Some Congratulations Are In Order!

...for our newest Smart Start grads on our team:

Hassan, Onyedika, Viral, Marcio, Arvin, Clara and Nkosinathi
-- way to go, and I look forward to getting notification of your upgrade to Executive Affiliate....

And speaking of Executive Affiliates, we are SO proud of Terry Simpson, our team's HOT new member, who now has 20 personally sponsored affiliates in his own downline!!

Reminder: it is easy to set up a free account with Traffic Swarm for exposure to your website or gateway. This is a terrific yet very simple way to entice potential affiliates to your site. Also, you can set up a free account at Adland Pro and even submit banners provided to you on the SFI Main Page.

Let's get your website and/or gateway info out there and build each of your downlines TODAY.

To our success!

Melissa
www.mykidsinheritance.com

Whether you're brand new to SFI or not...

...if you just don't know how to go about getting your internet home business up and running, be sure to check out SFI's "Getting Started" page now!

Getting started is truly the hardest part, but you have a dedicated upline team, including myself, who are willing and able to guide you each step of the way.

And while you're on the SFI site, be sure to go through each tab at the top of the page to go through the incredible resources available to each and every affiliate. For instance, their Guide to Free Advertising included in this month's affiliate newsletter, and their Internet Income Guide, with new courses added each month!

Be sure you enter the Tip and Win on the main page of their website for a chance to win a free Ipod Shuffle MP3 player.

To Your Success!!

Melissa
www.mykidsinheritance.com

Achieve Your Goals -- NEVER QUIT!

My team surpassed all my expectations during my challenge, and I was thrilled to give away 17 affiliates for all of you who took me up on my offer.

And, congratulations Terry Simpson and Grant Visser, check your downline for more FREE affiliates I'll be adding for you right away; and keep up the great work!

I have 2 very special messages for our whole team this week:

First, I have started my own article directory, for those of you who see the value that article writing has in creating viral traffic for your gateway or website. Submit any and all articles you write to my directory for INSTANT EXPOSURE to:

SUBMIT YOUR ARTICLE HERE!

If you want me to edit your article and optimize it for keywords, send me an email at Melissa@MyKidsInheritance.com and I will get it online and published immediately. BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR NAME AND WEBSITE OR GATEWAY that needs traffic!!

And --

if you've given up on your SFI business out of frustration or you feel overwhelmed about how to get your home internet business up and running, please take the time to watch this incredibly inspirational video:

DON'T QUIT!!!

Don't give up, folks. Don't quit. We're a family, and we can help each other....

Honored to be your SFI sponsor --
Melissa
www.mykidsinheritance.com

Key Tips On How To Promote Your Website And Successfully Earn Money Online

Jeff Casmer, a veteran SFI leader, provides the following insight for new affiliates:

"No matter what capital outlay or resources you have, you can still start an online business and earn money at home. Lack of money is not a valid excuse for not starting to earn money online today because there are many ways through which you can succeed online with little to spend!
Time, persistence and patience and just about all you need to start your own internet marketing business even if you have a shoestring budget.

When you have your website set up, the next and most important thing you need to do is to start driving traffic to that website. This is where most budding internet marketers fail – even with a good website, if you have no traffic to that website, you will not make any sales.

There is a wide range of marketing tools and strategies to suits all budgets. Outlined in this article are some of the key low-cost and no-cost tips for tools that you can use to succeed in internet marketing and earn money online.

Writing and submitting articles related to your niche is a great way to promote your online business and drive lots of traffic to your web site. This need not cost you anything. If you have a flair for writing and have some time, write some good quality articles and submit them to article directories.

Invest in an auto responder on your website offer an e-course or ask people to subscribe. Developing a newsletter or ezine is a classic internet marketing solution that is a proven technique for building your business, and can help you earn money online easily. You can develop a huge list of subscribers and you can market to them on a regular basis. When you have a new product or special offers, you just send an email to your list and direct them to your website. This will generate some sales, making it very easy for you to earn money online.

Create a website that is optimized for search engines. Most people just create their websites without any consideration to their key words. As a result, the website is not visible on search engines. The highest quality and inexpensive visitors are those that come from free search engine listings. In order to receive a high ranking from the search engines you must have a site that is optimized for the search engines. This is important if you want to successfully earn money online.

Use viral marketing tactics and give away a free reports or e-books about your niche or service. Make sure that your URL is in these reports. If your e-books and reports are of good quality, people will pass them on to their lists and hence spreading your website URL. More visitors to your website means more sales, and you therefore earn money online with minimal effort and cost.

Submit a free press release. Although free press releases get limited exposure compared to paid ones, this is still an effective way of increasing traffic to your website. There are several sites on the internet that will post and distribute press releases for you for free.

Submit your website to search engines and directories for increased exposure that will help you to earn money online.

Link your site to other sites that have high PR. Have a powerful email signature with your URL. Participate in relevant forums, boards and newsgroups. Forums are one form of getting targeted customers. Make sure that you have a signature with your URL. Make useful posts that will make people see you as an expert in your niche and want to visit your website. More visitors on your website will benefit your online business and will help you earn money easily.

Many people have a misconception about having to spend lots of money in order to advertise their online business and earn money on the internet. When you start out, you most likely will not have a lot of money available for advertising. Once you have chosen the advertising tools you are going to use, you must test the effectiveness of these tools before you start a big campaign and invest a lot of money."

For information on having your own website with a hosting company that PAYS YOU BACK, visit Host4Profit!

Links to Free Internet Marketing E-Books

Good evening, SFI Team One!

Hope you've all subscribed to this feed to get the latest information and news on all the happenings for our TERRIFIC team....

Here are some free e-books that you may find helpful, courtesy of one of my fellow Warrior Forum members. If you've read Dotcomology by Stone Evans, as recommended when you joined SFI's program, you are probably already a member of Warrior Forum yourself -- if not, you should go now to follow this incredible free instructional program by world famous SFI affiliate Stone Evans:

Dotcomology, the Science of Making Money Online

Here are the other links, courtesy of Earn from the Net:

You, the Guru
How to Make a 6-Figure Income Online
Domain Name Handbook
Blog Setup
Autoresponder Exposed

And finally, an audio presentation, courtesy of Success University, of which I am a proud member:

Network Marketing Success

Enjoy!

Melissa
www.mykidsinheritance.com

P.S. If you like this blog, please Add this blog to Onlywire

A repeat of my offer ....

Hi Team!
Just wanted to remind you, in case you didn't get my last email that I'm SHARING THE WEALTH:

We began on October 4, and until midnight October 14, 2007 -- I will DOUBLE your affiliate efforts.

For each and every affiliate you sign up under you, I will add one to your
downline as well!

AND -- listen up -- IF YOU UPGRADE TO EA during this time, I will put 10, that's
right, 10, affiliates in your downline!!

You can't beat that!!

I'll need Ali Raza, Roger Hindy, Speedtechno, Daren, Robert Green & Terry (our newest EA!) to send me YOUR PREFERRED WEBSITE OR GATEWAY SITE TO ADD TO THIS BLOG.
I am offering you FREE traffic to your site or SFI gateway, so please send this info right now so I can add your link for free advertising!!

Looking forward to reporting good news in next week's team letter, and remember you're all welcome to post comments on this (YOUR) team blog!

Melissa Burton
from your SFI upline
www.mykidsinheritance.com

SFI Affiliates: Invest in Your Future

SFI Affiliates and members of SFI Team One:

The following is a wonderful open letter from fellow Affiliate Jim Graham:

"I'm speaking directly to those of you who are serious about wanting to succeed with your own SFI home business.

If you're like me, you joined SFI with a dream. Perhaps it was the idea of becoming financially independent, or maybe you're having financial difficulties and are searching for a way out. Perhaps you dream of owning that "dream home" you've always wanted...or that car...or boat.

You may be searching for a way to spend more time with your family or have goals of raising enough money to leave your country for better opportunities. It could be that you are unsatisfied with your current job and are looking for a much more rewarding career, or you're simply exploring a new possibility.

Whatever your dream, you probably joined SFI to begin with because you saw the word "FREE."

I would like to tell you a story, if you will listen...

About a year ago, I came upon an ad while surfing the Internet. I read it, and it drew me in. It advertised an Internet marketing business that claimed you
could become successful with no investment required. It also stated it was completely free to join.

I thought, why not? I'll try it since it's free, and I'll see what happens. If it doesn't work, then it doesn't work.

But if it DOES work...

I have dreams, as any person does. I also have my share of bills, and my credit is not as good as I'd like. I want to make money to take care of these problems. I'd also like to build a nice cozy house in the mountains and own a nice SUV. I want to work from home and raise a family of my own. I want to visit Ireland and work on my family's genealogy. I also wish to help out my family, who are in need of assistance themselves—I suppose I want to be the "hero" of the family.

So I decided to try out this free offer. I set out with my goals and dreams and gave it a shot. I didn't have much hope for this business, since my luck has never been very good. I have tried businesses such as this and never got very far. I was skeptical, naturally.

The business I'm talking about (as you've probably already guessed) was SFI. I didn't have any money to invest...and, even if I did, I was very wary about investing in something I wasn't so sure about. So I worked hard for about three months placing free advertisements all over the Internet. After three months, all I had to show for my efforts was perhaps five affiliates and a very small monthly check.

But I was happy, nonetheless, because at least I was actually making some money with this business.

However, my financial problems were getting the best of me, and the progress with my business wasn't coming fast enough. So I quit. After about six months, I was no better off than when I'd quit. I thought about the business again and said to myself:

"Where would I be now if I hadn't quit? Where would I be if I had remained persistent and kept on going? After all they said to at least give it a year..."

I jumped back onto the SFI bandwagon and made a personal promise that I was not going to give up again. I also realized something VERY important: I wasn't going to reach my goals very fast without making some kind of investment in my dreams.

Whether you open your own auto shop, run your own bakery, operate your own janitorial franchise, or sell homemade crafts, you have to invest something
to receive something. To make money, you need to invest money.

Now at this point you may be saying to yourself, "I knew it! This business was too good to be true." You may even be thinking of quitting SFI. Just remember:

...No matter what kind of business you get yourself into you're going to HAVE to make SOME KIND of investment to get ANYWHERE! To make money, you need to invest money.

That said, the investment you decide to make for your SFI home business does NOT have to break your budget. Actually, it can be quite reasonable and affordable.

For example, to start a traditional offline business (auto shop, janitorial, bakery, etc.) how much of an investment do you think you would have to make?

$10,000? $50,000? $100,000??

These type of businesses typically require a lot in start-up investment!!

But with SFI, you can launch your own home business for literally pennies a day, simply by making a personal purchase to become an EA (Executive Affiliate). This can be as simple as subscribing to the International Association of Home-Business Entrepreneurs (IAHBE) for only $29.95 a month. With an IAHBE subscription, your EA status is renewed month after month after month!

We all subscribe to various clubs, subscriptions, cable TV, the Internet...many of which can cost quite a bit more than $29.95 a month—and they don't actually provide us with the tools and resources we need for home-business success, like the IAHBE does!

Let's look at what being an EA can get you with SFI:

You DOUBLE your Retail Sales Commissions!

You can collect Guaranteed Commission Checks through the Executive Bonus.

You can earn lucrative Leveraged Income.

You lock in your position in the SFI Powerline and become qualified to receive override commissions and bonuses.

You receive $334 in free business-builder tools!
For a COMPLETE LIST of ALL the benefits you receive as an EA in SFI, go to:

https://www.sfimg.com/Reference/StepsForSuccess.sfi

Not only that, but as an IAHBE member, you'll ALSO get:

Free Book-of-the-Month, featuring titles especially selected for home-business owners. You pay only shipping and handling.

Expert Audio Seminars and mini Home-Business Tutorials.

Magazine-of-the-Month (full 1-year subscriptions to top business magazines like Fast Company, INC, Business 2.0, Money Magazine, and more).

Free Bonuses and access to Money-Saving Deals!

Exclusive, in-depth and timely Business Reports you’ll find nowhere else!

Windows Software-of-the-Month.

Mac Software-of-the-Month.

Daily motivational messages.

Free IntroPak with over $1,000 in business-building bonuses—yours to keep, even if you cancel your membership!

...and MUCH more!
What's more, you get a 30-day, money-back GUARANTEE!

All that for a measly $29.95 a month!

PLUS, as an IAHBE member, your EA status is renewed each and every month! Once you've gained EA status, you'll be in a great position to move up to the the next level in SFI—Team Leader status, which is where the REAL money starts rolling in. BTL is quite easy to gain as well. (For details, check out the SFI Compensation Plan: https://www.sfimg.com/CompPlan.sfi.)

That said, your "investments" shouldn't stop with an IAHBE membership—actions as small as the costs of making copies of fliers to post around your town, reserving premium advertisement space in an online classified site (where your ad would get MUCH better coverage than a free one), or posting an ad in a local newspaper are also investments you can make in your home business.

With SFI, you don't have to invest hundreds or thousands of dollars into your home business. You call the shots and make little investments you can afford.

Now don't get me wrong here. I'm not saying that free advertising doesn't work! It does. But if you're going to do nothing BUT free advertising, you're going to have to work a lot harder than someone who invests a little money to post better advertisements or place fliers around their town, etc. Many people HAVE become financially independent using nothing but free advertising, but a wise person would combine the best of both worlds. I use plenty of free advertisements, for example, but I also take the time to invest a few dollars here and there.

"That all sounds really good," you say, "but what do you do if you don't know how to advertise?"

Well, some people don't advertise at all. Instead, they invest in the Eagle Advertising Co-op (https://www.sfimg.com/Resources/EagleCoop.sfi) and let it do all the advertising for them.

In the Eagle Advertising Co-op, you pay $45 per unit (two or three units are sufficient to start out with) in exchange to have professional marketers advertise ON YOUR BEHALF! Then, you simply concentrate on following up with the prospects the Co-op brings in FOR YOU.

If you have some money and little time, this is perfect for you. If you have little money and lots of time, stick with advertising yourself until you raise enough to purchase one or two Co-op units.

Even better, many people advertise AND invest in a share or two of the Co-op. Those are people who are well on their way to being successful! I now have 200 affiliates, for example. A small number compared to some, but enough for me to become successful! Most came in through the Co-op, yet I also continue to advertise manually.

The bottom line is if you want to be successful in ANY business, you will have to invest SOMETHING. And investing in SFI is one of the best and least expensive investments you can make.

If you cannot afford to invest anything at this moment, don't worry! Just continue to advertise any way you can. When you have sufficient funds, you can make your investment....It's not a race!

Work at your own pace, but overall, remember your dreams and your goals. Those are what you are striving for. And as long as you keep on working with SFI to reach those goals, and you DON'T GIVE UP, then you will reach those goals.

I learned that lesson when I quit. This time, though, I am determined to succeed and to KEEP working towards my goals and dreams. And I have to say I am extremely satisfied with where I'm at right now with SFI!

I started out JUST LIKE YOU did, and if I can make it here through determination, anyone can. If you want your dreams bad enough, you will get them.

REMEMBER!! The successful DID NOT get where they are by GIVING UP! They were determined enough to reach their goals...and that's just what they did.

And so can YOU!

I wish you the best of luck in reaching your own personal goals!"

Melissa Burton
My Home Page
International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs