Melanie Milletics

Melanie Milletics is in Success From Home Magazine’s September Issue as a Member of the Bimmer Club and for Her Top Production in Launching the Body By Vi Challenge from ViSalus Sciences.

The September issue of Success From Home Magazine spotlights ViSalus Sciences and the Body by Vi Challenge ~ the fastest growing health challenge in the USA and Canada.  It exposes readers to its rich history, exciting future and those responsible for its success.

Melanie Milletics can be found on page 69 of the September issue of Success From Home Magazine, as a member of the Bimmer Club.

When interviewed for being a top promoter of the Body by Vi Challenge, Melanie Milletics was asked to speak on what being a member of the Bimmer Club meant to her, as a successful Work at Home Mom & entrepreneur.

“Told U So” ! That really says it all for this work at home mom. I’ve been working in the home based business industry since 2000 – but it wasn’t until I came “home” to ViSalus that I finally got the ultimate answer to all of those people along the way who doubted that I’d be successful! The Bimmer club, and its clear message of success is an incredible way to put promoters of the Body By Vi Challenge on a fast track to leadership with confidence that what they are doing is truly phenomenal. And it silences the naysayers… even opening their eyes to the potential of the business plan!

Melanie Milletics qualified for the Bimmer Club in October 2009 and immediately went to work to get a second BMW qualifier in her household. In February 2010 she qualified her husband for the BMW Club as well! ViSalus is all about having twin BMWs in the family driveway!  Many husband and wife teams are BMW qualified – effectively wiping out car payments and instead getting $600 a month from ViSalus to pay for their black BMW of choice!

The BMW qualification is actually very ‘low’ in the compensation plan, at just the second level of qualification, Regional Director.  This allows those who are just getting started promoting the Body By Vi Challenge to drive a symbol of their success very early on.  Promoters of the Challenge say that having the black BMW typically increases their business by 45% right away!

Melanie Milletics is now on a mission to help as many others who are ready to take on their goals to reach a level of success only dreamed of!

Qualifying for the Bimmer Club is really just the beginning of my incredible journey with ViSalus. From the moment I made the decision that this company was the one that I would secure my family’s future with, I knew I’d take this business to 7 figures and beyond! Thanks to incredible support and training from the Success Academy, I’ve learned more over the last few months about how to be successful in this industry than I had in all the years prior.

When asked about her future with ViSalus, Melanie replied:

I will be a 5 Star Ambassador one day ~ its written in the stars! And how will I achieve that goal? Helping others get into the Bimmer Club, of course! I’m looking forward to handing hundreds of people their “Told U So” Plates!

To learn more about the Success from Home Magazine featuring ViSalus Sciences and the Body By Vi Challenge, visit http://successfromhome.melaniemilletics.com

Success from Home September 2010 Issue Features the ViSalus Body By Vi Challenge

ViSalus Sciences sent the winners of the Body By Vi Challenge and the top promoters of the Challenge on a free cruise to Baja Mexico.
It was truly an incredible time spent with some of the most positive people on the planet!

I flew out to LAX, where I was met by my good friend Susan Moss – whom I happen to have met on Twitter last year! We drove down to the Port at Long Beach and went to the Queen Mary for lunch before I boarded. Susan is one of the most fun & honest people I know, and I’m thrilled to have good people like her in Hollywood!

I hopped on the ship… the second to the last to board and found my cabin so I could prepare for the ViSalus Cocktail reception.
It was wonderful to meet the winners of the first round of the Body By Vi Challenge – the people I’d be spending the next 4 days with!

Body By Vi Challenge Winners & Top Promoters

From a fun day at sea, dinner with conversation so fun my cheeks hurt, to dancing all night – the Vi-Cruise was absolutely incredible!

Dancing with the ViSalians!

On Catalina we spent the day with our toes in the sand. We walked the short distance from the dock into town to get some provisions… then made our way to a stretch of sand that we had virtually to ourselves! Our friends went snorkeling… but the waters were a bit cold for this Floridian. Instead I hiked among the rocks and got a good look at the crazy kelp growing thick in the waters. I really think I saw an otter… but I was called crazy woman, so I cant say for sure

Catalina Island

Ensenada was wonderful as well! We traveled from the dock to La Bufadora – one of only 4 blowholes on the planet.
The colors were incredible – the algae, the blue waters, kelp- and the contrast of desert flowers. It was totally awesome!

I was with a bunch of crazy adults on vacation… and thus it was inevitable that we would find the biggest & best bar in Ensenada – Pappas & Beer.

Every city across the world should have a spot this cool. The DJ totally rocked – and spending the afternoon dancing in the sun was probably the highlight of the entire trip for me… maybe

Spending the week with the Body By Vi Challenge winners and top promoters was a trip I feel very blessed to have experienced ~ and one I’d love to repeat each and every year! Join me next time

!!!MORE PICTURES CLICK HERE!!!!

2009 is officially gone, and I could very easily simply leave it behind me. There were some major personal upheavals that happened, and in the sake of sanity… sometimes you just have to look forward, right? I mean, isn’t that what every personal development book under the sun tells you? Forgive, forget, and move on, lest your own baggage will keep you way, way down?

Sometimes, but not in the case of the story of 2009, and isn’t Melanie Milletics just incredibly LUCKY???

Ha, no way – the harder I work, the luckier I get.

First, a brief explanation of who I am, what I do, and how all the pieces of this 2009 story fit together. I’m a wife, mother, and primary bread winner in the household. Mom’s little home based business became awfully profitable after she learned a the power of List Building. I’m a Network Marketer who generates her own leads online through what people now call Web 2.0, and more recently ‘attraction marketing‘. In plain speak, I have a large subscriber base that is primarily made up of people who are either home business buyers, seekers, or simply curious. I work to entertain said subscribers by posting informative lessons on this here blog… and a good number of those people decide they like me enough to work with me in my Network Marketing company. Those that don’t may decide to buy one of the information products or services I review for them. I’m extremely careful about what I recommend to my subscribers… after all, I want them to like me and stay subscribed I only share those things I have personally used and found to be beneficial, or educational and of value. I’ve been building this list of subscribers since 2006 … and that list is literally GOLD. Its because of that list that much of what you see below was made possible.

So, without further ado, 2009 in video review.

The first video was actually taken in November of ‘08, but its very applicable to this story. See, its all about my getting the best home based business tax course in existence for FREE. Yep, my ‘lucky star’ was shining while I was cruising, and Sandy Botkins handed me Tax Strategies for Business Professionals, a course worth about a grand. I won it – and it really made a difference in how I tracked my business income and expenses in 2009. After all, I want to KEEP as much of the money I earn as possible.

I actually am pretty ‘lucky’. I just expect that great things will happen to me, and that life will be sweet. Most of the time I get what I expect. Imagine that…

In early 2009 I decided to expand ‘Me Inc’ and my online real estate. Since I had been building my own list since 2006, it made perfect sense to start MLM List Building Secrets. I also started to provide training webinars for my subscribers to teach them the methods I had used to become the top enroller in my company using 100% online marketing methods.

In the spring of 2009 the Renegade Network Marketer, Ann Sieg, announced the merging of the Renegade System with with Mike Klinglers Marketing Merge. She asked me to be a coach for the system and to provide exclusive training on my expertise, MLM list building. They ran a affiliate promotion to enroll Renegade Professional students, and I was the #1 affiliate for leads generated, and in the top 3 for sales.

The video is actually a thank you to my friend Mike Dillard ~ for it was his Magnetic Sponsoring course that I purchased back in 2005 that really changed my money pit of a home business into a cash cow. It’s also what helped me to become the #1 woman affiliate in the MLM niche

As the Renegade Professional and the launch of Mike Dillard’s Better Networker increased the number of Network Marketers who were attempting to build their business online, it became clear to me that there was alot of confusion about ‘best practices’. Since I had been studying top internet marketers since 2001, I had a very clear idea of how to best set up a home based business online. I felt an overwhelming need to tell everything I knew, and knew I could help those who were struggling to establish themselves online to get it done right the first time. I created a free membership site at www.SponsoringSuccess.net and provided clear instructions on how to build a Network Marketing business online.

In probably the most technically complex tasks of my life, I launched SponsoringSuccess.net membership site, a web based resource to help the home based business owner succeed wildly online.

In the summer of 2009 Mike Dillard announced the release of the Traffic Formula 2 course, and an incredible affiliate contest.  While traveling to Los Angeles to investigate my potential new Network Marketing home, I participated in the affiliate launch and was the only woman on the top 10 leaderboard.  Ultimately, I ended up in lucky 13th place… but hey, I was traveling!

Mike Dillard used my video on the sales page – and subsequently asked me to be an Instructor at Better Networker.

In June I officially made my move to work with ViSalus Sciences, a Network Marketing company who’s marketing system, the Vi-Net, is actually a social networking site that directly integrates with sites like Facebook and Twitter to make Social Media Marketing easy.  In July, ViSalus launched the Nationwide Body By Vi Challenge, and I launched my own 90 Day Challenge Vlog at www.my-body-by-vi.com .

I set out to transform my body – and spent the next 90 days focused on my own health.  You can see the videos I created in the archives at www.my-body-by-vi.com .

I put all of my effort and focus into building up ViSalus, and by the time the ViSalus Fusion Academy came to Tampa, I had a couple of excellent accomplishments recognized!

I had achieved the rank of Regional Director, and the BMW Bonus!

I also earned a Free Cruise for being a Top Producer in the Body By Vi Challenge.

The end of 2010 was all about helping those people I had gotten started in the fall to get up to speed and making money… after all, thats how this business model works!

2009 was pretty spectacular, considering all that I set my mind to accomplish.  The bar is now raised, and the first set goals for 2010 are already on paper.  I’ll continue to grow my list and provide valuable training to those who seek to have a profitable internet based business. I’ll continue to climb the ranks in ViSalus by training others with the methods of the Fusion Academy.   I know the goals I have written will come to pass, for I am unstoppable.

Faith is a spiritual gifting that is present in the Entrepreneur. It is obedience to a calling, risk taking in response to a vision – a believing wholeheartedly in the unseen. You have been called to greatness ~ it is time to step out in faith. http://budurl.com/liveyourdreams

What are your goals for 2010? Have you taken the time to examine what you have achieved and how you can build on your successes?  Please tell me your goals for 2010, in the comments below!
Originally posted by Melanie Milletics at:  Attraction Marketing Works!

My mentor tells me that sometimes the truth is better than a lie, even if it hurts you to tell it! She has been networking for 15 years and has built 3 businesses to multiple 6 figures, so I think she knows a bit about the world we live in. The truth is better than a lie- and although I have not blatantly lied – by omission of my actual story of persistence in this industry, I have denied many the INSPIRATION that my story could provide. This is the story of my MLM journey, and I do hope that you’ll stick with me to the end…

It all began about 8 years ago with the ‘magic juice’ my chiropractor gave me. Now, the name of such juice is irrelevant. You know the stuff. It costs a bundle and cures all ills. In fact, it will even bring you eternal happiness if you share the wonders of the juice with enough people – the company will cut you a nice big check. I looked at the brochures of how you get paid to share and went to work – as we certainly needed the $$$! I was home raising my daughter while my husband worked a stressful job that was literally draining the life out of him! That magic juice company went out of business – but that was of no consequence because I’d already started surfin the web to find my million dollar business. I had another magic juice, some fun green fairy dust and even some air purifiers and water purifiers to boot. I was trying to sell everything, in any way I could. And I did – some of it. I learned early on that I was a success- the voice of God spoke loudly that I could do ANYTHING and I listened…and maxed out my cards (I’m sure that was not what God meant!). I began to seek out the people who had their smiling faces on the net claiming their gazillions in network marketing. I would ask them really dumb questions and as such, they had no answers. They would all tell me to join their deal- but that wasn’t the answer I was looking for.

You see, I could use a script, website, sizzle call and lead list and I could sponsor. Oh yes- I had no fear. But I KNEW, just KNEW that the big dogs weren’t paying for leads. They were generating their own. But they wouldnt tell me how…

I knew there was nothing different between me and them, except that they were doing something I did not yet know how to do- and I was determined to figure out how it was done. The net was a different place then – this information wasn’t free!

I went to work with a very well known company and made every promotion that put in front of me. I got every pin, watch, blanket, track suit – whatever they put out. I got all that STUFF, but really very little money. The residual income dream seamed to belong to others- I couldn’t crack the code. I didn’t know it was because I was working with a totally crappy comp plan… that knowledge would come later.

In June 2005 my husband was laid off from the job that was killing him. I did a happy dance and told him – YEAH! Now I can focus on my MLM and we can get RICH! Meanwhile, he was crying to my Mother that I was crazy to think we can live on Love (we can, cant we?). That very same month Mike Dillard’s Magnetic Sponsoring landed in my lap. Lightning struck, the stars aligned and my destiny unfolded. (Yes, it was that big a deal!)

I had learned a bit along the way about what the big dogs were doing. I was generating my own leads and doing pretty well navigating the net and thought myself quite accomplished. When I got Mag Spon, it wasn’t that the info was all totally new- but rather that it brought everything together for me. I used the Magnetic Sponsoring affiliate program to keep us afloat – while I went to work as a TEACHER!

I was working as a sub in the Philadelphia school district and coming home in the evenings to generate an extra hundred or two a day with Mike’s program. I stopped working the MLM with the crappy comp plan and just focused on the “now money” and on honing my lead generation skills. I connected with thousands of networkers and began to build my database (LIST). I called many networkers while I sat in the passenger’s seat of our Suburu wagon – making the bold move to Florida where I would work to get my teachers certification. That fall I taught myself html so that I could build my own capture pages. It was only another few steps to build www.SponsoringSuccess.com , link it to an autoresponder and mail out to the leads I’d generated from Magnetic, as well as the new subscribers I would begin to attract.

Folks, I branded myself, built my website, managed the newsletter and then made HUGE MONEY in direct sales – while working 40 hours per week as a high school science teacher! I also have 2 small children. I am indeed superwoman – because my WHY is huge.

Wait – did I say huge money in direct sales?- I did. I began to apply my skills to market direct sales and was making truly crazy money- it blew my head up so big I didn’t even THINK about the teachers certification. I was certain that after the second year I would never return. Why on earth would I??? I was making big bucks and the future was so bright, I didn’t see what was coming.

A little over a year ago the big one hit us. I will not go into it here, but know that our family was hit so hard that Momma was no longer able to work direct sales. When you don’t sell, you don’t earn- and my income dropped to well below the level of sustainability. For almost 6 months I was not operating at full capacity and really just kind of tread water with my business. The old FEAR had come back – fear that I was really incapable of living the dream. I did what I felt was SAFE, and I went back to work – and to get that teaching certification.

I know that we are truly blessed. I am so very thankful to an industry that has taught me that you must change your mind in order to change your bank account. Everything has fallen into place for us, in such fantastic ways. Please allow me to explain.

In January of 2007 a networker named Tim called me out of the blue. He said he was on my newsletter list and knew I was marketing “big ticket”, “top tier” companies. He asked me what I was doing with the people who couldn’t afford them the high ticket opportunities, and I had no answer. Now, I normally don’t listen to pitches about anything- but something told me to Google this guy. I also asked him why the heck I should even listen to him… and he told me what he’d done in the past. Impressed enough by what he said, and certain that I could get double mileage out of my leads with this little MLM deal… I joined joined and got to work. I funneled my leads who couldn’t afford my other programs right in, and had a decent little team – but I still had no faith in that MLM model that I was sure would pay me peanuts…

Remember the calls I was making to the Magnetic Sponsoring leads in the car on the way to Florida? One of them led to a truly life changing event. On that ride I spoke with a woman named Holly Powell, and in July of 07 she joined me in my MLM company (that is a lesson on the power of the LIST too, people join you YEARS later). Within a month she was a “Regional Executive” and I suddenly got a residual check for over $500. Now, remember, I was just barely working- barely thinking, barely treading water- and I get this check for over $500 from the little MLM deal.

WAKE UP CALL!

Wait, there is real residual income here? Is it possible that if I went to work here I might actually live the residual income dream I’d been sold all those years ago? Possible? Absolutely!

In August I went back to teaching high school science… and worked my MLM part time. In October the company integrated a marketing platform, and things really took off. I mailed my database (my LIST) and was enrolling at least 25 people each and every month. I hit “National Executive” and watched my residual checks grow and considered leaving teaching In January. However, I had not yet finished my certification and felt the need to finish what I started. I worked up till June 2008 as a High School Science teacher and built my residual income up with my MLM. I got my certification, graduated the Seniors – and resigned.

I’m free.
I’m home with my family…

Oh, did I ever mention that my husband hadn’t worked since being laid off in 2005? Supermom worked all day and networked all night and Dad stayed home with the kids!

What are You capable of?

• Will your success path be shorter than mine – I hope so!
• If I can tell you what I do, rather than what I have done, do you think you could work to change your destiny?If I can show exactly what trainers I go to to get my skill level up, will you do the same?
• Will YOU work diligently, and consistently to become a Leader in YOUR company and resign from your job, or at least create a nice cushion for your family in these hard times?

If so, I can work with you.

Remember the database that I began to build in 2005? My LIST. It was that list that enabled me to build a network marketing company virtually at the push of a button, and in my SPARE time.

I was not tied to the phone.
I was not prospecting like mad.

But I Was…
I was talking to people to answer their final questions.

Do YOU think that 25+ enrollments a month would make a difference in your income?

In order to get the things you’ve never had, you must do the things you have never done – are you Ready?

If  so – then you are ready for MLM List Building Exposed!

Blessings to you and yours!
Melanie Milletics

Originally posted by Melanie Milletics at:  MLM List Building

In the following  audio Jim Rohn explains how the Law of Sowing and Reaping is so very clearly played out in growing a Network Marketing Business.  It is the thorough understanding of how it works that enables us to discipline our disappointment and keep sowing, and ultimately succeed in Network Marketing.

In Mark 4:3-8, Jesus says:
There went out a sower to sow:
And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

You, as a Network Marketer are the ambitious sower with excellent seed.  You have drive, determination and are ready to spread the word.   Your seed is good.  You have an excellent company, with an excellent product and you have been given just the right words to say.

But the facts are the facts, and we are told clearly how this world works in the parable above.  There are some things that are indeed, inevitable.

#1 The birds are going to get some of the seed.
You can give the invitations, and even get confirmation that some guests will attend… but then they will not show.

Oh well! Some will, some wont, so what!

Don’t chase those birds,for if you do,  you will leave the field.  You aren’t sowing if you are chasing.  Chasing will distract from your future, not add.

Its better to just accept it as it is… for you were told:  The birds will get some of your seed.

Now, if you keep on sowing, you will eventually plant enough that the birds cannot eat it all, and you will get sign ups into your business. Unfortunately…

#2 The seed falls on rocky ground where the soil was shallow. On the first hot day it withers and dies.

Those wonderful signups who seem so gung-ho? Some are going to drop just as soon as the excitement wears off.  The hot weather is gonna get some – this is not of your making.

Some don’t stay.  Attrition is real. Sure, there are things you can do to make sure your people have everything they need to stick if they are going to… but some wont no matter what you do!

You cant solve this. You can only cooperate with things the way they are…

And keep on sowing! You need to discipline your own disappointment and keep on prospecting and showing the plan.

You will sign up more people, and make more money,  as long as you continue to sow.  You will enroll more people and you will find that…

#3The seed falls on thorny ground.  The plant starts to grow again, but the thorns choke it and it dies.

Some of your new people will let cares and distractions choke their business. The unfortunate fact is that people will let little things cheat them out of big opportunities.
They wont listen to the conference calls, won’t make it to the local training events.  They’ll let ‘real life’ as they see it get in the way of their dreams.  They wont make the dream money either… and then they will choke, and fall away.

Its just the way it is…

The good news?

The sower keeps on sowing, and

#4 some of the seed will fall on fertile ground and will spring up and grow.

As long as you keep on sharing the story, keep on giving the invitation – finally the seed falls on good ground.

The fact is, it always will, if you keep sowing.

This is the way the world was made.

Dont try to figure out WHY, just work with it!

Now the last piece of this is that the people you enroll will work their business with differing intensities.  You cannot change them, and should not push them.

The parable says that some will work at 30%, some at 60% and some at 100%.  You can never expect a 30%er to do the work of a 100%er.  Instead, you must acknowledge and water the sprouts of the 30%ers… and keep on sowing!

A beautiful effect of your continuing to sow?  Your skill level will inevitably increase.  You have be be bad before you are good and good before you are great.  So initially, you may find that you aren’t very good at inviting… but you totally make up in numbers what you lack in skill! And the act of running the numbers will result in your getting better at prospecting and closing.

In short – get to work sowing, and don’t quit! Just understand the way the world works, and roll with it!

You can access more personal development audio from Jim Rohn in your Success Library Online, part of your ViSalus Vi-Net.

Personal development is a master key that will help you in all areas of your life. It will help you to find a power within to do amazing things in life. To know that your childhood dreams were meant to be your reality.
If you have been living a less than vibrant life, get started as a ViSalus rep today and dive into the personal development training that is included in the Fusion Academy.
You have a full audio and book library worth thousands from Success Magazine available to you!

Originally posted by Melanie Milletics at: Network Marketing Success

If you started your business in Network Marketing and have been using the traditional strategies of building your business, then you may not have a clue as to why I am telling you that you should build a ‘list’ if you want to make huge money in MLM. In fact, it may be totally foreign terminology, so I’ll try to break it down easy.

First of all, this is certainly not the ‘only’ way to make a whole lot of money in MLM. This is just the way I choose to build my business. There are many extremely successful millionaires in MLM who never once built a list! Heck, there were millionaires in MLM before there even was an internet… so don’t get the idea that I’m saying my way is the only way.

I can only tell you what I have done that works. I have chosen to build my business using the internet and the phone. I was advised 4 years ago to learn to generate my own leads and learned quickly that my self generated leads had a much higher conversion rate than any I purchased. 3 years ago I began to generate my list, so that all of the leads I generated were in one autoresponder and could be mailed about anything at all I liked. That means that leads I generated for a business 3 years ago that went out of business… are still my leads. They did not get left behind in some ‘system’. I paid with those with money or sweat, and I’ll not give them up! You should be as attached to your leads as well – they are extremely valuable to you.

I continue to generate prospects online using various capture pages that I design- and have had tremendous results, including enrolling well over 200 people into my business over the course of a year.

Why?

Because:

The Best Source of Traffic for your Website is Your List.

Is your company running a promotion? The best people to inform – Your List! Is there a special presentation happening this weekend? Inviting a few thousand people at the push of the send button will ensure that someone will be there!

These people opted in to hear from you and have chosen to stay on your list. They may stay there for YEARS before making a move, and that’s OK! If you have tens of thousands of people that are getting your messages, then there is always someone who’s time is right to act. The more people on your list, the more people will make the move to get started with you each week, and the larger your check!

Most people who fill out your lead capture page will not take action right away. If your page captured their phone number, give them a call to make sure they know they are joining a company with a true support system. They may still need to take a look at your offer many times before they even call you back. When they do – they are the most qualified of prospects. Ready to join your MLM!

That, my friend is why I build a list of people who are looking for or are already in a business opportunity. I’m looking for the entrepreneur minded people who are willing to do what it takes to make a change in their lives. This is the best audience – and why YOU should build your list.

Get your copy of MLM List Building Exposed today!

Check out the success stories and testimonials piling up in the comments section.

Originally posted by Melanie Milletics at: MLM List Building

Its truly good to give out of your abundance. It can give you great joy and increase your giving spirit.  And just in case you aren’t aware of how things work right here on planet earth – when you give out of your abundance, the law of 10 fold returns applies.  That is, when you give – you claim a 10 fold return, knowing that it will come back to you – and abundance will flow back into your life. Try it

Today is my birthday, and I have just one desire. I desire that more children in need across the USA would have full bellies, and healthy minds.  I desire that they would recieve the donations of the ViSalus Community Challenge through their local foodbanks.  That their parents would have a healthy, nutrition loaded shake to give them each day that has everything their beautifully designed minds need to develope properly.  That those same children would grow into the greatness they are meant to be – and ultimately – give out of their abundance!

When you donate $24 out of your abundance through the ViSalus Community Challenge, you provide 30 meals for children in need in the USA.  ViSalus will then match your donation and give another 30 meals – so in fact, your $24 donation will give 60 meals to children in need!

All across our country, food banks are in desperate need for donations to feed the growing numbers of hungry people.  As the unemployment rate exceeds 10% nationwide, more and more children go without a decent meal – and many are starving for protein.  Protein is needed for growth, intellectual development and a healthy immune system.  The children who are going hungry are not only suffering now, they are bound to experience the long term results of a protein deficiency – stunted growth, decrease in mental function and a lifetime of health problems.

Why would I bring this to your attention, and on my birthday?

Because each and every morning I give thanks for the ability to feed my children a healthy, substantial meal before they head off to school.  I pray for those who go without ~ and I am moved to help them.

The ViSalus Community Challenge has a goal to feed 100,000 meals by the end of 2009.  On this day, I would hope that my wide internet reach will help to reach this goal.  If you would find it in your heart to give, out of your abundance, you would be part of a movement to eradicate hunger right here, in our own cities and towns across the USA.

By sharing this post through a retweet on Twitter or a Facebook share, you will be participating in a model of charitable giving that that has never been available to us before social media.

Retweet on Twitter :
Click on the green ‘tweetmeme’ button on  the top right of this post, or copy and paste this into your status:

My Birthday Gift? Share thru RT, and Feed Hungry Kids! http://bit.ly/4CZIMy

Share on Facebook :
You can find my post on my profile wall and share that, or post this to your wall:

The Social Media Birthday Giving Challenge : Please Share, to Feed Hungry Kids in the USA!

http://budurl.com/birthdaywish

The more of us who post, retweet, and share this message of giving out of our abundance- the more meals will be provided to children in need.

So please, don’t give me a facebook virtual gift – instead, give me a gift by donating to the cause, posting that link to your wall, using Ping.fm to share and tweeting my birthday wish

When you do, you will be participating in a movement to truly impact children!

LOS ANGELES, CA – November 18th, 2009 – ViSalus Sciences has made another step towards bringing
its mission of Prosperity to families in need. From Fusion Academy, a ViSalus national convention in Tampa, Florida, CEO Ryan Blair announced a new initiative that will leverage the company’s Vi-Shape® Nutritional Shake Mix to provide, healthy nutrition to children from coast to coast.
The Body by Vi™ Community Challenge has set a goal of donating 100,000 children’s meals through a network of local Distributors working with charitable organizations in their communities. For as little as 50 cents per meal, ViSalus Distributors and Customers can make a donation to be matched meal for meal by ViSalus.

The Challenge was given a head start towards this goal by Co-Founders Ryan Blair, Nick Sarnicola, and Blake Mallen, who together pledged the first 15,000 meals on stage today.
“Our company is founded in name and spirit on the pillars of Life, Health, and Prosperity,” said ViSalus Chief Marketing Officer Blake Mallen. “To us, Prosperity is about much more than financial freedom; it’s about the ability to give back to the people and causes that touch your heart.”

Chief Sales Officer Nick Sarnicola is humbled to have an opportunity to combine the benefits of
ViSalus products with the giving spirit of the ViSalus community. “To have great products is one thing,”
said Sarnicola. “To have a great product that children can benefit from and enjoy is another. For our
community to make this product available for free to the children who need it most is the ultimate
form of contribution we can achieve.”

ViSalus Founder Ryan Blair was inspired to take this cause to the masses after a recent trip to Jamaica
showed him what a difference the ViSalus community could make. “There are too many children in this
world who don’t have a fighting chance because they simply don’t have the means to get the nutrition
their bodies need each day. To succeed at school, on the athletic field, or simply to grow up to be
healthy, nothing is more important than nutrition, and I hope the children of the world know we don’t
plan on stopping at 100,000 meals,” said Blair.

– Press Release–

About ViSalus Sciences®
ViSalus Sciences®, with headquarters in Troy, Michigan and Los Angeles, CA, is a leading Weight
Management and Nutritional Supplement maker utilizing the direct selling channel to distribute its
products. ViSalus is the company behind the Body by Vi™ Challenge, a health transformation program
helping people achieve their weight loss and fitness goals for a chance to win over $100,000 per year
in total prizes.

In the world of Internet Marketing, it is said that ‘content is king’.
That’s only half the story, of course, because if your content is buried, it cannot be found- that is, unless there are lots of good maps back to it, through social media marketing!

Those who are at the forefront of marketing knowledge have been doing something called ‘syndication’ of their content and using social media marketing for quite some time. It’s how we appear to be everywhere at once, and also how we dominate the search results for whatever keywords we choose.  Until just a few short weeks ago I achieved this syndication of my content by outsourcing my marketing  – to my VA.
Effective? To a point, yes. But the results are absolutely minuscule compared to what I have found by implementing the SYNND system put together by the guys over at Social Media Science to outsource my marketing.

I am humbled at the power of what they have put into our hands. I am also well aware that those of us who implement this level of syndication by outsourcing your marketing will steamroll our competitors!
This is truly the Future of Online Marketing.

Read below an interview of the SYNND creators, Thomas Rozof & Charles Heflin, SocialMediaScience.com

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In preparation for our upcoming book, Charles Heflin and I were asked the following question by the other co-author, Richard Dennis:

“Charles and Tom, what is it about content syndication that blows your mind?”

Since I’m older and cuter I went first…

OK, I know, having your “mind blown” is a rather dated colloquialism, but it still manages to get the job done, and just about everyone knows what Richard was after by his question. So here is my answer. Actually, to be honest, it’s a SUMMARY of my answer. You must read the book to get the complete picture (you knew that was coming, didn’t you?).

What blows my mind about content syndication is that it is the ultimate END GAME for all current and future successful online marketing; yet only a minuscule number of people understand its immediate and long term effects and implications. Even fewer know how to execute a successful content syndication campaign. Now stop for a second… and read this sentence again. I’ll wait…

If this statement is ANYWHERE NEAR true then you have every reason to dissect, explore, test and literally devour what I’m about to share.

Content syndication currently exists in a kind of “FUTURE SHOCK” state, to borrow Alvin Toffler’s description. He defined Future Shock as the “The premature arrival of the future.” This is exactly how I view the current state of content syndication.

It’s “premature” only in the sense that the online world is not ready for nor do they expect the outcomes and massive success that content syndication will generate, especially when it’s executed properly, as we have demonstrated and continue to perfect at SocialMediaScience.com.

It’s the “future” in that content syndication is where ALL future online marketing is heading, regardless of whether people like it or not. In the very near future EVERYONE will be forced to abide by what will seem to be a very stringent code. But it’s not stringent to those of us who have practiced these syndication protocols for years and LOVE THEM because of the results we get, time and time again.

Even the words, “Content Syndication”, both alone and together are packed with stellar meaning. Quality, relevant “Content” describes the number one motive and goal for every person engaging in an online SEARCH. The primary goal of ALL search engines therefore is to deliver this quality, relevant and easily digestible CONTENT to all its users. The search engines KNOW that this is the ultimate end GOAL.

What is mysterious and baffling here is that most online marketers also know about the role of quality content. Around the world millions engage in various kinds of SEO strategies as a costly and often unpredictable solution. They understand the “trees” but for many reasons they have yet to see the “forest.” Believe me, once you see the FOREST and you understand what this vantage point offers, you will kick yourself for not seeing it sooner. It’s as if Fort Knox has stacked its gold bullion onto the center of Times Square and day by day people walk by and see only shiny metallic images, with less than 1% of 1% ever stuffing one of those valuable gold bricks into their backpack. The FOREST and the GOLD BULLION is CONTENT SYNDICATION.

In the next few years the search engines will finally perfect their search architecture to such a degree that they can superimpose their MASSIVE CONTENT SIEVE onto every combination of words and phrases that people so glibly submit as CONTENT. Expect the Net as we know it today to undergo the most massive and complete CONTENT HOUSE CLEANING since its inception. We have already seen smaller versions of this grand WORD PURGE; but you ain’t seen nothing yet! Expect this grand daddy of them all to be on the horizon soon.

Online marketers are fond of calling this “The Google Slap.” Well, call me a seasoned sadist, because I LOVE it whenever Google slaps me (and rest of the net). “It hurts soooo good!” Why? Because when they do this I see yet ANOTHER reason why content syndication blows my mind and another reason why it SHOULD blow yours. It’s like cleaning up the streets of New York City so that the hard working, honest and law abiding citizens can walk freely and enjoy the fruits of their labors; which for us content syndication advocates means more READERS and more SALES. Whenever the net get’s SLAPPED I win, because I know how to leverage my content by syndicating it on the new and cleanly swept syndication sidewalks that Google cleared off just for me and for everyone else who VALUES true content. And just think; now we get to do this without all the hindrances and trash that used to line the content roadways of cyberspace. Do you get the picture?

Lastly, what blows my mind is the word “SYNDICATION” itself, and the various meanings it conveys. Have you ever done a study on this word? Do you know what it means to “syndicate” something? For example when applied to online content I discovered that to syndicate means all of the following:

1. To BROADCAST through multiple channels.

2. To CONTINUE to broadcast through multiple channels on a REGULAR basis.

3. To syndicate so often and so well that you DOMINATE your content niche, topic or keyword. For example, when we say things like, “Las Vegas is still run by the Syndicate,” we are implying that a “Syndicate” is a group of people who have established themselves as a powerful multichannel force, one that will not be EASILY MOVED.

4. Isn’t this EXACTLY what we want our content to accomplish…to dominate our chosen niche so that NO ONE can move us aside…ever?

Now consider this. When most people think of content they automatically think of something written, like an article, blog post, press release, etc. But as my friend, Russell Wright, reminded me recently, content means any “item” that is capable of embodying meaning and can be distributed through typical online channels. When you consider the implications of this you have to get excited. As the average online business owner begins to explore and understand the value and the mechanics of content syndication expect to see a tidal wave of new approaches to online marketing.

OK, if you have followed me this far you have either concluded that this guy is on to something historic and monumental or that he is a complete idiot mind freak toying with my lack of knowledge and worse yet, my emotions. Obviously, you must be the final judge, and I welcome that. I’m not trying to be cute or flamboyant about all this…(OK, so maybe I am a little). The point is that you owe it to yourself to find out if these predictions and forecasts are based in truth. If you discover they are then I suggest you begin now to learn how to live and succeed in the state of CONTENT SYNDICATION FUTURE SHOCK…because it has already arrived and it’s here to stay.

Now for a word from my partner Charles Heflin on this “Future Shock”…

The facet of content syndication that blows my mind is its leveraging power.

There is no other single thing in Internet marketing that you can do that holds more leverage than content syndication.

Why?

In a SINGLE move you can (single being the KEY word)…

• Initiate the viral spread of your content to many, many networks and people
• Enhance the visibility of your content in social circles from other people propagating (spreading) your content.
• Enhance the visibility of your content in the search engines through multiple references all leading to your content
• Enhance the ranking of your content in the search engines because of all the ‘Social Buzz’ surrounding your content

There is simply NO other more efficient action you can take in Internet marketing today that has more leverage, none. You can effectively narrow your marketing tasks down to simply writing educational, enlightening and entertaining content for your target audience, syndicate that content and watch as your target audience begins to arrive at your website in perpetually growing numbers.

No other form of Internet marketing is this easy and none is more powerful in terms of time spent to reward gained.

Of course to use this leverage you have to go through a paradigm shift in what you “thought” Internet marketing was all about. To use this leverage you must forget marketing and start being educational, enlightening and entertaining to the audience you wish to attract. Then this audience will seek out your wares, no selling required… Sales just happen.

It is a shift away from the “pitch” and into quality of information which leads to sales. Internet consumers are VERY wise these days. They base their judgment of what to buy based on trust and social mention. Consumers are savvy now; they know how to research to find the answers they seek… Are you going to be one that answers those questions in an educational, enlightening or entertaining way or are you just looking for a sale?

To harness the leverage of content syndication you MUST shift your thinking and forget about marketing. As you forget about marketing and focus on delivering quality content, marketing will happen for you automatically. How is this for counter intuitive?

Are you ready for some FUTURE SHOCK? … If not I suggest you get ready. It’s already here and Thomas and I (and our partners and staff) have spent over 4 years researching, testing and visiting Times Square, daily claiming our gold, which nobody else seems to notice…Honest, you should see OUR backpacks!

Thomas Rozof & Charles Heflin, SocialMediaScience.com

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You have 2 options now. you can bury your head in the sand and pretend you don’t understand the brevity of what has been revealed to you… or you can move forward at lightening speed to gain the advantage you need right now to absolutely CLAIM your gold online by outsourcing your marketing with SYNND.

I know you are an intelligent person ~ you are going to check out SYNND right now, arent you

Its that time of year, when families all across North America gather to celebrate “Thanksgiving”, a time to give thanks at the end of harvest time.

This year, let it really sink in that Gratitude will get you exactly where you want to be in life. It is an attitude of Gratitude for what you have, that will open the door for you to have more.

I am grateful to have learned this KEY. As a result of giving thanks and credit where it is due, I have completely transformed our lives.

There were a couple of KEY books that helped to solidify this truth in my mind. Of course I read and listed to “Think and Grow Rich”, but “The Science of Getting Rich” spoke volumes more to me about the importance of Gratitude.

It is said that a wise man’s prayer is one of Thanks.
Let that sink in…the prayer is one of thanks.
Not one of ‘please help’, but rather of ‘Thank you for taking care of this for me’, and a easy acceptance of the gifts bestowed, even if not yet received.

The highest understanding of how we are able to attract what we want into our lives is that you must see your life as it WILL BE.  This is also the most difficult thing for humans to do… to see things differently than the eyes actually perceive – but it is the KEY.

When I learned the proper way to pray, things in my life began to shift.  My ‘luck’ increased and I began to see the life I had envisioned take shape around me. Then I was told about another book with a goofy title – “I am Rich Beyond My Wildest Dreams, I am, I am, I am”.  This book is far easier to read and took me further than I had gone before. It gives very easy to follow instructions on how to become wealthy -seriously wealthy. Where Hill and Wattles speak an odd language, Thomas Pauley speaks just like you and I do… and gives it really straight: You need to ask, accept your gifts, and give thanks.

Please take my advice and read the  “The Science of Getting Rich” now, and order yourself a copy of “I am Rich Beyond My Wildest Dreams, I am, I am, I am”.

To change your life, you must first change your mind. There is no way around it. You are subject to God’s Law of Attraction whether you work with it, or not – so you may as well get with it!

Now back to that Thanksgiving thing, and Gratitude.  Try this out, please!

Practice the feeling of gratitude NOW. Take just 20 seconds to relish in it.  Know that you cannot be negative or feel sad when you are grateful. Its also impossible to criticize  or complain when you are in a state of Gratitude. Gratitude opens up your ability to attract more of what you want, because you appreciate what you already have.

Gratitude is the way forward. Practice it today… and every day for the rest of your life.  I can tell you with certainty that this practice will bring forth a future of abundance. Simply remember to ask, and be grateful,  knowing that it is coming. Take inspired action when opportunity presents itself, and reap the rewards.  You deserve it!

Please tell me what you are Thankful for in the comments below.

Blessings to You and Yours,
Melanie Milletics

GIVE out of your Abundance to those in Need

Welcome to my Twitter Stream! I’m Melanie Milletics, and I’m sure you can learn plenty about me by perusing my blog here. I created a welcome message for you, so that you can connect a face with a name!

If you are new to Twitter and wondering how on earth to keep up with all of the incredible information being shared in this social marketing mecca, I highly recommend the TweetDeck. You can use the Tweetdeck to organize your Twitter streams so that you are able to ‘listen to’ those you most want to hear. For example, I have the millionaire Internet marketers in one stream, my business associates in another, and the ‘rest’ in a third group. This way I don’t miss something big and can quickly respond to a business associates tweet.

Tweet, twit, stream… what? Twitter is fun and addictive! I have learned TONS in a very short time. The ‘tweets’ of the master marketers are somehow more revealing than their emails… perhaps because they are just talking amongst themselves.

Question: do you know how to use Twitter? I mean, really know how to leverage this powerful social media phenomena? Are you a student, willing to learn? Great! Then I have a gift for you:

FREE TWITTER TRAINING: fill out the form and the next page has the link for your Free Twitter Training for Newbies thru Advanced users- PRICELESS!

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