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What is the best way to build a TEAM--with true team spirit--in SFI?

6268 votes

Roger Bernard, Aff (Connecticut, US) 9/3/2013 6:19 pm

Affiliate since: 01/18/2018, Power Rank: 99999999
Great Question, I have read a ton of these answers and their all great but nobody mentioned the biggest Key.. You need to make people feel like they are a part of something.. A real part of the team. Even your least experienced can surprise you with a great idea or some great input to one of YOUR ideas.. Plus its just human nature to want to be a part of something. Giving incentives is all and good but that in my opinion is not enough to get you the "team spirit" mentality your talking
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What kind of rewards have proven to be the most effective for you for getting inactive affiliates active?

53 votes

Roger Bernard, Aff (Connecticut, US) 11/9/2012 3:39 pm

Affiliate since: 01/18/2018, Power Rank: 99999999
First off I would like to remind you that SFI recommeds you to spend most of your time "Working with your Workers". These are the people you want to concentrate the bulk of your time developing. Now as it pertains to inactive affiliates. There could be a plethera of reasons why they are inactive, from money, to just being a complete lazy pants. Most of the members who are not working the program, will never work the program, no matter how much you encourage.. However, I would send out some
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What are the key areas or general factors to consider when advertising your gateways to get good results?

35 votes

Roger Bernard, Aff (Connecticut, US) 11/12/2012 1:10 pm

Affiliate since: 01/18/2018, Power Rank: 99999999
I would just like to start with. Always add a tracker to your ads so you can measure the success of each ad and tweak them as necessary.
That being said, There are some very important things an ad should always have.. 1, your contact information and links to your gateway should be visible in many places on your ads, 2 good content that gets you readers interested whether it be great pics, a video, or plain old text ads. make it interesting and direct it toward your selected audience, also
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How do you use the information in your Genealogy about the VP your affiliates (individually and collectively) have generated?

7 votes

Roger Bernard, Aff (Connecticut, US) 12/10/2012 9:55 pm

Affiliate since: 01/18/2018, Power Rank: 99999999
This is an amazing tool. It tells you who is doing well in your downline and who is struggling or possibly losing interest. It can also tell you what kind of matching points to expect if you are a team leader. This is a great way to know who you need to give some personal attention to and who to give praise and reward for being a mover. Mailing both individually and collectively is important. sometimes that extra message showing you care can turn someone into a mover for you. This tool should be
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Has anyone tried the paid Facebook advertising and, if so, did it work/was it was worth the cost?

6 votes

Roger Bernard, Aff (Connecticut, US) 11/27/2012 10:22 pm

Affiliate since: 01/18/2018, Power Rank: 99999999
I find your not really going to be making a good investment. most of the people on facebook already know what they are going on for and i know I for one never pay attentio to ads of facebook. I would continue to post and use whatever free means such as creating a fan page and such but My opinion is dont waste your money of facebook ads.
Roger B

if you looking to build your list use safelists and mailers and get emails sent to targeted visitors and you can find tons of free credits
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How do I encourage my affiliates to set up a Standing Order?

4 votes

Roger Bernard, Aff (Connecticut, US) 11/5/2012 11:13 am

Affiliate since: 01/18/2018, Power Rank: 99999999
SFI is centered around being an easy program and that is what most people want when they sign up to a free and easy to use program. The first step is to obviously have a standing order of your own; people aren't going to follow what your saying if you haven't done it yourself.

Second, explain how much easier this makes their program, i.e. they can take more time to learn the program and accumulate their points because they are guaranteed to make the pay pool every month, I then would
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What is the best way to help my affiliates who can't afford to purchase anything?

4 votes

Roger Bernard, Aff (Connecticut, US) 12/3/2012 1:37 pm

Affiliate since: 01/18/2018, Power Rank: 99999999
Make sure they know about the bonus points when they sign up. If they are serious about the business and put in the time you will see it. It is very possible for these affiliates to get through the first two months free. I did. I am currently on my third so we'll see. Also Make sure they realize they can use bonus free tcredits and mrp's to purchase ebooks and gain information AND vp's. On top of that the new gift cards are an amazing tool for you to get them motivated and teach them to pay it forward
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When communicating with my downline, is it best to use the SFI email utility or my own email? What is the most effective?

3 votes

Roger Bernard, Aff (Connecticut, US) 11/8/2012 11:23 am

Affiliate since: 01/18/2018, Power Rank: 99999999
I believe the SFI mailer system is the absolute best way to go. Not only do you get 30VP's a week for using your CSA, PSA,and geneology mailers but you can fully customize which groups or people you want which messages to go to.

You can always use your affiliate mail center to send group or personal messages. However, If you think that an affiliate may not be logging into SFI to do his/her daily points and training then this is when I would step into using a private mail service such
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I know I should work with the workers, but how many follow-up messages should I send to inactive CSAs/PSAs before giving up on them?

3 votes

Roger Bernard, Aff (Connecticut, US) 11/20/2012 1:34 pm

Affiliate since: 01/18/2018, Power Rank: 99999999
I believe there is only one case when you should give up on someone and that is if they opt out in which case you would then be spamming them. You do NOT want to get the reputation of being a spammer. You never know what is going on in the other persons life. Keep at it as long as they will keep accepting your emails. Maybe your persistence will show them how you want them to succeed and maybe that changes their mind into becoming active. Bottom line, it is so easy to just include them in your team
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Why do so many people join SFI and then do nothing...and what should I do about this?

3 votes

Roger Bernard, Aff (Connecticut, US) 11/20/2012 1:43 pm

Affiliate since: 01/18/2018, Power Rank: 99999999
A lot of people sign up and look around because it is free. many of them are newbies that just get overwhelmed and just don't know what to do. Others are looking for a get rich quick scheme and realize this is a legit learning tool and business builder and they may have to work at it...."OH NOO" ha ha.

To fix this I would try and target your ads more to people looking for a real opportunity to "work" online and you should get higher quality leads. its okay though if
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