It’s that time of year again. USANA is about to start the 18th Annual International Convention right ere in Salt Lake City. It’s the one time each year our Associates from around the world converge on Salt Lake City to experience our event, our city, o…

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nCHHqYuD1os/S47dE02HJwI/AAAAAAAAAMo/q5Qoe-L6×2A/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2010-03-03+at+3.04.36+PM.png”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 80px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nCHHqYuD1os/S47dE02HJwI/AAAAAAAAAMo/q5Qoe-L6×2A/s400/Screen+shot+2010-03-03+at+3.04.36+PM.png” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444532074512328450″ border=”0″ //aAs all of our social media followers know, we have had the opportunity to showcase the USANA products and business opportunity at several exciting venues over the last couple of months.br /br /In February, we made our way to the a href=”http://www.whatsupusana.com/search/label/Golden%20Globes” target=”_blank”Golden Globe Awards/a where we were able to share with the media and a number of very influential celebrities the power of USANA’s world-class products. We were on the local news (in L.A.’s huge media market) and spoke with a number of media outlets like US Weekly, People Magazine, the Associated Press, etc. We were working hard to explain why USANA is the best and how our products should be the main focus for anyone determined to improve his or her health.br /br /Then we came back to Salt Lake and with only a couple of days to get ready, we headed up to Park City for the a href=”http://www.whatsupusana.com/search/label/Sundance%20Film%20Festival” target=”_blank”Sundance Film Festival/a. We felt this was a great venue to reach media and celebrities with coverage on an international basis.br /br /We were fortunate to see a number of celebrities for the second time in a short window of time, and what we found was that they were really interested in span style=”font-weight: bold;”MyHealthPak/span and the USANA story. We had several people come back with more questions and asked how to get connected to the a href=”http://www.usanahaa.com” target=”_blank”Health Assessment and Advisor/a so they could see what they need to focus on and how USANA could be a part of the solution.br /br /It made us feel good for several reasons: they listened, they were interested, they took the product, and they wanted to know more.br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nCHHqYuD1os/S47kSahPGII/AAAAAAAAANA/eW-MlwcRClE/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2010-03-03+at+3.35.16+PM.png”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nCHHqYuD1os/S47kSahPGII/AAAAAAAAANA/eW-MlwcRClE/s400/Screen+shot+2010-03-03+at+3.35.16+PM.png” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444540004545009794″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-weight: bold;”Off to Vancouver/spanbr /With what we would consider a great response from the media and celebrities at these events, we packed up more of our gear and sent span style=”font-weight: bold;”Jennifer Azzi/span, span style=”font-weight: bold;”Alan Bergstrom/span, and our CEO span style=”font-weight: bold;”Dave Wentz/span on the road to share the USANA message with Olympic athletes, fans, the media, and the general public in Vancouver at the a href=”http://www.whatsupusana.com/search/label/2010%20Vancouver%20Winter%20Games” target=”_blank”2010 Winter Games/a.br /br /We dressed everyone in USANA logo gear and armed them with our Vision Book and the task to share the USANA story with as many people as possible. I can tell you from the feedback we have heard, people really caught notice of the logo gear and kept asking, “What’s USANA and how did you get all these teams on your products?” What an amazing opportunity to talk about the USANA Difference!br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nCHHqYuD1os/S47YRkBmFXI/AAAAAAAAAMI/KpMm6E1Nf4g/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2010-03-03+at+2.42.54+PM.png”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nCHHqYuD1os/S47YRkBmFXI/AAAAAAAAAMI/KpMm6E1Nf4g/s400/Screen+shot+2010-03-03+at+2.42.54+PM.png” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444526795777250674″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-weight: bold;”So What?/spanbr /We get a lot of questions about what is the driving force behind events and sponsorships like these? The best way to describe it is to suggest the perfect conversation that we could overhear…”Excuse me, have you heard about a company called USANA?” And the perfect response….”USANA, yes, I’ve heard about them before.”br /br /If we can help build Brand Awareness in the general marketplace and get prospects to this point, we know our amazing Associates can take it from there.br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nCHHqYuD1os/S47icMFl-oI/AAAAAAAAAM4/Ge9zrZGwmf4/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2010-03-03+at+3.27.25+PM.png”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 244px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nCHHqYuD1os/S47icMFl-oI/AAAAAAAAAM4/Ge9zrZGwmf4/s400/Screen+shot+2010-03-03+at+3.27.25+PM.png” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444537973446408834″ border=”0″ //aOur goal is to give you the confidence in knowing that USANA’s name is getting out into the public to give your prospects some awareness for the USANA Brand. What can you do with all of this information, these photos, and these articles? Use them when you’re out prospecting.br /br /People like to hear about where USANA is, who’s taking our products, what Olympic athletes are trusting their health to USANA, etc. These are exciting times for our company and the way we all benefit from the momentum we have established is to spread the word to as many people as possible so they too can experience the USANA Difference!br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nCHHqYuD1os/S47bynvFM0I/AAAAAAAAAMg/zvfPKyb5Yco/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2010-03-03+at+2.59.10+PM.png”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 177px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nCHHqYuD1os/S47bynvFM0I/AAAAAAAAAMg/zvfPKyb5Yco/s400/Screen+shot+2010-03-03+at+2.59.10+PM.png” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444530662243906370″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-weight: bold;”Share the Message/spanbr /You should use Twitter, Facebook, blogs, e-mails, etc. to get word out to your family, friends and prospects. It’s fun news to share and it will let people experience the excitement we have created.br /br /There are other ways to do this as well. Go to a href=”http://www.usanatoday.com” target=”_blank”USANAtoday.com/a and click on the “prospecting” tab. You’ll find an span style=”font-weight: bold;”accolade sheet/span outlining all of USANA’s amazing awards and recognition, and you’ll also see an span style=”font-weight: bold;”athlete page/span that shows all of the incredible athletes and groups that trust their health to USANA.br /br /span style=”font-weight: bold;”An Exclusive for Blog Readers/spanbr /But that’s not all! Here’s a glimpse at something we’re loading onto USANAtoday.com this Friday! Yes, that’s right….you get a sneak peek for following our blogs.br /br /We have finished an all new span style=”font-weight: bold;”"Fans of USANA Products”/span flyer that has direct comments from several influential celebrities who have been taking our products and wanted us to know and share that they enjoy the products and what they are doing for their health.br /br /Every one of these celebrities contacted us as a result of our meetings at these events and have said that they want to keep taking the products…because they’ve experienced the USANA Difference!br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nCHHqYuD1os/S47YzzBjgLI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/QLIEjw5Hvrg/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2010-03-03+at+2.46.15+PM.png”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nCHHqYuD1os/S47YzzBjgLI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/QLIEjw5Hvrg/s400/Screen+shot+2010-03-03+at+2.46.15+PM.png” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444527383919165618″ border=”0″ //aConsider this another tool in your toolbox to share the USANA story. When people see and hear who’s taking our products and how they feel, they’ll get excited and want to hear more. Our goal is to make your cold market a little warmer. We’re spreading the word and we know that this list will grow!br /br /Stay tuned to our social media sites as we continue our PR efforts and try to give you more exciting news to share in the coming months.div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8885114825521789447-4584284356359192157?l=blogusana.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zkNhHyJw3CQ/S47IymTULPI/AAAAAAAAANw/3rSyNpGiGHo/s1600-h/Blog_Dave_41A.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zkNhHyJw3CQ/S47IymTULPI/AAAAAAAAANw/3rSyNpGiGHo/s400/Blog_Dave_41A.jpg” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444509771138084082″ border=”0″ //abr /centerobject width=”480″ height=”295″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/VlBIh7F159Iamp;hl=en_USamp;fs=1amp;rel=0″param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/VlBIh7F159Iamp;hl=en_USamp;fs=1amp;rel=0″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”480″ height=”295″/embed/object/centerbr /Here are a few more photos and video from my trip up north to the 2010 Winter Games. Congratulations to all the athletes, but especially to the span style=”font-weight: bold;”Team USANA/span athletes who won 22 medals — including 6 gold! I had an amazing time watching these elite competitors…and knowing so many of them trust their health to USANA made it even better.br /br /Enjoy the photos (there are a bunch more on the a href=”http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=147608amp;id=32300062674″ target=”_blank”USANA Athletes/a Facebook Page) and I’ll see you in Las Vegas.br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zkNhHyJw3CQ/S47LkPwyS0I/AAAAAAAAAPg/BPFfsJI8syA/s1600-h/Blog_Dave_Apolo.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 322px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zkNhHyJw3CQ/S47LkPwyS0I/AAAAAAAAAPg/BPFfsJI8syA/s400/Blog_Dave_Apolo.JPG” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444512823104392002″ border=”0″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zkNhHyJw3CQ/S47JiylCBlI/AAAAAAAAAPY/fZ9uQSeBxjM/s1600-h/Blog_Dave_32A.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; 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div style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MldWhzeCeuM/SvLxigw4RMI/AAAAAAAAA9A/0fS7pzHgkIE/s1600-h/Benshoof_Hamlin_USA_Luge.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MldWhzeCeuM/SvLxigw4RMI/AAAAAAAAA9A/0fS7pzHgkIE/s400/Benshoof_Hamlin_USA_Luge.jpg” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400644478383441090″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-size:85%;”span style=”font-style: italic;”Erin Hamlin and Tony Benshoof, of USA Luge/spanbr //span/divbr /As you may have seen if you’re following us on a href=”http://www.facebook.com/usanaathletes”Facebook/a (Athletes Page) or a href=”http://twitter.com/usanainc”Twitter/a, we had members of the USANA-sponsored USA Luge team at our offices earlier this week recording some video for us.br /br /Also this week, USANA’s Vice President of Customer Service span style=”font-weight: bold;”Alan Bergstrom/span joined the team at their training site in Park City.br /br /If you missed a href=”http://www.whatsupusana.com/2009/11/derek-parra-100-days-until-vancouver.html”the blog/a span style=”font-weight: bold;”Derek Parra/span (US Speedskating coach and USANA Associate) wrote a couple of days ago, be sure to check it out. And a href=”http://www.whatsupusana.com/2009/11/usana-athletes-winning-team.html”here’s another blog post/a with some updates on additional USANA-sponsored athletes…what a team!br /br /Here is Alan’s report…br /br /centerobject width=”320″ height=”266″ class=”BLOG_video_class” id=”BLOG_video-b4215c699b0283ab” classid=”clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000″ codebase=”http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAABqQx1oQmSnIaATdhug8I951a41LcToXCCHEoJ3eHXwCPtKKrCaBrZfMfWJFHwV-cp5fewFIQA_wMzlUfVq4ha3KmLNEOz1n_ddg36CCdV_KP2W2Uyc0JvUeHx2IzAgp-PbAQHfbQQhXYevVp_4goBtCq2i9oMMxtr7wgcoxxweUWwqX3tPOW_3UIzJ3Pppmp1IfV5AjQRu_y-J8EIygKyj3Eaho7-Qmgt46YWhvoeru%26sigh%3Dx21Iv0byFS17r2zaTAGO7b10l7A%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0amp;nogvlm=1amp;thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Db4215c699b0283ab%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3DNarA8ibftNCbV0fRu7larOcHMvEamp;messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den”param name=”bgcolor” value=”#FFFFFF”embed width=”320″ height=”266″ src=”http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAABqQx1oQmSnIaATdhug8I951a41LcToXCCHEoJ3eHXwCPtKKrCaBrZfMfWJFHwV-cp5fewFIQA_wMzlUfVq4ha3KmLNEOz1n_ddg36CCdV_KP2W2Uyc0JvUeHx2IzAgp-PbAQHfbQQhXYevVp_4goBtCq2i9oMMxtr7wgcoxxweUWwqX3tPOW_3UIzJ3Pppmp1IfV5AjQRu_y-J8EIygKyj3Eaho7-Qmgt46YWhvoeru%26sigh%3Dx21Iv0byFS17r2zaTAGO7b10l7A%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0amp;nogvlm=1amp;thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Db4215c699b0283ab%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3DNarA8ibftNCbV0fRu7larOcHMvEamp;messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash”/embed/object/centerblockquoteHey everyone,br /br /I just spent some great time with our USA Luge Team who are training this week at the Olympic Park in Park City. Wow, were they moving fast down the track.br /br /They are headed to Whistler, B.C., next week to practice on the Olympic “Fastest Track in the World.” In order to get ready the team was making runs from the top of the track, normally the Bobsled start, and the women were coming within a couple of miles per hour of their previous times on the Whistler run.br /br /What a great bunch of athletes we have in USANA. They are giving it their all and doing what it takes to represent their countries in February. I hope you are all planning on watching and cheering them on to victory.br /br /It was a beautiful, sunny day in the mountains and it made me realize how glad I am to live close to the mountains and have the good health to recreate there. I was almost tempted to jump on one of those sleds!!!br /br /I’ll try to keep you informed as we start the a href=”http://www.vancouver2010.com/”countdown to Vancouver/a.br /br /Give ‘em health.br /br /Alan/blockquotediv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8885114825521789447-7952897472047447045?l=blogusana.blogspot.com’//div