I joined SFM in 2014. At the time, it had only been running for four years. I didn’t know what to expect, but I had been burned several times online with a series of business-type courses that promised to help me make money. My lack of experience back then and my desperation were partly responsible for some of my failures. But also, many courses taught tactics that were already becoming obsolete.
Some of the courses I purchased taught how to get your website up in Google rankings. If you have ever tried this, you will know that it is not easy. It is true that it was much easier 20 years ago. But now, getting your website ranked is becoming much more difficult.
So back to The SFM. When I joined, I decided I needed to start over and although I had learned a number of skills, I still hadn’t made any money online. With the exception of buying and selling on eBay, the other strategies I tried didn’t work.
After I joined, I was immediately impressed with the information I was receiving. The “overdelivery” strategy clearly worked on me! I also benefited from teaming up with someone who helped me make my first couple of high ticket sales. This happened after a few months. However, he did not fully understand the business system or what was involved. Although he had made a couple of quick sales, without much work, he had not been entirely responsible for those sales. The affiliate you referred me had set up a Facebook advertising “co-op” and helped several people get some traction.
After my first few sales I stopped advertising and just took the money! This seemed like a lot of money to me at the time. It was a couple of thousand pounds. Now I realize that I should have reinvested it in advertising, which is what I am doing now, now I understand the business better.
Having achieved an ‘early win’ gave me confidence in the trading system, which is one of the main selling points of what SFM offers. It also offers world-class training, more so now than in 2014 when I joined. Now, I am a member of several private Facebook groups where I can sit and look ‘over my shoulder’ at those who are successful in this business.
Don’t get me wrong, this is not an easy business to learn. Some of my main issues have been my “grab it and run” mentality and my scarcity mentality, which has prevented me from taking some important action. The SFM training program is very well suited to this. In fact, one of his main strengths is undoubtedly his ability to install an ideology of personal growth. Without this, you’ll really be fighting some internal battles like I definitely have. This will stop you if you don’t overcome your mental barriers to success.
It’s not for everyone either, you have to admit. The business system itself is expensive and, for some, prohibitively expensive. But for anyone who wants to live full time off the internet, I’d say The SFM is a good place to go. However, you will need to work hard and invest, and it is not an easy journey. But it offers something that many want: a digital business system that can be run from anywhere. The possibility of financial freedom, no matter how far away you think it is.
If you just want the training I’d say it was worth the money at the lower levels as well. He had a kung fu school that was failing when I joined and now it’s doing very well. I attribute this to much of the learning and understanding I have gained from the SFM education and training platform.
However, you cannot expect to make a living if you only join at the basic level. Only by reaching the Elite level will you at least be able to access the higher ticket product commissions. But if you want to learn some digital marketing and mindset skills, it’s worth the training and the community, even if you don’t want to make a full-time career. The community alone is an enormously powerful resource and has benefited me both personally and professionally.
After my first couple of high ticket sales, I decided to focus on blogging and the cheapest strategies for generating traffic. I just didn’t have a budget to risk on advertising. I decided that if I got free traffic, the sales would be worth more in profit, which is true. The problem is that the strategy I used (blogging) is not the best, particularly in a very competitive niche like affiliate marketing and “make money online”. I know there are people out there who are doing well with social media marketing and other free strategies, but I didn’t go down this path.
The people who win real money with The SFM are the ones who bet everything. They position themselves at the highest level of the business system and promote SFM as affiliates at the partner level. This means that they can earn the highest commissions possible from the business. Some products sell for $35,000. Those at the top level can earn 40% of this in commissions, but they need to purchase the product themselves to have it on their ‘online store’.
There is also much to learn. I thought about making it work really fast and sitting on a beach counting my money. But as I persevered through the difficulties, I changed and understood that it is a business like any other. It is not a magic formula for instant riches. Just a business model with products inside that anyone can sell.
In order to place the most expensive items in your own personal online ‘store’, you must purchase them yourself. Reading the reviews I found today about the SFM, I see a lot of skepticism. Many say it is a scam. Well, it’s not a scam, it’s real. But it’s easier to say it’s a scam and not have to do all the work to make it happen. There are many people who are making it work for them and creating amazing lifestyle businesses of their choice.
SFM started in 2010 and recently partnered with Microsoft Lynda (under the LinkedIn umbrella of companies). Microsoft Lynda now offers its own 6,500 training courses as part of the SFM curriculum.
DigitalMarketer (the world’s longest-running and most respected B2B and B2C marketing training company) has also partnered with SFM and now offers its own training as part of the SFM curriculum.
I don’t think these companies would partner with any organization that doesn’t provide great value, isn’t well established, and isn’t 100% legal.
Since joining The SFM in 2014, I have seen huge changes in myself. I have had to face myself and see my own limitations as an impediment to moving forward in the business. Your mindset and mindset have a lot to do with whether you can be successful with entrepreneurship. It is much, much easier to dismiss something as a scam than to look inside and grow along with a business.
If I had given up on my trip, I would have missed out on an opportunity greater than I could imagine at the time. I struggled and struggled, but much of my struggle was due to my lack of understanding of the business model and my own limitations. I was programmed with a poverty mentality that viciously fought against spending money. Getting into the space of knowing that I need to spend to win was a huge shift in my thinking.
I’m far from the best performer on The SFM, at the moment, but what I’ve learned about myself and my inner limitations is invaluable for the rest of my life. I will continue to learn and never give up, so stay tuned to this space, you doubting skeptics!
For those who are thinking of joining The SFM and doing so would mean severe poverty, I suggest that you first get into a better financial position. I managed and I took risks, but it’s not easy. However, if you are determined in this business, there is no reason why you cannot make it happen. But if you can’t afford it, I suggest another program if it’s going to put you in debt.
The SFM program is more than a sales funnel with digital products. It is a “digital business system and training platform all in one”. The goal is to make long-term digital entrepreneurs who can sustain an income and prosper by selling products over the Internet. That means there is a lot of work to do. fact, if you’re going to make a living out of this full time.
It is definitely not for the timid. Expect to be pushed and expect some awkwardness if you’re going to do what you need to make it work. Also remember that affiliate marketing is all about performance. No one owes you their life! You need to take charge of yourself and your business to make it work! Good luck!
