This message was sent to all members of my SFI powerline on 2/21/2004.
Hi,
It's John Dilbeck, again, and I'm either your sponsor or Powerline Team Leader with SFI -- or both.
We're getting more members on our team every week and it's gratifying to watch our group grow. As we put more effort into marketing the SFI opportunity and into selling products, the whole team will benefit.
Have you read the special report, "Six Steps to Six Figures," yet?
There is a very-well-defined path to success with SFI, and that's what makes it, in my opinion, such a great company with which to be affiliated.
You can read the special report at:
www.sfimg.com/Training/SixSteps.sfi
Note that you have already completed Step 1: Become an SFI Marketing Group affiliate.
Sometimes the first step is the hardest. You've made the decision to see what SFI is all about and to determine how it fits with your desires, goals, and plans.
Why did you join SFI?
I joined because I was already earning commissions from several companies, but they were all one-time commissions whenever I sold something for them. I was looking for two things that would help me grow my income and improve my financial security: residual income and leveraged efforts. Plus, I love working from home and not having to deal with a boss or a commute to work. I love setting my own goals and doing my best to create my own destiny -- and I absolutely hate asking anyone for a day off when I want to do something else.
Just by joining SFI, I -- and you -- have already started leveraging our efforts, because SFI has millions of people helping to brand the company on the Internet, and because they provide us with quite a few gateways to promote the company and the products we offer. We offer training, support, and encouragement through direct contact and through the SFI discussion board.
SFI offers over 600 products you can sell, and earn a commission for each one.
I love the middle of the month when my SFI check arrives and I get to deposit it in the bank. How about you?
One thing that's required for getting a check from SFI is to complete Smart Start. That gives you a quick overview of SFI, the compensation plan, and some of our products. When you complete SmartStart, you'll have your gateways activated so you can start promoting them.
To become an affiliate with SFI, you already responded to one of my gateways where you filled out a form and joined as an affiliate -- and I thank you for taking that step.
Perhaps you wanted to build a home-based business. Perhaps you wanted the free Secrets of Internet Millionaires offer:
Secrets of Internet Millionaires
Perhaps you're just kicking the tires to see what SFI is all about.
One of the beauties of SFI is you can take all the time you want to look at the company from the inside and it won't cost you a single penny. Take all the time you want.
We're here and ready to help you grow your business whenever YOU decide you're ready. It will take time and effort to get there, but there is a very good chance that you can increase your income by the amount you desire in a couple of years or so. There's no guarantee, but there's a much better chance with SFI than you'll ever have with your current boss.
One step at a time is how you get from new affiliate to Group Leader.
If you complete SmartStart within ten days of joining as an affiliate, you'll be a FastTrack affiliate.
Finishing SmartStart gives you 5 SVP and that makes you half-way to being Multi-Income Qualified. (That's Step 3 on the Six Steps.)
Once you complete Smart Start, your gateways are activated and you can earn a one-time commission when you sell something. But, one of the reasons SFI is so attractive is that you can earn income from several other income streams, too. Becoming MIQ opens up three more income streams. You'll start earning residual income for any sales you make. That's like being paid to work this week, and getting another commission check every month that particular customer purchases again.
(Some of our products don't pay residual commissions, they only pay a one-time payment. Some of the new telecommunications products are like that. It's such a competitive jungle with cell phones, long distance, and such that we only get paid a single sign-up commission for them, but this is no different than it is with other companies with which I work.)
All of you getting this message today have completed Step 1. You're an SFI affiliate and the company and I are here to help you progress and earn.
Some of you have completed Step 2 (Smart Start) and now your gateways are active and you can start promoting them. There are lots of ways to do this, and you can find much more information at www.sfimg.com, the SFI discussion boards, or I'll be happy to help every way I can if you email me at jd@johndilbeck.com. I'm here to help you progress and earn more.
I can recommend places to build your website, places to advertise, and things you can do online -- and offline -- to market our products and grow your business. Just don't bother your friends and neighbors or take the short-sighted route and send any Spam emails. When you start becoming successful, your friends, family and neighbors will ask you how you did it.
Spam will just kill your business before you even get started. It doesn't work, it's rude, and SFI will terminate your affiliation without recourse if you do it.
SFI is a business and is here for the long haul. Slow and steady will build your business, too.
If you've made the commitment to complete Step 3 and become MIQ, then you're really starting to make progress. Remember, you don't have to pay anything to become MIQ. However, if you want to get off to a quick start, you can set up a standing order for IAHBE and for $29.95 you'll be MIQ every month. I recommend this approach.
Why?
Because, you won't really make a lot of progress before you become MIQ. You have to open the residual income stream.
But, you won't really be spending $30 every month, in the long run. For every month that you are MIQ, you'll be banking a share of the PTL bonus pool, which generally averages in the mid-$20 range every month. So, if you become MIQ and remain so for several months (with no breaks!), you'll be banking one PTL bonus share for each month you remain MIQ. When you become PTL, you'll receive a check for all the banked shares at the amount they are worth that month.
(If you skip a month and drop your MIQ status, you'll lose any banked shares, so that's why it's easier to set up a standing order for any of the 10 SVP products. Then you don't have to worry about it.)
So, if you remain an IAHBE member for, say, six months before becoming PTL, you'll have six banked shares. When you become PTL (which is Step 4, by the way), you'll get a check for six times the current PTL bonus pool amount, because you have six banked shares. If it is $25, then you'll get a check for $150.00. This reduces your cost of IAHBE to about $5 per month, and the free book that's available every month is worth more than that!
(Or, perhaps you prefer to buy the liquid nutrition or cleaning products. For instance, my mother was just diagnosed with gall bladder problems and has had to change her entire diet. I've decided that with such a restricted diet, she needs extra vitamins and minerals and the Veriuni liquid nutrition supplement looks like a perfect solution. So, I'll be buying a bottle for her every month. On top of her getting a product that she needs, I get 10 SVP points and my sponsor will get a commission. Win-win-win.)
Plus, IAHBE contains a great selection of materials to help you learn how to be successful in marketing. It's a great deal, and even if I were to leave SFI (and I have no plans for that), I'd continue to be an IAHBE member.
You can learn more about the International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs by going to www.iahbe.org or, if you're already an SFI affiliate, you can join by going to the affiliate store at:
affiliate store IAHBE page
(If you're reading this and you're not an SFI affiliate yet, you can learn more about IAHBE at:
International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs
and you can choose to become an SFI affiliate at:
Become an SFI affiliate )
But, you don't have to do this (purchase a standing order for IAHBE) to become MIQ!
You can also become MIQ by selling enough products to earn at least 10 SVP each month. Sign up 1 IAHBE member, sell one bottle of liquid nutrition, sell any magazine subscription with 10 SVP or more, or any combination of products, and you are MIQ for the month.
(Step 4, by the way, is to become a Powerline Team Leader, PTL, and to start building your own powerline team. To become PTL, you need to personally sponsor at least three affiliates and produce at least 40 SVP of sales volume every month.)
You CAN progress through SFI without spending ANY money out of your pocket.
You're not here to be a consumer; you're here to build your home business.
YOUR BUSINESS.
And you don't have to pay a penny for all the SFI employees, computers, Internet access charges, bandwidth, or anything else. SFI provides that to you for nothing. So, you don't have to build the infrastructure and manage the systems and employees. You don't have to stock products and ship or deliver them. You don't have to arrange contracts with suppliers.
That frees you up to do nothing but market products and services. The more you sell, the more you earn.
When I start a new business, and I've owned several, I expect to spend thousands of dollars and take at least 3 to 5 years to earn a profit. It's been just over a year since I joined SFI and I'm earning a profit, already.
You can do it, too. I'm even hoping you'll be much more successful than I am.
New Riser Leads Co-op.
Last month, I expanded my marketing efforts and decided to start a Riser Leads Co-op. It's in place and working.
If you're in my powerline, I'll be sending affiliates your way in the coming weeks and the only requirements to accept the affiliates as your personally-sponsored affiliates is to complete SmartStart and then become MIQ. I'm going to send up to three affiliates your way. If you don't take me up on the offer, it will rise up to someone else in the powerline. If nobody takes me up on the offer, the new affiliate will become my personally sponsored affiliate.
If you pass on the offer three times, you may not get any more affiliates from my co-op. I'm willing to help you grow your business, but you have to do your part, too.
I think that's enough for one message!
I hope you have a great weekend and enjoy some time with your friends and family.
All the best,
JD
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