So glad you found this review.

So here’s the thing, people ask me all the time what makes Andrew and I (my husband is SEO networker, Andrew Murray) decide on building a company.

Because we get asked all the time to join the newest startups and companies because of our experience and reach in the online community, we have to vet a company more than the average person because of our reputation and current influence.

But here is my big thing, I have been around for what is close to 12 years building the internet/home business lifestyle so I’ve seen a lot of things.   I know what works and what doesn’t and so I feel that I am completely equipped to make a sound decision and provide an unbiased opinion.

So why does Visalus make sense?

For a number of reasons.

When Andrew and I were first approached to look at Visalus, I was very skeptical.  After coming from the top tier industry where you make a lot of money on each and every sale, I was weary to jump into an MLM type compensation plan.  I just felt that most of the time there was not enough money to made on the front end to warrant spending 95% of your time building it.

In fact, my first experience and several after that was putting in a lot of work and then making a measley $386 a month after 18 months of working HARD!  Not fun, and so I really did not want a repeat of that after being accustomed to making $1000 per sale.

But when I started to look closer at Visalus and the Body By Vi Challenge, I realized that it had a very balanced comp plan.  There was a lot of money to be made on the front end, and the back end to invest the time in building it.  The idea that someone could do between $600-$1000 there very first week in the business was astonishing to me and yet, you could see it was being done over and over again.  That made me look closer.

In fact, you’ll see that people who start in Visalus can make that their first week and literally walk out of their first 30 days with a few thousand dollars if not a BMW.  And I know it may sound hypey but it’s not and I’ll explain why, just keep reading.

This plan also allows you to create that incredible residual and it’s because of what I am going to explain next…

What!???  159K+ joined the 90 day challenge last month!

Next, I was amazed that there were 40K people a month joining the Body By Vi 90 Day Challenge and most of these people were customers.

From a promoters standpoint, when the mainstream public are joining the company just to use the product and have no financial incentive, this makes for a sticky residual income for you.

Part of the problem with other companies is that the only people joining are those who want to build a business.  This makes it difficult to retain a healthy residual income that comes in monthly when you are only dealing with distributors.

This is so different in Visalus.  It really is incredible and has been one of the most surrising things about building this business.

The growth and momentum, the wave that we are riding gives us an opportunity like no other.

At the time of this writing, the number of people who joined the 90 Day Challenge was 159K+ in just the last 30 days, 13K of those promoters, the rest were purely customers.  That’s huge.  Right now the customer to distributor ratio is 10:1.

Plus, Visalus is SO SMART that they have incorporated a 3 for free referral program for both customers and promoters.

So here’s how it works:

For example you have a customer, just like a rewards program, if they get on the challenge, if they refer 3 people to the challenge they get their challenge kit for FREE.  This is an incredible way for people to spread the message virally.

I have many customers who share the challenge just so they get their challenge kit free every month.

On top of this, promoters autoship for free every month too.  All they need is 3 customers and who doesn’t want to get fit!  It is such an easy sell which brings me to my next point.

Visalus and the Body By Vi Challenge is NOT an education based sale.

With most companies, you have to convince people that the NEED your product.  The next miracle juice, the next supplement they can’t live without but Visalus is different – getting fit and healthy is universal.  The main media already promotes that message and the 90 day Body By Vi Challenge fits into that.  Everyone LOVES a challenge and who doesn’t want to get fit and healthy.  It is a message that EVERYONE CAN GET BEHIND!

Plus, the misconception is that the Body By Vi Challenge is just about losing weight.  It’s not!

The Challenge is for EVERYONE!  We have 5 different challenge kits for people to choose from.  So you can easily talk to anyone about the challenge.  If people want to lose weight, build muscle, want extra energy and nutrition, we have the kit for you.

In fact, we have done major trandeshows all over the country from health and wellness expos, to marathons and our customer demographic is extensive and has massive reach.  I have never been able to say that about any other product we’ve promoted and it just makes makingm oney that much easier.

Now the other thing people always ask me about is the management.

Now when I stsarted back about 12 years ago, I never understood why it was that important but after being a part of a company whose management drove it into the ground, I get it.  So our founders, Nick Sarnicola, Blake Mallen and Ryan Blair (bestselling author of “Nothing To Lose” and frequent guests on shows like Donny Deutch, Bloomberg TV, TED) they are innovative, and cutting edge.  In fact, did you hear that we broke the world’s record for biggest simultaneous flash mob.  You can watch it here…but seriously, talk about being innovative and using social media to get the Challenge more exposure!

Truly, you’ve probably seen how theBody By Vi challenge is all over Facebook, and the Takeover Tuesday campaign (where everyone talks about their progress on the challenge) is in full effect.  The Visalus Body By Vi 90 Day Challenge is a MOVEMENT!

Now, I’m sure you’ve all heard about the fabled BMW at the beginning of the comp plan and I can assure you that it’s there.

After being BMW qualified twice (Andrew and I both have one) it is incredible that Visalus puts it at the beginning.  Most people work years to even get to the car bonus and at that point any friend who would have been watching you, will be thinking, “well it’s about time!”  But with Visalus, in the last 30 days, I had 5 people join me at the beginning of the month and get themselves into a BMW by the end of 30 days.  Yes, it’s possible and very likely if you’re working.

Now you may be thinking, “How can this be so easy, there must be a catch…” and there is…

Not really a catch but a concept – the most beautiful concept I have ever heard of in this entire industry over the last 12 years, the waiting room.  Yup, I really am that in love!

The wating room allows people to move volume under other people.

This means that we can directly impact someones income by placing volume underneath them.

Now, I have always been able to help my team in terms of marketing, that is what we are known for, but to help them with real volume, is incredible.  So qualifying for that BMW is a team sport, it’s not just you.  And with us being the # 4 all time enroller in the company, we have the volume to move.  It is thrilling for us to be able to help our team this way and we are so thankful to be working such a dynamic comp plan.

This is the other reason why you hear of all these success stories come out of Visalus and how people are hitting the top ranks so quickly, even if they’ve never had any experience before.  The waiting room, love it!

So money on the front end, hitting the top of the comp plan in a few months, an amazing product that spreads virally, incredible momentum and growth — Visalus really is the company to beat.

I often tell people that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity and I really believe it.

The last time there was so much buzz around a company was back in the 80′s with Nuskin and we are poised to be the only company to do a billion dollars in North America alone.  Visalus is the perfect storm, with everything converging together at the same time.  Usually companies will have one thing going for it but not something else.  For example, a great product but a bad comp plan, or a great comp plan but a terrible product and no customers.  Do you see how rare it is to have Visalus and to be able to build it right now, while it’s in it’s growth curve…it’s a huge opportunity for people who see it.

So if you have any further questions, call me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7W_w661gYI

The no-hype, full story of how we went from broke to multiple-six figure earners in the network marketing industry.

Jillian Chase is a company by Mary K. Dyas. The company makes monogrammed crystal gifts. Dyas started the company because of her love for glassware and crystal. Dyas also says she started the company because people seemed enthused about her going to get togethers and parties and selling her crystals as gifts. Dyas named the company Jillian Chase because Chase was a name of a family member while Jillian sounded like a fun name.

The Products of Jillian Chase

The company has many different products. Jillian Chase has wine boutique products, which include flutes, wine decanters, stemless wines, marta and simplicity. Chase also has barware items which include big chill, martinis, inspiration, medley, shot glasses, decanter and square one. Beer mugs, beer stems, beer glasses and macro brews are all beer related items that the company also has for sale. The company also has coffee related items as well as serving pieces such as pitchers, water sets, desserts sets, snack bowls and chip N dip bowls. Home and office products include vases, bud vases, desk items, picture frames, cache boxes, ornaments and paperweights. All of the products that the company has to offer are all high quality, affordable and they really sell themselves because of how great the products are made.

The Jillian Chase Company

Jillian Chase is a rather affordable business opportunity to get into. A starter kit must be purchased first. The starter kit costs around a hundred and fifty dollars. The kit includes one serving tray, one snack bowl and ten simplicity wines. All of the items in the starter kit comes personalized with the consultant’s own monogram, which makes them ready to bring to a party. Chase’s product line is unique, which makes the products easier to sell than other home based businesses that require people to sell products. Chase’s products are not only good to sell at parties but they can also be sold at birthday parties, holidays and gift giving seasons such as Christmas, Easter and other gift giving holidays.

The Jillian Chase Compensation Plan

Consultants have five different ways of making money. Jillian Chase has a very generous compensation plan. Consultants make money on retail product sales, power seller bonus, mentor bonus, advancement bonuses and residual overrides. A consultant makes money when they sell products directly to customers. When a consultant sells directly to a customer who buys directly from the company, they will get 25% profit off of a sale that is produced through a retail sale.

A power seller bonus is when a consultant sells a larger-than-average amount of items to their own clients. The consultant will receive their retail profit but will also receive a 3% bonus of the total sale price on a monthly volume of three thousand dollars and up, as well as 5% on orders that are five thousand dollars or more. Power sellers can end up earning a very large income on a monthly basis, thanks to the bonuses that are given to them on a monthly basis, if they reach the bonus requirements previously listed.
Another great way to earn money is through the mentor bonus program. A consultant becomes a sponsor when they get a person to become a consultant with Jillian Chase. Once their recruit joins the team, the sponsor will be able to earn a mentor bonus. This is possible if the recruit is able to sell the products. When a recruit sells products, the sponsor will make 5% of the sales made by their recruit. This is only for the first 90 days though. The earning potential is huge because if a consultant is able to get five people to join the company and they end up selling hundreds of dollars worth of items, they will earn 5% on all the sales. It is easy to see how the mentor bonus is a great way to earn a great income with the company.
Consultants also have the chance to earn money from advancement bonuses. This is a very great way to earn some real money with the company. Jillian Chase offers three different types of advancement bonuses. The bonuses are designed to reward consultants who move up in rank.

A consultant who gets to rank 2 within the company will receive $100, and when they reach rank 3 they will end up getting $150, and then double for advancements that take place during the period that is consider the Fast Start Period. This means that there is a total of $500 in bonuses to be earned at rank 2 and 3. With a little bit of hard work it is quite easy to get to rank 2 and 3 in a short amount of time. A person can reach rank 3 within a few short weeks, maybe even sooner. It all depends on how hard they are willing to work.
Jillian Chase also offer a group manager advancement. When a consultant becomes a group manager, then they will get $500 upon becoming a group manager. A consultant becomes a group manager after rank 3. Becoming a group manager is not the easiest rank to achieve but it is very possible to reach the rank for people who are ready to work hard and set goals to achieve on a daily or weekly basis.

Residual overrides are a way for consultants to build a wealth of money that is for the long-term. There are three types of overrides to strive for, which means consultants have more chances of earning some real long-term income with the company.
Level overrides are already determined by ranks. This type of override pays a certain percentage on sales that down lines make. A consultant can earn up to 5% on sales made through two levels of down lines. This is why it is important for a consultant to try and build a big down line.

Group managers can qualify for a group volume override. If they qualify, they can get 2% override on their own sales as well as on their very own group.

Group managers can also qualify for generation overrides. If they are able to qualify, then they will be able to receive up to 4% overrides on generations below them. This allows people who are top ranked to receive money on volume that goes very deep into the company.

It is easy to get parties and other types of events. This business opportunity is one of the best business opportunities to get involved with. Jillian Chase is a good business to get into. It is unique and the compensation plan is more than generous.

Thirtyone Gifts is a handbag company started by Cindy Monroe in 2003. It is a home-party business, dominated by smart, sharp, entrepreneurial women, and founded on the principle that say-at-home Mom’s should be able to raise their kids – and have time at home with them.

How Thirty One Got Started

Cindy Monroe started Thirty-One gifts because she wanted a business that doesn’t take away the time for her family. She left her corporate job – which was sucking the life and time away from her family, and started MyThirtyOne in a basement sewing purses with a single sewing machine.

Thirty One Gifts is a faith-based company whose name comes from the bible – Proverbs 31.

The My Thirty One Product Line

Thirty One uses the network marketing distribution model to promote and sell their products. Its product lines include a number of economical and stylish women’s purses, backpacks, totes and other items for both practical and specialized purposes.

Their core product line is handbags.

(And what women doesn’t love a great handbag?)

Thirty One has products targeted at different age group. They have the MyThirtyOne “Directions” line that is intended for teenage girls. Products for that line include casual purses, armbands for iPods, messenger bags, and other things that teenagers need to “keep cool, Mom!”

But their core line are products for sophisticated women which are typical bags that have good style and form.
ThirtyOne prides itself on creating handbags that are affordable, easy to get, highly stylish and good quality.

The Thirty One Compensation Plan

In order to earn income with My Thirty One, you need to become a Thirty One consultant. The ThirtyOne Consultant startup kit costs $99.

For every product sold, a consultant earns a commission of 25%.

Thirty One Consultants are provided with supplies, tools and trainings. These all promote having home parties as the primary marketing method – which might seem odd for women coming from a high-powered corporate background.

Consultants also get pretty nice discounts on all the products as well as bonuses and travel benefits. These incentives increase as you create more sales volume for the company.

Aside from being a consultant, you may also become a hostess. As explained in one Thirty One review, hostesses are women who open their homes to host parties – and invite their friends for a handbag party, where the products are promoted and purchased. Hostesses earn 15% of the amount of products sold in addition to the 10% hostess discount and free shipping if they sell between $500 and $749.

Percentages increase if they sell more than $750 in some situations.

Problems With My Thirty One

Handbags while appealing, are unable to produce recurring income. Yes, you may buy more than one handbag, but it’s not something that people need to keep buying over and over. And the 25% commission is not enough to produce a solid income for the new person getting started.

I have spoken to Thirty One consultants who have built up teams, and they are not making enough to support themselves financially. Thirty One has quotas, and they can strip your downline from you if you miss certain monthly quotas. And handbags are not something people need to buy – so consultants often hit quota issues. This is not the ideal Thirty One career I think you want.

Also, since these handbags are higher priced that what is available in the stores, it’s not a great product for a down economy.

The Dark(er) Side of My Thirty One

The real problem I have with my Thirty One is that they do not allow you to mention “Thirty-One” on any blog, website or marketing funnel. If you are doing business in 2012 without using the leverage you can get on the internet… you just won’t keep up with the competition.

But what’s worse, is that even though Thirty One will kick somebody out of the company for such marketing violations, friends of the founder, like Team Hildenburg are allowed to stay on the internet in full violation of these rules – note the hypocrisy.

My advice is if you are a strong, independent woman, and want to create a better, more stable residual income stream online, I would look at this webinar instead.

No, I did not spend the last 2 days lolling around, I actually spent it hitting the tradeshow floor but it was worth every single minute!

This Saturday and Sunday past, me and a few of my other team members spend the day hocking our product – figuring out the psychology to selling in a fast paced environment where you only had a few seconds to really grab people’s attention, figure out what they want and then sell them the value of what you have – so exhilerating!

To top it all off, I had an amazing team that was dedicated to the process, that had incredible amounts of drive and just rocked it!  We walked out of there with orders, and hundreds of leads that we are in the process of closing at the moment.

Seriously, if you are building any sort of mlm business, you may want to look into tradeshows but be forewarned, most people lose their shirts.  They end up spending too much money and don’t end up with anything to show for it.

In the next few days, I am going to share with you how our Visalus team got thousands of dollars worth of orders, kept our adrenaline up and were one of the busiest and most profitable booths in the show.  It is a matter of presenting people with a very clear picture of what your product does and then giving them a reason to buy.

If you are interested in knowing how we sold our wears – send me a quick comment!

Visalus Tradeshow Update:

Andrew cut a really nice video with some still photos and video clips from our tradeshow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiBkqJYC6zM

Leave your comments below!

This morning has been filled with a picnic breakfast for Jack in his room, a husband sick with the flu and several messages from my team members, my bookeeper and a call from someone looking to rent our rental property!  I haven’t even begun to start on the numerous other tasks like getting on the phone, talking to new prospects and getting ready for my marketing webinar tonight!

I AM FEELING OVERWHELMED and NEED COFFEE!

But this is why I am writing.

I know that the best thing for me now is to take 15 minutes and just sit in silence. Go into another room and still my mind, breathe deeply and know that I have everything that I need to get through my day.

Even though I don’t know how this day is going to unfold, if it just plain gets away from me and I feel like this all day, I’ll know that this feeling is temporary…I’ll be grateful for what I  have going RIGHT IN MY LIFE and keep going the next day because I know what I am doing is worth it.

People hear me on webinars and training platforms all the time talk about mindset.  In fact, we were interviewed for the home business magazine and we spent the entire time talking about marketing and mindset because it is critical for creating success.

The mindset thing is CRITICAL when you build a business from home because you are finally the captain of your own destiny.  You need to make sure you have the will power to see it through…which brings me to what I saw yesterday on Facebook.

Someone put the follwing their status and it resonated with me:

An EMPLOYEE trades his time for money. Regardless of the shift, he effectively trades his time for money. He then SPENDS the money and repeats the cycle so he will have to work forever to keep that cycle going. An ENTREPRENEUR invests his time in a way that will REWARD him many years from now. An Entrepreneur knows that TIME is the most valuable commodity, and to spend it wisely on strategies that will keep the cash flowing in whether he’s present there or not.

So here’s my point.  If you are just starting out, if you have been in this industry awhile and have not seen success – it is worth it to keep persisting.  Time is our most valuable commodity and I choose to have good days and bad days in pursuit of creating more time.

Not every day is going to be perfect, heck my day isnt’ starting that way today, but I know that I need to keep myself and my mindset in check.

So if you ever feel yourself in this situation realize, this feeling too shall pass.  This industry is worth it, your business is worth it and you are worth it.  Don’t EVER quit!

On Tuesday and Thursdays, mine and Andrew’s office ends up being a cafe across the street from our son Jack , who goes to Montessori 2 mornings, twice a week.  I actually look forward to this hour drive because I get to work out of a different environment than the one I’m used to plus t’s amazing what a time deadline will do to your productivity!

Anyways, needless to say we skipped that this morning and so all of us are hanging out, typing on our laptops and hanging out in our planning room.

Today we are right in the middle of the beginning of the year rush!  I LOVE IT!

Having been in the home business industry for 10 years I love this time of year…people are wanting to start anew, people are flooding into the home business industry looking for a chance to create a different life.

I love being able to help people get there which brings me to my “RANT” of the day.

Over the last few days I have done several signups into my primary business and you can be sure as heck, that I will be there to support my team!

Just yesterday, I had several calls from people who were trying to figure out what to do because they had no sponsor to speak of or their sponsors were actually stealing leads from them!   How crazy is that.  So what is the answer, when you are choosing a business, make sure you are choosing your sponsor too!

In the next few days, I am going to be posting a video that will go indepth on “how to choose a mentor” but in the meantime, take a look at the video below.

People’s success and failure is largely dependent on the support people get and how knowledgeable their sponsor is.

If you have that, a good company and the DEDICATION and COMMITMENT to succeed, nothing can stop you!

Enjoy the video and let me know, do you agree with me?

When I decided to write the Mama Networker blog which honestly was only about a week ago, I just really wanted to have a place to talk about my own experiences of being a  mother to my 3 year old son, a full time networker and internet marketer, and what it’s like to strike a balance.

So today, I find myself writing my first post on the 1st of a brand new year, while my son throws dixie cups that I use for my challenge parties all over the floor (don’t worry, I don’t re-use them, haha!)

Taking a moment to be reflective, I have been truly blessed that since 2001 I have never held a traditional job.  In fact, I have always worked for myself, and have been successful beyond what I ever imagined.

Working from home is all my husband and I know.  We can’t even imagine another life.

So today, I took a picture of both Andrew – my husband, and Jack – my son, curled up on the couch, taking a nap.

This picture epitomizes the reason why I work from home as it gives me the Andrew the ability to be with Jack whenever we choose.

It is having THIS choice that fuels me to work hard, to continue to build passive income and to continue to give back to other networkers, so that they too, can have the options to choose what they want to do with their days.

So to sum up what I’m feeling today is simply this — 2012 will be what you make of it.  Fortune favors the bold.  Decide this year that you will do what ever it takes to make your dreams happen.  The life I live is my dream, what is yours?