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- SFI AFFILIATE PROGRAM                                                                                      -If you have spent any time on the Internet, and
particularly if you have been trying to figure out
how to make money online, you have run across
the SFI affiliate program.
Perhaps you have taken the opportunity to
investigate it further, perhaps not. However, if you
have investigated a little more deeply, you have
seen a lot of claims about how great it is, and
maybe even a few comments about the SFI
"scam."
Well, what is the truth about SFI? Let's review the
program, shall we?
while people obviously want to know if they can
make money with the SFI affiliate program, let's
deal with the "scam" issue first. After all, if SFI is
a scam, then there's no sense going any further,
is there?
Since I do not know how much experience YOU
have with Internet marketing, or network
marketing, let me make a couple of points before
I get to the question, "Is SFI a scam?"
I have been in direct (mail) marketing since 1992,
in direct marketing since 1996, and in Internet
marketing since 1998. I have seen all kinds of
scams, and I have seen all kinds of claims for and
against many of the same programs. Here's what
I have observed.
While there definitely ARE quite a few rip-offs and
scams out there, many people who make claims
against network marketing and Internet marketing
programs make the claims because they fell prey
to hyped-up claims about what they could expect
from joining the program. Some people join and
sit back and wait for something to happen. Some
take a few half-hearted swings at selling some
product or signing up distributors and then give
up.
Here's the common thread. ALMOST ALL of those
who sign up for network marketing and/or
Internet marketing programs HAVE NO CLUE
WHAT THEY ARE DOING! At the same time, almost
all have been signed up by someone who has
raised their expectations to a fever pitch by
making inflated claims about how much money
they WILL MAKE, or about how fast their business
will grow.
The bottom line is, the growth of any business,
whether it is selling cosmetics (Avon), motor oil
(Amsoil), or a broad range of goods and services
(SFI) will depend on the time, effort, and talent of
the business owner or operator.
The question of whether a business is or is not a
scam does not depend on the number of people
who have been successful with it, but whether or
not it can and will deliver the goods, services, and
potential profits it claims. I have been with SFI
since 1992, and when I make a sale, my customer
gets the product, and I get the commission. I
have purchased and used many of the products,
and I have been satisfied with what I have
received for my payment.
Apparently my customers were satisfied as well,
as they have often come back and purchased
again and again. There have been dissatisfied
customers, there always are in retail, and I am
sure that many of them do not have a good
opinion of SFI.
Looking at it this way, if SFI is a scam because
some who have done business with it are
dissatisfied, then so are Sears, Wal-Mart, and Best
Buy.
There is the issue of misleading claims, however.
Well, once someone signs up to be distributor for
ANY program, there is not much a company can
do to prevent them from making inflated or
misleading claims. I remember a few years ago
reading a complaint about one of the most honest
companies I know. Someone had actually brought
a lawsuit against the company. What had
happened was that one of the independent
distributors had made false claims, directly
against company policy, but, as a result, everyone
assumed that it was the company making the
claim.
There ARE a lot of people trying to rip you off out
there in Internet-land, and some people who just
believe that "advertising" means making the
biggest, loudest, most audacious claim you can.
All I know is that if you go to one of my SFI
websites and purchase something, you will get
what you were promised at the price that was
quoted, and I will get my commission. If that is a
scam, then I am confused about the definition of
the word.
Sorry that took so long, but, when it comes to
SFI, and other network marketing and Internet
marketing companies, that issue seems to be a
big one.
Anyway, you came here for an SFI affiliate
program review. So, what IS SFI? What does it
do? What can YOU do with it?
SFI began about 11 years ago as "Six Figure
Income". Over time, it acquired an image of being
a get-rich-quick scheme due to the wild and
high-flying claims made by many SFI affiliates.
Also, however, although starting with only one
product available for sale only in the United
States, it progressed to being an international
organization offering a huge range of products,
and the SFI business opportunity, to over 100
countries.
In fact, founder Gery Carson's dream was to
create a business opportunity available to anyone
with a computer and Internet access anywhere in
the world. That dream has been a reality for
several years now, as thousands of SFI affiliates
sell millions of dollars in product every year.
As businesses will, over time, the original Six
Figure Income affiliate program became the
"Secure Future International Marketing Group",
retaining the SFI mark which had become known
around the world.
Recently, Gery Carson launched a new and
improved SFI affiliate program based on two sites
in particular. TripleClicks and EyeEarn.
Of course, you are reading this to find out what
you get if you choose to sign up as an SFI
affiliate.
As it has been since the start of SFI, every new
SFI affiliate receives not only one, but a range of
free SFI websites, a free online portal leading
people to several online stores for name products,
free training on how to market online, and an
array of free marketing materials, including
banners, flyers, text ads, and presentations.
There is no cost for any of this to the SFI affiliate,
but he or she is tasked with the responsibility of
leading people to one of their websites. After that,
the SFI infrastructure takes over. People arrive at
a professionally designed, and regularly updated,
website. Should they make a purchase, they are
automatically assigned as a customer of the SFI
affiliate whose website they purchased from. SFI
will see to processing the payment, delivering the
product, and even make the refund if required.
The affiliate receives a commission for the sale.
Many SFI products are either subscriptions to a
service, such as web hosting, membership in the
IAHBE (International Association of Home
Business Entrepreneurs), or the IAB Health
Benefits Plan: or are expendable products such as
nutritional supplements which need to be re-
ordered from time to time. Sales of products such
as these allow the SFI affiliate to not only make a
commission on the original sale, but to create
recurring, or residual, income.
Sales of some products will allow the SFI affiliate
to receive points, and, with enough points, they
can begin to create a downline of other SFI
affiliates whose sales will generate additional
income.
The SFI affiliate program is an excellent place for
the beginning Internet marketer to get started for
the following reasons:
1. It is entirely free to join
2. It provides all marketing materials, including
several professionally designed websites for free
3. It provides an extensive training program in
Internet marketing (free)
4. It offers a broad range of products and services
for the SFI affiliate to choose to target
If you cannot succeed with the SFI affiliate
program, there is a good chance that you will not
succeed with Internet marketing at all, as your
only task would be to lead potential, and
interested, customers to the websites provided by
the SFI affiliate program.
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