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As the months passed by and she found herself once again enjoying all the wonderful<br />
benefits of good health, that dream of so long ago re-entered her mind. It was that dream of<br />
finding something that would enable her and Wayne to make a difference and leave their mark<br />
upon this world.<br />
With renewed energy and the excitement of finding a way to share this powerful product,<br />
one evening she and Wayne sat at their kitchen table to discuss how they might go about<br />
distributing this “miracle from the seas.” Their initial thought was to put it into the hands of<br />
doctors who might recommend it to their patients. Her own doctors had marveled at her<br />
recovery.<br />
Late in the year of 1984 their company, which they chose to name Doctor’s Signature,<br />
was formed. In the beginning, Gerri worked with their daughter Marjorie in organizing the<br />
business and they set up an office in their garage. Gerri explains, “At first we tried contacting<br />
doctors by phone with the hope of setting up an appointment to share with them this product<br />
that we believed so much in. It didn’t take long to realize that this would not work. We then<br />
decided to take information to the doctors, so we had some flyers printed up and began<br />
distributing them at medical offices and hospitals.” It was in mid-1985 that Wayne decided to put<br />
his full time efforts into their dream, and so he joined in the business operations and in<br />
distributing the information. He states with a smile, “We were thrown out of some of the best<br />
medical facilities in San Diego.” Throughout the discouraging days, their persistence did not<br />
diminish because every once in awhile someone would show an interest in wanting to try their<br />
product. Because they did not have the means at the time to manufacture Body Balance, they<br />
contracted with an outside manufacturer to handle that facet of the business. Over time,<br />
Doctor’s Signature began to grow.<br />
The real boost to their business came one day when they knocked on the door of the San<br />
Diego Clinic of Preventive Medicine and were introduced to Dr. William J. Saccoman, M.D. He<br />
warmly invited them in and sat down to learn about what they had to offer. He was very much<br />
interested and asked to try the product. Several days later he called and said he had done some<br />
testing on their product and was extremely interested in recommending it to his patients. He<br />
states, “Body Balance is the most powerful nutrient rich product I have ever come across in my<br />
many years of medical practice.” He encouraged Wayne and Gerri to advertise in specific<br />
medical magazines and journals and gave them permission to use his name, which is widely<br />
known throughout the country in the preventive medicine arena. With his endorsement, and<br />
their new method of advertising, Doctor’s Signature began a tremendous growth period that<br />
extended into the 1990’s.<br />
As time and business progressed, they added other products to their line including the<br />
Colon Cleanse Program, Taheebo Tea, and the Herbal Body Wrap. These remained the<br />
product line for Doctor’s Signature and through the years, over 6,000 healthcare practitioners<br />
used and recommended Body Balance and the other Doctor’s Signature products. It was during<br />
these years that they moved from their garage office into a facility that allowed them to begin<br />
their own product manufacturing.<br />
In 1995, they began seriously thinking about another method of distributing their products<br />
so that they might reach even larger numbers of the country’s population. Several methods<br />
were taken into consideration and the chosen one was referral marketing. In January of 1996,<br />
the doors of wholesale marketing to healthcare practitioners were closed and the doors of Life<br />
Force International opened. Doctor’s Signature remains today the parent company of Life Force,