Avidus Recruits Network Marketer Erik Cloud, Expands Geographic Reach and Launches Fast Track Systems Division

VANCOUVER, BC and MESA, AZ, Aug. 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Avidus Management Group Inc. ("Avidus" or the "Company") (TSX-V: AVD, OTC: ASNHF) announced today that Asantae, its wholly owned subsidiary, has successfully recruited Erik Cloud to lead Asantae's network marketing related initiatives.

Hailing from Boise, Idaho, Mr. Cloud has been a full-time networking professional for 15 years and is a proven public speaker, teacher and trainer.  During his successful networking marketing career, he has been mentored by some of the preeminent networking professionals and has built sales organizations that number in the tens of thousands.  He brings geographic diversity for Asantae with key distributor groups in the Pacific Northwest.  Mr. Cloud was a leading author and played a vital role in the development of the Fast Track Business Building system.

Avidus also announced that it will begin selling its network marketing tools and sales aids through a newly created division, Fast Track Systems. "Creating a division to sell its business tools represents an important step for Avidus in achieving its mission to provide standardized business building systems for its related companies," said Avidus President, Doug Ridley.

The tools are based upon business building methods that have long been acknowledged throughout the industry as the gold standard.  The first tools to be introduced are a uniform business presentation for recruiting, a standardized methodology to launch a new distributor's business supported by a comprehensive training manual to assist distributors with developing long-term success through duplication.

About Avidus

Avidus Management Group Inc. (www.asantae.com) (TSX-V: AVD, OTC: ASNHF) through its wholly owned subsidiary, Asantae, develops, produces and markets innovative nutritional products through direct and network marketing channels. The ingredients in Asantae's products have been shown to reduce chronic low-grade inflammation and oxidative stress, and support a healthy immune system that, according to scientific and medical research, are the underlying conditions for most modern epidemic diseases (diabetes, heart disease, obesity, stroke, etc.). 

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SOURCE: Avidus Management Group Inc.