How to Start

First Steps

Welcome to your first issue of LaunchPad™! Over the next 30 days, LaunchPad™ will provide you with the information you need to build a fun and profitable SFI business. Each day will cover a different "bite-sized" topic so that you won't have to absorb too much information at once. And at the end of 30 days, you'll have a great foundation to build upon. And don't forget that you earn 15 VP for every LaunchPad™ lesson you complete! 

Getting started making money with SFI is as easy as earning points for doing simple free actions. For your complete list of pointable actions, see your SFI To-Do List located on your SFI homepage. NOTE: Complete the five "Fast-Track" actions in the Getting Started section of your To-Do List (look for the green or red JET icons) and generate a minimum of $20 USD in sales and/or purchases within your first 10 days as an SFI Affiliate to become a Fast-Track Member and get valuable, exclusive bonuses! 

As a new SFI affiliate, we've automatically entered you into E365. Here's how it works:

E365 is a challenge in which you compete with every other SFI affiliate who joined SFI the same day you did. The idea is to outlast them all and, on your 365th day in SFI, be named the champion of your class-an Entrepreneur365 Champion!

As an E365 Champion, you'll receive special corporate recognition, a spot on the E365 "hall of fame" Website, bragging rights, and a handsome plaque for your office wall to commemorate your achievement, and more. AND, along the way, you will have the opportunity to win thousands of dollars in cash and prizes, too!

The E365 competition is based on VersaPoints and is divided into six rounds.

Your first round is from the day you joined to midnight CST of the sixt day after. By the end of the round, you simply need to be "above the green line" to advance to the second round of the challenge. And just by advancing, you will immediately win your first E365 prize!

What do we mean about the green line? You'll find the "green line" on the E365 Leaderboard. It displays the MEDIAN number of VersaPoints scored by all the members of your class to date who are in the contest. To advance to the next round and win a prize, you simply need to score more points than the median (i.e. be above the green line).

If you're still in your first 30 days in SFI and you're currently ABOVE the green line, good job, keep up the great work! If you're UNDER the green line, however, don't panic. All you need to do is take more actions on your To-Do List, and score some more points before the round ends.

All of the first five rounds use the same simple rule: Stay above the green line and you advance-and win more prizes (and the prizes get BIGGER each round). For the sixth and final round, to be named Entrepreneur365 Champion, you'll simply need to accumulate the most VP in your class by the end of your 365th day. More on this in later lessons...

We think E365 is a really fun contest, and it gives you some great goals to shoot for during your first year in SFI. Plus, you've probably already figured out that while you're competing in E365, you're, of course, also accumulating LOTS of VersaPoints-points that can put money in your pocket from the TripleClicks Executive Pool.

Speaking of VersaPoints, to earn your 10 points for today's LaunchPad™ lesson, just answer the simple quiz below.

Good luck in E365!...and we'll see you tomorrow!

© 2011 Carson Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved 

"Who ARE these guys?"

You're probably wondering, "Who are these guys?" and "Is this SFI thing the real deal?"

Great questions. And you're absolutely right to ask them! After all, you've been invited to involve yourself with a company, and you should definitely know who you're dealing with.

Not only that, but when it comes to finding a legitimate business opportunity on the Internet, it's a "minefield" out there-heavily populated with questionable, often-illegal money games and here-today-gone-tomorrow schemes. Make a wrong step or choose the wrong company, and you could lose big.

Yet deep down, you've probably figured that amongst all the "junk" out there, there has to be a few jewels. After all, the Internet is a huge, multi-billion-dollar marketplace; there's got to be SOMEBODY who's developed a real opportunity for cashing in on it.

We'd like to start showing you right now that SFI is indeed one of those rare jewels.

SFI's corporate headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska

For starters, you should know that:

• SFI is now in its 18th successful year on the Internet. In that time, SFI has grown from just one product to multiple subdivisions and 87,690 products and services.

• With 17,890 new affiliates joining weekly, SFI is one of the fastest growing companies of its kind in the world. See the Global Growth Report to see just how fast!

• Since 1998, SFI has paid out MILLIONS of dollars in commissions to affiliates in over 200 countries. In other words, SFI is in virtually every country in the world! And in the process, SFI has become, truly, one of the Internet's biggest success stories.

• SFI's parent company, Carson Services, Inc., is now in its 31st year of business and is a 15+ year member of the Better Business Bureau serving southern Nebraska.

• Working with SFI means having the peace of mind of working with a proven, debt-free company with a long, successful track record.

We attribute it largely to the unique makeup of our affiliate program-a hybrid sales and marketing system exquisitely powered by the Internet. It probably also has a lot to do with the simple fact that SFI WORKS for so many thousands of people.

• Learn about SFI's history, company leadership, sub-divisions, and more.

• See what others are saying about SFI

• Compare SFI to other business opportunities

© 2011 Carson Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved.  

Are you on the "Anti-Wealth" Plan?

Though painful to say, most people go through their entire lives on what we call the "Anti-Wealth" Plan. Others call it the "40/40/40 Plan." That is, work 40 hours a week for someone for 40 years and retire with $40 in the bank!

That's somewhat of an exaggeration, of course, but the U.S. Social Security Board, for example, has reported that 85 out of 100 Americans won't possess as much as $500 in savings by age 65. And only 2% will be self-sustaining; the rest will be dependent on family, church, or the government!

The main problem with a typical job is that when YOU stop, the money stops.

MAKE SURE you understand this: If you ever want to acquire real wealth, you're just not going to get there trading hours for money.

The world's wealthiest people have known for hundreds of years that if you want financial freedom, you MUST tap into at least one of the following:

Residual Income is income that keeps coming in month after month, year after year, from work you do just ONCE. It's like a royalty. An example would be writing a book or recording a song and getting paid forever on it. Wouldn't it be absolutely awesome to have that?! Well, with SFI you can!

Leveraged Income is earning money through other people's efforts. There are only 24 hours in a day. Hence, there's only so much you can earn through your own efforts. But with SFI, you can earn Leveraged Income (in the form of "override" commissions) when affiliates you've sponsored in SFI make sales.

Earn even more Leveraged Income when they sponsor other affiliates and refer TripleClicks members who make purchases...and when your affiliates' affiliates sponsor affiliates and refer members...and so on.

The fact is, by simply sponsoring a few good, active SFI affiliates, you can eventually have hundreds or even THOUSANDS of affiliates and TC members putting money in your pocket from around the world...around the clock!

But that's not even the best part. Each affiliate on your sales team has his or her own vested interest to build and KEEP ON building his or her business and income. This, of course, means YOUR income can continue and grow month after month-even when you want to take a vacation or decide to retire altogether.

Rest assured, there are few things greater than returning home from a nice vacation to find a commission check even bigger than the month before waiting in your mailbox!

Bottom line: With SFI, not only can you earn "do-it-once, get-paid-forever" residual-style income, you also can earn Leveraged Income on the sales of thousands of other affiliates! If building financial security is one of your goals, you've found the vehicle to do it with in SFI.

If you haven't got started yet, it's time to hit your SFI To-Do List. By completing the actions on your To-Do List, you can start building a foundation for residual and leveraged income today. You will also want to check out our simple, six-step plan to maximize your SFI income.

© 2011 Carson Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved.  

Marketing = Money

By now, you've probably got some idea about what kind of marketing you'll be doing with SFI, but we'd like to break it down a bit more because it's such an important element of your new business. Indeed, it's the marketing you'll be doing that's going to generate the money you'll be depositing in your bank account!

First, let's look at what we know. We know that:

A. You're going to want to refer TripleClicks (TC) members.

B. You're going to want to sponsor affiliates.

You can do these activities one at a time, or you can do both at the same time, but you'll ultimately want to become a "master marketer" in both.

Now, you might think that mastering something you probably know little about is pretty far-fetched, but it's really not. We have thousands of SFI affiliates of all ages and backgrounds who started just like you-people who didn't know the first thing about marketing but who now can generate enrollments and sales with two arms tied behind their backs, so to speak. YOU can become just as proficient. All you have to do is get started and keep working at it.

So how do you get started? Well, thanks to SFI's amazing system, you can actually be on your way with your first marketing campaign-indeed campaigns!-in less than 30 minutes!

Here's how:

1. Go for a list of Marketing Methods for generating TripleClicks members and sales.

2. Note the methods with the green Beginner tags. These are methods that are free or low cost and can be put into action within minutes.

3. Put one or more of the methods into action...right now!

4. Next, go for a list of Marketing Methods for sponsoring affiliates.

5. Again, note the green Beginner tags.

6. Put one or more of these methods into action now.

Congratulations! You've just put marketing campaigns for both referring TC members and sponsoring SFI affiliates into action.

Now you can sit back and wait for the commissions to start rolling in, right?

Sorry, but nothing worthwhile is ever THAT easy! To start seeing serious income, you'll have to employ other marketing methods as well.

But let's not discount what you just did either! As covered in a previous issue of LaunchPad, getting started is the key. Once you've gotten started, you've overcome the "inertia" that keeps most people stuck in dead-end lives, and that's BIG.

Speaking of big, here's a good way to think about your marketing:

Just as a small fire produces little heat, small efforts will produce small results. So, give yourself a little reward for lighting the fire today. But tomorrow, make plans to move your marketing up to the next level.

There are SO many methods available to you-everything from X-Cards...to postcards...to banners...and more. Build a BIG fire, build a BIG income!

© 2011 Carson Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved.  

"Borderless" is beautiful!

Did you know that by the end of 2013, the worldwide number of Internet users had grown to more than 2.8 BILLION people-nearly 40% of ALL the people on the planet?! Did you also know that in 2012, e-commerce sales topped $1 trillion for the first time and is expected to continue to grow by double-digit percentages? With statistics like that, the future of commerce certainly seems to belong online!

And while the U.S. leads the pack as of December '13 for the percentage of its population online (84.9%), that number still constitutes only 10.7% (and shrinking) of Web surfers worldwide.

Where the major growth is occurring is in the world's most populous countries, such as China, India, Brazil, Russia and Indonesia. In fact, the Asian continent ranks first worldwide for the number of Internet users-more than 1.2 BILLION and growing. And they're just getting started!

Then there's Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America that since 2000 have witnessed what can only be described as a phenomenal increase of online users: a cumulative, 14-year 5,219%, 3,061 %, and 1,571% growth rate, respectively!

Why is all this important? Because in joining SFI, you've just joined the most global-minded business there is. Put another way, you're now positioned to profit from the largest market EVER. EVER!

The fact is, SFI was built, from the ground up, to go everywhere and anywhere the Internet goes. And "borderless" is beautiful.

Lots of businesses allow you to market in your own country and perhaps a few others countries, but only SFI, with its TripleClicks subdivisions puts you in over 190 countries and gives you instant access to a marketplace of BILLIONS of consumers.

But SFI gives you much more than just access. Unlike a few companies that have tried to copy us, SFI is actually working and generating income for people all over the world.

Check out our daily Global Growth Report. Look at today's enrollments and where they come from. Every day, hundreds of people from countries scattered across the globe become SFI affiliates and TripleClicks members!

Now look at the Top Sponsors/Referrer's list (located in the top right corner of the Global Growth Report). Affiliates from countries all over world dominate this top 10 list every day.

In huge populous countries like India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and China, SFI is exploding with growth! And yet we've only begun to scratch the surface! And what a MASSIVE opportunity this is for you.

Think about the spectacular economic growth occurring in India and China right now. Imagine sponsoring just a handful of strong, motivated individuals in these countries and how many THOUSANDS of affiliates and members they could bring in with your help, and how many thousands of dollars in monthly override commissions could someday be yours!

It's a fact. When you go SFI, your opportunity is literally as big as the world.

© 2011 Carson Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved 

Central to your SUCCESS

As you become more familiar with your new SFI business, you'll see that a constant theme is our encouragement to take some form of action every day. Why? Because if you're doing this, you'll be moving your business forward, slowly but surely, gaining momentum, step by step. And this will, of course, eventually result in some very good things for you...such as a large commission check every month.

One of those "must-do-daily" items is visiting the SFI Affiliate Center. 

Visiting the Affiliate Center is, well...central to your success with SFI. By visiting every day, you'll get access to our valuable, personalized, step-by-step assistance; the latest news; timely tips; and training to build your new business, plus important alerts, notifications, and messages from SFI corporate and upline leaders. You can also earn up to 10 VersaPoints for reviewing the tabs on your SFI Home Page(maximum 1800 points in 180 days).

The Affiliate Center is also where you'll find your individual account information, business reports, Glossary, Compensation Plan, FAQs, and literally hundreds of marketing aids, tools, and resources to power your business...and much more!

Because of all this, we STRONGLY recommend you bookmark Affiliate Center. BETTER YET,here's how to set the SFI Affiliate Center as your Web browser's homepage to really make it easy to visit daily.

And here's a little "homework assignment" for you:

When you have some time, go through each of the items on the main menu bar (the black bar that runs across the top of almost every page at the Affiliate Center). Click the "Income," the "Training" and "Reference" links, and all the others, too. EACH of these links will take you to an index of many, many valuable and useful tools, aids, and resources. Familiarize yourself with these items so you know where they're available when you need them.

See you tomorrow!

© 2011 Carson Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved.  

Executive benefits...

1. Direct Commissions

2. Pay-Per-Action Bounties

1. Direct Commissions

2. Pay-Per-Action Bounties

3. TripleClicks Executive Pool

4. Co-Sponsor Commissions

5. TCredits Bonus

6. ECA Royalties

Learn how easy it is to become an EA HERE.

The more points you accumulate, the higher your Power Rank can go.

TIP: You can check your current VersaPoints total and your current ranks anytime on your Scoreboard.

© 2011 Carson Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Hello, TripleClicks!

Meet TripleClicks.

Actually, we're sure you've already met this division of SFI, but there's much about TripleClicks (TC) you need to know, which we'll discuss today.

For starters, you may not be aware that TC launched on January 5th, 2009. You may also not be aware that your SFI affiliateship automatically includes a TC membership!

And we're just getting started with the products and offerings. We launched TC with approximately 6,000 products, but that was just the beginning. We've now grown to 88,486 products from 200 countries worldwide and are adding hundreds of new products weekly. We also now have downloadable music, auctions, games, a member rewards points system, and there's much more still in development!

You'll also be interested to know that because of how we built TC, virtually any type of product or service can be added. The sky's the limit!

Tip: You may have to log in when you visit TC (use your SFI affiliate ID and password) so that all the special affiliate features we've built in to TC are displayed to you. Check the top right corner of the screen at TC to confirm you are logged in.

TC is a state-of-the-art Internet store site featuring numerous amenities including:

• Express Checkout

• WishLists

• Online order/shipment tracking

• An exclusive, money-saving daily deal ("Deal Of The Day")

• Advanced search features

• Special daily/weekly/monthly sales

• Popular penny auctions (Pricebenders™) with bids starting at only 1 cent.

• Standing Orders (your members can set up orders to have consumable products shipped to them monthly automatically, meaning monthly commissions for you)

• One-click sitewide currency conversions for 17 major world currencies.

• More than 50 payment options

• and much more!

With all these powerful features, TC provides SFI affiliates with a world-class instrument for generating Internet income.

Here's how to get started making sales:

Our #1 recommended method is to simply hand out TripleClicks Gift Cards as free samples to your friends, associates, co-workers, family, neighbors-anyone you know or meet who might want to check out your online store. Recipients can redeem each gift card for 6 TCredits, which they can apply toward purchasing products, bidding on auctions, posting their own items for sale, and more; PLUS 100 Member Rewards Points (MRP) they can use toward more purchases. No matter what your level of marketing experience, handing out free samples is a simple and proven way of attracting potential new members. We've even created a special Gift Card Guide to help you get started.

Once your prospect has redeemed their Gift Card, you've just locked them in as one of your personally referred members. And once they get a taste of all they can do at TripleClicks, well, guess what? They're going to want to buy more TCredits. And, of course, for every credit they buy, you earn Direct Commissions and VersaPoints!

In fact, you can earn executive affiliate (EA) status for yourself if your members buy just 15 single credits... or seven 10-packs of credits...or just one 200-pack of credits.

But that's not all. Many of your members may become frequent shoppers and buyers at TC. And when they buy products, you'll also earn VersaPoints and Direct Commissions. NOTE: Check out the information in the SFI Affiliates tab within each product's TripleClicks description page. Make sure you're signed into the store, then click the SFI Affiliates tab to view each item's VersaPoints value, commission amounts for the sale of that item, a direct gateway URL you can use to direct customers to that product, affiliate tips, and more!

You can order your TC Gift Cards from TripleClicks. (be sure you're logged in to TripleClicks). Or, you can get hooked up with other great promotional methods and marketing aids. You may also like to read the TC FAQs which covers many other details and aspects of TripleClicks.

If TC Gift Cards aren't the way you want to go, our other beginning marketing strategies and aids also offer effective methods to get the word out about your store. You'll focus on simply building a member list and not on promoting any individual products or groups of products; your potential members will discover for themselves the products they wish to purchase. In fact, building a member list as easy as handing out Gift Cards, putting up fliers, or running free classified ads!

You'll also want to set up your TConnect page at TripleClicks.com. What's your TConnect page? In short, it's a personalized, free Web page every TripleClicks Member and SFI Affiliate automatically receives upon signing up as a member or joining SFI. You can put your TConnect page to work for you in a variety of ways immediately after setting it up--listing products to sell, marketing your SFI business, accessing special ECA and member deals, and much more! Learn all about it in this training article.

Note: For a list of all our beginner, intermediate, and advanced marketing methods, go to Marketing Aids in the black tab list. PLUS...if you want to learn how you can pick up an extra $200+ or more a month selling TCredits, check out this page.

The TC Member Listings Program

Another component of TC you need to know about is the TC Member Listings Program, which allows you to sell your stuff right alongside TC's other products and services.

With the Member Listings Program you can quickly, easily, and cheaply convert stuff you no longer want...into stuff you do! List your stuff at TC, and sell for cash....or for any product in the store. You can even earn SFI Executive Affiliate (EA) status each month selling unwanted items around your house! Use TC as your online garage sale to clean out your closets, attics, and garages! List and sell dozens of miscellaneous items easily.

To get started, log in at TripleClicks (using your SFI ID and password) and click the Create a new member listing link in your TC Member Center.

One last thing: Our ECA Program allows commercial sellers and companies of all kinds, from around the world, to market their products and services side-by-side with our own products and services at TripleClicks.com. And we've made it very easy for companies to plug in their products and services. Indeed, the ECA theme is "Plug into a world of new customers!" There's no cost for ECAs to list their products and services and they can immediately begin taking advantage of the exposure and growing worldwide traffic of TripleClicks.com. It's a "slam dunk" for them, a total win/win. Get more information on TC.

Add up all the above and you can see why TC represents one of the biggest opportunities ever made available for e-commerce profits!

© 2011 Carson Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

There's no place like home...
your SFI home page, that is! 

What's most important:

1. Staying on top of SFI news, program changes, and notices that could affect your bottom line?
2. Keeping careful track of your progress as an SFI business owner and of SFI's growth as a whole?
3. Maintaining contact with your SFI Affiliates?

Trick question! They're all vital to your success, though in different ways. After all, if you're serious about succeeding, you simply MUST have a commanding grasp on the latest information that could affect your business. But you also have to be well-informed about the overall and day-to-day performance of your business, be accessible to accurately answer questions from your SFI Affilaites, and provide timely help to your customers.

Fortunately, these and other timely tasks don't have to be nearly as time consuming as they may sound.

Your Affiliate Center home page provides you with a wealth of information about the latest SFI news, notices, and statistics; your own to-do list, daily business tips, streaming posts from you and your team members; and much more! It's truly your one-stop SFI business summary. Consequently, checking the information within these tabs should be at the TOP of your list of daily business tasks. What's more,you'll earn 10 VersaPoints (VP) every day you check your home page tabs (accumulated for last 180 days). Tabs you've visited for the day will appear gray; those you have yet to visit will appear in red.

Following is a brief summary of what you'll find within each of the tabs in the order they appear on your Affiliate Center home page. It's a lot of information, we know, but we STRONGLY suggest you take your time and carefully review the outline below...your business success depends on it!

Your SFI Alerts tab

Think of your Alerts page as your very own "front page" of your daily business newspaper, listing the headlines, brief snippets, and notices that you'll want to know about and to give attention for the day.

Personalized for you, your Alerts page appears as the default tab on your home page after you log into the Affiliate Center (you can also access this tab from your My Account index page) and includes:

• Alerts specific to your rank status, standing orders, account information, etc.
  
• The number (if any) of your unread TeamMail messages.
  
• Any "SHARE-ITs" you've earned for posting on social media
  
• Your VersaPoints information indicating the number of VP you currently have and need to gain to advance in rank before the end of the month.
  
• The last five posts from the SFI news blog.
  
• The latest posts at the SFI Forum.
  

Your To-Do List Tab

Here, you'll find an easy-to-follow list of actions designed to help you build a successful SFI business. In addition to daily, weekly, and monthly actions for growing your business, there are also sections listing specific actions to promote Team Leadership and increase TC sales. You'll also see one-time actions listed, which disappear from this list as you complete them. Each action you complete earns you VersaPoints (shown in the left column on the list). The more points you earn, the higher your SFI commissions can go!

Your Tips Tab

Stop here daily for your SFI Tip of the Day, an Ask SC Answer of the Day, a cool motivational Quote of the Day, and an informative Did You Know section outlining important aspects about SFI that you'll want to keep in the forefront of your mind as you grow your business. You'll also see a Featured Marketing Aid you can use for your SFI business.

Your Stream Tab

We simply cannot stress enough the role effective communication plays in your business success! In fact, it's SO important, we've devoted this special home page tab entirely to instant posts to and from your team (up to 12 levels in your downline). This is a GREAT way to pass along your own news items, alerts, notes of encouragement, and other important information. You can also view and reply to posts from SFI corporate and your favorite TripleClicks E-Commerce Affiliates (ECAs) from this tab.

To send new messages to some or all of your team members, just type your message (up to 340 characters) into the field at the top, select the group you wish to send the post to, and click Submit. Your recipients will see your instant post within their own Stream tabs. To reply to comments posted by others, simply click the "Leave a Comment" link below the replies, enter your message (200 characters max.) and click Post Comment.

Your TripleClicks Tab

As it's name suggests, this tab is all about what's going on at TripleClicks.com. As you learned inLaunchPad lesson #8, your SFI Affiliateship automatically includes a TC membership. You also learned that TripleClicks is your instrument for generating Internet income. Of course, as an SFI business owner and team leader, you'll want to keep a close eye on what's going on at TC by checking out the information on this tab every day, including:

• The Deal of the Day
• Upcoming Pricebenders Auctions
• Current TripleClicks product total and links to new products
• Current ECA total
• W3 Member Special

Your SFI Scoreboard Tab

This is your spot for tracking and comparing your own progress with other SFI Affiliates, as well as viewing important SFI statistics as a whole. Think of your SFI Scoreboard Tab as your day's "market summary"-a glimpse of the bigger picture as it relates to your own SFI business.

The top section presents a nice outline of your current VersaPoint statistics, including VP you've earned to date, VP you've earned so far this month, your Team Leader qualifying VP and the points you need to advance to the next rank, your current placement on the month's VP Leaderboard, and whether you've qualified for today's Daily Grand contest.

Next, you'll see the My Earnings section, which breaks down your earnings and Commissionable Volume (CV) so far for the current month, including figures for Direct Commissions, Co-Sponsor Commissions, ECA Referral Commissions, Executive Pool Commissions, and how many bonus TCredits you've earned.

Below that, your Power Rank section lets you mark your progress, compared with other SFI Affiliates. You'll see your Overall Power Rank status, as well as your Class Rank (how you rank among Affiliates who joined SFI the same day you did) and your Country Rank (how you rank among affiliates in your country).

In the sections that follow, you can view your Sponsor Rating for the month (learn more about Sponsor Ratings here) and your current E365 status (if applicable).

Your Movers Tab

A valuable resource for all SFI leaders, the Movers Tab is where you discover and keep tabs on your team's movers and shakers. Each "mover" listing includes the affiliate's name, SFI ID, rank, this month's VP amount, VP needed for rank advancement, Power Rankings, join date, last Affiliate Center login date, and contact information. You can also contact each affiliate by SFI TeamMail, via SFIM (SFI's online chat program), or through regular e-mail by clicking the appropriate icon within each listing.

The affiliates listed here will be your most active, and are extremely valuable to the success of your team. Review this list every day and make sure you're following up with and supporting each of these persons. Sorts let you narrow your list based on your newest movers or those who are online now. This type of communication and team building is how you create the DUPLICATION, the most important factor in creating wealth with SFI!

Your Growth Tab

Whereas your Scoreboard is concerned mainly with your progress as compared to other affiliates, this tab presents information on SFI growth in general-and WOW are we ever growing! As an SFI Affiliate, you get to share in and profit from that growth, so you'll naturally want to be checking this tab each day for the latest stats, including:

• Enrollment totals for today, yesterday and month to date
• Yesterday's top enrollers (their names, locations, and enrollment totals)
• A summary of TripleClicks statistics (member, product, and ECA totals; number of countries w/members and ECAs)

But that's not all! To the left side of this page, you can view SFI's newest E365 Champion and ranking members, from our latest Fast Tracker to the most recent Platinum Team Leader. Click the affiliate name to view his/her Affiliate Snapshot; select the More link within each listing to view all the ranking members from newest to oldest.

Finally, at the bottom of this tab, you can see a running list of today's enrollments (both SFI Affiliates & TC Members), including SFI and Member IDs, names, location, join time, sponsor/referrer, and co-sponsor. You can sort this list from newest to oldest or vice versa, as well as by country. This last sort option is a nice way to identify new affiliates/members in your area. Just click the new affiliate/member name to view his/her Affiliate Snapshot.

The data found in the Growth Tab alone could make for some compelling content in your own newsletters or announcements to your personally sponsored affiliates. Quoting real, concrete figures about the popularity of SFI and its growing numbers, the newest leaders, incoming affiliate locations, and more can increase the "wow factor" in your communications and fire up your team!

Your Goals Tab

Every successful person needs goals. Here, you can review the goals listed on your Affiliate Profile(which we will discuss in more detail in a coming LaunchPad Lesson). To update your goals, just click the Edit my goals link at the bottom of the page to access your Affiliate Profile and save your changes there. Your updated goals will be immediately reflected on your Goals Tab.

Your Ask SC Tab

Short for "Ask the SFI Community," Ask SC taps into the wealth of knowledge of SFI's tens of thousands of affiliates. It's a great place to check for common affiliate questions and the best answers, as voted by you and your fellow SFI Affiliates. You can submit your own questions and answers from here, vote for the best answers, and even earn unlimited VersaPoints for top answers! (Learn more). In this way, the SFI Community will continue to build a powerful database where new and experienced Affiliates the world over can easily find the most pertinent, informative, and helpful answers to common (and not-so-common) questions.

You can sort through questions within several categories (a2a, Getting Started, VersaPoints, Compensation, etc.) and by newest questions, questions open for voting (voting period for each new answer is 10 days), questions you've answered, and questions you've submitted. To vote, just click the Go! button, review an answer and select either YES or NO as to whether the answer was helpful. Another answer (likely to a different question) will then appear for you to assess and vote on. Vote on a miminum of 10 answers to earn your VP for this tab.

To submit an answer to a question, click the "add your own answers" link in the AskSC index, click the question you want to answer, then enter your answer in the text field provided. Click Submit when you're done. Get complete details about Ask SC.

Your Win-It! Tab

Life can't be ALL work and no play-after all, pursuing your dreams should also be FUN! That's where your Win-It! Tab featuring SFI's DAILY GRAND contest comes in (contest info and rules). This exclusive daily drawing for SFI affiliates awards 200 lucky affiliates a share of $2,000 or more in prizes each and every day! Entering the contest is easy: simply visit the Win-It! tab and click the "Enter Today's Daily Grand" button. Each Affiliate is eligible for up to 6 entries for each day's contest:

• Earn one entry for producing at least 10 VP during the previous day
• Earn a second entry for producing at least 20 VP during the previous day
• Earn two additional entries each day for maintaining a minimum 1500 VP Standing Order
• Earn one entry for reviewing 30 Ask SC answers before entering today's drawing
• Earn one entry for reviewing alerts and posts on your homepage's ALERTS tab

But that's not all! Scroll down to the bottom of your Win-It! Tab for information on five more ways to win cash and prizes--including, T-Time hourly drawings, and the Gift Card DistribuSTAR daily drawing, as well as for playing in our Eager Zebra games!

Forum Tab

The Forum tab is focused on current forum discussions-customized just for YOU! From here you can easily and instantly interact with highly-knowledgable Forum Gurus, upline members, downline members, CSAs, and a2a friends.

Your Forum tab automatically provides you with:

• Hot (most currently popular) thread links
• Thread links for your country or region
• Links for threads and posts you've subscribed to or have asked for notifications on
• Links for all posts by persons you follow
• Links for all posts by any of your downline members (within 12 generations)
• Links for all posts by any of your CSAs (co-sponsored affiliates)
• Links for all posts by any of your a2a friends

Special Note: You are automatically set to follow your Sponsor, Co-Sponsor, and upline Team Leaders. So all threads and posts by these individuals will automatically appear on your forum tab.

To score your daily Action VP for this tab, simply click on any thread of interest and spend at least 30 seconds at that thread at the forum.

What's more...the information found within the tabs of your SFI home page provides a veritable smorgasbord of GREAT information you can use in your marketing efforts to get the word out about SFI and TripleClicks.

For example, how cool would it be to be able to tell potential affiliates they could join a growing business that welcomed more than 20,000 new sign-ups last month alone?...Or that your customers can choose from 90,000 (and growing) products at your store? You could use your VP and Power Rank data to chart your progress in newsletters to your downline, spurring their interest in growing their own businesses. And if you should notice one of your team members listed in one of the boxes or lists, that's your opportunity to reach out with a hearty congratulations and encouragement! And the more you build trust and community, the more successful your team-and your business-will be!

The whole picture

As a whole, your SFI home page provides you with the information you need to know about where your SFI business is, where it fits within SFI, and where it's going. Plus, you'll earn a total of 10 VP each day you stop by and check your tabs!

Make it a habit, starting today:

• Alerts
• To-Do List
• Tips
• Stream
• TripleClicks
• Scoreboard
• Movers
• Growth
• Goals
• Ask SC
• Win-It!
• Forum

Stay on track! Achieve your dreams!

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Frequently Asked Questions

Over the past 10 days, we've been throwing a lot of topics at you. You've learned about SFI, TripleClicks, and the importance of referring members and sponsoring affiliates. Hopefully, we've done a good job in presenting these topics to you and you've got a good understanding of everything so far.

But if you're like most affiliates, you probably still have a few, or maybe even a lot of, specific questions about various aspects of SFI, such as:

• How much money can I make?
• What are the costs involved in starting and operating an SFI business?
• How does SFI compare to similar businesses?
• What kind of products does SFI have?

The easiest, quickest way to find answers is to just enter your question in the search box at the top of the SFI Affiliate Center. You'll see a dropdown list of answers and SFI resources related to your search terms.

You'll also want to check out our streamlined Support Center, which is integrated within the SFI Affiliate Center. From this center, you can find answers to your questions or contact support staff directly. Here are some of the key FAQs we encourage you to review at this time:

• Getting Started FAQs
• Commissions/Getting Paid FAQs
• TripleClicks FAQs

If you've tackled these above topics and are ready for even more FAQs, you can view the information within our knowledge base. From the Support Index, just click SFI Affiliate Knowledge Base or theTripleClicks Member Knowledge Base link to review a vast array of questions and answers for each, as well as basic information, in a variety of categories.

And, of course, if you still have questions, our Affiliate Support Desk is always at your service.

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Overnight success...NOT!

Today we're going to talk about having big goals...but REALISTIC goals. SFI holds tremendous potential for those who will apply themselves, but it's not going tohappen overnight or without work. As the old saying goes,"the only place that success comes before work is in the dictionary."

We often hear from affiliates asking why they're not seeing a big commission check yet. But more times than not, the person asking hasn't even been an affiliate for more than a few weeks and is only really beginning to even understand how the whole SFI system works. And frankly, even if the number was six months, it's still much too early to be expecting a significant income stream to have developed.

We always say that if you're not willing to give a business at least a year, don't even bother getting involved. You must understand: It takes time to get to know all the nuances of a business. It takes time to get to know the products. It takes time to develop a game plan. It takes time to figure out what marketing activities will work best for you. See our six-step plan for reaching the top in SFI.

The fact is, anything worthwhile takes sustained effort. If that were not true, we'd all be the perfect weight, we'd all have perfect relationships, etc. It's the same thing with your own business. If you're thinking money's going to start pouring into your lap next month, you've set yourself up for failure.

But let's look at some real examples and see if we can put some perspective on this. Let's start with SFI's own president and founder, Gery Carson. Gery explains:

"My success as a entrepreneur and business leader is widely known today. Yet what most people don't know is that I LOST money my first two years. I only broke even in my third year. And it was only when I got to my fourth year did I finally start seeing profits. Oh, how I wish someone had invented an SFI for me back in the mid-80's when I was starting out! ; - )

So was all that effort worth it? ABSOLUTELY! Because I persisted, today I live a dream life, I have my dream home, drive my dream car, and I get to lead one of the most exciting Internet companies in the world. Yes, because I stuck with it, I am today truly blessed beyond my wildest dreams."

But let's go farther. Let's look at some of the actual home business superstars we've interviewed and featured on our Website in the past:

Note that amounts listed reflect declared earnings at the time their interview was published.

ROBERT BLACKMAN now earns as much as $85,000 per month. Yet it took Robert two years to see his first four-figure check ($1,000 or more), and it took him five years to see his first five-figure check ($10,000 or more).

CHARLES LESLIE's monthly income exceeds $12,000 a month. It took Charles five months to see his first $1,000 check, and three and a half years to see his first $10,000 check.

TRACY DIETERICH earns $36,000+ monthly. But it took six months to hit that first $1,000, and a year to get to $10,000.

DALE CALVERT makes so much more than $100,000 a year that he won't even divulge the amount. Yet Dale worked four months before seeing that first four-figure commission check...and two full years before hitting five figures.

DR. JOE RUBINO now cruises at over $62,000 each month. But that first $1,000 check took two months, the first $10,000 check, one year.

ROBERT BUTWIN drops $80,000 or more into his bank account each month. But would you believe that first $1,000 check took two years to reach, and a full FIVE years for Robert to reach the first $10,000 check? It's true!

DAVID A. NELSON clears $40,000 in a month. But reaching that first $1,000 check took 18 months. Reaching the five-figure check took two years.

TONY KENT has exceeded $90,000 in monthly earnings. But exceeding $1,000 took Tony one year...and a year and a half to exceed $10,000.

In other words, even the most dynamic, highest-earning entrepreneurs took MONTHS to begin seeing an income of any real significance. And the real wealth, the $100,000+ income we all strive for, took an average of almost THREE YEARS to achieve!

Do you think ANY of these gentlemen don't think the ends justified the means? Do you think for an instant that the months and years invested hasn't been rewarded a thousand times over at least? You don't even have to think about it, do you?

If we told you that after two to three years of following our system, you could be making more in a month than you now make in a year, could you handle that? This is a genuine and realistic goal. But when you say you want to quit your job in six months and live off the income from your new business, well, that's just not realistic.

Not what you wanted to hear, right? But is what we're suggesting so tough to swallow? Of course not.

Can you think of any other endeavor where you could invest just five to 10 hours a week for a couple years and at the end of that time have that turned into a $3,000 to $10,000 residual monthly income stream? Money that keeps coming in month after month, year after year. Money that keeps coming in whether you work 10 hours a day or two. A commission check waiting for you in your mailbox when you return from yet another vacation. Money that when you've left this planet continues to provide for your spouse, children, or grandchildren.

Sounds extremely nice, doesn't it? But again, these are likely not things you're going to see in your first year. It's just not going to happen. Some of you-the go-getters-you WILL see it happen in your second year. For most of you, however, you need to be thinking two to five years. And you know what? When you get there, we guarantee you, you'll say it was nothing!

BOTTOM LINE: We reap what we sow, but the harvest is never in the same season as the planting! Today you are planting...and will be at least for the next several months. Your harvest will come in time. Be persistent. Be patient. Work the Web using our proven SFI system. Think long term. Take action every day, (no matter how small) to build your business. And always remember, THE ONLY WAY TO FAIL IS TO QUIT.

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Your Profile, Please

Setting up a new business is a time-consuming task-we know! With so much to think about and learn, it's easy to overlook some of the odd items here and there that are, nonetheless, vital to getting started right. (After all, that's why we've created this LaunchPad series for you!)

One easy task you DON'T want to overlook is completing your SFI AFFILIATE PROFILE. This brief questionnaire is absolutely necessary to create a personalized SFI Affiliate Center experience specifically suited to YOU, your experience, goals, support needs, and much more.

Our system will use your profile answers to personalize the SFI Affiliate Center for you.

With your permission, we'll also add your profile answers to a special Affiliate Manager page so your sponsor can learn about you and how best to help you achieve your goals.

Take a moment RIGHT NOW and complete this important step toward setting up your SFI business. It will only take a few minutes to complete and will help you get the most from SFI:

IMPORTANT: Remember, all information you provide in your Affiliate Profile is kept 100% private. We will NEVER share SFI affiliate information with ANY third parties. Should you wish to share your profile information with your SFI Sponsor (via the Affiliate Manager page mentioned above) and/or other upline members, select those options on the last two questions of your affiliate profile.

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Help!!

SFI is known for many things-innovation, a generous compensation plan, and world-class marketing tools-to name a few. But we also take great pride in supporting our affiliates.

That is, when you need help, SFI is at your service:

In addition to the above resources, we also facilitate help and support from your SFI sponsor and other upline Team Leaders:

• You can contact your SFI sponsor.

• You can contact upline Team Leaders.

Tip: If for some reason you're having difficulty connecting with your sponsor or upline Team Leaders via e-mail, try our in-house "TeamMail." TeamMail uses SFI's internal messaging system so that the next time your sponsor or other upline members log in at the SFI Affiliate Center (www.sfimg.com), they'll be alerted to your message and can read it and respond right from the Affiliate Center! To send a TeamMail, just click on the small blue icon () beside the name of the person you wish to contact.

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YOUR store

You may not have really thought about it yet, but as one of our affiliates, you and we are partners. Therefore, you need to think of SFI products as YOUR products. And you need to think of TripleClicks.com as YOUR store.

Because it is your store, there are some rules you'll want to start following. Number one, when you buy products and services for yourself or others, you always want to shop your own store (TripleClicks) first.

If you owned a bakery, you wouldn't be buying cinnamon rolls from the bakery down the street. If you owned an office supplies store, you wouldn't drive to a competitor's store to buy a stapler or paperclips.

It's the exact same thing as an SFI affiliate, especially when it comes to products you're ALREADY buying. Your store (TripleClicks.com) probably carries many products and/or services that you ALREADY purchase from a local store or other service provider. Why not transfer those purchases...to YOUR store? You can even eliminate or significantly reduce shipping charges by shopping via local TC E-Commerce Associates (ECAs) in your own country, region, or city. In some cases, you can pick up the products right from these merchants' local retail outlet, eliminating shipping fees altogether. View the ECAs in your country at: www.tripleclicks.com/ecaCountries.php

Remember, we're not talking about spending extra money, just changing from where you're buying.

So what's in it for you? What benefit do you get out of buying from your own store? For starters, your purchases at TripleClicks earn you valuable VersaPoints, which you can parlay into numerous benefits and increased earnings. NOTE: Simply click the SFI Affiliates tab within each product's description page for the VP total attached to this item. Within this tab, you'll also see the exact Gateway URL to direct your prospective customers to, as well as the commissions you could earn by selling this product.

But it goes much further than that. The fact is, SFI's success-and your success as an SFI affiliate-is tied directly to the success of TripleClicks (TC). The more successful TC is, the more successful SFI's affiliates will be.

A popular and successful TC means:

• Easier sponsoring of SFI affiliates
  
• Easier referrals of TC members
  
• More and better ECAs
  
• More products & services
  
• Better prices
  
• Lower shipping costs
  
• and MORE

And if all of the above wasn't enough, you can pick up even more benefits (including discounts off regular prices at the store) by setting up a Standing Order.

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How to share in SFI's growth

How fast? Here are the latest stats from our Global Growth Report:

• Yesterday's enrollments: 3084

• Month-to-date enrollments: 22231

And here's the best news. Starting right now, THIS month, you can be tapping into our growth in...THREE different ways:

1. SFI-powered TripleClicks.com (now featuring OVER 80000 products-from over 95 countries worldwide) is one of the fastest-growing e-commerce Websites in the world. Every month, we put a whopping 40% of the Commission Volume of EVERY order-companywide-into a pool of tens of thousands of dollars for our affiliates to share in! We call it the TripleClicks Executive Pool. Just become an Executive Affiliate (EA) and you'll immediately qualify for shares of the pool. Earn one share of the pool for each VersaPoint you score for the month!

2. Become an Executive Affiliate (EA) and you'll automatically earn two Co-Sponsored Affiliates and then two more each month you retain your EA rank. As an affiliate's Co-Sponsor, you'll earn 15% CV commissions on all their purchases...every month! Learn more HERE. But don't stop with just two/month! Thousands of ADDITIONAL Co-Sponsored Affiliates are awarded each month to SFI Team Leaders. Just become aTeam Leader, and you'll automatically receive a share of all the available Co-Sponsored Affiliates!

3. No longer is a lack of time or marketing experience a roadblock to success with SFI. Every day, SFI's international advertising network generates HUNDREDS of new SFI affiliate sign-ups. To learn how you can begin receiving a share of these valuable, business-boosting signups every month, see it in TripleClicks.

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The big funnel

As you become more and more proficient at attracting and sponsoring new affiliates, it's important that you understand this:

It's a numbers game.

What do we mean by that? Think of your SFI business as a big funnel. In the big end of the funnel you're putting in new affiliates that you've sponsored.

Many will, unfortunately, turn out to be "tire-kickers" or people looking for something for nothing. That's OK! There are millions of them in the world and if you're out there advertising, you're going to attract your share. Just accept that and don't let it bother you.

What comes out of the small end of your funnel, however, are the people that "get" SFI, that see the big picture and want to participate seriously.

These are your future leaders and it is through these "go-getters" that you can earn significant income. This is, of course, because SFI pays hefty overrides (Leveraged Income) to you on the activity of those affiliates you have personally sponsored.

But what's REALLY amazing is how few of these go-getters you actually need! Check this out:

Can you personally develop just ONE new Executive Affiliate (EA) a week and teach JUST TWO OTHERS to do the same? (Remember, there are DOZENS of methods to sponsor affiliates). If you can, after just one year you could be earning at least $600 a month ($7,200 a year). And after just two years, you could be earning over $1,200 a month ($14,400 a year).

Even if you can develop only ONE new EA a month and have just 10 others in your group doing the same, you can build a nice part-time income of over $200 per month after just a year.

Of course, you can earn MUCH, MUCH MORE, as the above numbers don't even include any Direct Commissions or other bonuses you can earn. And, of course, you and/or the affiliates in your group may be capable of developing many more EAs.

But that's the beauty of your new SFI business. There are no ceilings. You can earn a little spending cash or you can earn the kind of money that would make your doctor or dentist envious. You can even plan for a nice retirement income--Go to the income menu and check The Plan, for six simple steps to maximize your income and success in SFI!

Best of all, you can do it completely from home, working only the hours you want. No commute. No suit. And YOU are the boss.

© 2011 Carson Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

Communication is HUGE

In your 3rd LaunchPad, we discussed Leveraged Income, and how it is one of the secrets of building wealth.

Well, here's a secret about that secret! Leveraged Income is a whole lot easier to build if you have open and easy communication channels.

Why? For starters, communication from you to your affiliates is a big part of how you duplicate yourself. In case you're not clear about this term yet, here's what we mean by duplication:

It doesn't matter how intelligent, rich, energetic, or dynamic you are-we are all limited to the same 24 hours a day. By sponsoring other affiliates, however, you can overcome this limitation. By sponsoring, you can essentially clone yourself and have dozens, hundreds, even thousands of people all working indirectly on your behalf on their time-and receive a percentage of everything they earn!

Sponsoring affiliates also builds security for your business. Why? In most traditional businesses, what happens if you become ill or disabled and are unable to service your customers? Or perhaps you just want to take a vacation. Whatever the case, you could lose most, if not all, of your income overnight because it relies on your being there. That's not owning your own life, and that's certainly not financial freedom!

Through the process of sponsoring affiliates, however, you can create total financial freedom for yourself. When you've sponsored your own team of independent business people, you no longer have all your eggs in one basket. On the contrary, because each person on your team has a vested interest in continuing and building his or her own businesses, you create an income that is not dependent upon you-an income that can continue, even grow, indefinitely, with or WITHOUT you!

So what's all this have to do with COMMUNICATION?

It's simple. It's through communication that you can teach your affiliates how to succeed in SFI (i.e. duplication). And it's through communication that you'll build relationships with your affiliates-which is very, very important.

Think about it. Do YOU want to make money for someone who offers no support or assistance? Of course not. It's the same thing with the affiliates you sponsor. If they feel you do not care about them, they will not want to build their businesses because they will not want to see their hard work benefiting some stranger they never hear from.

Now, you may be new to business. You may feel you have nothing to offer in the way of training. That's OK, you can learn and grow into the leader role over time. And, after all, all the training your affiliates need is at the SFI Affiliate Center.

But what you must never do is allow your affiliates to think their sponsor (you) is uncaring. If you do that, if you do not communicate with your affiliates, success will be a hundred times harder to attain.

OK, so HOW do you communicate with your affiliates? How do you make sure they know you are out there and available to assist them?

Very easily.

First of all, you need to set up a Greeting for your affiliates:

Once you've set this up, all of your new affiliates, upon logging in at the SFI Affiliate Center for the first time, will see an alert that you've left them a message. By clicking on this alert, they'll then be able to read your message. This is an easy, automatic way to get off to a great start in building relationships with your affiliates.

Next, you'll want to develop some form of regular outgoing communications. We recommend a weekly or bi-weekly e-mail. For much more on this, refer to this special column by SFI founder, Gery Carson.

And we've made doing group mailings very easy. Provided you accumulate a minimum of 1,500 VersaPoints monthly, you can send e-mails to your entire group with just a couple clicks...and completely free of cost. You don't have to maintain any mailing lists or worry about bad e-mail addresses or anything. You just select the group from your Genealogy you want your message to go to, enter your message, and click on "send." It's that easy.

You can also go to the PSA Mailer Web page or your CSA Mailer Web Page, enter your message and hit submit to send a message to all of your PSAs (personally sponsored affiliates) or CSAs (co-sponsored affiliates). Plus, provided you haven't already earned it for the week, you'll also earn 20 VersaPoints! There's no need to go to the Genealogy or select a segment of your group. And there's no need to worry about messages going to bad e-mail addresses or opted-out affiliates as these are automatically filtered out for you. Messages are sent to both the PSA's/CSA's registered e-mail addresses AND to the PSA's/CSA's "Team Mail" inboxes at the SFI Affiliate Center. There's also no rank or points requirements to use the PSA Mailer or CSA Mailer.

Next, you'll want to check out the Stream tab on your home page. Dedicated to instant posts to and from your team (up to 12 levels in your downline), the Stream tab provides a GREAT way to pass along your own news items, alerts, notes of encouragement, and other important information. To send new messages to some or all of your team members, just type your message (up to 340 characters) into the field at the top, select the group you wish to send the post to, and click Submit. Your recipients will see your instant post within their own Stream tabs. To reply to comments posted by others, simply click the "Leave a Comment" link below the replies, enter your message (200 characters max.) and click Post Comment.

Additionally, you can chat live with other Affiliates using SFI Instant Messaging. Just look for the Chat Status Ball located under an affiliate's picture in the Affiliate Snapshot or Forum or in the far right column for each name in your Genealogy Report. If the ball is green, the Affiliate is online. You can also access live chat with other members of your UPLINE (Team Leaders) by clicking the chat status balls located behind their names on your Upline Team page. Just click the ball to bring up a popup window and initiate the chat.

Now, the above are all PROACTIVE communications. But you also need to make sure you're being responsive when your affiliates contact you. Various e-mails that we send to your affiliates, as well as several places at the SFI Affiliate Center, all refer your affiliates to you, their sponsor. When they contact you, be sure you respond in a timely manner.

Tip: You may get asked questions you don't know the answer to. Don't sweat it. Just be honest. Tell them you don't know the answer. but you will try to help them find it; then do it. Whatever you do, don't just tell them to go to the Affiliate Center and find it themselves. That's a guaranteed way to destroy the relationship.

Another tip: Most SFI Sponsors and Team Leaders LOVE to hear from their affiliates. It lets them know who's active. Don't wait until you have a question...send them a message today and introduce yourself. Let them know what your goals are for your business. You might be pleasantly surprised by what comes back!

One last tip: Be sure to regularly view and browse all Forum posts of your PSAs and CSAs. Your PSAs and CSAs are the lifeblood of your team, and they'll appreciate seeing their sponsor or co-sponsor on the Forum and responding to their posts. Just click the Profile tab at the SFI Forum for a listing of your PSA and CSA posts.

Contact your sponsor.

Contact your upline Team Leaders.

© 2011 Carson Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved 

Putting a face on your business

There's a LOT to love about doing business over the Internet. It's fast, global, inexpensive, and very efficient. But one of the big negatives is that it's also highly impersonal.

When you're dealing with people halfway across the world, via computers, there's not a lot that can be done to make it overly personal, but there are a few things that you can and should do:

1. In yesterday's LaunchPad, we talked about how important regular communication with your affiliates is. Allow us to add today that the more personalized you can make those communications, the better. Nothing beats one-to-one communication. And don't limit yourself to just e-mails. Get on the phone or Skype, too, if you can. You can also try instant messaging (SFI Messenger contact information is available by clicking on the small yellow "bubble" located in the far right column of your Genealogy report). You might be amazed with the positive impact a little personal interaction can have on duplication in your group.

2. Over on the right there's an image. Is it your smiling face or is it just a placeholder that says "No Photo Available?"

If it's your photo, you are to be commended for getting your photo in place already.

But if it's the dreaded placeholder, you definitely have an item on your to-do list to take care of. That is, you need to get a photo of yourself uploaded...as soon as possible! We'll even award you 35 VersaPoints for doing so!

Why? Adding your photo is one of the easiest and simplest ways to add personalization and let your affiliates know their sponsor is a real, live person, not just a name and number on a computer screen. It's also important that you portray a professional image with your photo. Using icons or pictures of pets, children, and others may only serve to distract from your business image. A nice, clear photograph of you for display to your sponsored affiliates is a great way to begin to build a business relationship with your affiliates.

You remember that Affiliate Greeting we told you how to set up in yesterday's LaunchPad? Well, when your new affiliates go to view your greeting, if you have your photo uploaded, it will accompany your greeting.

Surely, you can see how a personal greeting, accompanied by your smiling face, can make a great impression.

There are also other places at the Affiliate Center where photos are included, such as on leaderboards and whenever you use Team Mail to send messages to your upline or downline members. In all cases, having your photo in place adds professionalism and personalization...which will help you maximize your SFI income.

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How much can I make?

"How much can I make?" This is a common question when someone joins SFI, and a fair question as well. After all, you wouldn't take a job without first finding out how much you'd be paid, right?

So how much CAN you make as an SFI affiliate?

According to Entrepreneur magazine, the average home-based business household earns $50,250 a year. And about 20% of all home-business households earn in excess of $75,000 a year. And in some countries (such as the United States) there are the tax benefits, too; even if your home business isn't generating a profit yet, it can put $5,000 or more into your pocket through tax write-offs (check with your accountant).

Speaking of entrepreneurs, this is an area where you truly must think like an entrepreneur and not like an employee.

In short, you'll get out of SFI what you put into it. It works...if you do. But that's the beauty of it, too; you are in control - it's up to you how far you take it. And don't forget, SFI offers the opportunity to earn residual income. This basically means that for the work you do today, you have the potential to earn money not only for today but also for years to come.

Do you know what happens when you double a penny (one cent) every day for a month? At the 15-day mark, it's grown to only $163.84. But by the 30th day, it's mushroomed to OVER 5 MILLION dollars!

As we've discussed in previous editions of LaunchPad, this "leveraging" or duplication effect is one of the most exciting ingredients of SFI. Indeed, its power cannot be underestimated.

Imagine that you've just sponsored an SFI affiliate in the United States by the name of John. John sponsors a friend in Brazil by the name of Maria. Maria soon sponsors Gustava from Sweden. Through Gustava's efforts, a Korean, Hae-Won, joins SFI.

By just sponsoring one person, you've set into motion a chain of events that now has affiliates working indirectly on your behalf across the globe! And every person (John, Maria, Gustava, and Hae-Won) can add to your commission check!

This is just one very small example of duplication and global networking in action. And it's happening every hour of every day at SFI. Study our Global Growth Report and you'll see this exactly.

So...do you think you could find one good person each month to join SFI? Just one person a month who might be interested in financial freedom, more leisure time, more security, and more happiness?

Do you think you can teach that one person a month to do what you do? If you can, you can become wildly successful in SFI!

Note: For some specific earnings examples, see The Big Funnel . Also, check out these six simple stepsfor maximizing your income and success in SFI. 

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Getting Smarter Every Day

We're 20 days in now and we've covered a lot of great information for how to get your SFI business off to a successful and profitable start.

Today, we want to tell you about two more sites you're going to want to be visiting regularly (if you're not already).

1. SFI OFFICIAL NEWS BLOG

This vital SFI site is updated nearly every day. It features the latest SFI news, announcements, and special alerts you need to stay on top of.

The SFI NEWS BLOG is located at: https://news.sfimg.com

You may want to bookmark this page. Better yet, go to SFI NEWS and subscribe and follow this blog so you automatically receive each new news entry in your e-mail. We strongly recommend this!

Some great features of SFI NEWS include:

- You can rate articles and even pull up the highest rated articles (see Stats in sidebar).

- All articles are categorized. Example: Want to read all the news about VersaPoints? Just select the TripleClicks category from the drop down menu and you'll be presented with just the VersaPoints news.

- All news is automatically archived so that you can easily review past news articles.

- A search feature allows you to quickly and easily search all articles containing just the keywords you're looking for.

- Easy sharing of posts to Twitter, Facebook, and Google+

By the way, another way to automatically get alerted of SFI news is by following SFI on Facebook and Twitter, and you'll even earn 20 VersaPoints each for doing so! See your To-Do List.

2. OFFICIAL TRIPLECLICKS NEWS BLOG

As the name implies, this is the central news page for TripleClicks.com. Here, you'll see posts exclusive to TripleClicks, such as new products, the weekly W3 Cash Drawing Winner, TC site enhancements and updates, and more.

The TRIPLECLICKS NEWS BLOG is located at: https://news.tripleclicks.com

The TC blog features all the conveniences that our SFI blog does. We also recommend you bookmark this blog and subscribe and follow it to automatically receive each new news entry in your e-mail.

In addition, you can follow TC News by following TripleClicks on Facebook and Twitter, and you'll even earn a total of 30 VersaPoints for doing so! See your To-Do List.

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Gaining with training

At SFI, we strongly believe in making sure our affiliates have the training and information needed to build profitable businesses-after all, we succeed only when you do!

That's why we've packed the Training Library at the SFI Affiliate Center with tons of helpful articles, tutorials, and how-tos covering a wide variety of business topics. To access the Training Library, go to:

www.sfimg.com/Training/

Here, you'll find links to exclusive, in-depth advice, tips, tutorials, and more for every aspect of your SFI business. We've also collected for you expert articles and reports from around the Internet...and much more!

Of course, there's too much information in the Training Library to try and tackle in one or two days. That's why pacing yourself in the "getting started" phase of your business is SO important. Just make a commitment to read one or two articles a day. Within a month, you'll be an SFI expert! And always remember this: Readers are leaders!

Speaking of becoming a leader, one of the real gems in our Training Library is our exclusive INTERNET INCOME COURSE.

When you're new to operating an Internet business, it's natural to take one look at the Web and become overwhelmed. So many sites! So many options! Do you go for pay-per-click advertising? Online classified ad sites? Banner exchanges? Should you get a Website of your own? How? Where? The questions are endless-and it's easy to understand how new SFI affiliates can become paralyzed by "information overload."

This is where SFI's INTERNET INCOME COURSE comes in. Designed specifically for the Internet business novice, this ongoing training series by George Little will take you-step by step-through the complex world of online marketing in plain language that's easy to understand.

You can access the entire series of lessons at:

www.sfimg.com/Training/InternetIncome

Note! Take your time going through the lessons! We've recently launched a revised Internet Income Course 2.0 with updated tips, real-world advice, and in-depth, step-by-step instructions on setting up your Internet-based business. You can also access the archived Internet Income Course, which still contains lots of pertinent information for the home-business entrepreneur. Either way, there is a substantial amount of information in each lesson to digest. We recommend you bookmark the page now, and set a goal to read just one or two lessons a day. By the way, a new course is posted each month or so, so check back regularly. 

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Ask Gery

By now, you probably know that Gery is Gery Carson, the president and founder of SFI.

From 1985 to 1998, Gery was a top marketer and record-breaking distributor for several direct sales companies and a successful business magazine publisher. Known for his innovation, Gery has been a pioneering force in the direct mail and Internet marketing industries for 26 years.

His achievements as an entrepreneur have been spotlighted in "Money Maker's Monthly," "Upline," "Opportunity World Magazine," and in numerous books and videos. National recognition has also included being named to 1992's Outstanding Young Men of America list and 1997's Who's Who in the Media and Communications.

And since 1998, Gery has, of course, been leading SFI's rise to becoming one of the fastest growing companies of its kind in the world today.

That's a LOT of years of success and experience! Luckily for SFI affiliates, Gery is one of the most accessible company presidents you'll ever find. Gery is always actively communicating and interacting with the field. He is also continually sharing his substantial knowledge of marketing and business.

Some of Gery's most valuable advice has been compiled for you in our "Ask Gery" section of the SFI Training Library. Some of the topics include:

• Where to advertise for good results

• Can I get a new Sponsor?

• How to write e-mails that create EAs

• What's better...selling lots of SFI products or recruiting lots of affiliates?

For the complete Ask Gery index, go HERE.

The SFI Forum also has its own "Ask Gery" forum which allows you to post questions and get answers directly from Gery, oftentimes within hours. Check out "Ask Gery" at the SFI Forum HERE.

You'll also be interested to know that Gery personally reads every suggestion submitted through the official SFI Suggestion Box.

Says Gery: "LISTENING to the field is a HUGE reason for SFI's success and continual innovation and progress. No matter how long you've been in business, you never have ALL the answers. Our affiliates provide new and fresh perspectives that allow them to offer excellent solutions and ideas. And we are VERY aggressive in implementing the suggestions we receive. We have undoubtably incorporated hundreds and hundreds of suggestions we've received from the field over the years, and will continue to use this enormously valuable asset for everyone's mutual benefit."

In other words, if you have ideas for improving SFI, you have a direct line to Gery via the SFI Suggestion Box and we STRONGLY encourage you to use it.

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The SFI Forum

Today, we want to introduce you to yet another powerful resource available to you as an SFI affiliate-the SFI Forum.

The SFI Forum, located at the Affiliate Center (www.sfimg.com/forum), was developed especially for SFI affiliates who want to take responsibility for their businesses and want to learn and share with others in a positive, empowering manner.

Accessible to all SFI Affiliates worldwide, the SFI Forum can best be described as a virtual classroom with 2+ million teachers and students.

At the Forum you can:

- Brainstorm with your fellow SFI affiliates.

- Get your questions answered 24-hours a day.

- Discuss business strategies and ideas.

- Find a mentor. 

- Help other affiliates. 

- Share concerns.

- Contribute feedback.

- Learn about exciting new corporate developments. 

- Search, using keywords, to find information on almost anything related to SFI.

The forum is staffed by experienced affiliates who have volunteered to share their time and knowledge by serving as moderators. SFI corporate staff also personally stop by the forum regularly to add our perspectives and clarifications to the discussions.

The SFI Forum is currently divided into several individual sub-forums covering everything from the compensation plan to marketing methods to team building. There are even regional sub-forums where you can connect and brainstorm with fellow affiliates in your country and region! As mentioned inyesterday's LaunchPad, there's also an "Ask Gery" sub-forum which allows you to post questions directly to SFI president and founder, Gery Carson. There's also an "Inspiration/Testimonials" sub-forum, exclusively for sharing inspiring messages and testimonials.

All together, there is a sub-forum for just about any topic an affiliate would want to discuss!

It's true that success does not happen overnight but GRADUALLY through persistence and education. The SFI Forum is a perfect place to get that education, encouragement, and inspiration to help you make your SFI business into whatever you want it to become.

Be sure to stop by the SFI Forum frequently. You can access the forum via Hot Spots in the main menu bar at the Affiliate Center. You can also see links to the most recent posts (as well as the author's name and time of posting) at the bottom of the Alerts tab on your home page. Or, just bookmark the forum for your convenience:

https://www.sfimg.com/forum

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Badge Of Honor

You work hard in your business...so some recognition and even bragging rights are certainly NOT out of line. Plus, letting your team members see your accomplishments and dedication not only makes you a "real" person but can also go a long way toward encouraging your Personally Referred Affiliates to achieve their own goals (i.e., lead by example).

That's where your SFI badges come in. Displayed in various places around the Affiliate Center, as well as your "Join My Team" Gateway page, your badges serve as lasting symbols of your achievements, a cool way to track your progress in the SFI program, and great team building tools for attracting prospective affiliates!

Some badges are relatively easy and simple to earn: you can pick up badges just for your rank, for your Fast-Track status, for the VersaPoint totals on your Standing Order, and for winning the Daily Grand, for example. In fact, just by joining the SFI Program, you immediately earned an SFI Affiliate Rank badge!

Other badges will take more time and effort to earn. You'll pick them up as you build your downline, advance through the E365 rounds, accumulate "likes" at the SFI Forum, rate answers at AskSC, advance in power rankings, earn increasing VP amounts, etc. To view ALL the badges you could possibly earn, see the Badge Gallery.

You'll also notice that, in addition to the basic badge, most also come with fancy bronze, silver, or gold "trim." These trims can motivate you to even higher heights in SFI and more bragging rights for your own team-building efforts. For example, although landing in the top 1,000 affiliates for monthly VP will earn you a cool Top VP badge, why stop there? Get some bronze, silver, and even gold trim added to that badge by getting to the top 200, 50, or 10 SFI Affiliates for monthly VP. Then, teach the go-getters in your downline how to do the same!

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E-Cards

Today we want to go over one of SFI's coolest little marketing tools...E-CARDS.

SFI's E-Cards are:

Basically, E-Cards is a program for sending full-color digital postcards to friends and family. There are many designs to choose from. There are cards promoting the SFI business opportunity and there are cards promoting various SFI products.

After choosing a design, you can then add your own personal message. It will also automatically insert a link to the appropriate SFI Gateway Website (so that you are credited with the referral). Click send, and your postcard is sent!

By the way, if you're not sure what would be effective for your personal message...we have provided sample messages from which you can get ideas or simply copy into your E-Card.

Using E-Cards also means that SFI will do the "heavy lifting" (the selling) for you. There's no need to know every little detail about SFI or the product you're letting your recipients know about. Simply choose a card, add a short friendly little message, and send it. The full-color card and the Gateway URL included with it can take it from there!

Now, we realize that many people shy away from promoting SFI to their friends and family. Some people are simply uncomfortable presenting a business opportunity to a friend or family member. Others may not know what to say...or fear being rejected.

But here's how you need to look at it: If you found a gold mine that contained more gold than you could ever use yourself, who would you tell about it? We're betting that it would be your closest friends and family members. Same thing with SFI. SFI is just like that goldmine, and possibly with even greater potential.

Not only that but we also specifically designed E-Cards with "just the right touch" for friends and family.

For starters, we've "kept it light." That is, the cards that promote the SFI business opportunity are very friendly and/or use a bit of humor. And if you'd rather not promote the business opportunity at all, we've got you covered there, too, with a variety of cards that focus totally on products.

Here's another cool component of E-Cards: When there is an exciting new development in SFI, we'll make a new E-Card available. And each time you can send out a new round of friendly little announcement cards to your list. No need to twist arms or get in anyone's face with "high pressure." You're simply letting them know about the latest development pertaining to your business with a brief and friendly electronic postcard.

And always remember, a huge component of successful prospecting is TIMING. For example, maybe the SFI business opportunity isn't right for your friend or family member today, but people's lives are constantly changing. In three months, or six months, or a year, they may be more than open to hearing about the opportunity-especially if you've sent them an E-Card several months in a row, which has quietly provided evidence that SFI is a real opportunity.

Just grab the e-mail addresses of your friends and family 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:

https://www.sfimg.com/Resources/E-Cards

Please note that E-Cards may be sent ONLY to friends and family members. To prevent abuse, there is also a limit of 10 E-Cards that can be sent per day.

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Reach For The Sky!

Trees don't think about the height they want to become; they simply "reach for the sky" and grow as high as they can.

This is the same attitude you should adopt in SFI.

Just as every tree starts out as a seed, everyone who joins SFI starts out as a basic affiliate. You can, of course, always remain a basic affiliate if you wish. But with so many more benefits available to you, you should strive to go as high as you can.

These benefits include access to the best "power tools," the best perks, and of course, the highest payouts.

With just 1,500 VersaPoints (VP), you attain the "executive level" of SFI. As an Executive Affiliate, you gain access to some of SFI's most powerful businessbuilding tools. And instead of being able to earn income in just two ways, you can earn income SIX WAYS (see a complete listing of the compensation and other benefits in the Compensation Plan).

In short, if you're serious about building a successful business with SFI, you're going to want to achieve AT LEAST 1,500 points every month so you can enjoy the numerous executive benefits.

But just like an oak tree would never stop at ten feet, don't YOU stop at 1,500 points.

With just 1,500 more VP (3,000 qualified points total) and at least one personally referred Executive Affiliate (EA) in your downline, you'll acquire the prestigious title and benefits of an SFI Bronze Team Leader.

As a Bronze Team Leader, not only will bigger and better perks and power tools be yours, you'll also now be qualified to earn MATCHING VersaPoints!

Matching VP are the most coveted piece of the SFI compensation plan because they allow you to tap into the amazing power of Leveraged Income and exponential growth. Indeed, Matching VP can take your income to a whole new level by allowing you to earn "override commissions" from the TripleClicks Executive Pool on the actions of every EA2 in your downline (up to six levels deep) and on all your co-sponsored affiliates, too!

Think about that. On all affiliates in your group, within six levels downline, you can be earning matching points every time they log in at the Affiliate Center, every time they buy or sell an SFI product, every time they send out a newsletter, refer an ECA, do a product review, and much more!

Over time, the levels on which you can earn matching VP can grow to contain hundreds or even thousands of affiliates that you can earn on! And there is no limit to how many matching points you can earn each month.

Learn more about Matching VersaPoints HERE.

Sounds good, right? But, again, don't stop at 3,000 VP (Bronze Team Leader).

With just 4,000 VP and two first-level Bronze Team Leaders in your team, you'll grab the title of Silver Team Leader and increase the number of levels you can earn matching VP on to 8 levels! Moving up to 5,000 qualified points and three personally referred Silver Team Leaders in your team makes you a Gold Team Leader and increases your matches to 10 levels, while 6,000 VP and four first-level Gold Team Leaders in your downline advances you to Platinum Team Leader...and allows you to earn matching points on a whopping 12 levels below you. Then, go for the very top rank in SFI--Diamond Team Leader--by developing 5 PTLs (Platinum Team Leaders) on your first level and getting 1,500 qualifying points; not only will you earn matching points on 12 levels below you but you'll also earn DOUBLE Matching VP on your 12th generation affiliates!

So that's it, right? Five, first-level PTLs and 1,500 points a month should be your ultimate goal then, right? Wrong! The oak tree doesn't stop when it reaches 40 feet high. Be like the tree and go as high as you can! Check out these six simple steps for maximizing your income and success in SFI.

The more points you tally, the higher your Power Rank can go.

Check out the VersaPoints Leaderboard to see your position among SFI Leaders.

SUMMARY

Be like the great oak tree. Reach for the sky. The higher you go, the bigger your rewards. And NEVER stop growing!

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Getting paid the easy way

As you build your business, and your SFI commissions start coming in, you're going to want to get paid in the time and manner most convenient for you. Whether you live in or outside the U.S., one option you'll want to consider for collecting your commissions is a TripleClicks MasterCard.

Here are some of the benefits of the TripleClicks MasterCard:

• It's available in every country in the world.
  
• No need to wait days or weeks for a commission check to arrive in the mail...or pay extra fees to cash your check. Instead, get your SFI commissions paid directly to your card, then convert to cash instantly (in your country's currency) at any ATM machine displaying the MasterCard acceptance mark.
  
• Use your card to pay bills and to order products at TripleClicks.com or anywhere else online or offline that accepts MasterCard debit cards.
  
• Check your balance and more online, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
  
• Reload your card with a transfer from your bank account, a Visa, a Mastercard, or cash.

Additionally, you can use your TripleClicks MasterCard as a great affiliate sponsoring tool. Just pull out your card and explain how your friends can become SFI affiliates and get money from their own cards, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from sales all over the world, too! Then give them an X-Card or your SFI Gateway to go sign up.

For complete details on getting your own TripleClicks MasterCard, see:

https://www.sfimg.com/Resources/CashCard

Note: For your convenience, SFI offers several other ways to collect your monthly or accumulated commissions. Be sure to select your preferred method in the MyAccount section at the Affiliate Center.

© 2011 Carson Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved.  

In SFI Rules Of Success in This Blog "Follow the Lead"

Over the last 60 years, literally millions of people have participated in our type of business. And through many years of trial and error-and hundreds of millions of dollars spent on figuring out what works and what doesn't-we have a very clear picture of what leads to success.

Likewise, we have established our own set of rules for success based on our 18+ year history and the investment of literally millions of dollars and hours by SFI and its affiliates. We have distilled for you all of this into our "SFI Rules of Success."

Why do we need this?

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The person who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The person who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.

This is sage advice indeed. In our case, we've provided hundreds of methods and strategies for building your SFI business, but if you do not know the principles (i.e. rules) behind them, a very large void exists in your approach!

SFI Rules of Success is designed to fill this gap and illustrate for you the ABSOLUTE MOST VITAL tenets of our business. Rules that when followed bring success. Rules that when ignored or violated bring failure!

If you're serious about succeeding in SFI, you'll want to actively start applying these rules to your business and life in the coming months.

SFI Rules of Success starts with SFI President Gery Carson's introduction.

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Setting up a Standing Order

In today's hectic world, it's easy to overlook the basics. Days and weeks fly by, and before you know it, a new month is upon you.

Consequently, more than one SFI affiliate has woken up on the first day of a month to realize that he or she failed to generate the VersaPoints needed for the now-past month-and, unfortunately, lost out on all the benefits he or she would have otherwise collected for that month!

But this doesn't ever have to happen to you. You can ensure you automatically maintain your desired VersaPoint level and SFI rank each month by opting for a Standing Order.

With a Standing Order, you'll have your favorite SFI product(s) automatically delivered to you each month without the hassle of having to continually place an order. You'll also automatically maintain your desired status every month-no need to worry about missing out on valuable commissions, bonuses, and perks.

The more successful TripleClicks is, the more successful SFI's affiliates will be. A popular and successful TC means easier sponsoring, easier referrals, more ECAs, more products and services, better prices, and lower shipping costs among other things. All of this will result in bigger income streams for affiliates! So, it's also in your best interest to have a Standing Order.

Finally, if your chosen product(s) has 1,500 VersaPoints or more attached, you'll receive 100 bonus VersaPoints for the month in which you first set up your Standing Order, plus 100 bonus VP each month you keep that Standing Order!

Setting up a Standing Order is easy and takes only a few minutes, and if you change your mind, you can easily modify or cancel your Standing Order at any time. NOTE: for complete details on Standing Orders, check out SFI's SO Central Information Page.

To set up your Standing Order:

1. Log in at TripleClicks.com (using your SFI ID and password).

2. Browse the store for the product of your choice. Click the Add To Cart button. Enter the number of the item you want and check the Standing Order box to save 10% off this and future shipments of your Standing Order. Go to  TripleClicks.com view the most popular products SFI Affiliates choose for Standing Orders. Tip: You can use the TripleClicks Advanced Search to quickly locate all products eligible for Standing Order and exclude those that are not. You can also sort by VersaPoint amount within your search results or in any product department (see sorting options in the left sidebar).

3. Click the Standing Order button and continue through the steps to complete your order. Be sure to double check your billing and shipping info on the Checkout page to ensure you receive your order!

Tip: You can use the TripleClicks Advanced Search to quickly locate all products that are eligible for Standing Order and exclude those that are not.

© 2011 Carson Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved.  

Now the real fun starts!

Today marks your 30th and final edition of the LaunchPad "Getting Started" training series. We truly hope you've found the information provided to you in this training to be clear and helpful.

We want to encourage you to continue educating yourself on SFI. This 30-part series has given you but a glimpse of SFI. There is SO, SO much more! Remember, we've been helping entrepreneurs achieve success since 1985. And while SFI itself only officially came into being in 1998, the fact is there's more than 26 years of development behind it and millions of dollars invested in building SFI.

We're extremely proud of the program we've created. And we're even more proud of the results. Over the past decade, SFI has helped tens of thousands of men and women from all over the world become successful entrepreneurs.

And, yet, we've barely scratched the surface! As we covered in the "Borderless is beautiful" edition of LaunchPad, the true global growth (powered by the Internet) has only just begun...and no company has aligned itself better than SFI.

If SFI is on its way to becoming a multi-billion dollar global giant as many believe, then many of our affiliates are truly "millionaires in the making." And whether you believe it or not right now, there's no reason why YOU can't be one of them.

The future for SFI is very, very bright!

In closing, we'd like to say one more time, we truly care about your opinion. It may sound corny, but we really do think of you as a PARTNER, and SFI succeeds ONLY if our affiliates succeed. Therefore, PLEASE, use our Suggestion Box whenever you have ideas for improving SFI. TOGETHER, we will continue to make SFI better and better for all.

THANK YOU so very much...and we look forward to working with you for years to come!

© 2011 Carson Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved.