Windows of Opportunity

A smart company always opens new windows of opportunity for the distributors. This keeps business fresh and exciting. It gives us all a reason to contact our downline teams that may be inactive, or to call that neighbor and family member again to update them on the newest product you have to offer them. Our new window this past year was Verve - the energized version of Vemma. And in January 2009 at our convention in Vegas it will be the Verve Shot! Setting the standard wherever we go, the "jungle juice" craze, the energy drink boom, now the "shot" --- Vemma is giving you a chance to blast your biz. Run with it. It's hot!

Walk Away Income $$$

I'm writing this week's blog from Istanbul, Turkey while here visiting my son & his family. Most know that wherever my pro basketball player son plays, I get to visit for a week or two. So once a year, either me or both my husband & I get to visit unique places, & every time, we are very thankful for our Vemma business. Why? Because no matter where we are in the world (even on vacations), our business grows & the weekly checks consistently come in via direct deposit. This is what true walk away income opportunity is all about. On the other hand, my vocal teaching business sees no income whenever I leave. If I don't teach, I don't make any money. (Sound familiar?) This is completely opposite from your Vemma business model. And therein lies the magic to residual income (MLM). Like the movie "Field of Dreams" ... "If you build it, they will come!" "They"- in this case - are the weekly bonus checks. Once team members, like yourself, truly understand the power of residual income - of duplication - of this opportunity ... the more committed you'll be to building your business consistently - building long term. Does it happen fast? No. It takes time. But consistent enrolling of new members every week, & helping your team members enroll new members, will see consistent autoships & business building = $$$ for you! I understood this concept of network marketing over 30 years ago. A light bulb went off in my head when I "got it." From that point on, I had to be involved & teach others the power of network marketing. I've always worked from home, raised six great kids, travelled the world, & have made great friends with this business. Those friendships have lasted forever. Everyone can see success with this business, no matter where you live or what your background is, IF you have the desire to succeed & consistently enroll new people onto your team. You have the best product. You have an incredible company being your efforts. And if you don't quite understand this business, the company & upline tools are in abundance. Just plug in - listen to weekly calls - explore our www.teamburgess.com support site - & talk to people. Use the tools - the gift cards - the magazines - the literature - the hotline (678) 298-4595 - your website. Use - talk - enroll. Keep it simple & have fun. Catch the wave & run hard with it! xo

5 Year Game Plan

Networkers are a funny group of peeps. Most get all excited for about six months,then if they aren't making those big checks, they bail, lose their vision and think something is wrong with the opportunity. This business has huge rewards, but it takes hard work & commitment to see it through. Just like anything else in this life, achieving success takes time. What's your 5 year game plan? Thoughts and words spoken out loud should be geared towards giving your all for 5 solid years. The results will be astounding. Staying positive & focused on achieving the goals is crucial. And that takes keeping plugged in with your upline teams. I say "teams" because there are lots of upline people cheering for you to succeed. There's nightly calls, support websites, training lines, opportunity messages, corporate monthly calls, weekly webinars, back office updates, magazines, gift cards, etc. It's amazing the amount of support you have at your fingertips. Back in the day (been in this too long) - support just wasn't there. Either you had the internal motivation to succeed or you didn't. No one held your hand or provided you anything more than a monthly feeble magazine. And yet, we saw big time success. With a new year around the corner, sit down & write new goals, a new Prospect 100 list (yes 100!), take daily brisk walks with headphones on your head playing motivation music, tune in & turn on the heat. With the Verve SHOT coming at convention, the sky is the limit! And with this horrid economy ... we all need something big to happen with Vemma!!!!!!!

Core Strength!

When I started my Vemma business, all I had was the fabulous Vemma core formula to share - no Verve. After using it for just a couple of days, I had miraculous results in many areas. I slept all night for the first time ever. I'm known for being up all night working because I've never been able to sleep. That all changed when starting on Vemma. I've slept every night since. That is major. My headaches that were constant, disappeared. I had clarity of mind & focus. I've suffered from bronchitis since junior high school with chronic bouts when the weather starts to cool down. Interestingly enough, I've not had bronchitis for over a year since being on Vemma. The most incredible success I've had was with my neuropathy. I'm a type 2 diabetic that struggled with foot & ankle challenges & was forced to wear stupid shoes, until Vemma. As long as I keep that product flowing through my veins (so to speak) I can wear normal shoes! All of the swelling in my feet & ankles subsided because of Vemma. The core formula is amazing. I feel strongly that everyone should be on it for prevention, as well as ailment healing. It works. It's proven. The core formula brought about Verve. I love Verve. I take 1 to 2 every single day. But sometimes, people don't take Verve seriously. They think it's just an energy drink that they can be without. Not so. It's Vemma in disguise. But, strategically speaking, if I were you I'd call every sick friend you know & get them saturating with Vemma - the core formula - first. Anchor them in with Vemma. Then alternate, if they choose, with Verve. But, anchor first with the core formula. Miracles will happen for them. You'll have a customer/member for life! Anchor. Think core!

December Cheer!

I love first days of the month, especially when it falls on Monday. Just feels fresh & new. New energy. New goals. New outlook. New ideas. Love it. Today is December 1, 2008. It's Monday, & it's time to fire yourself & re-hire yourself to start fresh & new. Enroll new people. In fact, set a goal to sponsor ten new before New Years Day. That gives you 30 days to set the stage for your business to explode come 2009! Chunk that down so you know what you have to do weekly to achieve that. Don't procrastinate ... percolate! Start by writing a new Prospect 100 list. Then book three holiday Verve parties (Tastings). Don't prejudge the situation or over think it. Just start calling your Prospects & invite them to come to a holiday Verve party. Have them bring a favorite holiday treat to share (or white elephant gift) & come enjoy a quick (45 minute) Tasting presentation at your home. Keep it festive. Keep it fun. Find new people to enroll. Dove-tail by booking more holiday tastings with people who attend your party. Get momentum going for 2009 by bringing in new this month. New people will change your thinking & re-energize your business. Start today. Don't put it off. Decorate your house & put your dreams & goals into massive action! Have fun!!!

Ten in Motion!

Some Will. Some Won't. So What. NEXT! These types of phrases have been mantra's for Network Marketing trainers for decades. In essence this tells you that some people you talk to will see what you see with the business as a true opportunity of a lifetime. Some won't see your vision for one reason or another. So what...pretty much tells you to move on. That's where "next" comes into focus. A true business builder's philosophy is to always have ten in motion ... ten people somewhere in the Prospecting pipeline so that when one pops & says "yes ... sign me up!" ... super! ... now move to the next person. Plug them into the great system with conference calls, website, webinars, events, etc. & keep talking to people. Time to put another person into the Prospecting pipeline so that you always have ten in motion. It's a numbers game & you are always sifting & sorting through your Prospects - never prejudging - recognizing some will ... some won't ... so what ... next! Say out loud everyday ... "the next one's better!" Keeps the blood pumping. Keeps your energy on target & keeps your business fresh & new. Have fun!

Self Motivation

I have found over the 30 year span of my Network Marketing involvement that there are very few individuals who are truly "self motivated." Most people I've seen get involved with this business start out so pumped up & excited --- start immediately talking to everyone they know, hop on the weekly calls & really think big; big goals - big dreams. However, after only a few months involved - a few negative responses ... a few "life" challenges & stumbling blocks - these people lose that "new enthusiasm" & either quit, jump into the next "deal of the day" or "settle" for the little part time money they can pick up where they are trading time for money & lose sight of their ultimate goal...to build a business where they can live the life of their dreams! And that saddens me. I think that I have always wanted big time success for these individuals - maybe more than they have wanted it themselves. We coach our team. We call. We email, fax, text, IM, organize a blitz, contests, meetings, etc. But when someone gets out of the motivation mindset, not much can be done...or is there? Yes there is. If you know someone who lacks that inner self motivation, first...get them to take a Verve, then plug them in. Sound familiar? I talk "plugging in" a great deal. And I will continue to do so until our entire team "gets it." All of us - no matter how self motivated we are - have to stay connected & plugged in ... involved so that our batteries are continually being charged! The best motivation is a deadline. That's why we blitz our business. We give ourselves a dead line - from this date to that to sponsor ten new. And when you enroll just ONE new person, guess what? You get re-motivated all over again. Your new person has that same energy you had in the very beginning. And, it's contagious. Just talking to them will get your business building energy & focus back on track! So what is the cure for lack of motivation? Two things. 1) Stay plugged in & 2) Enroll new people into your business ... personally. Call them everyday & catch their enthusiasm & run with it. Quit talking to your down, inactive peeps. They will drag you down. Get new &, again... STAY PLUGGED IN! xo

It's Thursday!

When I first got involved with Vemma, a little over a year ago, I set a goal for myself that I actually achieved. That goal was to enroll three (3) new members into Vemma by the close of volume for the week on Thursday night. The product has no competition & is very smart, so I felt (& feel) that there was a place for everyone in the company. Most I enrolled just love the product & consistently "use" the product as members, never really build the business, but totally enjoy the benefits of this amazing formula. A few have enrolled others as members under them. And a couple have rolled up their sleeves & have started to build their own teams. Like I said, I feel there is a place for everyone. Setting that little goal of enrolling three by Thursday night has built me a consistent business of autoships, sprinkled with a couple of part timers & business builders. It's been awesome! I suggest that each of you do the same thing. As they say..."a deadline is the best motivator" ... so set that Thursday night deadline for yourself. You see, it's been my experience over the past 30+ years in MLM, that people are pretty much procrastiners. They don't have to punch a time clock - or answer to anyone - so they put off building the business. They may start out all gung ho, but soon dwindle out & wonder why they aren't making any money. Just set that little goal to enroll three by Thursday & pretty soon you'll have a thriving, consistent business that will get you excited! New people bring new energy to your business. You can have a bad day - bad week - & suddenly you enroll a new person & ZAP...you are all pumped again. So...I repeat...enroll three new by Thursday every week & you will love the results! xo

There's a Huge Difference!

Wow...I ran out of Verve due to unexpected family members popping in drinking me dry & I've been dragging for two solid days. There's a huge difference in how I felt, how much I accomplished, how early I got going in the morning, how sharp & focused I was all day, etc. Huge difference. People need to be on this product big time. No question. So, I ran to Target & picked up an energy drink that was no sugar & still dragged all day. I don't know about you, but my body craves the great combination of vitamins, minerals, mangosteen & taurine. There's a huge difference in ours vs "theirs". When you get that...you will get up - get going - enroll new people every week & see your biz explode! It's the passion that will carry you to the top. It's your excitement about the product that gives you core "bullet-proof" strength & commitment to see your biz goals through to the ultimate end...SUCCESS! There's a huge difference with this company in comparison with all other companies. Solid billion dollar backing. Sizzle product that hands down beats the competition, yet catches the biggest wave in the country right now. Successful people making money proves that if they can do it - you can do it. Communication - tools - magazines - endorsements - all point to POWERFUL OPPORTUNITY. This HUGE DIFFERENCE gives you the edge. Is it easy? No. Is it simple? Yes. Talk to more people. Collect autoships. Hold weekly small gatherings where you share your passion. Plug in with the weekly calls & website. Keep your batteries charged so that you can not only feel the difference ... you will make the difference in the lives around you. Go for it!

SIDE HUSSLE!

In this challenging economy, everyone is doing a side hussle. No, it's not the latest dance craze, it's where Americans are scrambling to make some extra money on the side to literally make ends meet. Some are going through their homes & garages to find things to sell on eBay or lay out in their front yard for a weekend garage sale. Others are taking part time jobs, babysitting or telemarketing. Whatever it takes to bring in a little extra money, people are doing it. I've even noticed that Oprah is featuring shows weekly teaching people to manage their money more effectively, save on groceries with cutting coupons, cutting back, cutting out, arrrrg. So...do you trade your time for money or do you grab onto an opportunity to change your lifestyle by talking to people about your Verve & Vemma product? It's your choice. It takes talking to more people, sampling more people & inviting more people to take a look at what you are doing. Use the system that is in place to help you share what you've got. You have a 24/7 recorded hotline (678) 298-4595. Use it when you are out & about & run into someone you haven't seen for awhile. Plug yourself & your Prospects into the Tuesday Verve call & Thursday Vemma Business Presentation call. You are given two times - 9 & 10pm Eastern. That's (404) 920-6471 code 434343#. Use your website. Utilize your CD's. Make things happen for yourself. This is the biggest & most exciting "side hussle" you'll ever be involved with. Have fun!!!

WHY TEN NEW?

Like anything worthwhile achieving in this life, it's all about keeping focused on your baseline goals, sharpening your vision & working consistently everyday to achieve them. No matter what you are trying to achieve, very few reach their goals because they just give up somewhere along the way. As I'm directing a huge production with 200 in the cast & crew called Lights on Broadway 2008 right now, fabulous script & songs, etc., there were a number of people who dropped out once rehearsals started getting a little more demanding. That surprised me, & once the production opened last weekend, those same individuals came to me after the performance & said, "I wish I hadn't dropped out...maybe next time." Hmmmm. With my sons who play college & professional basketball, so few achieve their level because they aren't willing to do what it takes to achieve success. Everything takes effort. Consistent daily effort that chunks goals down into daily activity that get you where you want to be. You start out in this business pumped big time to talk to everyone, enroll people & really see your business thrive & succeed. Then somewhere along the road to achieving your business building dreams, someone cancels their autoship (for who knows what reason), drops out, disappoints you with very little in performance, or decides not to do the business. It happens. That's life. That's why so few achieve that "success" point by age 65. The statistics are staggering. Something like 2% of the population at retirement are living comfortably. Yikes! So...stay focused. Re-write your goals. Enroll new people every week. FIRE YOURSELF EVERY MONDAY MORNING & start new - with that same energy you had when you first enrolled into the business. Meet with your people & strategize. If you have duds on your team. Get a new team! If what you are doing in the biz isn't working...do something new & different. Plug into what's happening - then make it happen for yourself. Right company...solid as a rock. Right product...awesome consumable, in demand. Right pay plan...people are making major bucks! Right people involved with you? That's up to you to decide. My advise to you if you aren't seeing the money you want. ENROLL TEN NEW PEOPLE QUICKLY. xo

Collecting Autoships!

Everyone you come in contact with should be on Vemma, Verve or both. I know I couldn't go the day without both products. I take Verve at least once - most of the time twice a day, and Vemma once. It keeps the inflammation in my ankles down to normal size. If I miss, or run out of product, I suffer dearly. It's a no-brainer in my book. And with everyone needing the product, it's just a matter of sorting through your contacts & putting them into categories. Most are wholesale members who love the product & stay on autoship. If they happen to cancel their autoship, simply place a call into them & ask why they canceled. You'll usually get an answer that can be rectified & with your help, put back on autoship. You are basically collecting autoships. You goal should be to place 100 people on autoship. From those 100 you'll find a few part time business builders who bring a few people into the business. And with 100 people on autoship you'll definitely find a handful of business builders who roll up their sleeves, team up with you, plug into the events, calls & activities, and make you a fortune in the business. But, again, in a binary pay plan, your energy is focused on collecting autoships. Focus & consistently enroll new members every weeks. I made it a point in the beginning to always enroll three new a week by Thursday. And, yes, I too have had autoships cancel. But even when they cancel, they seem to come back because they love the product. So, don't get discouraged, get focused & collect more autoships. From them you will find your gold mines. Collect!

PRESENTING THE OPPORTUNITY

On our monthly Team Burgess call this morning, I spoke briefly about doing powerful presentations. Presentations are the backbone to your business building. Whether you choose to meet face to face with a Prospect, or invite them to a tasting or meeting, the format is always the same. The more money you want to make in the business, the more presentations you'll need to do. Keep them brief, fast moving & fun. And make sure to cover five points - 1)why you are doing the business, 2)the strength of the company, 3)intro the product, 4)tell them how to make money, & 5)call them to action - creating urgency. Utilize the tools with every presentation. If you are meeting face to face, let them listen to a hotline message by calling (678) 298-4595 right there at the meeting. And utilize 3-way call validation with everyone. Sell the opportunity with every presentation touching on the core "Prosperity Principles" of Network Marketing. These principles include, but are not limited to - Unlimited Income, Work from Home, Choose People to Work with, Small Investment to Start Business, Ongoing Residual Income, Personal Growth & Recognition, & Helping Others Succeed. Understand that the most important part of the presentation is YOU ... Your Why. Tell them why you are involved. Speak from the heart & listen to their responses. They will tell you how to customize the presentation just for them. Have fun!

A Sense of Urgency!!!

So important to business building is creating that important "sense of urgency". It's the - do it now - grab your spot thing that creates momentum with your business. That's why it's important to really buckle down and BLITZ your biz every few months & to sponsor in spurts. You have to go crazy for a six week period of time enrolling anyone & everyone that "fogs a mirror!" It's a numbers game & you are literally gathering autoships. When you enroll ten people into your business, the numbers will show 9 "using" the product 2 sort of slowly building the biz & 1 will be key for you as a leader. So do the math. Sponsor 100 people so that your numbers anchor your business with 80 users on autoship & 10 building the business. With an energy drink that gives you vitamins, minerals & mangosteen ... what's there to think about. Everyone needs it. But you have to create urgency. Start with yourself. Start your business fresh & new every Monday morning. Pump yourself up. Fire yourself Sunday evening & rehire yourself Monday morning. Plug into the calls & work like a madman to bring in new people. Talking to the same negative people day after day will drag you down & you won't see success. Find new. Tell them to not miss the boat! Tell them to "taste this ... grab your spot ... evaluate later!" Never prejudge who will actually be key for you. Just enroll away & work with those who work. And...create a sense of urgency!!!

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BE CONSISTENT

Like anything else in life - schooling, dieting, crafting, playing pro basketball, etc. - one must be consistent with their efforts to work towards their goals of completing the project. Being consistent is key to success. My son, for example, consistently works out, following a very strict diet & workout program designed by his trainer, everyday to keep himself in optimum shape for his pro basketball career. He shoots 1000 free throws a day for the muscle memory development & consistency with shooting under pressure. I watched that consistency & dedication to his profession, even through the injury times when he was told his career would be over due to back challenges & major ankle & feet problems. He just knew what he wanted & never lost sight of his goals. He sometimes doubted himself & felt that self pity that all of us feel at times (why is this happening to me with the injuries), but had that burning desire to achieve & was consistent with his hard work & training every day without fail. His consistency has paid off big time for him. And your consistency will pay off for you if you stay on task & work at the business everyday. If you have two hours a day to work the business, buckle down & "clock in" & be laser focused on doing "income generating" activity during those two hours. Don't straighten your desk or pretend you are working. Actually do those tried & true basic things that get your financial business goals achieved. Talk to people & enroll them into your business. Be consistent with your calling everyday. Be consistent with your sampling everyday. Be consistent with your enrolling every week (at least 3 new!) & your business will explode. You consistency will set you free! Just don't let up until those dreams you have are dusted off, focused on & achieved! Consistency is key!!!

What's There To Think About?

"What's there to think about? The product is a no-brainer...energy PLUS vitamins, essential minerals & mangosteen. Free enrollment. No more choking down handfuls of pills or gagging nasty tasting jungle juices. No more guessing what to take for optimum nutrition. Just grab your spot & we'll reevaluate later to see what money you are leaving on the table!"
Team ... when you really take a look at the opportunity Vemma offers you, what's there to think about except how many people you can share your One Minute Message with a day, & how many people you can enroll a week by close of biz Thursday? I know --- think about all of the people you will be helping with the fabulous Vemma formula. Think about all of the things you've wanted to do but time or money kept you from doing them. Think about the freedom of time you'll have when you don't have to answer to a boss or punch a time clock. Think about not fighting traffic to get to a job-job. Think about helping others achieve success. Think about "lifestyle"... Vervin' Style!!! Set new goals. Write new lists. Plan your BLITZ PARTIES. Invite everyone to take a look at what you are doing, use the tools (www.teamburgess.com), PLASTER PLAN your area & change your mindset. It's not...I can't find anyone to share the biz with. It's...WHAT'S THERE TO THINK ABOUT? THIS IS HOT!!! LET'S BLITZ!!!!!

BLITZ IT BABY!

Remember the excitement you felt when you tasted your first Verve, experienced first hand the energy & alertness, & immediately started telling your friends & family about it? That "new" excitement is sometimes hard to sustain - especially when "life" pulls at you. Negative family maybe. The 9-5 job gets in the way. Kids are needing your attention more than usual. Or you just want the business to explode over night. That's why you must BLITZ your BIZ 2-3 times a year to keep it fresh, fun & explosive. You've made your plans, written your personal goals, downloaded the Memory Jogger & Prospecting Sheet from www.teamburgess.com, hopped onto the Tuesday night Verve Biz call & Thursday Business Presentation call & even caught a few Smart Start trainings & Wednesday Webinars. You feel ready. Ok...a couple of months pass by, life stuff gets in the way (dentist appointments, family crisis, etc.) You need a kick in the pants business building energized transfusion. You need new people who "get it" & share your enthusiasm. YOU NEED A BLITZ!!! 90 days of laser focused MASSIVE ACTION to kick your business into high gear - get some new people enrolled - a frenzy of activity that creates that all-important magnetic atmostphere that launches your business into MEGA MONEY!!! All it takes is one new hot business builder to get you feeling jazzed! 90 days of working the business everyday - talking to new people - gathering business cards - inviting them to listen to a call, visit your website, attend a Verve "Tasting", enroll into the business & partner up with you to BLAST & BLITZ your area! A BLITZ starts things rolling & gives you a reason to call people, invite people, sample people & really build an empire business that rewards you in "walk-away income" & lifestyle!!! BLITZ IT BABY. From September 2008 - December 2008 give it your all. Set new goals. Write those goals down. Enroll TEN NEW PEOPLE. Hold a weekly Blitz Verve Tasting Party. Plaster your area with flyers & get out there & meet new people. Say "you'd be great in my new business!" Call everyone you know & say, "I'm blitzing right now & I need your help!" Just know you've got a no-brainer product with Verve ... a savvy company ... & people are making mega money already. So BLITZ & ride the wave to the top!!!

SAY LESS TO MORE PEOPLE!

I heard this phrase - "say less to more people" - years ago & it actually took me a few years to really understand the importance of this phrase. We all tend to talk too much & oversell. We also "overload" people with literature, cd's, website info, etc. We want everyone to get involved with us - right? But if what we are doing seems complicated or if someone we're pitching thinks they have to "sell"...they run for the hills. That's where "say less to more people" comes in. Follow up is done in layers or exposures. Little hints of what your doing creates intrigue. Saying "taste this - grab your spot - we'll evaluate later to see what money you are leaving on the table!" is just the ticket for building as long as you follow-up & see it through. Talking to LOTS of peeps & sampling tons of people will guarantee your success - again - as long as you see it through & follow up. Always have TEN IN MOTION & focus on what IS happening, not on what IS NOT happening. Talking to more people everyday - consistently - will bring the numbers game to play & you will win! People think if they are talking to one person that they are doing the biz. And if that one person doesn't catch the vision or do anything they get discouraged. But if you are talking to lots of people (at least ten...TEN IN MOTION) & one "pops" ... you are excited. Mental shifts happen as soon as you have someone interested & excited in the business. That's where talking to more people is key. Use the Memory Jogger here at www.teamburgess.com. Download it & fill it in. You have left people out. Drink a Verve & hit the pavement. Plaster the area every week. Shake the bushes & someone will step up & make you millions. Just "say less to more people" & create personal momentum. The more you sample -the more people you will have to draw from. Be the leader in your area. Put your area on the map. Get off your office chair (or kitchen chair) & get out there & gather business cards & find new people. Some will - some won't - so what ... NEXT! Stay laser focussed on your goals. Work on your attitude. Drink your Verve & "say less to more people!"

Your Why?

When your "why" is strong enough, the "how to's" just don't matter. What does that famous success phrase really mean? It means that when you have a clear, defined, written-down reason for getting involved with the Vemma business ... a big-time BURNING DESIRE ... you'll make things happen without having to know everything about the product, the nuts & bolts of the compensation plan, detailed instructions with holding Tasting, etc. Instinctively, your laser focus & passion will create momentum. You just have to KNOW down deep in your gut what it is that will drive you to the top ... get you up earlier in the morning ... get you picking up that telephone ... get you talking to anyone & everyone within the sound of your voice about your product & opportunity - attending & holding meetings - participating on the weekly calls, etc. Your passion will give you consistency. It will keep you pumped & focused. It will drive you to "keep on swimming" as Dori in "Finding Nemo" stated over & over. It's doing the basics over & over everyday that suddenly pops! Calls start coming in. Enrolling becomes easier. And the money starts to flow. Maybe it's your desire to live on your terms - travel the world - be your own boss - drive luxury cars - send your kids to the best colleges. Whatever it is ... drive it deep into your heart & say out loud everyday ... "I'm Vervin!" Your "why" is the important step to success. Write it down now. Be specific. Read it every time you want to quit. Let it drive you to the top!

ShAkE THE BUSHES!

People from coast to coast are looking for a way to make extra money now days. College kids call it "side hussle." Whether it's working an extra part time job, eBaying items around the house or hosting a garage sale on weekends, everyone is looking for a way to generate income. Look around you. Listen to conversations. Take an interest in what's going on in your community. Get involved with networking groups, school programs with your kids, & volunteering opportunities. Take a night class, or a couple of aerobic classes. Your goal is to shake the bushes & find new people to talk to, get to know & share your fabulous product & opportunity with. Shaking the bushes is easy if you make it a point to spend one full day a week pounding the pavement, starting conversations & gathering business cards & stepping out of your comfort zone a little. But...don't leave home without 3-4 cans of cold Verve, your business cards & your Prospecting Binder. (Prospect Sheet can be downloaded here at www.teamburgess.com). Add to the mix a stack of brightly colored Plaster Plan flyers, tape or stick pins & a strategy of where you are going to go to plaster. I like bulletin boards in apartment buildings, offices complexes, laundromat's, WalMarts, community centers, etc. Get creative & plaster. As you look at that bulletin board you've discovered, plaster it with 7 to 11 flyers. Someone will pull one down because they'll notice it more than once. It will catch their eye & they will call you. I've added a new flyer for you to run. This one offers a FREE can of Verve. Since everyone wants FREE, they'll call you. Have the number they call (written boldly on your flyer) be a voice mail. When calling them back, make sure you have a plan of action in place for them. This can be an area "tasting", an Open House, an area meeting, or a day scheduled for Face-to-Face Appointments. All of these strategies are discussed with Listen & Learn at www.teamburgess.com. The goal is for you to just get out there & plaster the area so you can literally ShAkE THE BUSHES to find new people to add to your team. Happy shaking! (& Plastering!)

Plug In to Win!

Area meetings are packed & the momentum is incredible ever since the release of Verve in November 2007. Many people are realizing that Verve gives them a once in a lifetime chance to make some serious money - catching the wave of the energy drink boom & the magic of the Vemma formula encompassed within. There's "magic" here. Something I've not seen since the Cambridge Diet in the 80's. Becky Pritchard of NC attended the Irvine, CA meeting last week while here in California on vacation & could not believe how packed it was & felt the energy. It gave her new focus & determination to blast the business. Betty Gatlin attended the Little Rock meeting & left with more drive to anchor in her team. Meetings are going on everywhere. Our upline is holding meetings, trainings, gatherings from coast to coast. We need only plug in - take people - & let them catch the excitement & vision of what is going on with Vemma & Verve. It's thrilling! We are all given the chance to create an empire business under us that will pay forever - even if we walk away in a couple of years & are sitting on the beaches of the world with those we love. Building now fast & furious gives us freedom that you can only imagine. And, you must plug in & stay plugged in. If you "unplug"...you'll lose your focus, your drive, your enthusiasm & will miss the biggest wave to ever hit the MLM world! Never has there been a product so incredible, so clincially documented, so financially backed, so cutting edge as Verve. Plug in. Be on those Monday Team Calls. Participate in those Tuesday & Thursday Opportunity Calls. Look in your back office under EVENTS to see where meetings are being held & do whatever it takes to get there with your team. Organize a meeting in your area & plug in with a speakerphone in the room. Ken or I will call in to help you create the dream in the minds of your people. Just plug in guys. It will make things happen for you!

MOMENTUM!

Momentum is very important to building a solid & exciting business for yourself in Network Marketing. And momentum comes from being at the right place at the right time with the right product. It starts with having a rock 'n roll product that catches the wave of what's currently hip & happening in nutrition. In the 1970's it was all about aloe benefits - inside & outside the body. Aloe companies were opening up everywhere - first in Network Marketing, then on store shelves. The 1980's vitamin supplements became main stream. People everywhere were finding the need to supplement, but were often confused with how much of what to take. The 1990's brought on a real awareness of plant-based minerals. And it became clear that mineral deficiency was linked to most disease, so research was popping up everywhere on the importance of supplementing with not only vitamins - but minerals as well. The millenium brought us a slew of "jungle juices" touting exotic stories of being the undiscovered fruit in some rain forest. The stories were over the top (& interesting), but benefits of some juices were found to be real, & antioxidants became the buzz phrase. (Mangosteen is the most powerful, researched & documented for its life enhancing benefits!) The past five years have brought the world of supplementation to a whole new level --- that of liquid nutrition, or what is phrased - Functional Beverages. Liquids infused with nutrients are one of today's biggest trends. Liquids are absorbed & utilized by the body. It's found that pills sit in the gut & don't get absorbed - thus the benefits are minimal. With this new knowledge, Functional Beverages are where nutritional companies need to focus. Beyond the liquid nutrition wave, the biggest wave to hit America - creating the biggest demad - are ENERGY DRINKS. Americans can't get enough of them, & the growth is not slowing down. ($5 billion sold in 2007!) So, with the momentum of liquid nutrition & energy drinks ... Verve can literally be the answer to all of your financial (& health) prayers! Catch this wave & create personal momentum by running hard & fast & focused with building your business. Literally talk to everyone. Hold weekly meetings. Sample Verve everyday. Plug in with the Team Burgess activities. Follow-up with passion, excitement & determination. Know that something this huge & simple comes along only once in a lifetime! This is your chance! Create momentum ... take no prisoners!

Keep It Simple Sweetheart! (K.I.S.S.)

I've had a phrase for years with Network Marketing. "If you complicate --- you can't duplicate!" Keep everything you do simple. You want everyone who FOGS A MIRROR (within the sound of your voice) to say..."I can do that!" If what you are doing is complicated - takes a degree in nutrition & years of experience...you will not see your dreams realized with this fabulous opportunity. KEEP IT SIMPLE SWEETHEART! Vemma is the simplest (& most fun) thing I've ever done - in 30+ years with this business. A ONE FORMULA FOCUS with two SMART delivery systems, riding the biggest wave to ever hit this country ... ENERGY!!! So, let's be business savvy here. Let's capitalize on what's hot! It's Verve! Immediately ---take the Verve 30 cans in 30 days Challenge. SIMPLY - hand out ONE can of Verve a day & follow up using our tools. Simply deliver your One Minute Message, get the persons information (name, phone, email) & ask which they want - regular or sugar free! Don't give them a CD to start this process. That will slow down the entire momentum of what you are doing. Just offer - get info - follow up. If you hand a CD & when you follow up you find that they haven't listened to it...you'll stop dead in your tracks & your excitement level will drop ... & nothing happens. Read the "Fortune is in the Follow-up" here at www.teamburgess.com under LISTEN & LEARN. (Watch for a training on this to be available by the end of the week.) Keep it simple. Show that's it simple. Teach it to be simple & you can write your own paycheck. KEEP THINGS SIMPLE & keep plugged into our system & things will happen. Remember - ONE CAN OF VERVE A DAY ... TEN IN PLAY. (???) After a couple of weeks of handing out a can a day...you'll have more than ten in play...ten to get involved...ten to immediately plug into our team support...& ten to help you achieve your dreams! After that ... the sky is the limit! GET VERVIN'!!!

Positioning

Everyone always wants to position themselves at the top, in the beginning, on the cutting edge, first, to win...right? Of course. Most of us are competitive by nature. Positioning is what motivates us to stretch & reach higher & achieve more. With Vemma & Verve, positioning can be done immediately to put you into that all-important MASSIVE ACTION. That positioning is to first & foremost - maximize your pay potential with your spot in Vemma/Verve. Go Gold! should be your war cry! It's simple. Just place an Ultimate Business Package order in all Verve or a combination of Verve & Vemma. You'll have product to use - to sample (taking that Verve Challenge going on right now) - & to start your newly enrolled people on product. Product on hand creates business. No product - no business. Vemma/Verve gives you a massive opportunity to change your life & lifestyle with a small investment. Unlike expensive start-up businesses & franchises that can cost you literally thousands & hundreds of thousands of dollars, Vemma/Verve is simple to start - simple to share - yet reaps massive income when built correctly. Rags to riches stories are popping up rapidly with this company. So get positioned! Get your Business Package (Ultimate is best!) & jump in with both feet. Once you've achieved Gold - GO DIAMOND! Once Diamond - climb that ladder to the top. Position yourself to be the best you can be & make the money you are worth! Go for it!!!

The Baseball Diamond Analogy

The topic on every Network Marketing leader's lips is "follow-up!" Follow-up means to follow through. Follow through means to see it through. In basketball, a great player is one who when missing his shot, follows his shot - making sure it's rebounded & put back in to score the points. Let's leave my favorite sport of basketball & talk baseball for a minute. We're going to compare the process of enrolling new team members, following up until this is achieved, to a baseball diamond. We've used this analogy for years, but have recently fine tuned it so people truly understand the importance of follow-up. HOME PLATE is where we swing the bat (swing away). Where we make the initial contact with our Prospects, deliver our ONE MINUTE MESSAGE & offer a can of Verve. And we will need to take lots of swings (delivering lots of ONE MINUTE MESSAGES) & offer everyone we know, don't know, run into, etc. a can of Verve. The offering starts the process of enrolling. Let's now go to 1st BASE. This is where we do the actual sampling of the product & hand our Prospect a CD, making sure (crucial!) to get their information - name, address, phone, email. Don't ever hand out a can of Verve without getting your Prospects information &/or business card. (You can't follow-up without it!) 2nd BASE is where we may stay with a Prospect for awhile - & that's OK. This is where we share the bigger picture with exposing them to our tools - letting the tools tell the story of our opportunity. Tools include a 3-way calls to our upline, weekly conference calls, your myverve.com website, a Wednesday webinar, a local in-home "Tasting" or a Face-to-Face appointment. And you may need to use one of these tools only & your Prospect signs right up. But, most of the time you need to use every tool in the tool box to get your Prospect enrolled. And again...that's OK! 3rd BASE is where you enroll your Prospect into your business with a Business Package. Hold on...you're not finished. It's time to SCORE - to finish up by running to home base. What's next, you ask? This is where your newly enrolled member starts swinging & duplicating what you have been doing - & duplication is the key to big money! With your help getting them into action, your new person will see success quickly. Recap: Home Plate - Swing Away ... 1st Base - Sample, CD & deliver your One Minute Message ... 2nd Base - Exposures ... 3rd Base - Enroll ... Home (Score) - Duplicate! Now, team, it's time for all of us to swing away more - to talk to more people - hand out more product - challenge ourselves to succeed in a big way. Play ball!

Support Has Never Been This Good

With over 30 years under our MLM belt, we've never seen support so cutting edge & savvy than it is here with Vemma & Verve. Some may complain of too many tools. I don't complain. I celebrate it, but frustrate when people don't use or rejoice in the tools available to them. Just having the president of an MLM company actually know what makes it work & what the field needs to be successful is in itself ground breaking. Having him do a monthly live corporate update hands-on call is most likely unappreciated, except by those of us who have never had that. Former companies we have worked with heard from corporate rarely, unless scripted. To have name branding at the forefront of what he does is exciting with magazines, famous television doctors, race cars, pro athletic teams, etc. is beyond belief. As inferior products take the forefront selling hype & money, we're the real deal. We have support & substance behind what we are doing. Using even a couple of the tools makes our job easy. We find people - hand them a can of Verve - hand them our favorite CD (Matt's new one is great!) - plug them into a follow-up system & slam dunk them into the business! And the follow-up system can be a 3-way call to the upline --- plugging them into the Tuesday or Thursday call --- having them listen to a hotline message --- having them watch a video clip or sending them a video clip from www.vervevideo.com! The follow-up is all about exposures to seeing what is happening here at Vemma & Verve. The tools & support are unmatched. Team that up with the product being off the charts fabulous & the company being solid as a rock --- what's not to love & share with everyone you know? Blasting the business should be your mantra. The time is now. The company is Vemma. Go for it!!!

Let Freedom Ring!

This business is all about freedom. Freedom of time. Financial freedom. Freedom from a boss. Freedom to choose who you want to work with & enroll on your team. Freedom to work when & where you choose. Freedom to be creative in how you build your business. Freedom to dress how you want to dress. If you want to work in your PJ's while on the phones - it's your choice! Freedom to build your business strong, then walk away & still make incredible money. Freedom to make as much money as you dream about making. No one limits your income or pays you a set wage or salary. You set your goals. You choose your team members. You work when you want to work. You write your own paycheck. It's amazing. I discovered this network marketing business over 30 years ago & fell in love with it. I remember sponsoring a gal from Washington state, working with her a bit in person & following up with her on the phone. A couple of months after I involved her she asked me to come to her hometown & do a meeting. I said OK & flew up from Utah (where I was at that time living). When I walked into the meeting room, I was shocked. The room was packed with over 400 people! That's when I realized the power of word-of-mouth marketing ... network marketing! Those people were all on my team - all because I brought in one person & helped her talk to a few people. That's the "magic" folks! This business will change your life & will give you the freedom you so desire & long for. This business is about living the "American Dream" & having it all! Grab the opportunity & run fast. Never before has there been a company so solid backing a product so "hot" & people making the mega money so fast, & support so business-savvy that it makes your job easy. Get pumped!!!

The System for Success

In the perfect network marketing world (our Vemma/Verve world), everyone that gets involved as a member on our team immediately plugs right into the system that we have in place for them to succeed. The system is simple & very easy to follow. First - is our exclusive www.teamburgess.com support site that's total goal is to simplify business building, putting all important links, downloads, training basics, information, call schedules & numbers, etc. under one roof. New members get confused when there are too many choices, or have to hunt for information, so we have tried with this support site to gather everything there with simple tabs on the left hand side to help navigate easily. New members need to go to www.teamburgess.com first & click on GETTING STARTED - four simple steps are outlined there - to read & listen to as well. Simple tools for this GETTING STARTED first step includes the Memory Jogger, Prospect 100 List, etc. - the backbone basics to building the business. Send your new team members to www.teamburgess.com first, & whenever a new site becomes available with an additional tool that we think is effective, we will list it under IMPORTANT SITES. Encourage your new members to explore this support site to see what all the excitement is about, to LISTEN & LEARN, & to feel like they are an important part of our team. Plug them in. Second - every Monday evening there is a live, interactive very important leadership team call at 9pm ET. (Mute out by pressing *6 please). This call's total purpose is to rally & update the team, create team spirit & motivation, & give an as-needed training bite that can be utilized during the week by all team members. DO NOT MISS THIS CALL. If everyone jumped on, we'd accomplish so much in the way of communicating with our team all in one 20 minute call a week! Third - are our Thursday night business building live conference call at 9pm ET, replayed at 10pm ET. This is our strong Opportunity Overview call, with a 10 minute Fast Start training at 9:45pm in between the call & replay. The goal of all members should be to have a guest on this call - every week! The format is like attending a 20 minute meeting in your PJ's, jam-packed with company intro, product explanation & testimonials & compensation plan highlight. Numbers, additional calls, codes & times are listed under EVENTS. If ever confused on call numbers, check there. Fourth - are our recorded Hotlines - often called "successlines" - another tool in our system to help build your business fast. Use the Hotlines when you are on the phones or out & about meeting people & you need a validation to your opportunity. You simply 3-way call into the Hotlines & listen with your Prospect. The number for the Hotlines is (678) 298-4595. These calls are available 24/7 for your convenience. To recap - the perfect network marketing world of Vemma and Verve, everyone automatically plugs into the system - uses the support site - plugs into the team call on Monday night - are putting guests on the weekly calls - using the recorded hotlines with their prospects in person, face to face, or at a weekly "tasting" & everyone is celebrating success together; as a team; creating momentum & making mega money. It works, guys. My goal is to see it duplicate & explode your businesses. Let's rock 'n roll!

F O R M ... ASK & LISTEN!

There's an old MLM phrase that is initialed - F O R M. It stands for Family, Occupation, Recreation & Message. You use F O R M when talking to people; to determine where to deliver your message of opportunity. When you enroll into this fabulous business, your "business building radar" is activated as you use this F O R M to ask questions. Examples - (F) "Tell me about your family...any children?" (O) "Do you like your current job?" (R) "What do you do for fun?" People usually have a couple of common concerns that fall into these categories. They don't like their jobs or boss, wish they had more time with their family, need more money to enjoy life, or would love to have more free time to travel or golf, or whatever activity is their hot button. When asking a question, it's important to ask another question about the answer. For example - "I wish I had more time with my kids" - ask..."what would you do with your kids if you had more time?" Then LISTEN to what they are saying. They will tell you how to customize your opportunity just for them. You see, team...everyone needs our product. And most everyone is swallowing something out there to make them feel better. Whether it's handfuls of pills, drinking jungle juices, or energy drinks --- we have what they not only NEED but WANT. That's not a question. It's how to determine their NEED for this OPPORTUNITY. You ask the questions. You listen to their answer. You ask another question about the question. You listen. Then you deliver your message and lead with the opportunity. Example - "I have found a way to free up my time, make extra money & feel awesome!" Just ASK, LISTEN, ASK, LISTEN...talk opportunity. We have the best ...product, company, pay plan & support. All it takes is you asking the questions. With passion, focus, consistency & enthusiasm... you will build your Vemma/Verve Empire one person at a time. F O R M... ask yourself these questions first. Your answers will be your WHY.

The Important Area Meeting

Holding an area meeting is the only way you can create area momentum for your business. The meeting is the most effective way to share the dream and build the team. Call it a "Verve Tasting" - a "PBR" (Private Business Reception) - a "Home Meeting" - or a "Business Briefing" - whatever the name, it is where people gather once a week, bring a guest (physically pick them up and driving with them to the meeting), hear the testimonials and share their story from the front of the room. It really doesn't matter how large or small the weekly meeting is in the beginning. When you gather your team together, something simply "magical" happens. It's called - synergy! And this synergy creates excitement about the business. And, you will definitely start small. It may be you & one other person that you have enrolled to start things out - in your home or apartment. However, the next week both of you must bring one guest & then you will have four. The next week all four of you bring just one guest & you will have eight. (Get the picture?) Team - I started right where each of you are starting - from my home. I had only one guest in front of me. I, however, shared my excitement & story...& I grew businesses to 6 figure monthly incomes! You can do this too. Meetings have always worked, & will continue to work with network marketing. It's a people-to-people business. In this high tech world, networking is all about high-touch. People like the sorority/fraterity "friendshippy" feel meetings create. Guests come, in many cases, as a favor to the person who invited them, or just to feel a part of what is going on. And it is the only place to create real team spirit & area momentum! Know this... you do meetings for two main purposes - 1) to share the "dream" with the existing team, & 2) to share the "dream" with new people. This "existing team" concept is very important - your ANCHOR. Some of your team members may be doing very little in the business, but after attending a couple of small meetings alone - hearing the stories shared - having the dream painted again for them in front of the room - possibly sharing their product success story with others in attendance - they may suddenly catch fire & really step up and build a huge business for you - just because they attended a weekly meeting! Just make sure to be CONSISTENT with those weekly meetings. Having a monthly meeting or a "sometime" meeting doesn't cut it. Nothing will happen in your area because you are not creating momentum for your area to plug into. Momentum is magnetic! People will want to know what you are doing! The don't want to miss out. Momentum is only created with a consistent ... same time, same place ... meeting that your team can count on. Your team needs to know that if they go out & talk to new people today (in person or on the phones) that they have a place to bring those new Prospects to for validation of the opportunity. (I find Tuesday night works best - but you can choose.) Just do them & watch your business explode! Personal Note - Even if you are the one conducting the area weekly meeting, make sure that you bring a new guest every week too! Set the example & your team will follow your lead. And...make sure to listen to How to Hold a Verve Tasting here at http://www.teamburgess.com/. Keep it short, fun & exciting...& consistent!

Begin with the End in Mind

My friends know that I'm a big Steven Covey fan, especially with his best seller, "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People". One of his key seven habits is to begin with the end in mind. That means to stay focussed on your outcome - knowing what it is you want from anything worthwhile in life. With building your Vemma and Verve business, that is to sponsor new people onto your team and help them anchor their teams with enrolling team members. Building strong. And with our fabulous product (two delivery systems - energized or regular Vemma), double-blind clinical studies, solid foundation of a parent billion dollar company, we just all need to put blinders on and build our teams. Our "end" should be "walk away" residual income. Many of us work at other "jobs" where if we don't work - we make zip money. Example - I teach private vocal lessons from my home/studio. I love teaching and will always do it. It's why I went to college, majoring in music education and vocal performance. However, if I don't teach my great 20+ students a week at $40 a 1/2 hour lesson, guess what? I make no money. Tomorrow morning I leave for Puerto Rico to watch my pro basketball player son, Chris, play in the finals. I'll be gone for couple of weeks. I lose about $2,000.00 in teaching money because I'm not here to teach those great students, however...my Vemma check will continue to grow! That's the "magic" of Network Marketing. You build it to walk away from it. To be truly RETIRED in comfort with a lifestyle of a rock star. So, when retailing that product...retail for a reason. Reason? To enroll them into the business and see who they know that you can enroll and anchor their team. Begin with the end in mind and you will enjoy the lifestyle of freedom of time and money!

Get Involved

In listening to Ann Howard, our first team Platinum, on tonight's Thursday Business Presentation call, I couldn't help but smile. I do that whenever I talk to Ann. She is so excited about "live"! She loves people. She loves Vemma and Verve and what the products have done for her, and she shares that personal excitement about the products with everyone within three feet (the ole' three foot rule!) Ann's biggest secret to her fast success with Vemma is that she gets involved in everything she can. If she's not singing or playing the piano in her church choir - she's doing something with her local jug band, meeting the ladies of Red Hat for monthly lunch, attending a sorority meeting, attending bible class, and tonight she talked about her new computer class. And she doesn't just "sneak in" unnoticed. Ann is sitting on the front row sharing her myvemma.com/annsbiz website with the class so that the teacher will shine it up on the board for all to see, clicks to demonstrate setting up a website and up pops Ann's picture...there again, opening yet another door for Ann to talk about her Vemma and Verve with all in attendance. Ann's involved. She's living life to its fullest and sharing from her heart her deep love of the products and business. And her sincerity is building her a huge Vemma and Verve business. Yes, I'm smiling tonight after hearing Ann's latest weekly update of success. In fact, I called Ann on Tuesday to touch base and she said, "I can't talk now - I'm too busy signing new people up. Got 5 new ones this week!" That's cool Ann. You are the best. You are involved and making a difference in people's lives all around you. You are leaving your mark, girlfriend. At any age (Ann is 80) - you are living life to it's fullest! God bless you. xoxo

Positive Excitement & Enthusiasm!

"I'm excited about this!" "This is hot!" "Our team is on fire!" "I love this product!" "Everyone loves this product!" "I can't keep the product in!" "I'm on a sponsoring blitz!" "Nothing can stop me...I'm on fire!" "I'm having so much fun doing this!" "My team is awesome!" "The next one is even better!" "I can't wait to tell you all about it!" "I'm cookin!" Here are just a handful of phrases that you need to internalize & say out loud every day. They empower you & change your outlook & income. You will attract great, positive people & achieve positive results with these phrases. When negative flows from your mouth, the energy in the room changes. You bring people down around you. People can hear that negative in your voice. Good people are not drawn to you. Get rid of the negative. You want to win? Be a winner! You want to make millions? Act like a millionaire. You want to meet great people? Be a great person. Surround yourself with positive energy - positive people - positive activity. Start your day with a brisk walk. Put your headset (ipod) on with positive, energized music & move your body for 45 minutes. Take in the sights. Smell the flowers. Look at the beauty of nature and say out loud, "I love life!" I used to call this in business building - BUSINESS ENERGY. Before you can effectively talk to people & attract them to your business, you have to change your energy - your paradigm (as Steven Covey states in "Seven Steps of Highly Successful People") If you aren't getting results...look in the mirror. Be the kind of person that you would want to hang around with. Be like who you most admire. Emulate happiness. In fact, someone great once told me that not only is "success is a choice", but "you choose to be happy." It's amazing how thoughts & words can create or destroy your lifestyle. Be the person you are supposed to be. Be an awesome person! Positive, Energized, Enthusiastic Excitement will bring you more money than you can ever spend. But more importantly...it will attract to you great things & great people. It's all about you & your attitude. (Attitude determines Altitude!) Look in the mirror. Love what you see. Tweak the flaws & make things happen... with positive excited enthusiasm for life!

The Fortune is in the Follow-Up!

The fortune is in the follow-up with building your Vemma & Verve business, and enrolling new members. This crucial part of the "enrolling" process is always where distributors fail to see it through to the end. Once you have made the initial contact with a person & delivered your One Minute Message (listen to Approaching Anyone), the enrolling "process" begins with follow up, and continues with follow-up until the result of enrolling them into your business is achieved. This crucial follow-up process includes a number of "exposures" to your tools & opportunity. The exposures include: 1) Sending your Prospect a couple of www.vervevideo.com clips, 2) Sending your Prospect to your myvemma or myverve website, 3) Having your Prospect listen to a conference call either Tuesday or Thursday evening with you (3-way Call), 4) View a Ruth Elliott Wednesday Webinar with you, 5) Inviting them to attend a Verve Tasting or meeting in your area with you, etc. All of these tools are merely "exposures" that move your Prospect closer & closer to making that exciting & important decision to getting involved with you & being a part of your team! And they may not need all of those exposures. They may get involved after just tasting our fabulous product! Just know that if you are excited with your follow-up, your personal energy will ignite them into taking immediate action! Your job is to simply guide your Prospect through these exposures, making sure to always ask - with every exposure- to get involved with you immediately! Simply say - "grab your spot...this is hot!...we can always reevaluate later to see if you want to make some money with us." Important - when they say "yes" - help them get enrolled. Note - I personally take their credit card number & do it for them - setting up their myvemma & myverve website at the same time, then I help them start their Prospect 100 List (using the Memory Jogger here at www.teamburgess.com), help them start calling their contacts & book a Verve Tasting at their home - doing it with them! (Field Training!) The fortune is so in the follow-up, so folks --- NEVER hesitate to see it through, & get them involved as soon as possible. Complete the "process" by getting them involved & into immediate action. And, of course ... plug them into www.teamburgess.com!!!

The Big Secret!

I'm constantly bombarded (and irritated) by all of the email I receive from network marketers who claim they have the secret to building a networking business without doing the basics that have for decades worked. The claims they make are usually tied to purchasing their tapes, books, programs, etc. Unfortunately, many people purchase these things and not only lose their money, but fail to see success. Just like everything in life that is worthwhile in achieving...there are no shortcuts to success. Examples - If you want to graduate from college, you have to take the required classes to finish school. If you want to lose weight, you have to do the basics of eating less and moving more. If you want to be a great athlete, you have to pay the price. Nothing comes without calculated, planned effort, focus, determination and hard work (yes, work). With Vemma you simply follow the path led by those achieving success. Start here ... First, grab a legal pad of paper and divide it down the middle. On the left side start writing down names of everyone who needs Vemma or Verve. Who is sick, suffers from something, lacks energy, has aches and pains or wants to feel good? We all have sick friends. Start there. Listen to conversations around you. Lots of complaints about having no energy, etc. Keep your Vemma radar up when around other people. On the right side write down all of the names of people you'd love to have in your business. Use your Memory Jogger or the yellow pages to do this, and make sure you are energized with your Verve and have taken a brisk walk around the neighborhood to start this process. (Rocky music helps to get those brain cells working!) Once energized (rev'd) - start calling these people, stating your One Minute Message, using the TOOLS - www.vervevideo.com - your website - Tuesday and Thursday conference calls - recorded hotlines - 3-way calls (pivot) to upline and our www.teamburgess.com website. BE CONSISTENT EVERYDAY!!! Consistent daily activity will make you rich! Do the basics. Use the system and tools and be consistent. Important ... it's not who you know. It's who they can lead you to. So talk to everyone and invite them to take a L@@K at this MONUMENTAL OPPORTUNITY. Vemma gives you everything to succeed. Don't let your fears and insecurities stop you from success. Consistently do the basics, and you will see success. That's The Big Secret!

Let the Tools Talk

I am beyond impressed with the savvy tools Vemma provides for us as independent distributors. That definitely comes from the experienced management. BK's background is so strong in Network Marketing, that he knows exactly what is needed to be successful in the field. He has given us everything to succeed - easily. From the free myvemma.com websites (myverve.com immediately ignites), extensive email communications to keep everyone informed & in the "loop" with the biz, monthly corporate live update calls, online talking magazine updates, all of the product awareness efforts, videos, recognition tools...& so much, much more...it's thrilling! If you've never worked in Network Marketing, you might not appreciate what you've got. It's like a treasure chest of tools to choose from. Look in your backoffice & here under Important Websites - it's amazing. So - use & abuse, especially the new www.vervevideo.com tool. This is by far the coolest tool ever. $10 a month to sign up with unlimited - that's right --- unlimited use! Simply say to cold market person..."hey, this is (your name) with Verve. I understand you are looking to make extra money from home. That's great! I have the hottest product ever that is exploding everywhere since it's release. What's your email your address? I'll send you a short video clip to look at. You just click on it. If you have an interest, we'll talk about how you can get making money fast!" Then type in their email address, name & phone number for follow up. It's that simple! For warm market, simply tell them you want them to take a look - get their email address - follow the steps just listed - & go from there. L@@k into your downline inactive or active teams & shoot them the One on One (2) with BK talking about how he formulated the Verve, or Getting Paid if they are needing to know that. Just USE THE TOOLS. Let the tools talk. They do it way better than I can for sure! How about you? Let's rock 'n roll!!! See you Monday night 9pm ET Team Burgess Leaders Call! xox

It's a Numbers Game!

There's a word I keep on my computer screen. It's an important word for those of us who are passionate about building our Vemma business. It's ... "NEXT". This word should be what we say out loud all of the time, especially after we've talked to quite a few people about our powerful & exciting opportunity, & just haven't found that right person who "gets it." We are SEARCHING & SORTING in this business. Searching for someone to partner up with, who has our excitement, our focus, our energy to work this business with. We're searching for someone who does what it takes to make the business happen. They are on the weekly calls. They have started writing their Prospect 100 list. They are meeting face to face with people every week. They are "pivoting" people to you with 3-way calls to validate the business. And they are consistently sponsoring new every week. They "get it." They know that if they work hard with focus & determination that the end result is that magic "walk away residual income", & nothing is going to stop them from achieving those big bonus checks & lifestyle! They are pumped. So...where are these people? Trust me. I say that every morning. But, understanding that it's a "numbers game" & saying out loud with gusto..."NEXT!" keeps me moving the in right direction - onward & upward. Is it always easy? No. I think I want success for people more than they want it for themselves. And that is more sad than frustrating. But, as you keep searching & sorting through everyone (literally everyone) you know, they are there, & the joy of finding someone that "gets it" far out weighs the discouragement that comes along the way. So...keep searching & the more you search --- 1) deliver your one minute message to, 2) meet with face to face, 3) invite to take a look at your website, 4) invite to hop onto a call with you, 5) invite to come to your weekly Verve Tasting, 6) invite to partner up with you to blast the area... you will find people who "get it!"

Invite Everyone to Take a L@@K!!!

Vemma is a company with an incredibly strong foundation & successful Network Marketing experience, thus the tools are top notch & business savvy. Each tool gives a unique "spin" & glimpse into the magnitude of the business. And each exposure to the tools brings your Prospects closer to getting involved with you on your team. Important...Your only job is to "invite" people to Take a L@@K at what you've got. What is there to L@@K at, you ask? 1) Your myvemma.com (& myverve.com) website. It's there your Prospects can kick the tires, watch the video clips, look at the comparison charts, etc. at their leisure. 2) Weekly conference calls where they can hear live testimonials of how effective the product works, 3) Wednesday Webinars at www.myvtraining.com, 4) 24/7 Recorded Hotline messages about all aspects of the business (678) 298-4595, 5) great literature to include brochures, giftcards, cd's, magazine articles, that give further validation that what we have with Vemma is off the charts fabulous --- & so much more! And, most importantly, once a person is involved, there are support sites (www.teamburgess.com) to plug into, support calls (Monday 9pm ET - see EVENTS), support communications that guide you every step of the way. Again - your job is to only INVITE people to take a look. Say - "I'd like you to take a look at what I'm doing." Then plug them into any of the tools listed above to get them involved with you. Listen to Approaching Anyone under Listen & Learn - then get out there & INVITE people to take a L@@K!!! Quite honestly...if your business isn't growing fast enough, you are not inviting enough people to take a L@@K - daily, weekly, monthly.

Fun, Frantic Focus!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ken and I attended a hot, fast-paced, fun (young) Verve Tasting in LA Tuesday night and couldn't believe the energy (and youth) in that room. It was packed with 20-25 year old people, many college students at UCLA, all frantically having fun & laser focussed on building their Verve business! It was incredible. Ken and I were double (or triple) their age, but caught the vision. They were having fun. They were laser focussed on building what they called their "Side Hussle!" They said something very true in this day and age...everyone is doing something on the side to make extra money, whether it's eBay, garage sales, Craig's Listing junk around the house (even valuables) - all due to the mess the economy is in. Being young - they "get it!" They know that they want more from life than working 9-5pm. They know that there are three trends that Verve is capturing in a big way, & they are determined to capture their share ... 1) Energy Drinks!, 2) Liquid Nutrition (Wellness), 3) Home-based Business ... all trends that can make them rich! That's why they started a weekly (consistent) Tuesday Tastings. They started with a couple of college buddies and had them bring ONE guest to the next Tasting. From 3 it turned to 6 the following week, then those 6 brought one guest & it turned to 12, etc. Now their meetings are jam-packed! Young excited people talking TRENDS & OPPORTUNITY in a very fun, frantic focussed way that is MAGNETIC!!! Team...duplicate this energy & activity. Listen to "How to Hold a Verve Tasting" here at www.teamburgess.com. I've re-recorded it with the energy & form of the meeting we attended. It was hot! This biz is smokin', guys! Let's start having more fun & blast the biz!!!

Invite One to Take a Look!

Invite one new person a week to take a look at what you are doing, and why you are so excited about your Vemma business. Invite one a day to look at your myvemma.com website. Invite one person to hop on the Tuesday 9pm live Verve call. Invite one person to watch a Wednesday Webinar with www.myvtraining.com. Invite one to join you on a Thursday night 9pm (ET) Vemma Business Presentation call. Invite one to go with you to a local Verve Tasting. Invite one to talk to your upline. Share your story and passion with one new person every day. It's all about inviting just one new person to take a look. One new person a week enrolling as a member equals four new a month. Four a month equals forty-eight new team members a year enrolled into your business. One new person will make all the difference to your excitement - your commitment - your focus - YOUR SUCCESS. Find one with passion. Find one to partner up with. Find one to help achieve their dreams. It's all about finding one...at a time! Therein lies the secret to success long term. Finding one who feels what you feel. One new person changes the climate of your business. One is all it takes.

Plug In, Participate, Promote!

There are three "P's" to live by with successfully blasting your Vemma business. They are to 1) plug in, 2) participate and 3) promote. Live by these and you will always be excited about your business and focused on your goals.
To PLUG IN is to see you on the team calls - Monday 9pm ET Leaders Strategies Team Burgess call - Tuesday 9pm Verve call - Thursday 9pm Vemma Business Presentation call, and Saturday 10am Smart Start Training with your new people. Staying plugged in has you consistently using our team tools 1) recorded hotlines, 2) your myvemma.com website, 3) attending area events and meetings, and 4) listening to the monthly corporate update call.
To PARTICIPATE takes you at step closer to success with your business. Beyond just listening to the calls, actually 3-way a new person in with you every week, share your story on the call, and definitely speak up and let us know you are there. Report in weekly to your enroller on your success. 3-way call your new people into your upline. Be involved and strive for bigger goals for yourself. Participation not only guarantees your success, it empowers you as an individual. The more involved you are, the faster your business will grow!
To PROMOTE is truly the "secret" to success with growing and developing your downline team. I've always taught ... "it's not what you learn...it's what you teach." The "duplication" principle makes the magic happen in Network Marketing. Teach to teach. You are an Event Promoter with your Vemma business. Your enroller informs you of a special call, then you immediately get on the phones and call your team to inform them, telling them to call their teams. Your job is to totally 1) get people involved, 2) help them involve others, and 3) keep everyone informed. Once your team starts to "get it" - you won't have to tell them to call their teams. They will become leaders who truly understand the three "p's" - 1) plug in, 2) participate and 3) promote. That's the magic! Teach to teach ... tell to tell ... win to win!!!

Why Vemma?

With home-based businesses booming in the United States, seeing 18 million entrepreneurs in 2007, and 175,000 people starting home-based business every week, the question always comes up - Why Vemma? More specifically ... What makes Vemma unique? So, before you are confronted with these types of questions, let me arm you with the "basics" as I see them - thus making you "bullet proof" & solid in your commitment to build your Vemma business.

Vemma is a true triple threat ... SOLID - SIMPLE - SIZZLE. These three "S's" make Vemma the best opportunity in the world! Most start-up companies are exciting, for sure. That "groundfloor - get-positioned-quick" buzz draws in lots of people, but most of these new start-up companies come and go very fast. They are simply not coming from a SOLID foundation. They are often underfunded, mismanaged, have no experience in Network Marketing, have no documented science behind their products, etc. Thus, the outcome is a short-lived opportunity that leaves a negative experience for the distributors involved. There simply has to be a balance of "new" and "established" to create a strong long-term business opportunity.

That's where Vemma shines the brightest. A new business opportunity, backed by a solid billion dollar company! That, along with being SIMPLE - a one focus formula - gets even bigger and more explosive with the addition of the energy version of the Vemma formula - called VERVE! Yahoo...SIZZLE! And, folks, if it doesn't SIZZLE, it will FIZZLE!

So, to recap... with Vemma you have a brilliant opportunity that is SOLID as a rock, SIMPLE to share with people, is very smart in conception and formulation and captures the biggest wave in America today...the energy drink market...thus giving you the SIZZLE in a huge way! Run with it, guys. You can change your life and lifestyle with this opportunity. Talk VERVE. Sample VERVE. Enroll with VERVE. Back it up with the core Vemma formula, and you create magic! Get creative and have fun! Your dreams will come true with this business!!!