MonaVie Black Diamond Randy Haugen is part of the upcoming industry film, Forward: The Network Marketing Movie – and you can be too!

AVAIYA, the company producing the film, would like to include pictures of several network-marketing entrepreneurs in the mosaic for the Forward DVD cover artwork and within the film itself.

For a chance to “play a part”, go to http://www.forwardmovie.com/forward-movie-contest-signup/ and submit a photo today!

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Black Diamond Kathleen Deggelman shares her insights regarding the power of the penny with her most recent article, How to Get Rich from a Penny and Earn Income for Life.

In this piece Kathleen charts the value of a single penny if it were to double it's value each day for 30 days. See chart below:

Kathleen then likens this to the MonaVie compensation plan and how she went from "zero to millionaire" in 23 short months.

Read the article here. Be sure to leave Kathleen a comment below or on her site www.kathleendeggelman.com.

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This week we learned that Black Diamond Randy Haugen is not only an upcoming movie star (in Forward The Network Marketing Movie) but also a talented and requested speaker at I am MonaVie city meetings, especially on topics related to MVP.

You’ve probably seen all the Cruise for Gold qualifier stories popping up all over the MonaVie Media Center. If not, go here. Black Diamond Kathleen Deggelman is also getting in on the recognition action, recently spotlighting friend and Emerald Executive Jill Paul on her website.

You have one more week to save on the Dollar-for-PV promotion on RVL 3-Day Sample Packs and Single-Serve Packets – this deal ends October 28! Make sure to stock up and save now so you can lose more later! See what I did there?

We lost a beloved technology maven this month with the passing of late Apple founder Steve Jobs. As a Mac lover since graduate school, I learned of the news upon opening a new browser, which defaults to Apple.com and seeing a simple tribute page to the industry icon and visionary.

If you would like to share your thoughts, memories, and condolences, please email rememberingsteve@apple.com.

Bloomsberg Businessweek releases weekly magazines, loaded with articles about home, finance, technology, innovation, management, small business and global insights. On September 19, 2011, the publication cover title was America Isn’t Working, a compelling follow up to MonaVie “1 Billion” statement.

Take a look at top story “Can Retraining Give Unemployed a Second Change?” and namely the subtitle, “Americans looking for employment often lack the skills they needs. Retraining works. Sometimes.”

You know what works…every time? Community commerce.

In fact, MonaVie Founder and CEO Dallin Larsen discussed the powerful benefits with international government and industry leaders in Washington, D.C. last weekend which is kind of a big deal, especially if it means having a positive impact on the 1.8 billion people worldwide who will never be employed. At least I think so.

Also, an interesting note…you most likely have all the skills necessary to be successful in community commerce, and if you feel you need some training, then we got your back with the upcoming launch of MVP (short for MonaVie Values People). This business building and training solution will be unveiled at the MonaVie 2.0 event, to be held January 13-14 in Dallas, Texas.

And the best news…your income is residual and limitless.

If you’re still wondering what this thing called community commerce is exactly, Chief Marketing Officer Jeff Cohen hits us with another compelling article on BlogMV, appropriately titled MonaVie Community Commerce℠: The No. 1 Business Opportunity.

It’s a good one. Read it. Leave a comment. Tell me to stop being so bossy.

Until next time...

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Black Diamond Randy Haugen is popping up everywhere lately. First, we receive word that he is soon to be a movie star (read about it in Monday's post) and now we are being told his message at the Edmonton and Vancouver I am MonaVie city meetings were such a hit that President of North America Sales Jeff Graham wanted him to share a bit more about the upcoming business-building and training solution appropriately titled MVP (MonaVie Values People) via BlogMV.

Learn more about the MonaVie 2.0 event, to be held January 13-14 in Dallas, Texas. Register here before the early-bird price* goes goes away!

*$79 Early-Bird Registration (ends Friday, October 21, 2011, at 4:59 p.m. MST)
$169 Standard Event Registration (effective Friday, October 21, 2011, at 5 p.m. MST)

Are you excited for the upcoming launch of MVP? Let me know by leaving a comment below.

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Movie premieres are exciting! By saying that I realize I am suggesting I’ve been to my fair share of said premieres but I’d be lying if I didn’t follow up with, I actually have NOT been…to a premiere...like ever.

But I’ve heard they are quite exciting!

Also, Footloose was recently premiered and I happen to know a few peeps in the star line up so I can, in fact, confirm that movie premieres are exciting.

There, I feel better about my lead in to this blog post. Whew.

Speaking of movies, here’s one that we should all be waiting with baited breath to premiere, in that, it not only will be about our beloved industry, it will feature one of our beloved MonaVie Black Diamonds!

The movie: Forward The Network Marketing Movie

Our film, Forward, will take an honest look at the Network Marketing industry. Our goal is to research and interview people associated with the industry, wade through all dogma, hype, and false facts to discover the positive difference this amazing industry is making in our world today.

Learn more: www.forwardmovie.com

MonaVie’s Black Diamond Randy Haugen was recently interviewed for a segment that will appear in the final production. Read the behind-the-scenes post about his interview and what the director thought of our dear Randy. The title pretty much says it all.

Randy Haugen Emanates Authenticity

Of course, Randy is no newbie when it comes to lights, camera, action; not after his Black Diamond documentary, produced by MonaVie after hitting the ambitious rank.

Watch Randy and Valorie Haugen’s Black Diamond documentary.

Even still, we are pleased Randy will be representing not only the industry but a little piece of MonaVie and what we stand for – way to carry the banner Mr. Haugen!

I’ll follow up once I know the release of Forward. For now, you can follow them on Facebook and receive of-the-moment updates direct from the source.

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Be sure to catch Part 1 and Part 2 in our series highlighting social media maven and Black Diamond Kathleen Deggelman.

As promised, that third best practice I spied upon visiting Kathleen’s social media sites:

Be professional. Be conversational.

It can be a hard mix to present polished and approachability (soooo a word - I checked), however, this is what network marketing is all about so I can’t think of a more perfect partnership with social media, where candid and conversational is the name of the game.

Mentioned in Part 1, Kathleen had a successful career as an investor before coming to MonaVie. Needless to say, she had an extensive professional network and one that is beautifully outlined on her LinkedIn profile – a great reference when building your LinkedIn page (hint, hint).

Now hop over to Kathleen’s YouTube channel and the first thing you see is her MonaVie Black Diamond documentary which offers polish, as well as a more personal and candid look at who Kathleen is beyond her professional career. You’ll also see Kathleen’s Happy Friday video series – simple videos, with little production, talking about anything and everything, including a convention recap, simple business openers, relevant reads, and inspiring pick me ups.

Professional, yet approachable.

Kathleen also posted How-To’s on getting started on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter – imagine the number of people who will land on these videos looking for tutorials on social media and in addition get a segue to a business opportunity called MonaVie.

Truly, it’s all about the conversation. So, use the platforms to start a conversation!

I encourage you to follow MonaVie on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and of course bounce back to BlogMV for more posts like these. I also encourage you to visit Kathleen’s pages (listed below) and use all as references in building your own pages.

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Kathleen’s Connections

Website: www.KathleenDeggelman.com

Facebook: www.KathleenOnFacebook.com

Linked In: www.KathleenOnLinkedIn.com

Twitter: www.KathleenOnTwitter.com

YouTube: www.KathleenTV.com

Did you read part one of our highlight with Kathleen? If not, hop over here before continuing on. Did I mention that Kathleen was featured in the June 2011 Success from Home magazine (read more here)? I didn’t?! I apologize and encourage you to go read the article.

Picking up where we left off last week, I must say that the more and more I look at Kathleen’s work online the more I am impressed with her social media prowess. No wonder she is making waves using the interwebs.

Here are a couple ways she is making said waves via said interwebs, and good tips to follow in your budding online practices:

Be a source of quality information.

Take a look at Kathleen’s Facebook page and you’ll see she is interested in a number of good reads for entrepreneurs, network marketers, business investors and the like, including, but not limited to TED and Entrepreneur Magazine. You’ll also see she is a fan of figures, such as Anthony Robbins, Malcom Gladwell, Robert Kiyosaki and Jack Canfield. If you are what you read, or in this case follow, my impression is that Kathleen might offer a healthy dose of intriguing insights on all things related to business, lifestyle and personal development. If she has something to say on any of these topics, I am inclined to listen, just by peaking at the pages she “likes.”

No one wants to be sold, but everyone’s looking to buy.

What is “everyone” looking to buy? Beliefs, products, lifestyle – you name it and people are looking to buy it, however, they do not want to feel sold in the process. This is doubly true on social media platforms.

Take a look at Kathleen’s Twitter account and see how she starts conversations about her favorite “good reads” (following our theme from above), which are natural gateways to other topics. Topics about what, you ask? Oh, money matters, residual income, weight loss and products, to name a few. Just look at her thread and you’ll see a nice mixture of conversation starters, all with equal potential to introduce MonaVie, without even mentioning MonaVie! Love. It.

Wednesday, August 10, I’ll share a third tip and best practice that Kathleen uses to maximize her social media prowess. Be sure to come back now!

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Kathleen’s Connections

Website: www.KathleenDeggelman.com

Facebook: www.KathleenOnFacebook.com

Linked In: www.KathleenOnLinkedIn.com

Twitter: www.KathleenOnTwitter.com

YouTube: www.KathleenTV.com

We’ve featured other Black Diamonds here on BlogMV, especially those using social media in their business building practices and especially especially those using it well. Remember our piece on Shelly Aristizabal, one year ago? And of course, Calvin Becerra has dropped in a few times with some incredible insights via YouTube videos, including Social Media and Relationship Building, Be a Prolific Recruiter and Achieving Success Again and Again – all great pieces and worth a second and third look.

Truly, we have some amazing powerhouses in the form of Black Diamond leadership and we are so thrilled that said powerhouses are embracing the social media madness and not only using the tools but using them with excellence.

Kathleen Deggelman (read about her here) joined MonaVie and within two short years achieved Black Diamond rank, building a solid business on top of an already thriving career. Most recently, Kathleen has dived (dove?) head first into the social media platforms, which she says, “Is definitely having an impact.”

Perhaps you think, “Yes, well, she is a Black Diamond and she already has a strong following by way of her downline, therefore…(fill in the blank as to why BDs have all the advantages and nonBDs none).” Take a look again at her sites (listed below). She is at the front end of building her following online, just like many of you. That’s the thing, on social media platforms, equality reins supreme. While you may have a large following of distributors, how you reach out and connect with those who are not distributors yet is open territory for anyone to maximize, whether Black Diamond, Gold and/or Star 1000.

So, what can we learn from Kathleen’s approach? Come back Monday, August 8, and I’ll share with you the first two (of three) tips and best practices I spied right away by visiting Kathleen’s social media sites. They are goodies if I do say so myself. And I do. Say so. Myself.

Until then…

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Kathleen’s Connections

Website: www.KathleenDeggelman.com

Facebook: www.KathleenOnFacebook.com

Linked In: www.KathleenOnLinkedIn.com

Twitter: www.KathleenOnTwitter.com

YouTube: www.KathleenTV.com

It appears those who qualified and attended the Diamond Destination are taking in the very best of Maui, Hawaii and the Grand Wailea Resort, Hotel and Spa, all the while enjoying some much deserved down time, fun in the sun and quality MonaVie family togetherness. Here's a brief message from Dallin and Karree, along with their two youngest children.

Oh and they have a moment of silence for those who could not be there...of course they kid, but perhaps the best recourse is to make sure you're there next year!

Oh and for more photos by CFO Devin Thorpe, visit his Facebook page, where he's posted albums from the first four days.

Taken by our very own Chief Financial Officer Devin Thorpe, here are a few selects from the first day in beautiful Maui, Hawaii.