Connect to the World!

No 02 • 2009

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The World is Our Platform!

the signs of the times, who are coming up with the right

decisions and who do not abandon ourselves to foot-

dragging and small-mindedness. That is the reason why

we at DubLi, together with our associates, will also enjoy

the fruits that success has to offer. We love what we do

and our dream is to see it grow and prosper while en-

riching the lives of those who share our vision.

While worldwide retail sales continually tumble and turn-

over figures falling almost vertical, eCommerce contin-

ues to gain a strong foot hold the world over. We know

the reason for this paradigm shift because people sim-

ply don’t have the time nor do they want to invest the

time of having to physically go out and fight the traffic,

find a place to park and then be forced to wait in long

lines just to shop for their favorite items; when they can

easily go online and have access to the very same mer-

chandise at prices that are even lower than in the retail

stores and they can navigate with a simple click of the

mouse. That’s why DubLi is positioned so perfectly in the

marketplace; not only do we offer the best selling in-de-

mand consumer products at the best prices through our

unique auction portals, but we also give our customers

the peace of mind when making their purchase with us

by backing it up with a written guarantee. If any of our

customers find a lower price on the same item, then we

will refund the difference, plus 10%.

Shopping with DubLi is in a word…FUN! The next time

you visit our website, I encourage you to take a minute

and read the many testimonials we received from satis-

fied customers throughout the world and then you will

see why we are so excited by our future.

The world is ours and our desire is to make it YOURS –

This is our philosophy at DubLi.

On the pages that follow you can read all about most

recent developments that have been taking place be-

hind the scenes at the fun-tastic world of DubLi. Make

sure you check out the special section on DubLi’s new

private community located on the beautiful Caribbean

Island of Cayman Brac, appropriately named DubLi-

Land; I wish you lots of fun reading about it.

Most cordially yours,

Michael Hansen

A bold statement; perhaps, but I firmly believe in the pos-

sibility of this outcome because DubLi is on the cusp of

launching the first ever worldwide global trading portal,

one which will elevate our company’s brand to millions

of potential customers on a global basis. Now is the time

for us to take this important step and innumerable as-

sociates and consumers the world over will benefit as a

result and will transform DubLi into a global e-commerce

market leader. Success in developing a global trading

platform depends primarily upon speed and being able

to quickly access data and information online with virtu-

ally no downtime. DubLi has been quietly building the

entire infrastructure and architecture for this to become

a reality by incorporating the latest technologies in

computer engineering and software data systems that

will enable us to successfully manage the demands of a

global trading platform and insure a stable environment

for our growing numbers of associates and customers

around the world.

The recipe for success has many ingredients: the qual-

ity of the products, the personal input of the associate,

unbeatable value for money, an intelligent and effi-

cient business model, good training of associates and

competent management to name but a few. We have

all of these points in our sights and that accounts for

our success. That is why DubLi is the company that will

spearhead the vanguard in eTrading. We are entering

the starting blocks as the first ever global e-commerce

direct-selling companies in the world and plan to imple-

ment training standards which have yet to be achieved

in this industry. The period of economic uncertainties are

drawing more and more professionals into our company

than at any time in our company’s history which speaks

volumes of our vision. We are the people who recognize

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ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE

CHARITY

THE DUBLIPRICE GUARANTEE

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THE LEADERSHIP EVENT IN MIAMI

DUBLI DONATES $13,700 TO BENEFIT CHILDREN’S CHARITY

TRANSPARENCY IS THEPRIME PRINCIPLE

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CARIBBEAN PEARLS

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TAX EXEMPTION IS NOT THE TRUE TREASURE OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

DUBLI ACADEMY

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DUBLI AUCTION

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BRAND NEW MERCEDES C300 AUCTIONED OFF FOR 8,050 DOLLARS

TAKE THE RIGHT COURSE!

DAN GIBBONS

STEVE OLDS

KENT HOLMSTOEL

A GLIMPSE INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL

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HOW DO I BECOME ASENIOR VICE PRESIDENT?

“PRODUCTS THAT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES!“

HIGH FLYER

KEY-STRATEGIES

ANALYSIS BY OIB

DUBLI GOESGLOBAL page 4

C O V E R S T O R Y

DubLi Goes Global:

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In this edition of DubLi’s “Inside Magazine” we want to help you recognize opportuni-ties the future may hold in store for you! Be sure to read the feature article “Another Day in Paradise” as we report to you firsthand on the incredible conference of DubLi‘s top leaders that took place back in beautiful Miami on August 9th through the 11th. This issue will also cover ways in which you can achieve the coveted newly created position of “Senior Vice President” (SVP) by the end of the coming year and as a result you can collect a cash bonus of $1 Million Dollars!

We’ll cover important topics on the reasons why you should as-pire to achieve the position of “Vice President” (VP) by the

end of this year because by doing so, you’ll secure a private parcel of land in “DubLi Land,” which is an unparalleled community of uncompromising luxury. This and much much more will soon become a reality through the extraordinary developments of the DubLi e-commerce platform and the lo-gistics behind it: Imagine worldwide delivery of the hottest in-demand consumer prod-ucts at the lowest possible prices. Guaran-teed!

One would have to admit this is one of the most unique selling points without compare! More information about this new cutting edge global platform is covered in this issue.

We’ll also give you up to date reports on numerous other newsworthy events taking place in the world of DubLi, from the newly designed Fun Shopping Network to the of-ficial launch of DubLi in Australia and New Zealand, to the highlights of the current auc-tions. DubLi is entirely focused on becom-ing one of the largest direct to consumer companies in the world within the next two to three years. What can this mean for you and your family’s life? Read on and learn all about it in this month’s issue of “Inside Mag-azine.” Our aim is that you will have loads of fun reading the coming pages and that the information will resonate with our readers and bear fruit, hopefully it will cause you to carefully reflect on your list of priorities and determine if DubLi is in alignment with your future financial goals and dreams. Are you prepared to do whatever it takes in order

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to achieve your innermost dreams and de-sires? Some tough questions, we know but only you can answer that for yourself, but if the answer is YES, then make TODAY the day that you take the first step on your journey to success. Here’s an opportunity to make your story part of a much larger story: the DubLi success story! Here is a safe haven for upstart entrepreneurs and driven opportu-nity seekers to take control of their financial destiny once and for all.

The success story of DubLi and the DubLi Network is not only flourishing, it is becom-ing a new paradigm in the e-commerce and network marketing industry; taking on new dimensions which were understood by less than a handful of people even less than a year ago. Michael Hansen and Kent Holmstoel are three to five years ahead of where the company is today and continue laying the ground work to make their vision become reality. Only a few of DubLi’s top leaders like Dean Mannheimer, Tom Ash-lock and other up and coming leaders from the field comprehended the magnitude of what is coming and believe wholeheart-edly in the vision of the DubLi. In the past 12 months, just talking the USA marketplace, DubLi’s compensation plan produced 4 mil-lionaires and dozens earned significant six-figure incomes proving beyond any doubt that the system is possible of delivering

massive results. What’s even more impres-sive with these results is that is was done at a time when the financial markets of the world and the global economy were in a tailspin. In a word, DubLi not only survived, it grew by double digits. This proves conclu-sively that the business model was not only embraced by the general public, but was well insulated from the economic recession that plagued many parts of the world.

The new developments that Michael Han-sen announced at the Leadership Confer-ence in Miami demonstrate emphatically what the future of DubLi holds in store for every BA who enrolls with our company. The prospect for unprecedented growth is merely an afterthought with the impending launch of the new global auction portal, the likes of which has never been done before in the history of e-commerce. Globally we have the potential to expand our customer base into the tens of millions with emerg-ing markets like China, Hong Kong, Japan, India and Russia just to mention a few. As opportunities go, DubLi epitomizes the con-cept of “1st mover advantage” because we haven’t even scratched the surface of this global platform. Talks of a one world economy were mocked by critics, but DubLi is about to make this a reality through their global auction platform and YOU can be a part of it. Imagine earning a percentage

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from a small customer base of say 250,000? It’s never been done before until now be-cause the infrastructure wasn’t in place, but If you have vision…and you’re willing to roll up your sleeves and put in some real effort, then it’s a certainty and not just a proba-bility that you will join the elite ranks of the DubLi millionaires.

Customers will embrace our low price guar-antees on the top selling name brand items they want to purchase and remember the guarantee is just the starting price. The buzz of the auction will enable our customers to purchase these in-demand consumer products for a fraction of their original price. When customers find a great bargain, they will instinctively do two things without excep-tion. One, they will continue coming back to make future purchases (repeat sales)

and second, they will tell their friends, family members and co-workers (referral sales).

The worldwide low price guarantee states that any customer who provides proof that the product they purchased from DubLi can be found for a lower regular price anywhere in the world, DubLi will not only refund the dif-ference in cash, but they will give you an ad-ditional 10% bonus. Now, that’s confidence, and more importantly, it’s smart business. As a result we feel this guarantee will give our customers the peace of mind knowing they have received the lowest possible published price of the item purchased. Nobody likes the feeling of finding a lower price somewhere else for the same exact item after making a purchase and we agree! That’s the reason we did it. Would you agree that it’s much less expensive to keep a customer happy

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and have them keep coming back to the auctions for future purchases than the cost of acquiring a new customer? The products featured in our auction portal are the top selling in-demand consumer items being sold in the world today, products that you and I want to purchase, and the best part; is that as consumers migrate to purchasing the newest hottest product on the market, we instantly adapt to those shopping habits and bring them into our inventory and dis-play them in our auction. We’re never stuck with items that have little or no appeal like factory seconds or reconditioned prod-ucts…EVER. We’re creating brand identity and customer loyalty because who do you know that isn’t in the market for items like the newest iPod, or flat screen TV, or WII? Or a huge assortment of gift cards that can be redeemed at the best selling retail gi-

ants like iTunes, Wal-Mart, Macys, Best Buy and Toys-R-Us just to name a few. We’re even featuring expensive domestic and European cars on a regular basis. Think about the number of holidays, anniversa-ries, birthdays, weddings and graduations that take place throughout the year. We will always have a steady flow of customers who are looking for the name brand quality merchandise at bargain prices. In the very near future all of the products purchased on our global auction portal will be deliv-ered directly to your door anywhere in the world in about a week’s time, with the assur-ance that the price you paid was the most competitive price you could find anywhere. We guarantee it.

Combine that with the opportunity of be-ing able to sponsor and enroll people on

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a worldwide basis makes DubLi a timely e-business opportunity without equal and certainly, the newest incentives offered by Michael Hansen should cause many top networkers with other companies to reeval-uate their current situation! The immediate goal; build your network with a minimum of 2,500 BA’s within 12 to 15 months and re-ceive a $1,000,000 bonus for doing so. All by yourself? Of course not! Focus on initi- ally building out five legs or teams and then help those five teams duplicate the same process until you have the desired results. In fact not only will you be in line to earn the $1,000,000 bonus, but each one of the five leaders you initially enrolled will be in line for the same! This is a very attractive proposi-tion and incentive package which you can confidentially approach other leaders with-in the networking industry who may already have established organizations in place and looking for a new home. The question boils down to this; is the message going to come from you, or someone else?

Even novices with little or no networking ex-perience who don’t see themselves yet as

being amongst the network marketing whiz kids will find that DubLi can still be their path to financial freedom because ultimately, the longevity of DubLi’s business model is built around customer acquisition and not just recruiting! DubLi combines its Fun Shopping Concept with one of the most sophisticated teaching and learning systems available at the present level of technology. With the aid of online webinars, videos and confer-ence calls, all BA’s will have 24 hour access to all the tools necessary for honing and developing their skills. The DubLi University is still in its very early stages. The first two of 50 modules have just been completed which will provide present you with the basics for getting started. The final stages of develop-ment which is still in its infancy will enable you to be “beamed” by webcam into a virtual three-dimensional lecture hall where you will be able to complete your training in a virtual classroom!

There is global economic crisis and we won’t deny the effect it’s had on unemployment figures and slumping sales figures which has plagued virtually every industry with the

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exception of one…”The Internet Economy” especially the e-commerce sector which has remained not only insulated from the economic downturn, but in fact have sub-stantial market gains, the very industry that DubLi has positioned itself. Banks, savings and loans, insurance companies, financial firms, auto giants have all been bailed out by the government and there’s no end in sight. Families are being forced out of their homes, retirement funds have all but disappeared and foreclosures have hit catastrophic lev-els. But in spite of all the bad press, people still cling to hope; and more than ever, they are ready for a change. Here’s your chance to shine, all you have to do is show them a way which will allow them to be in control of their financial destiny once and for all, and

not be at the mercy of someone else and the world will beat a path to your door. DubLi offers people an extraordinary opportunity to take ownership of their financial future, an investment that is minimal in comparison to owning a traditional business or franchise; they can potentially build a global business from the comfort and convenience of their own home. People from all walks of life from school teachers and professionals to those who deliver your mail are prime candidates for your business because people are fed up! It’s the realization that there may be no future with their current occupation that spurs them into taking action! That’s why the time to act is NOW…the only real condition for success with DubLi is a person’s drive and determi-nation, everything else is already in place.

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Dean Mannheimer, Roger Neville and Rik McCoy recently concluded a 10 day tour which began in Australia and ended in New Zealand. All the cities had enormous crowds which came out to witness DubLi’s leaders who share the vision of the company and what laid in store for the Australian and New Zealand markets in the immediate future. The tour began in Sydney and then next was Melbourne, followed by Brisbane and then concluded in Auckland New Zealand.

From Australia to the America’s the DubLi wave rolls on, shortly all borders will cease to exist for DubLi BA’s and you will be able to do business half way around the world as easily as it would be in your own home town, and as DubLi begins its global march – you too,

can come along! Today can be your day; one in which you will remember for taking that all important first step toward achiev-ing your financial goals, and after awhile you may awaken from what seemed like an improbable dream in your own custom villa in DubLi Land along with your family and friends at your side...or in a few years you could wake up and be haunted by the fact that you did not recognize the opportunity and take action. The choice lies within you, in any case from this day forward you won’t be able to say you didn’t get the chance. It’s been said that you pay the price early in life and the price for failure later in life be-cause of the opportunities that passed you by. Live your life to the fullest and leave with no regrets.

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I have had the privilege of participating in numerous DubLi leadership events that are held every so often in posh lo-cations throughout the world, and with-out exception the most recent Sales Director Conference held in beautiful

Coral Gables, Florida, during the weekend of August 7th through the 10th was one of the most memorable experiences I have had in my business career.

Successful companies know the value of bringing leaders together in exotic locations because it can cement relationships with other leaders that can last for decades; plus they are more receptive to acting upon new ideas and methods which can ulti-mately have a tremendous impact on the growth of their individual businesses when the atmosphere is relaxed and casual. Of course, such an event is also always an ex-cellent opportunity for DubLi to recognize and reward loyal leaders for their hard work and dedication. Imagine having 50 unique

and talented individuals with 100 different ideas coming together and forming a single vision; that of course being the founder’s vi-sion of the future. Now you’re talking about empowerment and single-mindedness of purpose, a trait that is common amongst all billion dollar companies as it begins with a single vision and then attracts to itself those people who manifest that vision into reality.

Knowing this, I was particularly curious about this particular leadership conference be-cause it was by invitation only and would at-tract DubLi’s top leaders in America. In order to qualify for an invitation a BA must at least hold the title of Sales Director. Last year the top leaders were invited as Michael’s guests in Dubai, but this year the event would be held in sunny Miami, Florida.

The landmark destination for DubLi’s lead-ership conference would be held in one of the most historic hotels in the USA, the leg-endary “Biltmore Hotel” located just outside

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Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. This amaz-ing and decadent hotel complete with its amazing turn of the century architecture, championship golf course and boasting the largest outdoor swimming pool in the state, had been the social gathering place for America’s leading business tycoons, politi-cians, famous actors and actresses, and not to mention some of the most recognizable villains of the era like Al Capone. The grounds of the hotel were impeccably manicured and the backdrop of tall luscious palms and warm tropical breezes made for a truly un-forgettable experience.

Most of DubLi’s leaders arrived on Friday, and since they were flying in from all parts of the country, this day would be reserved for them to check in and take in the ambi-ance of the hotel, charging their batteries in the process. Saturday morning would be-gin with a full buffet breakfast at 8 o’clock and then the leadership conference would promptly begin thereafter. One by one, the

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leaders began to arrive and assemble the next day for a hearty buffet style breakfast and warmly welcomed each other. There were many familiar faces from previous events, but there were also many brand new faces who were experiencing their first conference and they were literally beaming from ear to ear. You could sense everyone was ready and anxious to get the confer-ence started, so at about 10:30 everyone adjourned into a special meeting room that had been previously set up for the occa-sion. The Miami leadership conference had officially started! The first person to speak was Marketing Director, Rik McCoy, who welcomed everyone to Miami and went on to congratulate each person for their effort in qualifying for the event, and then there were a couple of short speeches from the first American Vice Presidents, Dean Mannheimer and Tom Ashlock. Then it was time for the real business to begin as DubLi founder and CEO, Michael Hansen, took center stage; he poised himself for a mo-ment and then proceeded to look at each leader directly in the eye and began laying out a series of announcements over next

30 minutes that set off a mood of eupho-ria amongst all those present. A sequence of events that will be forever etched in my mind and one I have seldom witnessed in a business career that spans over 15 years.

Even before there was a break in the meet-ing, many of the leaders in attendance were already busy at work sending informa-tion they had just heard first hand to their leaders back home; some were on their

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cell phones, while others were busy texting messages, and the remaining few had their laptops out and were composing emails to their respective teams. It’s literally impos-sible for a networker to keep a secret; and now the secret was getting out to the BA’s in mass. There was this incredible atmosphere of electricity in the air.

Michael went on to deliver announcements which had a particular interest to those BA’s residing in North America like the opening of DubLi’s USA operation that would fea-ture a beautiful 10,000 square foot facility in downtown Boca Raton, Florida. The new USA headquarters will staff customer sup-port, marketing, web design and program-ming, and BSP Rewards, the shopping mall, all housed under one roof.

The existing warehouse and distribution cen-ter in Phoenix, Arizona – will remain in place for the time being – until after the official opening of offices in Boca Raton and then more likely than not, it too go in house and be part of our local operation. Our priority as a company all along was to establish a

strong presence in the North American mar-ketplace and securing a long-term lease on the office space certainly reflects that com-mitment.

DubLi is genuinely becoming an evolution in the global e-commerce distribution in-dustry and the impact of that evolution is very visible when you consider the fact that during the first 12 months after launching in the USA, DubLi can proudly state that four individuals have already achieved million-aire status, and countless other BA’s have experienced earnings that are significantly higher than what they were previously earn-ing working for someone else! This in itself is strong evidence that this unique and timely

business model possesses the innate poten-tial of becoming one of the largest direct to consumer companies in the world…the by-product of which can potentially create more millionaires than any predecessor in the history of our industry.

The leaders at this point stood in unison and applauded the company’s decision to open a new office in the USA, but they

soon realized it would be just the tip of the iceberg. Next would be the news pertain-ing to DubLi’s launching of the new “Global Platform” from which everyone in the world would soon be bidding on the same items in the auctions, regardless from which country they lived in.

In a nutshell, DubLi is boldly going where no e-commerce company in the world

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Participants in the DubLi Incentive in Miami

has ever gone before, creating a seamless global auction portal where bidding can take place from customers anywhere in the world. Not even the likes of Amazon.com or eBay can make that claim. Think about the business potential for you as an individual, it’s staggering…soon you’ll have custom-ers living in India and China, the USA and Europe, Canada and Mexico, Singapore and Hong Kong all going to one global platform on the internet, DubLi.com and si-multaneously placing bids on items in their native language and currency. What do you think will happen to the current prices on items seen in the Xpress Auction website when you potentially have 10,000 custom-ers placing bids? The prices will start drop-ping like rocks because they will have 100 times the customer traffic bidding on the same items and as a result their customers will begin seeing bargains on name brand merchandise that was previously unimagi-nable.

Talk about creating a feeding frenzy…very soon customers will be flocking in droves to the online auctions because they will always carry the hottest selling in-demand consumer merchandise anywhere in the world with bargains that will be unsurpassed anywhere in the world…period! Their vision of a seamless global auction platform, one without borders will soon become a reality and then the whole world will take notice

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and their brand will become synonymous with ‘THE’ place to shop online for bargains. What about deliveries you may ask? That’s a good question and one that will come up on a regular basis so let’s answer that one right here and now. DubLi already has the infrastructure in place which will enable a guaranteed timely delivery to their cus-tomers within one week from the date of making their purchase, regardless of the destination! Celebrate that with your cus-tomers. In addition, DubLi’s global low-price guarantee will also remain in effect; except now it’s on a global basis! In any language it simply means that DubLi will offer a guar-antee in writing and posted on their website which will inform every customer that if a lower price can be found anywhere in the world for the same exact item, then they can receive a refund for the difference, plus an additional 10 percent…now that’s

what I call customer satisfaction! One can only imagine the potential for individual profits when the global auction platform goes into full swing. In one fell swoop, much like flipping the switch on a light, DubLi becomes a recognizable global brand al-most overnight. Remember though, this is still in the pre-launch phase, giving every-one in the company a tremendous head start.

Initially the auctions will feature approxi-mately 100-150 of the hottest selling in-demand consumer products which will be available for all customers across the board on DubLi.com, but then they will be adding upwards of 500 or more products which will be tagged as “Country Specific” products, meaning these particular items will only be available for sale in the country where that particular customer happens to reside.

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For example, let’s say you’re a customer living in Australia and you type in the web-site address of DubLi.com into your browser. The first thing the system recognizes is your unique IP address which indicates you are visiting our site from Australia, then in a mat-ter of milliseconds our software will automati-cally feature the appropriate auction portal for Australia, and will display the standard 100-150 items which are common to all cus-tomers, but in addition the website will au-tomatically upload anywhere from 100 up to as many as 500 additional products and services from the best known companies that are household names in that particu-lar country, which in this example happens to be Australia. Make sense? And the same holds true for all the other countries as well; this is a huge benefit because everyone in their respective country will be able to shop for brand names that are unique to their

culture and way of life, name brands they know and trust. Even those people who are skeptical by nature will have to agree on the potential opportunities for growth with DubLi, but there’s still a lot more to come. A new position was just created called Senior Vice President which is designed to amply reward your efforts even further, and to sweeten the pot, DubLi will offer a cash bonus of $1 Million Dollars to every BA who achieves the position of Senior Vice President, and if they happen to be the first SVP, then that person will be the recipient of two additional prizes as a bonus, a brand new Bentley Cabriolet valued at $300,000, and a matching Bentley Breitling Watch.

In order to qualify for SVP, it only requires building an organization that has five sepa-rate legs with a Vice President in each leg, and a minimum of 2,500 BA’s in your respec-

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tive group. I can assure you that word will spread very quickly throughout the network marketing industry and many MLM leaders will be anxious to hear about what’s going on with DubLi. If you want to catch the big fish, then you need to fish with the right bait, and $1 million dollars is some serious bait to go fishing with.

After a short break, Michael made it very clear that DubLi is a company focused on long term objectives and not on short term profits. He desires every DubLi leader to be the highest compensated in the industry, so that their families are financially secure for

generations to come. He then presented a video on the “DubLi Land Project” to his as-tonished listeners. DubLi Land is a private all-inclusive community reserved exclusively for VP’s and SVP’s. DubLi Land is located on the majestic Cayman Brac, which is the second largest island in the Cayman Islands and sit-uated in the some of most beautiful crystal clear waters in the Caribbean, a mere 70 minutes flying time from Miami.

There will be approximately 5 different floor plans to pick and choose from and each villa will range in size from 5,000 square feet to over 10,000 square feet of living space,

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in addition DubLi will provide the financing to every eligible VP and SVP. DubLi Land can be your home away from home or your private oasis year around, it’s up to you. Currently this offer is only available for VP’s and SVP’s who reside in North America or the Asia-Pacific Region, but other projects are already in the works for the rest of the world. As an added incentive, any BA who qualifies as a VP by December 31st 2009 will receive their parcel of land in DubLi Land for FREE as a gift from DubLi. Michael had one more surprise before breaking for lunch and asked Dean Mannheimer and Tom Ashlock to please join him; slowly Dean

and Tom stood up and walked up to the front of the room and joined Michael. He then spent a moment recognizing their in-dividual accomplishments and the positive contributions that each had made to the overall growth of the company and then reached into his coat pocket and handed them each with a free and clear deed to their choice of parcels in DubLi Land. The room became so quiet that you could liter-ally hear a pin drop, and I must confess it was also the first time since knowing Dean and Tom that they were completely at a loss for words. Both men stared down at the documents each were holding in their

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hands with a look of near disbelief as if feel-ing a bit overwhelmed by Michael’s gener-osity. It was a complete and total surprise, and the gratitude expressed in the eyes of both Dean and Tom was in a word…price-less. Then the room erupted; nobody could hold back any longer and the whole room broke out into a raucous applause recog-nizing Michael and DubLi for the unselfish gift he bestowed upon Dean and Tom and also the hard work each had put forth that lead up to this momentous occasion. It was a very special moment.

Lunch time – all the leaders got two neces-sary hours off in order to recover from the flood of announcements that had taken place earlier that morning and everyone was treated to a luncheon buffet fit for a king. After lunch concluded, people got together in small groups and engaged in small talk and compared notes about the

announcements as if to reignite their com-mitment to an even higher level. Michael summoned everyone to come outside the hotel lobby because there was yet anoth-er surprise in store for the leaders as two monster custom stretch Hummer limousines drove up and parked directly in front of the hotel entrance. None of us had any idea of the destination, but it didn’t matter because we all jumped in without any hesitation.

The two stretch Hummers then slowly crept out of the hotel one after the other as in one procession and headed to our destination only known to Michael himself, we proceed-ed to drive for a while taking in some of the Miami sights when all of a sudden we pulled into one of the harbors located in down-town area. There stood one of the most beautiful and luxurious triple decked yachts I had ever seen named, ‘Venetian Lady’ and what a lady she was sitting there in her

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The very first Senior Vice President gets a

top class car: a Bentley, a dream made of

walnut and leather with more than 600 hp

under the hood. We were given a taste of it

in Miami.

Get your foot on the gas!

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glistening white paint and she had to be at least 120 feet long. What a ship! The crew of 10 warmly greeted us and then invited us to come onboard. The leaders seemed a bit dumbfounded at first but threw caution to the wind and eagerly went on board. Later on we learned that ‘Venetian Lady’ is the largest private yacht that can be chartered in Miami – we pulled out of the harbor and headed for the open waters of the Atlantic for a relaxed afternoon and evening sailing. We were wined and dined by an attentive staff from the moment we stepped aboard until we departed. Hardly a minute went by that a staff member wasn’t bringing tray af-ter tray of scrumptious hors d’oeuvres, and all the drinks imaginable.

Then it was time for dinner if you can be-lieve that. We were all escorted down to the 1st level where a beautiful full course buffet had been lavishly prepared for us. The setting was beautifully presented and the food…absolutely delicious. It made for an unforgettable afternoon sailing around Miami’s harbor taking in the sun and re-laxing with our bellies stuffed, but as usual many leaders were busy on the phone giv-ing play by play announcements to their

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teams back home. I can honestly say that in those 6 hours we spent aboard the Venetian Lady, we were all living the dream! The next day there was a workshop where all the par-ticipants were divided up into small groups, as they reappraised various aspects of their first year with DubLi and communicated plans for the coming year. In addition, there was a lecture from Professor Charles King, Kent Holmstoel and Michael Hansen. I was pleasantly surprised when they asked me to come on stage and share my knowledge of recent developments taking place within the network marketing industry on a global scale. I didn’t miss a beat and gladly shared my experience and insight with the group that were close to my heart, and based on the response I received from the leaders, I could tell my message hit a positive nerve with them all.

While Rik was busy directing a special video with all the DubLi leaders, there remained one more surprise up Michael’s sleeve. He said the meetings that day were over but he wanted everyone to meet with him in the lobby for a few minutes because he had one more surprise in store for everyone. As everyone gathered inside the lobby, a

brand new 2009 Black Bentley Cabriolet Convertible slowly rolled up and parked di-rectly outside the lobby for everyone to see. The driver stepped out of the car and hand-ed the keys over to Michael who had previ-ously leased the Bentley just for the day so each one of the leaders could experience the thrill of sitting behind the wheel of one of the most beautiful hand crafted cars in the world.

Everyone stood patiently in line and had their souvenir picture taken inside the car and I can tell you without hesitation it left a per-manent imprint on the minds of everyone. If seeing is believing, then the experience of actually being behind the wheel of a car that costs $300,000 is something that will live in your memory for a lifetime. Crowds began to gather around the car thinking perhaps a big celebrity had arrived and was stay-ing in the hotel, and of course by then we were each a celebrity in our own right. Sitting in that car made me feel like a million dol-lars if only for the moment, but sometimes…that’s all it takes is a moment. I think it was the best $2,000 investment Michael has ever made because I learned later that’s what he paid to lease the car for just one day and the sad part is that we didn’t put one mile on the odometer. One leader in particular came down with a bad case of ‘Bentley Fever’ as he said with a laugh and disappeared to make some more calls.

Sometimes, the best way impress upon the imagination a goal or vision held in your mind’s eye is to actually manifest the object of your desire. The experience of sitting in that Bentley and pretending it was truly mine, I feel broke down many self-conceived bar-riers or limitations some of us may have previ-ously had and awakened sleeping giants in us all.

All I can say is ‘Look Out’ networking world – here comes DubLi and soon the whole world will know who they are…a company des-tined to become of the best known and be-loved names in the e-commerce industry!

Customers today have more options for purchasing products than ever before, especially online where they can easily shop in 10 or more locations in a matter of minutes, surfing back and forth seeking out the best possible price and shipping options before finally deciding to go ahead and checkout with their purchase.

“DubLi guarantees to be the lowest price or we will refund the difference PLUS 10%”

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DubLi wants to forever change the frustra-tion buyers feel regarding this issue and we went on a mission to solve it. In the end we came up with one of the most

ingenious guarantees that has ever been offered in the history of ecommerce and one in which our potential customers will immediately embrace.

We have simply found a way to eliminate what we refer to as the “Post Traumatic Purchase

Syndrome,” or PTPS for short.

Here’s how DubLi’s Price Guarantee works. If a customer makes a purchase on our

Xpress Auctions and he/she is able to find the same exact item (make and model

number) at a lower price within two (2) weeks after making the purchase,

then we will refund the difference in cash, plus an additional 10%.

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As an example; let’s say you go online to DubLi’s Xpress auction website and purchase a new 2009 model, Apple iPod Touch 32 gig for $299. Then 5 days later you find the exact same make and model at the XYZ store for $269. We will reimburse you $30 plus 10 per-cent of the difference; ($30 x 10 percent) or an additional $3, which means under DubLi’s price guarantee they would send this cus-tomer a total of $33. A customer only has to submit the following documentation in order to receive their cash benefit:

Name, address, telephone number or the • URL (website address) of the merchantDescription of the product and the • product’s model numberYour name and your e-mail address• The DubLi price that was paid and the • corresponding invoice numberThe retailers price•

This information can be submitted by using the contact link which is located at the bot-tom of the DubLi website. Please note that this price policy is limited to products bought on DubLi’s Xpress Auctions. Products pur-chased to be identical as regards to make and model numbers.

You can read more at: http://us.dubli.com/Price-Guarantee__do_priceguarantee.html

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DubLi.com is auctioning off one of the most lucrative

packages in their history by offering a lucky contestant

the chance to participate in a real live action spy thriller

which takes place in the city “that never sleeps”…New

York City. The participant who places the lowest and

unique bid will be flown to New York City, where they will

spend 4 days and 3 nights at the world famous “Waldorf

Astoria Hotel.” Then they will begin a secret mission and

establish contact with DubLi’s undercover agent who is

there on special assignment. If the lucky participant can

successfully solve a series of clues, it will lead them to a

briefcase containing up to $25,000 in cash.

The total value of the Spy Game package is between

$25,000 and $35,000.

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SPY GAME

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The New York Spy Game was the first interactive style game conceived and introduced by DubLi.com and promoted on their Unique Bid auc-tion website…A wonderful couple by the names of Michael and Le-

anne Kane from Southern California hap-pened to place the lowest and unique bid on DubLi.com and were the first recipients to participate in the New York Spy Game.

The whole concept behind this gripping sto-ry would be based upon ordinary two peo-ple who would play the role of undercover spy’s and would be given the task of solving a series of clues in order to decipher a se-cret code which would reveal the digits to

a locked briefcase containing up to $25,000 in cash. The briefcase containing the cash is in the possession of DubLi’s special under-cover agent whose location is only revealed within the clues that were given to our con-testants. If our new agents can successfully solve the clues then they will be given the exact location of DubLi’s undercover agent who will give them the briefcase containing the cash prize. In this gripping story, each participant gets the opportunity of playing the role of an undercover agent on a top secret mission and must solve all the clues in order to locate the briefcase containing the cash. The story takes place in New York City and provides the perfect backdrop for this action event.

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In addition to the cash prize up to $25,000, Michael and Leanne Kane also received two round-trip tickets, a luxury suite at the world famous “Waldorf Astoria Hotel” which included a complimentary breakfast every morning, $500 in spending cash, a romantic dinner for two at one of the best known res-taurants in New York City, “The Bull & Bear” and a certificate for a relaxing day at the Guerlain Spa.

It was a spectacular weekend for the Kanes who took home $25,000 in cash and had one of the most enjoyable weekends of their life. The New York Spy Game was a huge success for DubLi and one we hope to repeat again in the future.

To learn more about the Auction details, just click on the link:

http://us.dubli.com

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When thinking of the Cayman Islands the words “tax haven“ or “pirates” cross most people’s minds. While “tax haven” causes a variety of emotions,

the thought of “pirates” is of a more roman-tic nature.

The Cayman Islands consist of three islands: the largest island, Grand Cayman, with the capital Georgetown, the island Little Cay-man and Cayman Brac.

The islands are located about 350 km south of Cuba and about 300 km northwest of Jamaica. The three islands are actually the tip of a mountain range below sea level,

the Cayman Ridge, striking from Cuba to the Gulf of Honduras. Today, approximately 45,000 people live on the islands, while 90 percent of them live on Grand Cayman and half of those live in the capital George-town. The islands were discovered on May 10, 1503 by Christopher Columbus when his ships left the ordered route. Impressed by the numer-ous giant tortoises populating the islands the discoverer named them „Las Tortugas“. In 1540 they were named Cayman Islands after a kind of lizard that was mistaken for a crocodile. From the Jamaican islands, the Cayman Islands were only colonized in 1666. In the treaty of Madrid, concluded in 1670, Spain recognized the British sovereignty over Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Due to

Tax exemption is not the true treasure of the Cayman Islands

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numerous scavenging cases the colonists left the islands again; only since 1734 they have been colonized continuously. When Jamaica became independent in 1962 the residents of the Cayman Islands decided otherwise. They remained loyal to the British Crown and became a British Crown colony with inner autonomy.

The Caymanians are proud of their British tradition which is reflected in the numerous buildings from the colonial past, left-hand traffic and a passion for Cricket. During

the Caribbean’s peak time of piracy the Cayman Islands were used as a hideout. To this day, the most famous Caribbean pirates causing trouble in these waters are still Cap-tain Blackbeard and Sir Henry Morgan. To-day, the Cayman Islands are best known as a tax haven. Therefore it is not surprising that more than 500 banks and insurance com-panies are located here and, the Caymans are called the “Caribbean Switzerland”. Thus, the capital Georgetown can rightfully call itself the “world’s fifth largest financial center“. However, the islands have to offer so much more.

Especially tourists rave ecstatically about the sights that are probably one of a kind in this world. In Bodden Town, 12 km from Georgetown, there is a six kilometer long wailing wall that, back then, was supposed to protect the colonists from the pirates.

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South of Bodden one can visit the Pirate´s Caves where the pirates used to hide. Alleg-edly, the caves extend all the way to the capital. According to the legend, a pirate treasure is still supposed to be hidden in the lime stone caves. Unfortunately, a few of the openings to the ocean have been blocked due to the many hurricanes in the past years, and the treasures may likely have been buried under the boulder forever.

Wreck treasures from the 16th and 17th century can be admired at the McKee´s Museum. The National Museum, located in the former Courthouse shows the Cay-mans the way they really are. Located on Harbour Drive close to the beach the muse-

um houses over 4,000 more or less valuable exhibits. From silver coins from the Spanish time to coral jewelry, old documents and household items and even a 14 meter long cat boat, the visitors can experience the real Cayman.

Grand Cayman’s largest vacation area, the “Seven Mile Beach” is located in the northwest of the island. Who feels it is too busy there, should go to the legendary “Rum Point” in the north of the island. This flat beach section with the white sandy beach and the quite waters is, while close to the city, far away enough to guaran-tee a quite atmosphere. With snorkeling, parasailing, wind surfing or volleyball no

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boredom can arise. Friends of the finer sports won’t be short-changed either. Three natu-ral golf courses enable a relaxed afternoon with a wonderful panorama and a delightful game. The finest sport in this region, though, is diving. Over 200 diving spots won’t leave any wishes unfulfilled. Especially pleasant is that only one boat is allowed to be moored at every diving spot. That way, the diving experience becomes a symphony of soli-tude and originality. Other divers won’t spoil one’s dive, how it is the case in the commer-cially very overcrowded Egypt for example, where one can see more divers than ocean life. Who cannot or does not want to go div-ing, has the opportunity to see and explore the underwater world from a ship with glass

bottom or, even better, with the highly mod-ern submarine “Atlantis”.

The Cayman Turtle Farm is located close to Seven Mile Beach. With 340,000 visitors annu-ally it is the biggest attraction on the island. About 16,000 turtles are bred on the farm and prepared for their return to the wild. Due to these efforts, the giant tortoise could be saved from extinction, and the popula-tion in the oceans is slowly increasing again. In general, nature protection is high up on the list of priorities on the Caymans. For lov-ers of flowers and plants a visit of the 24 acre large „Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Garden“ is mandatory where only native plants can be admired. Many of them truly only flourish

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here. In this area one can also find the criti-cally endangered blue iguana. And who would like to experience a true color frenzy should visit the “butterfly farm”.

Did you ever want to send a postcard from hell? – In the village Hell one can visit a geo-logic formation of weathered rock. Ivan Farrington, who went to sea for two de-cades, lives here. He wears a red coat, a red wig and has two horns on his head. With his passport he can prove to be born in hell. “Born in Hell, Grand Cayman” the official stamp on his ID reads. As per the request from many tourists, the “Hell Post Office” opened in 1962, and many tourists have sent postcards directly from hell since then. Ivan bought Hell´s Postoffice and offers pho-tos of himself and his blazing red home, the “Devil´s Hangout”. So, take a photograph of the devil and send vacation greetings from hell. The clue: The air condition in his house makes the temperature inside cooler than outside.

For nature enthusiasts a visit of the smaller is-land, Little Cayman, is recommended. After a one hour flight one can experience pure nature here. On the “Mastic Trail” nature hiking path the smaller island can easily be crossed. From wetlands and mangrove for-ests to the famous rock garden harbouring many pelicans and cormorants, the visitor can experience the diversity of nature. The east offers secluded sandy beaches that no travel catalogue could illustrate any more wonderful. Who is brave enough can ex-plore the mangrove forests by canoe.

On Cayman Brac one can even scuba-dive to a russian war ship (“Tibbetts”)

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Since Little Cayman has just about 150 resi-dents the island is still very native. In Stingray City one can feed sting rays. They are not reclusive anymore, because the fishermen used to clean their catches here, and the stingrays ate up the left overs. The main at-traction on Little Cayman only the divers can see: the “Bloody Bay Wall“, a steep wall dropping over 2,000 meters under water with a breath taking diversity of species. A little bit further the steep wall reaches up to 9,000 m depth. The feeling to dive in front of a wall that goes this deep into the ocean is indescribable. Such a diving spot is well worth a dive! In general, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac offer even more beautiful diving spots for divers than Grand Cayman. It is unbelievable but the two smaller islands actually top the big one.

On the nearby island Cayman Brac one can even scuba-dive to a russian war ship. Since 1996, the 101 meters long “MV Capt. Keith Tibbetts” with four deck canons lies on ocean ground ahead of the island. The

highest point of the wreck is only eight me-ters below surface. Due to the good visibility of 30 meters the wreck can also be dived to by snorkelers. In addition, there are two smaller wrecks off the coast of Cayman Brac. However, for landlubbers there are also two caves worth visiting on Brac. The “Skull Cave” got its name due to the en-trance shaped like a skull. The grey lime-stone emphasizes the effect even more. This is a picture spot that will be well received by the loved ones back home.

The tragic story behind “Rebecca´s Cave” is probably the reason why this cave is the most visited one on the island. In 1932, a family with the only 17 months old Rebecca fled into the cave from a hurricane togeth-er with other residents. After two days the people left the cave when the storm had finally settled down. But the hurricane came back from the west taking the residents by surprise. They made it through the dark-ness and waves back to the cave. Since Rebecca’s mother was already weakened she wanted to give the little girl to someone else. In that moment, both of them were caught by a wave and dragged into the water. Although mother and child could be rescued, Rebecca died in the cave from the injuries she had suffered. So she was bur-ied in the cave that is still carrying her name to this day.

Although the islands are only small, there is much more to be discovered. One of the seasonal highlights is the Cayman Carnival and the Cayman Jazz festival, which takes place in December with Jazz icons from all over the world – and of course the 10 day “Pirate´s Week” in the fall when the capital’s streets are once again controlled by the pi-rates. This is also the season where, when it is really quiet, one can hear a song with the wind: “Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest. Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum. Fifteen men the de’il wrote on the list. Booze and the de‘il killed them all! Aye!”

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Simply the Best:

EDUCATION by DubLiIn a relatively short period of time, DubLi would like to reach the top

of the network marketing world. Yes, that‘s right: DubLi wants to be

the number one worldwide. The company‘s objectives are ambi-

tious; however, just as tremendous is the achieved success so far. So,

DubLi can and will bring it: to generate the most income millionaires

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pant can freely choose the time and place for his edu-cation. Today‘s education does not need to be lavishly designed or expensively re-served. It should be offered by the best and that‘s what DubLi bets on with its educa-tion plan: The world‘s best teachers and trainers!

Everything is offered in mod-ules: From beginner seminars

introducing a network mar-keting newbie into the world of direct distribution to spe-cialized workshops needed by networkers who‘d like to stand their ground at the top. And as already stated: All units are offered on-line and are available 24/7 around the world. At least 50 different trainers from vari-ous countries and culture ar-eas will soon found the repu-

People like Michael Han-sen know that such ambitious goals cannot be achieved with

simple commission incen-tives or tepid motivational workshops. Who wants to be the top of the world - who has actually the biggest goals imaginable - has to take care of putting its part-ners in a state of mind to give 100%. Only a business whose partners give 100% can win the global race.

Therefore, DubLi‘s partners have to know that they have give 100% for 100% success. Not only do they have to know it, but they also need exactly the right education and career assistance to make their full commitment possible. Expertise and ca-pabilities are - in the age of the acquarius, the era of knowledge - the ways to lead a business to the top. Expertise and capabilities one gains through courses and training, and who has good teachers benefits his entire life from such an edu-cation.

DubLi makes all of this avail-able. The DubLi University is emerging and will soon set new standards in the area of education in network mar-keting, as well. Today, learn-ing is the fastest and most ef-ficient in an interactive form. Webinars, online courses, online presentations – ev-erything online, around the clock, so that every partici-

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tation of DubLi University as one of the best online edu-cation spots in the network. As a DubLi partner one can only wish for an international committee, because which university doesn‘t strive for extending their faculty to in-clude an international staff? The DubLi education starts right from the beginning with an international team of instructors and trainers.

While educating its partners, DubLi counts on the „dia-mond standard“. While other networks may see brilliants in their partners, DubLi already sees the diamond in its part-ners. Diamonds received the last and best cut where nothing can be too expen-sive or lavish to deploy the full sparkle of the diamond. Therefore, every single step of the distribution system will have its own training pro-

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sive learning concept: the communication of „trivial“ basic knowledge about net-work marketing, as well as, the required specific knowl-edge such as tax law, trade law, competition law, just to name a few. Shaping one‘s personality is also an area of education where DubLi leaves no wished unfulfilled. In these areas, DubLi virtu-ally takes its partners by the hand and climbs together with them step after step of the career ladder: with the right education in the sub-jects setting goals, project planning, time manage-ment, visionary manage-ment, mental success strat-egies etc.

In the near future, one can only reach the next career step when the current ca-reer step was successfully completed with the receipt

gramme in the future, and the required knowledge will be communicated through a certain number of teach-ing units online as a presen-tation, webinar or „online lesson“.

A professional education always includes reviewable and measurable results. Thus, every education level will also be completed with a fi-nal exam, and every teach-ing unit with an interim exam. A certificate receives, who completes every education level with a final exam and every teaching unit with an interim exam.

That way, the education at DubLi happens on the high-est professional level and therefore guarantees the company‘s success. Every-thing has been thought of when setting up this exten-

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of a certificate. That way, every partner builds a solid foundation of knowledge and know-how helping them to accomplish the next career move safely and suc-cessfully.

Fun and commitment are two partners inseparable for DubLi. DubLi‘s educational concept lets those two suc-cess guarantors march to-gether like twins and, thus, makes sure that the part-ners who have been edu-cated this way - strength-ened and invigorated from the inside - can make their way to the top of the net-work marketing world. Who wants to be among the best or even be the best, has to come up with the best in every area. Michael Hansen and his crew know that and this knowledge is valuable. Once more to see and ex-perience at DubLi University.

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DubLi recently aligned itself with one of the most notable chil-dren’s charities in the country; Blessings in a Backpack and donated the entire revenue

from a recent charitable auction in order to raise money for this worthy cause. The customer’s of DubLi really showed their support as Dean Mannheimer, a Vice Pres-ident with DubLi.com presented Blessings in a Backpack founder Stan Curtis with a check for $13,700.

Proceeds from the donation will go to feed children grades K-5 in Title 1 public schools that qualify for the Federal Free and Re-duced Meal Program and may not have any or enough food on the weekends. $80 feeds a child in the program for an en-tire school year. Following a donation, a school is chosen and a local grocer part-ners with the program to provide food for meals that are placed in backpacks. Every Friday, students receive their backpacks

which include ready to eat food items: Fruit RollUps, Pop Tarts, Lemonade and other drink mix packs, Instant Noodles, Peanut Butter, Macaroni and Cheese, Rice, Pasta, Instant Potatoes, Dry Cereal, etc. All food choices are kid friendly. This means the food distributed is healthy, light in weight and easy for children of all ages to carry, easy to make, and non-perishable. We rely on private donors such as you to pur-chase this food, as well as supermarkets which give us substantial discounts. Most

of our recipients live in a household with a single parent or with parents who are clas-sified as working poor, those individuals are employed but don’t earn enough to make ends meet. The charity is endorsed by many corporate clients, pro-fessional athletes and

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Blessings in a Backpack founder Stan Curtis and

Hillary Duff holding a press conference at the

Kentucky Speedway

notable Hollywood celebrities like actress Hillary Duff, shown here in a public ap-pearance at a local school.

Blessings in a Backpack founded by Stan Curtis, is currently feeding over 11,500 chil-dren in Kentucky, Indiana, Florida, Michi-gan, Missouri, California and New York. The program is a hybrid of private sector fund-ing and public partnerships carried out in public schools. Blessings in a Backpack started with three elementary schools in Kentucky and now serve over 50 schools across the nation. They saw a great op-portunity with DubLi’s auction portal and immediately signed up for the Partner Pro-gram to advance their awareness.

The results have been extremely favorable and continue to generate strong public interest in the cause. DubLi continues to break new ground by making strategic al-liances with charities that truly make a dif-ference in the lives of children. DubLi’s first

charity auction featured American Idol winner Jordin Sparks with proceeds bene-fiting the Sparks Foundation and now with the overwhelming success of it’s second charity auction, Blessings in a Backpack, they will continue to forge new relation-ships with noteworthy non-profit organi-zations helping them with much needed donations which can be used to make an immediate impact in the lives of our most precious resource…our children. We are proud to be associated with this incred-ible cause and thank the thousands of DubLi customers who made this donation possible. Here’s an excellent opportunity to help children in need who may be living in your own community. If you would like to make a tax deductible contribu-tion or if you would like to get person-ally involved as a volunteer please visit www.blessingsinabackpack.com for more information.

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BRAND NEW MERCEDES C300 AUCTIONED OFF FOR 8,050 DOLLARS

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DubLi‘s Marketing Director, Rik McCoy, congratulates Dave Duncan, the proud owner of a

brand new Mercedes C300

The question, “how much does the world cost?” has a completely new meaning with DubLi.com. For example a luxurious Mercedes C300 Sport Sedan got a new own-er with DubLi – for an unbelievable US $8,050!

Dave Duncan from Orlando in Florida placed the lowest and, simultaneously, most unique bid in the Unique Bid Auction from DubLi and drove away in a brand new Mercedes C300. Remember how DubLi an-nounced auctioning off a brand new Euro-pean luxury car in a reverse auction? The car was, however, covered on the website so that nobody would know what luxury model it would be? It was to remain a secret until the end of the auction. All bidders were kept in the dark during the auction and the

suspense increased until it was almost un-bearable.

As the last few hours of the reverse auction passed by, rapid bidding took place. Every-one placed their final lowest bids with the help of their DubLi Credits and feverishly awaited winning the grand prize. However, only one person could win. With the final seconds ticking down, Dave Duncan from Orlando in Florida placed a bid of US $8,050 – a bid which turned out to be the lowest unique bid at the end of the auction.

Thus, Dave Duncan was the lucky winner of a brand new pearl white Mercedes C300 built in 2009. Rick McCoy, the Marketing Director of DubLi.com, went straight to Orlando in Florida to personally hand over the car keys to Dave and capture this mo-

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the situation and knew that Dave had in-deed placed the lowest unique bid.

Everyone waved to Dave and then he sud-denly stopped for a moment to, once again, express his thanks and gratitude to all parties involved and then said goodbye with one fi-nal wave. He then drove off, ending one of the truly greatest moments in the history of DubLi’s innovative reverse auctions.

Dave can confirm: No risk, no fun. And the risk with DubLi is unbeatable. Just like the prices!

ment for all DubLi business partners on video. The smile on Dave’s face and the sparkle in his eyes said it all, while Dave’s girlfriend and best friend seemed a bit shocked as the re-ality of the moment hadn’t yet set it. “You see it, you see it. I told you, I told you,” was all that Dave could utter while circling his new car. He hugged the hood of his new car and then carefully scanned every inch of his remarkable prize – from bumper to bumper. As if he wanted to soak up every second of this special moment, knowing he would remember this day for the rest of his life.

Dave shook everyone’s hand for the 50th time, thanked DubLi for his beautiful car at least 1,000 times and stepped into the new Mercedes with the DubLi license plate. He started the car, put it into gear and slowly drove out of the dealership. His girlfriend was now firmly convinced of the reality of

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HOW DO I BECOME A SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT?

Take the Right Course!

That is the question. But before we approach the an-swer together, we have to answer a completely differ-ent question first: “Why do I want to be an SVP in the first place?” It is quite clear, you might say: “Because of the $1,000,000!” If this were your only motivation, the chances that you would achieve this goal would prob-ably be extremely small. Only in extremely few cases will the desire for “money” be sufficient really undertake all the efforts without ever losing sight of your goal.

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Unless... well, unless you were in a position to visualize 1,000,000 in such a way that you can see the suitcase full of bills vividly be-fore your eyes, hear the rustle of the bills and really smell the odor of freshly printed ban-knotes – and connect the whole thing with an extremely positive experience in your life. Then you might possible have a chance – but even then! Deep within yourself you would presumably be aware in a diffuse way that it is only a suitcase full of paper that you desire so eagerly – and that “paper” can hardly really represent the meaning of your life... unless you are a paper manufacturer.

“No,” you will say: “For me it is a question of what I can buy with the paper!” Right is all you can answer there: “That is exactly what it is about!” And that is the reason why the million dollars cannot remain as your only goal. Ultimately only the things you can do with the million will motivate you. What will be the first thing you will buy with the mon-ey? Your dream car? An apartment, or even a house? Who will you share your good luck with? Through presents or donations? What

will your lifestyle look like when you no lon-ger have to skimp and save but can afford to be generous?

Lifestyle – that is a word that takes on a whole new dimension in connection with DubLi. DubLi is lifestyle, DubLi creates life-style and DubLi enables lifestyle! Thus DubLi is represented in three lifestyle dimensions which offer, in combination with the fourth dimension, time, sensational new possibili-ties. But more of that later.

The first thing that is important is that you should analyze your current lifestyle and become clear about what suits you in your current lifestyle – and what does not! Here we briefly have to go into the different types of reader who will read this text in future while time moves forward inexorably. You, dear reader, can be “everything”: From a successful top networker to somebody who is unemployed or on welfare. DubLi can and will always help you – if you want it – to improve your lifestyle. But of course, the experienced networker will find some things

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easier than a “clueless novice.” Here we must first say that it is ultimately absolutely in-evitable the “clueless novice” will become simply a newcomer – and that is only pos-sible through “learning.”

As far as “learning” and “education” goes, DubLi works with some of the most modern and efficient tools that are to be found on the market at present. The DubLi University offers you all the necessary aids to be com-pletely successful – 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. But wherever you still discover weakness in yourself, you should not hesitate to reach for books, online publications and of course the Internet in order to close gaps

in your knowledge as quickly as possible – at least in all the areas that concern your business. That is simply an integral element of the “winners‘ attitude.”

The task posed by the SVP incentive is defi-nitely one that can be resolved as we will see shortly. But, of course, it is easier to re-solve for people who a) have had long experience in network marketing and b) have many good contact than it is for do not have them. That is obvious. But even for those who go to the starting line without ex-perience and with only little business know-how the task is feasible – when the goals have been set properly and the readiness

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to act is there. For this reason: Write your goals down! Take a sheet of paper and write on it: I am Senior Vice President and I am going to spend $1,000,000 on... And then make a list. Here you should take care that you put down no more than 20 percent for “savings” and similarly no more than 20 percent for “donations.” So you “have to” spend at least $600,000... and you should have fun doing so! So if, for example, you write down your “dream car,” then describe it as precisely as possible! So not simply “1 Mercedes,” but “1 CXL 300 with dark-blue leather, a Bose sound system and walnut fit-tings.” And then pause for a moment – and imagine the vehicle, walk around it in spirit, open the door, get in and drive away. Do the same with all the other things on your list.

“Design” you house, your garden and your dream trip – yes, “design” you life!

DubLi can and will help you to achieve your dreams – so dream great dreams! Do not be reticent, instead set yourself big goals and then: Think and grow rich! The famous clas-sic by Napoleon Hill can with certainty also be applied to your life with DubLi insofar as you are ready to take the first step: Think! If you do this, you will recognize that we are living in economically difficult times where for more and more people it is becoming a necessity for their survival to look around for new possibilities of earning money. At the same time you will recognize the sectors “Internet” and “e-commerce” are among the few branches that even during the crisis

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are registering continuous growth rates. Af-ter that consider the DubLi product range and the low-price guarantee – and last but not least think about what costs and invest-ments the foundation of an independent business with DubLi demands and who could afford them under certain circumstances. Then commit all of these considerations to memory and save your answers: for people who show interest in future. Because the ar-guments that inspire you for your DubLi busi-ness will also convince other people!

At the latest with the last paragraph you have reached your decision in principle in favor of “your business with DubLi” – you could hardly have done anything else, so to speak! If you seriously and honestly carry out a cost-benefit analysis, you will discover that you “have to do DubLi.” The only rea-son for not doing so: You are too committed to something else. The latter is understand-able. If you have just decided as an artist to prepare an exhibition or as a business-man to open a shop, you will already have reached some decisions and something very serious would have to happen to throw

you off-course. And that is right and proper. Because your “commitment” to DubLi must be just as honest and serious if you really want to become a “Senior Vice President.”

Of course, there will also be people who will be content with less than an SVP position. And that is also right and proper. You will also need such people in your organization if you want to achieve what we in DubLi call “organic growth.” In the course of this a net-work of extremely different characters and motivations is formed quite naturally – and in the end forms a harmonious whole. Here it is important to recognize which different motives those who are interested in your business have for committing themselves to your organization. Here too lifestyle will play the central role – and you must understand that there is an almost endless variety of dif-ferent lifestyles... and that DubLi is created to enrich every one of these individual ways of life.

So always try to find out which lifestyle some-body who is potentially interested would re-ally like to have – and help them to realize it. And here start with yourself!

By this point you should have clearly defined and also visualized your goals and have giv-en your mirror image a “sacred promise”: “I will never give up – and I will not lose my way”! If you renew this promise every day in front of the mirror, nothing will stop you so quickly on your way!

At this point a small aside on the subject of “time”: If, for example, you are reading this text at the beginning of October 2009, you still have 15 months to make the grade and gain the SVP incentive. That is certainly more than possible with ease. If you are reading the text in January 2010, you still have almost a year left – and thus you still have a good chance. The further the year advances the more difficult it will be, of course, and at some stage, perhaps from the middle of the year first a few and then more and more BAs will think: “Ah, it‘s no longer possible to do it

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anyway!” To prevent precisely this happen-ing DubLi has created an ingenious too – the “SVP check.” With this each “brand new Se-nior Vice President” will have the opportu-nity to prolong the time frame for 3 partners in his organization so that the SVP incentive will still be valid for this group of people even when it has already officially ended! Here it is understandable that this is intended to be a spur for you to “excel” and to be noticed as a result of good performance so that you will be considered for such an opportunity – and then when you have become an SVP, you will in turn be able to open this opportu-nity for three partners.

With the proper attitude “time” will be no problem for you anyway, but rather an ally – and this completely independently of the point in time when you get to know DubLi!

“Are we finally getting to the bonus plan now?” some will ask pushily – but patience! Before we get to building up the business, we have to clarify one question without fail: “What is the utility for my customers?” This question is so important because wile admittedly we are also offering a busi-ness opportunity, this is, however, not the core of the business, but rather a fruit on the business tree. As is well-known DubLi‘s product consists of credits, which as such certainly belong in the category “unusual products.” However, the fact that a prod-uct is “in need of explanation,” is and has always been a central argument for the spread of MLM. No form of marketing is bet-ter suited for products in need of explana-tion than “recommendation marketing” by means of mouth-to-mouth propaganda.

But what is the “customer utility” of DubLi credits? Thanks to the introduction of global distribution together with a simultaneous low-price guarantee this question is easier to answer than ever: “You, dear customer, receive from DubLi the products that you would like to buy anyway, for absolutely top-class conditions!” And it is no joke when you claim: “With DubLi you get products that nobody needs – but everybody wants!” Be-cause let us be honest: A Wii, an iPhone or a plasma television is something that nobody really “needs” – but almost every single one of us would like to have exactly these things and is also prepared to spend money for them.

This is an enormous difference from other networks and will ultimately lead to the ful-fillment of the dream of DubLi CEO Michael Hansen to form from DubLi “the largest net-working company on this planet.” And this although a large proportion of the competi-tors in network marketing are offering prod-ucts that “everybody needs” . But hardly anybody wants! This is the case for food supplements and “functional drinks” just as much as for water filters, alarm systems and other things. With all of these “products in need of explanation” ultimately you are explaining the products – but this is not so with DubLi. You never need to explain the Wii or the iPhone or the plasma television – you simply make clear to your fellow human beings how they can save money buying these products: with DubLi credits.

Only now after clarifying your goals, ensur-ing your obligation to yourself and having internalized the utility you are offering your

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fellows – only now does it make sense to look at DubLi‘s bonus plan! And what do we see there? A simple, dubli- – sorry – duplicable system you can very quickly get “into earn-ing money” with. The first step is, of course, registering as a business associate and pur-chasing a Gold Package. Why not a Silver or a Bronze Package?

Hello? You want to become an SVP – for-gotten already? Firstly, credits are your only product – and you surely want to have suf-ficient “product” available for your launch, do you not? Secondly, you receive the larg-est bonus in this way and so you maximize your profit. And thirdly, as a rule people will copy what you have shown by example! So if you purchase a Bronze Package the over-whelming majority of those you interest in your business opportunity will do exactly the same – and that will reduce your earnings immensely!

If you really want to achieve your goal of becoming an SVP, it is important that from the very start you follow a clear strategy that should fit with the overarching principle: “Create a pull – don‘t build up pressure!” If you attempt to achieve your goal using pressure you will encounter far more resis-tance than when you take the other road. Why that is so will become clear to you if you observe yourself! Where would you prefer to commit yourself: to a person who more or less “forces” a business opportunity on you of to somebody who presents such an opportunity to you in such a manner that you can see on the basis of the facts that the business will take place anyway – with or without you! In the latter case the prob-ability that you will decide for the business considerably higher because now all of a sudden you “fear of loss” comes into play! If you now decide not to do business, you can later make only one person responsi-ble: yourself! In the other case you will simply lay “the blame” on the “unappealing guy” who wanted to manipulate you and you will rationalize and adjust the whole story: “I sim-ply didn‘t want to become like him!”

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For this reason you will achieve greater suc-cesses if you simply tell people about DubLi – and leave them to decide for themselves. Be quite certain: The facts speak for DubLi!

At this point it becomes important that you become aware of the significance of your “frontline.” According to the bonus plan you need 3 people who are quali-fied as Team Members (TM) – for which 3 customers each are required – so that you can rise to the position of Team Leader (TL). Here is should be anything but “irrelevant” who these people are! You should explore the goals and intentions of these people well – and in extreme cases you should do without people where “the chemistry does not work” for you... or alternatively spon-sor these “into the depths,” where perhaps they can be looked after by people who get along better with those concerned.

In general you should get used to filtering out the “generals” among those you spon-sor – and only build these into your frontline. It should already be considered an honor if you are prepared to look after some-body “directly”! And, of course, this honor can only be bestowed on those who have defined their goals at least as clearly as yourself, on those is just as committed to the cause and is prepared to place “cus-tomer utility” in the foreground. If you are prepared on the basis of these principles to sponsor all applicants who do not fulfill your high expectations into the depths and to collaborate yourself only with the “best of the best,” you organization will perhaps grow more slowly at the beginning but in re-turn in the course of time it will grow all the more quickly – and that is a promise!

Because as soon as you have reached the position of a Team Leader, it must be your goal to make your BAs successful – that is the only road to success! Here the simple and clear DubLi bonus plan will help you in, what we could call, a “natural way.” When you have built up three TLs, you will more or

less automatically become a “Team Coor-dinator” (TC), because as a result of your clear goals you will at this stage have far more than the 10 customers necessary. The “DubLi Education System,” also known as the “DubLi University,” which constantly schools and trains you and your downline, will take care of this. And it will do so using the quickest and most comfortable method imaginable – the Internet! You will have not travel time to and from training, you do not have to find a parking space and you do not have to waste gas. And you will also not be compelled to eat or consume anything. Learning with DubLi offers you the greatest possible freedom and the highest possible utility. And since this will also be the case for your downline, your “Team Leaders” will also soon become coordinators – and make you into a “Sales Director” (SD).

At this point at the latest it will pay off that you only have “good people” in your im-mediate surroundings. Because only now will come the point where you can seriously start thinking of your own marketing activi-ties. If at this point you consider: “Through what activities can I now best help my BAs to be successful, then move into the fast lane! Have a creativity meeting with your best people – and you will be astonished what brilliant ideas they will produce to-gether. The opportunities to promote DubLi are truly unlimited – both in the reality out-side your front door and in the global virtual realities of the Internet. The question of how long you will need to build up five SDs and so become a “Vice President” (VP) your-self is something that only one person can answer: yourself. The same is true for the question how long it will take until you have “created” five VPs and arrive at the goal of your dreams, the position of “Senior Vice President.”

When you have achieved this you will dis-cover to your great joy that not only will you have matured within yourself, not only will you now be now surrounded by luxury

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externally, but also... that new goals, new challenges and new adventures will await you with DubLi!

Do not make the mistake of approaching the task like an arithmetic problem. If, for ex-ample, you require a month to find 3 team partners and all your team partners copied your example... then after only 7 months you would already have a team of 2,100 partners and the title SVP would be more or less “in your pocket.” But unfortunately, life is not mathematics! If you “calculate” the SVP incentive exactly, you might get the idea of “buying up” all the positions in the bonus plan using “straw men” in or-

der to make a profit at the end thanks to the 1,000,000 bonus... but such consider-ations are not in harmony with the “organic growth” DubLi aspires to – and also not with your own notion of honor and integrity, isn‘t that so?

Therefor to conclude: To achieve the SVP position an organization of at least BAs is necessary. If you focus your energies and take the tips here to heart, you will be able to build up such an organization in the time provided. And since you will have acquired your position with honorably and with integ-rity, you will proudly and rightly bear your title: Senior Vice President!

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Dan Gibbons with DubLi right in the frontline of the transformation from traditional retail stores

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Dan Gibbons (51) originally comes from Chicago, where he grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. Today he is a successful businessman and leadership trainer living in in Denver, Colorado, and he is DubLi‘s full-time Distribution Director, a position he has had since June 2008. DubLi is his “third and last network marketing company.”

“My first contact was around 1986 and the company was NSA Water Filters.” Dan‘s mo-tivation was quite explicit: “I wanted to earn money and have my own business.” But it was not destined to work out: “The first ex-perience was negative because I bought $25,000 in water filters and didn‘t receive much training.” For this reason he continued his career with an investment company that he founded in Orange County in 1984. In 1988 the company had 60 employees and earnings of $25 million.

After he began to hold PSI seminars in 1990, Dan had a successful career in the personnel development and leadership training indus-try. He benefited from this experience when he came into contact with MLM for the sec-ond time in 2003. “My second experience with Isagenix was much more successful. I made it all the way to the Number 5 position. At the time I was ranked Number 5 they had about 150,000 distributors. It was fun to be part of a new company and see it grow from a start-up to a very successful company.”

Dan explains his move to DubLi as follows: “I was looking for a network marketing com-pany that had a customer-driven model with a product that could help the most people possible. The reason I left the last company, even though I was very successful, was be-cause I was not comfortable making money at the expense of my distributors that had to be on auto-ship to earn a check. I do not like that model.

“I like DubLi because it is a customer-driven model, and DubLi is at the front end of a transformation from bricks-and-mortar stores to click-and-order businesses. The DubLi model suits me because I can lead with a product that will benefit everyone I know and talk to and if they are not interested in the business, then that is fine with me. They can continue to be a happy product user and refer new customers to me.”

Dan‘s approach to customer acquisition: “I want my customers to first experience DubLi as customers. I want the new cus-

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meeting if the meeting is too big to do in a home. I like home presentations; people seem to be more comfortable and at ease in a home. Also hotels can be expensive and that is not duplicable for everyone.

“I do webinars because I can work with a large number of people from all over the country... without leaving my home.” For the same reasons Dan also works with tele-phone conferences. In addition, “we have a training manual, website and group cal-endar, where we post all the events going on in their area. We do not do any type of magazine. It would be time-consuming and DubLi corporate puts out a magazine.”

For all those who have not had any expe-rience of MLM yet, argues Dan, “it is an opportunity where you can build a solid, customer-driven business with a product that everyone would benefit from. You can create long-term passive income from pur-chases by your loyal customer base that you

tomer to have a positive, emotional buying experience in the auctions or in the mall. My system is to lead with the product, then al-low the customer to have a product experi-ence and then have the new customer ap-proach me about the business opportunity. I let the customer know I will not talk to them or show them the business experience un-til they have a positive buying experience and can tell a personal story.

“Then I get them on a webinar/call named ‘The Right Place – Right Time Call.’ On this webinar/call I cover all the reasons that they are in the right place at the right time to take advantage of a tremendous business opportunity. At the conclusion of the call I ask them if it is the right time for them. If it is, I get them on a training call called ‘Building Your Beliefs’ to start their training process.

“If it is not the right time for them I let them know it is OK and I invite them to continue to be a happy customer and to keep refer-ring people to the DubLi shopping site. I only want to work with people who be-lieve in the product and have had a product experience and that are in ‘TRUE CHOICE’ about being in the business. Then I have someone I can train and work with.”

When asked about his work methods, Dan replies: “I do most of my work by phone, webinars and I do home presentations to show people how they can save money on the DubLi shopping portal. The home presentation is about the product not the business. Once in a while I will do a hotel

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build. I tell people interested in the business opportunity that they can have an opportu-nity to get in front of a major transformation taking place right now from brick-and-mor-tar retail to the conveniences of click-and-buy shopping.”

In response to questions about his private life Dan tells us that he has an 8-year-old son, Vincent. For him he wants him “to be able to do whatever I want with whenever I want to do it and to have the financial se-curity to not worry about whether or not I can do it. I want financial and time liberty for me and my family. I enjoy travel and tak-ing my family on my business trips with me, so my son can experience the world.” This is the main motivation for his commitment to work. “I have been married for 12 years to my wife Jean. I also have a 20-year old son Blaine, who lives in Southern California.”

Dan‘s hobbies are “running, roller-balding and I just started taking golfing lessons with my 8-year-old. In my leisure time I enjoy reading and traveling.” Dan drives a 2005 VW Passat. “I‘m not a big-car guy. I‘d rather

spend my money on travel or investments that a big fancy car.”

Dan has two great role models. One, Dr. Joe Dudley, “was born dirt poor, one of 12 chil-dren and was labeled mentally retarded. He earned a college degree and founded Dudley Hair Care Products, a multimillion-dollar global company... He has paid for the college tuition for over 1,000 disadvantaged kids in the US. He is an amazing man,” says Dan enthusiastically and Dan was probably inspired by this example to involve himself with the Denver Rescue Mission, an organi-zation that provides people in need with ac-commodation, food clothing and support.

Dan‘s second role model is Tom Ashlock, “who became the first US DubLi V.P. other than Dean Mannheimer. Tom is a role model for me, because he leads by example. He is one of the smartest and wisest businessmen I have been associated with. He is also hon-est and ethical.”

With regard to the future of MLM Dan is op-timistic: “I believe that NWM, MLM or home-

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based businesses will continue to grow. I believe that people in America are start-ing to realize that there is no such thing as a safe, secure job. I believe that Americans are starting to realize that it‘s up to the indi-vidual person to create a secure financial future. NWM and MLM gives people the op-portunity to be their own boss and create fi-nancial security. I believe the future is good for NWM and MLM.”

Dan‘s tips for our readers and their cur-rent MLM company: “Create a good team around you and develop leaders on your team. I have never found any one individu-al highly skilled in all the areas it takes to be highly successful in this profession. Do what you‘re good at doing and attract people to your team that are skilled in the areas you also need to be successful. I believe that being very successful in MLM-NWM is a TEAM event. I believe it is impossible to be really successful in this profession working all by yourself.

“I also believe it is best to lead with the prod-uct and let happy product users approach you about the business opportunity Not ev-eryone is a good candidate for this business. Work with the ones that are coming to you and don‘t chase or beg people to do the business. It won‘t work.”

Dan recommends “The Next Millionaires” by Paul Zane Pilzer and “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill, the book that inspired him to make a turn for the better in his life after a bumpy start.

People who would like to contact Dan Gibbons can reach him by phone at +1 (303) 588-9548. Dan asks you to bear in mind: “I am in US Mountain Time Zone when you call.” You can also contact him by e-mail at dan@dvgibbons.com.

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Steve Olds is a successful entrepreneur who managed several companies since 1991. Interestingly enough, his endeavors related to a variety of industries including real estate, alternative health care, security, telecommunication, several consumer products, nutraceutics and environmental-friendly building refurbish-ments. During his career, he regularly focused on premium products and services for specific market niches.

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Steve is a typical entrepreneur who already knew at age 16 that his fu-ture would be in international econ-omy. „Already when I was a little boy I mowed the lawn, shuffled snow and looked for other opportunities

to make money. I worked at a gas station and started to learn how to fix cars when I was 13. I closed my first business deal by selling two 1967 Chevelle Convertibles to a racing team - and I loved the excitement connected with mak-ing a profit“.

Steve had a dream that should always ac-company his entrepreneurial projects. He grew up in the outskirts of Washington D.C. and always watched the air force jets start-ing and landing at Andrews Air Force Base. „I loved going to air shows and seeing all the planes. First and foremost, I liked hearing the men‘s stories who flew U.S. presidents or other VIPs to all kinds of places in the world. That‘s what I wanted to do.“ Steve finished his stud-ies at the University of Maryland, became an officer in the air force and attended the flight training school in Phoenix, Arizona. In the be-ginning, Steve wanted to fly big cargo planes to all regions of the world but he got a pleas-ant surprise.

“I found out that flying of highly engineered supersonic aircraft 500 feet above the ground is a true frenzy.” He was one of the best in his class in pilot training and was asked to fly the F15 Eagle, at this time the most advanced air combat jet in the world. But even flying couldn‘t keep him from pursuing his entrepre-neurial ideas. “When I was still in service I co-operated with a real estate entrepreneur who taught me how to buy a run-down property

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for cheap and sell it for a good price. So, I al-ways left the air force base in my lunch break, went to a gas station and changed from my flight gear into suit and tie working on finding good real estate deals.”

In August of 1990, Steve had passed his first exam for a real estate licence when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait – and so he had to get into the F15 and fly across the Atlantic to Saudi Arabia. “I packed 10 books about sell-ing and buying real estate into my bag be-cause I thought I‘d have some time to read,” he remembers today smiling.

Just back from Desert Shield and Desert Storm Steve was ready to get back into business. Since Steve and his wife Nancy had started a family, Steve was motivated to make the change back to his entrepreneurial roots and start a business from home. “Three weeks af-ter I came home I got to know the first net-work marketing company. I still remember getting that first advertising call whereafter I received a parcel about two pounds heavy that contained several books and videos. Af-ter watching one video I was sure that I would have more fun building an entrepreneurial network than pounding the streets and sell houses - especially because I enjoy working with an energetic team.”

“I found out that flying of highly engineered supersonic aircraft 500 feet above the ground is a true frenzy.”

Steve had an unpleasant awakening coming. After he had purchased equipment for thou-sands of dollars, bought videos and tapes for hundreds of dollars and boxes of brochures and material he went straight toward a dead end. Every time he participated in a meeting or a company sponsored phone conference the focus was always on advertising for the opportunities and on the sale of equipment packages. “I couldn‘t realize why no one ever talked about establishing a customer base and direct distribution,” Steve said dur-ing our conversation. This fact bothered Steve and his longtime business partner Marc “Doc” Daugherty again and again.

“Over a period of 10 years Doc and I built strong network marketing teams with great products in five big companies. But it seemed that - no matter how great the products were - there was never a real business model that focused on customer acquisition, maintaining customers and customer referrals. Reality was that traditional network marketing compa-nies really could not or did not want to com-pete based on their products. Considering the gross profits necessary for the function-ing of a remuneration schedule, even good products were way too expensive to be sold via direct distribution,” Steve explains. After he had seen countless people entering through

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the promising revolving door of MLM in the in-dustry, Steve had enough.

In 2005, Steve was invited by his personal friend, Michael Gerber, author of the international best seller “The E-Myth Revisited”, to help him found a new company. Michael Gerber is one of the world‘s leading experts for the founding of small businesses. He teaches entrepreneurs how to build systems for the management of their companies. During Steve‘s collabora-tion with Gerber, he developed the vision of founding Stratworx, a company for business development, that then started in July 2007. Stratworx is looking for businesses with innova-tive concepts, new products or intellectual property rights who are interested in gaining a new share in the market.

In 2008, Tom Ashlock got in touch with Steve demonstrating to him what Michael Hansen had established through the company DubLi. Since Tom, Steve and Doc had already worked together in 2003 and 2004 they shared a similar opinion regarding network marketing and had always tried to find a way to build a large customer base through an entrepre-neurial distribution network. In October of 2008, Steve and Doc took a plane to Dallas to meet with Michael Hansen and to get a first impression of DubLi.

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At the end of 2008, Steve and his team were convinced that DubLi could be-come the “Google of online shopping”. “We were very happy that we could use what we‘ve developed with Stratworx and could thus play an important role in the expansion of DubLi in North America,” Steve tells us.

At the same time, the president of Stratworx, Bryan Nicholson, met with his team and Mi-chael in Atlanta. In the beginning of Novem-ber, they had completed a first thorough review and decided to start with first tests in the market. At the end of 2008, Steve and his team were convinced that DubLi could be-come the “Google of online shopping”. “We were very happy that we could use what we‘ve developed with Stratworx and could thus play an important role in the expansion of DubLi in North America,” Steve tells us. Dur-ing his tour in 2008, Michael Hansen made it clear that he was looking for a leader who could help DubLi to increase the company‘s customer base, and Steve and his team con-sidered the partner program with DubLi as the centre of their business development.

Considering the challenges many businesses have to face - especially non-profit organiza-tions - the timing for establishing a website for reverse auctions and online shopping as a brand was exceptional. According to David

Schumer, director for non-profit relations at Stratworx, DubLi offers a revolutionary new strategy for fund-raising in the new economy. “Charitable organizations require alternative methods for fund-raising. It is our goal to stand by these organizations as a partner - in any shape or form - to solve their financial prob-lems so that they can focus on what they do best,” says Schumer. “Stratworx encompasses an entrepreneurial sales team, the so-called Game Changers®, to market the DubLi‘s busi-ness solutions for other customers - both in-dividuals and business partners. We believe that a strong focus has to be on leadership skills and that the training of skills is the key for personal development,” According to David Kurkjian, sales director at Stratworx, “one of the best options of DubLi is the ability to start a business with little investment and acquire distribution skills to create a long-term residual income.”

Steve Olds thinks: “Most businesses in network marketing don‘t offer their customers a real

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Contact information:

Steve OldsFounder & ChairmanStratworx, LLC+1 888-694-7752 x7010www.Stratworx.comsteve.olds@stratworx.com

value and lead their distribution partners to believe that they can get rich fast. DubLi is different, because when business partners fo-cus on acquiring customers and partners who are using the global shopping portal there is a definite possibility for a long-term residual in-come.” Olds and his team focus on helping their business partners to establish a debt-free company and are strong supporters of the thesis Robert Kiyosaki states in his best seller “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”.

Nancy and Steve Olds are committed to building a large international customer base for DubLi. Their common credo is: „Michael Hansen‘s dedication is one of the main rea-sons why we have decided to promote our business development strategy. Michael had to face some of the same challenges that we encountered during the years in network mar-keting and in the traditional business world. We are very pleased to be on board, and we are looking forward to helping DubLi reach its strategic goals“.

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KEY-STRATEGIESby Kent Lee Holmstoel, Chairman of the Board of DubLi.com

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I am very pleased to be able to share my thoughts on the key- strategies ly-ing before us. Be-

fore I do that I would like to thank all our business associates and our staff for their hard work and their commitment, which has brought us to where we are today.

We are experiencing rapid growth both with regard to revenue and operating prof-its, which are consolidating our financial strength day after day in a period where so many companies are in recession.

DubLi is different – not only because we think differently and our product is unique, but also because our company strategy is unconventional in comparison to all usual MLM organizations.

The conventional companies in multi-level marketing focus merely on the system and the organizations themselves. Inclusion of

the end consumer is more or less non-exis-tent since these are not considered to be a source of income.

At DubLi we know that every MLM compa-ny can only be as good as the product be-hind it. The infrastructure behind our Inter-net services is not of interest to the millions of users and potential customers – just as with Google, consumers will only use them if they can see the utility for themselves. Therefore DubLi.com and DubLi Network are protected 100 percent as part of our strategy.

The herd instinct leads in the final analysis to the identical systems and approaches that everybody else in the multi-level marketing industry uses. In 2009 this can no longer be reconciled with the fast-moving changes in the consumer markets. On the Internet everything centers on transparency and traditional MLM companies are facing the almost insurmountable challenge of con-vincing their consumers of the advantages of their products since their prices are only very rarely competitive. In addition, many companies distribute products which are only in fashion for a short time and which people will dispense with in financially tur-

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“I see a brilliant future for

our company. We are one

of the best when it comes to

specialized auctions of

top-brand products.”

bulent times. DubLi is part of the Internet and transparency is a parameter that leads customers to us – and not away from us.

DubLi‘s strength is the ability to capture precisely what the consumers expect at specific times and to pass it on. We do not need to convince anybody to purchase our products since the manufacturers have already spent billions on marketing their products. Our message is clear: We offer top-brand products with comprehensive guarantees at extremely favorable prices. In fact we are so convinced of our prod-ucts that we give a price guarantee in case somebody finds the same product for a more favorable price.

Our ability to build up high-performance systems efficiently allows us to handle huge volumes of work without substantial ex-tra costs. As a consequence we have at all times a profit margin that enables us to share our profits with our business associ-ates.

In recent months we have introduced many innovations and the next six months will also be used to consolidate our exist-ing range of services. While increasing the

number of products in auctions, we will improve our customer friendliness and the understanding of our concept. We will initi-ate targeted campaigns for our customers and through these campaigns dispel any doubts they might entertain about DubLi. We will continue to support our associ-ates through the successful development of their auction sites and thus spread our auction system widely. There will be further improvements to the Cinch System. This is a completely new and efficient communi-cation channel that will allow us to call up part of our platform using mobile services.

Finally we will use part of our resources to expand into new areas using our splendid tried and tested concept. We will choose a careful approach including a pre-launch phase. This will give us sufficient time to es-tablish an organization based on a strong local leadership.

I see a brilliant future for our company. We are one of the best when it comes to spe-cialized auctions of top-brand products. Do not understand that wrongly because this obviously does NOT mean that we can-not improve – but we are at the top and we will also stay there.

Will the recession last or can we look forward to better times ahead?Almost daily people ap-proach me asking if the finance markets current upswing is a sign that we

have left the current crisis behind us.

This question seems quite simple. How-ever, the answer is dependent upon many compli-cated factors. Experts bombard us with cryptic analysis and statements. I have decided on an easier

approach: In my opinion two risk

factors will decide

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whether it is going to get better or worse.

Swine fluThe first risk factor is the ef-fect swine flu will have on the currently very fragile economy. It may be as-sumed that the press have massively exaggerated this story. It remains uncertain if we need to seriously worry about it or not. Some ex-perts believe it is a real risk. If they are correct the result-ing economic risk would be of enormous proportions. The worst-case scenario is that 70 million people will perish as a result of the flu. In this case, most national economies would report a decline of 5% to 8% in their gross domestic product (GDP). This alone would lead us from recession right into a depression.

The collapse of an entire economyThe second risk factor is the collapse of an entire economy. The most likely candidates for this are to be found in Europe: I am thinking of Spain, Ireland, Portugal and Greece. The

economic decline in these countries is already hav-ing an effect and leading them deep into the middle of a depression. I predict the rate of unemployment in Spain will culminate at almost 20%. The same applies to Ireland whose GDP has fallen by almost 10%. Add to this the guar-antees accepted by the country in order to secure the Irish bank’s reserves. These guarantees are three to four times higher than the volume of the national economy. The only way to get out of this bottleneck would be to cut wages and increase productivity. The USA are in a similar situation although wage reduction can probably be avoided, at least on paper, thanks to Obama’s Stimulus Pack-age (economic incentives). Despite everything I think it is unlikely that an entire economy will collapse. However, should I be wrong, the damage to confidence in business globally would simply be a disaster.

Central banks do their bestGovernments and central

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banks around the world are doing – led by Obama’s initiative – their best to flood markets with extra money. The printing machines are running around the clock. Slowly but surely the effects are to be seen. The patient is released from the acci-dent and emergency unit however is still in intensive care. If we continue with this analogy, the patient has very good chances of survival. However, it will be a while before he is released from hospital. This essen-tially depends on the true effects of the newly printed

money.

The multiplication effectIn order to measure the effects of the entire free circulating money within the economy, we have to incorporate the rather theoretical concept of the “multiplication theory”. This enables us to measure how often a bank offers every dollar, invested by an inves-tor, as credit. 20 months ago, banks were offering 8 dollars in credit for every dollar invested. It is cor-rect that this is one of the reasons why Washington Mutual and others col-lapsed without intervention. The most frightening thing is that the banks were legally entitled to go as far as giv-

ing 16 Dollars credit for every Dollar invest-

ed. However the situation

is funda-mentally

differ-ent

to-

day. The banks only offer 65 cent as credit for every dol-lar invested; they accumu-late money. However, since so many dollar notes are available on the market, I estimate that the effects will – by a whisker – be sufficient to initiate the recovery of the global economy.

The velocity of circulation of moneyA further parameter is the velocity of circulation of money. In simple terms this describes how fast every Dollar or Euro is invested in the economy (i.e. in us). Once the Dollar is in mine or your hands, the economic situation is dependent upon your willingness to spend this Dollar. If we as custom-ers hold on to our money for a rainy day, this would be extremely detrimental to the economy.

Nervous marketsThe latest rise in stock prices is, in my opinion, due to investors who are willing to take risks and believe that time will be on their sides. The situation certainly wors-ened considerably slower than it did half a year ago, however there are very few indicators that point to a speedy recovery. The situation is still fragile; however I would still bet that the first green shoots will sprout in fall. If this is so

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the early investors will be those who make the first profit.

One problem leads to an-otherBoth the multiplication effect as well as the veloc-ity of circulation of money are currently weak and need the full attention of the banks. This can be compared to a car whose motor is running at full speed with the tires spinning although it does not move forward. As soon as the tires grip, the car will suddenly speed up. When this hap-pens the government will have to pull the handbrake or the engine would sim-ply overheat and inflation could occur similar to what we experienced in the sev-enties and eighties. An opportunity and a chal-lenge for investorsWhen inflation sets in, inves-tors, who have invested in state bonds and other so-called types of low risk assets, will see their profits quickly evaporate and per-haps also find themselves in a situation where they stand to suffer a loss if they redeem their investments too early. It is my predic-

tion that the time for a change from such

investments to shares, consum-

er goods and real estate is advancing at a rapid pace. I

would say that the window for such investment oppor-tunities will remain open for the next 12 months. Believe it or not purchasing shares has never been more advis-able in the last 50 years than it is now. That is a fact – swine flu or no swine flu.

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