IMPORTANT Q&A

-I just signed up as a Plexus Ambassador and I am not sure if I should start sharing Plexus with people? I haven't even tried the product yet.

If someone you know has had great Plexus success....share their story!!! Share Plexus right away. Share with everyone that you just became a Plexus Ambassador and this company is life changing in so many ways!!!!! Share with everyone what Plexus is. Share with everyone that you can't wait to get started on this amazing journey. Then ask everyone to join you on your Plexus journey. Ask them to do this with you!!!!!!!!!!!

-How much do I have to work my business to be successful?

What you put into your business you will get out of your business!!!! Sit down with your family and look at your schedule..... see where you can fit in the time. You can work your business part time but not sometime. Part time to one person may be 4 days a week, 30 mins a day. And part time to another person may be 5 days a week, 1 hour each day. WHATEVER TIME YOU SET ASIDE TO WORK YOUR BUSINESS... YOU HAVE TO COMMIT TO DOING THIS!!!!

-I have tried everything and I just can't do this!!! What am I doing wrong?

First off, NEVER say you can't!!!! When you say you can't you have let negativity set in and it has taken over your road to success!!!! When you say you can't.... YOU ARE GIVING UP!!!! When what you are dong is not working, try it again. When it is still not working, try it again. If it is STILL not working, try it again. If you tried it 3 times and it didn't work...simply change what you are doing but don't give up! Ask yourself what you can do different next time.

-What is the best way to feel confident in sharing Plexus with anyone and everyone?

LEARN YOUR STORY!!!!! LEARN HOW TO PRESENT THE PLEXUS PRODUCTS/OPPORTUNITY!!! Every single one of us has a story. It may not be a good story but it's still "your" story!!! How did Plexus come into your life? Why did Plexus come into your life? How has Plexus changed you? Learn how to share the Plexus Products/ Opportunity. When you learn your story and learn the Plexus Products/Opportunity NOTHING WILL STOP YOU FROM SHARING PLEXUS WITH THE WORLD!!! Write your story down!! Write the Plexus Products/ Opportunity down and say it over and over until you know it!!!! Record it and listen to it over and over again until you can say it and feel confident.

-Someone contacts you asking if they can take Plexus with a thyroid condition and HBP. What do you tell them?

ALWAYS tell them to get Dr approval!!!! If they are on any meds and have a condition... GET DR APPROVAL!!! We are not doctors!!! We can't diagnose and tell them Plexus will fix them. You can share testimonials where someone has the same condition and has had success but you can't say PLEXUS WILL CURE YOU! By saying that... you are making a false medical claim.

-I see someone that I know can really benefit from the Plexus products but how can I approach them without offending them?

You have to think about it in a different way. Everywhere you go, everywhere you turn there are sick people. Someone suffering with diabetes, someone suffering with HBP, someone suffering with chronic pain, someone struggling to get healthy and lose weight. EVERYWHERE YOU TURN, SOMEONE IS SUFFERING WITH A CONDITION. So do them a favor and share Plexus with them. Help them!!!!! Do this for THEM!!! 

If you find it difficult to walk up to someone simply ask them if you can share your card with them. Ask them if they know someone that suffers with diabetes. Ask them if they know someone that suffers with chronic pain, HBP, high cholesterol/lipid levels. Ask them if they know someone that is struggling to get get healthy and lose weight. Tell them that you work for an amazing wellness company that can help. Trust me they will say yes they know someone that can benefit, most of the time it will be them saying they need it and they will ask you to tell them more. See what you did? You just asked permission to share Plexus with them and they said yes:)

-I have team members spread out everywhere, in different states. How do I get to everyone so I can train them?

Conference training calls!!!!!!!!! Set up your conference line and use it for FREE!!! Manage it from your computer for FREE!!!!! www.freeconferencecalling.com

-When is the Plexus Opportunity Call? What is the Plexus Opportunity Call? Can we invite guest to listen in? 

EVERY Wednesday night at 8pm CST you can invite people to be your guest on the call. This call is amazing!!! This call goes covers the Plexus products, testimonials and business tips. If you have someone that wants to know more about Plexus......share this call with them!!! Let them hear how powerful Plexus is!!!!!!

-What makes someone a leader as a Plexus Ambassador? Do you have to achieve a high rank to be a leader? 

Your rank doesn’t make you a leader! If you are a Silver Ambassador you can be a leader!!!! If your a Diamond Ambassador that DOESN’T mean you are a true leader!! YOU make you a leader!!!!! 

A leader is a person who influences a group of people towards the achievement of a goal.

A leader by its meaning is one who goes first and leads by example, so that others are motivated to follow.

To be a leader, one must have followers. To have followers, one must have their trust.

A true leader trains their team with all the knowledge they have. A true leader wants everyone to follow in their footsteps and will go out of their way to make sure this happens. A true leader doesn't stop when they reach the top. They keep going to get their entire team right beside them!!! 

-Are you truly committed to your Plexus business? 

If so you are working your business part time, if not full time! You are sharing with the world the power of Plexus. You are consistent in working your business. You are utilizing all your amazing resources. Listening to conference calls. Learning your story and how to present your Plexus story. You are learning the products and how to present the products. You are learning the Plexus opportunity and how to present the opportunity. You believe in yourself and believe in your abilities.  You believe that you can and will succeed with your business. You run an honest business and don't give negativity a chance to set in. You are building relationships with your team, customers and potentials. You are training your team. You are committed to the Plexus products. You believe in the products. You are being a product of the product. 

So are you truly committed???

-I know we do not need FDA approval for any natural products, but someone mentioned we are overseen by the FDA. Can someone expand on that?

The FDA does not regulate the supplements in the same way they do with foods or prescription medications. They don't pre-approve a product before it's put on the market but they can pull an unsafe product from the market after adversary effects have been reported and verified. They DO regulate supplemental product labeling and claims. This is from the FDA website:

"FDA regulates both finished dietary supplement products and dietary ingredients. FDA regulates dietary supplements under a different set of regulations than those covering "conventional" foods and drug products. Under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA):
The manufacturer of a dietary supplement or dietary ingredient is responsible for ensuring that the product is safe before it is marketed.
FDA is responsible for taking action against any unsafe dietary supplement product after it reaches the market.
This section provides detailed information about:
Q&A on Dietary Supplements
Frequently asked questions about dietary supplements, including definitions, labeling requirements, and regulatory roles and responsibilities.
Using Dietary Supplements
Tips for dietary supplement users, including older supplement users.
Report an Adverse Event
Learn how consumers, health care providers, and others can report a complaint, concern, or problem related to dietary supplements. Includes links to guidance for dietary supplement manufacturers, packers, and distributors.
New Dietary Ingredients Notification Process
Background information for industry, instructions for submitting premarket notifications, and links to relevant guidance and Federal Register documents.
Ensuring the Safety of Dietary Supplements
Generally, manufacturers do not need to register their products with FDA or get FDA approval before producing or selling dietary supplements.* Manufacturers must make sure that product label information is truthful and not misleading.
Under FDA regulations at 21 CFR part 111, all domestic and foreign companies that manufacture, package, label or hold dietary supplement, including those involved with testing, quality control, and dietary supplement distribution in the U.S., must comply with the Dietary Supplement Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMPs) for quality control.
In addition, the manufacturer, packer, or distributor whose name appears on the label of a dietary supplement marketed in the United States is required to submit to FDA all serious adverse event reports associated with use of the dietary supplement in the United States.
FDA's responsibilities include product information, such as labeling, claims, package inserts, and accompanying literature. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulates dietary supplement advertising.
*Domestic and foreign facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold food for human or animal consumption in the United States are required to register their facility with FDA. For more information, see Registration of Food Facilities.

-What are the most important things I need to do to have a successful Plexus business? 

*Believe in the amazing products and believe in yourself.

*Commit to taking your products, commit to your team and customers and commit to your business. 

*Build relationships with your team, customers and potentials. Network marketing is called relationship marketing!!! 

*Become a product of the product and share the amazing gift of Plexus with the world!!! 

*Set goals!!! If you don't have something to work toward.....you won't work!!

*Keep a positive mind set.... at all times. Even on your hardest days!

*Keep negativity out!!! It is POISON and will destroy your road to success!

*Learn all you can... knowledge is POWER! The more you know the more you grow!!! 

*Love what you do and you will never work another day!!

........I know I sound like a broken record saying these things OVER AND OVER BUT THIS IS HOW YOU REACH SUCCESS!!!! 

-What happens to the customers if Ambassador they are ordering from turns auto qualification off (backup order) or becomes inactive?

Anything over 100 in PV rolls up. This means if someone quit and has 300 in pv..... the person directly above them, as long as they are active, will get paid 15% of $200. If the customer is a preferred customer the bonus rolls up to the person directly above them, as long as they are active. So there is NO need to contact customers and have them change to someone else. They can still order off the website they have been....... only difference is the person they are ordering from doesn't get paid.

-How do you handle negativity?

There will be negativity in your business but it is up to YOU on how you handle it. If you let negativity in.... it can destroy your road to success. It is SO important to stay positive!! Do we have bad days... sure we do. Do we have bad weeks, sure we do. But a bad day or a bad week is not going to destroy you unless you let it. It’s just a bad day, MOVE ON... or it’s just a bad week, MOVE ON!!!

There is always going to be negative people telling you that you CAN’T do something. These people are called DREAM KILLERS! LOSE THEM!!!! If the dream killers are your friends... LOSE THEM. They are not a true friend. A true friend want’s to see you succeed, has you back, is there for you!!

So to prevent getting negative I want you to lift your left hand.. see that black dot. Well written on that back dot is DELETE! PUSH THE DELETE BUTTON AND MOVE ON... it feels so good to do this!

So next time you are dealing with a negative person what are you going to do? DELETE! DELETE! DELETE!

-Am I allowed to post an income testimonial with how much I have made with Plexus?

Income claims can come in many forms. They can be vacations, luxury homes, paying off a loan. The FTC believes that talking about how much you have made should not be mentioned when advertising. Since the post is being used to recruit the FTC would have an issue. The only thing we are allowed to do is talk about the structure of the comp plan. We are not allowed to talk about how much we have made since there is no guarantee of this amount. The only way you can mention income is only if we can prove that a very large amount of our ambassadors make the same. Since we are not able to, we can’t do it. It’s all about substantiation. Since we can’t substantiate that most of our ambassador do make this amount, we can’t mention it.

-Are you confident sharing Plexus?

You have to be confident with yourself when sharing Plexus. If your not, more than likely you won’t share it. So the question is how do you make yourself confident?

-Learn your story... everyone has one

-Learn the product presentation.  Short VERSION of product presentation. Remember you want to keep this SIMPLE! You want people to hear what you are saying. If they are not understanding what you are saying they are not hearing you...... so keep it short and simple!! 

-Record yourself telling your Plexus story and product presentation. Recored it over and over and over until you feel comfortable and confident with what you are hearing. Then listen to it over and over until you KNOW IT! Practice, Practice, Practice!!! 

Once you practice something for 30 days it becomes a habit. Learning to share Plexus can be a process for some.

-Can a customer change their preferred order and still get discount starting 4th month??
Yes, the customer can change the order, just cant stop and restart or put orders on hold. If they do, they'll start over. Just wanted to share so your customers dont stress over not being able to add anything to their order or change things up and try a different combination of products.

~Can Ambassadors "drop ship" orders to customers?

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~What Separates Plexus from Other Network Marketing Companies?

When the new Plexus was formed in May 2008, it was with the desire to do network marketing as it could, and should, be done and not as it had been done. Now, some five years later, that goal has been accomplished and reaching it has given Plexus a unique culture. Without a lot of fanfare, Plexus has become one of the larger network marketing companies in North America – and it’s still growing. More and more people with MLM experience are asking, “What is going on at Plexus? Why are they growing so quickly?” This document will help you answer those questions. Also, when you run across people with network marketing experience who say they don’t want to get involved in the business again, you can share this document with them and encourage them to get back into network marketing with a company that is doing things right! We hope this will become a valuable business-building tool for you.

Here are 10 ways that Plexus is different from other MLM Companies:

1. No Hype

Many companies use hype as a business-building tool. This is particularly prevalent when companies are starting up. They will offer FREE sign-up with no purchase required so that they get massive numbers of people enrolled in the company without requiring their distributors (ambassadors) to invest one dime. Then, on a pre-selected date, everyone is urged to pay an enrollment fee to retain their position and buy product on the “promise” that they can earn commissions on the thousands of dollars of sales volume that will be generated on that first day. Plexus thought this looked too much like a house of cards – no commitment from those signed up and no loyalty to the company. Plexus has stayed away from using hype as a business-building technique.

2. Profit Sharing Available from Day One

Most companies, if they even offer profit sharing, only make it available to the top distributors. Plexus offers four separate income pools. The ambassador pool is available to all ambassadors from day one! The emerald, sapphire, and diamond pools are available to ambassadors as they rise in rank.

3. Internal Competition Virtually Eliminated

Most companies are fraught with internal competition – one organization working hard to be bigger and better than other organizations. When one gets a new idea or method for recruiting new ambassadors, they try to keep it away from everyone else so that they have a competitive advantage. Often that competition leads to cross-sponsoring – one organization trying to get ambassadors to leave another organization to join them. The way Plexus’ comp plan is designed, ambassadors realize that the more they help other organizations, and other ambassadors not in their organization, the more money they make. So, not only is internal competition virtually eliminated, but a family atmosphere is also generated. This is obvious at large events like conventions and leaders’ retreats. Everyone is working together to help each ambassador become as good as they can be.

4. Comp Plan Security

In most companies, when a comp plan change is announced, it usually means the company will ultimately take money away from the ambassadors. In its 5-year history, though several small changes have been made to the comp plan, the percentage of money paid to the ambassadors has never changed. 

Each month, the company adds up the total PV (Point Value) generated by the sale of each product and commits 50% to its ambassadors. That has never changed. The result is that, when a change to the comp plan is announced, Plexus ambassadors know it will only enhance some aspect of the plan to reward them for building their business correctly. The changes have never taken money away from the ambassadors.

5. The Sale of Business-building Tools is Not a Profit Center

Traditionally, the sale of brochures, CDs, DVDs, magazines, newspapers, etc., is a strong profit center for most companies. Often, that profit is shared in some way with the top distributors, which means they are always encouraging the ambassadors in their organizations to buy more of these tools. 

Plexus decided not to do this. The company wants its ambassadors to acquire these tools so that they can build their businesses quickly and effectively, and does not see the selling of business-building tools as a way to make extra money from its ambassadors. Therefore, Plexus makes every effort to offer these business-building tools as close to cost as possible. Also, there are no bonuses or other incentives given to top ambassadors for selling these tools to their organizations.

6. Husbands and Wives May Sign Up Separately

Most companies do not permit husbands and wives to sign up separately. Their policy is “one ambassadorship per family.” Plexus designed its comp plan to offer husbands and wives the option of signing up under one another. The plan was created in such a way that it actually provides a tremendous financial benefit to couples doing the business together - without hurting the company’s profits. Couples taking advantage of this option can virtually double their monthly income without doing double the work. Often, it enables one of the partners to quit a low-paying job and work their Plexus business full-time. Thus, they can grow their business even faster. 

7. Weekly and Monthly Checks

Some companies pay their ambassadors weekly, and some pay monthly. Plexus pays both a weekly check (business-building and rank-advancement bonuses) and a monthly check (from accumulated points based on the size of their organization). Receiving both weekly and monthly checks has made a huge difference in the financial health of Plexus’ ambassadors.

8. Seven Level Payout

Most compensation plans pay income nine or more levels deep. Some even offer payouts to infinity. Plexus took a look at this and decided that comp plans offering deep-level payouts only reward the top ambassadors, those who build especially large organizations. With each added level of payout, money is taken away from the levels above. As a result, what often happens in network companies is that over 90% of the ambassadors only make a token income while the top ambassadors make a fortune. That did not sit well with Plexus. They realized that all ambassadors, whether they build a small organization or a large and deep organization, play an important role in the success of the business. Thus, Plexus limited their payout to seven levels. This decision resulted in two things. First, ambassadors at all levels have an opportunity to make a good income from building their business. Second, because the ambassadors in their organizations are making decent money, leaders find that their income is very secure: Ambassadors aren’t constantly quitting because they are not making enough money to justify continuing to work the business.

9. No Windfall Profits from the Comp Plan

Some compensation plans are designed so that the company makes what are called “windfall profits.” Basically, in these plans, ambassadors can generate sales in their organization, but because they fail to meet some arbitrary qualification set by the company, they fail to earn all the money available to them. They have several thousand dollars in sales volume, but because they didn’t meet a certain qualification, they are only paid on a portion of their sales. What happens to the sales they don’t get paid on? It either goes to the company or to the company and its top leaders. That is called a windfall profit.

A binary comp plan is the most blatant example of this kind of comp plan. The plan seems extremely easy to work because it only requires you to build two legs. However, when it comes time to be paid, the payout is based on the leg with the lowest volume. And, in binary, it is almost impossible to have two legs that have the same volume. The money you lose because one leg is stronger than the other generates a windfall profit for the company and those leaders with very large, deep organizations. Plexus will not let its ambassadors lose money in this manner.

10. No Windfall Profits from Retail or Preferred Customer Sales

Some companies set one PV amount for each product they carry. It is based on the wholesale price of the product. Thus, if a product is purchased by a customer at retail, or at a preferred-customer discount, the company makes extra money. Plexus sets three PVs (point values) for each product: One based on the retail price, another based on the preferred customer price, and one based on the wholesale price. This eliminates any possibility of the company making a windfall profit from products sold to retail customers or preferred customers, and guarantees that ambassadors get the maximum amount of PV possible from each product sale.

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~Can we submit Plexus into Insurance?

Insurance Reimbursement Procedure

For

Plexus Products

October 18, 2013

HSA/FSA and Private Insurance –

 We have had several people have success with getting their plexus products reimbursed by their HSA/FSA and Insurance.

 1) A doctor needs to write a prescription

 2) The customer needs to call their Insurance Agency and ask if it will be reimbursed.

 3) Customer purchases product from an Ambassador or Physician Ambassador.(online or in person)

 4) Ambassador provides receipt or invoice.

 5) Customer submits prescription and copy of the invoice to their HSA/FSA or insurance company for reimbursement.