Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

If my affiliates struggle with anything, it's the recruiting of active affiliates of their own. To be honest, so do I, and if I had a good solution, I would pass it on immediately to them--that's what good duplicators do. In the absence of that, I research possible methods of recruiting new active affiliates myself, and I explain what I'm doing when I test out a new method. If something works, I will redouble my encouragement and teach them this method. Meanwhile, I encourage them to do the same types of research I do, so that we can test out as many options as we can.
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If my affiliates struggle with anything, it's the recruiting of active affiliates of their own. To be honest, so do I, and if I had a good solution, I would pass it on immediately to them--that's what good duplicators do. In the absence of that, I research possible methods of recruiting new active affiliates myself, and I explain what I'm doing when I test out a new method. If something works, I will redouble my encouragement and teach them this method. Meanwhile, I encourage them to do the same
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

The question here is, "How do I want to be compensated?"

PRMs are people who will ideally continue shopping at TripleClicks, and as they purchase products, you get a commission. Once they're customers, your job is done.

PSAs are people who you then have to teach how to be good SFI/TripleClicks affiliates. When they purchase products themselves, you get a commission. After they establish themselves as Executive Affiliates two months in a row, their VP also get added to your executive pool value, thus getting you an additional bonus. As they continue succeeding, you also earn bonus VP just from having them in your downline.

Personally, I like having PSAs, but they're also a time investment. Keep that in mind.
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The question here is, "How do I want to be compensated?"

PRMs are people who will ideally continue shopping at TripleClicks, and as they purchase products, you get a commission. Once they're customers, your job is done.

PSAs are people who you then have to teach how to be good SFI/TripleClicks affiliates. When they purchase products themselves, you get a commission. After they establish themselves as Executive Affiliates two months in a row, their VP also get added
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

The monthly VersaPoint totals are used to determine your activity levels and your rank for that month, as well as all the various rewards that you have earned with that rank. The monthly totals reset every month so you can continue to achieve those goals.

It's only your monthly totals that reset, though--the points you earn remain in your Power Ranking for six full months, and that's used to determine your ranking within SFI.

Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

The best gifts for new PSAs and CSAs are those which help them succeed at their business. For example, I will typically award new affiliates a few TCredits and walk them through the process of using them to make Member Listings so they can sell items from home. When you teach your affiliates to make money, they will succeed and continue with SFI.

Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

As you think about how to promote sports games of any sort, you must consider your audience: sports-lovers. You want to promote in places sports-lovers visit, particularly sports-lovers who enjoy a little gambling, and who are willing to spend some money on TCredits in order to play. As you find those places, you want to place ads that will attract sports-lovers.

The trick of it, though, is this: if you're using it to bring in *new* PRMs, rather than encouraging your current sports-loving PRMs to try out the games, you're essentially asking people to buy TCredits to win more TCredits. As a result, you have to find ways to encourage them to actually *want* those winnings... For that, you're going to want to promote other items that they can buy with those TCredits that they've won. Obvious choices would be sports memorabilia or sports related goods, or perhaps some of the objects, like gold coins, that are available through TripleClicks, suggesting they, "Go for the Gold."

Remember, your process, whatever you choose, will need to appeal to the values of your audience. When people forget this, they create unsuccessful promotions. Keep this in mind.
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As you think about how to promote sports games of any sort, you must consider your audience: sports-lovers. You want to promote in places sports-lovers visit, particularly sports-lovers who enjoy a little gambling, and who are willing to spend some money on TCredits in order to play. As you find those places, you want to place ads that will attract sports-lovers.

The trick of it, though, is this: if you're using it to bring in *new* PRMs, rather than encouraging your current sports-loving
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

All right! This is a great question!

Aside from general promotion, I have two goals in particular that help energize my SFI business:

1) to build a successful ECA store with games I'm in the process of making, and
2) to research all manner of new products within TripleClicks that I can share with my friends.

In the case of #1, well, a lot of what I'm doing happens off SFI and TripleCicks, for the most part--I design prototypes and playtest my games, then do production runs that I can sell in TripleClicks.

In the case of #2, I use some of the money I make each month to buy products from other ECAs so that I can both determine which products I want to promote and also research how the best ECAs do business to help me work on making my own store better.
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All right! This is a great question!

Aside from general promotion, I have two goals in particular that help energize my SFI business:

1) to build a successful ECA store with games I'm in the process of making, and
2) to research all manner of new products within TripleClicks that I can share with my friends.

In the case of #1, well, a lot of what I'm doing happens off SFI and TripleCicks, for the most part--I design prototypes and playtest my games, then do
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

When you talk about "the next level," do you mean in terms of increasing rank, in terms of increasing commissions, or in terms of developing new elements to one's business?

Increasing rank involves increasing VersaPoints through sales, personal actions, and supporting the actions of affiliates (or some linear combination of the three). For that, study your affiliates' VersaPoint Ledger and see where they could be earning those extra points and coach them on what might be missing.

Increasing commissions involves showing them new ways to promote their "gateway links" and the various TripleClicks products. Again, showing them how to do this involves finding out what they're currently doing and introducing them to new strategies.

Developing new elements to one's business can involve building an ECA Store, setting up a blog, creating a website, or promoting through new types of ads on other sites. Once more, knowing what your affiliates are doing (and what they are capable of doing) is key.
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When you talk about "the next level," do you mean in terms of increasing rank, in terms of increasing commissions, or in terms of developing new elements to one's business?

Increasing rank involves increasing VersaPoints through sales, personal actions, and supporting the actions of affiliates (or some linear combination of the three). For that, study your affiliates' VersaPoint Ledger and see where they could be earning those extra points and coach them on what might be missing.

Increasing
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Our Co-Sponsored Affiliates need our assistance and guidance, particularly when they don't have a strong personal sponsor. Because we want them to succeed--and, of course, we benefit from successful CSAs--we should stay in touch with them and help them as much as possible. As with anyone else, you want to give exactly as much engagement as they wish to receive. E-mail works, as does telephone or even postal mail. As long as you do not overburden them, your attention will be welcomed warmly.

Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

The Genealogy tool is essentially a powerful database search engine that you can use to generate reports of various sorts, depending on what you desire, and then using those reports to generate weekly targeted mailers for an extra 30VP every week. There are several useful ways to use filters and sort the data:

1) Filtering on VersaPoints for this month will show you who are your most active affiliates.

2) Filtering on VP total and for ZERO VP this month will show you who has lost their way and who you need to get back to activity again.

3) Filtering on LANGUAGE will let you target e-mail people who speak that language, allowing you to use Google Translate or the like to speak directly to them in a way they most understand.

4) Filtering for PSAs will let you manage your downline better, allowing you to place some affiliates beneath others. This can result in more effective teams.

5) Sorting based on Tripleclicks Referrals shows you who understands what affiliates are supposed to be doing, and sorting on TripleClicks sales VP will show you how much they're buying or selling in order to succeed.

The big thing to do is to understand how the fields work to get you information about what your affiliates are doing with their time (and, potentially, their money). You can get a lot out of this tool by practicing different types of searches.
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The Genealogy tool is essentially a powerful database search engine that you can use to generate reports of various sorts, depending on what you desire, and then using those reports to generate weekly targeted mailers for an extra 30VP every week. There are several useful ways to use filters and sort the data:

1) Filtering on VersaPoints for this month will show you who are your most active affiliates.

2) Filtering on VP total and for ZERO VP this month will show you who
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Setting up proper communication with your PSAs starts with viewing their profiles, finding out what they want based off of those, and then contacting them individually, via e-mail, and eliciting more of their values so that you can know how to best talk with them. If you can, get phone numbers and messenger addresses from them, so that you can talk with them more directly. The clearer your lines of communication, the better you can work together.