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How can I find affiliates who are truly interested in SFI and who will remain active?

3716 votes

, Aff () 10/22/2013 3:56 pm

Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
Whether they admit it or not, people are struggling to make
ends meet all over the world. So they seeking ways to do that
by signing up for get rich schemes and getting burned time
after time, so naturally, they're skeptical.

If you can just get them to your gateways, and they can see
how many are jumping aboard, they will be curious. So work
on that. Just ask them to take a tour and let them know that
it's not a get rich scheme, it's a wealth over time
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What are the best SFI marketing tools to use with young persons who may be unemployed or under-employed?

3682 votes

, Aff () 8/12/2013 3:36 pm

Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
I would start them off with Wave3. Anyone can afford $1.95. They can use their tcredits from Wave3 to set up a few items in their own store on TConnect and get started making sales.

Young people are resilient. Most have sold things for their bands, candy door to door, and other things in the past and are more than able because they've been through making friends on facebook and know their way around. So once they have their free Wave3 tools they'll be doing what they need to do to make
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Which is more effective--paid or free advertising--and why?

3676 votes

, Aff () 10/23/2013 3:15 am

Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
Free advertising can be very effective if you know how to use it correctly.
Paid can give you more reach, but a lot of these programs never delete anyone so you can never be sure when you see a huge number of people if they're really there or if it's just a number and most of them are inactive or non existent.

I read somewhere that for every 1000 members a program shows, at least 500 are inactive.

Some admins even create users themselves to make it look like there are
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How many hours a week do I need to devote to SFI to become successful?

3673 votes

, Aff () 7/20/2013 3:23 pm

Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
That depends on whether you want to be part time or full time. I would devote at least what you would on a regular full time or part time job. For part time, no less than three hours a day, every day. For full time, at least six hours per day.

Also you need to have a set time to begin and end. You can also split the hours up and be flexible in case there's a need to do something else, but mostly try to keep with the hours you set up to do your work, and treat it like what it is, your business.
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When faced with negativity in promoting SFI, how do you respond and what path do you take moving forward?

3671 votes

, Aff () 8/13/2013 7:30 pm

Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
Negativity will come. It always does. It's how you handle it that makes the difference.
It's more of a numbers game than anything else. I was taught a long time ago that for every 100 no's you may get one or two yes's.

So I try to get the no's over with and don't let them bother me.
Just ask questions like, "What if you could make more part time than
you're making now full time?"

People are naturally skeptical. But they go from one extreme to the other
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How do you deal with PSAs who you offer unconditional support but still rate you poorly?

3652 votes

, Aff () 1/8/2014 10:37 pm

Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
There will be some people who don't like being contacted or who don't appreciate
constructive criticism. So unless they remove themselves you still have the opportunity to change the way you deal with them.

One thing you can do is filter them out when you send regular genealogy e-mails and only e-mail them when they ask you for help. If there's another problem or if they've specified a certain thing when they rated you, then try to avoid doing that again.

Sometimes we get
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How do you explain the importance of MRP (Member Reward Points) to your PSAs?

3646 votes

, Aff () 10/22/2013 3:47 am

Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
Tell them the MRP can be used in a number of ways. It can be used to purchase items you want, or saved until you have enough to buy a big ticket item. They are given in increments of 5 and 10, when you bid on an auction - 5 per bid on most of the auctions and 10 per bid on the double MRP auctions.

The more you bid the more MRP you get.

I have almost enough to buy the one thing I've been trying to win. So I bid often even if I don't win the item I'm bidding on, I'll get more
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What's the best TripleClicks product to have for a Standing Order for a financially challenged affiliate?

3645 votes

, Aff () 8/1/2013 10:43 pm

Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
Great question.

What I recommend for the financially challenged is not a standing order at all, but it will help them to get their feet wet in the marketing business and it's only a one time cost of $1.95. It's actually free to them, and they just pay shipping. I'm talking about Wave3 of course.

Aside from that I would recommend any tcredits pack they can afford. Tcredits make it easy for them to list their own products and sell something from their own closets and earn money
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What's the best way to get new affiliates signed up without having to answer a lot of questions first?

3644 votes

, Aff () 10/23/2013 2:54 am

Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
First of all, their questions are a sign that they are interested and you should not be annoyed by them. Any time a potential affiliate has questions they should be answered in as much detail as you can, even if it means looking it up.

It's only natural for them to have questions. After all, they're new to SFI and they have a right to know what they're getting into, right? People are skeptical for good reason. With all the fake get rich schemes out there, they've probably been burned or
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I am broke but I really want to make EA this month. What do I do and what is the best advice you can give to me?

3628 votes

, Aff () 8/14/2013 9:24 pm

Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
First of all, EA status comes with a lot of responsibility. Are you able to do everything it takes to keep it up? Making EA now is easy enough if you are able to do fast track and keep above the green line. I've seen people do it in only one day, but when it got harder the next month they seem to get discouraged and drop out because they're still broke and have a hard time coming up with any funds to grow their business.

The first few months as an EA can be tough. You may not make hardly
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