Quixtar has gone Hollywood!
Thursday, December 06, 2007  by Todd Krause
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Hollywood, Florida, is the location of this year’s Achievers celebration where over 5,000 Founders Platinums and above have been gathering for four sessions over 17 days as we discuss the transformation components which will shape our future. Oh yes, and we have some fun planned too.

 

From the fabulous product expo, to candid conversations with Doug DeVos, Steve Van Andel, and Steve Lieberman, we all have been challenged to commit ourselves to reach a new and unprecedented level of success by focusing on investment, innovation, and reputation.

 

Quixtar has had its share of success, but holding steady and maintaining the status quo isn’t good enough. To take the business in new directions and experience revitalized growth and success, we will need to continue to transform our business model. Quixtar will be making a significant investment in advertising, new products, training, and other areas.  But we also need IBOs to invest in the transformation with their time, energy, and commitment to building a balanced business.

 

We are committed to innovation and we are already seeing evidence of this innovation with new products, new training, and new business support. We also need IBOs to be innovative by being open and creative in their thinking, and willing to do things differently and move in new directions.

 

Everything we do and say affects our reputation. Our reputation in turn affects our potential for growth and success. We need to provide IBOs with the right consumer-focused products that customers want to buy and IBOs want to sell. In turn, we ask that IBOs are open and honest about who we are, what this business is, and the value of our great products.

 

This has been a wonderful Achievers as we see our leaders embrace these three essential ideals. I personally believe that, with the commitment from all, we’re certain to succeed in transforming our business, our lives, and our future.


Comments

Tex said:
December 6, 2007 10:58 AM | #

I often feel like communicating with Quixtar (and some fellow bloggers) is a bit like a "Seinfeld" episode. For those of you familiar with this great show, which does a brilliant job of pointing out our human peculiarities, what I mean is we talk within our own stream of consciousness, and often totally ignore and disregard the points being made by others.

Talk all you want about a "balanced business", but if you don't fix the tool scam, most/all of the retail profit you desire to increase to achieve the "balance" will be sucked up by the upline via the various tool scams, and you will have accomplished less than nothing.

When are you going to respond to the tool scam issue Rich DeVos talked about via the "Directly Speaking" tapes in 1983? Next year will be the 25th "anniversary", a quarter century of silence and little progress to an issue that has dogged this great business for decades.

Utah said:
December 10, 2007 12:00 AM | #

Tex,

"Tool Scam" again.

The corporation has gutted any group that has tried to fix it, TIF, TEAM, etc.

That being said, I have been self employed in an other area for 11 years based on what I learned from tools. Even though I spend tens of thousands on the tools, I have made much more in my other business.

Right now I am more interested in this new Fanista.com website. Based on the title of this blog, I expected more information hear. I also want to know what is really going on in UK.

pedro said:
December 11, 2007 2:38 AM | #

It seems like everytime a Amstar employee posts a great blog subject, a certain someone leaves a degrating comment right after it.

It takes at least two or three respectful comments immeadiately after the negative one to get back to  the origianl subject.

I believe in constructive criticism, but slanderous remarks that don't even pertain to the subject are intolerable!

Yes, Todd! I certainly agree. The IBOs need to be on the same track as the corporation.  I also think that input should be accepted from all levels of the business regardless of PIN level.

There have been many people involved with our business that feel they have not achieved the success that they desire because there has not been enough cooperation on the side of the corporation.

There are many voices in the IBO crowd and I know that you can not listen to everyone of them, but if I've heard this issue once, I've heard it a thousand times, something needs to be done about the high prices of our products!

I believe that the people at the corporation know how to get this objective done, however it has been seen as a secondary issue. Until this issue is settled, nothing will happen outside of the corporation and the IBO oragizations.

We can transform everything about our business and our products, but if the price on the tag doesn't change for the better no one will even notice.

Tex said:
December 12, 2007 9:36 AM | #

Utah,

The problem is neither of your examples tried to fix the tool scam. TIF tried to set up an illegal pyramid by paying tool profits to all IBO's, and TEAM stacked to the point the tool profit being made Platinums was even more out of proportion to their Quixtar income than the groups who didn't stack. They also broke many other rules along the way, and their tool contract required the profiteers to keep the tool profit secret. This is not fixing anything.  

Unfortunately, those in Hollywood know little about these issues, or choose to ignore them because they are now profiting from the tool profits.

Jeffrey said:
December 13, 2007 3:43 PM | #

Start with the Antioxidant Complex for price cuts. The price is absurd.

Webster's Dictionary: absurd. foolishly contrary to reason.

That certainly defines the price of that product.

Kurt Gross said:
December 21, 2007 3:10 AM | #

The www.SimplyNutrilite.com site doesn't record the IBO # on it so my visitor was contacted by a Platinum IBO that Quixtar referred "MY" prospect to.

Why does Quixtar give my customer to someone else?

Kurt

Tex said:
December 21, 2007 10:15 AM | #

Kurt,

Isn't this an old issue? I thought by now it would be fixed.

Not to mention it is a basic functionality that shouldn't have occurred in the first place.

Todd, please explain.

Amorette Kwan said:
January 20, 2008 3:40 AM | #

Kurt,

If you want your customer to be logged under you, I think you can give them the link to your personal website and they should be automatically signed up under you when they register. Simply Nutrilite and Artistry Essentials aren't linked to your IBO number that way - they're for everyone - so it's better not to send people to those sites unless they're already registered.

I hope that helps.

-Amorette

j4.1776 said:
May 10, 2008 3:10 PM | #

kurt,

i would either make sure that you point out to them that if they have any questions or needs to contact you.  

and/or

as amorette said, be sure to set up your own website through quixtar and use that.  

its important that we create the client relationship so that does not happen.

:)

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