ViSalus The founders created ViSalus with a vision to combine passion for people with the principles of health and entrepreneurship. ViSalus is a community dedicated to making a positive impact on the life, health and prosperity of everyone we can reach. ViSalus is doing this by empowering and educating  Customers and Distributors to help bring our cutting edge health and wellness innovations to the world.

As CEO, Ryan Blair  has guided ViSalus to become one of the fastest growing companies in the United States. In August 2008 Ryan Blair led the union between ViSalus Sciences and Blyth Inc., a billion dollar company with nearly 20 years experience in the global direct selling industry. The Management Team consists of top executives from some of the leading companies in Direct Sales, Wellness, and Technology.

Sales at ViSalus increased $20.6 million or 157% from $13.1 million in fiscal 2010 to $33.7 million in fiscal 2011. This growth is a result of a 330% increase in distributors on a year-over-year basis. Sales revenue up to  $240 million in fiscal 2012.

Products

Weight Management, Nutrition

ViSalus in 2012 is all about the ViSalus Body By Vi Challenge. It is an innovative solution to getting into better shape, no matter if you want to slim down, tone up or build muscle. Combining ViSalus life transforming products along with ViSalus online and offline support tools. ViSalus Body by Vi is a nutritional program with recipes, menu plans, exercise videos and programs, and online community support. If you’d rather not get weighed in public, eat expensive foods, or watch endless exercise videos that aren’t targeted to your specific needs, then this is the program for you.

ViSalus  is committed to offering the highest quality, cutting-edge health and wellness products, delivered with the assurance to uphold maximum safety and quality standards. ViSalus believes that science and research are the foundation on which they can satisfy consumers' needs for better nutrition. Comprehensive research and development is critical to the success of ViSalus products.

Top tier scientists are dedicated to creating innovative science-based nutraceuticals backed by rigorous research to ensure you get the greatest nutritional health and wellness benefits to fit your everyday lifestyle. With patent pending formulas in the Trim Slim Shape Program, ViSalus NEURO and Vi-PAK Anti-Aging & Energy supplements, ViSalus is committed helping you stay in peak condition with products based on superior science.

Visalus Compensation Plan

In order to earn income with ViSalus you must remain active. You do this by maintaining $125 Personal Qualification Volume (PQV) in Auto-Ship Sales or $200 PQV in Retail Sales per month. This can be a combination of personal product purchases and/or personal Customers.

The power of ViSalus is more than just the company behind it; it’s the community of people within. Loyal Distributors are, and always will be, the most important component of the Community. Because they transform lives through the Body by Vi Challenge and bring the mission of Life, Health and Prosperity to the world, VisSalus is proud to reward them with a lucrative 21st century Compensation Program.
There are 8 ways to earn income with ViSalus:

• Direct Sales & Personal Customer Commissions
• First Order Bonus
• Weekly Enroller’s Pool
• Fast Start Bonus
• Team Commissions
• BMW Bonus
• Leadership Pool Bonus
• Ambassador Star Bonus

Visalus Corporate leadership

Executive team from left to right: Ryan Blair CEO, Blake Mallen Chief Marketing Officer,  John Purdy President and Chief Operating Officer, Audrey Sommerfeld Senior Vice President of Marketing & Brand Development, John Tolmie Senior Vice President of Finance & Administration.

Additional Board Members from left to right: Robert B. Goergen Sr., Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Blyth, Inc. Robert B. Goergen Jr. Vice President and President, Multichannel Group, Blyth, Inc. Todd A. Goergen Managing Partner, The Ropart Asset Management Funds, Nick Sarnicola Founder, Anne Butler President, PartyLite Worldwide, Inc.

Visalus (Myvi.net) Alexa Ratings, 1 months growth 24%. Worldwide rank 5,630

Myvi.net's three-month global Alexa traffic rank is 5,630. While about 77% of this site's visitors are in the US, where it is ranked #1,283, it is also popular in Canada, where it is ranked #685. Compared with internet averages, this site's users are disproportionately African American, and they are disproportionately women browsing from home who have no postgraduate education and have more children. Visitors to Myvi.net spend approximately 43 seconds on each pageview and a total of thirteen minutes on the site during each visit. It is particularly highly ranked in the cities of Houston (#308), West Palm Beach (#446), and Orlando (#521)

Visalus Top Producers:

Kyle Pacetti	Jason O'Toole	Mike Craig	Tim and Holley Kirkland
Frank Varon and Lori Petrilli	Tara Wilson	Tanis MacDonald	Tony and Rhonda Lucero
Rachel Jackson	Aaron Fortner	Jason Silverthorn	Ron Pruett
Chad and Joni Robbins	Dale Peake	Tito Aleman	Rick and Elaine Lynas
Neil Bellville	Kevin & Stephanie Merriweather	Vince & Whitney Filippone	Jerry & Rhonda Flowers
Ashley Riggs	Elaine Lynas	Mike and Shirley Wrenn	Robyn Peake
Lisa Marie Carter	Trey Knight	Jeremy Gilchrist	Lori Parent

Visalus Top Earners - The est. earnings are as follows:

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SAN DIEGO, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — AL International (JCOF-PK) (www.alintjcof.com), a global direct marketer of lifestyle and nutritional products as well as gourmet coffee, today released Fourth Quarter and Year End 2011 financial results.  The company reported a tenfold increase in revenues for the quarter, recording net sales of $11,364,000 compared to $1,126,000 for the same quarter in 2010.

Gross profits grew to $9,210,000 in Q4 2011, compared to $166,000 for the same period in 2010.   Fourth Quarter 2011 net income came in at $1,815,000 versus a loss of ($471,000) in 2010.  Fourth Quarter EBITDA came in at $2,014,000, besting EBITDA for the previous quarter (Third Quarter 2011, which posted EBITDA of $333,000) by 600%.  Complete financial results for Q4 and Year End 2011 are posted on www.pinksheets.com under the symbol JCOF.

Steve Wallach, CEO of AL International, said he was gratified by the company's strong results.  "2011 was an exciting and very busy year for our company.  We integrated six acquisitions, which began to hit full stride by the end of 2011. Our company is very well positioned to continue our organic growth, which will greatly improve shareholder value. At the same time, we will keep exploring new potential opportunities through acquisition."

Chris Nelson, AL International's CFO, said, "We are very pleased with our performance for the Fourth Quarter.  The quarter produced strong profits and this resulted in a stronger balance sheet as well.  We finished the year with over $1.7 million in cash and credit card receivables, and with more than $5.3 million in debt-free inventory."

About AL International

AL International, Inc. (JCOF-PK) is a fast-growing, innovative, multi-dimensional company that offers a wide range of consumer products and services, primarily through person-to-person selling relationships that comprise a "network of networks." The company also is a vertically-integrated producer of the finest coffees for the commercial, retail and direct sales channels. AL International was formed after the merger of Youngevity Essential Life Sciences (www.youngevity.com) and Javalution Coffee Company in the summer of 2011.

About CLR Roasters

CLR Roasters was established in 2001 and is a wholly-owned a subsidiary of AL International. CLR Roasters produces coffees under its own Cafe LaRica brand, as well as under a variety of private labels through major national sales outlets and to major customers. It also produces a unique line of coffees with health benefits under the JavaFit® brand. 

The Good

In this industry, a lot of startups try to seed their businesses with people known as “master distributors.” These are the professional networkers that command a large following and can deliver anywhere between 500 to 30,000 people depending on their scope of influence.

These master distributors offer a lot of value because they help young companies capitalize their businesses with excitement, momentum and, more importantly, people. While Company Z might have the best product in the world, they’ll fade into obscurity if they’re never able to attract a committed group of people.

Show me the money

Master distributors are provided a financial incentive to join a business via some sort of special bonus, which is always in addition to their payout via the compensation plan. These bonuses vary but they’re usually a small percentage of the gross revenue from the downline i.e. 1% of gross revenue, 2% of gross revenue, payout from a special position, etc.

The Bad

The master distributor subject is also very controversial. Some companies are choosing to stay away from these arrangements because they’re afraid that when they hire “mercenaries” (a term used by a client, not me), the leaders would be more loyal to the money instead of the company. Master distributors also have the reputation of being “opportunity jumpers” where they stick with a company for a couple of years, recruit a brand new base of followers, and transition them over to the next company.

This one particular client of mine had an interesting perspective. He said, “I want to grow an organic base of people that are loyal to our brand. If we start paying distributors to come over, they’re coming for the wrong reasons.” Interesting take and I respect it.

Solution

In my view, there’s nothing wrong with master distributors leveraging their talent for a fee. In fact, I’ve done this type of agreement for multiple clients. If the master distributor commands an audience, it’s clearly worth something for a fledgling business. The problem arises when these “special deals” go undisclosed. As a mentor once said, “If you do something, assume it’ll be written in the sky.” There’s no secrets in this industry and when there’s a special deal, usually people catch wind of it. We’re not in the 80s anymore.

Disclosure is important because when the master distributor is promoting the viability of the opportunity, the prospective members are not eligible for the same opportunity; thus, it might be perceived as misleading. Recently, the FTC has required that paid endorsers disclose the fact that they’re paid by their sponsors. As an example, Michael Jordan says, “Gatorade is awesome!”

If he was paid by Gatorade, he would now be required to disclose his affiliation with Gatorade. The rationale is simple: consumers should know that the testimonial might have been influenced by money. The same rule should apply with master distributor arrangements.

Free advice

Am I suggesting that the master distributor disclose this each time they present the plan? “Oh, and by the way, I make a lot more money per recruit than you ever will.” Nope, that won’t work. I would suggest that the company provide a page on their website that discloses which distributors are being compensated in addition to the traditional pay plan.

The details are not necessary, just the basic fact that there’s a deal. Therefore, it can never be said that a company was withholding material information from the public that would have been influential in their judgment.

Reposted from Kevin Thompson – The MLM Attorney

Kevin Thompson is one of the most sought after MLM Attorneys in the country.  He owns and operates The Law Office of Kevin Thompson and specializes in providing legal services for network marketing and party plan businesses.  Kevin Thompson has extensive experience in the direct sales arena and helps entrepreneurs launch their businesses on secure legal footing.

Wazzub is Internet driven company that plans to compete with existing searching engines like Google and Yahoo. The company founders are as of February 2, 2012 unknown which is a big red flag.

Some website claims:

Wazzub has been created by a handful of entrepreneurs and investors. In September 2011 they founded GIT Global Investments, Inc. (GIT) for the purpose of running WAZZUB and related businesses. GIT is registered under the laws of Oregon. The Registration # is 802159-90."

"GIT’s registered office is at 391 NW 179th Ave, Beaverton, OR 97006 and the WAZZUB headquarters is located at 7251 Lake Mead Blvd, Suite 364, Las Vegas, NV 89128."

On April 1, 2012 Wazzub will launch their “Perfect Internet” home page and will feature personalized news, videos games, shopping deals, social media links and messages from friends and family.

As Wazzub is free to use, the business model is presented around profit sharing from advertisements. WAZZUB promise to pay 50% of their profits to their qualified pre-launch members.

Wazzub Management:

The company statement:

"WAZZUB is owned by several investors. Right now they are building the team of directors and managers that will run our project after launch. There will be a page with all the important members of our team after the team is completed. Our Marketing Director Gee DaCosta is not one of the initiators; he is the team member that is most important now – during pre-launch."

About Marketing Director / Master Distributor Gee DaCosta:

Gee DaCosta is unknown in social media. However through BetterNetworker.com there is a Gee DaCosta and his company is Gee Money Enterprises. Gee is promoting http://www.upliftingothers.com/

Gee Money Enterprises Inc. has a location in Waxahachie, TX. Active officers include Janice E Dove. Gee Money Enterprises Inc. filed as a Domestic For-Profit Corporation on Friday, December 21, 2007 in the state of Texas and is currently active. Janice E Dove serves as the registered agent for this organization.

Compensation Plan

Wazzub promise to pay $1 per month for each person you refer. Your referrals can come from you directly, or from others who sign up from your referrals (down 5 levels deep).

There are 2 obligations to be qualified for payments:

• You need at least 3 members in your personal WAZZUB downline
• You have to set up their page as your home page .

Unless more information is released it looks like a pretty bad deal…

The Trump Network (TTN),  the founders of The Trump Network are Todd and Scott Stanwood and Lou DeCaprio.

In March of 1997, Ideal Health started and is renamed  in 2009 as The Trump Network when Donald Trump came in. Estimated revenue in 2010 $20 million, active 21,000 distributors.

2/3 of the company has left to find other opportunities after the marketer compensation stopped.

Over 20 diamond directors left the company in January.  There are several lawsuits, a bankruptcy filed and one of the founders has left the company and the two others have stepped down.

A review about the Trump Network including 60 leading distributors can be found here

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IN THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR UTAH COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH THOMAS E. MOWER Plaintiff, vs. IDEAL HEALTH, INC., a Nevada corporation; TTN, LCC dba THE TRUMP NETWORK, a Massachusetts limited liability company;

TODD STANWOOD; SCOTT STANWOOD; and LOUIS DeCAPRIO, Defendants.

Plaintiff THOMAS E. MOWER alleges and complains of Defendants IDEAL HEALTH, INC., TTN, LLC dba THE TRUMP NETWORK, TODD STANWOOD, SCOTT STANWOOD and LOUIS DeCAPRIO (collectively “Defendants”) as follows:

PARTIES AND JURISDICTION

1. Plaintiff THOMAS E. MOWER (“Plaintiff”) is, and at all times relevant hereto was, an individual residing in Utah County, Utah.

2. Defendant IDEAL HEALTH, INC. (“Ideal Health”) is, and at all times relevant hereto was, a Nevada corporation, doing business throughout the United States and has held itself out as an owner of THE TRUMP NETWORK.

3. Defendant TTN, LLC (“TTN”) is, and at all times relevant hereto was, a Massachusetts limited liability company, doing business as THE TRUMP NETWORK throughout the United States. Plaintiff is informed and believes, and on that basis alleges, that at all times alleged herein TTN and Ideal Health were the alter ego of the other.

4. Defendant TODD STANWOOD (“T. Stanwood”) is, and at all times relevant hereto was, an individual residing in the State of Massachusetts.

5. Defendant SCOTT STANWOOD (“S. Stanwood”) is, and at all times relevant hereto was, an individual residing in the State of Massachusetts.

6. Defendant LOUIS DeCAPRIO (“DeCaprio”) is, and at all times relevant hereto was, an individual residing in the State of Massachusetts.

7. Plaintiff is informed and believes, and on that basis alleges, that at all times herein mentioned each of the Defendants was the agent, representative and/or employee of each of the other defendants, and, in doing the acts hereinafter alleged, was acting within the course and scope of such relationship and with the permission and consent of their co-defendants and, further, that the Defendants, and each of them, have authorized, ratified, and approved the acts of each of the other Defendants with full knowledge of those acts.

8. This Court has jurisdiction over the present matter pursuant to UTAH CODE ANN. § 78A-5-102(1) because this is a civil matter arising out of the parties’ transaction of business within the State of Utah. Defendants and each of them through the transaction hereinafter alleged have established sufficient minimum contacts with the State of Utah justifying this Court’s assertion of jurisdiction over them.

9. This Court is the proper venue for the present matter under UTAH CODE ANN. § 78B-3-304(2) and/or § 78B-3-307.

BACKGROUND ALLEGATIONS

10. In the fall of 2011, Plaintiff became interested in the possibility of acquiring Ideal Health and/or TTN dba THE TRUMP NETWORK.

11. In exploring the possibility of acquiring Ideal Health and/or TTN dba THE TRUMP NETWORK, Plaintiff learned that Ideal Health/TTN was in need of financing to pay current commissions due to its distributors.

12. To assist Ideal Health/TTN and to further explore the possibility of acquiring Ideal Health and/or TTN dba THE TRUMP NETWORK, Plaintiff and Defendants entered into an Agreement on October 31, 2011, whereby Plaintiff agreed to lend Ideal Health/TTN $270,000 as “bridge financing” upon the following terms:

a. Ideal Health/TTN would only use the loaned funds to pay current commissions due to distributors based on Ideal Health/TTN’s commission plan;

b. Ideal Health/TTN would repay the $270,000 including 8% interest compounded annually from funds flowing through Ideal Health/TTN’s Discover and American Express accounts. These payments were to be immediately transferred to Plaintiff’s account upon receipt of funds in the Discover and American Express accounts (at least three times a week).

c. Ideal Health/TTN would establish a joint bank account with Plaintiff into which all of the funds from the Discover and American Express accounts would be deposited.

d. Ideal Health/TTN’s CFO would then disburse 25% of the funds deposited into the joint account over to Plaintiff’s account (three times a week) and also provide Plaintiff with a complete accounting and reconciliation of the account with each disbursement.

e. Ideal Health/TTN also agreed to provide Plaintiff a daily reconciliation through its CFO to account for the funds flowing into the business and the portion forwarded to Plaintiff pursuant to the terms of the agreement.

f. For 90 days following the execution of the Agreement and or whatever additional period beyond the 90 days was required for Ideal Health/TTN to repay the bridge financing, Ideal Health/TTN agreed not to promote or pursue sale of its business or any stock in the business to any other party, which included Ideal Health/TTN’s agreement not to engage in any conversation of a potential sale with any other parties.

g. Ideal Health/TTN agreed to pay Plaintiff any outstanding amounts due under the agreement by November 30, 2011. (A true and correct copy of the parties’ October 31, 2011 Agreement is attached as Exhibit “A.”)

13. As part of the Agreement, T. Stanwood, S. Stanwood and Louis DeCaprio personally guaranteed the repayment of the bridge financing out of their personal assets.

14. On or about November 1, 2011, pursuant to the Agreement, Plaintiff transferred $270,000 to Ideal Health/TTN. (A true and correct copy of the Plaintiff’s November 1, 2011 Wire Transfer Form is attached as Exhibit “B.”)

15. Despite Plaintiff’s full performance under the terms of the Agreement, Defendants and each of them have failed to pay the amounts due and owing to Plaintiff.

16. As of the date of this Complaint, Defendants owe Plaintiff the principal amount of $260,478.75, plus interest at the rate of 8% per annum.

FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION (Breach of Contract – Ideal Health/TTN)

17. Plaintiff incorporates herein all other allegations contained in this Complaint.

18. Plaintiff and Ideal Health/TTN are parties to a binding and enforceable Agreement, whereby Plaintiff agreed to lend Ideal Health/TTN $270,000 in exchange for repayment and other promises as outlined in Paragraph 12, above. (See Exhibit “A.”)

19. Plaintiff has fully performed under the terms of the Agreement by transferring the $270,000 it agreed to lend to Ideal Health/TTN. (See Exhibit “B.”)

20. Ideal Health/TTN have nevertheless breached the Agreement by failing to pay Plaintiff the amounts due under the Agreement.

21. Upon information and belief, Ideal Health/TTN have further breached the Agreement by, without limitation, using the bridge financing for purposes other than to pay the current commissions due to distributors based on Ideal Health/TTN’s commission plan, by failing to establish a joint bank account with Plaintiff into which all of the funds from the Discover and American Express accounts would be deposited, by failing to provide Plaintiff a daily reconciliation through its CFO to account for the funds flowing into the business and the portion forwarded to Plaintiff pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, by failing to enter into good faith negotiations with Plaintiff for the potential purchase of Ideal Health/TTN by Plaintiff, and by promoting or discussing the sale of its business or stock in the business to other parties.

22. As a result, Plaintiff has been damaged in an amount to be determined at trial but not less than $260,476.75, plus interest accruing at the rate of 8% from November 1, 2011 until the entry of Judgment.

SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION (Unjust Enrichment – Ideal Health/TTN)

23. Plaintiff incorporates herein all other allegations contained in this Complaint.

24. Ideal Health/TTN received $270,000 loan from Plaintiff without paying for the loan.

25. Ideal Health/TTN fully appreciated and had actual knowledge of the benefit it received by way of the $270,000 loan.

26. It would be inequitable to allow Ideal Health/TTN to accept and retain the $270,000 loan without paying Plaintiff for its value.

27. Accordingly, Ideal Health/TTN has been enriched—and Plaintiff damaged—in an amount to be determined at trial, but not less than $260,476.75, plus interest.

THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION (Breach of Contract – T. Stanwood, S. Stanwood and DeCaprio)

28. Plaintiff incorporates herein all other allegations contained in this Complaint.

29. T. Stanwood, S. Stanwood and DeCaprio (collectively the “Guarantors”) executed a written guarantee, each personally guaranteeing the repayment of the bridge financing to Ideal Health/TTN.

30. Plaintiff has properly performed under the terms of the Agreement, providing the consideration and value evidenced by the November 1, 2011 Outgoing Wire Transfer to Ideal Health/TTN. (See Exhibit “B.”)

31. As alleged above, Ideal Health/TTN have failed to pay the amounts due and owing under the terms of the Agreement.

32. The Guarantors have also defaulted on their guarantee obligations, whereby they also agreed to repay the bridge financing paid to Ideal Health/TTN.

33. As a result, the Guarantors have damaged Plaintiff in an amount to be determined at trial, but not less than $260,476.75, plus interest accruing at the rate of 8% from November 1, 2011 until the entry of Judgment.

FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION (Fraud – Defendants)

34. Plaintiff incorporates herein all other allegations contained in this Complaint.

35. Defendants and each of them, represented to Plaintiff that Ideal Health/TTN would, among other things, repay the amounts owed to Plaintiff from funds flowing through Ideal Health’s Discover and American Express accounts according to the payment terms of the  Agreement, enter into negotiations with Plaintiff for the potential purchase of Ideal Health/TTN, and not promote or pursue the sale of the business or of any stock in the business to any other party for a period of 90 days from the execution of the Agreement or whatever additional period beyond the 90 days was required for Ideal Health/TTN to repay the bridge loan.

36. However, Defendants’ representations were false.

37. Upon information and belief, Defendants had no intent to fully repay Plaintiff from the funds flowing through Ideal Health/TTN’s Discover and American Express accounts.

38. Nor did the Defendants intend to refrain from promoting or pursuing the sale of the business or of any stock in the business to any other party for a period of 90 days from the execution of the Agreement or whatever additional period beyond the 90 days was required for Ideal Health/TTN to repay the bridge loan.

39. Instead, Defendants had the secret intention to keep all of the funds flowing through Ideal Health/TTN’s Discover and American Express accounts for Ideal Health/TTN’s own purposes while continuing to to promote or pursue the sale of the business and/or their stock in the business to parties other than Plaintiff.

40. Defendants did not disclose their true intentions to Plaintiff in order to induce Plaintiff to enter into the Agreement and provide Ideal Health/TTN with a $270,000 loan.

41. Defendants understood that each of the false promises alleged herein were material to Plaintiff.

42. In reliance on Defendant’s promises as alleged herein, Plaintiff entered into the Agreement and lent Ideal Health/TTN $270,000.

43. As a result of the foregoing, Plaintiff has been injured in an amount to be determined at trial, but not less than $260,476.75, which represents, without limitation, the amounts Defendants wrongly induced Plaintiff to lend to Ideal Health/TTN and Plaintiff’s lost business opportunities arising from Defendants’ promotion of the sale of the business and/or their stock in the business to parties other than Plaintiff.

FIFTH CAUSE OF ACTION (Negligent Misrepresentation – Defendants)

44. Plaintiff incorporates herein all other allegations contained in this Complaint.

45. Defendants and each of them, represented to Plaintiff that Ideal Health/TTN would, among other things, repay the amounts owed to Plaintiff from funds flowing through Ideal Health/TTN’s Discover and American Express accounts according to the payment terms of the Agreement, enter into negotiations with Plaintiff for the potential purchase of Ideal Health/TTN, and not promote or pursue the sale of the business or of any stock in the business to any other party for a period of 90 days from the execution of the Agreement or whatever additional period beyond the 90 days was required for Ideal Health/TTN to repay the bridge loan.

46. However, Defendants’ representations were false.

47. Upon information and belief, Defendants had no reasonable grounds for believing that Ideal Health/TTN would fully repay Plaintiff from the funds flowing through Ideal Health/TTN’s Discover and American Express accounts.

48. Nor did the Defendants have any reasonable grounds for believing that they would refrain from promoting or pursuing the sale of the business or of any stock in the business to any other party for a period of 90 days from the execution of the Agreement or whatever additional period beyond the 90 days was required for Ideal Health/TTN to repay the bridge loan.

49. Instead, Ideal Health/TTN kept all of the funds flowing through Ideal Health’s Discover and American Express accounts for Ideal Health/TTN’s own purposes and promoted or pursued the sale of the business and/or their stock in the business to parties other than Plaintiff.

50. Defendants fully appreciated the importance of the foregoing promises to Plaintiff.

51. In reliance on Defendant’s promises as alleged herein, Plaintiff entered into the Agreement and lent Ideal Health/TTN $270,000. As a result of the foregoing, Plaintiff has been injured in an amount to be determined at trial, but not less than $260,476.75, which represents, without limitation, the amounts Defendants wrongly induced Plaintiff to lend to Ideal Health/TTN and Plaintiff’s lost business opportunities arising from Defendants’ promotion of the sale of the business and/or their stock in the business to parties other than Plaintiff.

PRAYER FOR RELIEF  WHEREFORE, Plaintiff requests relief as follows:

A. Under the First Claim for Relief: a judgment in favor of Plaintiff, and against Ideal Health/TTN, in an amount to be determined at trial, but not less than $260,476.75, plus interest, costs and attorney’s fees;

B. Under the Second Claim for Relief: a judgment in favor of Plaintiff, and against Ideal Health/TTN, in an amount to be determined at trial, but not less than $260,476.75, plus interest, costs and attorney’s fees;

C. Under the Third Claim for Relief: a judgment in favor of Plaintiff, and against the Guarantors, in an amount to be determined at trial, but not less than $260,476.75, plus interest, costs and attorney’s fees;

D. Under the Fourth Claim for Relief: a judgment in favor of Plaintiff, and against each of the Defendants, in an amount to be determined at trial, but not less than $781,430.25 (which represents treble and punitive damages to which Plaintiff is entitled due to Defendants’ fraud), plus interest, costs and attorney’s fees;

E. Under the Fifth Claim for Relief: a judgment in favor of Plaintiff, and against each of the Defendants, in an amount to be determined at trial, but not less than $781,430.25 (which represents treble and punitive damages to which Plaintiff is entitled due to Defendants’ misrepresentation), plus interest, costs and attorney’s fees;

F. Any other relief the Court deems equitable and just.

The Swedish distributor Anders Karlsson together with his fiance Malin Forsdal, has achieved a lot in a short amount of time and is among the top people with Vemma in Europe. Anders and Malin are living in Milan, Italy and have one child.

One of the defining moments in his career came in 2004 when he participated in the Apprentice Show in Sweden and was able to go all the way to the finals. That experience showed Anders that as a network marketer, he was far more experienced in terms of relationships, leadership, motivation, vision and courage than his competitors who ran traditional businesses.

Shortly after that competition, at age 28, Anders refocused his goals and began a new career as a motivational speaker traveling across Europe and presenting to former distributors, many of who went on to become sales managers of large companies.

His favorite quotations: "Winners never quit, quitters never win".  "If you want to fly like an eagle, you can't surround yourself with turkeys". Ted Nuyten had to honor to interview Anders.

Anders, how did you got involved into MLM?

I started 15 years ago with Direct Sales when I was out selling door – knocking doors – and got introduced to Network Marketing by my first sponsor Sven Cirnski. He did a presentation for me in his living room and invited me to a business opportunity meeting. For me everything was new – a business where everybody could start – no risks – residual income – exponential growth etc. So skeptical was an understatement.

Still I got curious and wanted to know more. I attended another 2 business opportunity meetings and after that a national Event where I took the decision to join. I told the guy arranging the Event that next time I come come with a bus. And I did. The only problem was that most part of the bus was empty and I got my first lesson that most peoples mouth is not connected to action.

That was my introduction to why most people fail in building a successful life. Its not difficult to succeed its just a little bit more simpler to not.

How did you got involved in Vemma?

My contact with Vemma started with meeting Brian McMullen in a taxi in Belize many years ago. I didn't know Brian but when he offered the taxi driver to buy his car when he didn't want to do a extra stop on our ways to the Maya ruins with the explanation that he didn't really seem happy to drive taxi anyway. Me and the taxi driver started wonder who is this guy?

I have never seen a taxi driver so happy waiting a few more minutes in his car again. I had the pleasure of meeting my good friend, again at a direct sales event in Aruba where we were both speaking several years ago,”

Brian called me up later and invited me to come to Phoenix, Arizona, USA to meet BK Boreyko the founder and listen to the story and his vision. I was so excited that there was a owner thinking like us distributors that I decided to join Vemma with my great friend Magnus.

How large is your team and in which countries are you?

Around 8,000 Vemma Brand Partners spread in 5-6 markets; Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Poland, Romania, Italy. My residual income is around $20,000 a month.

How many people did you sponsor, are you still actively recruiting?

 

I have sponsored around 30 people my self into Vemma.  I am constantly sponsoring new people and telling people about the opportunity and the product. I prefer staring up new people and do cafe meetings than being on stage speaking to 1000s of people. I still do it because it´s a massive impact but for me personally the small personal meetings is just more fun.

 

I have had problem with my self esteem since I was kid, its has always been to big, so I do good without the applauses and the star feeling It can be fun once in a while. For me networking is about impacting peoples life and there is no better way than to spend some time with them in person.

 

Many people find it difficult to get "Duplication"in. What did you do to have this challenge solved?

 

To make it easy to duplicate I make sure nothing is more complicated than a 7 year old kid could succeed. We also constantly work on our team and the presentation templates, education and system to make it global and duplicatable. For me its not worth spending time on something that doesn't multiply.

You are born in Sweden, why did you move to Italy?

I love traveling and for me Italy is an amazing country with beautiful places, nice culture and fun people. But the reason why I moved to Italy is that I feel more like an italian in my blood than swedish. To be swedish I am considered as talking to much, laughing too loud and sometimes a little bit to hot temperament. In Italy I am considered more "normal" i have a small business going on in Italy as well and see a huge potential on a market with 60 million people that have passion, like to talk and are in a period of change.

Anders and Malin hitting the ranks	Having fun with partner Magnus Böklin	Traveling in Italy

 

Do you notice any cultural differences between recruiting in the USA and Europe?

 

I have not been working actively in US but I think there might be some differences. Like MLM is more known and that there are more companies to compete with. I still think it's the same principles that should be applied to have success.

What is the biggest advantage of MLM?

The fact that you can combine working, having fun with friends and make sure you will have a bright future.

 

Sometimes there is a discussion about the best compensation plan; Uni-level versus Binary. Vemma has a binary comp. plan what is your opinion?

 

For me depth and residual income is more important than a higher % of a smaller volume. I like the way its possible to create team spirit in the binary plan even if I am more of a recruiter than a trainer I prefer having a solid multi-level foundation in my team. I am happy to make sure a  lot of people in my team take advantage of volume we create together. 

 

Anders Karlsson presenting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=531E2tUVtA0

This website has received numerous complaints about My Shopping Genie (MSG). In September 2010 we already published and warned for the thin rope My Shopping Genie was on. You find the article here.

After Andrew Burling and Kalpesh Patel left the company with a Big Bang, the writing was on the wall. Master distributor John van Deurzen bailed out in November 2011.

According to many insiders My Shopping Genie is collecting payments from monthly autoships and is only paying a few preferred leaders. The field is left in the dust.  

A few message's we received:

"My monthly subs were always taken out of my account on time and my commissions never going in. I had virtual money as per my back office. The money owed to me was never paid out to me. I asked and begged for it on many occasions and there were always excuses and In the end I had to call it a day and severed all my ties with MSG."

"I might add that MSG had been "select" paying "leaders" since the Fall of 2011. We left in June 2011 after a long battle of fighting for back commissions, only promises of an investor and excuses. Chapter 13 is next IMHO"

"MSG is a complete waste of time. I lost thousands of pounds on fraudulent Easyjet Inflight Advertising magazine advertising that did not take place in the E-lottery, not taking any chances here".

"As you have not paid me since May it is obvious you wont be paying me what i am due, other distributors are getting paid who are heavily promoting msg still. I do not wish to be involved and neither does my wife with a company that cannot perform payments that are due to their hard working distributors".

"The company has not paid anyone since June… If you call and ask them what's going on with the pay they will tell you it's being sorted out and there were issues with the investors, etc, etc. etc… and that they expect to have all back pay paid up by next week… however they've been saying that since June… I would love to hear from anyone who has actually received a paycheck since then?".

This is what we call a "Scam"….

Alexa Rankings My Shopping Genie are "Down the Drain".

The company is still popular in Russia, Kazakhstan and the Ukraine.

Synkronice  was founded in England in 2009 and it operates in two areas: Network Marketing and investment. Synkronice is using networking combined with social media to give the opportunity to build up a global, recurring income.

Synkronice is building a member base, that will be used as an investment in ready-to-launch business concepts. There is no capital in the form of money invested, but the company offers the member base new concepts, in exchange for part of the current concepts.

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