This is a very complex question.
It has already been answered by SFI Corporate at least indirectly in the Q&A, pointing to the practical aspects of such an undertaking.
On the one hand, you are trying to remove the language barriers to business development and help Affiliates as well as prospects fully seize the opportunity of the SFI Business model. On the other hand there are major practical problems that will need to be resolved.
A clear analysis of cost/benefits and return on investments would conclude that it is neither beneficial not practical to engage in such a project. The reasons of such a conclusion are below.
The major obstacle is cost and returns. Will the business generated with these foreign language sites cover the cost of implememting them, maintaining them and running them in manner comparable to this www.sfimg.com site?
There are three major practical questions.
1. Which entities or entity will undertake this idea?
Affiliates are already promoting and marketing SFI in the languages of the countries they are targeting. Some of these Affiliates may even have their own websites and conduct some form of web seminars (or webinars). To go beyond that implies that SFI Corporate would be involved one way or the other. This brings the second question:
2. In Which languages?
There are approximately 6,500 languages spoken today in the world. The language that has the most speakers is Mandarin Chinese with over 1 billion 213 million. However, China is far below on the list of SFI most active countries. Thus Mandarin Chinese would not appear to be the first choice and by far. The fifteen most active countries are India, USA, Philippines, Pakistan, Nigeria, South Africa, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Canada, Kenya, United Kingdom, Serbia, Romania, and United Arab Emirates. With the exception of Philippines, Serbia and Romania, English is either the official language or a language widely spoken in these countries. Thus, websites in Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Urdu, or Arabic would bring marginal business to cover the cost of such websites.
3. This will appear more clearly when we ask: to what degree of details this foreign language websites would mirror this www.sfimg.com site. When we look at the wealth and details of the information made available here, the constant additions and updates in technology and content, it clear that other sites would not keep up. They would be a pale imitation, and users would have to constantly visit this site to update their information.
In conclusion, the cost of setting up such sites would not be covered by additional business. In all logic, that renders the idea less profitable.
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This is a very complex question.
It has already been answered by SFI Corporate at least indirectly in the Q&A, pointing to the practical aspects of such an undertaking.
On the one hand, you are trying to remove the language barriers to business development and help Affiliates as well as prospects fully seize the opportunity of the SFI Business model. On the other hand there are major practical problems that will need to be resolved.
A clear analysis of cost/benefits
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