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Riovida is indescribably and absolutely delicious! You have to taste it to believe it. Riovida is the creation of some of the world’s greatest scientists. These world-renowned scientists have proven themselves through a number of exclusive and patented discoveries. Riovida is the next logical step in a product strategy that has been unfolding since 1998. Riovida is packed full of a number of nutrients such as transfer factors, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fibers, omegas fatty acids, phytosterols, anthocyanins, flavanoids, lactoferrin, carotenoids, polyphenols, tannins, isoflavones and more.

4Life Research has been the leader in the MLM industry in nutritional science since 1998. In 1998, 4Life introduced to the world a nutrient that represents a complete new category of nutrition, called Transfer Factor; which is the flagship nutrient in Riovida. This nutrient has been progressing through various stages of research for more than 50 years. More than 40 million dollars have been invested into researching transfer factors and more than 3,500 studies have been published on it. Only recently, has technology advanced to a degree that transfer factors could become commercially available to the public.

Riovida is packed full of antioxidants with one of the highest ORAC values in the industry. Antioxidants are very important in our battle against disease and pre-mature aging. There are other good products on the market along with Riovida that provide rich mixtures of antioxidants. However, only Riovida contains transfer factors, which regulate the body’s production and distribution of antioxidants.

This is a very important factor in our battle against pre-mature aging and disease. Antioxidants that are consumed must make their way through a dysfunctional digestive system, through a clogged circulatory system, through collapsed capillaries and through hardened cell membranes to get to where they are needed.

What Is In RioVida?

• Transfer Factor Advanced
• Acai berry
• Pomegranate
  
• Blueberry
  
• Elderberry
  
• Lactoferrin
  
• Vitamin C
  Nutritional Facts: 1serving=30ml
  Calories:22 Carb: 4.8gm Sugar: 3.3gm
  Protein:2gm Fat: 2gm Sodium: 7gm

KNOWN and POTENTIAL BENEFITS of DRINKING RIOVIDA

RioVida contains juices from acai berry, elderberry, blueberry, purple grapes, pomegranates; plus added liquid transfer factors, lactoferrin, and vitamin C.The following were collected from some of the thousands of the world-wide published medical studies and scientific research reports conducted on several of the micronutrients in RioVida.

Some of these claims have not been confirmed; and we have no direct proof according to FDA guideline, to vouch for their correctness. Riovida has not been produced to prevent, diagnose, treat, cure or mitigate any illnesses, diseases, or cancer.


RioVida contains micronutrients shown and/or known to:

• Promote energy, stamina and endurance
• Promote better and restful sleep
• Improve digestion
• Improve Mental Focus
• Promote semen quality and improve sexual function in healthy men
• Regulate, support and educate your immune system
• Promote Immune System health by increasing Immune System Messenger Molecule
  production

  .It also contains the following:

• a remarkable concentration of antioxidants which help keep the arterial lining flexible and   reduce the oxidation of cholesterol which is important for better blood circulation and a   healthy cardio vascular system.
• Resveratrol, a powerful antioxidants, is responsible for what is called the “French Paradox”.   The French have a significantly lessened incidence of Heart disease, despite what many   consider a diet very high in saturated fat. This is thought to be attributed to their   consumption of foods and drinks made from berries, filled health enhancing Resveratrol.
• essential minerals iron, potassium, phosphorus, calcium, copper, magnesium, and zinc.
• essential vitamin B1 (Thiamin), vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), vitamin B3 (Niacin), vitamin C, and   vitamin E.
  
• two essential fatty acids known as Omega 6 (Linoleic acid) and Omega 9 (Oleic acid).   Research shows that these fatty acids maintain normal cholesterol levels.
• the primary anthocyanin Cyanidin-3 glucoside , Cyanidin-3- glucoside has been found to be   3.5 times stronger than Trolox (vitamin E analogue) and the predominate anthocyanin found   in red wine (nalvadin-3-glucoside) in an ORAC analysis (measure of antioxidant capacity) .
  has been shown to have up to 33 times the Anthocyanins than red wine grapes.
  
• Anthocyanins have been found to “exhibit numerous potential therapeutic effects including   treatment of diabetic retinopathy and fibrocystic disease of the breast in humans.
• Other potential physiological effects of anthocyanins include radiation-protective,   chemoprotective, vasoprotective and anti-inflammatory agents.
• high levels of fiber that are good for colon health and healthy glucose levels.
  
• Anti-bacteria properties: effective against several bacteria, and as adjuvant in the treatment of   various bacterial infections.
  
• Anti-viral properties: may prevent and/or as adjuvant in the treatment of the following viruses,   human herpes virus Type I & II, herpes zoster, rotavirus, papillomavirus, cytomegalovirus,   several strains of influenza virus, HIV, AIDS.
  
• Anti-mutagenic properties: may act as adjuvant in the treatment of various cancer.
  
• Anti-fungal properties: prevents the growth of yeast and may prevent vaginal yeast infection.
  
• Protect against abnormal platelet clumping and abnormal blood clot formation.
  
• May protect and/or slow the development of atherosclerosis; may reduce LDL cholesterol   level, and high blood pressure; promote cardiovascular health and prevent atherosclerotic   heart disease; may prevent and/or improve arteriogenic erectile dysfunction.
  
• May be an adjuvant to improve the treatment of bronchial asthma, epilepsy, hair loss, allergic   dermatitis, and wound healing.
  
• Regulates bone cell activity, increases bone formation and growth. May be beneficial in   menopausal bone loss and as adjuvant in the treatment of bone infection (osteomyelitis).
  
• May protect against the aging brain, old-age hearing loss, and behavioral deficit in Alzheimer’s disease.
  

How is RioVida Different?

If a product is promoted honestly and the product has real value in the market place of competition, then the consumer-response to the product will produce long-term success.

Generally, new products on the market contain just another nutrient similar to other nutrients already on the market. The function of these newly commercialized nutrients are similar to other nutrients already saturating our industry. In network marketing, introducing a nutrient that the public isn’t well informed with, can create excitement for awhile. Once the public learns that the nutrient is just another herb or phytonutrient among many that do the same things, attrition is the result.

For example, the nutrient Xanthones found in the mangosteen fruit is promoted for its anti-inflammatory properties. Xanthones are promoted for their ability to inhibit the COX-2 enzyme that causes inflammation. There are,however, literally dozens of other phytonutrients that fight inflammation, inhibit the COX-2 enzyme, and some do it better, such as the curcumin, nettle leaf, ginger root, boswella, DHA fatty acid (fish oil), GLA (gamma linolenic acid) and even vitamin E.

Your body uses inflammation as a weapon in its fight to keep you well. Inflammation is good when it is controlled properly. There are a number of body enzymes and body chemicals that can create inflammation, such as
TNF-a tumor necrosis factor-alpha
IL-6 interleukin-6
IL-1(b) interleukin-1 beta
IL-8 interleukin-8
Lipoxygenase

Nutrients like Xanthones, control inflammation by inhibiting it. Riovida contains transfer factors by both inhibiting certain factors and regulating several others. Transfer factors will allow useful inflammation to do its job while down-regulating harmful inflammation. As you can see there is a major difference.

Riovida is different from any other health beverage. Riovida contains certain nutrients that perform certain functions that no other nutrient can do. Riovida not only contains the best antioxidants and nutrients on the market but contains a one-of-a-kind nutrient, transfer factor. Transfer factor is the flagship ingredient in Riovida. Transfer factor isn’t a vitamin, mineral, amino acid, phytonutrient or any known nutrient. We only call it a nutrient for lack of a better word. Transfer factors are unlike any known nutrient. We have provided some information on the various functions and actions of transfer factors.

In 1996, 4Life Chief Executive Officer David Lisonbee learned about the power of transfer factors and realized their potential to support and teach the immune system. He recognized the impact transfer factors would have on health worldwide. Having previously co-founded a successful network marketing company, David knew the power of network marketing for taking products to the world. So, in 1998, with 4Life® Transfer Factor™ as its flagship product, David and his wife, Bianca, founded 4Life.

Under David’s strategic leadership, 4Life has grown exponentially, expanding around the globe and firmly solidifying its leading position in the competitive nutritional supplements market as well as the business market.

• Inc. magazine ranked 4Life the fifteenth fastest growing privately-held company in America   on the Inc. 500 list in 2003.
• 4Life ranked number three on the 2003 Utah 100 list, which picks the fastest-growing companies in Utah from over 11,000 applicants.
• 4Life Transfer Factor products are featured in the 2003, 2004 and 2005 Physician’s Desk Reference for Nonperscription Drugs and Dietary Supplements (PDR).
• 4Life Transfer Factor products were featured in a segment of PBS’s syndicated American Medical Review program in 2003

I have been a medical doctor for almost 40 years. I entered the medical industry because I had a deep desire to make a difference in the lives of so many people who are suffering from hundreds of different health conditions and challenges.

After years of service, however, it became obvious that I was more often than not intervening too late in the disease process. The question was, how could I intervene much earlier in the disease process?

I found that the key would be to help the body’s defense system function more effectively.

In my search, I found an astounding discovery that marks the beginning of a new era in the health industry. I believe that we have found the key to ultimate health and youthful vitality. Scientists from more than 60 countries, over a period of more than 50 years, have been involved in research that has slowly unraveled a mystery that lies at the very core of one’s health. Only now, however, has technology advanced to a point that this discovery has made its way out of the laboratory and can benefit the public.

At the core of this discovery is a molecule called transfer factor. Transfer factors are found naturally in your body. They are found in mother’s first milk if she breast feeds her baby. These transfer factors regulate your immune system and your general health. When you become ill, it is because your own natural transfer factors have failed you.

After researching and learning about nutraceuticals, I found and became satisfied with what I learnt about 4Life Research company and its products. I began to use and share some of the company’s products, including the Transfer Factors, with other people. After experiencing satisfactory results with health improvement; and hearing similar positive testimonials from several people using the company’s products, I decided not only to continue using but also to become an Independent 4Life Distributor under the sponsorship of Mike Akins, the founder and CEO of Professional Networkers.

Now, I am on a crusade alerting people on the abuse, overuse and sometimes unnecessary use of antibiotics; a practice which is creating a global danger for all of us and generations to come, from mutating, flesh-eating and antibiotic-resistant infective micro-organisms. My passion is in health promotion and disease prevention with the use of natural, safe, non-toxic, and proven effective dietary supplements.

My advise to people from all over the world on how to stay well and achieve ultimate health is living a healthy lifestyle, including regular exercise, appropriate diet, maintaining ideal body weight, avoidance of unnecessary use of antibiotics, and the use of natural, effective, non-toxic natural food supplements including RioVida. This is the first and only beverage of its kind on the market today, to combine liquid transfer factors, the result of 50 years of research, with the highest known source of antioxidants in revitalizing and rejuvenating juices.

TRANSFER FACTORS

Facts about Transfer Factor

• Only nutrient approved by a government to be used in hospitals by doctors
• Educates the immune system
• Regulates production of antioxidants in the body
• 3500 medical research papers published by scientists in 70 countries
• Highest increase on immune function when compared to the world’s top 196 nutritional products tested by independent laboratory
• Protected by multiple patents

At the core of an astounding discovery that marks the beginning of a new era in the health industry is a molecule called transfer factor; believed to be the key to ultimate health and youthful vitality. Scientists from more than 60 countries, over a period of more than 50 years, have been involved in research that has slowly unraveled a mystery that lies at the very core of one’s health. Only now has technology advanced to a point that this discovery has made its way out of the laboratory and can benefit the public.

Transfer factors are found naturally in your body. They are found in mother’s first milk if she breast feeds her baby. These transfer factors regulate your immune system, your general health and how you age. When you become ill, it is because your own natural transfer factors have failed you. A team of medical doctors and research scientists have found a way that you can consume superior transfer factors to reinforce your own transfer factors.

A Transfer factor is like a little brain

Transfer factors are like little brains floating throughout your body. Transfer factors store information about the characteristics of the chicken pox virus. When the virus re-enters the body, transfer factors recognize the virus and communicate to other immune system cells to kill the virus. Because of this, you don’t develop chicken pox a second time.

Everyday your body develops mutated cells, which if not destroyed, develop into cancer cells. How does the body recognize these mutations? Transfer factors are involved in the recognition process and then signal killer cells to destroy the mutated cells.

I will share another example of how transfer factors work. Harmless particles enter and pass through your body everyday. Sometimes your immune system doesn’t properly recognize these particles, such as pollen, dust etc., as harmless and in turn reacts to them as if they are harmful. The result is allergies. Transfer factors are involved in regulating this process. When transfer factors in your body do their job, your immune system will recognize the harmless particles for what they are and will not react to them, letting them pass through your body.

Transfer factors increase the actual production of natural antioxidants from within the cell. This is a key to staying well and younger, functionally. Within the cell is mitochondria. Mitochondria are small factories which produce cellular energy that allows each cell, gland, organ, etc. to do their jobs. The mitochondria process manufactures energy, as a byproduct, creating millions of free radicals. Free radicals damage cells. Increasing the production of antioxidants from within the cells, assures us that we are experiencing the greatest possible protection.

Regulate your health

Transfer factors are regulators of your health. You already have transfer factors in your body. These transfer factors regulate a great number of other immune system cells and body chemicals. Transfer factors also regulate the body’s production of antioxidants. Transfer factors are involved in or influence a number of body functions and processes, such as; the immune system, detoxification , cellular rejuvenation, anti-oxidation and the aging process.

Transfer factors store information and use that information to regulate your health. Transfer factors use amino acids to store this information. The amino acids change sequences like the alphabet. Think about how many words twenty-six letters of the alphabet can spell. There are 44 amino acids in a transfer factor.

An example of how transfer factor works can be observed when you come in contact with a chicken pox virus. The first time you come in contact with the chicken pox virus, you develop chicken pox. Throughout your life, you come in contact with the chicken pox virus again and again, but only develop the chicken pox disease once. Why?

I’ve discovered that general social networks can be complete waste of time for business. It’s that simple. Facebook is a gaming gimmick that wastes office time.

I’ve therefore decided that I’m only spending time with the “Big 4″ business social networking sites SUp.biz, Plaxo, LinkedIn, and Ecademy.

These four are without a doubt the top 4 social networks to promote your business on.

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I’ll focus on the social network Fbook here real quick to prove that the four above are the best place to spend your time.

Let’s just look at 3 popular applications on Fbook:

1: Top Friends
Add a box of up to 32 of your BFFs to your profile.
2,658,733 daily active users

2: FunWall
Videos, Photos, Graffiti, Greeting Cards, Embeds and more!
2,603,946 daily active users

3: Movies
Test your movie knowledge with the Never-Ending Movie Quiz.
2,373,887 daily active users

A very impressive list by daily active users, you must agree. Is there anything there that jumps out at you as a compelling reason to spend time online at work ‘networking’? Indeed. I could go down the list of the top 20 apps and continue showing you things that have nothing to do with networking.

Now let us break down the big 4 social networks and where to spend most of your time on each of them…

SUp.biz

Yes, we are placing this site #1 out of the business social networks because it is simple to use and easy to get rolling as soon as you sign up.

Key Places to Spend Social Network Time In:

New Members Area – Each day their are hundres of new members looking to make connections. Come up with a nice introduction and welcome comment and post it on every new member’s profile page.

Biz Forum, Blogs, and MarketPlace – The most recent posts get placed on the home page. So everytime you make a post in any of these three areas, you are getting great exposure.

Best Advice:

Upgrade to Diamond Membership – You get to promote your business freely, have your blog in featured, send a message to the entire membership once a month, and you are going to be constantly getting friend requests from your top listing in the membership area (Each friend request is an opt in to your own personal email marketing list).

LinkedIn

Although this is the largest, most members are there to find a better job. It is a great social networking site, but be prepared to have to spend a few months learning the ropes.

Key Places to Spend Social Network Time In:

The Answers Section – Find the area that you have the most experience in and start answering questions. You will rack up points and after awhile get a featured listing in that section.

Groups Directory – Use the search function to find groups that have members that might be interested in your product. Then identify the ones that are most active. Post one good discussion every couple of days.

Best Advice:

Upgrade to Business – This will give you a little bit more freedom in messaging, but the biggest benefit is being able to ask 10 questions per month in the Answers area. Stategically ask questions to get help and promote your business at the same time.

Ecademy

This is another great social network exclusive to businesses like SUp.biz. They have a nice base of members, but most areas are pay only. It is largely made up of UK and European members.

Key Places to Spend Social Network Time In:

Blogs – The active members spend their time posting blogs and making comments. Try and post once a day. Keep it short and simple. Ask questions about the network to get the most comments.

Top 100 Social Networkers – You can identify the top 100 social networkers for each country by reputation or by total connections. This is the best place to start when making connections because these people know the ropes.

Best Advice:

Upgrade to Power Networker – You will be able post blogs and message other members freely. Without the upgrade you are pretty much in read only mode, so this is essential.

Plaxo

This is the a business card contact style network that was bought by Comcast in May 2008. It has a large international member base.

Key Places to Spend Social Network Time In:

Plaxo Address Book – This is the big feature of the site that allows you to sync up every email account you have.

Plaxo Pulse – This is the social networking side of Plaxo. On your profile you can stream your rss feeds for everything you are involved with from photo sharing sites to microblogs.

Best Advice:

Have a Presence Only – You need to have a profile set up here that is sharp and interesting. Check in once a week and make a couple of changes to your profile.

What tips can you share about the best ways to bring extra clients to a business website? Why am I asking this? Well, recently, a client of mine emailed me the following key question:

“I am depressed about our traffic… any ideas for getting more?”

It got me thinking. What can I share about traffic generation that is fairly simple to learn and that can also be implemented pretty quickly by a super-busy entrepreneur? I started scribbling down my ideas on the techniques and resources that I have proven work best, and I thought I’d share them with the online community.

So here’s a mini online marketing course for all those of you who have the same question. These 5 steps are the undisputed kings of traffic generation – no argument (but please feel free to leave me a comment below if you disagree!) If you put in the time to implement these steps, you’ll get the returns.

If you’re looking to bring visitors to your website at a faster pace, then make Google your best friend by putting all of these strategies in place at the same time.

1.  CREATE PROMOTIONAL, FUN AND INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS

It’s worth remembering that nowadays over 80% of all surfers are searching for, and watching, videos online. Give the people what they want!

The added bonus is that instead of waiting up to 3 months to list your website as they sweep the 8 billion+ pages on the internet , Google and the other major search engines will reward you with speedy access to their listings, sometimes in as little as 3 days. My personal record for the search engines finding and indexing a video I’d uploaded to YouTube – that of course had lots of links helpfully pointing right back to my website – was 2 hours!

Upload your videos to many different video sites at the same time (Youtube, Google Video, Vimeo etc). Some great tools for doing this are HeySpread and TubeMogul. These video distribution sites let you upload your video once, and then they send it off to many different video sites across the internet. These services can save hours and hours of time, and are more than worth the nominal fee (Tube Mogul is free; Hey Spread’s charges are as low as 5 cents per video) that they charge.

Once your video is out there, it’s likely that it’ll get picked up by more and more unrelated video sites, plus people may embed it into their webpages. Eventually you can end up with a cascade of visitors who have seen your video coming to check out what other goodies are on offer at your website. Just be sure you remember to overlay your website address in a corner of the video so people can follow you. To give you an idea of what I mean, take a look at this promotional video that I created for a recent, and very delighted, client.

2.  CREATE A BLOG (OR MAYBE EVEN SEVERAL BLOGS!)

Again, these are constantly picked up and indexed by the search engines on a regular basis. With consistent updates, Google and the other major search engines will reward your blog and your website with higher rankings, which equals more eyeballs, which equals more visitors, which equals more phone calls, which equals more sales!

Consider setting up more than one blog, perhaps dealing with slightly different aspects of the products or services you offer, because many highly successful businesses on the internet tend to have multiple blogs, websites and so on to capture different areas of their sales market. Yes, yes, I know you’re thinking “I don’t have time for all that, woman!” but well, I’m just letting you know…

Once you’ve made a new blog entry let the world know by adding the link or RSS feed to one of the many Blog Pinging Services. This is a huge timesaver as you don’t have to update each one manually.

I particularly like to use Ping-O-matic and PingMyBlog.com, but there are many others you can choose from.

If you’re unsure what it means to ‘ping a blog’ – yes, I know, it is a peculiar phrase, isn’t it? – well it’s just a special signal that is sent across the internet that will notify the major blog directories that you’ve added a new post to your blog. It’s a useful thing to do as it creates extra listings in the blog directories and the search engines which can lead to more visitors finding your website.

3.  JOIN THE SOCIAL NETWORKING GANG AND GET BUSY!

Social Networking works nicely to bring in new visitors and build interest in your products and services as long as you make enough friends/contacts to market to. Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Sta.rtUp.Biz (of course!), LinkedIn, Ecademy… there are hundreds of social networking sites out there.

My advice is to choose just a few that suit your business type and personal character, rather than killing yourself and losing business development time trying to network around all of them. Consistency and the avoidance of constant ‘sales talk’ is key! People hate it when you ‘sell’ to them, but love it when you chat and ‘recommend’ to them. You can find more information to guide you in this post in my Sta.rtUp.Biz blog: Start Social Networking Online.

4.  SOCIAL BOOKMARKING SITES

Bookmarking Sites allow you to drop the URL (a website page name) of your choice into a listing that other people will browse through as they surf by. It’s like being part of a community built on making personal recommendations of sites you like. If you make sure that your website pages, your blog(s) and your video pages are all bookmarked, then surfers will click and visit them, hence more visitors, more eyeballs, etc..

There are plenty of bookmarking sites to choose from, but a couple of the more popular ones are Digg and Delicious.

I’d suggest you check out AddThis.com for a comprehensive listing of all the big bookmarking sites. You can add a single URL to the AddThis service, and it will automatically send it out and add it to many different bookmarking sites all at the same time. Another great time saver!

5.  WRITE SOME RELEVANT ARTICLES AND SHARE THEM ONLINE

Write a few articles – say 5 or 10 that contain several mentions of your website’s keywords and also reference your personal expertise in the area – then upload them on the web. People will read them, then click on the links in your bio section or resource box at the bottom of your article (take a look at my bio section at the end of this article to see what I mean). If they’ve enjoyed your article then they’ll come and surf by your website to see who you are and what you’re about. The result? More visitors and more potential sales!

The more articles you write and get out there, the better. Ten or 15 articles of about 400-500 words will see some very good returns on traffic visiting your website over a number of weeks. Try spending an hour every 2 or 3 days to put together helpful information that your potential customers will find useful, and in just one month you’ll have 12 or so articles to publish. A quick word of advice; do NOT use any article submission software that promises to send them out to 1,000 different sites all at once – Google will penalise you for spamming and may push your website further down its listings. Not what we want to see at all!

Here’s a helpful list of the Top 50 most popular article submission websites on the net at the moment. They are listed according to the number of visitors they receive, and also according to their Google Page Rank (which indicates how important Google considers these websites to be – a higher number is better). Check it out; Top 50 Article Submission Websites – A List for Article Marketers.

It’s best to try to only submit to the top-ranking article websites as they’ll be cosiest with Google and the other search engines, which will reflect well on your website later.

6.  BREAK THE RULES – OR CREATE SOME NEW ONES!

Yes, I know the title talks about the top five ways to bring extra clients to your website, but you know what? I’m breaking the rules a little here by adding in a very important extra point…

The internet is still very much a new frontier; it’s the Wild West of modern communication. You can break and make up new rules if you wish; people are doing it all the time in the online world. If they weren’t success stories like Twitter, YouTube and Facebook would never exist.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Denis-McCarthy/643718845 … my 4life downline welcome!

If you have a great new idea, or even better, a new spin on an old and well-tested product or service, be courageous and try it out! You never know, if you develop and test it well and put in the requisite work, you might have sown the seeds of the next internet sensation!

IN CONCLUSION…

So there you have it! Your very own mini online marketing course for entrepreneurs who are poised for great and grand success on the web.

However, note that for the very best results they have to be done ALL AT THE SAME TIME. It’s certainly true that doing any one of these techniques without the others will be effective if you stick with it consistently for 6 – 12 months plus. However, doing steps 1. through to 5. at the same time regularly for a month or two, will mean you can build up traffic of hundreds of visitors a day to the website in a quarter of that time. If you’re fortunate and a particular video or article becomes really popular and it goes ‘viral’ you could end up with thousands of visitors a day…

Follow these 5 steps consistently each day, each week, each month, and your traffic will start to build very nicely indeed. And remember, the more traffic you have visiting your website, the more eyes will see your pages, and the more sales you’ll make!

If you have any questions about the strategies I’ve written about here, I’m happy to help out. Just add me as a friend then email me via my Sta.rtUp.Biz profile and we can have a chat.

Wishing you great business success!

Andrea, CEO of Internet-Creatives.com

Join the Sta.rtUp.Biz discussion group Build A Better Business Website for more ideas and a free review of your current business/sales website.

Why I was qualified to make an informed, reliable choice

I was qualified to make a reliable evaluation by my professional experience at the time…

• More than 15 years of starting and running successful small businesses of my own.
• 20 years of senior management experience in large and small companies, mostly in marketing, advertising, sales and training positions.
• 4 years of teaching business and marketing at two leading universities.
• 3 months of consulting to pyramid selling companies (before I realised the truth about pyramid selling and resigned these clients, a year ahead of them being outlawed in Australia).
• 2 years of writing articles for business journals.

Naturally, a lot of that experience had overlapped. I typically worked as a senior manager and ran a small business — or taught — at the same time. I don’t recommend that kind of crazy work load, by the way. You pay a penalty in damage to your health and family relationships — the real basis of your personal happiness in life. It was dumb… but I did learn a lot about business!

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Why I was impressed – and seriously UN-impressed – by MLM

To make a long and involved story shorter and simpler, I was impressed by the principles and concepts of network marketing, but seriously UN-impressed by the way most companies were trying to do it. After more than 20 years of first-hand experience, as

• a professional network marketer and team leader, and
• best-selling author, trainer and management consultant to network marketing and party plan companies in Australia, the USA and South East Asia,

here’s what I’ve managed to learn. And why, despite the very real and serious risks involved in network marketing, I still prefer it as a business model to any other. By the way, that often-quoted 90% failure rate for network marketing companies – and for part-time network marketing distributors – is accurate. But that doesn’t mean a lot, quite frankly, because the SAME 90% FAILURE RATE applies equally, and for exactly the same reasons, to these more conventional business models…

• small business (90% fail in the first 10 years.)
• property investment (90% of investors have a negative experience)
• share and options trading (90% lose money)

So network marketing, in the conventional, FIRST Generation versions that prevail, is merely ‘par for the course’ alongside other business model. There’s NO magic bullet or talisman to protect you from ignorance, fear, greed, laziness or stupidity.

You either KNOW the right things to do to succeed, and the right reasons for doing them, or you don’t. There’s no advantage in guessing, and even less in doing what everyone else does. (90% of them FAIL, remember?)

The PLAIN TRUTH about network marketing in the 21st century

Network marketing, when it’s done PROPERLY, is the most ethical, enlightened, efficacious, equitable, egalitarian and empowering way to do business of all – but ONLY when it’s done properly by people who are equally ethical, enlightened, efficacious, egalitarian and empowering!

That’s the problem, of course. Network marketing is mostly done by people and companies who don’t understand the principles – the ‘why-to’ – on which it must operate in order to succeed. Instead, they focus on the procedures, practices and structures – the ‘how-to’. They’re not the same thing. Principles never change. Procedures, practices and structures change constantly.

They get it wrong due to ignorance, incompetence or, in too many cases, corruption and greed (they’re outright scammers). The result is that more than 90% of all so-called ‘network marketing’ opportunities are not REAL network marketing at all. They’re imitations. Counterfeits. Fakes. Not all of them intentionally, I hasten to add. But the end result is no different. That’s the inescapable bottom line.

View some of my articles on the kinds of practices that cause problems in MLM.

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By the way, you can learn more about counterfeit “MLM” opportunities and how to recognise them (and avoid them!) at this specially-created web site. It’s a real eye-opener!

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I have repeatedly used the statement: “Everyone on the planet needs the immune support of TF+” and I mean it. To be simplistic about it all, we live for 30-50 years and then slowly die over the next 20-30 years of the consequences of our decisions re diet and lifestyle choices, and environmental damage due to human activity. Poor nutrition, either by choice of foods consumed or by poor nutritional value of our foods, as well as the poor lifestyle choices of smoke, drugs (prescribed and street), little if any exercise all slowly degrade the overall health of the most important of bio-systems, the immune system. Environmental damage and the pollution associated therewith continue this degradation and then challenge that less-than-optimal immune system, leading to a variety of serious inflammatory and auto-immune phenomena that directly affect the quality of life of all living things.

How can we change this? It is difficult on the obvious levels: “just” change our choices and commit to caring for the environment, reducing pollution and destruction of the environment. That “just change” however is very difficult to achieve, given the human condition and psyche and the complexity of society and government.

The one simple thing that we can do is to make a choice about effective and committed supplementation by nutritionals that have shown to have a positive effect on the immune system and its responses to the enormous challenges at hand. Transfer Factor Plus TriFactor is that one nutritional that can and indeed does have the potential of supporting the immune system’s ability to respond to those challenges, as well as provide the wisdom of controlling that immune response, a so-called modulating ability of the immune response. Humans as well as the animals we have brought into our lives all suffer from effects of infection and excessive inflammatory responses to a variety of challenges, a reduced immune capability to monitor and destroy the constant malignant changes of tissues throughout our bodies, and excessive response to environmental and microbial exposures. A supported strong and wise immune system can help the body respond to these challenges.

Oh, did I mention that “Everyone on the Planet needs the immune support and wisdom of Transfer Factor Plus TriFactor”. Period.

A Word from the Author…

Hello, my name is David M. Markowitz; an M.D. trained in General Pediatrics and Pediatric cancer. I left full-time medical practice after 29 years to share a vision of a healthier world, and to teach about the importance of a strong and healthy immune system and its impact on you the individual, your community and your world. I have served as a founding member of the Medical and Health Science Advisory board of a global leader in natural immune support products, 4Life Research of Sandy Utah. I have used the 4Life^© Research Transfer Factor^™ line of immune support products personally for over 9 years, and shared it with thousands of patients over a period of 8 years, with impressive positive health results.

Over 50 years of scientific research supports the use of transfer factors in human beings, with medical studies using 4Life Transfer Factor currently being completed around the world in many centers. With virtually no side effects, immune supplementation with TF or TF+ has resulted in clear improvement in levels of wellness in hundreds of our general pediatric population, with over 600 patients aged birth to 18 showing 75% less illness and over 80% less antibiotic use compared to non-users.

Children with specific and more serious health challenges also showed improved quality of life and wellness when their immune systems were supported with Transfer Factor. This extra-ordinary history of success in improved health through supplementation in my medical practice, and recognizing the potential impact of transfer factors on human health in general, led me to a decision to leave pediatrics to share this impressive immune support line with as many people and communities as possible. It is a decision that fulfills my original life and professional purpose of encouraging health and wellness and disease prevention and having a meaningful impact on the lives of “little” and “big” people everywhere.

Imagine for a second, all of humanity filled with strong, healthy, balanced immune systems, effectively fighting the overwhelming number of health challenges we face today, many of which are caused by infectious agents (bacteria and viruses) and the presence of abnormal inflammatory responses in the body.

That is NOT an impossible imaginary dream: not with the immune supplementation of 4Life Transfer Factor™ and Transfer Factor Plus™. EVERYONE in the World needs immune support and balancing – and these products have the capability of achieving that goal.

A world with significantly reduced heart disease, malignancy, infectious disease, auto-immune disease, allergy, and asthma; all because of people having strong, healthy immune systems. Imagine the improved quality of life, the reduced struggles and stress of dis-ease, the dramatic impact on health care costs, hospitalizations, insurance costs and on the consequent stresses associated therewith.

I for one firmly believe that a world such as that described above does exist for the hundreds of thousands of “4Life TF people” and can for you and your family, friends, and community as well, with consistent immune supplementation with the Transfer Factor^™ line of immune support products. Please feel free to share any comments or questions you have with us.

Blessings to you and yours,
David M. Markowitz, M.D.

A Doctor of Veterinary Medicine on Transfer Factor

Veterinary Medicine has been my profession and career for over 30 years. I became a large animal veterinarian because of my interests in the cattle industry. Horses and small animals comprised about 20% of my “James Harriet-like” practice.

Then, after 4 years of doing what was most important to me, an allergy to cattle popped up. The symptoms were indigestion, intense itching and inflammation anytime I came in contact with the bovine species or tried to eat beef, even to the point of not tolerating dairy products. It was serious enough that I had to leave the practice that I loved and change directions.

I returned to Colorado State University, my alma mater, and studied pathology in graduate school. I returned to practice, which at first was one hundred percent small animal. I learned not to make “never” claims because I had told my classmates “I will never spend my time working on poodles”. Having recovered from the cattle allergies, I began to once again do some large animal practice. The road to recovery and healing was long-term which included digging into the literature and finding dietary and supplement applications which worked. It took about seven years to total recovery. My practice interests became more and more, disease prevention and wellness. I saw how nutrition made a great difference and was often more effective than traditional medical approaches.

Then I was introduced to Transfer Factor, developed by 4-Life Research, from a colleague. I have found that the results of using these products did more in a few hours or a few days than traditional medicine alone. This became the next step for me in working in nutrition, disease prevention and wellness. A couple of my colleagues presented these products at the American Association of Equine Practitioners meeting in Texas.

There was an opportunity here, I found, not only to build a consultation type practice but also to develop some very good income. 4-Life Research is a very impressive and professional company. They developed Immune System products first for humans and then for animals. I found they were very effective…”

– Ken Hansen, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

For more info on Transfer Factor Animal Care products go to …
http://6263194.4life.com/shopping/categoryview.aspx?cid=74

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By: Kenneth L. Marcella, DVM
DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
Feb 1, 2003

Immunotherapy was predicted to be one of the most rapidly expanding areas of medical science in this decade.

Proposed advances in our ability to manipulate the protection offered by the body’s own immune system were going to make humans and animals far healthier and were promising to increase both the length and quality of life.

Immune agents were going to be our new defenses against those microorganisms that no longer responded to antibiotics and diseases from allergies to cancer were going to be subdued by this new field.

Slow in coming

To date, however, those advances have been slow in coming. We have not been able to manipulate the body’s own defenses as planned and we have few effective immune stimulants.

Positive research data has been piling up concerning the most promising immune agent in years, though, and immunologists may be finally making good on their earlier predictions.

Transfer factor, as this new immune compound is being called, may be the long-awaited “next step” and it may be everything that was promised.

Richard Bennet Ph.D., an infectious disease immunologist writes, “It is our ability to create a really healthy immune system that I think represents the greatest potential gains in health in the world.”

It is the immune system, after all, which provides humans and animals with the ability to recognize and remember potentially harmful foreign substances such as bacteria and viruses. The immune system allows us to then respond to these threatening invaders in our systems.

Devastatingly familiar

The consequences of conditions of suppressed or damaged immune systems are devastatingly familiar to veterinarians.

Arab foals with combined immunodeficiency complex and older horses with chronic laminitis due to Cushing’s disease-related effects are but two such examples. Respiratory problems in young foals, allergies, skin infections, and hoof wall diseases are other problems that can also be related to immune system dysfunction.

A new agent that would vastly improve immune function in horses would certainly warrant some attention. Transfer factor promises to be this new agent. It is a component of colostrum and is produced to be used as a powder added to the diet.

Structure, function

To understand what this colostral derivative may potentially mean to veterinarians and horses, it is necessary to briefly review the structure and function of the immune system.

The body has two principal immune defense systems: humoral and cellular. B-lymphocytes in the liver, spleen, lymph nodes and bone marrow produce plasma cells that in turn produce antibodies in the gamma globulin fraction. These immunoglobulins can potentially recognize huge numbers of antigens. This is the basis of humoral immunity.

Humoral immunoglobulins are primarily designed to fight bacterial infections. Lymphocytes that populate the thymus become responsible for cellular immunity. These cells produce structures called lymphokines that mediate delayed hypersensitivity or allergic reactions. They are responsible for rejection of transferred foreign tissue and for the recognition and rejection of tumor cells.

The cellular immunity system is responsible for defense against infections due to viruses, fungi and some types of bacteria and cancers. Transfer factor stimulates both portions of the immune system.

In the beginning

In 1949, Dr. H. Sherwood Lawrence, a researcher working on tuberculosis, found that he could transfer immunity between patients using fractionated white blood cells. The key ingredient was a part of the lymphocyte cell, and Lawrence called this component “transfer factor.” (see www.transferfactor.com and www.int-a1.com/4life)

This discovery was not actively pursued for nearly 30 years until the late ’80s. At that time colostrum and milk were discovered to contain significant amounts of transfer factor. The exact mechanism of action of transfer factor has never been determined but it is now known that transfer factor is a lymphokine. The two most notable lymphokines are interferon and interleukins.

These lymphokines are protein messengers thought to be released by antigen-sensitized lymphocytes. They play a role in macrophage activation, lymphocyte transformation (the process of precursor cells becoming B and T cells), and in cell-mediated immunity. Transfer factor is one of the most potent messengers and has three distinct effects on the immune system.

Recognizes antigens

Transfer factor helps the body recognize antigens.

Dr. M. Metz, a veterinarian consulting for 4LifeResearch, the company which has the patent for extracting transfer factor from colostrum, points out that 200 mg (one capsule) of transfer factor has the potential for recognizing at least 100,000 pathogens. Metz adds that not only can transfer factor be specific for an individual antigen that a lymphocyte is exposed to, but “transfer factor can also stimulate a multivalent response.”

In this type of response, transfer factor activates lymphocytes to several strains of an organism.

“This is the really exciting part of transfer factor from a practicing veterinary standpoint,” says Metz.

4LifeResearch has found that by exposing cattle to various bacteria and viruses they can produce transfer factor that will stimulate immunity to other related strains of bacteria and viruses that are much more pathogenic to other species.

“The other really exciting aspect of transfer factor,” says Metz, “is the time sequence.”

Most types of delayed hypersensitivity immunity, such as that seen with vaccine use, take 10 to 14 days to develop. Transfer factor, according to Metz, activates that same immunity in 24 hours!

Natural killer

Transfer factor is also a natural killer cell inductor. These cells are non-specific attack cells that seek out and destroy infected or malignant cells and cells infected by viruses.

Transfer factor increases natural killer cell activity five times over normal rates and it is non-species specific. It is believed that this aspect of transfer factor is related to the significant improvements seen in certain cancer patients that have taken this product. Multiple sclerosis patients have also shown improvements.

Transfer factor in cats, dogs, horses, cows and humans is virtually identical structurally and completely identical functionally. This has helped in the production of this product since cows can produce large quantities of colostrum that is then used for extraction of transfer factor.

A number of companies are producing colostrum and claiming that these products contain transfer factor. While this is true, only 4LifeResearch has the exclusive patent on the process to extract only transfer factor. This process allows for the concentrated and purified production of transfer factor.

Suppresses immune function

Transfer factor is also a suppressor of immune function.

It is paradoxical that the same product can both stimulate and suppress immune function but transfer factor function depends on the specific antigens and the status of the immune response. Transfer factor can stimulate the release of T suppressor cells when “down” regulation is necessary due to over activity. Autoimmune diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and allergic reactions are situations where the body’s own immune response has over-responded to antigenic stimulation. Transfer factor works in these situations because it can slow down this overactive response.

Obvious advantages

While discussions of the immune system tend to be fairly technical, the practical advantages of a potent new immune stimulating treatment are obvious.

The ability to stimulate the horse’s body to attack and destroy bacteria and viruses will reduce the amount and types of antibiotics that may need to be used by veterinarians. It is important to try to retain those antibiotics that are available to veterinarians and to use them in a way that will maintain their effectiveness for as long as possible.

If veterinarians can stimulate a better immune response to respiratory bacteria, skin pathogens and various viruses, then the need to use antibiotics is lessened. If transfer factor can produce such boosts in immunity in 24 hours then the potential for use as a pre-travel protectant, or a post-exposure treatment is tremendous.

Horses suffering from other diseases such as Cushing’s disease, laminitis, colitis, cancers ranging from sarcoids to melanomas and reproductive conditions such as chronic metritis, may all benefit from transfer factor use. This product may indeed be the long-awaited next step and the field of immunotherapy may finally fulfill its promise.

4Life Animal Care TF products

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Transfer Factor – A Natural Immune Booster

By Gitta Vaughn

Member of: Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT), National Police Canine Association (NPCA), International Working Dog Breeding Association (IWDBA). She currently works with Leading Edge Dog Training, LLC, San Antonio, TX, as a trainer. Gitta is also Contributing Editor, German Online Dog Magazine “Hundezeitung”, Consultant for “STOP”, a training and evaluation program for personal protection and object protection dogs, based in Germany, Contributing , contributing author for the German dog training book “Verstaendnis fuer Hunde” by Rainer Brinks, PhD.

Our health and the health of our companion animals depend on a strong and balanced immune system. An under active immune system will fail to protect us while an overactive immune system leads to allergies and auto immune disease.

Newborn humans and animals have naïve immune systems and would have little chance to survive if nature had not come up with a way to educate these naïve immune systems very, very quickly. This education begins with the first meal of colostrum, the first milk produced by the mother. This first milk is actually a natural immunization cocktail made up of large proteins as well as small messenger molecules carrying specific immune information. The small messenger molecules are called Transfer Factors.

They have the ability to transfer immune information from one species to another without causing unwanted side effects. Transfer Factors are extracted from cow milk or avian eggs using a patented process. Regular colostrum does contain lower levels of transfer factor. Only 4Life Research has the exclusive patent on the process to extract only the transfer factor from the milk or the egg yolks. This results in a concentrated and purified product.

Transfer Factors play several roles: they help to stimulate the immune system to recognize and react to a threat, but they also have the job to calm down the immune response once the threat is over. They can also help to balance an overreaction to harmless agents like pollen or reaction against the body’s own cells.

A newborn mammal needs a fast immune education, since its entire immune system is naïve. Like all cells in our bodies, cells responsible for immune health die and are replaced by new, naïve ones. These new cells must also receive immune information and taking Transfer Factor orally can accomplish that quickly and safely.

The Physician Desk Reference is considered the standard prescription drug reference in the US and can be found in practically every doctor’s office, hospital and pharmacy. Very few nutritional supplements have been included in the PDR. Transfer Factor Cardio and Transfer Factor Plus are among them, which makes it very easy for patients to discuss the use of Transfer Factors with their physicians.

For example under Summary of Research the PDR states for Transfer Factor Plus: “Transfer Factors have been shown to be immune modulators effective in providing immune system support for people with cancer, immune disorders and infections.”

Veterinarians are also recognizing the power of Transfer Factors for their patients. A US veterinary magazine DVM Newsmagazine featured an article in their February 2003 issue “Transfer Factor: Long-awaited next step in immunotherapy” by Kenneth L. Marcella, DVM, outlining the impact of Transfer Factor on the immune system by either stimulating it or toning it down. The rapid onset of immune response within 24 hours makes Transfer Factors a powerful tool to combat disease in animals large and small. Without any unwanted side effects.

Note: If you or your animal companion are suffering from an illness, you should consult a medical doctor or veterinarian to determine if Transfer Factor is appropriate to use.

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