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 still proud that Opportunity Zone was a finalist and well-regarded ...

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 want to know what others are saying about Quixtar or Amway. Anyway, my name popped up in a blog ...

I'm in Baltimore now at the Direct Selling Association's 2007 Marketing and Communications Conference. Today we heard from some excellent presenters, including Eric Yaverbaum, [corrected info] president of Ericho Communications and author of Public Relations for Dummies, among other books, plus Allen P. Adamson, author of BrandSimple. ...

We've started work with the editor at Success From Home for the Quixtar feature that will appear in the December issue (on newsstands Nov. 1).  If you're not aware of the magazine, it's basically a publication that focuses on a different direct selling company each month, sharing with prospects what these business opportunities ...

Lots of people have tried to describe Quixtar's business model in lots of different ways. For some reason, the final explanation always seems to be lacking because this business is so multi-faceted.  There's a lot of different ways to look at this elephant.  Like the blind men who feel different parts of the pachyderm and ...