Here is an example of how our Founder and President communicates with us - July 3, 2002: (There's a difference between hype and excitement - this is excitement and anticipation.) (Update: 8/9/06 - a lot of things have changed, and all for the better. Some items have been modified and others added. Come on in and see for yourself - sign up free with no obligation. We've been with SFI for over six years now and cashing our check each month!)
Dear SFI Affiliate,
What a year it's been! But you ain't seen nothin' yet! Read on to get all the latest major announcements... .
As many of you know, this month marks the second-year anniversary of the launch of SFI's flagship product, Full-Circle Success. In celebration of this milestone, I'd like to recap, for those who may have missed them, some of the highlights of the past 12 months.
Let's start with enrollment. SFI is now an astonishing 7 MILLION+ strong... over 5 million of whom joined SFI since last July!! In doing so, we have clearly become one of the Internet's greatest success stories. Yet, relatively speaking, SFI is still just an infant, barely yet crawling.
Imagine where SFI will be with a few more years under it's belt. Imagine the affiliate income possible when SFI is a billion dollar company...and rest assured, that is where we plan to be.
However, you can't build an empire on a weak foundation. That's why we invested hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past year strengthening our email delivery capabilities, servers, key communications, and other vital infrastructure.
Though we are not 100% there in every case, we have made HUGE improvements and the results are clearly showing.
With such excellent growth, commission checks are growing for thousands of affiliates! Better yet, all indications are that SFI is starting into an exciting new growth phase. We'll no doubt be cutting some of the biggest commission checks in our history soon. Come ride the wave with us!
*** From a product line standpoint, SFI has absolutely exploded during the past 12 months.
Just two years ago, SFI had basically ONE product: Full-Circle Success. Today, SFI has its own long distance phone service and internet service with more than 3,400 dial-up locations worldwide (more than AOL) under our AdvantaChoice brand.
We also have our own line of private-labeled (Veriuni) nutritional products and all-natural cleaning products. We also now have our own Personal Care, Skin Care, Dental Care, and Sports Performance products featuring Activated Oxygen. (See http://www.sfimg.com/products/ for more details)
We also launched our AdvantaChoice Discount Magazine service which now features OVER 650 magazine titles.
In addition to our own private-labeled offerings, we also launched the brand new SFI POWERPOINTS PARTNERS MALL (http://www.buysfi.com). The Powerpoints Mall is your one-stop shop for VIRTUALLY ANYTHING!
Indeed, the Powerpoints Mall has mushroomed to nearly 150 merchants featuring OVER ONE MILLION products and services from such trusted names as Avon, Wal-Mart, and Barnes & Noble, at a wide range of prices to suit every budget.
Here are just a FEW of the outstanding stores now available to you through SFI. Remember, all purchases from our mall earns you SVP, and boosts the Powerpoints Pool.
Avon
Barnes and Noble
Bath and Body
CD universe
Columbia House
Cooking.com
DisneyBlast
eBay
Eddie Bauer
Famous Footwear
Florist.com
Gardener's Supply Company
H&R Block
Half.com
Hallmark
Hickory Farms
Home Shopping Network
J&R Computer/Music World
JCWhitney
Lillian Vernon
Micro Warehouse
OfficeDepot
OfficeMax
Omaha Steaks
PETsMART
The Sharper Image
Travelocity.com
Verizon
Wal-Mart
For a COMPLETE LIST of all 140+ merchants, click here:
We're also making SFI better and better for our international affiliates: Two new mall merchants--eBay International UK and Sharper Image Europe have been added--make gaining MIE status, earning SVP, and contributing to the Powerpoints Mall a breeze for our affiliates outside the United States.
But it gets even better! Brand new Hot Deals throughout every category in the Powerpoints Mall lets you locate special sales and deals for dozens of Mall merchants. Don't waste time online or in brick-and-mortar stores searching in vain for money-saving deals...It's all been done for you at your store!
By shopping at the Powerpoints Mall, you'll earn valuable SVP, and contribute to the Powerpoints Pool which can increase your SFI commission check all at the same time! Why spend time and money shopping somewhere else, when you can get just about everything you need for your home, friends, and family--and make money for yourself--at your own store?
As super as all of the products are, don't be surprised if they're all soon taking a back seat to SFI's most ambitious undertaking yet: SMART CUSTOMER.
If you've not been following the Smart Customer developments, let me just put it this way to you: Would you have liked to have been part of the group that created Visa or Master Card? With Smart Customer, we may very well be heading down a parallel path. Whatever you do, keep your eye on Smart Customer!
Better yet, get involved NOW and help us launch this future giant! This is a true ground floor opportunity and one that could make thousands of SFI affiliates very wealthy. Here now is a brief update:
Much has happened since our original launch of the Smart Customer rewards program almost a year ago. Most notable is our relationship with another organization which shares a similar vision as SFI.
That organization, as some of you may already be aware, is SOURCE Inc. and their SCORE program. Together, we now have the opportunity to create a whole new business that could generate BILLIONS of dollars worth of transactions potentially flowing through Smart Customer.
So who exactly is SCORE and what are they bringing to the table? Well, it was pretty amazing back in December when we were contacted by SCORE and began to learn more about them, specifically who they were, their future goals, etc.
It was, in a way, like looking at ourselves in the mirror. In fact, their strategic vision is very similar to Smart Customer, especially pertaining to the creation of a multi-merchant loyalty program, which provides a WIN-WIN for both consumers and merchants.
However, in addition to their multi-merchant program they also have other services such as a Reciprocal Loyalty & Rebate Program, Internet Communities, member malls and much more.
In addition, Smart Customer cardholders can now also use their card at both Smart Customer Merchants as well as merchants that display the SCORE logo. As a result the opportunity just became MUCH, MUCH bigger.
Yet another benefit SCORE is bringing to the relationship is over 1 billion dollars (yes, thatŐs billion) in media to promote SCORE and their respective programs which will directly benefit Smart Customer as well. This includes media such as magazines, television & infomercials, radio, catalogs, major Internet sites (which control 100Ős of millions of hits monthly), mall kiosks, college magazines and more. So get ready, because the word is going to be out soon!
Just a few other items of note regarding the Smart Customer program:
1. This week we introduced a new Smart Customer logo to reflect the enhancements to the program.
2. With the addition of SCORE to the program, we have also created an entirely new card design (with the new logo) which reflects its acceptance at not only Smart Customer merchants, but all SCORE merchants as well. Take a sneak peak for yourself at:
http://www.smartcustomer.com/new/index.html
3. The various positions available on the Smart Customer Sales Team have been restructured to allow all of SFI affiliates to become a part of the Sales Team and participate in this exciting, ground floor opportunity. Excellent incomes (both initially and long-term/residually) are up for grabs for those serious individuals that get started early.
Watch for much more on Smart Customer in the coming weeks and months.
What else did we accomplish over the past year? Here are a few notables:
1. The SFI Marketing Resources site took a huge leap forward. The site now features 106 different banners in various shapes and sizes, many animated... 37 Text Ads... 14 "Offline Ads" in PDF formatted various shapes and sizes...and 33 Wearable Slogans for shirts, hats, buttons, etc. Check out all the new resources for your marketing efforts at:
http://www.sfimg.com/marketing/resources/
2. Using the CONTACT MANAGER's Custom Group messaging, SFI affiliates can now send personalized follow-up messages, newsletters, training tips, sales information, etc. FREE OF CHARGE to all of your personal SFI referrals and/or Powerline.
3. In May, SFI went to a 100% double-opt-in system, ensuring higher-quality SFI affiliates for you. If you're not familiar with the term, double opt-in simply means that after someone registers, SFI will send him or her an email with a special link in it that they must click to verify their desire to become an SFI affiliate. Once clicked, they are entered into the SFI affiliate database and enjoy the full benefits of the SFI affiliate program.
4. A new, comprehensive GRAPHIC overview was added that takes you step-by-step through the SFI Powerline system and explains in easy-to-understand terms just how you can make money with SFI. To view this cool new addition, check out:
http://www.sfimg.com/compplan/graphic/
5. To better suit the busy lifestyle of our subscribers, Full-Circle Success (FCS) was redesigned with a new streamlined, user-friendly feel that makes navigating around the site fast and easy. FCS subscribers, upon logging in, have full access to all the expert advice, information, tips, and hints for all facets of life, while non-subscribers are provided limited access to get a taste of all FCS has to offer. An easy, affordable way to get MIQ status, Full-Circle Success is located at:
http://www.fullcirclesuccess.com.
6. In June, WAL-MART joined the SFI Powerpoints Partners Mall. One the nation's largest, most respected retailers, Wal-Mart features products in just about every category imaginable--and at prices that routinely beat the competition. You'll get the same selection, pricing, and customer service that you've grown accustomed to at your local store, but with the added convenience of easy online shopping and ordering.
Best of all, though, you'll also gain valuable SVP--all by simply purchasing what you would have bought anyway at your local Wal-Mart store down the street! Check it out at BuySFI (http://www.buysfi.com).
1. Livve.com Desktop Video Conferencing is set to be launched. The link for affiliates to register is:
http://www.livve.com/partner/sfi/
The special software you will receive is designed just for SFI affiliates and we'll even help train you to use it right away! Best of all, it's FREE for a limited time. Now's the time to jump into Desktop Video Conferencing!
2. You can now deck out the desktop of your computer with one of eleven different SFI-themed wallpapers. Show the world that you're an SFI mover and shaker! Download your favorite(s) now at:
http://www.sfimg.com/Misc/Wallpaper/index.html
3. SFI Canadian Long Distance is on the way! Here are some of the details:
- Long distance within Canada & USA, 7.5 cents per minute
- Toll Free from Canada & USA, 7.5 cents per minute
- Calling Card from/to Canada & USA, 20 cents per minute
4. A multitude of new experts, content, special promotions on catalog items, exciting contests, and more are coming to Full-Circle Success.
5. A new "commission calculator" will soon be added to the SFI Compensation Plan area (http://www.sfimg.com/compplan/). Affiliates will be able to enter a couple of pieces of information and have future income projected instantly.
6. As most of our affiliates know, the initials "SFI" come from the magazine we've published since 1998 by the name of "Six-Figure Income." Today we are announcing an official alternative you may use:
Effective today, SFI also stands for SECURITY, FREEDOM & INCOME.
When someone asks you what SFI stands for, you can now reply with EITHER "Six-Figure Income" or "Security, Freedom & Income." Your choice. Be watching for "Security, Freedom & Income" to begin popping up in various projects and promotions.
7. Later this year, SFI will unveil the SFI PORTAL. We are very excited about this one! The SFI Portal will be your one stop for everything SFI plus national and international news, weather, search engines, auctions, and much).
First, I'd like to put out a BIG THANK YOU to all of our affiliates who believed in SFI and have helped us make history. TOGETHER, we have moved mountains in the last two years. TOGETHER we have taken a humble idea and turned it into a brilliant and powerful entity. Our "baby" is doing great and there are VERY EXCITING times ahead!
There's a saying that I've always loved that goes like this:
"Those who say it can't be done, should get out of the way of those who are doing it."
I've also always loved the observation that "no one builds statues of critics."
*** From the day we started SFI, people have told us it couldn't be done. Yet, even as we've eclipsed 7 MILLION affiliates and become a multi-million dollar industry leader, the glass-half-empty crowd has continued to tell all who will listen that SFI can't work.
As we prepare to launch Smart Customer, we're hearing from even more doubters who say we're crazy, that it can't be done.
Well, TOGETHER, we're DOING IT, folks! I've never let the naysayers sway me away from my goals and neither should you!
There's a saying about there being three types of people:
Those who make it happen
Those who watch it happen
and
Those who much later say, "What happened?!"
SFI, NOW MORE THAN EVER, can put you in the first group...the people that make things happen, the people that get to know what real freedom is all about --the money to live your dreams...and the time to actually live them!
Another year of extraordinary opportunity and growth awaits us all. Let's get to work on it!
