MonaVie Launches Global ´´Free Agent´´ Initiative



    MonaVie LLC (www.monavie.com), creator of the leading nutritional
    acai blend beverage, today announced the launch of a worldwide
    campaign: "The Open Door -- Network Marketing for the 21st Century."
    The campaign calls on direct sellers and network marketers to end any
    and all policies and procedures that seek to bind their independent
    contractors with unfair and abusive non-compete agreements.

    Punitive lawsuits against distributors who choose to leave network
    marketing companies have become a common tactic for a few companies
    within the industry. The goal of these suits is to discourage healthy
    competition and to impede distributors´ ability to make a living for
    themselves and their families. Even distributors who have fulfilled
    demanding non-compete agreements have been sued when they attempt to
    join another network marketing company years later.

    "Non-compete agreements were designed for high-level corporate
    employees, not for independent contractors," says Dallin Larsen,
    MonaVie founder and president. "Some network marketing companies use
    overly burdensome language in their agreements as a punitive tool to
    tie their independent contractors to them for life, often interfering
    with the individual entrepreneur´s ability to earn a living. It´s my
    belief that direct selling companies need to earn the trust of their
    most valued asset, their distributors, on a daily basis. If a
    distributor, for whatever reason, no longer trusts his or her company,
    that distributor should be free to go in another direction without
    undue restriction."

    In today´s economy, more and more people are turning to network
    marketing to find full-time work, or to supplement their income.
    However, if these prospective distributors are worried about being
    handcuffed to unfair contracts, they will be less likely to take
    advantage of the benefits that network marketing can offer to them and
    their families.

    MonaVie´s "The Open Door -- Network Marketing for the 21st
    Century" campaign is built upon the company´s belief that today´s
    network marketing distributors deserve, as independent contractors, to
    be liberated from outdated, abusive and generally unenforceable
    policies and procedures.

    "Today´s distributors deserve better than that," Larsen says.
    "They want to choose the company they work for, and they want to have
    the freedom to leave that company whenever they choose. That´s why
    they chose to be independent in the first place. Independent
    distributors are not company employees. They are not paid a salary.
    They pay their own taxes, purchase their own health care, and work
    from their own homes or offices."

    Through the Open Door campaign, MonaVie seeks to promote and
    protect the rights of distributors and of those consumers who are
    seeking career opportunities with network marketing and direct selling
    businesses. MonaVie encourages other companies to join in the Open
    Door campaign (www.blog.opendoorcampaign.com) and take the Open Door
    Pledge. In addition, distributors are invited to the site to share
    their opinions and experiences.

    "Our hope in launching this Open Door campaign is to create a sea
    of change in how the network marketing industry works," Larsen says.
    "By ensuring that distributors everywhere can work as free agents, and
    are not held prisoner, we can help our industry and thousands of
    people who are trying to provide for their families. We welcome other
    companies to join the Open Door campaign by reviewing their own
    distributor agreements to ensure that they reflect the spirit of
    entrepreneurship and freedom that this industry is all about."

    About MonaVie

    MonaVie LLC is a rapidly growing company that distributes products
    to markets around the world. Introduced in January 2005, MonaVie
    develops and markets scientifically formulated, premium quality
    products, specifically for person-to-person distribution. Developed
    with a philosophy of Balance-Variety-Moderation, MonaVie brand
    products deliver phytonutrients and antioxidants to promote and
    maintain a healthy and active lifestyle.

    For more information about MonaVie products or how to join the
    MonaVie family, call 1-866-217-8455, or visit www.monavie.com.