Scent-Sations/Mia Bella - Candle of the Month = Program: NEWSLETTER for October 2004

October 2004 - = Vol.2 Issue=20 10

Candle of=20 the Month: Cr=E8me Brulee

3D"Candle Cr=E8me Brulee: A rich sweet = butterscotch=20 fragrance just like the decadent dessert without all of the = calories!=20

Business = Builders of=20 the Month

3D"Pat Pat=92s parents had always said that you = need a=20 =93nest=96egg to fall back on=94 and Rick=92s philosophy was that = =93you shouldn=92t=20 put all your eggs in one basket=94. So Rick and Pat tried two home = based=20 businesses which became too expensive to maintain and the = requirements=20 became too time consuming. Rick, the co-owner of an insurance = brokerage=20 firm received a call from his long-time friend, Bob Scocozzo, who = asked=20 him to insure a new enterprise, Mia Bella Candles. Rick visited = the candle=20 factory and told Bob he would do his best; however, insurance = companies=20 were not very receptive to insuring candle businesses because they = were=20 being hit with costly soot claims.

When Bob explained = that Mia Bella=20 Candles were soy/veg based and virtually soot-less unlike all the = popular=20 paraffin candles, which are a petroleum by-product, Rick was able = to place=20 the insurance with an =93A rated company. Several months later, = Bob again=20 called Rick to insure an additional building, a warehouse for the = fast=20 growing business which had now become a multi- level opportunity = called=20 Scent-Sations, Inc. Rick began to ask questions about the = business, called=20 Pat from the warehouse and told her to =93drop everything and get = up here=20 fast=94 to look at this opportunity.

Having been stung = with two other=20 =93sure thing=94 opportunities, needless to say, Pat was not very = receptive.=20 But knowing Rick=92s tenacity, she gave in and listened to what = Bob and his=20 partner, Charlie Umphred, had to say, asked every question she = could think=20 of, and smelled every candle they had in the warehouse. The = excitement=20 started to build and they signed up as distributor #141 before = they left=20 that day, August 23, 2002.

Rick and Pat have now = built a=20 team of distributors nation-wide. Since they both have full-time = jobs,=20 Rick with his insurance business and Pat as a realtor, the time = they have=20 to spend on a multi-level business is limited. Unlike the other = businesses=20 they were involved in where they had to baby-sit their downline = and had to=20 spend out of pocket money to receive checks, they say the = distributors=20 they have signed are so high on this business and as excited as = they are.=20 The owners of Scent-Sations, Inc. have vast multi-level experience = and are=20 always available for endless questions, conference calls and = support=20 whenever and wherever it is needed. Rick and Pat are basically = recruiters;=20 they sell minimal retail. They like working with a company that = has a=20 strong retail foundation and a commission plan that allows the = part-timer=20 to take part in a large income stream without having to jump = through a lot=20 of hoops. They say the beauty of this business is that the = distributors=20 have the flexibility to sell retail or fundraise or recruit or all = three.=20 Rick and Pat say the business sells itself =96 the product that = Carmen and=20 Lynn produce is a first-rate, quality product and consumable - = once=20 someone burns a Mia Bella candle, they will never use another = brand of=20 candle! Customers keep coming back for more and more and more! = Rick=92s and=20 Pat=92s home-based business is growing and so is their = =93nest-egg."

Rick=92s = Story about the=20 Power of the Label!:
One of our downline distributors = sold a=20 candle to a co-worker who needed a birthday gift for a friend who = lived=20 about sixty miles away. As we instruct all of our distributors, a = personal=20 label was placed on the bottom of the gift candle. The other day = we=20 received a call from our distributor who was contacted by the = recipient of=20 the gift candle (because of the label) who proceeded to tell him = how much=20 they loved the candle and wanted to order more =96 the rest is=20 history=85..after explaining some pertinent information about the = business=20 and the virtually soot-free, environmentally friendly candle which = comes=20 in over eighty scintillating fragrances and directing them to the = website,=20 this recipient of a gift candle signed up for the COTM that same = evening!=20

Pat & = Rick=20 Gazenski
Wilkes-Barre, PA

Scent-Sations, Inc.=20 Pitches in to Help a Family in Need

Dearest Bob and Charlie:

I did not know until = last week=20 that my niece Jessica Simon had written to Charlie asking if Mia = Bella=20 would consider donating something for Todd's benefit that was held = this=20 past Saturday. Jess was informed that they would be sending six = candles to=20 her and she put together a basket of six candles from her stock = and sent=20 with my sister on Friday for the auction. I just wanted to express = my=20 deepest thanks for your generousity. I signed up to sell = your=20 products shortly before my son had his accident. Marcy and I were = planning=20 an open house the Saturday after his accident. He fell and had a = skull=20 fracture and has been through removal of the left portion of = his=20 skull and then six weeks of rehab in Chicago, back to Rockford to=20 have skull replaced, where he had a little pneumonia and = an =20 infection in his spinal fluid, and now in Davenport, IA. in rehab = where he=20 has had his ups and downs and it seems that things are = finally going=20 forward. This past week has been great. We are taking him out for = his=20 first outing on Sunday. Needless to say, I have had no time to=20 devote to my business. Marcy and I did get our open house = done in=20 June and it was awesome. Everyone loves the candles and the bella = bars. In=20 fact, one of our landlords on the farm has ordered a dozen bella = bars and=20 two body wash that I am to bring to a dinner tonight. She has = problems=20 with her face breaking out and I had given her a candle and a bar = of soap=20 when we had our tenant dinner at her restaurant earlier this year. = She was=20 telling me that there was a company in Princeton that made a = lotion from=20 soy that had helped her but they had sold their business and she = could no=20 longer get it and she was tired of moving her bar that I gave her = from the=20 sink to the shower. I don't know if you have considered a soy = lotion or=20 not but you might give it a thought. I am in hopes that things = will be=20 settling down soon so that I can really pursue acquainting the = people in=20 our area with your products. I am developing a pretty good = following even=20 though I do spend the majority of my week in the hospital. I am = also=20 working on the nurses and aids. Everyone says Todd's room always = smells so=20 good but then I usually have a couple dozen boxes of votives = in the=20 room.

3D"gift I know I have been going on and on but I = also wanted=20 you to know that your products are getting out there even if it is = a=20 little slower than I had anticipated. Marcy and I want to attend = your=20 convention this coming year. We are in hopes that it won't be the = last=20 week in March as we have a girls trip planned to Cancun. Jessica = was=20 totally impressed when she went this year.

Again, please accept = my deepest=20 thanks for the candle donation. The total raised on last Saturday = was=20 $67,000 and there are still donations coming in. It was totally = awesome.=20 It was such a tribute to my son and our family. We have some great = friends=20 and co-workers.

Donna Thacker =
Walnut,=20 IL

Mia Bellas are a = Great Way=20 for Salon Owners to Make Money!

The owner, Karen (left) and I (right) are = so excited=20 by the response. They are selling so well. In the first 3 days, I = sold=20 over $350 of jars, votives, bath bars, buns and a couple of gift = baskets.=20 She is so thrilled with the sales that she plans on becoming a = COTM member=20 so that she gets more of the profit. Now, with this experience = behind my=20 belt, I can go to other retailers and have confidence that they = too will=20 want to sell Mia Bella products. You can't go wrong with these = products!=20

Tammy = Braswell
Naples,=20 FL

Soysational = Bella Bars=20 Are a HUGE Hit for Distributors & Customers =

3D"Cathy I have to tell you how wonderful these = Bella Bars=20 are (as if you didn't know). I have never been so successful in = having=20 people approach me about a product---that is the ultimate business = when=20 you don't have to go to the customer, they eagerly come to you. = And never=20 have people been so eager to purchase multiple products because = they want=20 to share these bars with friends and family. I have people buying = four at=20 a time. I gave a Bella Bar as a hostess gift and as a result have = sold=20 nine bars this week.

Our group has had an = interesting discovery.=20 Apparently, my 19 month old and another 18 month have found these = bars to=20 be quite appetizing, as little teeth marks are being found in the = bars. We=20 have joked that the kids have skipped the match-and the spoon-and = went=20 right for the bite. And this is with the packaging still on. Too = funny.=20
Thanks for making a great product that we can be proud of. =

Cathy = Mahady
Chanhassen,=20 MN

Do Mia = Bella Highly=20 Scented Candles Sell Themselves?

Everyone is so right about these candles! I = went to my=20 dentist on Tuesday, and I took a jar and asked them if I could = leave it on=20 the counter with some flyers. They said sure, I told them I would = donate=20 the jar as a thank you for letting them. Well, my dad called me = this=20 morning because he went to the dentist thursday and said the girls = in the=20 office were asking him all kinds of questions about the candles = because=20 they them. He said you've got to call Jill, the secretary, because = she=20 wants to know how to buy them. She said even the patients are = interested.=20 So I told her I'd send her a list of the scents available, and = then I told=20 her about the candle of the month program and the associate = program. She=20 said she wants to sign up for the associate program so the whole = office=20 can just buy the candles at a reduced cost. The nice thing about = it is my=20 dad and stepmom were in another MLM company with me a few years = ago. So=20 they've been kind of curious to see what I'm doing. They know how = Network=20 Marketing works, but our kind of unsure about trying it again. It = was neat=20 because my dad told me he can't believe how much they liked the = candles=20 and that I'm going to make money just because I dropped a candle = off in=20 their office. So he wants to talk to my stepmom about at least = signing up=20 for the associate program.

Laurie Baker
Kimbolton,=20 OH

Tracey=20 Gilmore Loves Retailing!

I decided to start retailing door to door to = businesses=20 during the day after listening to a recorded training call. The = first day=20 (Thursday) I only got to work 3 and 1/2 hours. Total sales for = that time=20 were $157.65 with a profit of $72.25 or $24 per hour! Not only did = I not=20 realize that I could make that kind of hourly income with candles = but I=20 also realized that no one else in the world would be offering a = part timer=20 that kind of hourly wage either! On Friday I worked 5 hours with = total=20 sales of $323.52 with a profit of $182.30 or $36.46 per hour!

This is all I did: I learned = that if=20 they can't smell it, they are unlikely to ask about it. Jar = candles are=20 too heavy to carry, so I put a votive in a glass holder labeled = with the=20 scent, put them in a basket, (I carried about 35 different = scents), walked=20 through the door, held up my basket and simply asked "Does anyone = here=20 like scented candles?"

I got one of two looks, one was "Leave me = alone, I'm not=20 interested." And if they said so, I thanked them, asked if I could = leave a=20 brochure, and wished them a great day/afternoon/weekend. The other = look=20 was guarded, but the mouth said "Yeeesss..." If they said that, I = put my=20 basket on the counter/desk/chair, if there was room, and asked = what their=20 favorite scent was.

Most people have a preference already, a few = just like a=20 "type" of fragrance. Then I proceed to select the scents I think = they will=20 like the best. Most people buy if they smell. I always leave a = brochure,=20 whether they buy or not, and I have 3 people I think are highly = likely to=20 sign up for the Candle of the Month.

This is a great way to put money in your pocket = TODAY. It=20 works well for people who have children in school and don't want = to spend=20 their evenings and weekends doing home parties. I put an insert in = each=20 brochure advertising "Lunch by Candlelight" and with the money I = made, I'm=20 not sure that I'm interested in doing much of that (too much = pressure),=20 although that is probably a very concentrated way to make = money.

Then I went to the bank and went home to order = LOTS more=20 candles. If you don't have it, you can't sell it!

Tracey Gilmore
Lubbock,=20 TX

Great Testimonial from = Realtor Amy=20 Foster!

"As a Realtor, I'm always looking for unique client gifts for = open=20 houses and closings. Scent Sations has a fabulous product line and = the=20 candles are so scented you won't hardly believe it. They surely = are better=20 than any other I've smelled. The fact that they are = environmentally=20 friendly for homes and our health - with easy cleanup - is such a = bonus=20 for homeowners. Some home builders these days won't even honor = their home=20 warranty if you use soot-filled candles in your home. I don't even = have to=20 mention that they are actually for sale as a business opportunity, = too...clients ask ME how to spread the word!"

Amy Foster, Realtor
Realty Executives Strayer Group = in Port=20 Clinton, Ohio

18 Year=20 Old Distributor Loves Making Money With Mia Bellas=20

I am 18 years old and I signed up as a = distributor in April of this year. It has been one of the best = things I=20 have ever done for myself. I live in a fairly small but growing = city in=20 Northern California and no one here has ever heard of a soy/veg = candle,=20 let alone one that smells this good! There is a yearly garage sale = in my=20 neighborhood that draws over a hundred people each summer. I set = up a=20 little table with Mia Bella Candles this year and although no one = bought=20 anything, everyone who came to the table was really excited about = this=20 product. Just last Friday I began calling people who entered the = drawing I=20 did at the garage sale in June. EVERY person that answered their = phone was=20 overjoyed that I had called them and wanted to order candles right = away.=20 This product is so easy to sell and I love it so much that it's=20 contagious. My customers can tell that I'm not just pushing a = product on=20 them, I actually use the bodywash and the candles everyday! I = began=20 selling your products at our local Farmer's Market every Saturday = in late=20 July. Since then I have made almost $600!!

Katie Sandberg
Redding, CA=20

Genia = Rodgers/Candle=20 Hippy

3D"Genia When I got into network marketing I = really didn't=20 have the first clue about what I just got myself into, or even = what to do=20 next. My children had told me that I could get a Home Based = Business=20 started and work from the computer. I have spent the last several = years=20 taking care of Foster Children. It wasn't till I had adopted 7 for = my own,=20 that I realized there was no going back for me.

After many ups and downs in and with my new = Extended=20 Family, I needed to do something for myself, and make sure that it = was=20 compatible with the children. Little did I know at the time that = this was=20 one of the wisest choices I have ever made, and it started because = of my=20 CHILDREN! I just took their advice...

The first thing I had to do was to learn how to = turn on=20 the computer, and my adopted 7 yr. old taught me that! Then there = was this=20 word pad thingie, And then "the BACK OFFICE" What was that? And = what in=20 the world do I do with it? Then there was downloading! Oh Gee! So = My 14=20 year old daughter, Amy, would do extra work in her computer class, = just so=20 she could learn the skills I needed. She would come home and we = would=20 spend the next few hours laughing and giggling at each other and = the whole=20 idea of Network Marketing! The next thing I knew all my children = at=20 sometime or another have been to my Mia Bella site! They think I = Rock,=20 Man!

Amy and I had set up a booth at a fair in = Greers Ferry,=20 Arkansas in the early months of this past summer. The fair was = rained out=20 and so were we. But what we did was go ahead and pass out what = flyers we=20 could and giggled our way through it. There was also a local Radio = Station=20 there promoting me, "The Candle Hippy=94and my booth. Four of my 6 = sons=20 brought people to meet their celebrity mom at the booth. They = wanted all=20 their friends to get to meet the CANDLEHIPPY herself (that=92s = me).. This=20 was a source of free advertisement I didn't even expect. I was so = new to=20 this Business, that I didn't even realize at the time the quality = of radio=20 exposure the kids and I were getting.

Almost 3 months later I received a call from An = ART=20 GALLERY who heard about it on the radio. She wanted to put the = candles in=20 her shop. Little did I know then that that call would be the = beginning of=20 taking over CENTRAL ARKANSAS! Think big and have large dreams. Mia = Bella=20 is a tool I use to teach my children. I have seen my bashful = daughter OUT=20 SHINE HER CLASS! I have seen her come out of her shell, and become = a=20 shining light for her peers! This has been a great ride for all of = us. We=20 just love it. Another daughter, Brittany Ann, is coming on next = month. And=20 some of my other kids are ready to become distributors. We are a = large=20 family and that's what works for us! This has given us so much. = Our door=20 is open to learn and we grow together sharing the up and downs! = May I add=20 the ups outweigh the downs by FAR!

Peace and Walk in Beauty!
Inhale the = Success!
Genia Rodgers/CandleHippy
Huntsville,=20 AR

Distributor of = the Month:=20 Carolyn de La Tour

3D"carolyn My name is Carolyn de La Tour. I live in = Orlando,=20 FL. I started with Scent-Sations in March of 2004. My background = is in=20 Sales and Marketing, with a degree in Commercial Art. I spent many = years=20 in the Corporate World....what some refer to as "The Rat Race". = After the=20 birth of my first child, I joined the ranks of many women as a=20 stay-at-home mom. I still wanted to add to the family income, so I = searched for a "Work from Home" opportunity. I tried so many=20 "opportunities"...always spending more than I made, or not making = enough=20 income to make it worth my time. I was awarded "Best New Achiever = of the=20 Year" for my entire region with one of the most recognizable = Cosmetic/Skin=20 Care lines, and STILL did not have the income potential and = commission=20 structure that Scent-Sations offers me now, and it just keeps = getting=20 better!

After the birth of my second child 4 years ago, I = had=20 already given up on finding a true "work from home" position that = would=20 produce a profit and still give me the time I wanted for my little = ones.=20 When my son was approaching 3 years old, I decided that I would = have to go=20 back into "The Rat Race" once again. I became a Licensed Mortgage = Broker.=20 Soon after that, I became a single mother with two young children. = I now=20 needed to find something to supplement my income when I did not = have a=20 Loan to process.

That's when I found Scent-Sations. It had=20 everything I was looking for in a Home Business. Truthfully, it = had=20 everything I was always looking for in any business I was involved = in. A=20 company built on integrity with a strong sense of family values, = quality=20 products, multiple ways to earn an income, a strong support = system, and=20 most importantly, a business that would give me the time and = flexibility I=20 wanted for my children. After a few weeks as "The Candle Lady", I = was=20 seeing a consistent profit and recognized the potential I had in = front of=20 me.

Once again, I walked away from the corporate world, but = this=20 time, I had a profitable Home Based Business! And I am having so = much fun=20 with it! I have finally found a Profitable Home Based Business = that=20 doesn't take over my life - It's a business that FITS into my=20 life!

My first month or so with Scent-Sations, I focused on = retail=20 sales. I needed to generate CASH. I was surprised to find how easy = the=20 "Smell and Sell" technique really worked! No more long = presentations and=20 technical information like in my past involvements. These are = phenomenal=20 smelling candles! What more do you need to do- but pop open the = lid of a=20 jar! When you start explaining the clean burning and health = conscious=20 benefits of Mia Bella Candles...you just can't = loose!

Focusing on=20 my retail sales, I wanted to tap into the profits others were = making with=20 Home Candle Parties. Because I can't work many nights or weekends = away=20 from my children, I needed a way to offer Candle Parties during = the hours=20 my children were in school. I came up with the concept and = designed=20 marketing materials for "Lunch by Candlelight" Office Parties. I=20 discovered that, just like myself, there are many women (and men) = out=20 there that have the same scheduling conflicts that I do. They want = to=20 "attend" Home Parties, but can't due to family responsibilities or = other=20 commitments. With "Lunch by Candlelight", they could attend a = Candle Party=20 during their lunch hour and loved the idea of doing something fun = to break=20 up their work day! My flyer and incentives have evolved since my = first few=20 months of Office Parties. I have fine tuned the program through = trial and=20 error. I now have made it more appealing to the public ! and more = cost=20 effective and profitable for the Distributor. After months of=20 correspondence from Distributors responding to the Training Call I = did on=20 cold calling and office parties, I found I could not keep up with = their=20 questions. I now have written a Training Manual with "step-by-step = How=20 To's" that I market to our Distributors on how to promote and = conduct your=20 own Office Party. It includes a personalized "Lunch by = Candlelight" flyer=20 that you can get copied at your local copy center. I have 'Now=20 Presenting..."Lunch by Candlelight" in the U.S. Trademark Office = now so=20 that no other candle company can use it as their own or in their=20 promotional material. Anyone wanting more information can email me = at=20 carolyn@thesoycandlegirl.com.

I also decided to = "test-launch" a=20 Gift Basket Business during Mothers Day this year. The response = and orders=20 were incredible! I would deliver a gift basket to someones office = and they=20 would place it on their desk. When I arrived back home, I would = find=20 numerous messages on my machine for more orders! It is just = another fun=20 way of increasing your business and introducing Mia Bella products = to=20 consumers. After seeing the potential with gift baskets, I = registered the=20 name of my Gift Basket business with the State of Florida. You can = see=20 some of my photos at www.picturetrail.com/thesoycandlegirl (still = in=20 progress).

We are now approaching the BUSIEST retail season = of the=20 year! I strongly suggest that you look into some of these retail = avenues=20 with your own business. Promote Candle Parties to "get your = Christmas=20 Shopping done early and avoid the stress". Use all the resources = and=20 shared photos Scent-Sations provides to us for ideas on gift = baskets and=20 holiday arrangements. Scent-Sations and it's Members provide so = many tools=20 and materials for you to become your own "Success Story". Set a = Goal, or=20 two, or three...and stick to your plan. The personal and business = growth=20 that Scent-Sations affords to us, is by far, the BEST I have seen. = I=20 myself, am thankful EVERY SINGLE DAY, that I found Scent-Sations = and their=20 high quality products. My area of Florida was hit by three = Hurricanes, the=20 area is in shambles, most people lost work, were left unemployed, = or had=20 no business to go back to at all. My business is still intact! = Once my po!=20 wer went back on, I was able to go back online, catch up with = orders and=20 prospects, reschedule parties and go right back out with "smell = and sell"!=20 It is, with no doubt, the BEST business choice I have ever=20 made!

Thank-You = Scent-Sations!
Carolyn=20 de La Tour
Casselbury, FL