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This blog is written by Robin Luymes, Manager-
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at Quixtar Inc.
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Touring America
Friday, June 13, 2008
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7 Comments
Category:
Family
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Opportunity Zone
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Direct Selling
And the winner is ... another company won the "Innovations" award at the DSA conference for a brand bus they used to crisscross the nation in support of their representatives. Which is ironic, for reasons that will soon become apparent. I'm
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Prague Blog III
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
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12 Comments
Category:
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Web Critics
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Opportunity Zone
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Transformation
Another day comes to an end in Prague and this one was quite rewarding actually. I will be the first to admit that I was very uncertain about unleashing on my communications peers from around the world a panel of IBO bloggers who have varied histories
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Another Year, Another Billion Dollars+
Friday, February 15, 2008
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28 Comments
Category:
Opportunity Zone
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Sales
Today Quixtar announced 2007 sales of $1.07 billion, down a tad from the previous year's sales of $1.12 billion. Given the amount of change and turmoil experienced, I was encouraged by these results! I've already seen some of the initial reactions
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Welcome to the Beta Mom!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
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1 Comments
Category:
Blogs
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Opportunity Zone
It's great to finally have Lynn here in the Zone with her Beta Mom blog . She doesn't give herself enough credit to be an Alpha Mom, but that's what makes her so great -- humbleness and self deprecation. Kinda like Kathy Griffin whose cable
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A Year in the Zone
Friday, February 01, 2008
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2 Comments
Category:
Blogs
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Web Critics
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Opportunity Zone
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Social Media
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Me
Happy Birthday O'zoners, and congratulations on a great first year! I just read David Prescott's musings in Code Review and have to agree, it does seem like much longer than a year for the Opportunity Zone. Well, for me that's especially true
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DSA presentation
Friday, December 14, 2007
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1 Comments
Category:
Blogs
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Opportunity Zone
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Direct Selling
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Me
Do you have a Google alert set up for your name? I do. No, it's not vanity (well, maybe a little). But if my name does appear in another blog or in a news piece, it's work-related and I want to see what others are saying about me, just like I
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History of Achievement
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
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3 Comments
Category:
Achievers
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Reputation
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Opportunity Zone
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Transformation
Tonight or tomorrow I'm leaving to celebrate Thanksgiving in Wisconsin. Then on Sunday I fly to Florida for Achievers, where I hope to help IBOs celebrate their awesome achievements as IBOs and help them as they prepare to build their businesses even
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The Interns
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
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0 Comments
Category:
Opportunity Zone
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Training
In the past I've written about editors here at the REAL Quixtar Blog. Today I'm calling out the Interns. As I was driving in I was thinking about them, particularly since they have taken on a larger workload in the absence of Anna. Shannon, Charlotte
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Opportunity Zone in DSN Article
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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2 Comments
Category:
Word-of-Mouth
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Opportunity Zone
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News Media
Check out the most recent issue of Direct Selling News for an article ( Social Media: Word of Mouth in the Digital Age ) that features the Opportunity Zone, based on interviews of Beth Dornan and myself. Of course, I think it's wonderful because we're
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Snowballs
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
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11 Comments
Category:
Blogs
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Opportunity Zone
No, I'm not jumping the gun and skipping all of fall to go straight to winter. Actually, it's been in the 80s all this week, so snow and sleet are the last things on our minds here in Michigan. Actually, I'm posting about the "snowball"
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Keep it real, keep it civil
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
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11 Comments
Category:
Blogs
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Opportunity Zone
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Team
Due to all the legal activities going on, we haven't been able to say too much here in the Opportunity Zone lately. There's lots I wish we could talk about, but we certainly wouldn't want to say or do things that hurt our legal position. Check
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Welcome Sales Speak
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
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21 Comments
Category:
Opportunity Zone
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Sales
I'm excited to announce the launch of yet another Opportunity Zone blog -- Sales Speak . Written by Susan Julien-Willson, Copy Director of our Shop/Buy communications, the blog will focus on effective selling in the Quixtar business. Susan is an excellent
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The Editors
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
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0 Comments
Category:
Blogs
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Opportunity Zone
Within the walls of Quixtar (and beyond), some have mistakenly assumed that my role as Manager of the PR and Editorial groups makes me some sort of "chief editor" for the company. If my clumsy blog writing style hasn't already made this
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Trust
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
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36 Comments
Category:
Reputation
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Opportunity
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Opportunity Zone
I'm reading a book right now entitled "Trust: The Secret Weapon of Effective Business Leaders," by Kathy Bloomgarden. So far it's a pretty engaging overview of the attributes that make companies trusted. Essentially, Bloomgarden says
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WOMMA, Ratings, and Beauty Tipsy
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
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4 Comments
Category:
Word-of-Mouth
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Blogs
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Opportunity Zone
Greetings from N'awlins. It's been a fascinating couple of days, and we're not done yet! But, whew, my presentation is done and it went very well. Now I can focus on learnings. Right now I'm sitting in on a fascinating presentation about
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