Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 8

There is more than one thing that has made the difference for me in succeeding with my SFI business. It's taken me over a year of constant and persistent effort on a regular basis to reach Gold Team Leader. The most important thing I do is to treat my SFI as a business.

Persistence is Motivation are also necessary. I reached silver the very first month in the business. That's easy to begin with but much harder to maintain as the months go by. I settled for Bronze Team Leader after that and kept sponsoring PSAs, CSAs, TripleClick Affiliates, and some ECA's. I was motivated to continue by both my upline and myself.

What I found was that only a very fraction of these spondee's ever accomplished anything, despite all the help and motivation that I offered. But I didn't quit!! I kept earning more and more badges and income. I put all the earned income and more back into my business. Why? I knew 5 - 6 leaders like me would come along eventually, and that's all you need. Now, I have two BTLs and some EA2s. I'm going to keep on.

I bought affiliates from the SBuilder, from TripleClicks affiliate sales, free and paid advertising. I use Facebook, twitter, posters, distribution of cards and talking to people face-to-face. I became an ECA myself and did everything I hoped my downline would do. I spent money, time and effort. I treat this SFI opportunity as a business.


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There is more than one thing that has made the difference for me in succeeding with my SFI business. It's taken me over a year of constant and persistent effort on a regular basis to reach Gold Team Leader. The most important thing I do is to treat my SFI as a business.

Persistence is Motivation are also necessary. I reached silver the very first month in the business. That's easy to begin with but much harder to maintain as the months go by. I settled for Bronze Team Leader after that
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Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 8

I have an ECA Store myself, so know a little bit.

There are lot's of ethical ways to promote products of any kind from your ECA TConnect Page, which is your Store. There's a spot there where you can post a mini blog about your products. This will go to your affiliate's Stream Page. When someone clicks on your logo there's a link that takes them to your Store.

For products designed especially for SFI Affiliates, you can also:

1. send out team mail to recommend your product(s),
2. promote it in your Personal and/or Leadership blog or
3. list them under 'recommended products' at your Leadership Page.

You can also send messages to a2a friends asking them to visit your store when you have special promotions or for seasonal products.

Knowledge designed for SFI would be something every affiliate would be interested in.
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I have an ECA Store myself, so know a little bit.

There are lot's of ethical ways to promote products of any kind from your ECA TConnect Page, which is your Store. There's a spot there where you can post a mini blog about your products. This will go to your affiliate's Stream Page. When someone clicks on your logo there's a link that takes them to your Store.

For products designed especially for SFI Affiliates, you can also:

1. send out team mail to recommend your
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Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 8

This is a tricky question. First find out why they don't trust online businesses.

1) Ask:

- What have they tried so far?

- Have they lost a lot of money and time?

2) Agree:

There are a lot of "so called opportunities" that just don't work and don't pay them what they promise. They cost money to join and some even charge a monthly fee to continue, upgrade, and so on. It never ends. You keep dishing out money and feel like you've been duped.

3) Tell:

The ECA program is just one of many programs offered at SFI and TripleClicks. The TripleClicks Store is international and similar to Amazon. All it costs is 1 TCredit, which can be purchased for as low as 29 cents each. They don't have to be concerned with taking orders and collecting money. TripleClicks handles all of that. After receiving the payment in advance and putting it into your account (ie. paypal) they just send you the pre-paid orders.

ECAs will already have a large clientele with the millions of SFI and TripleClick affiliates who buy there on a regular basis.

SFI and TripleClicks, including the ECA program are not only free to join but are a joint BBB approved businesses for 14 years +. There are multiple streams of income available and they can participate in one or all.

Not only is it free to join, but there are no monthly fees or upgrades to pay for. If the prospect decides to join, let them know they can opt out for free, and if they stick around they can do quite well in many other areas with little or no cash output.

Explain how they can maintain SFI executive affiliate status every month and reap the benefits with the purchase of 125 TCredits on Standing Order. That is, they can list 125 products per month and be an EA as well.

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This is a tricky question. First find out why they don't trust online businesses.

1) Ask:

- What have they tried so far?

- Have they lost a lot of money and time?

2) Agree:

There are a lot of "so called opportunities" that just don't work and don't pay them what they promise. They cost money to join and some even charge a monthly fee to continue, upgrade, and so on. It never ends. You keep dishing out money and feel like you've been
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Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 8

I love the new Affiliate E-Cards!

They are so professional and attention grabbing.

There are two main places that you can send E-cards from.

1. Your affiliates snapshot page directly from your email, SFI messages, movers page, or genealogy.

2. Your affiliates Versa Points Ledger, directly from their snapshot page.

They are easy to use. You can welcome new affiliates, give tips, and congratulate others in a professional and caring way.

I've found that both new, working, and non-working affiliates respond very positively
to these wonderful E-Cards.

Thank you SFI for providing us with such a fantastic tool.



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I love the new Affiliate E-Cards!

They are so professional and attention grabbing.

There are two main places that you can send E-cards from.

1. Your affiliates snapshot page directly from your email, SFI messages, movers page, or genealogy.

2. Your affiliates Versa Points Ledger, directly from their snapshot page.

They are easy to use. You can welcome new affiliates, give tips, and congratulate others in a professional and caring way.

I've
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Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 8

I'm glad that you have asked this question.

1. The benefit of buying into an upline member's S-Builder Co-op would only be if you can't afford to buy your own S-Builder. Your upline may have another type of co-op but I think S-Builder Units are still the best way to go, unless they offer you a free share.

2. If you buy your own S-Builder Co-op Unit you earn MRP and VP. You could even set this up as a Standing Order and have more than one.

You can then set it up as a Co-op for yourself and/or your team, earning yourself 100 VP. You win, no matter who in your downline get the new PSAs.

To set your S-Builder Co-op Unit into a Co-op, go to SFI's Power Tools. Under that choose Co-op Manager. Follow the simple instructions. You can assign shares to just yourself and/or your downline, as a way to get fresh PSAs.

It could be set up as a contest for your team to win a free share.

Alternatively, you can allow downline affiliates a chance to invest in one with you, if they can't afford their own.

Hope this helps.
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I'm glad that you have asked this question.

1. The benefit of buying into an upline member's S-Builder Co-op would only be if you can't afford to buy your own S-Builder. Your upline may have another type of co-op but I think S-Builder Units are still the best way to go, unless they offer you a free share.

2. If you buy your own S-Builder Co-op Unit you earn MRP and VP. You could even set this up as a Standing Order and have more than one.

You can then set it up as
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Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 8

This begs two questions:

1. Do you want to earn money, or do you just want to look good, not that the two are mutually exclusive; and

2. Are we all doing the same thing? Dedication, financial strategy, and work are key. Also, there are many different streams of income.

I've bought, or won, thousands of affiliates and time has proven that many are winners. As long as you stick around SFI you will be a winner too.

I am growing my business fast and will soon be making more than I'm spending.

Earning badges and getting ranked high are the best ways to be noticed and also show that you are growing your business:

Log in every day and earn at least 11 VP to earn your 'Daily VP Streak',

Join everything. IAHBE, Wave3, DistribuStar, and get a Payoneer Card to get badges

Purchase SBuilders and start a Co-op.

Be an E365 winner or finalist. Watch the green line or become a Team Leader.

Enroll as many PSAs as you can, to get your 'Top Enroller' Badge

Get a Standing Order of at least 1500 VP

Become and E-Commerce Associate

Be an EA or higher every month

Find out all the ways to earn VP and earn as many as you can - 'rank high in VP'

To get high power ranks, sponsor, teach, and work your business every day. Be a Team Leader every month. Be willing to invest money into your business. You'll get it back.

Answer questions at ASK SC to become a Top Author. Do some research and take time to write your answer out so that it is easy to read and has lots of good information.

Bid on the Pricebender Auction and be a winner at least once.

Last but not least, enter the Daily Grand Prize every day. If you have a Standing Order worth 1500 VP+ you get two extra entries per day.





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This begs two questions:

1. Do you want to earn money, or do you just want to look good, not that the two are mutually exclusive; and

2. Are we all doing the same thing? Dedication, financial strategy, and work are key. Also, there are many different streams of income.

I've bought, or won, thousands of affiliates and time has proven that many are winners. As long as you stick around SFI you will be a winner too.

I am growing my business fast and will
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Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 8

A good photo is like a logo. It's better than a logo actually because it shows people that you're not afraid to show others who you are, a real person. In my opinion a good photo, like a logo, takes time and professionalism to produce. Of course, any photo is better than none at all.

Things to avoid:

- anything in the background like a car, motorcycle, or a messy house.
- another person other than your spouse
- children and pets
- having your head go outside the boundaries of the photo

Things to Show:

- head and shoulders with a plain background
- your best you but make it current, not 20 years ago.
- large enough so it doesn't look blurry changed to a different size.
- yourself as a professional business person

Have fun taking pictures!!



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A good photo is like a logo. It's better than a logo actually because it shows people that you're not afraid to show others who you are, a real person. In my opinion a good photo, like a logo, takes time and professionalism to produce. Of course, any photo is better than none at all.

Things to avoid:

- anything in the background like a car, motorcycle, or a messy house.
- another person other than your spouse
- children and pets
- having your head go outside the
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Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 8

This is what I do, and I'm a Silver Team Leader holding an 'overall power rank' in the top ten, and first in my 'class'.

If I have say 100 new affiliates that join on one day, it is very tedious to send out an e Card or individual letter to everyone. E Cards are the most effective for sure, though, and I always use them if I just have a few new affiliates. Chat, of course, is the most effective if they are online.

What I do is to send individual e Cards to the ones who are doing the best. Then I also send out a team mail using ~FIRSTNAME~ in the message so that everyone gets their personal name in the mail-out.

This may contain some of the same information sent to the go-getters.

You can narrow it down if you like and send out different team messages depending on how different groups are doing.

For example, EAs, fast-trackers, more than 10 VP, 0 VP etc.

Hope this helps. Go get 'em but don't be disappointed if most do nothing. Just keep sponsoring and never give up.
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This is what I do, and I'm a Silver Team Leader holding an 'overall power rank' in the top ten, and first in my 'class'.

If I have say 100 new affiliates that join on one day, it is very tedious to send out an e Card or individual letter to everyone. E Cards are the most effective for sure, though, and I always use them if I just have a few new affiliates. Chat, of course, is the most effective if they are online.

What I do is to send individual e Cards to the ones who are doing
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Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 8

Shortcut?

There aren’t a lot of shortcuts to becoming a star unless you plan to win and have a strategy. If you don’t have a plan, you plan to fail. First, talk to your Upline sponsors and let them help you make a plan. Make sure you have learned the SFI Basics, Launchpad lessons and more.

Before even allowing your prospects to sign up:

1. Qualify your prospects. Let them know up front that this business will require time, effort, and investment.

2. As well as advertising your gateways, write a blog about the business and have it connect to social network sites like Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Pinterest etc.

3. Talk to, or send them information on how to get started on the right foot with a plan that you work on together. People who just sign up from a gateway are just taking a look. They don’t realize what they are committing themselves to. That’s why so many affiliates don’t do anything. They get frustrated too even if they want to do something. They don’t understand so they quit.

At your blog, ask questions about what your prospects want, not what you want. Get to know them on a personal level and show them you care about them as a person. Teach the business even before they even sign up.

The first day that a prospect signs up they need to get 500 VP to get the bonus of 200 VP and a fast track badge. That’s the first minor shortcut. Show them the best way to get these points.

1. If they have some money to invest, show them how to set up a Standing Order of 1500 + VP. That’s 100 + 1500 VP. If they can’t afford it, then single TCredits are a second option. Each single TCredit is worth 102 VP.

2. 125 TCredits is great option for 1500 VP. Another good choice would be DistribuStar. These cards can be used to advertise TripleClicks and can be tracked for up to 300 VP per month.

3. They should do the getting started actions and all the daily and weekly actions. They’ll have 2 CSAs when they get 1500 VP. Teach them to learn all they can at the SFI and TripleClicks site. Have them save the intermediate and launch pad exercises for the following month(s). They can read them but not answer the questions.

4. Let your new affiliate know that they can transfer their VP from the first month to the second month of the business if they signed up after the 7th and transfer the points by the 7th of the next month. There will be a message on their ‘Alert’ page to do so.

5. Send them an e-card to congratulate them. Every badge and encouragement from their sponsor, co-sponsor, and/or Upline sponsor gives a new affiliate some hope.

Keep on working with the workers, encouraging, teaching, and leading by example. Explore all the streams of income. Let your upline sponsor help you by being in contact with them. Last but not least make it fun.
Before even allowing your prospects to sign up:

1. Qualify your prospects. Let them know up front that this business will require time,effort,and investment.

2. As well as advertising your gateways,write a blog about the business and have it connect to social network sites like Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Pinterest etc.

3. Talk to,or send them information on how to get started on the right foot with a plan that you work on together. People who just sign up from a gateway are just taking a look. They don’t realize what they are committing themselves to. That’s why so many affiliates don’t do anything. They get frustrated too even if they want to do something. They don’t understand so they quit.

At your blog, ask questions about what your prospects want, not what you want. Get to know them on a personal level and show them you care about them as a person. Teach the business even before they even sign up.

The first day that a prospect signs up they need to get 500 VP to get the bonus of 200 VP and a fast track badge. That’s the first minor shortcut. Show them the best way to get these points.
1. If they have some money to invest, show them how to set up a Standing Order of 1500 + VP. That’s 100 + 1500 VP. If they can’t afford it, then single TCredits are a second option. Each single TCredit is worth 102 VP.

2. 125 TCredits is great option for 1500 VP. Another good choice would be DistribuStar. These cards can be used to advertise TripleClicks and can be tracked for up to 300 VP per month.

3. They should do the getting started actions and all the daily and weekly actions. They’ll have 2 CSAs when they get 1500 VP. Teach them to learn all they can at the SFI and TripleClicks site. Have them save the intermediate and launch pad exercises for the following month(s). They can read them but not answer the questions.

4. Let your new affiliate know that they can transfer their VP from the first month to the second month of the business if they signed up after the 7th and transfer the points by the 7th of the next month. There will be a message on their ‘Alert’ page to do so.

5. Send them an e-card to congratulate them. Every badge and encouragement from their sponsor, co-sponsor, and/or Upline sponsor gives a new affiliate some hope.

Keep on working with the workers, encouraging, teaching, and leading by example. Explore all the streams of income.

I believe this is the best strategy to save you time and money. This is the 'shortcut'

Last but not least make it fun.

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Shortcut?

There aren’t a lot of shortcuts to becoming a star unless you plan to win and have a strategy. If you don’t have a plan, you plan to fail. First, talk to your Upline sponsors and let them help you make a plan. Make sure you have learned the SFI Basics, Launchpad lessons and more.

Before even allowing your prospects to sign up:

1. Qualify your prospects. Let them know up front that this business will require time, effort, and investment.

2.
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Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 8

As a frequent winner, here are some of my best tips for answering ASK SC questions to get the maximum number of votes possible?

Do:

1. Remember that the directions for voting are, “Do you find this answer helpful?”

2. Put your best information first. People tend to read the beginning and, if it is long,

don’t bother to read the rest; however, it does look impressive to have a long answer.

3. Answer a question as soon as it comes out.

4. Be original and willing to share.

5. Be the expert. Do research if necessary.

6. Vote on the ASK SC questions daily.

7. Study what others have written in the past, especially the winners.

8. Ask your sponsor or a2a friend for help if you are new or have trouble with English.

9. Make sure your grammar and spelling are right, especially SFI terms like TripleClicks.

10. Make your answer easy to read by using points and spacing.

11. Refer to answers at the SFI site and give any other references you know of to help.

Don’t:

1. Just repeat answers already available on the SFI site.

2. Use a lot of filler words that are unimportant.

3. Copy others.

4. Give too short of an answer.

5. Apologize that you don’t know much.

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As a frequent winner, here are some of my best tips for answering ASK SC questions to get the maximum number of votes possible?

Do:

1. Remember that the directions for voting are, “Do you find this answer helpful?”

2. Put your best information first. People tend to read the beginning and, if it is long,

don’t bother to read the rest; however, it does look impressive to have a long answer.

3. Answer a question as soon as it
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