| Since being a distributor within Xango (TM) for the | | | | representative makes nearly that much money- or |
| past 11 months, I have been confronted with many | | | | wants to. Many reps...get into the business with the |
| questions. "What are the ingredients in your | | | | intention of working part-time or even, say, earning a |
| mangosteen juice?" "How can I get your mangosteen | | | | little extra cash around the holidays. |
| juice cheaper than $25.00?" or "How much money | | | | "Although today's economic times offer a variety of |
| are you making at this time in Xango?" | | | | challenges, solutions are available for those individuals |
| The biggest question someone has ever asked me | | | | willing to seek them out. With direct selling companies |
| while explaining that Xango (TM) is a booming | | | | providing alternate avenues for income generation, |
| network marketing opportunity was, "Is Xango (TM) | | | | more and more people are able to give their current |
| a Real Business?" After I explained to that person | | | | jobs the pink slip." |
| how many distributors I have at this time and how | | | | - Fortune(R), The Power Issue, vol. 148, No. 3 |
| much money I make as a independent distributor of | | | | XANGO (TM) IS A LEGIT BUSINESS AFTER ALL! |
| Xango (TM) , they still asked if it was real. | | | | Now that you see how corporate America is quickly |
| I know that all of us have seen a lot of things that | | | | embracing the methods and strategies of network |
| for whatever reason, have helped people, and have | | | | marketing (direct selling), it's important for many |
| stopped people from reaching their goals but Xango | | | | people to make the separation between a legitimate |
| (TM) is the business that is not only going to help | | | | marketing strategy used by companies releasing |
| you reach it but help you keep it. | | | | legitimate products, and illegal pyramid schemes that |
| Well, instead of me giving you an easy answer, I'm | | | | scam innocent people. |
| going to let you do your due diligence and find out | | | | I know every single one of us has heard someone |
| for yourself if this is a Real Business. | | | | say this line: "Oh, one of those pyramid things." It |
| Below, you'll find some convincing quotes taken from | | | | couldn't be further from the truth in XanGo's case. |
| Fortune(R) magazine. Then, you'll read a small piece | | | | To quote a government web site (Division of |
| from a government web site intended to educate | | | | Consumer Protection): |
| people about the difference between network | | | | Xango (TM) is a Multi-level marketing company and it |
| marketing and a pyramid scheme. Knowing this | | | | is different from pyramid schemes because it is a |
| information will help you understand that network | | | | legitimate business opportunity. This company holds |
| marketing is a big business. | | | | the sale of a legitimate product and that is what |
| Listen and study the information carefully. If you are | | | | distinguishes multi-level marketing operations from |
| ready to change your financial situation you have be | | | | pyramids. Pyramid schemes want to make money |
| a creative thinker and watch these business trends | | | | from you, not the product sales. |
| very carefully. | | | | "Pyramid Scheme vs. Multi-level Marketing |
| Corporate America Welcomes Direct Sales | | | | > Compensation based on recruiting vs. |
| In a recent issue of Fortune(R) magazine (the one | | | | Compensation based on sales |
| with Bill Gates on the cover) you'll find an interesting | | | | > Few or no sales to consumers vs. Sell legitimate |
| article focusing on the sputtering economy, and the | | | | products to established markets |
| independent contractors (distributors) who are | | | | > Substantial start-up costs vs. Generally small |
| reenergizing the U.S. retail industry through the art of | | | | start-up fee |
| direct selling. | | | | > Potential to be stuck with large amounts of unsold |
| Here are a few key paragraphs that are particularly | | | | goods vs. Will buy back unsold goods if you decide to |
| interesting: | | | | quit the business |
| "Call it the age of direct selling. With its emphasis on | | | | > Make money from you vs. Make money with you |
| personal, one-on-one relationships between distributor | | | | It's wonderful to know that Xango (TM) meets |
| and consumer, convenience, and a high degree of | | | | every criteria for being a legitimate marketing |
| consumer education, the industry may be tailor-made | | | | company. |
| for today's consumer-and company." | | | | Our CEO, Gary Hollister, is the former chairman of |
| "The result: The industry, with U.S. sales of $28.7 | | | | the board of the Direct Sellers Association, the |
| billion in 2002, up 7.5% from the year before, has | | | | organization that establishes the ethics in which |
| become a magnet for both corporate behemoths | | | | companies introduce the product into the market. |
| lured by its efficiencies and dozens of entrepreneurs | | | | Never before has a network marketing company |
| attracted by the lower cost of market entry..." | | | | launched with the number of seasoned corporate |
| "Last year, for example, Warren Buffett's biggest | | | | management executives as XanGo (TM) . |
| purchase was The Pampered Chef...Hallmark's Binney | | | | Every member of the team has been in the field as |
| and Smith is launching its own direct-selling company, | | | | top-level distributors and/or in top-level management |
| called Big Yellow Box by Crayola..." | | | | with BIG network marketing companies doing |
| "Most direct-selling businesses now employ a | | | | hundreds and billions in sales. What more could you |
| multilevel system, in which distributors earn money on | | | | ask for from a team of network marketers. |
| their own sales in addition to those of people they | | | | This management team is taking XanGo where they |
| recruit (called the 'downline') and individuals brought in | | | | have already gone before. |
| by their personal recruits. That's different from the | | | | They have come together to create what I believe |
| single-level approach, in which you only make money | | | | will be THE NEXT BILLION DOLLAR GIANT. |
| on your own sales. In 1990, about 20% of the Direct | | | | Let's put XanGo's growth into perspective. The |
| Selling Association members in the U.S. used the | | | | previous fastest-growing health supplement was Noni, |
| multilevel plan; today, it's about 80%..." | | | | with current global sales of over $400,000,000 a |
| "I saw...something that I could do with my sons,' said | | | | year. |
| Russ Widger Sr., a former manufacturing company | | | | In its' first day, XanGo (TM) sold more product than |
| owner...'I thought, with this business, they could do in | | | | Noni sold in it's entire first month. During the first two |
| about 10 years or less what had taken me more | | | | months of business, XanGo (TM) sold more |
| than 20 years with conventional business. The key | | | | Mangosteen Juice than Noni did in it's entire first year. |
| was that they could start building a long-term residual | | | | This is a company positioned for greatness. The |
| income.' | | | | economic climate, and the popular shift to |
| "'[Direct sales] provided me with financial security that | | | | home-based work through Xango (TM) has given |
| I would not have achieved if I had continued working | | | | you the chance of a lifetime to jump in on the |
| a regular job, ' claimed Meg Kelly-Smith, a (former) | | | | ground floor of a soon to be a household name. |
| banking executive. 'I compressed an entire career's | | | | If you haven't caught the vision already, I don't know |
| worth of earnings into about five or six years." | | | | what else I can tell you. You've seen the science |
| "A growing number of distributors are placing orders | | | | behind the mangosteen, we have proof that the |
| through their company's web site instead of using the | | | | executives of this company know exactly what they |
| usual faxes or snail-mail orders. Distributors are | | | | are doing, and in a coming email I'll show you how |
| using...web sites for help in recruitment and | | | | your own FREE web site system is already set up |
| training...and as a channel for customer reordering. | | | | for global growth and distribution (we're now in 9 |
| "In 1990, Lisa Wilbur was laid off from her | | | | countries). |
| $15,000-a-year secretarial job, living in a 12- by | | | | This is a no brainer. Please call me toll free at |
| 70-foot trailer with her husband, and trying her best | | | | 1-866-795-7564 and be one of the early distributors |
| to stave off creditors. Then she decided to sign on | | | | of this great phenomenon. I still have leadership |
| with Avon. Over the past ten years she's made | | | | positions open, which means we'll be working to build |
| more than $1.4 million in bonuses...not every | | | | your organization. |