Posted by Mike akins on September 26, 2001 at 15:37:15:
In Reply to: Re: Comp Plan slight of hand? posted by Selina on September 23, 2001 at 21:58:07:
Hello Selina,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. We always respect every person's thoughts. Transfer Factor is a complete new paradigm in health. It is a very expensive product to manufacture. All the other nutrients in the world can not do what TF does. If I have to drop all of my nutrients but one, TF would be the one that I would keep. I have heard a number of doctors make that same comment.
There is a very strong market throughout the world for this product. We are marketing 5 million dollars per month now and it continues to grow.
As the health threats increase throughout the world, more and more people will understand that Transfer Factor is a bargain for what it does. We have just barely touched the "tip of the iceberg."
Just this morning we received results of a six months clinical study that a local medical clinic has been doing on Bettina. She has a very severe case of allergies. He doctor put her on allergy shots for two years. At the end of two years Bettina just wasn't responding to the shots like the doctor hoped she would. On top of her shots she was consuming Claritin which cost about $70 in USA dollars. Along with Claritin she was also using a spray called Flonase which cost $102. That doesn't include the co-pay on her daily shots for two years and still she was miserable. She has saved money by consuming TF. Bettina has tried dozens of other products before, but not one of them could give her major relief.
Today the clinical doctor told Bettina that he could not believe the results. He said it was as if she didn't even have allergies. Six months ago she went off all other medicine except Transfer Factor. Here in Kansas it is the peak of allergy season. Bettina is now 29 years old, her doctor said at her age generally allergies are getting worse. He said all of her blood marketers were exceptional. He wants all of the research and information that we can provide him on TF and TF+. He said, "this is a miracle product."
This is just one example of the power of this product. We just learned today that the "West Nile Virus" might have made its way into Kansas. Last year the first case of West Nile Virus showed up in the USA and killed nine people in New York City. Several hundred became seriously ill. This year it is killing people in other states and hundreds are becoming ill. The doctors are saying individuals with strong immune systems are not dying but individuals with compromised immune systems are dying. Mosquitoes carry it. This illness swells the brain. You in Australia and we across the world are going to see more and more new varieties of illnesses. TF is the best in the world to combat this problem.
With the increase in cancer, autoimmune diseases etc. people throughout the world are becoming more and more open to such products. Presently, we have a nice volume of business being generated in Australia and in Asia. We are very positive about the future there.
When we have started in each market including the USA, we had a number of people think it was too expensive. As more information was shared, more testimonies developed and more studies surfaced the attitude changed.
Of course people have different focuses and opinions and we always respect what each person decides to do in life. There are many programs in this industry. Melaleuca is one of them. Each program has certain dynamics that develop from the combination of the features of a program. These factors will influence what a person can expect to happen in that program.
You can get people into almost any program but the question is what will happen in the long run. At one time over here Melaleuca was a viable program. That was back in the eighties. Like so many companies that started years ago, they found it difficult to change with the maturing of the industry. The market has changed over the years. This is a normal maturing process. Older companies have a tendency to be controlled by the good old boys and not make the changes needs to keep competitive.
Generally, when this happens a company will expand overseas to keep the gross sales growing. I enrolled several individuals from Melaleuca because their businesses were dropping off. One of these distributors has been in Melaleuca since the mid-80's. Their top earner had to come out of retirement to secure his declining retirement income. Melaleuca has good products and is a fine company. I have my doubts about how stable it will be in the future. Several of the older companies that haven't kept up with the maturing process have sold out. Nutrition For Life, Rexall, and Enrich are examples. All of these were from the 80's like Melaleuca.
I hope they do keep going. I like to see as much success as possible in this industry. 4Life is on the cutting edge of the next decade. WE are the billion-dollar company of the future. We have hundreds of Australian leaders that are ready to "blow the lid off" there as soon as everything is up and running. I have been very impressed with what has happened there in pre-launch.
Yes, when you are in the cradle of a paradigm shift as we are with TF, it requires a little more patience but the reward is well worth it. I suggest that you do not be discouraged by what people say they cannot afford. I have found when people eventually gain the understanding of the value of a product to them, they will afford it.
Again I appreciate your views and respect them. You sound very intelligent. Whatever you do I wish you the best, you deserve it.
Highest regards,
Mike Akins