Keith
&
Colleen
Janke
Keith
left
school
at the end of year 10, to
work on the family dairy farm in South East Queensland. A year later at
age 16,
Keith commenced and then successfully completed a four-year
apprenticeship as a
Carpenter & Joiner. Experience
included all types of cottage work and some farm outbuildings. During
his
apprenticeship, Keith was admitted to hospital with a hernia from
carrying
floorboards on a building site and Colleen was the on duty theatre
nurse.
On
completion of his apprenticeship, Keith went
back to school to become a qualified Manual Arts Teacher. Keith then
taught at
two Queensland High Schools. During this
time Keith & Colleen married and Keith gained additional teaching
experience by moving to Darwin
and Tennant Creek.
Cyclone
Tracey
demolished
their new Darwin
home in 1974. Keith and Colleen moved to Perth so that Keith could
advance his teaching qualifiactions and were living in Perth
in a rented home with
no telephone, when they first became involved in Network Marketing. By this time, Keith was teaching at a private
high school and a part-time Senior Tutor at the West Australian
Institute of
Technology, (now Curtin
University). Keith also had a full time lecturing position
to
start in the following year in a NSW
University.
Within
three
months
of joining Swipe Australia,
(Keith
&
Colleen
continue to use the products as they are still outstanding even after
30 years)
they were earning more money from their part-time network marketing
(NWM)
business, than Keith was earning in his teaching career that he had
spent years
of study for. Keith went full-time in
NWM and quickly rose to the top level of that company and earned
overseas
trips, company car incentive and had lots of fun and still have friends
today
from that experience.
Because
of
their
Leadership within the
Company, Keith was offered the opportunity to move his young family to Melbourne
(3 children) to
become State Co-ordinator for Swipe. One to accept challenge, Keith
&
Colleen moved to Melbourne
(had never even
visited there before). Due to the Independent Representatives nature of
NWM,
Keith & Colleen paid all expenses and managed their own transfer
and
accommodation
arrangements. After a short
time in Victoria,
Keith
&
Colleen
increased the state sales volume from No 5 position to No 1 in Australia.
While
living
in
Melbourne,
Keith
was
approached
corporately by a four year old Australian NWM company (Advanced
Life
Foods) to become a Member and assist their Field Director in
training
and product seminars Australia
wide. Once again, this was not a paid
position, but
commission based on results. Keith
accepted and within three years Keith & Colleen had achieved the
top Member
position, earning company car bonus and overseas trips.
In fact, Keith and Colleen’s team developed
10% of the entire company Member base, but accounted for as much as 40%
of the
company monthly sales volume. By
this time, Keith and Colleen decided to move back to Queensland
so their children
would spend their teenage years with family. Initially
settling
back
in Toowoomba and subsequently moving to Brisbane. Keith went on to become General Manager of
the company.
In
more recent years, Keith has been a paid
consultant within the industry. In this
role he has attended DSA (Direct Selling Association) meetings and met
with the
ACCC on behalf of different NWM companies. In January 2004, Keith &
Colleen
moved to Balranald to be closer to grandchildren and purchased a house
on the
banks of the Murrumbidgee
River
to semi-retire.
In
May 2004 Keith had a phone call from a long
time associate Barry Greenwood telling him about ACN. Keiths immediate
reaction
was “thanks, but no thanks!” Barry was
persistent and after several phone calls, Barry did the smart thing and
put
Keith onto a 3-way call, which added credibility to the ACN
opportunity. Within
a few weeks of further investigation, Keith flew to Detroit
to attend a company
convention and visit Head Office. Keith
met with the Founders and various ACN Reps and quickly realised that
ACN was
one of those exceptional, once-in-a-lifetime opportunities.
From
a
relatively
remote part of Australia,
Keith
&
Colleen
have established a team of ACN Representatives Australia wide and also
internationally
by using the proven system of 3-Way Calling. We
invite you to become
part of the WinnersWorld Team
where you can, Conceive, Believe and Achieve with a group of
like-minded Winners! |
