• Zenergy’s Zero Cost Program makes it possible to reduce utility consumption by 20 to 60 percent
• Green-certified homes in Texas sold for eight percent more than comparable properties
• Energy efficiency improvements slowed energy demand worldwide by 12 percent
• Zenergy’s customized, energy conservation-related services help reduce carbon footprint and energy consumption

A new report on its way from the International Energy Agency (IEA), a Paris-based energy watchdog, suggests that global demand for fuels of all kinds continued to grow in 2017 despite stronger calls for energy conservation, a Bloomberg article states (http://ibn.fm/qK0Ey). While the bulk of the increasing demand for energy comes from emerging economies such as China and India, the message of energy conservation continues to be a central goal of many governments and industries.

Next-generation energy and technology company Zenergy Brands, Inc. (OTC: ZNGY) aspires to be the industry leader and facilitator of change by leading small and medium-sized customers toward sustainable energy efficiency and conservation goals (http://ibn.fm/FqehA).

Zenergy, headquartered in Texas, operates in the emerging smart energy, conservation and utility industries, providing a suite of conservation-based products and services. Clients achieve sustainability goals, reduce carbon emissions, improve their bottom lines and reduce utility consumption by 20 to 60 percent when paired with Zenergy’s cutting-edge Zero Cost Program (http://ibn.fm/n3rZe). “Sustainability as a Service” and “Energy Conservation as a Service” are two phrases embraced by Zenergy CEO Alex Rodriguez, who said they “best describe the nature of our Zero Cost Program,” because it represents a true value proposition for the customer (http://ibn.fm/xfNhC).

The program is designed to help customers reduce electricity, natural gas and water consumption. With every Zero Cost Contract initiated, Zenergy performs an industry best practices analysis to help customers realize how they can reach their sustainability goals and lessen their carbon footprint. The Zero Cost Program utilizes proven conservation technologies such as smart controls, building automation, LED lighting solutions, refrigeration optimization, efficient water systems, EC motor controls, demand-size management and load factor correction (http://ibn.fm/BKf1F).

Zero Cost Program customers pay a portion of their utility expense savings to Zenergy over the term of the agreement, projected at a five-year minimum, while the company handles upfront costs associated with the necessary conservation equipment. The company recently closed a Zero Cost contract with a Texas-based franchisee of a recognized fast food chain, which Jeff Bay-Anderson, Zenergy vice president of business development, said is a deal worth nearly $400,000 (http://ibn.fm/4xVB0).

For residential customers, there’s another attractive reason to invest in conservation efforts provided by Zenergy. Recent studies in the California and Texas real estate markets show that green-certified homes are bringing in higher prices than comparable homes with minimal or no green features. In Texas, green certified homes sold for eight percent more than homes without energy conservation and other green improvements, according to an article in the Washington Post (http://ibn.fm/wXVbK). Up to two-thirds of those building a new home say they are willing to pay more for homes with significant green features such as energy-efficient appliances, heavy-duty insulation, water conservation, healthy indoor air quality and other tested energy conservation measures.

Driving down energy consumption today means employing improving energy conservation technologies and being more mindful of the planet’s limited resources. Zenergy’s aims to enrich businesses through responsible energy use and management, increase the enterprise value and bottom line for its customers and significantly reduce the carbon footprint and demand on the nation’s energy grid and water supply.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ZenergyBrands.com

• First Cobalt announces filing of technical report supporting the maiden resource estimate for its 100 percent owned Iron Creek Project in Idaho
• Idaho property continues to reveal hidden potential for copper, cobalt development
• Company extending drilling into wider areas beyond established strike length for two zones, with higher grades of the metals found
• Higher-grade copper findings also correlate with silver, expanding options for the company

Pure-play cobalt company First Cobalt Corp. (TSX.V: FCC) (OTCQX: FTSSF) (ASX: FCC) is following up on the encouraging September 26 maiden resource estimate for its Idaho exploration project (http://ibn.fm/xc3ru) with news that drilling within wider mineralized zones has encountered high-grade copper and cobalt intercepts, confirming metal zonation and establishing further options for development.

A 30,000-meter drilling effort undertaken at the Iron Creek Cobalt Project site this year is extending the strike length of mineralization found in two zones, known as “Waite” and “No Name.” Drill holes at the western end of what is now an inferred resource-stage project returned intercepts that include 10.0 meters (32.8 feet) of copper measuring 4.04 percent and 8.0 meters (26.2 feet) of copper measuring 3.16 percent, including 1.4 meters (4.6 feet) of copper measuring 6.56 percent and 20.5 grams per ton of silver. There were also cobalt intercepts of 1.04 percent over 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) and 0.51 percent over 4.1 meters (13.4 feet), according to a news release about the findings (http://ibn.fm/F6GY3).

The company describes high-grade copper as findings of over four percent, and notes that they “correlate strongly with silver,” containing more than 10 grams per ton. The first hole returned select high-grade intercepts of eight percent copper and 19.4 grams per ton of silver over one meter (3.3 feet) true width, and 6.56 percent copper and 20.5 grams per ton of silver over 1.4 meters (4.6 feet) true width.

Cobalt remains the company’s priority resource. In the “No Name” zone, copper-rich lenses are concentrated at the upper part of the zone, and associated higher-grade cobalt mineralization is generally located at the lower part. Higher-grade copper has been found in the extension of the Waite zone but has only been explored by way of a few holes thus far.

“High grade cobalt and copper zones within wider mineralized zones, such as those reported here, expand our options for development as we look to the future of this project,” President and CEO Trent Mell stated in the news release. “As work advances, I am repeatedly impressed by the increasing potential of this resource and look forward to updating our mineral resource estimate in early 2019 with results from the ongoing program.”

The company expects to get a third drill rig on site this month to begin a bore-hole geophysical survey that aims to identify new targets and additional extensions of the known mineralization. The higher-grade cobalt of the currently expanded zone has primarily been at the eastern end and the higher-grade copper at the western end. The six exploratory drill holes have extended the total strike length of the Waite Zone to 520 meters (1,706 feet) along a dip length of more than 250 meters (820 feet) from the surface.

First Cobalt intends to test the length of the mineralized zone strike to more than 1,000 meters (3,281 feet) and test down dip extensions of identified cobalt-copper zones to over 300 meters (984 feet) below the surface, since the strike remains open-ended at this point. In addition, the company has now announced the filing of a technical report 43-101 supporting the maiden resource estimate for its 100 percent owned Iron Creek Project in Idaho.

Cobalt is an in-demand metal because of its relative scarcity and importance to high-tech batteries used for all manner of computerized equipment ranging from smartphones to electric vehicles. International metals and minerals consultancy firm Roskill predicts that enough refined-capacity cobalt will exist through 2021 at present supply rates, but states that “there is considerable uncertainty thereafter” (http://ibn.fm/pU614), creating a field of opportunity for companies like First Cobalt.

For more information, visit the company’s website at http://ibn.fm/FTSSF

• REFG offers a diverse commitment to the legalized cannabis industry, as digital payment processor and also as a hemp grower that owns SpeedyGrow, licensed in Colorado
• A total of 31 states plus D.C. have legalized medical marijuana, and nine states and D.C. have legalized both medical and recreational marijuana in the U.S.
• Patients and cannabis customers may sign up for Green online; the cards can be branded to the vendor, create a safe and compliant tier one processing system and build customer loyalty

Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions (OTC: REFG) is positioned for gains in the marijuana industry as both a payment processor and hemp grower while cannabis continues to emerge as a mainstream industry. A growing number of U.S. states have legalized medical and recreational marijuana, and Canada recently approved its use throughout the country (http://ibn.fm/3tLY2).

REFG offers Green as a tier one digital payment system that processes payments safely and creates a non-cash environment for cannabis dispensaries and retailers. It is Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) complaint, available to the entire cannabis market and available for online signup. The company notes that the platform can handle all payments for a small business retailer (http://ibn.fm/D1XtC).

Medicinal marijuana is now legal in 31 states, plus D.C., and nine states and D.C. have legalized both medical and recreational marijuana (http://ibn.fm/hZfVz). Canada recently made the plant legal nationwide, the second country to do so.

In addition to operating payment processor Green, REFG is directly involved in growing and processing hemp. REFG, a Nevada-based company, recently acquired SpeedyGrow, a Wyoming-based firm licensed to grow and process hemp in Colorado (http://ibn.fm/cxkHU). REFG has said that it intends to apply for state licenses to grow industrial hemp in Utah (http://ibn.fm/m67Zk) and Vermont (http://ibn.fm/WSFwN).

REFG’s Green enables merchants to complete their own financial transactions successfully by handling internal payments, such as accounts payable, vendor payments and any other invoices incurred by a small business. To the consumer, Green handles cryptocurrency payments. The customer or patient can also pay directly from a bank account without requiring cash.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Take.Green

• GreenBox, through its technology, offer quick, easy transactions in real time
• Its blockchain gateway is TrustGateway
• The company’s products include QuickCard, Loopz and GreenBox POS

GreenBox POS, LLC (OTC: GRBX), a hardware and software technology company headquartered in San Diego, builds customized payment solutions for a host of industries. The company’s focus is blockchain secured ledger technology. This can include custom point-of-sale systems and kiosks. GreenBox has developed what it believes to be the quickest and safest way to send and process money employing blockchain technology.

With its advanced technology, GreenBox offers fast and easy transactions in real time. Businesses receive money immediately, the moment a transaction occurs. The company offers a highly customizable, all-in-one payment network. The network utilizes blockchain technology to provide cashless solutions for all kinds of businesses.

TrustGateway is GreenBox’s blockchain gateway. TrustGateway leverages IP correlations, biometrics, location matching and other information not available to standard gateways. The system automatically flags if someone attempts to assume another personality. It subsequently reverses the activity instantly. Therefore, no harm ever impacts the physical cash.

GreenBox’s product family includes QuickCard, Loopz and GreenBox POS. QuickCard permits merchants and customers to interact and pay without cash. The QuickCard kiosk handles all cash issues for cashless operations and legacy cash operations. QuickCard provides a blockchain technology-powered e-wallet. It confirms bank account availability right away and accepts cash, debit/credit card or ACH directly to most banks. QuickCard ensures security and privacy, as well as reliability.

TrustGateway and QuickCard are integrated systems. Together, they provide the security of an owned blockchain gateway. As such, they are highly resistant to fraudulent transactions. The design of the technology is for the largest platform in existence. It it will be analyzed by two major U.S. commercial banks and one of the largest payment infrastructures in the United States.

Loopz is a delivery software solution that uses an SAAS engine for tracking and organization. It provides service dispatcher back-end technology with automatic and manual modes. Loopz features two mobile applications – driver and consumer. These run on Android and iOS. Loopz offers direct reporting to point-of-sale inventory and utilizes pay for instant settlements.

GreenBox POS is a regular point-of-sale system. It employs innovative blockchain technology to pay and process money. GreenBox software features operational compliance, financial audit preparation, expense tracking, tax payments and register-specific features. It also features data fidelity controls, such as backup/restore, cloud security, privacy and more. The system integrates seamlessly with the company’s QuickCard system.

Being the gold standard for the way that all financial ledgers, for any industry, are created and maintained, GreenBox is advancing its technology via innovation. The company is set for even more growth upon the adoption of its technology by commercial banks and payment infrastructures. GreenBox continues to develop blockchain secured ledger technology to serve the needs of diverse industries.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.GreenBoxPOS.com

• Partnerships with selective world class yacht manufacturers such as Johnson Yachts, Mazu Yachts, Sunreef Luxury Catamarans, Heliotrope Catamarans as well as yacht tenders’ manufacturer Argos Nautic
• Expert advice provided to guide clients through purchase or commissioning of next boat, yacht or ship with team of experienced sales reps, vessel and engine surveyors, yacht documentation experts, maintenance crew available
• Subsidiary Excalibur Trailers USA approved by SAE International to build custom, marine aluminum trailers for recreational boats, as well as for commercial boat transport
• Annual U.S. sales of boats, marine products and services totaled $39 billion in 2017, up 7 percent from 2016
• Florida led the nation in 2017 for sales of new powerboat, engine, trailer and accessories at $2.9 billion, up 10 percent from 2016

Victory Marine Holdings Corp. (OTC: VMHG) is a world-class yacht sales, brokerage and consulting firm with a sprawling inventory of new and used boats, financing, insurance, documentation and recreational marine accessories. Located in Miami, Florida – the “yacht capital of the world” – Victory Marine has over 20 years of experience in an industry hailed as “an American pastime and economic engine” by the National Marine Manufacturers Association (“NMMA”).

According to the NMMA, marine sales reached $39 billion in 2017. To capture its share of this market, Victory Marine has established partnerships with several selective manufacturers and is pursuing opportunities for vertical growth. While the company’s near-term focus is on expansion of its inventory and sales team, its longer-term plans reflect the current state of the broader yacht industry.

Marine sales are at a 10-year high, and though yacht manufacturers are operating at full capacity, delivery of some products can take longer than 18 months. As a result, Victory Marine is taking steps to establish its own pipeline. Management is currently in negotiations with several yacht manufacturers to build the company its own unique, private-label design, which would enable Victory Marine to quickly deliver a superior product to its clients.

Demand for recreational boat trailers is also on the rise, with growth reported for nearly all powerboat segments. Florida continues to ride the top of that crest with sales of powerboats, trailers, and accessories up 10 percent in 2017 to $2.9 billion, followed by Texas ($1.7 billion) and Michigan ($982 million).

Victory Marine’s wholly owned Excalibur Trailers USA subsidiary is set to take advantage of this market, and is approved by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International) to build custom marine aluminum trailers for recreational boats, as well as for commercial boat transport. Excalibur Trailers USA has filed the necessary paperwork to trademark its brand name and logo and is seeking a suitable manufacturing facility in South Florida for production of powerboat, sailboat, catamaran, powerboat and Jet Ski trailers.

Leading Victory Marine to capture its share of the market is company CEO Orlando Hernandez, whose experience in the marine industry includes negotiation, business planning, investor relations, operations management and sales. He is joined by veteran yacht broker Gary Beaver, who has more than 20 years of successful yacht sales and industry experience. Beaver brings to Victory Marine his portfolio of approximately 25 vessel listings, valued in excess of $10 million.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.VictoryMarineHoldings.com

• DeepMarkit is an e-commerce technology company
• The company helps businesses use games to promote their brands and engage audiences
• Its gamification technology platform focuses on the creation of branded games

DeepMarkit Corp. (TSX.V: MKT) (OTCQB: MKTDF) has a strong patent-pending “Gamification” Technology Platform. Its platform enables businesses to create branded games, so they can convert players into leads and leads into customers. DeepMarkit’s management has wide-ranging experience in creating and marketing top-notch gaming products. DeepMarkit is the only publicly listed company focused on gamification. The company is based in Calgary, Alberta.

‘Gamify’ is DeepMarkit’s proprietary promotions platform. Gamify helps merchants build their newsletter subscriptions and email marketing lists. In addition, Gamify helps merchants convert store visitors into paying customers. The company’s Gamify Slide Out encompasses DeepMarkit’s conversion tools. The aim of the basic conversion tool is to be up and running in less than 10 minutes. Gamify Slide Out features monthly subscription plans, distributed by way of ecommerce platforms.

The free version of Gamify Slide Out is available for free download across numerous ecommerce platforms. These platforms include Shopify, Weebly, BigCommerce and WooCommerce. Gamify Slide Out is also available as a plug-in for WordPress. DeepMarkit’s focus is on converting its free customers into paying customers. Its strategy to accomplish this is an enhanced Gamify Slide Out with paid features to encourage users to upgrade to the company’s paid plans.

The primary benefit for businesses is that Gamification technology merges game-like features with a non-game platform. The goal is to collect useful consumer data from online games. Brick and mortar retailers see the benefit of collecting consumer data and providing better customer experiences. This assists them in competing with increasing ecommerce sales. DeepMarkit is addressing this issue by helping businesses engage consumers and other audiences via gaming. The company’s objective is to become a leader for physical in-store conversions.

Gamification is a growing trend. Consider that the worldwide gamification market is on course to reach $22+ billion in 2021/2022. Prescient & Strategic (P&S) Intelligence notes that North America has been the largest contributor to worldwide gamification revenue. The expectation is that the gamification market will experience considerable growth in the Asia-Pacific region in the near term (http://ibn.fm/FedeU).

To this end, DeepMarkit’s Gamify attracted a $1.5 million investment from Allstate International LLC in Hong Kong in June 2017. This gives Allstate International a significant opportunity to bring the Gamify platform into the burgeoning Asian gaming market. With this investment, Allstate received a 10 percent interest in DeepMarkit.

DeepMarkit’s aim is to help merchants use the data collected from gamification to efficiently expand their customer bases. The company’s new product line will enable businesses to create and run gamified campaigns outside their websites, throughout social media, as well as in paid advertisements. The result is more sales for businesses and growth for DeepMarkit and its shareholders.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.DeepMarkit.com

• ETST finalizes agreement with Groupe Opmedic Inc. and its Procrea Fertility Laboratories for lab services to detect sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in women using Hygee
• ETST is in talks with an organic CBD grower and processor for it to provide an exclusive business/supply agreement that will give ETST a consistent industrial hemp source
• Company’s pipeline includes several CBD-based pharmaceutical formulas; ETST expects that its pure hemp oil and new formulas will eventually be sold globally

Earth Science Tech, Inc. (OTCQB: ETST) has advanced on two fronts with its goals of further penetrating the CBD market and medical testing device field to detect STIs in women. Both could result in revenue growth for the company and a larger role in both of these markets.

For Hygee, it has reached agreement with Groupe Opmedic Inc. and its Procrea Fertility Laboratories to offer its lab services for the detection of STIs in women who use Hygee. ETST has already proven Hygee’s ability to detect chlamydia, and the company is now working to validate similar results for gonorrhea. Additionally, the company anticipates testing for other STIs and non-STI infections that will make the device even more important (http://ibn.fm/4kIrP).

“We are excited to be working with a partner that has the same vision as we do,” Dr. Michel Aubé, CEO and CSO of ETST, stated in a news release. “We are concerned for the health of all women and the babies they carry when pregnant. The CT test is so essential for infant’s health that the World Health Organization (WHO) encourages all sexually active women between the ages of 15 and 25 to be tested once a year.” Procrea Fertility offers an advanced range of lab testing of cervical cells.

On the CBD front, ETST is in discussions with an organic grower and processor for an exclusive business/supply relationship that offers the company its outdoor organic industrial hemp plants, mixing, extraction, bottling and packaging on an exclusive basis. ETST believes such an arrangement would enable a consistent, marketable industrial hemp source. If completed, it would create more revenues for ETST, according to Nickolas S. Tabraue, president, director and chairman of ETST (http://ibn.fm/ghbac).

ETST is a biotech company based in Doral, Florida, marketing and developing CBD products for the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical fields. The company is focused on the cannabidiol, pharmaceutical, and nutraceutical sectors, as well as the development, through subsidiaries, of medical devices and research. ETST’s goal is to become a world leader in the CBD space.

ETST holds several wholly owned subsidiaries. Cannabis Therapeutics is an emerging biotechnology company. KannaBidioiD manufactures and distributes in the recreational sector. Earth Science Foundation, Inc. is becoming a non-profit and accepts grants and donations to conduct additional studies. Earth Science Pharmaceutical develops medical diagnostic tools and vaccines. It also formed subsidiary Canno Inno Laboratories Inc., a strategic Montreal, Canada-based company that provides ETST with access to government grants.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.EarthScienceTech.com

• Co-sponsor of “Latin America Night” at 124th Canton Fair, China’s most influential import and export fair held in Guangzhou, China
• Promotion of B2B e-commerce trade solutions and Agri-Blockchain system for supply-chain management for cross-border transactions to be featured
• Proprietary multi-lingual e-commerce B2B and B2C trade platform under development
• Immutability of blockchain technology applicable for all industries, making complex supply chains safer and significantly more manageable

Pacific Software, Inc. (OTC: PFSF), an emerging development technology corporation and master licensor of Hyperledger blockchain-based systems, is slated to co-sponsor “Latin America Night” at the 124th session of the historic Canton Fair PDC Design Show. This highly anticipated international trade show spotlights innovative companies from around the globe with an emphasis on foreign trade and economic development (www.CantonFair.net). Pacific Software will promote its B2B e-commerce solutions and blockchain system for supply-chain management with a unique focus on Brazil and Agri-trade possibilities with China, a news release states (http://ibn.fm/NcUQh).

Pacific Software will actively promote “Latin America Night,” scheduled for October 31 at the Westin Pazhou Hotel, with a host of cultural and tourism exhibits from Brazil, including special food tasting demonstrations. Trade associations and delegations will be invited to learn more about Pacific Software’s unique e-commerce/blockchain platform that currently focuses on the agricultural supply chain between Brazil and China.

The multilingual platform being developed by Cobalt 47 Technologies Ltd., a spin-off of leading Chinese Microsoft distributor KBQuest Group, Inc., is set to launch in November of this year, a news release states (http://ibn.fm/ZhM7U). Pacific Software has developed a working relationship with the local government in the Brazilian state of Rondônia, one of Brazil’s largest agricultural regions, to assist in enhancing the exportation of agricultural products to China. While the primary focus remains trade and supply chains between China and Brazil, the possibilities are certainly more far-reaching with a much wider application, the company notes.

Pacific Software’s Agri-blockchain platform will improve transparency and trust in the origin and quality of food products by employing blockchain’s transformative ability to track products from origin to final destination. Any contamination source can speedily be identified, which can accelerate removal of the tainted item from agricultural channels, Pacific Software President Peter Pizzino said during an interview with New Economies (http://ibn.fm/vOq6V). Using IBM’s Hyperledger Blockchain “Backend as a Service” infrastructure, Pacific Software’s platform will be able to store, record and track digital product information from farm to fare, including batch identification numbers, expiration dates, factory and processing information, shipping details and more.

Pacific Software’s foray into China is bound to elevate opportunities as the company builds valuable relationships linking Brazilian agricultural suppliers with Chinese distributors.

More information about the 124th Canton Fair, celebrating ‘A Badge of Friendship: A Bridge for Trade’, can be found at www.CantonFair.org.cn/en

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.PacificSoftwareInc.com

• As cannabidiol oil market explodes, Youngevity expands HempFX product line
• Product diversification reduces revenue volatility
• Direct seller with its own 1,000-acre coffee plantation
• Clinched $250 million five-year coffee supply contract

If diversification is the road to portfolio efficiency, then the expansion of its HempFX product line should take Youngevity International, Inc. (NASDAQ: YGYI) closer to optimizing its risk-return position. Already well diversified with its eggs in many baskets, Youngevity is a leading omni-direct lifestyle company offering products in the top eight selling retail categories of health and nutrition, home and family, food and beverage (including coffee), spa and beauty, fashion, essential oils, photo and innovative services. Expanding its cannabidiol oil product line takes the company further along the road of revenue stability and risk reduction. With the new products, Youngevity is also doubling down on its mission to promote healthy lifestyles. The therapeutic benefits of cannabidiol oil are being increasingly recognized.

Earlier this year, Youngevity announced its intention to enter the cannabidiol oil market with a proprietary line of hemp-derived products. The timing was auspicious, for the cannabidiol oil market is expanding rapidly. Indeed, the Hemp Business Journal projects that consumer sales of cannabidiol products will reach $2.1 billion by 2020, with $450 million of that coming from hemp-based sources. That would represent a 700 percent increase from 2016. Demand for cannabidiol oil has exploded as its uses have expanded. Cannabidiol oil can now be found in cosmetics, medications, food and health supplements (http://ibn.fm/6jnZv).

Youngevity introduced the HempFX product line at its August 2018 convention in San Diego, California. The three debut products were labeled with reassuring names – Soothe, Relax and Uplift – which emphasized their curative properties. Soothe supports a healthy immune system and soothes sore, tired and achy muscles and joints. It contains Youngevity’s proprietary hemp-derived cannabinoid oil, as well as a variety of herbs, minerals and a powerful antioxidant – glutathione. Relax has the same cannabinoid oil base found in Soothe, to which is added a number of calming botanicals, such as chamomile, lavender, valerian and melatonin, that naturally induce slumber. Uplift combines Youngevity’s exclusive hemp-derived cannabinoid oil with St. John’s Wort and a specialized set of natural terpenes (cannabinoid enhancers).

The HempFX additions are ‘HempFX Hydration – Sleep’ and ‘HempFX Hydration – Pure’, both of which come in tablet form. They are meant to be used with Youngevity’s Y-DR8+ proprietary, portable water bottle system, which produces great tasting water and reduces chemicals found in tap water. The cannabidiol tablets are housed in the system and dissolve as the water flows over them. The Y-DR8 filter features (ACC) activated carbon cloth and is portable to fit today’s “On the go lifestyle.”

‘HempFX Hydration – Sleep’ combines melatonin with organic, full spectrum, hemp-derived cannabidiol oil and is formulated to improve sleep patterns that contribute to a restful night. ‘HempFX Hydration – Pure’ is added to water and quickly dissolves as it is consumed. It contains 25mg of organic, hemp-derived cannabidiol oil per tablet and is designed to provide a daily dose of cannabidiol to anyone who wants a full-spectrum cannabinoid product. Both ‘HempFX Hydration – Sleep’ and ‘HempFX Hydration – Pure’ are expected to be available in November of this year.

The cannabidiol oil product portfolio takes the number of SKUs available from Youngevity to well over 2,000. Leveraging its direct-selling network, the company now offers products in a wide range of market segments, including apparel and accessories, business lending, health and wellness, home and garden, lifestyle products, nutritional supplements, skincare and cosmetics, packaged foods, pet care, telecare health services, weight management and gourmet coffee. Additionally, the company owns a 1,000-acre coffee plantation in Matagalpa, Nicaragua.

Through wholly owned subsidiary CLR Roasters, Youngevity has entered into a five-year contract for the sale and processing of over 41 million pounds of green (un-roasted) coffee on an annual basis (http://ibn.fm/JLaAL). Based on current coffee prices and coffee futures, this contract should generate revenues in excess of $50 million per year for each year of the five-year deal. The purchaser of the coffee is a major coffee importer and exporter that has, for over 70 years, been supplying some of the largest coffee brands in the industry. Revenue for this contract covers the period from 2019 through 2023, with first shipments to begin in January 2019.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.YGYI.com

• Gamification uses gaming elements to drive customer engagement
• Gamification market exploding at CAGR of 45 percent
• Market is expected to hit $23 billion by 2022

By 2022, gamification is expected to be a $23 billion dollar industry, an estimate of income that would place the fast developing sector, if it were a nation state, ahead of Malta, Iceland, Monaco and about 50 other countries. It’s already a significant business, with a value, in 2015, close to $2 billion, and it’s experiencing phenomenal growth – a CAGR of over 45 percent – due to advances in digital technology and the exponential growth in the use of smartphones and mobile devices (http://ibn.fm/NOldr). Gamification is being increasingly recognized as an effective way to engage online visitors and convert them into customers. Now, encouraged by these trends and the growing passion for gaming, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, DeepMarkit Inc. (TSX.V: MKT) (OTCQB: MKTDF) has launched its proprietary promotions platform, ‘Gamify’. Currently, it is the only public company focused on the burgeoning gamification sector.

Gamification is a way of harnessing the characteristics associated with our game-playing inclinations to achieve business and marketing objectives. It is an approach that incorporates gaming principles into phases of the customer engagement process or designs aspects of the process as games. It is proving to be a potently effective way of evoking a positive customer response, no doubt because of our naturally playful nature. The impulse to “play” appears to be encoded in the DNA of Homo sapiens. It is our natural pursuit as children and, as adults, our game playing goes on, driven by our delight in socializing, our demand for status, our need for self-expression, our competitive instincts, the desire to develop and master skills and many other psychological factors.

The DeepMarkit platform – Gamify – has been designed to encapsulate many of these properties by a team that has been developing games successfully for 15 years. Darold Parken, DeepMarkit’s president and CEO, was instrumental in building Chartwell Technologies, later sold to Amaya Gaming, now known as The Stars Group (NASDAQ: TSG), a company with a market cap that’s close to $8 billion. The Gamify platform uses games and gaming elements to generate leads, to promote products and deliver rewards, and to build brand awareness and customer loyalty. With it, customers can build branded games that incentivize audiences, generate leads and drive sales (http://ibn.fm/q5k7Q).

Gamification can improve conversion rates, turning visitors into customers. Having large numbers of visitors to an ecommerce site is just a starting point and contributes nothing to the top line if they leave without taking action. Typical “bounce rates” – the percentage of single interaction visits to a website – are around 50 percent, i.e., about half who visit an online store exit a click or two later. Consequently, incentives that increase their desire to stay play a vital role in closing sales.

The DeepMarkit Gamify platform is designed to reduce bounce rates. Through the use of unique branded games, the platform turns visitors into players, players into leads and leads into sales. It integrates a variety of gaming elements with interactive advertising and powerful visuals, including 3-D images, and is flexible enough to be scaled for campaigns of all sizes. The platform is also suitable for multi-channel and omni-channel approaches that incorporate web, mobile and social media. At present, both free and paid solutions are available (http://ibn.fm/fsUkA) on many major ecommerce platforms, including Shopify, BigCommerce and WooCommerce, and also as a plugin for WordPress, which opens the way for easy and broad adoption.

Gamify also offers a selection of easily customizable gaming apps featuring a customer’s branded e-store in addition to tailored landing pages, technical support, real-time analytics, data collection and an engaging marketing campaign. The platform’s patent-pending app comes complete with unique user incentives that draw consumers in with games and prizes, which in turn engage shoppers, turning them into buyers and brand promoters.

In June 2017, DeepMarkit attracted a $1.5 million investment from Allstate International LLC in Hong Kong. The investment gives Allstate a 10 percent stake in DeepMarkit and an opportunity to bring the Gamify platform into the growing Asian gaming market

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.DeepMarkit.com