What is network or attraction marketing? How does it work? How can your business benefit from the strategies and tactics?
You have to be willing to:--Work smart and not hard--Learn about marketing--Make changes in the strategies you are using right now--Travel down a different road--Not chase after genealogy leads, make 200 calls a day or hand out sizzle cards.
If you are not making enough money for the time, energy and effort you have spent on other methods, stop what you are doing and try magnetic or attraction sponsoring. You need to start studying the market and look into direct response marketing. It is better to have people call you--it is much easier and much more rewarding.
Some great authors on these subjects are: Perry Marshall and Dan Kennedy. Look for experts and read their bios and what they have done. Be able to learn something from what they have to say.
If your goal is to have 5-10 network marketers call for one reason or another, don't you think you could build a big business by talking with those 5-10 people? Notice I said, them calling you!
People will try different activities to start in Attraction or Network marketing and have their own reasons for doing them. It might be that their money is tight so advertising is not an option. They try using Google AdWords but they don't know what they are doing-people write ads but have no idea how to write. Advertising is the key only IF you do it right.
Attraction or Magnetic Marketing is: attracting your target market to you--network marketers who are looking to grow their business--people who are looking for a leader to follow and learn the skills they have to teach.
Your strategy should not be selling your business or selling your opportunity. People don't make money because they join the opportunity as a result of its cool product. People make money by learning how to build their business, how to build a pipeline, through mentorship, and teacing strategies and tactics. They have to learn how to monetize leads.
Attraction or Magnetic Marketing is finding out what the business is all about. It has nothing to do with selling the company/business or being a successful distributor-anyone can have a company with a successful product or they can become a successful distributor. It is not about product. It is all about people. Products are an excuse to train people, teach leadership, and build a distribution organization. It is important to have a good product but it is more than your company or product that they are going to be attracted to.
Sell yourself to people first! That is what is important!
People will join you because they:
1) found a mentor or leader to teach them to be successful. 2) found or have been shown a marketing system or opportunity that they can see themselves being successful with.
Yes, it really is that simple!
The three important rules of Attraction or Network Marketing: Sell Yourself, Market the System and then Market the company.
People love to buy things if they think it is their idea. Don't chase them-it makes them run in the other direction! Provide them with the correct tidbits, marketing pieces. Tease them, entice them. Let them think that it is their idea to work with you and then you can sponsor them.
You have to ask yourself "What are you bringing to the table for that particular prospect?" If three people with the same tremendous company with the same tremendous opportunity and product present their presentation to someone, which person do you think is going to get the business? It depends on how you present it but it would be the person who followed the above three rules.
How do you become that person? The only people who make money are leaders. Leaders have educated themselves about the industry they have become involved in and have acquired the necessary skill sets. Leaders aren't born they are made. Leaders have a genuine interest in people and a desire to help people succeed.
You can break out as that leader. You can separate yourself and put yourself out ahead of the crowd and be someone that people want to seek out.
You need to increase your value to other people. Why do people want to work with you?Educate yourself. Put your money, time and energy into learning skills other people don't want to learn. Read books or articles on Marketing, Copyrighting, Advertising. You have to become attractive in other people's eyes.
Buying books and reading/educating yourself does not take a lot of money. There is so much to gain by reading. The knowledge gained by reading alone is valuable and adding value to yourself with every book you read. You are going to go through personal growth with every book added to your library.
I have hopefully given you some great ideas to start. Next time I will talk about funded proposals.
You will start to get the feel for Attraction or Magnetic sponsoring the more you learn about it. It does not happen overnight. With funded proposals you can earn income at the same time. You have financial freedom all the while still working on building your business. You will then have the time-do what you want when you want!
You can have financial freedom while working with a winning team! Grow your business and "fire your boss." I will get you started on the road to success. Join my team to learn the secrets of Network Marketing. You will then have the time to do what you want, when you want by attracting people to you 24/7!
If you personally would like to join me, ask me about joining my team and how I can help you open the doors to Network Marketing.
Until next time!
Dianne
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Dianne Humphries is a member of the fastest growing Team at Max International and will teach you how to market your business without chasing leads or bothering family and friends. Network Marketing is a teaching & mentoring business. If you are interested in learning more about MaxGXL, MaxWLX and Max N-Fuze or joining One Max Team, visit Take It To The Max Impact!
Prospecting Stinks. Stop Wasting Time and Money on leads and Cold Calling. See How.
October 8, 2008
Max International Introduces N-Fuze at 2008 Imagine Convention
Max International introduced a new product at the 2008 Imagine Convention.
The name? Max N-Fuze
What does it do?
Well, it is the future of Cellular Nutrient Delivery...
Max nanofusion technology creates an unparalleled breakthrough in absorption and bioavailabilty that cannot be achievedwith conventional vitamin and mineral and supplements.
Delivers vitamins, minerals and herbal ingredients to support optimal cell function, cellular communication and cellular defense mechanisms.*
Provides needed nutrients to further support glutathione (GSH) production*
Delivers targeted nutrients needed to support leptin sensitivity*
Contains D-ribose and CoQ10 to support ATP (energy) production and function*
Supports the production and function of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase, two vital antioxidants produced by the body to fight the potent free radical superoxide.*
Utilizes patent-pending nanotechnology designed to maximize absorption*
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Obtaining the nutrients your body needs for optimal performance is an increasingly difficult challenge. Soils are depleted of vital trace elements; factory farming practices and overprocessing further reduce the nutrients available from food. Vitamin and mineral supplements have long been the solution but they are not always absorbed. If you feel like half of your 'cylinders' are not firing, help is on the way! Max N-Fuze is all about effectively delivering the nutrients you need.
Breakthrough Absorption Technology
Decades ago, simply taking dietary supplements was accepted as a novel way to give your body what it needs.
Due to the advances of science, we now know that just because you take a dietary supplement does not mean that your cells are efficiently absorbing the nutrients.
Consequently, there has been a long-standing quest to discover a legitimate breakthrough technology that would allow efficient and maximum cellular absorption of nutrient-sized particles.
Max N-Fuze uses a patent-pending nanotechnology to efficiently deliver targeted nutrients that are capable of readily being absorbed and utilized by the cell. This breakthrough technology consists of enveloping nano-sized nutrients in a highly purified water cluster and efficiently delivering the nano-sized particle to the cell.
Max N-Fuze was subjected to vigorous safety testing at Clemson University. Additionally, Max International is a member of the Institute of Nutraceutical Research (INR). The INR is a leading research group that consolidates the intellectual and physical resources of the faculty at Clemson University and links these resources to South Carolina Nutrition Research Consortium (SCNRC) involving the South Carolina Research Authority, the University of South Carolina and the Medical University of SC in a unique partnership.
If you are interested in learning more about MaxGXL, MaxWLX and Max N-Fuze or joining One Max Team, visit Take It To The Max Impact! and scroll down to the lower half of the page to Take The Free Tour.
Take It To The Max!
Dianne
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Dianne Humphries is a member of the fastest growing Team at Max International and will teach you how to market your business without chasing leads or bothering family and friends.
Prospecting Stinks. Stop Wasting Time and Money on leads and Cold Calling. See How.
3 Ways to Guarantee Success in Your Max International Business
How are you going to generate Leads? How are you going to acquire new customers without cold calling and bothering friends and family? How are you going to train and lead your growing sales force once they decide to join your Team? How are you going to reach your financial goal if that goal is a six-figure income?
These are some very important questions that we are going to answer right now.
Key to Success #1: Find a Team that caters to your strengths
The first key is to partner with a team of people who are already achieving the kind of results that you want to achieve. Talk with them. Most of these achievers are very accessible. Ask them how they built their business. Ask them if they built it online? Did they build it by holding meetings? Was there one particular moment or contact that catapulted their business to the next level?
It is important to ask any and all questions before you send in your application because they are going to teach you to build your business the same way.
You need to ask questions like:
~How long have you been in the business?
~How available are they going to be if I need a consultation or if I need to call them?
~What kind of training do they provide?
The internet is such a big part of the business world these days, you need an organization that is internet savvy with a proven marketing system in place. They have to be able to show you and tell you about the various tools available such as WordTracker or Google Adwords to grow your business. Within our company, the primary top online organization is "One Max Team."
Key to Success #2: Plug in to an effective marketing system.
Leads are the life blood of your business. Most Max International home based business owners will fade away once they work their warm market unless they have an effective marketing system in place. Sometimes, in desperation, they will buy overpriced leads from a genealogy list service.
Your average lead generation should be 10-20 leads per day. This can easily be done if you have a few computer skills and if your organization has a good marketing tool in place.
Key to Success #3: Gather Customers on a Global Basis.
Do you want to have your organization filled with customers who are just as excited about the Max International opportunity as you are? This has to be one of the most important aspects of your business building skills if you want to achieve long-term residual income.
Along with recruiting new Max International distributors, you can not forget about the other lifeline of your business: the acquisition of new product customers on a daily business.
The last thing that I want to do is to resemble an Avon lady going door-to-door begging for sales. And, I do not want to bother my friends and family until they cringe at the sight of my phone number on their caller ID. I also do not want to hand out sizzle post cards or trek around parking lots and put them on cars in parking lots.
I want to build a million dollar business, not a mediocre one.
Here is the most important information I can give you: The trick to gathering product customers by the hundreds is to market Max International's MaxGXL, MaxWLX and Max N-Fuze online and off-line. In more cases than not, if you can get someone to try the products they will usually continue to use if for months and years to come. Once you introduce them to one product, you can introduce them to the rest of your products one at a time.
If you want to work from your home office, make sure when you evaluate which organization you would like to join that they have a marketing system that you can use to quickly and easily acquire new product customers on a daily basis.
If you are interested in learning more about MaxGXL and MaxWLX or joining my Team, visit Take It To The Max Impact!
Take It To The Max!
Dianne
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Dianne Humphries is a member of a great Team and will teach you how to market your business without chasing leads or bothering family and friends.
Prospecting Stinks. Stop Wasting Time and Money on leads and Cold Calling. See How.
October 1, 2008
2008 "Imagine" Convention--Salt Lake City, Utah (9/26-27)
What Can I say? If you were not there, you missed a truly spectacular event.
I was undecided about going to the convention because I had another event at home that presented itself the week before the convention.
Fortunately, I was able to go and I was NOT disappointed. If you can "Imagine" yourself successful, Max International is the company to join.
The Founder and Owners of Max International are truly the most genuine group of people you ever want to meet. The excitement and enthusiasm they have for the company and the products spilled over into the audience.
From the entrance of Greg Fullerton on his Harley to the Gala Dinner and performers, it was probably the best convention I have ever been to in my career.
Here is a sampling of who spoke at the convention: Steve Scott, Greg Fullerton, Fred Ninow, Peter Nordberg, Craig Case, Dave Bagley, Dr. Robert Keller (via phone), Bob Kaelin, Mike Larkins, Dr. Ron Rosedale, Dr. Tracy Holdford, and all of the Associates who have reached the upper ranks in the company.
A new product was introduced: Max N-Fuze with its revolutionary NanoTechnology. The MaxWLX product was re-packaged into a system to help people lose weight. MaxGXL packs floated down from the ceiling.
You really had to be there to appreciate everything that Max International had to present. There is virtually no way to describe the excitement and enthusiasm of the event unless you were there live and experiencing it first-hand for yourself.
This company is on the ground floor level and if you join, you have a chance to become part of something bigger than anyone can grasp at this moment in time.
Max International will be changing the health industry with their truly remarkable products: MaxGXL, MaxWLX and Max N-Fuze. Watch out world...here comes Max!
If you are interested in learning more about MaxGXL, MaxWLX or Max N-Fuze and would like to join a winning Team, visit Take It To The Max Impact!
Take It To The Max!
Dianne
__________________________________________________________________
Dianne Humphries is a member of a great Team and will teach you how to market your business without chasing leads or bothering family and friends.
Prospecting Stinks. Stop Wasting Time and Money on leads and Cold Calling. See How.
I was undecided about going to the convention because I had another event at home that presented itself the week before the convention.
Fortunately, I was able to go and I was NOT disappointed. If you can "Imagine" yourself successful, Max International is the company to join.
The Founder and Owners of Max International are truly the most genuine group of people you ever want to meet. The excitement and enthusiasm they have for the company and the products spilled over into the audience.
From the entrance of Greg Fullerton on his Harley to the Gala Dinner and performers, it was probably the best convention I have ever been to in my career.
Here is a sampling of who spoke at the convention: Steve Scott, Greg Fullerton, Fred Ninow, Peter Nordberg, Craig Case, Dave Bagley, Dr. Robert Keller (via phone), Bob Kaelin, Mike Larkins, Dr. Ron Rosedale, Dr. Tracy Holdford, and all of the Associates who have reached the upper ranks in the company.
A new product was introduced: Max N-Fuze with its revolutionary NanoTechnology. The MaxWLX product was re-packaged into a system to help people lose weight. MaxGXL packs floated down from the ceiling.
You really had to be there to appreciate everything that Max International had to present. There is virtually no way to describe the excitement and enthusiasm of the event unless you were there live and experiencing it first-hand for yourself.
This company is on the ground floor level and if you join, you have a chance to become part of something bigger than anyone can grasp at this moment in time.
Max International will be changing the health industry with their truly remarkable products: MaxGXL, MaxWLX and Max N-Fuze. Watch out world...here comes Max!
If you are interested in learning more about MaxGXL, MaxWLX or Max N-Fuze and would like to join a winning Team, visit Take It To The Max Impact!
Take It To The Max!
Dianne
__________________________________________________________________
Dianne Humphries is a member of a great Team and will teach you how to market your business without chasing leads or bothering family and friends.
Prospecting Stinks. Stop Wasting Time and Money on leads and Cold Calling. See How.
September 19, 2008
Max MLM Business Components to Build A Successful Max International Business.
How are you doing in your Max International Business? Are you struggling? Are you on top of your Game?
Do you need help with the basics of an MLM Business?
How do you look at your Max International Business? Do you have the right Max MLM Business Components?
Here is the first thing you need to remember:
Network Marketing is a business model designed to accrue value and net worth over time.
Stop looking at your MLM business as a quick fix for your financial situation and start looking at it for what it really is:
Your Max MLM Business is an asset that will grow over time...the sure and steady growth path just like a savings account, an IRA or anything else that, given time, will grow exponentially.
In order to grow your business and to get the prospects flowing, you need a couple of items:
1) A low-cost high volume retail product. For example:
Low Cost High Volume Product.
2) A medium cost backend product. For example:
Medium to High-Cost Product.
3) A network marketing opportunity. For example:
Network Marketing Opportunity.
There are some other very important pieces of your Max Business that you do not want to forget:
Traffic & Prospect Generator
You need a lead generation system that is on 24/7. In other words, you need to mass market. That can be in the form of article writing, pay per click, forums, display ads, blogs.
A Marketing Pipeline
You need something to position yourself as an expert instead of a salesman.
Capturing the attention and time of your prospects is important. Provide valuable information that is of real benefit to them (and NOT you).
The ability to set up an autoresponder so that these components run by themselves. In other words, something that is technology driven without a lot of involvement on your part.
This component should market, promote and induce the sale of an inexpensive retail product through direct response marketing and point to the cash register which takes the order for you.
A Cash Register
If you have Sales of a Product, you need a processing system that produces retail cash and creates retail customers 24/7.
This "Cash Register" will help pay for your advertising.
A Retail Product
This product should have something to do directly with your business opportunity. It should basically sell itself for you or, in other words, it should induce the customer to sell themselves on the product.
Your MLM Business
This is where you build long-term residual income and your leadership development takes place.
Your job is to basically provide customer service, build relationships and help anyone who asks for your guidance and expertise.
If you are interested in learning more about MaxGXL and MaxWLX or joining my Team, visit Take It To The Max Impact!
Take It To The Max!
Dianne
__________________________________________________________________
Dianne Humphries is a member of a great Team and will teach you how to market your business without chasing leads or bothering family and friends.
Prospecting Stinks. Stop Wasting Time and Money on leads and Cold Calling. See How.
Do you need help with the basics of an MLM Business?
How do you look at your Max International Business? Do you have the right Max MLM Business Components?
Here is the first thing you need to remember:
Network Marketing is a business model designed to accrue value and net worth over time.
Stop looking at your MLM business as a quick fix for your financial situation and start looking at it for what it really is:
Your Max MLM Business is an asset that will grow over time...the sure and steady growth path just like a savings account, an IRA or anything else that, given time, will grow exponentially.
In order to grow your business and to get the prospects flowing, you need a couple of items:
1) A low-cost high volume retail product. For example:
2) A medium cost backend product. For example:
3) A network marketing opportunity. For example:
There are some other very important pieces of your Max Business that you do not want to forget:
You need a lead generation system that is on 24/7. In other words, you need to mass market. That can be in the form of article writing, pay per click, forums, display ads, blogs.
You need something to position yourself as an expert instead of a salesman.
Capturing the attention and time of your prospects is important. Provide valuable information that is of real benefit to them (and NOT you).
The ability to set up an autoresponder so that these components run by themselves. In other words, something that is technology driven without a lot of involvement on your part.
This component should market, promote and induce the sale of an inexpensive retail product through direct response marketing and point to the cash register which takes the order for you.
If you have Sales of a Product, you need a processing system that produces retail cash and creates retail customers 24/7.
This "Cash Register" will help pay for your advertising.
This product should have something to do directly with your business opportunity. It should basically sell itself for you or, in other words, it should induce the customer to sell themselves on the product.
This is where you build long-term residual income and your leadership development takes place.
Your job is to basically provide customer service, build relationships and help anyone who asks for your guidance and expertise.
If you are interested in learning more about MaxGXL and MaxWLX or joining my Team, visit Take It To The Max Impact!
Take It To The Max!
Dianne
__________________________________________________________________
Dianne Humphries is a member of a great Team and will teach you how to market your business without chasing leads or bothering family and friends.
Prospecting Stinks. Stop Wasting Time and Money on leads and Cold Calling. See How.
September 16, 2008
Keep An Extra Supply of Max on Hand....Just In Case
There is just something about being able to hand someone your product right when they request it.
You never know when the opportunity is going to present itself when someone you meet decides on the spot that they want to try a product.
You know how you are, though. I want it now and not later....that seems to be the thought process in this day and age. We are a "have to have it now" society.
This can be a good thing if you are prepared when someone tells you "If you have some, I would like to try it." You can immediately provide that person with the product and they can become an instant subscriber.
If it were me, personally, I could tell just from their rapid response that this is someone that I would like to do business with. This person is on the ball, sharp and organized. This person knows what a customer wants...the ability to have the product in their hand in 24 hours or less.
If you are interested in learning more about MaxGXL and MaxWLX or joining my Team, visit Take It To The Max Impact!
Take It To The Max!
Dianne
__________________________________________________________________
Dianne Humphries is a member of a great Team and will teach you how to market your business without chasing leads or bothering family and friends.
Prospecting Stinks. Stop Wasting Time and Money on leads and Cold Calling. See How.
September 11, 2008
Do You Know What Glutathione Is and How It Works with Your Body?
Glutathione: A Real Cinderella Story
If you would for a minute consider yourself in the role of Prince Charming, there’s a lovely Cinderella we would like you to meet.
She doesn’t have a very “musical” name: glutathione. And you’ve probably overlooked her just like her step-sisters did. But this ‘Cinderella’ is not only hardworking, she’s powerful enough to take you to the Ball and have you looking and feeling like the regal royal you were meant to be!
Okay. Glutathione is not really a storybook princess, it’s a lovely tripeptide molecule found in every cell in your body. Glutathione is versatile and hardworking, more vital to your health than you can possibly imagine! But most people have never even heard of glutathione.
You are about to read some of the astounding ways glutathione impacts the way your body works. The metabolic processes described below are all documented by peer-reviewed studies available on the website of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health: www.pubmed.gov.
You don’t have to be a scientist to locate these studies. A simple search on this website will show you scientific confirmation of the benefits of this amazing substance: glutathione.
DeBest DeTox!
What a polluted world we live in! Mothers-to-be are warned not to eat certain fish that are contaminated with neurotoxic mercury. Cows are treated with genetically engineered growth hormones to make them give unnatural amounts of milk. Their milk gives you a dose of unneeded hormones along with the famous milk mustache. Fruits and vegetables contain traces of herbicides and pesticides. Cigarette smoke (even secondhand smoke) causes serious free-radical damage to our cells.
Life has become a giant chemical stew and we desperately need to be detoxified.
There are minerals like copper and zinc that are essential to our health when taken in trace amounts. When we are exposed to higher amounts, the same helpful substances become toxic. And we are sometimes exposed to the chemical element arsenic, a dangerous poison.
Glutathione to the rescue! Studies found on PubMed show that glutathione steps up to the plate when we are exposed to arsenic1, cadmium2, copper3, mercury4,5 and zinc.6
Glutathione binds to these heavy metals and transports them to the liver where even more glutathione resides, ready to finish the detox job and escort the metals out of the body.
Unfortunately, heavy metals can overwhelm intracellular glutathione. For example, a 2005 study stated that “Intracellular glutathione (GSH) was significantly depleted by [arsenic] exposure.”7 This shows how important it is for the body to be able to restore glutathione levels after detoxifying.
Not-So-Holy Smoke
It’s fairly common knowledge that cigarette smoke generates incredible amounts of
damaging free radicals. Perhaps not so well known is the danger that second-hand smoke presents in generating those same dangerous free radicals.
Glutathione is the body’s most powerful antioxidant. Recent research showed ways that smoking compromises the body’s immune system. Cigarette smoke slowed down production of immune system cells called cytokines and reduced the activation of the molecule nuclear factor-kappa beta (NFkB) which detects free radicals and infectious agents. Treatment with glutathione, reported the study, “reversed both these effects” of cigarette smoking.8
Chemicals in Food
A special mechanism is triggered in the digestive tract when xenobiotic (not normally produced by the body) chemicals are detected in food. Examples of xenobiotic chemicals found in food are remnants of pesticides, herbicides or hormones given to animals. Dr. Robert H. Keller said that there are some things “that we eat in food that we would never put in our mouth if we knew what they really were!” Unique detecting proteins, called “heat shock proteins,” trigger cellular glutathione levels to rise which then protects cells exposed to the chemicals.9
Blitzing Bad Bugs
A nasty germ responsible for many respiratory infections is called Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Part of this bug’s arsenal of tricks is causing oxidative stress in cellular systems with a factor called pyocyanin. Research in Australia showed that one of the cell-damaging effects of pyocyanin was “inhibited by the antioxidant, glutathione.”10
Protecting Elite Athletes
Exercise is vital to good health! But the oxidation process that naturally occurs during intense exercise can deplete inadequate stores of glutathione. One animal study showed decreased glutathione content in older skeletal muscle.11 Glutathione is so important to the health of athletes that Italian sport researchers concluded that measuring antioxidant levels of glutathione reductase [the enzyme that “reduces” glutathione to its most antioxidant state] and other such markers “may be useful to a clinician to better assess and evaluate the benefits of training and/or supplementation programs.”12
In fact, this study showed that trained elite soccer players had significantly higher levels of blood glutathione reductase activity compared to subjects who were sedentary. Intense exercise requires high levels of glutathione!
The Eyes Have It!
Yet another benefit from the marvelous antioxidant glutathione is that it supports good eye health. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) decrease glutathione levels allowing a more oxidized environment which can cause cloudy vision.13
Healthy levels of cellular glutathione “put out the fires” started by reactive oxygen species allowing the eyes to function properly.
Happy Ending for this Cinderella Story
Wouldn’t you agree that glutathione has more than earned the right to be recognized as one of the most important factors of good health? Now you can share the true story of this mighty antioxidant!
Notes
1. Habib, GM, et al., “Glutathione protects cells against arsenite-induced toxicity,” Free Radic Biol Med. 2007 Jan 15;42(2):191- 201.
2. Watanabe M, Suzuki T, “Cadmium-induced synthesis of HSP70 and a role of glutathione in Euglena gracilis,” Redox Rep. 2004;9)6):349-53.
3. Miras R, et al., “Interplay between glutathione, Atx1 and copper. Copper (I) glutathionate induced dimerization of Atx1,” J Biol Inorg Chem. 2007 Oct 24.
4. Agrawal A, et al., “Thimerosal induces TH2 responses via influencing cytokine secretion by human dendritic cells,” J Leukoc Biol. 2007 Feb;81(2):474-82.
5. Han SG, et al., “Comparative cytotoxicity of cadmium and mercury in a human bronchial epithelial cell line (BEAS-2B) and its role in oxidative stress and induction of heat shock protein 70,” J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2007 May 15;70(10):852-60.
6. Gazaryan IG, et al., “Zinc irreversibly damages major enzymes of energy production and antioxidant defense prior to mitochondrial permeability transition,” J Biol Chem. 2007 Aug 17:282)33):24373-80.
7. Han SG, et al., “Heat shock protein 70 as an indicator of early lung injury caused by exposure to arsenic,” Mol Cell Biochem. 2005 Sep;277(1-2):153-64.
8. Birrell MA, et al., “Impact of tobacco-smoke on key signaling pathways in the innate immune response in lung macrophages,” J Cell Physiol. 2008 Jan;214(1):27-37.
Take It To The Max!
Dianne
www.Max906.com
www.Take-It-To-The-Max-Impact.com
If you would for a minute consider yourself in the role of Prince Charming, there’s a lovely Cinderella we would like you to meet.
She doesn’t have a very “musical” name: glutathione. And you’ve probably overlooked her just like her step-sisters did. But this ‘Cinderella’ is not only hardworking, she’s powerful enough to take you to the Ball and have you looking and feeling like the regal royal you were meant to be!
Okay. Glutathione is not really a storybook princess, it’s a lovely tripeptide molecule found in every cell in your body. Glutathione is versatile and hardworking, more vital to your health than you can possibly imagine! But most people have never even heard of glutathione.
You are about to read some of the astounding ways glutathione impacts the way your body works. The metabolic processes described below are all documented by peer-reviewed studies available on the website of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health: www.pubmed.gov.
You don’t have to be a scientist to locate these studies. A simple search on this website will show you scientific confirmation of the benefits of this amazing substance: glutathione.
DeBest DeTox!
What a polluted world we live in! Mothers-to-be are warned not to eat certain fish that are contaminated with neurotoxic mercury. Cows are treated with genetically engineered growth hormones to make them give unnatural amounts of milk. Their milk gives you a dose of unneeded hormones along with the famous milk mustache. Fruits and vegetables contain traces of herbicides and pesticides. Cigarette smoke (even secondhand smoke) causes serious free-radical damage to our cells.
Life has become a giant chemical stew and we desperately need to be detoxified.
There are minerals like copper and zinc that are essential to our health when taken in trace amounts. When we are exposed to higher amounts, the same helpful substances become toxic. And we are sometimes exposed to the chemical element arsenic, a dangerous poison.
Glutathione to the rescue! Studies found on PubMed show that glutathione steps up to the plate when we are exposed to arsenic1, cadmium2, copper3, mercury4,5 and zinc.6
Glutathione binds to these heavy metals and transports them to the liver where even more glutathione resides, ready to finish the detox job and escort the metals out of the body.
Unfortunately, heavy metals can overwhelm intracellular glutathione. For example, a 2005 study stated that “Intracellular glutathione (GSH) was significantly depleted by [arsenic] exposure.”7 This shows how important it is for the body to be able to restore glutathione levels after detoxifying.
Not-So-Holy Smoke
It’s fairly common knowledge that cigarette smoke generates incredible amounts of
damaging free radicals. Perhaps not so well known is the danger that second-hand smoke presents in generating those same dangerous free radicals.
Glutathione is the body’s most powerful antioxidant. Recent research showed ways that smoking compromises the body’s immune system. Cigarette smoke slowed down production of immune system cells called cytokines and reduced the activation of the molecule nuclear factor-kappa beta (NFkB) which detects free radicals and infectious agents. Treatment with glutathione, reported the study, “reversed both these effects” of cigarette smoking.8
Chemicals in Food
A special mechanism is triggered in the digestive tract when xenobiotic (not normally produced by the body) chemicals are detected in food. Examples of xenobiotic chemicals found in food are remnants of pesticides, herbicides or hormones given to animals. Dr. Robert H. Keller said that there are some things “that we eat in food that we would never put in our mouth if we knew what they really were!” Unique detecting proteins, called “heat shock proteins,” trigger cellular glutathione levels to rise which then protects cells exposed to the chemicals.9
Blitzing Bad Bugs
A nasty germ responsible for many respiratory infections is called Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Part of this bug’s arsenal of tricks is causing oxidative stress in cellular systems with a factor called pyocyanin. Research in Australia showed that one of the cell-damaging effects of pyocyanin was “inhibited by the antioxidant, glutathione.”10
Protecting Elite Athletes
Exercise is vital to good health! But the oxidation process that naturally occurs during intense exercise can deplete inadequate stores of glutathione. One animal study showed decreased glutathione content in older skeletal muscle.11 Glutathione is so important to the health of athletes that Italian sport researchers concluded that measuring antioxidant levels of glutathione reductase [the enzyme that “reduces” glutathione to its most antioxidant state] and other such markers “may be useful to a clinician to better assess and evaluate the benefits of training and/or supplementation programs.”12
In fact, this study showed that trained elite soccer players had significantly higher levels of blood glutathione reductase activity compared to subjects who were sedentary. Intense exercise requires high levels of glutathione!
The Eyes Have It!
Yet another benefit from the marvelous antioxidant glutathione is that it supports good eye health. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) decrease glutathione levels allowing a more oxidized environment which can cause cloudy vision.13
Healthy levels of cellular glutathione “put out the fires” started by reactive oxygen species allowing the eyes to function properly.
Happy Ending for this Cinderella Story
Wouldn’t you agree that glutathione has more than earned the right to be recognized as one of the most important factors of good health? Now you can share the true story of this mighty antioxidant!
Notes
1. Habib, GM, et al., “Glutathione protects cells against arsenite-induced toxicity,” Free Radic Biol Med. 2007 Jan 15;42(2):191- 201.
2. Watanabe M, Suzuki T, “Cadmium-induced synthesis of HSP70 and a role of glutathione in Euglena gracilis,” Redox Rep. 2004;9)6):349-53.
3. Miras R, et al., “Interplay between glutathione, Atx1 and copper. Copper (I) glutathionate induced dimerization of Atx1,” J Biol Inorg Chem. 2007 Oct 24.
4. Agrawal A, et al., “Thimerosal induces TH2 responses via influencing cytokine secretion by human dendritic cells,” J Leukoc Biol. 2007 Feb;81(2):474-82.
5. Han SG, et al., “Comparative cytotoxicity of cadmium and mercury in a human bronchial epithelial cell line (BEAS-2B) and its role in oxidative stress and induction of heat shock protein 70,” J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2007 May 15;70(10):852-60.
6. Gazaryan IG, et al., “Zinc irreversibly damages major enzymes of energy production and antioxidant defense prior to mitochondrial permeability transition,” J Biol Chem. 2007 Aug 17:282)33):24373-80.
7. Han SG, et al., “Heat shock protein 70 as an indicator of early lung injury caused by exposure to arsenic,” Mol Cell Biochem. 2005 Sep;277(1-2):153-64.
8. Birrell MA, et al., “Impact of tobacco-smoke on key signaling pathways in the innate immune response in lung macrophages,” J Cell Physiol. 2008 Jan;214(1):27-37.
Take It To The Max!
Dianne
www.Max906.com
www.Take-It-To-The-Max-Impact.com
September 9, 2008
Success Is A Mindset
Do you have the right Mindset to Grow your Business?
If you want to take your Business to the next level, your Mindset will determine its success or failure.
Are you a pessimist?
Are you an optimist?
Do you see yourself Rich or do you see yourself Poor?
Do you give up easily?
Do you have destructive or constructive thoughts?
Do you feel you chart your own destiny or is everything that happens to you just "fate."
Just look at this quote from the English poet W.E. Henley:
"I Am the Master of my Fate, I am the Captain of my Soul."
Do you feel this way? Or, do you feel you have no control over situations? Things just "happen" to you.
Or, put another way:
"Before you can accumulate riches in great abundance, you must magnetize your mind with intense desire for riches. You must become money conscious until the desire for money drives you to create definite plans for acquiring it."~Napoleon Hill
Where is your mindset today?
Do you have a plan to attain your goals and go after them without fear of failure? Do you have a burning desire to win? You need both of these to succeed.
Here are some suggestions to help you get your Mindset focused in the right direction:
1) Set a number in your head. How much money do you want to earn? This needs to be a definite amount...something attainable.
2) What do you expect to give in return for that money you want to earn? Are you willing to give without want?
3) Establish a date by which you believe you will possess the money. Make it realistic and attainable.
4) Create a definite plan, goals for attaining and succeeding and meeting that deadline. Do not wait...jump right in...get started. There is no time like the present. If you wait until tomorrow...tomorrow will never come.
5) Write out a clear, concise statement of how much you would like to acquire in wealth. Seeing it in writing makes it more real. Your mind will definitely become clearer with a number in front of you. At the same time, though, associate a timeline with the number. Don't forget about what you are going to give in return.
6) Daily Affirmation: Read this plan out loud to yourself as many times during the day as you need to reaffirm thoughts. You could read it before you sit down to work and once before you shut things down for the day. It will get you going first thing in the morning and remind you at the end of the day what it is that you desire.
This may sound like something that does not fit who you are. But, if you see yourself Rich and get your Mindset in the right place, anything really is possible.
The objective is to want money, and to become so determined to have it that you convince your mind that you will have it.
You have to do a certain amount of dreaming, hoping, wishing, desiring, and planning before you acquire money.
Being a dreamer does not hurt either. Within your Mindset, you have to dream about success. Success really is a state of mind.
Look at successful people you know or have seen in the media. Do they look like they sit around all day wondering "Why me?" or "Why not me?" No, they saw great riches in their minds and they went after it.
A definite purpose is very helpful: You have to know what you want before you can go after it.
To win big, you have to follow the lead of great leaders. How badly do you want to market your talents? Do you want to share those talents with others?
If the business you wish to pursue feels right...go for it! With your Mindset in place, you are unstoppable! Even if you try and fail, that lesson will teach you that was not the right way to do it...
You might go through struggles to succeed but eventually, with the right Mindset, you will win. Remember...failure is not an option. Sometimes it takes a crisis before we realize our potential.
Remember, though, if you are not ready for it, it will not come. How can you be ready to head down the path of wealth if your Mindset is not ready for it? Do not have a closed mind or an open mind?
Here are a couple of guidelines:
**Visualize the person you desire to become.
**Think back on your successes (big or small). Celebrate them. Know that your successes can get bigger over time if you want them bad enough.
**Do not forget to set goals for yourself.
**Look at your self-image? Are you a positive or negative person. A positive person gets much farther in life than a negative one. How can you get people to follow you if you come across as negative?
Your success is within your grasp. Look forward to a bright future and that is what you will see.
Your Mindset is anything you want it to be...why not make it a positive strong desire to succeed?
Take It To The Max!
Dianne
Opportunity: www.TakeItToTheMaxImpact.com
If you want to take your Business to the next level, your Mindset will determine its success or failure.
Are you a pessimist?
Are you an optimist?
Do you see yourself Rich or do you see yourself Poor?
Do you give up easily?
Do you have destructive or constructive thoughts?
Do you feel you chart your own destiny or is everything that happens to you just "fate."
Just look at this quote from the English poet W.E. Henley:
"I Am the Master of my Fate, I am the Captain of my Soul."
Do you feel this way? Or, do you feel you have no control over situations? Things just "happen" to you.
Or, put another way:
"Before you can accumulate riches in great abundance, you must magnetize your mind with intense desire for riches. You must become money conscious until the desire for money drives you to create definite plans for acquiring it."~Napoleon Hill
Where is your mindset today?
Do you have a plan to attain your goals and go after them without fear of failure? Do you have a burning desire to win? You need both of these to succeed.
Here are some suggestions to help you get your Mindset focused in the right direction:
1) Set a number in your head. How much money do you want to earn? This needs to be a definite amount...something attainable.
2) What do you expect to give in return for that money you want to earn? Are you willing to give without want?
3) Establish a date by which you believe you will possess the money. Make it realistic and attainable.
4) Create a definite plan, goals for attaining and succeeding and meeting that deadline. Do not wait...jump right in...get started. There is no time like the present. If you wait until tomorrow...tomorrow will never come.
5) Write out a clear, concise statement of how much you would like to acquire in wealth. Seeing it in writing makes it more real. Your mind will definitely become clearer with a number in front of you. At the same time, though, associate a timeline with the number. Don't forget about what you are going to give in return.
6) Daily Affirmation: Read this plan out loud to yourself as many times during the day as you need to reaffirm thoughts. You could read it before you sit down to work and once before you shut things down for the day. It will get you going first thing in the morning and remind you at the end of the day what it is that you desire.
This may sound like something that does not fit who you are. But, if you see yourself Rich and get your Mindset in the right place, anything really is possible.
The objective is to want money, and to become so determined to have it that you convince your mind that you will have it.
You have to do a certain amount of dreaming, hoping, wishing, desiring, and planning before you acquire money.
Being a dreamer does not hurt either. Within your Mindset, you have to dream about success. Success really is a state of mind.
Look at successful people you know or have seen in the media. Do they look like they sit around all day wondering "Why me?" or "Why not me?" No, they saw great riches in their minds and they went after it.
A definite purpose is very helpful: You have to know what you want before you can go after it.
To win big, you have to follow the lead of great leaders. How badly do you want to market your talents? Do you want to share those talents with others?
If the business you wish to pursue feels right...go for it! With your Mindset in place, you are unstoppable! Even if you try and fail, that lesson will teach you that was not the right way to do it...
You might go through struggles to succeed but eventually, with the right Mindset, you will win. Remember...failure is not an option. Sometimes it takes a crisis before we realize our potential.
Remember, though, if you are not ready for it, it will not come. How can you be ready to head down the path of wealth if your Mindset is not ready for it? Do not have a closed mind or an open mind?
Here are a couple of guidelines:
**Visualize the person you desire to become.
**Think back on your successes (big or small). Celebrate them. Know that your successes can get bigger over time if you want them bad enough.
**Do not forget to set goals for yourself.
**Look at your self-image? Are you a positive or negative person. A positive person gets much farther in life than a negative one. How can you get people to follow you if you come across as negative?
Your success is within your grasp. Look forward to a bright future and that is what you will see.
Your Mindset is anything you want it to be...why not make it a positive strong desire to succeed?
Take It To The Max!
Dianne
Opportunity: www.TakeItToTheMaxImpact.com
September 4, 2008
Take Inventory of Your Goals and Dreams
If you ar commited to living a healthier life, building a successful business, enjoying life and living it to the fullest, this Blog will help you achieve these goals.
I want to personally encourage you to take inventory of those people you care the most about (including yourself).
What are you doing today to make the most of your future together with these people?
Do you have dreams of vacationing, staying active in hobbies, playing with children and grandchildren? What are YOUR dreams? Is leading a healthy life at or near the top of your list?
I have a DREAM BOARD. It may sound silly to the average person, but I put my dreams and goals on a board that is right next to my desk. I am able to look at these dreams EVERY day. And trust me...they are BIG dreams!
What greater incentive is there than if I have them where I can clearly see them and know what it is that I am working toward?
If you do not have dreams or goals, how do you know where you want to go in life? How do you know where you want to take your business?
Right now is the time to take responsibility for your business, your health, your life, your dreams, your goals and aspirations.
Do you feel challenged right now in your current business? Or, are you looking to either improve or dump your current opportunity and move on to something better? Do you want to assist people and become the expert in your field so that you can present your strategies to someone else?
If you are not on information overload, you are not challenging yourself to the Max! In order to grow your business you need to want to help others achieve their success as well.
Everyone brings a different level of skill and education to the table. You may feel overwhelmed and frustrated.
I remember trying to learn how to build a website. Everything seemed so foreign as I forged on. I wondered if I had chosen to do something that was outside of my skill set (and the box!).
Do not give up on something out of frustration just because you do not fully grasp it at first.
I want to take my business to the Max so I immerse myself in reading everything that I can get my hands on.
Investing in courses, tapes, systems, strategies is also a good idea. If each one only gives you a single piece of information, you are further ahead in the game than someone else who does not take the time to continue learning. (Caution--do not overload yourself with so many that you do not know where to start). There are good programs and bad programs...just use caution not to buy every system that promises to "Make you a Million Dollars."
This is a constant learning experience. Everyone expects to have it all NOW. That is simply not the case.
In order to become an expert in your field, you need to position yourself that way.
This is a constant learning process. I never stop learning. Just when you think you have one strategy figured out, you stumble upon another strategy that takes you in several different directions--a strategy that could be that catalyst for your business.
Separate yourself from the masses and let your unique abilities and skills shine through. Learn and become an expert at skills that no one else has. This will give you a competitive edge over your competition--and by the way--someone who has probably not changed their way of thinking for years.
I am here to assist you in any way that I can. I will be presenting strategies, lessons, products and tools that I have found to help me learn and grow my business.
That is my goal: to assist you in Growing Your Business.
As I say these days: Take Your Business to The Max!
Take It To The Max!
Dianne
Website: http://www.max906.com/
Business Opportunity: http://www.takeittothemaximpact.com/
I want to personally encourage you to take inventory of those people you care the most about (including yourself).
What are you doing today to make the most of your future together with these people?
Do you have dreams of vacationing, staying active in hobbies, playing with children and grandchildren? What are YOUR dreams? Is leading a healthy life at or near the top of your list?
I have a DREAM BOARD. It may sound silly to the average person, but I put my dreams and goals on a board that is right next to my desk. I am able to look at these dreams EVERY day. And trust me...they are BIG dreams!
What greater incentive is there than if I have them where I can clearly see them and know what it is that I am working toward?
If you do not have dreams or goals, how do you know where you want to go in life? How do you know where you want to take your business?
Right now is the time to take responsibility for your business, your health, your life, your dreams, your goals and aspirations.
Do you feel challenged right now in your current business? Or, are you looking to either improve or dump your current opportunity and move on to something better? Do you want to assist people and become the expert in your field so that you can present your strategies to someone else?
If you are not on information overload, you are not challenging yourself to the Max! In order to grow your business you need to want to help others achieve their success as well.
Everyone brings a different level of skill and education to the table. You may feel overwhelmed and frustrated.
I remember trying to learn how to build a website. Everything seemed so foreign as I forged on. I wondered if I had chosen to do something that was outside of my skill set (and the box!).
Do not give up on something out of frustration just because you do not fully grasp it at first.
I want to take my business to the Max so I immerse myself in reading everything that I can get my hands on.
Investing in courses, tapes, systems, strategies is also a good idea. If each one only gives you a single piece of information, you are further ahead in the game than someone else who does not take the time to continue learning. (Caution--do not overload yourself with so many that you do not know where to start). There are good programs and bad programs...just use caution not to buy every system that promises to "Make you a Million Dollars."
This is a constant learning experience. Everyone expects to have it all NOW. That is simply not the case.
In order to become an expert in your field, you need to position yourself that way.
This is a constant learning process. I never stop learning. Just when you think you have one strategy figured out, you stumble upon another strategy that takes you in several different directions--a strategy that could be that catalyst for your business.
Separate yourself from the masses and let your unique abilities and skills shine through. Learn and become an expert at skills that no one else has. This will give you a competitive edge over your competition--and by the way--someone who has probably not changed their way of thinking for years.
I am here to assist you in any way that I can. I will be presenting strategies, lessons, products and tools that I have found to help me learn and grow my business.
That is my goal: to assist you in Growing Your Business.
As I say these days: Take Your Business to The Max!
Take It To The Max!
Dianne
Website: http://www.max906.com/
Business Opportunity: http://www.takeittothemaximpact.com/
August 28, 2008
Where are You in Your Business? Here is where I am....
What is Max anyway?
That is what I wanted to know back in February when I was first introduced to the name Max International.
I wanted to know everything I could about the company and their products.
I wanted to know who this gentleman was that said you could join him for an incredible journey.
Well, I waited a while to find out and I am glad that I did. I have studied several different programs since that time to help me grow my business endeavor. I do not think this would have been possible had I just jumped right in without testing the waters first.
I was involved in another home-based business, but quickly realized that I did not have that strong sense of pride and ownership like I have with this opportunity.
Getting involved virtually on on the ground-floor level of an up-and-coming-business, is something that I had wanted to become a part of from the start of my Network Marketing career.
I finally found that business. Max International caught my attention and I have been going full force since that time.
With every ounce of my being, I feel this is going to be the catalyst for my involvement in a company that has positioned itself to become the next Giant. Everything is in place or is being put in place for this to be a huge opportunity. The founders of the company have expertise in marketing, research and development, business management and much more, which is why Max is unbeatable. They know potential when they see it, and they know how to achieve success, making it no surprise that the products they have endorsed are the brightest rising stars in the Network Marketing Industry.
I am so glad that I joined and will now be on my way to becoming one of their success stories.
Take It To The Max!
Dianne
Website: http://www.Max906.com/
Business Opportunity: http://www.TakeItToTheMaxImpact.com/
That is what I wanted to know back in February when I was first introduced to the name Max International.
I wanted to know everything I could about the company and their products.
I wanted to know who this gentleman was that said you could join him for an incredible journey.
Well, I waited a while to find out and I am glad that I did. I have studied several different programs since that time to help me grow my business endeavor. I do not think this would have been possible had I just jumped right in without testing the waters first.
I was involved in another home-based business, but quickly realized that I did not have that strong sense of pride and ownership like I have with this opportunity.
Getting involved virtually on on the ground-floor level of an up-and-coming-business, is something that I had wanted to become a part of from the start of my Network Marketing career.
I finally found that business. Max International caught my attention and I have been going full force since that time.
With every ounce of my being, I feel this is going to be the catalyst for my involvement in a company that has positioned itself to become the next Giant. Everything is in place or is being put in place for this to be a huge opportunity. The founders of the company have expertise in marketing, research and development, business management and much more, which is why Max is unbeatable. They know potential when they see it, and they know how to achieve success, making it no surprise that the products they have endorsed are the brightest rising stars in the Network Marketing Industry.
I am so glad that I joined and will now be on my way to becoming one of their success stories.
Take It To The Max!
Dianne
Website: http://www.Max906.com/
Business Opportunity: http://www.TakeItToTheMaxImpact.com/
August 22, 2008
Welcome to Take It To The Max Impact! Blog
My name is Dianne Humphries and I would like to welcome you to the Take It To The Max Impact Blog. I have launched this site because of my sincere hope to help others with their own trials and tribulations of Network Marketing.
I am involved with a couple of different companies but only one is taking all my attention at the moment. Since becoming involved in Network Marketing, I have learned that you can't help yourself if you are not willing to help others as well.
I will write about my own thoughts and opinions but welcome your ideas, questions and comments as well.
For now, you can contact me at: dianne@take-it-to-the-max-impact.com
I look forward to sharing the journey with you.
Take It To The Max!
Dianne
Website: http://www.Max906.com/
Business Opportunity: http://www.TakeItToTheMaxImpact.com/
I am involved with a couple of different companies but only one is taking all my attention at the moment. Since becoming involved in Network Marketing, I have learned that you can't help yourself if you are not willing to help others as well.
I will write about my own thoughts and opinions but welcome your ideas, questions and comments as well.
For now, you can contact me at: dianne@take-it-to-the-max-impact.com
I look forward to sharing the journey with you.
Take It To The Max!
Dianne
Website: http://www.Max906.com/
Business Opportunity: http://www.TakeItToTheMaxImpact.com/
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