Affiliate since: 11/22/2012, Power Rank: 170

Yes. If you believe you understand the business plan of SFI.

As soon as you become a Team Leader (BTL) you will receive second home CSA's and you automatically have a TEAM!

Sometimes you will be fortunate enough to inherit active CSA's!
In my case I once got an STL, which was very exciting considering I was only a BTL!
Mostly though you inherit inactive CSA's. This should not discourage you - look at it as a challenge! Maybe receiving YOUR personal message and offers of assistance come at a time they are curious enough to come back and examine the opportunity again! If you feel confident enough to encourage and support these CSA's then you definitely should go for BTL.(Learn together!!)

Just understand you may not know everything and may not have all the answers, but you can find out!

The other thing is that you will earn valuable VP for sending Stream Posts and team mails every week, so even if you do not get a response from your CSA's you can at least "practice" being an Awesome Sponsor!!! Just keep sending those mails!!!

I love my CSA's - they are by far the most active members of my team and I am always so appreciative of receiving them each month.

Once you have your team, you need to keep building it. Recruiting, advertising, marketing, winning PSA's & CSA's on the Auctions, buying from ECA's, taking a standing order for S-Builder Co-op etc., until you have your 5 EA2's or Team Leaders in your downline and they duplicate you. But don't stop there!! Keep on doing this every month until you have an amazing team and are earning the income you dreamed about!

Go for it! You will gain more and become successful faster with every effort you put in!
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Yes. If you believe you understand the business plan of SFI.

As soon as you become a Team Leader (BTL) you will receive second home CSA's and you automatically have a TEAM!

Sometimes you will be fortunate enough to inherit active CSA's!
In my case I once got an STL, which was very exciting considering I was only a BTL!
Mostly though you inherit inactive CSA's. This should not discourage you - look at it as a challenge! Maybe receiving YOUR personal message and
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Affiliate since: 11/22/2012, Power Rank: 170

This is an important question because SFI is an International organization, we recruit Affiliates from all over the world. Of course many people do not speak or understand English.

SFI has a "translate" button at the bottom of every page, so it is important you let your new signups know straight away that they can have everything offered on SFI translated to their own language. I would put this information in my welcome letter.

Next I would suggest they join a forum for their country
Complete list of Country Forums:

www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=41 North America
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=42 Eastern Africa
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=43 Middle Africa
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=44 Northern Africa
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=45 Southern Africa
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=46 Western Africa
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=47 Caribbean
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=48 Central America
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=49 South America
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=50 Asia
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=51 Eastern Asia
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=52 Southern Asia
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=53 South-Eastern Asia
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=54 Western Asia
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=55 Eastern Europe
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=56 Northern Europe
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=57 Southern Europe
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=58 Western Europe
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=59 Oceania
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=60 Melanesia
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=61 Micronesia
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=62 Polynesia
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=63 United Arab Emirates
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=64 Argentina
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=65 Australia
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=66 Bosnia And Herzegovina
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=67 Bangladesh
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=68 Brazil
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=69 Canada
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=70 Chile
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=71 Colombia
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=72 Algeria
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=73 Spain
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=74 France
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=75 United Kingdom
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=76 Ghana
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=77 Croatia
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=78 Indonesia
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=79 India
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=80 Italy
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=81 Kenya
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=82 Sri Lanka
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=83 Morocco
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=84 Macedonia
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=85 Mexico
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=86 Malaysia
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=87 Nigeria
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=88 Nepal
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=89 Philippines
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=90 Pakistan
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=91 Romania
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=92 Serbia
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=93 Russian Federation
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=94 United States
www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=95 South Africa

Then advise Affiliates to go to the Country Leaders board
https://www.sfimg.com/Leaders/Country
to see for themselves the successful and growing leaders in their country.

Recommend they join a2a and request people from their own country to 'friend' them and they will have common ground on which to move forward on. Having a few friends in their own country will make them feel less isolated and they can form friendships and help each other.

The Affiliates can still contact you even if they write in their own language - all you have to do is click on translate!
There really are no barrriers because SFI have made it easy for us all!!

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This is an important question because SFI is an International organization, we recruit Affiliates from all over the world. Of course many people do not speak or understand English.

SFI has a "translate" button at the bottom of every page, so it is important you let your new signups know straight away that they can have everything offered on SFI translated to their own language. I would put this information in my welcome letter.

Next I would suggest they join a forum
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Affiliate since: 11/22/2012, Power Rank: 170

The most over-rated activities:-
1. ASK SC. I have found that either I am reading and rating the same answers more than once or people are copying answers. It gets a bit tiresome rating similar or same answers over and over every day to achieve 1VP. If they are being repeated by some mischance then the person is being rated numerous times by the same person!
(I have found many very interesting and helpful answers but to be honest I would rather rate a 1 - 10 than a yes or no answer)

2. Joining Co-ops where you only receive your affiliates 6 -8 weeks later. New Affiliates want to build their team NOW! Not spend two months worth of $'s before they see 1 Affiliate, let alone an active Affiliate. I think Co-ops that advertise Affiliates should produce in no longer than 72 hours & new sign-ups. To pay $20 - $30 per month and only get one or two signups is very expensive and too slow.

The most under-rated activities:-
1. The Forum - It is unbelievable the new information that I learn daily from reading the latest posts and specific topics that I am looking in to. We have many intelligent and experienced forum members who contribute amazing answers that help the new as well as the older members of SFI. I don't want to suggest awarding VP for contributing to the Forum but maybe a few VP for joining?? I don't know the answer to that but I most certainly, regularily remind my Affiliates to go to the Forum or copy and paste a link to group emails, team mails and streams, that my team would find useful.

2. a2a membership. I think most people join because they earn the initial VP, but I have found some remarkable people out there that I would never have known otherwise. I have been helped by a2a friends and have also been priviledged to be able to help one or two a2a friends as well. A few lines here and there is not hard to do.
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The most over-rated activities:-
1. ASK SC. I have found that either I am reading and rating the same answers more than once or people are copying answers. It gets a bit tiresome rating similar or same answers over and over every day to achieve 1VP. If they are being repeated by some mischance then the person is being rated numerous times by the same person!
(I have found many very interesting and helpful answers but to be honest I would rather rate a 1 - 10 than a yes or no answer)

2.
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Affiliate since: 11/22/2012, Power Rank: 170

Actually there are so many filters in the genealogy, you can find anything you need to know about your downline. It is a very powerful tool and one that every Team Leader should be using on a daily basis.

Date Joined -:
When I first go into the genealogy I always first check for new sign-ups and send them a welcome E-Card. At the same time I check recent signups to see who are becoming active or have not logged in for a day or two.

I also use this filter to see how many new affiliates need to be reminded of the Fast Track offer and send a mail to them explaining the benefits.

Last Login-:
This is useful for the above as well as to see if your any active have fallen behind. Send a Help or Tip E-card after checking their VP Ledger.

Daily VP -:
I check to see the progress of my active affiliates.

Birthday -:
I try every day to find a chance to check if it's anyone's birthday and send an E-Card.

Rank -:
If anyone has qualified or re-qualified I send a Thank You or Congrats card. If I can I re-assign PSA's to my EA's or EA2's. I try to reward with gift certificates, but depends on my commissions from previous month. Not always possible.

Depending on time available, those are the main filters I use but when I can I use the others, like 'red flagged' to send a message of help or encouragement.

Best wishes
Keep motivating your team!
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Actually there are so many filters in the genealogy, you can find anything you need to know about your downline. It is a very powerful tool and one that every Team Leader should be using on a daily basis.

Date Joined -:
When I first go into the genealogy I always first check for new sign-ups and send them a welcome E-Card. At the same time I check recent signups to see who are becoming active or have not logged in for a day or two.

I also use this filter to see how many
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Affiliate since: 11/22/2012, Power Rank: 170

I have to admit I did not believe there was any benefit being assigned non-active Affiliates until this last month!

Every week sometimes more, I send out team mail, I write personal emails to those that appear to be giving up etc., but rarely, if ever, get a response.

Then out of the blue a PSA, who last logged on in August last year, came back and totally excelled - in one month becoming a STL!

If just one person did that a month wouldn't it be great!

Affiliate since: 11/22/2012, Power Rank: 170

You need to have "guts" This is not for the faint hearted, you need to put your heart and soul into making your business work.

Determination to succeed - it's easy the first month to reach EA but after that you need to be resourceful and hard working, constantly planning a strategy that can work for you. If you don't have financial resources to fall back on to help you, it means you have to be even more determined and careful with what little money you have, so plan wisely.

Diligence - Make it a daily habit or committment to do your daily actions, try and read something new every day, I find the Forum a huge source of information. Even if you only have time to read the latest posts each day, you will learn something. Knowledge is power, and that does not come from a hit and miss approach.

Read, Read, Read - SFI have tremendous resources and information you need to know and learn, in order to be a success. Too many join SFI hoping or expecting to make money with little or no effort from themselves. I find that if an article stirs me or excites me I print it out and read it again, find the websites or blogs or forums or free advertising suggested, then try it out. I'm not very good at blogging or using the social media, but it's all worth trying - you never know, something may click and off you go! In other words, be willing to TRY.

Committment - I believe you need to be committed to what you are doing, remind yourself regularily why you are doing this. Don't run away when things get tough and don't give up. Ask for help. If your sponsor or co-sponsor can't help (or are not responding) go to the Forum or ask your a2a friends. It is amazing how willing and helpful people are, even if they are not in your team, we all want to see you succeed.

This is a long term business, so don't expect miracles in the first month. I hate giving up and want to see things through, in order to do that give the business a chance, set reallistic goals and work as hard as you can to achieve them.







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You need to have "guts" This is not for the faint hearted, you need to put your heart and soul into making your business work.

Determination to succeed - it's easy the first month to reach EA but after that you need to be resourceful and hard working, constantly planning a strategy that can work for you. If you don't have financial resources to fall back on to help you, it means you have to be even more determined and careful with what little money you have, so plan wisely.

Diligence
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Affiliate since: 11/22/2012, Power Rank: 170

So often people join these 'opportunities' to make money and they end in disappointment, mainly because of their expectations! Too many people are desperately looking for ways to make money and a 'quick fix' to resolve their financial problems.

I believe most of us join to make money and get financial freedom - that is a 'given'
but when it comes to work, so many lose interest and move on. BIG MISTAKE!

When I joined SFI I had tried a few other programs with no results, despite my efforts. I am a hard worker and if I go for something I usually give it a good try! I was very impressed with the tutorials, responsiveness of SFI and the incredible resources available. I decided this was worth pursuing. I was fast-tracked, made EA and got a standing order etc.

But what really convinced me to stay was my first commission payment - it was $1.87
I was euphoric! I know that sounds crazy!! That was my first month's earnings, hardly anything to rave about, but I still earned something! SFI pays out, they do what they say and there are so many rewards you get along the way.

I have been here for a year now, have over 1700 affiliates in my team, and although I am not earning a fortune yet, I can see my business growing every month. I know this was the right choice for me and believe that anyone who truly desires success, should look no further!
Believe in yourself, set some goals, be realistic, work hard and persevere.

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So often people join these 'opportunities' to make money and they end in disappointment, mainly because of their expectations! Too many people are desperately looking for ways to make money and a 'quick fix' to resolve their financial problems.

I believe most of us join to make money and get financial freedom - that is a 'given'
but when it comes to work, so many lose interest and move on. BIG MISTAKE!

When I joined SFI I had tried a few other programs with no results,
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Affiliate since: 11/22/2012, Power Rank: 170

I have tried on numerous occasions to offer contests to my team and have been so disappointed at the total lack of interest and non-existant entries!

I have just realised what part of the problem is!

Newbies have no idea WHERE to go to FIND the competition to enter it! I have just added a new competition myself for my newbies and actually got a 'help' request from one of them to say 'Where do I go?"

I always state that they must go to my Leadership page, but I now add the LINK to my LP for them to simply click on! I'm hoping this will make the difference!
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I have tried on numerous occasions to offer contests to my team and have been so disappointed at the total lack of interest and non-existant entries!

I have just realised what part of the problem is!

Newbies have no idea WHERE to go to FIND the competition to enter it! I have just added a new competition myself for my newbies and actually got a 'help' request from one of them to say 'Where do I go?"

I always state that they must go to my Leadership page, but
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Affiliate since: 11/22/2012, Power Rank: 170

I believe in marriage (or life partnership) that communication is fundamental and a most important part of that relationship. It's not really a matter of 'convincing' them but rather sharing your reasons for why you believe this is the right thing for you to do and then asking them to support you in your decision.

Trust is another basic requirement in your relationship. You have to ask yourself 'why should they trust me in this business opportunity?' We all make mistakes, but if this is the case for you, how have you rectified the problems and have you built up that trust in you again?

Financial stress is one of the biggest factors and causes of friction in relationships. It would be prudent to set some goals, work out a budget, and even give your partner a small presentation of the SFI business & compensation plan and show them this is a long term commitment that you believe in and are prepared to make personal sacrifices for.

I let my husband know almost every day what is happening in my business - the ups and the downs! He is very supportive because he knows my motives for doing it. It is a great comfort to me to know I have his support and encouragement.




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I believe in marriage (or life partnership) that communication is fundamental and a most important part of that relationship. It's not really a matter of 'convincing' them but rather sharing your reasons for why you believe this is the right thing for you to do and then asking them to support you in your decision.

Trust is another basic requirement in your relationship. You have to ask yourself 'why should they trust me in this business opportunity?' We all make mistakes, but if this is
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Affiliate since: 11/22/2012, Power Rank: 170

In order for an ECA to become a LocalPay Provider they must first be approved by TripleClicks before they can operate.

If you have a selection of LocalPays for your Country, the rating system of stars can guide you as to which Providers are highly rated. However, having said that you may have new Providers and how else do they get rated unless they are given a chance to prove themselves?

Initially, purchase an amount of $10 and see how efficient the communication is from the ECA and how the transaction is handled. Once you have made your payment in local currency the ECA should notify TripleClicks immediately, to transfer the funds. Make sure you have proof of payment and make sure you send the proof of payment to the ECA. Communication is a two way street!

The funds are released straight away once the ECA notifies TripleClicks. As long as the ECA is satisfied with your payment there should not be any delay.

If for any reason there is a problem and you are not totally satisfied you can send in a Support ticket.
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In order for an ECA to become a LocalPay Provider they must first be approved by TripleClicks before they can operate.

If you have a selection of LocalPays for your Country, the rating system of stars can guide you as to which Providers are highly rated. However, having said that you may have new Providers and how else do they get rated unless they are given a chance to prove themselves?

Initially, purchase an amount of $10 and see how efficient the communication is from the
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