Inspiring Success Story of Suzanne Morrison in SFI

Suzanne Morrison

Q) Is this your first venture into a business of your own? If not, what type of business were you involved with previously?

SFI was my very first venture into a business of my own. I joined SFI in 2004.

Q) What were your initial goals when you joined SFI? How have those goals changed since you joined?

My initial goals were to make a bit of extra income every month and eventually to earn enough to work from home full time for myself. I have now achieved both of these goals and I currently earn a full time income from home from a combination of SFI and some other online businesses.

Q) What SFI product(s) have you most concentrated on selling? Why?

I have focused on the opportunity rather than the products. When I started SFI I was looking for ways to create extra income so it made sense to me to promote this opportunity to other people who were searching for online income opportunities.

Q) Without giving way your secrets, what two marketing strategies do you feel are most effective (i.e. offline ads and flyers, pay-per-clicks, personal Website, banner ads, autoresponders, etc.)? Why?

I promote SFI primarily through my website and have the most success with a combination of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and autoresponders. My site has an online newsletter and I promote SFI to my subscribers both in the newsletter itself and also by promoting SFI’s $295 value online income course on my newsletter bonus page. I also promote SFI throughout this website using banners, text links, reviews and blog posts.

Q) What is the single most important step to making a sale that you would share with a new SFI affiliate?

I would encourage new affiliates to spend some time reading about SFI, going through the SFI training and learning about the SFI products before they start to promote anything. It is almost impossible to promote a product that you don’t understand so taking this extra time to get up to speed can make a big difference to your success.

Q) What technologies (i.e. cell phone, autoresponders, software, etc.) do you consider most vital for your SFI business?

The technologies that I find most vital are autoresponders and email. I always send a welcome email to my new affiliates and use email to answer all their questions. In addition to this I provide training for my affiliates using autoresponders.

Q) List the following traits in order of importance to your business: enthusiasm, persistence, knowledge, and communication skills.

I would put enthusiasm first, Without enthusiasm how can you sell something to your prospects? It is difficult to sell something that you are not enthusiastic about.

Secondly I would say persistence. A high percentage of online businesses fail. The main reason for this is that people expect instant gratification. They want to be rewarded in a few days or a few weeks with little or no effort. The people who succeed are the people who are persistent.

Thirdly I would say communication skills. You will be much more successful if you can motivate and help your team grow their own income.

Finally, knowledge is also very important but this is something that you can build on as you go along. When I started SFI I had no experience of online business, but I didn’t let this stop me.

Q) How important is following-up with new affiliates to your success?

Very important. I always contact my affiliates immediately after they have signed up to offer them my help and support. I think it is important to let your affiliates know who you are so that they can ask you questions when they need help.

Q) How do you handle rejections?

I see rejections as part of everyday business. Not everyone is going to be interested in the opportunities that you are offering so I expect rejections and don’t let them phase me.

Q) What has been your biggest motivation for making your SFI business a success?

I want to continue enjoying the freedom of being my own boss and working from home and hope never to have to go back to working for someone else.

Q) What has been your biggest obstacle in building your SFI business?

There are a large number of people who expect instant profits or who expect to achieve success with little or no effort. I try to re-educate these people and assist them, but at the end of the day people need to be willing to put in the work to reap the rewards.

Q) How does it feel to join the top movers and shakers in SFI?

It feels fantastic. I enjoyed reading the interviews from the members of the President’s Club when I joined SFI myself and I found them very motivational so I hope that my own interview can help to inspire people who are just starting with SFI.

Q) Where do you want your SFI business to be in a year from now?

I would like to continue to grow my business and my team and I would like to help more of my team members become successful themselves and become team leaders

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Top 10 Reasons Why Join SFI

1. Work at Home Online. Learn What Real Freedom Is

Be your own boss in your own home business. Work when you want. Where you want. Flexible hours. No dress code.

2. Earn Income In Over 200 Countries Worldwide

Yes, for the first time in history, even the smallest business can market worldwide. The SFI system makes it super easy to build an international business.

3. Automatic Marketing System

We'll teach you how to get hundreds of people to visit your SFI Website using numerous free and low-cost Internet marketing strategies and techniques. Once at your SFI Website, our exclusive automated marketing system can do 99% of the business presentation and follow-up for you...24 hours a day, 365 days a year...AT NO COST TO YOU!

4. FREE 24-Hour Professional Consultation

Each SFI affiliate is assigned up to three leaders to provide free consultation and support.

5. A Family Business with Tax and Inheritance Benefits

Your family can work with you ...allowing you tax deductions on help from your children. Plus, deductions for travel, publications, seminars, gas, phone, electricity bills, etc.. Save money. Plus, you can pass on your business to future generations.

6. Piggyback on our PROVEN Success

Since 1985, we've invested millions of dollars creating, testing, and refining our powerful marketing system. How successful is the SFI system? SFI is currently growing at a rate of over 100,000 new affiliates per month (over 3,000 per day). Why? SFI works!...as tens of thousands of our affiliates who are receiving monthly commission checks will enthusiastically attest!

7. Tap the Exploding Global Market of the Internet.

The Internet is global. Worldwide. Exploding! USA TODAY recently reported that over 170,000 new people are getting online every 24 hours. Many smart business people are becoming millionaires on the Internet. And this is just the beginning! With SFI you can grab your share.

8. Build a Global Network of Success-Oriented Business Partners Worldwide

Develop valuable contacts around the world! As a partner on our global marketing team, you will associate with entrepreneurs, architects, doctors, engineers, investors, business people, teachers, secretaries, computer enthusiasts, managers, business owners, mothers, students, construction workers, housewives and people of all walks of life -- globally!

9. FREE Training

As our global business partner, we'll show you how to plug into our dynamic online system to build a highly lucrative business on the Internet. Our exclusive newsletter and Website training provides you with all the latest tips, ideas, and insider how-to information to create multiple income streams:

How to parlay as few as 3-5 hours a week into a full-time income without interfering with your current job, profession, or career (it's great for super busy people).

How to use Internet technology to be "in 50 places at one time" and make your income explode

How to use "self-funding" marketing techniques to get all your advertising FREE.

How to avoid the minefields, dead ends, and bottlenecks that 95% of Internet entrepreneurs encounter soon after starting their business.

How to set up "win-win" strategic alliances so that your success is virtually guaranteed through associations with thousands of other online marketers.

10. The Lowest Cost Way to Earn Income Online.

Thanks to the Internet, your business expenses are minimal. You can contact millions on the Internet via email, search engines, directories, free ads, etc. All free! No door to door sales. No postage. No printing. No brochures. No tapes. No videos. No long distance calls. Instant communication -- worldwide. Save loads of money.

11. Turn Your Dreams into Reality.

Anyone, regardless of country, financial situation, education, experience, or background has an equal opportunity to reap the rewards of success this opportunity offers. You could have your home in a country with a low standard of living and be able to earn more money than a person in the richest country in the world. This is because your income can come from the productivity of people in dozens of countries.

12. A Global Income is a Secure Income.

As the world becomes more global, the economy of one nation can affect the financial situation of all other countries. By having your income come from many countries -- no matter where you live, you will have a more steady and secure income.

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Tap Into Your Warm Market With SFI e-Cards

By: SFI Marketing

Does the thought of promoting SFI products to your friends and family fill you with apprehension? You're not alone. Many affiliates are hesitant to bring the subject up to those in their immediate circle.

There are many reasons. Some people are simply uncomfortable presenting their products to a friend or family member. Others may not know what to say...or fear being rejected by people close to them.

E-Cards to the rescue!

With E-Cards, you've now got an easy, convenient, and non-intrusive tool to introduce SFI to your friends and family with "just the right touch." Best of all, E-Cards are totally free for you to use!

How E-Cards Work
Basically, E-Cards are full-color digital postcards you can e-mail directly to friends and family. There are dozens of designs to choose from, with new designs added regularly. (NOTE: Your suggestions for additional designs are welcome!) You can choose cards promoting a variety of SFI products and services, including Veriuni Liquid Nutrition, the IAHBE, Natural Cleaning products, and more.


After choosing a design, simply add your own message. You also have the option of automatically inserting a link to your Gateway Website (the Gateway most appropriate for the card you've chosen) in your E-Card. Then, just click the Send button, and your postcard is delivered!

Your Warm Market Made Easy
Rejection has always been one of the toughest aspects of contacting friends and family (your "warm market"). In traditional network marketing, many people soon call it quits after having a couple friends or family members reject their proposals. E-Cards, of course, can't prevent somebody from responding negatively. However, by removing the face-to-face element, any "sting of naysayers" you may feel will be GREATLY reduced.

In addition, SFI has purposely kept E-Card content "light and breezy" to keep the communication casual. SFI's product E-Cards use very friendly language and/or a bit of humor to make contacting friends and family a comfortable experience for you.

Do you have a favorite SFI product that's working for you? Send a card featuring that product with a personal testimonial, and let your circle of friends and family members know they can get this great product through you.

Using E-Cards to contact your "warm market" also leaves all the "heavy lifting" to SFI. There's no need to know every little detail about the SFI opportunity or products. Just choose an E-Card, add a short, friendly little message, and send it. The full-color E-Card takes it from there!

NOTE: For hints on creating your "warm market" list, click HERE.

Reducing The Pressure
Few affiliates contact their friends and family every time SFI comes out with a great new product or service, although they probably should. But who wants to get a reputation for always "bugging" friends and family?

Again, E-Cards to the rescue!

Each time SFI launches a new or upgraded product or service, we'll add a new E-Card that you can use to quickly send out a new round of friendly little announcement cards. No twisting of arms or getting in anyone's face with "high pressure" tactics. You're simply letting people know about the latest development pertaining to your business via a brief and friendly postcard.

And always remember, a huge component of prospecting is TIMING. Maybe an SFI wellness product, for example, didn't appeal to your friend six months ago. However, today the situation is different, and your friend has become more health conscious. A simple E-Card reminding him or her of the variety of SFI wellness products available may result in a sale...and a new satisfied customer!

Still Not Convinced?
If you're still questioning the merits of contacting your friends and family about SFI, consider this: If you found a great new product that actually made your home safer, made you feel healtheir, and/or saved you money in the long run, who would you tell about it? We're betting that it would be your closest friends and family members. Same thing with SFI. SFI's line of top-notch products are some of the best available anywhere—try them yourself, and you'll see. Why keep them a secret from those you care most about?

PLUS...if you're sponsoring SFI affiliates, you'll also be happy to know that E-Cards provide an incredible value to your brand new team members. Your new personally sponsored affiliates are often very motivated to learn how to get started...but many are operating on a very small budget and cannot afford to invest in promotion or advertising for their products.
Once again, E-Cards delivers the solution!

Your new affiliates can get started IMMEDIATELY promoting their business for free. They need only grab the e-mail addresses of their "warm market" and start sending out E-Cards.

It's simple. It's easy. It's free. And ANYONE can do it!

You can start sending out E-Cards now at:

http://www.sfimg.com/MarketingAids/E-Cards.sfi


SFI - FINANCIAL FREEDOM!!!

Are You Ignoring 80% Of Your Market?

Are You Ignoring 80% Of Your Market?

Why You Should Be Reaching Out To Prospects & Customers Around The Globe!

Did you know that by December 2005, the worldwide number of Internet users had grown to more than ONE BILLION people, with TWO BILLION expected online by 2011?! NOTE: To put the sheer enormity of those numbers in perspective, consider that about a billion minutes ago, the Roman Empire was at the height of its power! (Wikipedia)

With those figures in mind, consider that although the U.S. leads the pack for the number of online users (about 200 million), it still constitues only 20% of Web surfers worldwide— little more than a drop in the online bucket!

The true current and future online growth is and will be in the world's most populous countries, such as China, India, Brazil, Russia, and Indonesia. In fact, China and India took second and fourth place worldwide in 2005 for the number of Internet users. Not coincidentally, these same two countries now rank within the top 10 countries for the total number of new SFI Affiliates coming in the door!

Make no mistake about it: These and other rising economic powerhouses represent a HUGE POTENTIAL for every home-business owner. MASSIVE developments in technology, improvements in standards of living, and increasing disposable income are opening the floodgates to a vast array of virtually untapped business possibilities.

That said, it's important to realize that this trend represents MUCH MORE than an interesting sideline marketing strategy for your business. Ignore this burgeoning source of increasing profits, networks, team members, prospects, and resources, and you do so at your own peril. If the U.S. is still your sole online market and source for customers, prospects, and team members, you're GREATLY limiting your reach...AND your profits. After all, what business owner would willingly turn away 80% of the possible customers coming into his store? Answer: The kind of owner who won't be in business much longer!

Fortunately, the worldwide growth and reach of the Internet has leveled the international playing field for the small-business owner. Home-based entrepreneurs no longer have to leave international markets to the "bigger" companies and enterprises with deep pockets. For example, SFI offers lots of features especially designed for the international arena. As a leader with affiliates around the world, you'll want to become familiar with these resources. And keep your eye out for more tools and features specially designed for SFI International Affiliates.
Additionally, you can find a plethora of budget-friendly resources online to help you reach across the globe to prospects, customers, and team members in other countries. Pay-per-click pricing for the popular Google Adwords service and other PPC search engines has risen dramatically for U.S.-targeted advertising. However, many offer country-specific search engines and PPC ad opportunities—often for a fraction of the cost!

Take a few moments now and check out these Websites. They'll make a great starting point for planning your international business focus:

Google International

Adwords: Regional and Local Targeting —Target your PPC ads to appear only in specific country, region, or city searches. This allows your ads to appear only for people searching for results in regional areas you choose.

Looking for good online advertising sources in a specific country? Try this Google search page. Simply enter the country in which you want to limit your search results, enter your keyword (i.e., online ads, classifieds, etc.), and click the Google Search button.

To find a Google search engine for a specific country, click HERE, then scroll down to the bottom of the page.

Yahoo! Search Marketing (formerly Overture): International— A nice overview for using Yahoo!'s PPC offering to reach the world.

International Search Engine Directory—A list of search engines per country. A great place to start for finding country-specific ad sources.

Search Engine Watch: Pay-Per-Click Search Engines—Get information on major PPC search engines, second-tier PPC players, and more.

As an SFI Affiliate doing business and targeting prospects outside the U.S., you've got SFI's powerful, global business opportunity helping bring you the financial freedom you've been looking for...IF you take advantage of it.

Start developing your international focus today. Don't make the mistake of ignoring 80% of your potential market—you can bet your competition won't!

SFI - Financial Freedom!!!

Why SFI Works For Some And Not For Others - Which Will It Be For YOU?

Why SFI Works For Some And Not For Others—Which Will It Be For YOU?

Thanks to Bill Alland, SFI Bronze Team Leader

When listening to other SFI affiliates on forums, conference calls, and e-mail, you hear SFI success stories and you hear wailings of dismay.

Which ones are true? Both!

Here's why:

SFI works, if you...yes, YOU...

A. Do a little work,

B. Make a tiny commitment, and

C. Do your small part each and every month.

Simple as A, B, C!

Don't follow this simple plan, and you'll find yourself among the wailers.

Commit your efforts to your SFI business and, very soon, you could have your own SFI success story to share with others.

That's because you'll have a plan, a pattern to go by.

Follow the path, the instructions, the recipe, and consistently and persistently duplicate the efforts of others who succeed...and the chances are excellent that you too will succeed!

Don't do your small part, and you're on your own. And it's quite likely you will fail.

Why? People who join an opportunity and then sit back without putting forth the effort are what the industry labels "lookie-loos" or "tire kickers." They walk around the system, check it out, form their opinions, and come to their premature—and often incorrect—conclusions.

And that's OK. After all, it's human nature to want to check something out before jumping right into it. What's NOT OK is when these same people fail to consider there's a better way. They don't stick around long enough to understand and learn about the opportunity sitting right in front of their faces. They then go off on their own without ever realizing that there are literally hundreds of people who have been where they are and who can show them exactly what to do and how to succeed.

They make the BIG mistake of never trying out SFI for themselves, of never following the pattern, the plan, the path already laid out and marked for them. They never commit themselves to success or the SFI home-business system. They don't do their small part. And what happens? They come to the incorrect believe that SFI can't do anything for them. Or, they simply sit back and watch, waiting for others to do it all for them.

Either way, they fail!

But you don't have to be one of them. The fact that you're reading this right now proves that you're ready for success and are willing to put forth the effort to get it.

So, what IS your small part? What can you do NOW to help ensure your home-business success?

Simply this:

1) Find someone—anyone—who wants Security, Freedom, Income, or ALL THREE. Chances are, you know dozens, maybe even hundreds, of people that fit in this category, people who are desiring these things in their lives right now. Just pick ONE.

Then introduce yourself. Get to know that person and let him or her get to know you. Make sure they're in the market for the things you have to give away and sell. Don't mention SFI yet. Instead, focus on the benefits: the tons of free training materials, courses, articles, etc.; the great features of the SFI home-business program; and the quality products and services available.

After you've begun to build a relationship of trust and mutual interests, then—and only then—introduce them to SFI and let the program close the sale for you.

It's at this point that one of three things will happen:

Your prospective customer will not buy into SFI and will go on to something different,


The prospect will like what he/she sees and become a customer of yours and SFI's,


He or she will join you and the SFI global opportunity...or better yet, both 2 and 3!
Remember the saying: "Some will. Some won't. So what? Next!" Don't spend your time worrying about the "lookie-loos" and "tire kickers." Move on to your next prospective home-business team member or customer!

After you've performed this small task, what's left for you to do?

Just two more things:

2) Set an example for your personally sponsored SFI affiliates by committing yourself to success with SFI. Be sure to retain your EA (executive affilate) status each and every month to maximize your earnings.

3) Let your personally sponsored affiliates know that they too must commit to SFI and do their small part to reach success. It's the way folks succeed with SFI and make money. In other words, these new folks must do as you have done...or fail.

It's called Teaching and Duplication.

Tell your team members what you know and show them where you found that information. Then, simply repeat the process again with another person...and keep on doing it.

It's that simple: 1, 2, 3. Nothing else. Following this simple recipe, you can now refuse to wail in dismay and separate yourself from the "tire kickers" and "lookie-loos"...the people who never get it, and who never do it. People who will always be wondering how others have succeeded and who will never make it big...in anything, ever.

The bottom line? Take charge of your SFI business now, and join the people who get it!

And remember: "If it's to be, it's up to me!"

To Your Great Success!

Jaime Parmis
http://www.sfi.true.ws