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I’ve been unable to post much recently due to some other priorities, but I thought I’d give TTAA readers an idea of the posts I have in draft for the near future, as well as some additional Amway related projects in the works. If you happen to have something you’d like me to address or find out – let me know!
Ok, on the coming soon list -
Amway Andhra Pradesh – what’s the real story?
Do Diamonds really make all their money from “tools”?
The Perils of Amway? A response to Russell Glasser
Amway @ The movies! Is that a bottle of dish drops or are you just glad to see me?
In addition I’ve plans to renew and start updating AmwayWatch again (any joomla gurus want to help?) as well as some software updates to AmwayWiki (any mediawiki gurus out there?), and a new project in the works – Amway Price Comparisons (joomla again!).
The latter is intended to be a real community project, where people from around the world can post (retail) price comparisons between Amway products and their local competitors. I have two aims for that – the first is to show that the vast majority of Amway products are great value for money. The second aim is to help Amway know which products are not competitive – and hopefully incentivise them to do something about it!
…. Hello Amway! It’s been more than 3 years since I revealed (or at least hinted!) that Amway was going to be retiring the Quixtar name and more than 2 years since the transition to Amway Global became public. It seemed clear to me at the time that the “Global” suffix had been added to help placate IBOs who weren’t happy with the transition – to try to make them feel part of something “new” and “bigger” rather than stepping back into the bad old days. It seemed obvious to me the company would later transition to the simpler (and global!) “Amway” name. Still, there were IBOs who vehemently denied this and claimed Amway Global (which, ironically, was only ever Amway North America, not global) would never be called just “Amway”.
Well, they were wrong. In a message out to all IBOs this week, they’ve announced the transition from Amway Global to Amway.
Amway Global transitioning to Amway name in North America
Starting September 1, our name becomes Amway
Earlier this year, we let you know that our market research findings indicate our national advertising campaign has been successful, and the awareness and favorability of the Amway name continues to grow steadily in North America. Now is the right time to transition from Amway Global to Amway since:
• Net favorability for Amway has increased significantly since 2008.
• When consumers visit our website, 80% type www.amway.com
• Consumers who view our television advertising remember the name Amway.
Moving forward with the Amway name aligns us with all other affiliates. This will allow us to leverage the strong advantages of a single global brand.
Bye, bye Amway Global, hello Amway.
PS. My apologies for the dearth of posts lately, I’ve had a string of challenges in the offline world consuming my time.
Ryan Flaherty, an intern at Amway Corporation headquarters in Michigan, has written a beautiful post about his experiences with the company – The Icing on the Cake.
The post is a testimonial to the great people at Amway who make the Amway business opportunity possible. It gets at the heart of what Amway Corporation is about and, hopefully, what Amway independent business owners are about. Just this week an old friend asked a question about recommended nutritional products on Facebook. Naturally I pm’d her and promoted the unsurpassed Nutrilite products. Alas, somewhere along the line she’d gotten a view of Amway that was the diametric opposite to Ryan, explaining that she won’t buy Amway products because of the companies poor ethical standards. Unfortunately she’s not alone in that view, a view likely created not by Amway, but by the poor behaviour of some of Amway’s independent reps.
My experience is more like Ryan’s -
The way they operate is the way that I would expect businesses to operate in an ideal society.
The more I’ve researched Amway over the years, the better and better they have looked. Thankfully in recent years Amway has finally become more proactive in monitoring and controlling field behaviour. It needed to be done and they’ve been guilty of a lack of action in this area in the past. As we move forward one can hope, and expect, that there will be far more people with opinions like Ryan, and fewer like my old friend.
Thanks for the post, Ryan, and thanks for your time contributing to the world of Amway. May your future be all you hope it to be!
Despite being bordered by the likes of Amway Russia, Poland, Ukraine, and Scandinavia, the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have until this week been officially excluded from the Amway family. I say officially because it’s clearly not been the case unofficially! Many times in the past decade in Scandinavia I’ve encountered citizens of those countries who had been buying and using Amway products for many years – some were even ABOs. When looking at google search trend data, Lithuania has also been, per capita, the number one country in the world for people looking for information about Amway.
Well, as of May 4, 2010. Citizens of those countries may no register with Amway Poland as “member plus“. Member plus is an option in some European markets where you can purchase Amway products at ABO price, and you can build a downline organization – but you’re not allowed to resell the products, and you can’t receive a bonus on downline volume. You can still receive a rebate on your own purchases though, which means they become cheaper and cheaper as your downline volume grows. This option is essentially available so people can get started without needing to be concerned with acquiring official business licences. They can try out the products and business, and later convert to full “Amway Business Owner” status and acquire the necessary licences. Read More »
A couple of interesting changes reported out of Amway this week. The first was the opening of the new Amway Insider blog site – http://blogs.amway.com. Amway was a bit of a pioneer in the corporate blogging world when they launched first Robin Luymes Real Quixtar blog and then Beth Dornan’s Quixtar Insider blog. In December 2006 they however made what I began to think of as a strategic mistake – they launched The OpportunityZone and progressively added more and more blogs from more and more contributors.
On the face of it you might think that was a good idea, however there’s two reasons why it’s generally a bad idea to have so many blogs! First of all it’s a burden on your staff. Blog posting essentially became yet another task for what were already busy staff – and not surprisingly after various initial flurries of activity, most of the postings started to trail off in frequency. Read More »
Just saw this news on the Efinity Blog. Asafa Powell and his countrymen will no longer have to smuggle in the best nutritional products in the world! Welcome to Amway, Jamaica!
Amway Global is pleased to announce that the Amway Global business opportunity will be available in Jamaica beginning September 1, 2010. It’s exciting to see the expansion of the flagship market of North America with the authorization of this Caribbean island. Jamaica will be an extension of the existing island markets in the Miscellaneous Atlantic and Caribbean (M.A.C.) region, authorized under the U.S. Sales and Marketing Plan.
Please note: there will be no Amway office, employees, or warehouse space in Jamaica. Therefore, the product ordering will be the same as the U.S., with coreline products shipped from the Southeast Service Center (SESC) in Georgia, and available catalog merchandise shipped from the Spaulding Product Service Center (SPSC) in Ada, Michigan. For all product orders with the final destination being Jamaica, the ordering IBO shall be the “importer of record” and it will be his/her responsibility (through a freight forwarder or broker) to complete the required customs paperwork and, if applicable, pay duties when importing products into Jamaica. The name and U.S. address of the selected freight forwarder or broker must be provided to Amway by the ordering IBO where the freight forwarder or broker has agreed to act as the “importer of record.”,Freight forward orders are exempt from U.S. taxation. Read More »
Nice branding and name recognition getting built by Amway and the San Jose Earthquakes. I have to say the jersey’s look great! I might have to pick one up
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Despite being bordered by the likes of Amway Russia, Poland, Ukraine, and Scandinavia, the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have until this week been officially excluded from the Amway family. I say officially because it’s clearly not been the case unofficially! Many times in the past decade in Scandinavia I’ve encountered citizens of those countries who had been buying and using Amway products for many years – some were even ABOs. When looking at google search trend data, Lithuania has also been, per capita, the number one country in the world for people looking for information about Amway.
Coming up on TTAA ….
I’ve been unable to post much recently due to some other priorities, but I thought I’d give TTAA readers an idea of the posts I have in draft for the near future, as well as some additional Amway related projects in the works. If you happen to have something you’d like me to address or find out – let me know!
Ok, on the coming soon list -
In addition I’ve plans to renew and start updating AmwayWatch again (any joomla gurus want to help?) as well as some software updates to AmwayWiki (any mediawiki gurus out there?), and a new project in the works – Amway Price Comparisons (joomla again!).
The latter is intended to be a real community project, where people from around the world can post (retail) price comparisons between Amway products and their local competitors. I have two aims for that – the first is to show that the vast majority of Amway products are great value for money. The second aim is to help Amway know which products are not competitive – and hopefully incentivise them to do something about it!
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