Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 75

Clause #39 of the Affiliates Agreement mentioned:
Transferability of SFI Affiliateship: In the event of an Affiliate's death, SFI will keep sending commissions in the method that's been selected on the affiliate's account. For example, if the affiliate had chosen to have his or her commission mailed by check, the affiliate's surviving spouse or other representative must ensure they have the legal right to cash a check made out to the name on the SFI account. However, surviving spouses and representatives can also log onto the affiliate's account and make the necessary adjustments to the account name and information. IMPORTANT: surviving spouses and representatives must have account login information. SFI will not provide that information. Note that, other than this particular exception, logging into any SFI account other than your own is strictly prohibited.

Now, to my understanding, you are referring to Residual and Leverage Income.
Lauchpad Day 3 defined both the above as;

1. Residual Income
Residual Income is income that keeps coming in month after month, year after year, from work you do just once. It's like a royalty. An example would be writing a book or recording a song and getting paid forever on it.

2. Leverage Income
Leveraged Income is earning money through other people's efforts. There are only 24 hours in a day. Hence, there's only so much you can earn through your own efforts. But with SFI, you can earn Leveraged Income (in the form of "override" commissions) when affiliates you've sponsored in SFI make sales.

If you you have a very deep and strong team, you are assured of getting all the benefits mentioned above, even after you retire. On your beneficiaries, make sure you inform and make available all details pertains to your account with SFI, to them.
You will retire in peace knowing everything are being taken care of.




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Clause #39 of the Affiliates Agreement mentioned:
Transferability of SFI Affiliateship: In the event of an Affiliate's death, SFI will keep sending commissions in the method that's been selected on the affiliate's account. For example, if the affiliate had chosen to have his or her commission mailed by check, the affiliate's surviving spouse or other representative must ensure they have the legal right to cash a check made out to the name on the SFI account. However, surviving spouses and representatives
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 75

1. Always identify yourself as an SFI Marketing Group affiliate so they make the connection as to why you're contacting them. If you're going to be their personal Sponsor or Team Leader, let them know that, too.

2. Offer to answer questions they might have about SFI and home business in general. You may also wish to include a short testimonial of how the system is working for you (if you've got a good, strong testimonial to offer). Offer friendly guidance and support!

3. Do NOT make aggressive statements like, "If you want to make money with this you need to accumulate 1,500 VersaPoints now." This will only cause backlash and cause people to opt out of SFI. Our system clearly works, without undue pressure. We show them the BENEFITS of participating in SFI and let them decide.

4. Do NOT get into long, drawn-out explanations of the compensation plans, SFI products, etc. You may, however, wish to let your prospects know that detailed information on these topics and others will be available to them immediately upon joining SFI.

5. Remind them that there's no obligation or cost to join SFI. They can take their time, learn about all the benefits of SFI, and take advantage of our free training.

6. Do NOT confuse them with references to other products, services, or business opportunities.

All the best.
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1. Always identify yourself as an SFI Marketing Group affiliate so they make the connection as to why you're contacting them. If you're going to be their personal Sponsor or Team Leader, let them know that, too.

2. Offer to answer questions they might have about SFI and home business in general. You may also wish to include a short testimonial of how the system is working for you (if you've got a good, strong testimonial to offer). Offer friendly guidance and support!

3. Do
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 75

I guess a few of the many reasons you choose to have an open house to present your SFI opportunity, is because you are well aware that holding such events will attract interested consumers, at the same time allows you to showcase your products and services this way is to gain new customers too. To some this method is old fashion, but it has its advantages.

It could be done by inviting your warm markets i.e your family members, friends and colleagues for a small scale get together or by simply advertising your open house in various ways such as distributing of flyers, newspaper insertions, engage a group of people to distribute your open house invitation fliers into each letterbox within your vicinity etc, for a big scale gathering. Once the above plan accomplished, now time to sit down and consider what you will like to do at your open house. I think it is not a good idea to start off your opening with ‘we are here to learn on how to make money’. You might send the message that SFI is a scam.

1) If you own a service business, definitely you will have no physical products to showcase. Your event then should be geared towards demonstrating or educating attendees about your service, what are the benefits to them and have some testimonials by pre-recorded video, for example for them see and hear.

2) If you are selling physical products, it is a must for you to offer the best opportunity for attendees to touch, see and feel them.
Demonstration – probably the best way to engage them and to help consumers understand about benefits of using your products, here you can take the opportunity to offer them some discounts for bulk purchases. The plus point is, you have ample time to talk about pricing, discounts and special offers. This method will benefit most of the ECAs with physical stocks available. To make them sign-up for SFI program, try getting a Team Leader available near you to join your event as invited guest or as a Pitcher. And of course, make sure you hold more than one demo to ensure all visitors/attendees to your open house get a chance to try.

3) People love personal attention. So use them to your advantage by inviting them to help you demonstrate, wear, or try your products or service. You are making it fun by connecting with the user.

4) Take the opportunity to distribute your Gift Cards for them to redeem their prizes as attendees to your event.

5) Make sure you have as many items as possible to showcase or for sale, to prove that SFI is just like any other e-commerce sites selling thousands of quality items at a lesser price online.

6) Log book / attendees sign in with contact no. and e-mails will enable you to follow-up later. Make them available. Or RSVP confirmed list would also help.

By doing all of the above, you have extended your helping hand and the same time gaining their trust. This will make it easy for you do a follow up actions and introduced SFI as a whole program. Now you can talk money matters.

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I guess a few of the many reasons you choose to have an open house to present your SFI opportunity, is because you are well aware that holding such events will attract interested consumers, at the same time allows you to showcase your products and services this way is to gain new customers too. To some this method is old fashion, but it has its advantages.

It could be done by inviting your warm markets i.e your family members, friends and colleagues for a small scale get together or
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 75

How I can encourage my downline members to purchase from TripleClicks?

Let them understand the process call transfer of buying
Simply mean, make TripleClicks as your own Store. Whatever you want to buy, try buying it from TC, even better to include your family members too because everything begins at home.
If you yourself are not buying from your own store then how can you expect anyone else to buy from TC.

We're not talking about spending extra money, just changing from where you're buying.
With your purchases at TripleClicks you will earn your valuable VersaPoints, which can be converted into numerous benefits and increased earnings. You also earn Member Rewards Points with every purchase.

In return, you will reap all the benefits and increase earning.

1. Sales
Each time someone you've told about TripleClicks or SFI buys something at TripleClicks.com, you earn a sweet 45% CV Direct Commission! PLUS, you also earn all the VersaPoints on the order too if they are not an SFI affiliate!
And how great is this: SFI takes care of all order processing, payments, product shipments, and customer service (including live chat) for you–all at no cost to you! And if all that wasn't enough, you can keep earning those big 45% commissions every time they buy something at TripleClicks.com–for life!

2. Direct Commissions
Each time an SFI affiliate that you have personally sponsored–OR a TC member that you have personally referred–places an order at TripleClicks.com, you earn 45% of the CV.
SFI's Direct Commission program is powerful because once you sign up a member or affiliate, they become your customer for life!* Special Note: For purchases by personally referred TC members, you'll ALSO earn all the VP** on the order–which can earn you additional shares of the TripleClicks Executive Pool!

3. TripleClicks Executive Pool
SFI's TripleClicks Executive Pool provides a simple, easy, and lucrative income stream that all SFI affiliates can tap into every month. SFI-powered TripleClicks.com is one of the fastest-growing e-commerce Website in the world, and 40% of the CV of EVERY purchase–companywide–has been put into the TripleClicks Executive Pool for our affiliates to share in!

How to share in the pool:
For each VersaPoint (VP) you accumulate during the month, you will receive one share of the month's pool. The more VP you score, the more you will earn from the TripleClicks Executive Pool. To earn even more shares, become a Team Leader:

A. As a Bronze Team Leader, you'll receive matching VP on all EA2s in your downline within 6
levels (including your CSAs).
B. As a Silver Team Leader, you'll receive matching VP on all EA2s in your downline within 8
levels (including your CSAs).
C. As a Gold Team Leader, you'll receive matching VP on all EA2s in your downline within 10
levels (including your CSAs).
D. As a Platinum Team Leader, you'll receive matching VP on all EA2s in your downline within 12
levels (including your CSAs).

Co-Sponsor Commissions
Each time an SFI affiliate that you are the co-sponsor place an order at TripleClicks.com, you earn 15% of the CV.
Note: If you're a Team Leader, you can also earn Matching VP on all your CSAs.

Keep them well informed and lead by example..


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How I can encourage my downline members to purchase from TripleClicks?

Let them understand the process call transfer of buying
Simply mean, make TripleClicks as your own Store. Whatever you want to buy, try buying it from TC, even better to include your family members too because everything begins at home.
If you yourself are not buying from your own store then how can you expect anyone else to buy from TC.

We're not talking about spending extra money, just changing
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 75

Firstly, note that MRP expires after one year of receipt.
Since your have one year validity, you may want to accumulate to certain nos. and use these accumulated MRPs to purchase items at TripleClicks.

Accumulated MRPs can also help you to reduce your monthly spending. For example, if you are running short of VPs, in order for you to attain your TL position or EA, use your accumulated MRPs to purchase TCredits.

126 MRPs = 1 TCredits = 102 VP.

Buying items that helps to grow your business, would be a wise decision (e.g S-Builder Co-op, PSA To Go, Radio SFI, Gift Card etc).
Consider Double MRP Auction, for more MRP (10 instead of 5 MRP).


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Firstly, note that MRP expires after one year of receipt.
Since your have one year validity, you may want to accumulate to certain nos. and use these accumulated MRPs to purchase items at TripleClicks.

Accumulated MRPs can also help you to reduce your monthly spending. For example, if you are running short of VPs, in order for you to attain your TL position or EA, use your accumulated MRPs to purchase TCredits.

126 MRPs = 1 TCredits = 102 VP.

Buying items that
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 75

Communication is always the key to your success in any business.
Within SFI, tools like Stream, Genealogy PSA/CSA/Team Mailers made available for you to use. When we were notified of new member in our team, we should respond immediately or within 24 hours at least, by sending them our welcome letter.

Samples of these welcome letters are also available within SFI. It is up to the individual to make use all these tools to communicate with our new team member. Get them from Tips section.

The most effective I believed is instant messages (IM), another platform provided by SFI. Not only our own downlines, we can also help our CSAs and a2a friends in need of help. We should use it to maximise our touch base with our new members especially. For out of the box information, we should read related topics at Forum daily, so we should inform our newbies how to get to Forum, to read, ask question or contribute to the Forum community by giving our very own answers.

Outside SFI, we have Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest e-mail and Skype to keep in touch. Skype will have the capability of video conference, so use it for group discussion. Webminars by Team Leaders is another great way to train your team. Considering the time difference and SFI is having millions of affiliates from all over the world, assigning specific time to suit specific group/country for the webminars is a way forward.

As you communicate, consider the following:

1) Be clear about what you want to express. What do you most want your downlines to understand. Convey only the core and significant, deliver it with clarity and thorough checks with correct and current information.

2) Sometimes, tact and good manners matters too. But please, don’t let good manners inhibit you from telling the truth. Dishonest communication will lead to loss of integrity and relationships will suffer. You do not want to happen within your team. Learn to develop tact and be compassionate in your truthfulness.

3) Diversity & common ground. We have different kind of team members from all over the world. Learn the art of integrating diverse viewpoints by identifying the common ground. Identify the interest of the person you’re speaking with so as to find the shared purpose, perspective, motivator or values. This is essential for rapport and consensus building.

4) Lastly, responsibility. Don’t blame others if they are not hearing you. Take responsibility to re-communicate to ensure that you’ve been properly heard.

Summarizing, communication within SFI or using external resources will be measured by looking at your active affiliates. Take responsibility not only for what you say but also for how you’re heard. Re-format your ideas if necessary.

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Communication is always the key to your success in any business.
Within SFI, tools like Stream, Genealogy PSA/CSA/Team Mailers made available for you to use. When we were notified of new member in our team, we should respond immediately or within 24 hours at least, by sending them our welcome letter.

Samples of these welcome letters are also available within SFI. It is up to the individual to make use all these tools to communicate with our new team member. Get them from Tips
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 75

"How do I come up with good content for my weekly newsletters to my team?"

Communication is the KEY to your success. If you are not familiar with the communication tools provided by SFI, you may want to go to this link:

https://www.sfimg.com/MyAccount/Miscellaneous

Using the above link, under PSA or CSA Greetings, you can amend or use the sample letters made available for you to choose and edit.

Some of the points, very important points you should include in your letter are;

1. A warm welcome.
To show how pleased and delighted you are to have them joining your team.

2. Invite them to participate in your co-op
In order to reduce the advertising cost, invite them to participate in your co-op (if you have set up one or more).

3. The offer of an SFI Gift Certificate, TCredits etc
As a token of appreciation for their achievement, offer some incentives for your new PSAs or CSAs. SFI Gift Certificate is one of the many things you can offer to your downlines, to encourage them and do better such as achieving 1500 VPs in their 1st month, attaining the EA rank or above or any other significant achievement.

4. An expression of your assistance and support.
Offer your assistance and let them know that you are available any time if they need your help. Provide them with your e-mail and contact number or let them know your website that offer some information or ask them to join you on your social website.

5 A small gift (optional).
An E-Books is a good one. Just to show them your appreciation for the team work and for whatever they have achieve as a Team.

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"How do I come up with good content for my weekly newsletters to my team?"

Communication is the KEY to your success. If you are not familiar with the communication tools provided by SFI, you may want to go to this link:

https://www.sfimg.com/MyAccount/Miscellaneous

Using the above link, under PSA or CSA Greetings, you can amend or use the sample letters made available for you to choose and edit.

Some of the points, very important points you
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 75

I believe you are talking about the dynamic, exciting incentives to increase your downline’s enthusiasm that helps them look forward to doing the SFI business? I do agree that incentives create a fun culture in our business. It is widely acknowledge that recognition is also as effective a motivator as an increase of income. So how to kick start the fun in your team activities?

My suggestions:

1) Create a Contest within your Team. But what kind of a Contest? To me certain criteria you can consider and to be divided into 2 categories (and within a certain period of time):

• Based on Performance incentives - Such as new sign-ups per week/month etc.
Training steps completed, TC products sold, highest TC products volume sold etc, EZ
Games top Scorers, PB Winners etc.

• Achievers incentives – be it big or small achievements, rewards them accordingly.
Recognition raises self-esteem. By showing that you care about them that you value and
appreciate the effort that they put forth, and once they know by your actions, they may show
you something you may not have thought possible – they will give you their best
performance. For recognition, you can give away the following:

a) Create a recognition certificate (ready to be framed)
b) A pin/trophy
c) Special guest appearance at your webminar
d) Special give away items like T-Shirt, Caps, Smartphone, Tabs etc (depending on your
budget).
e) Ticket to a network marketing seminars. For example PSA who sign-up 5 new active
affiliate for the next 2 month gets this ticket to the seminar.
f) Free travel – always a good one, such as beach, cruise or family trip (whichever is
affordable by you).

2) The old way, have some home parties - Most of us are so focused on getting new sign-ups and customers online. We tend to forget that home parties will move you from high-tech to high-touch. You are giving them the opportunity to see, touch and try your products, ask questions and receive immediate answers and also hear other’s opinions.

• Your focus not just retailing products but also on finding new affiliates to join your team, in
return will build your team quickly as new member of your team will also bring their new
friends to their own home party.

• The fun part is also to have a contest. With your product line up, tell them about your
products/services/program. Then ask your guests questions based on what you’ve told
them. First person with the right answer receive a small prize. Please don’t be stingy with
your freebees – make sure everyone who attends walks away with a free sample, catalogue,
name card etc. Very important that handouts should have your contact information including
name, phone number, e-mail and website.

A critical key to a successful contest is communication to your whole team the details of the contest. Disperse it via your team mail, stream post and T-Connect page. Then request the ones who are interested in propelling their business and getting the prize to let YOU KNOW. This put the milk out for the ones that are truly excited and going to do it.

Once you have the motivated people from your team on board, let the game begin. You may just find the contest ignites your fire a bit more too. You’ll see both businesses take off.

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I believe you are talking about the dynamic, exciting incentives to increase your downline’s enthusiasm that helps them look forward to doing the SFI business? I do agree that incentives create a fun culture in our business. It is widely acknowledge that recognition is also as effective a motivator as an increase of income. So how to kick start the fun in your team activities?

My suggestions:

1) Create a Contest within your Team. But what kind of a Contest? To me certain
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 75

There are so many resources available out there. We are talking about the borderless world and the era of ‘information at your fingertips’ ? Somehow, NOT all network marketers or I would say SFIers are internet savvy (including me), that are able to penetrate every available means to expand and build our team and business.

We are very fortunate because SFI has provided a comprehensive learning tools and it’s for free. This has helps thousands of affiliate from spending, in order to learn the basics of network marketing. Thus, to answer to your question, I would put forward this few points that might help you to expand, build and be successful in your SFI business.

1) Expand your network - family and friends maybe supportive, but may not be your best
referrals. You have to consider who would make a good customer, then find and look for
ways to reach and meet those people such as Chamber of Commerce, local associations,
local trade shows, formal lead sharing groups, trade shows, etc.

Online networking through social media, groups and sites, online forums etc also will have a
big impact if done correctly. Of course, do not spam those sites or groups with ad for your
products or service. Participate and contribute helpful information to the groups that are
likely to include prospects for your services and you will get known.

2) Optimize your social media Profiles - Having a business oriented social media profile set up
on the major social media sites such as LinkedIn, Google Plus, Pinterest, My Space,
Facebook and many more. Make sure your profile looks professional. This will ensure the
correct business oriented and upstanding member of the community will come forward and
do business with you. Have a good personal page for reference by your potential new
contacts.

3) Set up a Professional looking Website/Blogs – because potential contacts/customers are
likely to take a look at your websites before they call you to discuss your services or buying
your products online.

4) Look for needs you can fill and ask for business - if you don’t ask for business, no one will
know you want it!.. That’s how our ECAs have been blasting their best in the month of
December, being the festive of giving!

Marketing methods is far too long to be spelled out here. Looking at our ECAs stores can give you more answers on how to get more resources in building your team and business. Spend some time within TripleClicks before you venture out seeking for more ways. Again depending on your spending power, lots of ECAs can offer you their assistance. Remember, TripleClicks is our Superstore, think of TC before any other alternatives, out of SFI.

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There are so many resources available out there. We are talking about the borderless world and the era of ‘information at your fingertips’ ? Somehow, NOT all network marketers or I would say SFIers are internet savvy (including me), that are able to penetrate every available means to expand and build our team and business.

We are very fortunate because SFI has provided a comprehensive learning tools and it’s for free. This has helps thousands of affiliate from spending, in order
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 75

To be a good Sponsor, of course keeping our team engaged all the time, would be a perfect situation. Somehow, the actual situation is so difficult to predict when it comes to the activities of our newly appointed affiliates. There are so many unforeseen circumstances behind the reasons as to why most of the new sign-ups not being active.

However, as a good Sponsor we should:

1) Sent them an e-card or welcome letter immediately after they join, as per notices received
from SFI. Guide them to get started the correct way. Present only the facts and be honest
in your approach with your new sign-ups. Never mention about upgrades until they are
ready. Do not sound greedy!

2) Create rapport and trust. Maybe you can create a group chat on Whatsapps, Skype or any
other social media. This way you are constantly in contact with them, should they need your
assistance on matters pertaining to their daily/weekly or monthly tasks. Not limited to just
your PSAs, you can also add your CSAs to your support group because CSAs activities are
also as important as your PSAs.
SFI instant messaging (IM) is another way to keep line of communication open.

3) Make them feel comfortable and important. The focus is always them not you. Think about
growing your team above your personal gains. In the long run, you will reap the benefits
from activities of your team members. Comes January 2016, emphasis and focus will be
shifted to growing a team rather than achieving ranks of Team Leaders, because it will not
happen if you have no team and active members especially your own PSAs.

4) With the latest changes, like introduction of Signing Bonuses, new Team Leaders
requirements, new Privacy Max etc, you need to be on top of everything. So you are able to
answer should your PSAs/CSAs ask for your input or details of the changes being
introduced.

To summarize, most of new affiliates join without any knowledge about SFI. With the huge information and training materials, could lead them to confusion and as a result, their inactivity. It is the Sponsor's responsibility to ensure that information are disbursed systematically and guidance be made available 24/7. By showing that you care about them, sincerely want to help them to achieve their success, then you are definitely doing the right engagement process and could lead to high and peak performance by your team members. Recognize and reward the achievers accordingly as praises and recognition will create high self-esteem.

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To be a good Sponsor, of course keeping our team engaged all the time, would be a perfect situation. Somehow, the actual situation is so difficult to predict when it comes to the activities of our newly appointed affiliates. There are so many unforeseen circumstances behind the reasons as to why most of the new sign-ups not being active.

However, as a good Sponsor we should:

1) Sent them an e-card or welcome letter immediately after they join, as per notices received

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