can make an additional saving of 10-12%. Express customer prices, however, are 30% more than wholesale prices. Your business grows as you share these products with interested people and when interested people join the opportunity when they see the earning potential.

As an AIM Member, you are eligible for a Smart Start bonus of 20% when you sponsor a new member who places an order with the company. As you keep meeting qualifying requirements of sales, you are moved up the company ladder. You grow first to a preferred member, then to a product consultant, group builder, associate director, and finally a director. At each level, you earn more percentage of the sales of your team members. For instance, at the consultant level, you earn 9% commissions of your personally sponsored members and 6% from other members in your downline; while at the director level, you earn 18% commission from all the members in your downline at the level of ‘members’.

Beyond the director level, there are 4 levels of promotion – star sapphire director, royal emerald director, blue diamond director and chairman’s club director. Great network marketing companies always have in place a leadership bonus to reward exceptional performers. The AIM companies also have 3 such leadership bonuses – the director growth bonus pool, director 3-deep bonus pool and elite leadership bonuses.

The company has a devised a success formula for its distributors which it dubs as the USSBT – use AIM products, share them through contacts and advertising, sponsor others to build the network, build long term relationships with your prospects and customers and teach others to replicate the model.

In addition, there are the company sponsored seminars and conventions which are ideal places to connect with other AIM distributors and learn from them. The compensation plan of AIM companies is stable and proven through years of operation and is one of the better ones in the industry.

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