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Text: Tomas Klünner
With the launch of its new topical skin product line known as GLIMPSE™, XanGo is shifting into top gear so that the goal of paying distributors 1 billion in commissions will probably be broken in the near future. Glimpse uses exclusive ingredients from within the mangosteen on the largest human organ – the skin. In combination with its juice, XanGo is addressing „inside, outside health” in a trend setting, holistic way that is a real selling point for its distributors and consumers.
In the few, short years since its 2002 launch, XanGo
has expanded its operations all over the world. Un-
til the fall of 2008, the overwhelming success of the
company in the USA and all other countries was based
exclusively on its flagship product “XanGo Juice”. This pre-
mium mangosteen product has been found to have beneficial
health properties, and as a result, XanGo Juice has become a
global phenomenon and category creator. But in November
2008, XanGo launched a wave which has reached the shores
of Mexico, Australia and New Zealand and in the last month
has arrived in Europe: Glimpse™, Topical Skin Nutrition, an
up-to-date “holistic” skin care range based on mangosteen,
the ideal complement to mangosteen juice. Glimpse becomes
the first skin care product created from the mangosteen fruit
to enter the world market.
Actually, the development of the Glimpse skin care range is a
logical and consistent step by XanGo management, who are
intimately aware of the traditions of Southeast Asian culture
where the “Queen of Fruits” has always played a great role. “We
have known that, over the centuries, people have been using
sun-dried mangosteen fruits to make a sort of pulp poultice
to treat various skin conditions. In addition, we’ve heard the
anecdotal stories about the fruit’s healing properties from the
villagers,” reports Beverly Hollister, Vice-President of XanGo,
in an interview with OBTAINER: “Glimpse is an ideal exam-
ple of the possible convergence of innovative green technology
with the historic wisdom of traditional cultures.”
Unlike many other skin care products, Glimpse is free of all
toxic substances, adheres to ecological standards and follows
the rules established by the Safe Cosmetics Campaign to avoid
damage to both people and the environment. The innovative
care range uses a complex called “BioActive X3™“, which
has been patented and consists of three exclusive ingredients
which are all rich in powerful phytonutrients known as xan-
thones. This BioActive X3 complex provides a higher antioxi-
dant performance than vitamin C, resveratrol, catechins, the
coenzyme Q10 or green tea, a fact proven by Japanese food
research laboratories. In this process, the BioActive X3 com-
plex is produced according to intentionally environmentally
friendly standards. A “cold processing” method is used in or-
der to retain an optimal level of the natural potency found in
Glimpse’s nutrient rich ingredients. The “ecological foot
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print,” which indicates the negative effects of production on
the environment, has been consistently minimized by XanGo.
Another aspect of Glimpse worth mentioning is this: during
the development of the product absolutely no animal experi-
ments were carried out! Furthermore, the addition of artificial
“fragrances” has been dispensed with. Instead Glimpse uses a
large range of effective ingredients that supply the skin with
important nutrients. For this reason Glimpse is suitable for
women and men of all ages.
Beverly Hollister, who was responsible for the recruitment of
the experts and scientists who developed the Glimpse formu-
las, explains: “In addition to the mangosteen fruit, Glimpse’s
proprietary formula contains micro-algae extracts, aloe vera,
meadowfoam oil, vitamin B3, shea butter and other health
promoting ingredients. Glimpse utilizes only natural, toxin-
free ingredients since what we absorb through our skin affects
our health just as much as what we consume into our bod-
ies. In this sense, Glimpse is much more than just a skin care
product; it nourishes and protects the skin from climatic and
environmental influences and allows it to look much health-
ier.”
Research into environmental influences on the human body
has indeed clearly shown how the numerous toxins contained
in cosmetics and skin care products can have serious effects
on the hormone balance and under certain circumstances can
result in cancers. “Glimpse can offer an effective but safe al-
ternative,” explains Beverly Hollister, who is herself one of the
enthusiastic users of the new skin care line. This is no wonder,
since she was among those who were able to test the proto-
type. “For a woman of my age, it is sensible to do everything
you can for your body. Although luckily I have had the good
fortune to be blessed with good skin, Glimpse has helped very
much to make my skin smoother. Even when I come home
exhausted from a meeting, I still have a radiant complexion.”
Since the launch of the product, Hollister has received hun-
dreds of positive testimonials from satisfied users. Many of
them suffered from skin conditions such as acne, aging spots
or rosacea. While Hollister emphasizes that Glimpse is not a
medicine, she is, of course, delighted with the positive feed-
back. So too with that of Dr. Paveena Posang, a general practi-
tioner practicing in Charlotte and Lexington, North Carolina,
who has become a real fan of Glimpse. Since the beginning of
2009 the doctor has been using the care products within the
framework of a special “anti-aging-program” she offers in her
clinic in Charlotte. “I had problems myself with impurities in
my skin,” she explains. “It was difficult for me to find a suit-
able care line. Even when I used popular brands, I had great
problems. In contrast, Glimpse felt very soft on my skin and
helped to stem my inflammations. Since then I have been us-
ing the complete range – the cleansing cream, the facial tonic,
the serum and the moisturizer – twice a day.”
Dr. Posang, who spent her own childhood in Asia, has been
familiar with the mangosteen fruit since an early age. “My
grandfather used to squeeze the rind and use it on the skin,”
reports the doctor: “In Thailand, where I am from, they say
that the fruit has healing properties and helps the cells to re-
generate. I have also met doctors from Japan who have start-
ed researching the mangosteen. They’ve told me that the fruit
can also help babies and children with eczemas and skin al-
lergies.”
From its inception, adherence to ethical standards has been
one of XanGo‘s basic principles. Beverly Hollister explains
this as follows: “While we don’t compromise on our products’
performance, our commitment to producing green, toxin-free
products has been one of the keys to Glimpse’s success. As
a socially responsible company, we have made the commit-
ment that no component of Glimpse will damage the earth.
Our packaging is biodegradable and we also observe the re-
quirements of the European Union by using green, non-toxic
ingredients. Although this commitment costs us more in the
production of Glimpse products, we believe it is the right step
toward a better future.”
From its beginnings, XanGo’s products have been based on
a deep appreciation of natural plants and health, primarily
due to the company’s six founders experience in the indus-
try. Gordon and Joe Morton, only to mention two of them,
came by this orientation naturally since they were raised by a
father who managed the Canadian branch of a global natural
products company and a mother who had her own health food
store. So they were already familiar with natural products
long before these became mainstream. Years later Joe Morton
worked as director of a global company in Malaysia. There, he
tasted the mangosteen fruit for the first time and heard the
stories the local people told about the “Queen of Fruits.” Al-
though mangosteen has a long history of traditional use, Joe,
and his brothers Gordon and David, were also impressed by
the substantial amount of modern research that existed re-
lated to “Garcinia mangostana,” the Latin name of the man-
gosteen. A few years later, after they had signed an agreement
with a world-famous drinks producer from Germany, they
created their product – XanGo Juice. “The rest is history,”
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they say today. For more than five years it was the company‘s
only product. “It simply tastes good,” says Beverly Hollister:
“A bit like grape, strawberry, apple and pear. The white man-
gosteen flesh is wonderfully sweet. The rind of the fruit, which
has a color similar to a merlot grape or a pomegranate, is the
source of the important antioxidants. For this reason we pu-
rée the complete fruit and then add some natural fruit juices
to sweeten the flavor.”
A market demand for healthy drinks rich in powerful phyto-
nutrients led to the development of XanGo Juice. Now, seven
years after its introduction, XanGo has developed into a glob-
al phenomenon and raised the awareness of the mangosteen
fruit to a point where it has become a well-known ingredient
for health-conscious consumers in the highly industrialized
countries. The mangosteen fruit, which was recently charac-
terized in the USA by the “National Restaurant Association”
as one of the Top 10 ingredients, is now continuing its trium-
phal march on a still higher level – bringing the extraordi-
nary effects of the mangosteen to topical skin care. XanGo
distributors are riding a new phase of success and wealth as
they promote XanGo Juice and Glimpse together. “We are
talking about a product that consumers value and therefore
purchase again month after month,” reports Jeff Chandler,
XanGo‘s company spokesman, who has had personal expe-
rience with Glimpse. “As a man, I had never used skin care
products before the introduction of Glimpse. But when I be-
gan using Glimpse, I saw and felt the difference and so now,
like many men, I am improving my skin each day through the
use of this system. The serum feels very soothing on the skin,
and thanks to the moisturizing lotion, I have experienced a
noticeable tautening of my skin.”
Now, with its second major product introduction, XanGo is
on the verge of a second worldwide wave of growth. In Eu-
rope the markets in France, Portugal and Spain have just been
opened officially, which is good news not only for distribution
partners eager for success but also for charitable organiza-
tions. From its inception XanGo has donated time, money
and other resources to many different charitable institutions.
This is part of the company philosophy. All XanGo distribu-
tion partners can participate in this in various ways and every
member of the XanGo Family is proud of improving the lives
of others through the social commitment of “XanGo Goodness
Projects.”
“When we began to imagine the success we might achieve, we
knew that we wanted to be active on the humanitarian front,”
explains Gordon Morton, Founder and Director of XanGo:
“In addition to our dynamic business idea and our health-
promoting range of products, we wanted to use our global
network and our resources to change and save lives.” Seven
years, millions of dollars and thousands of voluntary working
hours later “XanGo Goodness” is active all over the world and
in the process does more than “simply” write a check. Compa-
ny partners, distributors, employees and consumers support
the projects which provide sustainable help to needy children,
families and communities, often through their personal input
on the ground.
In the last year “XanGo Goodness” has twice financed “Opera-
tion Smile” missions to Mexico, and each of these campaigns
was supported by more than 40 XanGo Mexican Distribu-
tors as well as XanGo founders and executives. More than
200 Mexican children received the possibility of a new life
through corrective operations for cleft lip and palate. XanGo
employees and Distributors spent hours each day during the
two-week project to, among other things, distribute XanGo
Juice to the young patients and their families, translate for
medical volunteers, provide moral support to the patients and
their families and play with the children before and after the
operations.
In 2008, XanGo was the title sponsor of the “XanGo Wish-
maker Parade,” a national fund-raising program in Canada,
which strives to fulfill the heartfelt desires of children suffer-
ing from life-threatening diseases. In more than 100 commu-
nities across Canada employees and partners of XanGo par-
ticipated in this parade, contributing heavily to the more than
$ 1.46 million raised to fulfill the wishes of fatally ill children.
In Germany XanGo supports an SOS Kinderdorf children‘s
village in Schleswig-Holstein. SOS Kinderdorf villages pro-
vide a permanent home to children who cannot grow up with
their biological parents. In Japan, XanGo helped to finance
the building of the Yokohama Family House, a place where
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the parents of seriously ill children can live temporarily while
their children are being treated in a nearby hospital. In the
Philippines, hundreds of orphaned street children have se-
cured a roof over their heads and a school education through
XanGo‘s contribution to the “Tuloy Foundation”. In Taiwan
the company promotes music therapies for disabled and deaf
children through the “Children’s Charity Foundation”.
Meanwhile, XanGo‘s commitment to the Barekuma villages in
Ghana is now in its fifth year. Since the beginning of this proj-
ect, XanGo has partnered with the University of Utah to create
a sustainable development model to address the prevention of
malaria and AIDS, the establishment of clean drinking water
and toilet facilities and to develop educational and recreational
facilities that contribute to the overall well being of children
and their families. The success of this program has attracted
the attention of the governments of China, India and a number
of Latin American countries, which are now asking for similar
aid for their regions. And finally, XanGo distributors’ donations
have led to nearly 650,000 meals which have been provided
to undernourished people on the verge of starvation in Africa,
Latin America and Asia. This project is continuing to expand
and address hunger in various locations around the world.
“As a result of our industrious distribution partners, we have
been able to have an extraordinary effect on the well-being
of our fellow humans all over the world,” says Gordon Mor-
ton: “It is very satisfying to know that somebody we will never
meet or get to know personally is being helped by us and can
live with dignity because our distribution partners in Brussels,
Taipei, Mexico City, Paris, New York, Rome – or somewhere
else – have built up a XanGo business.”
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XanGo Goodness actively supports
numerous philanthropic causes worldwide.
Bob Freeze (above right), VP of Corporate Communications, at an
Operation Smile mission last year in Guadalajara, Mexico. Young
girl receives critical Vitamin A tablets in Indai, thanks to XanGo’s
support of Vitamin Angels charity work (above left). XanGo actively
supports international children’s charity SOS-Kinderdorf through
a specific donation to help fund activities in the Schleswig-Holstein
village in Germany (below left). Howard Schiffer (right), founder
of Vitamin Angels, holding two children in India. Since 2008 XanGo
is the title sponsor of the Vitamin Angels India program, which will
serve Vitamin A to 3.5 million children who otherwise would be at
risk for childhood blindness and other diseases caused by Vitamin
A deficiency.
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As author of XanGo‘s market-
ing plan – What was the concept
behind it?
Before founding XanGo I was a suc-
cessful distribution partner in another
company. This experience helped me
to author XanGo’s compensation plan
with the belief that anyone who joins
XanGo can be successful and achieve
success. My experience as a distribu-
tor provides confidence to those who
choose to become XanGo distributors.
What is the philosophy behind
a marketing plan like XanGo‘s?
What ensures that it will work
for the distributors?
Too many companies have binary
plans, have breakaways or change
their plan every few months – in the
final analysis to the benefit of the com-
pany. Our plan was created with the
idea of a genuine 50-50 partnership.
We didn‘t want a situation where only
the top distribution partners really
earn money. XanGo’s compensation
plan makes it possible for everyone to
earn money at all levels of business,
even while you are building it up. With
proper development and hard work
anything is possible.
Are you happy with the results
of your commission plan? Does
it work as you wanted it to?
I‘m very proud of this plan, as are the
other five founders. This plan stands
for our promise to the distribution
partners: What you invest in our com-
pany will also be given back to you by
the company. XanGo is just as much
the property of the independent dis-
tributors as it is mine. We built up this
company for them and with them in
mind. Only if our distribution partners
are successful, will we be successful.
Looking back on the last seven
years – What immediately
comes to mind for you?
Above all I‘m proud that we‘ve re-
mained true to our principles and are
really a “different kind of company”.
An organization with a genuine brand
that has a high recognition value.
A company that takes care of the
individual distribution partner and
of children in need as well. We have
created a place where it is again safe
to dream. In a market with a growing
number of competitors with extremely
bold claims, XanGo remains an amaz-
ingly successful company with great
products, a great business opportunity
and great people.
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Glimpse is available in two different ranges: one for normal
and one for particularly dry skin. The four-stage care program
consists of a cleanser, a toner, a serum and a moisturizing
cream. The Glimpse system was developed to “decelerate”
the aging of the skin and to make the skin look younger and
healthier. Glimpse reinforces the natural regeneration of the
skin and stimulates the skin cells to assist in the production of
natural collagen. Clinical studies have proven that Glimpse in-
creases the firmness and elasticity of the skin and can reduce
redness and inflammation.
Glimpse is most effective when it is used as a complete sys-
tem and twice a day. Here XanGo advises users to experiment
with the products in order to find out the combination that
works best for them. The normal use of the four-stage care
program is simple and begins with washing the face with the
cleansing or moisturizing gel. In the next step the toner is ap-
plied, followed by the serum, which relieves the skin of the
stress caused by climatic and environmental influences. The
final step is the use of the moisturizing cream or lotion, which
hydrates and refreshes the skin.
If you would like to find out more about “Glimpse Skin Care,”
visit the Website
www.xango.com/glimpse
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Already early on Friday afternoon the company in-
vited all managers to a special training marathon.
Many international top earners, among them
Sharon Sharrif and Sherman Unker, offered the
participants their experiences and their know-how. But all
participants were agreed that it was Estella Salina, who had
come from Mexico, that touched the audience most. Estella
Salina is considered in the „XanGo Family“ as the new super-
star. The Mexican holds the only position anywhere outside
the USA that has qualified as a 500 K Premier. Her upline,
Anton Garrity – brother of the XanGo founder Aaron Garrity
– is rightly very proud of his most successful manager.
At the end of the first day there was also a first surprise for
those attending. They got to know Beverly Hollister. One
participant summed it up briefly: “Beverly cam, saw and con-
quered!” Indeed, you got the impression that the American
superwoman and wife of XanGo founder is a personified em-
bodiment of GLIMPSE. Her talk sparkled with enthusiasm
and you saw her deep conviction with regard to the quality of
the new product. On the next day GLIMPSE was also official-
ly launched by her onto the European market. In a personal
discussion with Beverly she also left it in no doubt who the
market would belong to in future. It really was the ultimate
in leadership training. In conclusion the charismatic founders
Kent Wood and Aaron Garrity also revealed the official an-
nouncements of the next day.
After a short break the VIP buses were already waiting for
qualified Top Leaders (from the position 20K) to transport
them to a VIP dinner. Michael Sander, OBTAINER Founder
& President, was also invited by the XanGo founders and was
able to report: “Once again XanGo performed brilliantly. The
location for the dinner alone was incredible. And also – as al-
ways – everything was perfectly ‚kitted out‘ à la XanGo.”
The next day the meeting began at 9 o‘clock sharp. Although
many teams were still enjoying the nightlife of Brussels, the
Expocenter in Brussels – at the foot of the Atomium – was
already well filled. All in all there were probably between 800
and 1,000 participants present when Aaron Garrity officially
announced to rapturous applause that France, Portugal and
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Spain were opened from that day! The next country in Europe
is intended to be Italy and that should follow within the next
three months.
The program was taken up again by many successful con-
sultants from Europe and around the world. Whether from
Norway, Italy, Belgium, Holland, France, England, Ireland,
Mexico, Portugal or many other countries. Saturday offered
an exciting program right up to the last minute. In all 5 top
consultants with a position of 500K and 5 top consultants
with a position of 200K had come extra from all over the
world to Brussels in order to share their know-how with the
participants.
Beverly Hollister has already given all the visitors a taste of
what will happen in Europe in the next months when she trav-
els throughout Europe on tour with GLIMPSE.
The second day also had its emotional peaks. The Chairman of
the Board and XanGo founder Aaron Garrity sang live and, of
course, earned standing ovations for his artistic contribution.
But the organizers also had a cliffhanger on offer. Because
right at the end there was another video message from the
XanGo CEO Robert Conlee: Already at the Worldwide Annual
Convention in October XanGo‘s consultants will have more
surprises. The company, which is considered to be the clear
market leader in the field of mangosteen products, will be
bringing a new product onto the market in the Fall. Of course,
here again the superfruit from Asia will again form the ba-
sis. If the OBTAINER founder and President Michael Sander
wanted to reveal more, nevertheless he was forced to promise
not to publish anything about it. So things remain exciting.
So XanGo is developing itself further and further. Many con-
sultants in Germany who had already turned their backs on
the company are looking at the American company again. Af-
ter a gigantic start XanGo was unable particularly in Germany
and Austria to resist the massive attempts at poaching carried
out systematically and with military precision by former con-
sultants. The more so as the company had to do its own home-
work in some fields again. But that is all now water under the
bridge. XanGo has now been on the market for six years and
in this period it has produced over 63 income millionaires.
1.2 million consultants work with XanGo part-time and/or
full-time! But the company is still right at the beginning of its
still young success story – above all in Europe and in Germany
an incredible market potential is lying at their feet with the
product GLIMPSE.
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Exhibiting a strong passion about everything she did,
Mugette Fiat of Langon, France approached her 60th
birthday a little more than a year ago with some unex-
pected health challenges, including shoulder pain, oral
abscesses and insomnia. Determined not to let these challenges
slow her down or give up her personal goals, she searched for a so-
lution, a product that could help her regain her well-being. When
a friend introduced Mugette to XanGo, she determined to inves-
tigate the product of that company for herself. After a thorough
research in the world wide web that provided positive information
about the company and XanGo® Juice, she decided to give it a try.
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“When I first heard about XanGo, I thought to
myself that this was too good to be true – that this
kind of product could not really help me with my
health concerns,” says Mugette. “Fortunately, my
research resolved some of my concerns and then I
took the product and experienced its amazing ben-
efits; this experience changed the course of my life.”
A convert to the unique health benefits of XanGo
Juice, Mugette set out to share the product with
those within her circle of influence, many of
whom were also looking for a natural ap-
proach toward improved health and
wellness. As she saw others strength-
ened by the product and excited
about the company, she, too, began
to realize the great business oppor-
tunity available through XanGo.
Though XanGo had not yet official-
ly opened for business in France,
she was determined to get more in-
volved and decided to take a deep-
er look into the benefits of being
a XanGo independent distributor.
Mugette agreed to have the product
shipped from Belgium at her own
expense in order to pursue her goals.
Full of energy and being a strong tes-
timonial about the product, Mugette
began to grow her downline, and as
a result of her focus and hard work,
she earned a plane ticket to Salt Lake
City, Utah as a Glimpse™ Topical
Skin Nutrition All-Star for XanGo’s
Overdrive Convention 2008. That was
when the next phase of her life began.
Excitement was in the air and huge
crowds were on hand for the launch
of XanGo’s next category-creating
product to complement XanGo Juice.
Mugette gathered first-hand experi-
ence with Glimpse™ Topical Skin
Nutrition and got the opportu-
nity to meet the brand’s architect,
XanGo Senior Vice President and
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be forever grateful for the act of charity they’ve received
because of XanGo and the products we sell.”
Leaving Salt Lake City with an increased desire to
expand her XanGo business and make a difference
in her part of the world, Mugette determined to put
Glimpse skin care to the test. Her positive experi-
ence with XanGo Juice had given her faith in the
company and its products, and now she would let her
own face be the laboratory. Using Glimpse on only
one half of her face, Mugette began her challenge.
Within a few short weeks, the results appeared. She
and others around her began to notice the gradual re-
duction of wrinkles as well as the improved tone and
glow of her skin. Convinced of the product’s quality
and with an unbeatable marketing tactic – her face –
Mugette set out to share her story with anyone who
would listen. As she began to take her business more
seriously, Mugette invested time with her upline lead-
industries, Beverly Hollister. The more time Mugette spent
interacting with other XanGo distributors and hearing from
company founders and executives, the more she began to un-
derstand what made XanGo different from other companies.
“What impressed me more than anything was the humanity
of XanGo that is evident in every encounter with its execu-
tives and employees,” says Mugette. “At XanGo, the business
is set up for us to make money at every level in the organiza-
tion, and, we all want to improve our quality of life. However,
as we grow our business and make money, the company is
also interested in the individual distributor and customer
finding opportunities for growth and personal development.
We improve ourselves through products that promote health
and wellness, a great business opportunity and giving what
we have to others.” Mugette continues: “The company’s motto
is that it is safe to dream again, and that we can all make a
difference. This includes helping children in remote regions
of the world who might never know our name, but who will
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crowds from all over Europe to Brussels, Belgium. As a ris-
ing star at XanGo, Mugette is ready for the next level of suc-
cess. “I am very passionate about life and have always put
forth my best effort in everything I’ve done,” says Mugette.
“XanGo and Glimpse, and the amazing business opportu-
nity before me have made that passion 10 times stronger.”
Mugette continues, “I would like to thank the six founders
of XanGo and all involved who make this wonderful compa-
ny what it is.” With a bright future ahead in a newly opened
market for XanGo, Mugette is jumping in with both feet.
“I’m going to quit my job next month to pursue my dreams
and work my XanGo business full-time.”
ers, Lilian Hinque and Beatrice Doyer, to learn the best
ways to leverage the amazing XanGo business opportunity.
“I have a great upline at XanGo, and they have really helped
me learn the business,” says Mugette. “I am extremely grate-
ful for the care they have shown me.” After having received
training and having participated in joint meetings with her
upline, she began to hold regular meetings herself. With each
gathering, her business began to grow and expand. In just a
few months, well over a hundred people had joined her or-
ganization. Her success has not gone unnoticed and just last
month Mugette was recognized by Beverly Hollister on stage
at XanGo’s European Regional, which drew enthusiastic
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XanGo, LLC, and Major
League Soccer’s Real Salt
Lake (RSL) announced a
three-year renewal of the
club’s historic title jersey-front spon-
sorship on July 8; the financial terms of
the deal were not disclosed. The original
contract, announced in October 2006,
made history for being the first jersey-
front sponsorship in U.S. professional
sports. Since that time, several other Ma-
jor League Soccer clubs have announced
similar partnerships with major global
brands. “As a global company that
prides itself in innovation, XanGo is very
pleased to have joined Real Salt Lake in
this partnership as the first jersey-front
sponsors in U.S. professional sports, and
we are happy to see other major brands
follow our lead and support soccer in
North America,” said XanGo Founder/
Board Member Gordon Morton. “This
partnership is ideal for XanGo and our
global brand in the sense that our brand
goes wherever the team plays and that
soccer is the world’s game. We promise
that XanGo and its more than one mil-
lion distributors worldwide will continue
to support Real Salt Lake both at home
and abroad.”
“We are very pleased to continue our
partnership with XanGo, and to repre-
sent their brand on our jersey through the
2013 season,” said Real Salt Lake Presi-
dent Bill Manning. “XanGo is a great as-
XanGoSoccer Team Renew Jersey Sponsorship
set to the Utah business community and
we appreciate their continued support of
our organization.” XanGo’s multi-year
deal with Real Salt Lake includes signage
and promotional opportunities at the
team’s sports and entertainment venue,
Rio Tinto Stadium, in Sandy, Utah. Ad-
ditionally, XanGo and RSL will continue
the annual tradition of the XanGo Cup,
which pairs RSL and an international
soccer powerhouse in a friendly match.
This year’s XanGo Cup, the fourth an-
nual, will feature Clúb América, Mexico’s
premier soccer club. The game will kick
off at 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 11 at Rio
Tinto Stadium. Select adidas/RSL train-
ing and off-field gear will also promote
the XanGo/RSL partnership.
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Frederic Specht runs a Lifestyle-Network with XanGo
Lifestyle has become an important part of
the personality today. Despite the hard times currently
life today cannot be compared with that in earlier
periods. Today everybody with the right attitude can be
successful independently of their social status. Network
marketing is virtually predestined for uniting profession
and lifestyle.
For this reason Frederic Specht is also a full-time
networker today. The native of Bavaria loves life
and is convinced that life is too short to waste all
his energy on holding down a “normal” job and be-
ing paid too little for doing it. Already when he was 18 he left
his loving family home in Allgäu in order to live in Munich. Al-
though even today he considers Munich to be his hometown,
the whole wide world has meanwhile become his second living
room. He has already been able to get to know Europe includ-
ing all the islands, the USA, Egypt, Turkey, the Seychelles,
Mauritius and Cuba. And thanks to XanGo further countries
like Australia, Japan and Canada and many more will certain-
ly join them in future. That was something that he could not
even imagine after his training as a dental technician and he
says today: “Dental technology is a profession that I really en-
joyed it at the beginning. Only the pressure of deadlines under
which you have to constantly work coupled with the lot of dust
and poisonous fumes that you breathe in every day... so I did
it for almost 20 years but eventually it starts you thinking.”
The health service reforms and sinking salary structures did
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the rest. Thus Frederic‘s “thirst for change” grew bigger and
bigger. In short: “My goal was clear; I have to do something
new.”
As long ago as 1991 Frederic was invited by an acquaintance
to a meeting organized by Herbalife and he was fascinated by
the income possibilities of MLM. “Losing weight wasn‘t rel-
evant for me,” he says with a laugh, because even today that is
something that the sports fan still does not have to do. Here
Frederic succeed in reaching the executive level within 18
months. In 1996 Frederic met his present wife and started a
family. He withdrew to devote himself fully to his son. Only in
2000 did he concern himself more closely with the industry
and then he looked around for five more years for the right
company. Wen he eventually joined XanGo he was the first
person in Germany: “When I laid the cornerstone for XanGo
in Germany in 2005 by registering with my friend Danny
Wanzeele in Belgium, my work started with me spending
many nights translating material into German. At Zero Hour
there were documents in German. Those were the beginnings
that characterize the work of a pioneer. The fact that from this
works all of Germany benefited in part, and not just my team,
is something that I consider to be a contribution for us all.”
But despite the hard work at the beginning of a networking
career, Frederic discovered with time the superb range of ad-
vantages of this industry. On of the nicest factors is the time
that Frederic can spend with his son while other fathers have
to follow their “8-to-6 vocation.” Frederic Specht is a connois-
seur of life. With XanGo he lives a lifestyle that many only
dream of. To it belong fashionable sports like diving, golf or
roller-blading, good food, good red wine, nice holidays, well-
ness and, of course, – XanGo. “With XanGo I have found ex-
actly what I was looking for. XanGo embodies lifestyle,” he
says with conviction and adds: “You form wonderful friend-
ships that really last a lifetime. That is often worth more than
many other things. Thanks to my knowledge of languages
– English, French, Spanish and Italian – it‘s easy for me to
do so also in international circles. I find it particularly worth
mentioning that precisely with XanGo the most varied social
classes harmonize together wonderfully. Everybody benefits
from everybody else. For me that is something very positive.”
Negative aspects are unfortunately those networkers who can-
not stuff their mouths fast enough and do so at the cost of oth-
ers. However, he is quite relaxed about it: “In the final analysis
there are characters like that in every industry” – and so in the
end experiences are the measure of success – and not only in
MLM.
A move to another networking company does not come into
question for Frederic, but he also understands that all net-
workers considers “their” networking company to be the best,
the biggest and the nicest. But the decision for XanGo was
“solely the impulse for security” and the XanGo Convention
in 2005 in Salt Lake City/USA with more than 10,000 dis-
tribution partners from all over the world. At the “Conven-
tion of Friendship,” as Frederic also calls it, he got to know all
six founders of XanGo personally and got a look behind the
scenes of this excellently managed company.
Since that time some things have happened at XanGo. If at the
beginning of work in the German-speaking markets there was
only one product and hardly any training or advertising ma-
terials were available except in English, XanGo is now thanks
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to Frederic Specht also an option for success for all those who
are interested. In addition to the star product XanGo Juice
today there is also Xalo Juice and the brand-new product cat-
egory “glimpse” with cosmetic, health and wellness products.
The “glimpse Europe Tour” in September 2009 will definitely
be a great milestone for XanGo‘s success story in Europe. The
time to join could therefore not be better.
Also the fact that by Frederic‘s estimate the proportion of
end customers is about 70% is an argument for joining the
XanGo Community. Because registered end customers can
order their products quite comfortably and for a bargain price
online or toll-free by phone, which means that the distribu-
tion partner is freed from costly storage and dispatch. The
training sessions, seminars, comprehensive online informa-
tion, printed matter. The “Go Magazine” and mentoring make
it quite simple even for a complete “networking rookie” to get
to know the ropes of the business.
“In addition I have, for example, built up a team space in the
four languages, English, French, Spanish and German, where
all team partners can download the information they need for
themselves 24 hours a day. Here a big thank you to all the
team partners who untiringly help and have helped with the
translation. Anybody who works their way through our first
training unit will discover that XanGo is an absolutely bril-
liant opportunity. XanGo captivates through simplicity and is
easy to duplicate with enthusiasm. That is after all the appeal
of a home-based business. At the moment I‘m working on an
‚IWM plan‘ and I‘m quite certain that it will inspire everybody.
More I don‘t want to reveal yet,” says Frederic with a secretive
smile.
It is precisely the mixture of online and offline networking
that makes XanGo so strong. City meetings with managers
and training sessions where top-class networkers reveal their
secrets of success have made XanGo into one of the best com-
panies as far as networking training is concerned. The fact
that enough sponsoring tools are available makes the work
today significantly easier than it was when Frederic started in
2005: “All the things we provide are more than enough. In
the final analysis we aren‘t tool producers but earn our money
with XanGo,” says Frederic Specht today after being to a great
extent successful in building up the company. In a constantly
growing MLM market where more and more companies rec-
ognize the power of networking and want to use it Frederic
sees a danger. With the variety of opportunities on offer it will
become more and more difficult for laypeople to separate the
wheat from the chaff or the bitter lemon juice from the tasty
mangosteen nectar.
This summer Frederic will mainly be on the road for his busi-
ness in Spain and France and he is looking forward to finally
getting to know many of his team partners personally. In only
four years Frederic Specht has achieved more than many
people will ever achieve in their whole professional careers: a
lifestyle of happiness in a genuine lifestyle network.
Not bad, Mr. Specht!