TypeError: $this.flexslider is not a function

Hi appreciate any help with this.

I made sure i have got the flexslider javascript files placed in the sites/all/libraries/flexslider folder. I can see the js files being loaded in the header tag.

im not sure why im getting this TypeError: $this.flexslider is not a function on line 13: $this.flexslider(settings.flexslider.optionsets[optionset]);

It seems like its not able to find the flexslider library js as it cant recognize the flexslider method?

Module seems to be loaded fine but cant figure out why im getting this error.

Appreciate any help on this!