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Zrii, the nutritional fruit drink made from the amalaki fruit, is seeing its numbers and revenue grow significantly over the last few months, even during these tough economic times.

The Zrii fruit drink, which is endorsed by Deepak Chopra, is centered around the amalaki, a fruit native to India that is said to increase energy and help restore and rejuvenate the body.

Zrii has reported that their revenue has seen a 30 % percent growth in revenue and the numbers of new distributors grow 40% percent. The wellness industry is an over $500 billion dollar industry, and companies like Zrii are taking full advantage of the growing need to work second jobs and find new ways to earn extra income.

Zrii founder, Bill Farley, who has helped build other billion dollar companies such as Jordache and Fruit of the Loom has worked hard to turn Zrii into his next billion dollar company by capitalizing on the struggling economy and the booming wellness industry.

Zrii has only been in business about a year, but so far has broken almost every record as far as sales, growth and revenue within the network marketing industry. Zrii’s success in part is due to its partnership with Dr. Chopra and his Chopra Center for Well-Being. Forbes calls Chopra the 82nd most influential person of all time. Dr. Chopra feels strongly about Zrii and its benefits to those around the world, “As you go around the world, this is what people are wanting, and that’s what we’re trying to create: global communities with personal and social transformation and their connectivity.” Zrii has just begun operations in Mexico and has plans to continue growing in the future.

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Bionic Products, a Nevada based company dedicated to developing and marketing breakthrough energy drinks, has just sealed the deal on an exclusive agreement with a California marketing company to begin a network marketing campaign for their two new premium, all natural energy drinks, Bionic- Tonic and LadyPink.

The company did not release the name of the California marketing group, but Bionic Products President, JD Pulver, released a statement saying, “negotiations were finalized in Las Vegas on Friday for the roll out of the network marketing program with a California based marketing group. Bionic Products Bionic-Tonic and LadyPink will have the exposure to an established network of over 5,000 representatives from day one of the launch.”

Hardy Bottling Company of Tennessee has just completed the first production of the new cans which will be shipped to the company’s new distribution center in Las Vegas this week to begin the process of shipping it out to consumers. The new distribution center was specifically designed to ship out large numbers of orders for the new network marketing program which they hope will generate an increased number of drop shipment orders daily.

Along with the roll out of the new drinks, and the network marketing program, the company will upgrade and enhance their website to offer new features to its consumers. The new web program will allow consumers to receive free samples of the drinks as well as shot size boosters as well as order directly from the company.

While the market is fairly saturated with energy drinks, this one seems to be a pretty promising one. As I said, it is all natural, has no carbs, no calories and no sugar. The company claims that there is minimal crash and that it can aid in weight loss and even digestion. Only time will tell if the products take off, but the name is cool, the cans look great and the names of the drinks are enticing. Hopefully I can get my hands on some and let you know how they are.

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Crunk Energy Drink has just announced a new flavor for the summer of 08. The citrus lemon lime flavor has just hit the shelves! If you are not familiar with Crunk, it was created in 2004 by rapper/producer Lil John along with Sidney Frank, the late music industry mogul who was also the mastermind behind Jagermeister and Grey Goose.

The regular flavor Crunk is available in both full sugar and sugar free and while the new Citrus version is not yet available in sugar free, I’m sure that its not to far behind. But if you like a lot of high fructose corn syrup than this 16oz energy drink in the citrus flavor might be for you. While the drink is available in some retail markets, there is also a huge sales force of independent distributors behind the product.

This is a very interesting drink with a strange variety of ingredients including, taurine and inositol, instead packing in Vitamin C, Vitamin E, B Vitamins, Calcium, magnesium, selenium, , green tea leaf, damiana, licorice root, l-tyrosine, horny goat weed, n-acetyl l-cysteine, gingko, panax ginseng, grape seed extract, skull cap, white willow bark, ashwaganda and milk thistle. It is packed with a decent amount of caffeine with 194mg per can-about 3 cups of coffee- more than red bull and monster.

Lil John is very excited about the new flavor and the new marketing campaign that will go along with it. “We takin Crunk!!! to another level,” Lil’ John has said. “Citrus is the best damn tasting energy drink you will ever have!” - and the drink has a full multi-level marketing program for rollout.”

“We are planning to implement a full blown marketing campaign including events, street teams, sampling and regional radio. Promotions will also include looking for the freshest DJs that can create the craziest CRUNK!!! Citrus mix and the most CRUNK!!! Citrus Girls for our 2009 calendar,” says Kevin Doyle, Vice President of Marketing.

This company has been around for a while, but it seems that recently they’ve really begun taking off. Along with the new flavor, they also began opening up new markets in 2008, opening in over 5 new markets so far this year. With Lil John’s name behind the product, it will be interesting to see if this is something that could lure younger, college aged entrepreneurs into the network marketing world. And definitely check out the website! Its great!

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