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My name is Louise Venison, and I am an affiliate of SFI (Strong Future International). I created this blog to share my experiences of the SFI business (both good and bad), and help you decide whether it’s the right business for you.
Why did I choose SFI? Find out here.
SFI first launched in 1998, but I didn’t join until March 9th, 2013. The company has gone through many changes and transformations in its lifetime, and I can confidently say it’s now one of the most solid, established network marketing opportunities available to the online marketer. The training and getting started resources are more extensive than I’ve seen in any other company I’ve been involved with (and I’ve tried many), and I think it would be difficult for anyone who follows the SFI guidance to not make a success of their business.
OK, I admit, I’m gushing. But I’m very excited about this business and eager to share it with you. I’ve put together a collection of pages about myself, about SFI, and about my experience so far. Find out more by visiting the links at the top of the page.
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28 Comments
Hi
I had joined SFI WAY BACK IN 1998 BUT FAILED TO EARN & LOST AROUND
$300 IN THE PROCESS.I could not get any referral although I paid a
huge amount in buying the leads.
I’m sorry to hear you were unsuccessful in finding referrals for SFI. Finding active referrals is the hardest part of any affiliate program.
However, I don’t really understand how you “lost money” in SFI, because SFI is free to join and never requires you to spend any money. If you spent money on advertising or buying leads that didn’t deliver the results you were hoping for, that is a totally unrelated matter, and nothing to do with SFI.
Hi Louise
In addition to spending money on advertising & buying leads
I had upgraded my level from FREE ,which at that time was $29.95
p.m & I remained to upgraded level for a full year without earning even a dime !
I’m not sure what you mean by upgraded your level. You don’t upgrade at SFI. You do earn VersaPoints from your own purchases, however, and it is possible to achieve the rank of Executive Affiliate just through sales/purchase VP. Just being an Executive Affiliate isn’t the key to earning money, though, and more than being an upgraded member at a traffic exchange is the key to earning money. The only way to earn money is to make sales, or (in the case of SFI) to have people in your team who are active and making sales.
Once again, I can’t comment on the quality of your advertising and leads. I can only say I am building a strong team, and I am doing it mostly through free advertising.
Hi Louise,
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your Blog. I joined SFI on 16th January 2013, and became a Gold Team Leader in my first month (completely by accident lol – I was excited to get to Bronze Team Leader and then bam I went to Silver and then Gold (those two jumps were just days apart – and I am still not sure how I did it lol).
I now have a wonderful team of over 1800 Affiliates and although the majority are “sleepers” and not ready to see the potential of SFI, i have a core group of around 20 affiliates who are learning and understanding the processes needed to succeed with SFI.
I have now received three good commissions (good for me – being on an Invalid’s Benefit doesn’t leave much to allocate to my new business), and now I am using my earnings to purchase my TCredits and PSAs and also products which I am now selling in my ECA Store (Liane’s Jewels & Gems).
SFI is such an exciting company to be involved with, they have a huge range of marketing and training tools and the income streams are plentiful and worthwhile.
I look forward to continuing to read about your journey with SFI. Good luck with all you are endeavouring to do.
Kind regards,
Liane.
Hi Liane
Thank you so much for your lovely comments. It’s very impressive to see what you have achieved in such a short time. I haven’t been above BTL rank yet, but I have to admit I did hold back a little towards the end of last month because my team is only 4 generations deep, so I didn’t see any benefit to achieving STL just yet! (I decided to save the VP for future months, when I may need them more.)
I’ll make sure to check out your store next time I’m on TripleClicks.
Louise
Hi Louise,
I also joined SFI in March and made Bronze Team Leader very quickly and most unexpectedly. I too have joined so many programs over the years and been left disallusioned, disappointed and way out of pocket by many.
This program is different and I know that I can succeed with it.
Everyone needs to log in everyday and go through all the red tabs, not only to earn points but to learn as much as possible about the business and in particular how important Tripleclicks is to the whole money making part of SFI.
This is a great blog and best of luck with SFI
Sincerely
Irene
Thanks so much, Irene. I really try hard to make the blog useful for people.
Hello, Louise, this is neway from my base, Ethiopia. It is only recently that i joined SFI. But since then I have begun to feel that I am with a people like you; people who inspire all around them to make the world they live in better and more innovative. I am a little bit confused about the “how to work” question. please, Louise, help me achieve my dream.
looking forward to hear from you, Louise.
Hello Neway, and welcome to my team at SFI. I have sent you an email.
Louise
Thanks i read your blog and its realy helping i joined sfi this month and im like one week old have 1598 points so far can i get something out of it?and if not what are the major steps i should take for at least to earn money
Regards,
Naomi
Hi Naomi, thanks for your comment, and I’m glad you’re finding my blog useful.
With 1598VP, you will be an EA now, which means you will earn from the TripleClicks Executive Pool for this month (your payment will be credited to your account on or just after May 10th). It will only be a very small amount, but it’s a start.
As well as continuing to earn VP, and maintaining your EA status every month, the other 2 important things to look at are sales and sponsoring. When a new TripleClicks customer signs up through you, you earn commission on everything they buy, so that’s the sales part covered. Sponsoring is referring new affiliates like yourself, and then teaching them to repeat the earning VP, sales and sponsoring steps that you are doing.
I’ve found FaceBook is one of the best places to share TripleClicks with people. Every time something exciting (like an iPad, for example) comes up in a TripleClicks auction, I press the Share It! button and put it on FaceBook so all my friends can see it.
Hi, Louise
Read your blog in Twitter.com – I am very impressed. I joined SFI in Dec 2012 and currently have 242 affiliates on my team. I am also an Executive Affiliate and I agree, it takes some time to make any kind on big money but I believe it is worth it also. I would appreciate any advise you would like to share and I invite you to email me whenever you have some ideas that will help me achieve success with SFI. Thanks for your time. Take care.
Ruben
Hi Louise,
I was a member of SFI, 3 years ago. I didn’t quite understand the logic of how member could earn money from it.
I then canceled my membership. I’ll love to hear something from their present activities. . . .
Best regards
Tessie
Hi Tessie
You don’t earn money from SFI itself; you earn money from TripleClicks. Take a look at the TripleClicks website, and you’ll get an idea of how vast its potential is. Basically, all SFI affiliates are given a TripleClicks store where they earn commission on any direct sales. They can also qualify (quite easily) to earn a share of everything that’s sold at TripleClicks, company wide, through the TripleClicks Executive Pool, which is where the big, residual income is.
There’s a lot more about how SFI and TripleClicks work in the drop-down menus under the “What is SFI?” and “What is TripleClicks?” headings at the top of the page.
SFI is a real business, based on product sales, unlike the vast majority of programs around, that are based on money coming in at the bottom to pay people at the top.
I hope this helps to explain a bit’
Louise
Hi Louise, I am online since 5 years, earned some little money, but never get any refferal online through traffic exchange and by sending mails. I am surfing at ur traffic exchange too, but not successful. I am inspired by you and your success online and joining SFI in a hope of success anyway.
Hope to learn from you.
Hi Asad, I see you’ve joined my team at SFI and started to become active. (I sent you a welcome message there.) SFI looks complicated at first, but it’s really just a case of following simple steps. Keep working through the tasks in your to-do list, and you will gradually learn more and more about how SFI works. Work at a speed you are comfortable with, and don’t be tempted to rush.
You have my email address, or you can contact me at any time through SFI team mail. I’m here to support you every step of the way, and I will make sure I keep in touch with you.
Hi Louise my Name is mark i am from Scotland now living in Germany i came across you side on twitter
Hello Mark, and welcome. I hope you find my blog useful.
Hi Louise!Another great blog from you.I agree SFI need time and need to understand how is work,but is realTo build a business is not easy, need time, patience and consistency I was so excited like you when I joined SFI.The training worth hundred of dollars,you can remain free and earn like free member if you want, but sure someone who saw the compensation plan will don’t want to stay free AboutE365-entrepreneur challenge is another plus motivation Will wait your new posts WTG Louise!
“Aim high, dream big”
Hi Louise! is this the same SFI that used to be called Six Figure Income? It was own by
a guy named Carson, I think. Anyways I was a member of SFI a long time ago if that’s
the same one you are talking about. I never did do quite well with it. What has changed?
Joe
Yes, it’s the same company, Joe, but I think it’s barely recognisable as the same company. The internet and online product sakes has moved on so much. The huge thing now, and the “heart” of it, if you like, is TripleClicks. It gives affiliates access to an unlimited product range to market, and it really does have enormous potential. I’m not going to pretend for a moment that anyone joining now will be giving up their day job any time soon, but the long term income potential is immense. One of my goals is to have reached $1,000 a month in commissions by my 12th month in the business, which I think is realistic and achievable.
I’ve been online for approx. 5 months & been trying to make some income. Haven’t been too successful
so far but I’m not giving up. I look forward to spending time here & see how it goes. Thanks & have A good
day & Easter. Donald Buzzard
SFI is definitely one of those businesses that takes time. Because I’m an EA, I’m expecting a very tiny (probably just a few cents) payment next month because I’m qualified to share in some of the profits from TripleClicks, but I’m expecting it to be at least a year before I earn anything worth getting excited about!
Hi i am a member of SFI but never used it
Regards
Roger Schillewaert
You should go back and take another look, Roger. I’m told there have been a lot of changes recently. SFI is continually evolving to try and make it easier for its affiliates to earn money.
I have been online for 4 years and made nothing. I have tried but I get tired of all the surfing and I find some of the ‘club’things such as CTP hard to follow and in some ways silly. I have looked at SFI and would like your advice please Louise. I surf on your site.
Jane a writer in Canada.
Hi Jane. I’ve sent you an email. Louise