What's Up Doc?

I am so excited!  I knew it was coming, but this morning, Ed Pettola, one of the Founders of Xpress Healthcare phoned me to tell me that TelaDoc has been approved by the State to be included in our benefit plans!  I had suggested TelaDoc to him several months ago, and as usual, our corporate office pays attention to what their Affiliate Business Owners say.

We have so many fabulous benefits already included in our four different discount plans, and this new one is a winner!  I love the thought that if your child gets sick at 1 in the morning, instead of packing him up and taking him to an emergency room, you can call and get advice, even prescriptions, from a doctor licensed in your own State. 

Or, what if you get a rash on Sunday afternoon that is itching like crazy?  Again, you can call TelaDoc, describe the problem, and a doctor can call a prescription into your local pharmacy for pickup.

This service is accessible to Xpress members at no cost!  Some companies charge their members an extra fee to use TelaDoc’s service.  We will not!  It will be included in our Premium Plus benefit package at the current cost of $29.95 per month PER FAMILY!

Xpress will launch TelaDoc within the next few days, as soon as our websites are updated.  A couple other changes are being made to our plans as well, and I know they will be a big hit with our members.

Rather than explaining more about how the program works, here is part of what it says on the TelaDoc website.

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24/7/365 access to a doctor online or by phone.

Fast treatment. TelaDoc doctors respond within 22 minutes, on average.

Talk to a TelaDoc doctor from anywhere: at home, work, or while traveling.

Save money by avoiding expensive urgent care or ER visits.

When you need care now!

If you’re considering the ER or urgent care center for non-emergency issues.

On vacation, on a business trip, or away from home.

For short-term prescription refills.

TelaDoc physicians can treat conditions like:  Cold and flu, Bronchitis, Respiratory infection, Sinus problems, Allergies, Urinary tract infection, Pediatric care, Poison ivy, and Pink eye.

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We’ve had people ask us, “What will happen now with the new healthcare legislation?”  There is a huge place for our discount health and dental care products and our lifestyle benefits. Benefits such as Vision, Chiropractic, Dental, and other ancillaries - and possibly even Prescriptions are going to be among the first things to go when it comes to the mandatory health insurance plans. And health insurance policies will not include TelaDoc services, especially at no extra cost!

None of Xpress Healthcare’s plans are insurance; instead they can save you hundreds, possibly even thousands of dollars!  Our plans will supplement health insurance, not replace it. 

I use my own Xpress Healthcare membership frequently, and it saved me several hundred dollars in 2012 alone!  Please take a look at our website (keeping in mind that there will be changes in the next couple days) to see the many ways our plans can help you too.  http://familyhealthdiscounts.biz

Oh, the weather outside is frightful...

I lived in southern California most of my life.  For the last 18 years, I’ve lived in southeast Arizona.  Both areas have mild weather, with few extremes.  Neither State has high humidity and little to no snow (except in the mountains).  Where I am in Arizona, it is nothing like Phoenix where summers are 100 to 120 degrees for weeks on end.

As my husband and I left home today for our daily walk at our local mall, and the cold air struck me.  It was the first time since February that I felt a real chill.  My car thermometer said it was 34 degrees, near freezing.  Because we seldom have extreme cold, I don’t have cold-weather attire.  This morning I was wearing jeans, a short sleeve blouse, a denim jacket and tennis shoes. I was shivering.  Tomorrow, I’ll wear my leather jacket, which is a little warmer than denim.

I have never understood how people tolerate living in extreme hot or extreme cold.  Although I would never choose to live anywhere that has snow storms and below zero temperatures, I can understand how wearing proper winter attire could make it tolerable.

On the other hand, I don’t see how people can endure living in punishing heat.  You can only remove so many clothes without being totally immodest.  In the Middle East, people wear thawbs and other “robe-like” garments to protect them from the sun and provide ventilation.  When it is 120 degrees, it seems to me that their thawbs cannot possibly keep them any cooler.  But then, I’ve never worn one.

Last year a record was broken in my city with the coldest day in the history of the area.  I had an appointment that day, so I had to go outside.  It was 8 degrees and windy.  My face hurt from the cold.  Remember, I do not own winter clothing.

The hottest temperature I was ever in was 117 degrees.  Before I went outside, knowing it was horribly hot I had to prepare my mind for the blast of hot air.

I was in Mississippi during the summer one year.  I walked out of my hotel room, and my glasses steamed up!  It was so humid; I could almost grab a handful of the air.

I’ve heard people say that they “get used to it,” both hot and cold.  If you live in extreme heat, I guess you learn to do your chores very early in the morning or late at night.  OK, so you can adjust your lifestyle, but your body cannot adjust to temperature, can it?

In the United States, there are few areas that do not experience very high temperatures, high humidity and/or freezing winters.  Since millions of people live in those areas, I imagine that for most, they’ve never experienced mild weather year round.  If that is all they ever know, are they simply mentally “used to it?”

I would be interested in feedback from those of you who live in areas with very hot summers, humidity and freezing winters.  How do you deal with it?

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To learn about Julie Klein and the Xpress Healthcare Business Opportunity, please visit http://joinxpresshealthcare.com

To learn how to Reduce Your Health and Dental Costs AND save on Hearing, Vision, Roadside Assistance and much more, please visit http://ibourl.net/XpressSavings   (NOT insurance)

Expose Yourself!

Network marketing recruiting is a skill.  Anyone with the desire and dedication can learn this skill, even master it.  Are you prepared to improve your recruiting efforts producing the results you’ve been seeking?  Do you want to be a team leader?  Are you ready to begin harvesting the rewards of your time and effort? 

Your websites and training can help you reach your goals, but when it comes right down to it, only YOU can perform the work it will take.  There are qualifications required to recruit team members, lead a team and build a successful business.           

·        Among those skills is passion for your company, your products and your business opportunity.  If you don’t truly believe it, you can’t sell it.

·        Along with passion, a positive attitude is a must.  Both passion and a positive attitude are contagious.  Your prospects recognize these qualities, and oftentimes want what you have.

·        Persistence is necessary.  Whatever challenges arise, recruiting leaders persevere, finding solutions to problems and moving on.

·        Patience is huge with any network marketing company.  If you have reasonable expectations about how much you will earn and in what period of time you’ll earn it, you will not get discouraged.  Work your business as hard as you can, and in time, you’ll be earning money – possibly very good money.

We’ve all seen promotions on television for the Army, Navy or Air Force trying to recruit people into the military to serve their country.  In exchange for their service, they are offered benefits like a free college degree and world travel.

Those of us in network marketing are basically doing a similar thing.  We are marketing to people who want to start a home-based business and have the desire and willingness to make that happen.

Like the Army, your goal is to promote & publicize what you have to offer, in our case a business opportunity. You must introduce the potential benefits and advantages of joining your company and your team in particular.  Using flyers, brochures, business cards, online ads and forums, get the word out; hang your “open for business” sign anywhere you possibly can.  Your main job as a recruiter is to expose your prospects to your opportunity.  To do this, you want to drive people to your website using every means you can imagine.  You website should provide the information they need to determine whether or not your company is right for them  Once they have reviewed your site, you can answer their questions.  If people go to your website first, it will be unnecessary to do a full presentation to prospects.  Let them learn primarily from your website.

The name of the game is exposure.  Expose yourself!  In network marketing recruiting, the more people see you, the more likely it is that they will join your team.

Explore all the methods in which you can promote the business opportunity and get as much exposure as you can. You can use online and off-line techniques. Off-line you can advertise with flyers, brochures and business cards or by joining groups of like-minded people.

I highly encourage networkers to use social media marketing.  It is an extremely effective platform to advertise a network marketing opportunity.  Forums and blogs are not a quick way to build a team, but they are among the best.  

Many people call blogs, social and network marketing relationship building.  The idea is to build relationships with others who participate in these mediums.  Let them know about you, but not by promoting your business. Gain one another’s trust. Once you get to know each other, oftentimes your newly acquired internet friends begin asking questions about your business or product.  If you help these new internet associates to promote their business, they likely will do the same for you. 

You can also create and post videos on YouTube and other video sites to attract those looking for a business by driving them to your opportunity websites.

There are thousands of people searching for just the right opportunity.  If you want many of those people to join your team, you must let them know who you are and that you are seeking team members.  The best way to do so is by exposing yourself!

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To learn about Julie Klein and the Xpress Healthcare Business Opportunity, please visit http://joinxpresshealthcare.com

To learn how to Reduce Your Health and Dental Costs AND save on Hearing, Vision, Roadside Assistance and much more, please visit http://ibourl.net/XpressSavings   (NOT insurance)