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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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a proven opportunity

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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!