Affiliate since: 04/10/2014, Power Rank: 165

When we receive notification of a new PSA, almost without exception the notification says their primary language is English. This is totally false in many cases as possibly more than 50% of PSAs have a primary language that is not English. I often get responses, from PSAs who were notified to me that they had English as their primary language, in a language other than English. When translated these responses invariably say something along the lines of 'What are you on about? Please speak Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Hindi, Arabic etc.

I think SFI should vet its applications more thoroughly, so that if an application comes in from a non-English speaking country, even if the application is completed in English, that it is assumed that the primary language of the country of the applicant is the primary language of the applicant.

I think that the main reason why more PSAs are not active is because we try to communicate with them in a language that is not their primary language. In my team of over 700 PSAs, the only ones who have been active really have English as their primary language, because they come from USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and South Africa. Many Indians only have a smattering of English and the same for Filipinos.

I get all my PSAs from SFI, not from personal contact or external advertising. Why can't SFI match up better, the PSA's they allocate to sponsors and co-sponsors who come from the same country or really have the same primary language.

In summary I believe that language is the biggest factor in why more PSAs do not become active.
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When we receive notification of a new PSA, almost without exception the notification says their primary language is English. This is totally false in many cases as possibly more than 50% of PSAs have a primary language that is not English. I often get responses, from PSAs who were notified to me that they had English as their primary language, in a language other than English. When translated these responses invariably say something along the lines of 'What are you on about? Please speak Spanish,
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Affiliate since: 04/10/2014, Power Rank: 165

If you want a good start with SFI, I think you need the ability to afford an investment of $80 - $100 a month. $36.25 on a Standing Order gets you 125 TCredits, 1500 SVP and 100 bonus AVP. a further $44.00 a month gets you 2 shares in the S-Builder Coop for another 560 VP.

With that you only need another 1000 Action VP a month to get to BTL, and by doing Daily, Weekly and Monthly actions, over a full month, you would need less than 400 AVP over the rest of the month to qualify as and retain BTL status.

Within 6 months your S-Builder Co-op shares should have given you 30 - 50 PSAs, who hopefully will start generating an income for you. By that time you would also have received 200-300 CSAs who will also be generating an income for you.

By that time you should be selling things on TripleClicks for extra income, and hopefully you will not need that budget of $80 - $100 a month.

If you do not have this for your budget, you should start selling on TripleClicks as fast as possible to raise the funds you need.
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If you want a good start with SFI, I think you need the ability to afford an investment of $80 - $100 a month. $36.25 on a Standing Order gets you 125 TCredits, 1500 SVP and 100 bonus AVP. a further $44.00 a month gets you 2 shares in the S-Builder Coop for another 560 VP.

With that you only need another 1000 Action VP a month to get to BTL, and by doing Daily, Weekly and Monthly actions, over a full month, you would need less than 400 AVP over the rest of the month to qualify as and retain
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Affiliate since: 04/10/2014, Power Rank: 165

You should upgrade to Team Leader status as soon as you can afford to. Even before you sponsor anyone, upgrading to BTL gives you more credibility and will help your sponsoring. If you can afford to go BTL as soon as you join you should do this. Getting to BTL will among other things give you 40-60 CSA's every month you retain this rank. On one occasion I was given a reassigned CSA who had already reached EA2 that month before the reassignment went through.

The best way is to put in Standing order for 125 TCredits immediately to earn 1500 Sales VP and 100 bonus Action VP. You should also put in an SO for 2 shares in S-Builder Co-op for another 560 SVP, taking your total of SVP to over 2000 for a total standing order cost of $80.25. You then only need 1000 AVP to get to BTL.

Getting 1000 AVP should be approached with the idea of using as few of the once-only occuring TO-DO LIST as possible. Without using any of them and just doing Daily Actions, weekly and monthly actions and not using any of your TCredits you can gain at least 380 AVP in a full month. By using up only 2 TCredits a day - one on an Eager Zebra game and the other on making one only bid on a PriceBenders Auction, you can gain another 3 AVP a day or 90AVP over a full month, which would bring your AVP so far up to 570 AVP. The remaining 65 TCredits would get you another 65 AVP, bringing it up to 635 AVP.

The 125 TCredits will give you 8 MRP when you buy them and 625 MRP when you use them and the 2 S-Builder shares another 10 MRP. The MRP should be saved up for a few months and used to buy another S-Builder share, without spending a cent.

The remaining AVP to be earned - a minimum of 365 AVP, but it could be up to twice that, depending on what time in the month you become a member, can be easily obtained from the other items on the To-Do list.

If you follow this strategy, the To-Do List will last for many months instead of the one and a bit months it lasts for those who rush in and grab all the free AVP they can as soon as they can, and maintaining BTL over several months will be relatively easy.

If new affiliates were acquainted with this strategy before they had earned 1 AVP, the retention rate would dramatically improve, and the number of affiliates earning 150 bonus AVP for their sponsors for getting to BTL would increase by a huge margin.

All of the above assumes you can afford $80 a month. But as we all know, the vast majority of affiliates do not have this sort of money, if they have any money at all. It does not alter the fact that all affiliates should strive for BTL as soon as possible.

For those without money, they should find out what they can sell on TripleClicks, as an ECA preferably, and raise the money from sales.
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You should upgrade to Team Leader status as soon as you can afford to. Even before you sponsor anyone, upgrading to BTL gives you more credibility and will help your sponsoring. If you can afford to go BTL as soon as you join you should do this. Getting to BTL will among other things give you 40-60 CSA's every month you retain this rank. On one occasion I was given a reassigned CSA who had already reached EA2 that month before the reassignment went through.

The best way is to put in Standing
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Affiliate since: 04/10/2014, Power Rank: 165

The best actions to focus on in order are:

1. Become FAST TRACK MEMBER if they are brand new affiliates. It gives them 750 VP towards EA qualification among all the other goodies Fast Track gives them.

2. DAILY ACTIONS. If you do not do the Daily Actions every day without fail you will not succeed in SFI. Obviously everyone will miss the occasional day but it should only be for exceptional circumstances. You learn so much about SFI, and improve your chances of success so much more from this simple requirement. Just opening up ASK SC every day teaches you so much that will help you succeed. No days missed = 360 - 372 AVP a month and is a huge help to qualifying/re-qualifying EA. Everything in SFI follows on from this.

3. Set up STANDING ORDER for 1500 Sales VP so you automatically requalify as EA every month. It also gives you 100 Action VP - handy if going for team leader. Most affiliates go for TCredits - 125 Pack to do this as this gives the 1500 VP without thinking about it. However for your long term success in SFI, which involves duplication, your 1500 VP could be had, if you can afford it, with 3 x S-Builder Co-op shares for 840 VP and TCredits - 50 Pack for 694 VP a total of 1534 VP. I would go this route or some other combination of TCredits and S-Builder Co-op Shares as it will build your team with quality PSA's.

4. Use your T-Credits to play KNOCKOUT TRIVIA or other games where not only do you collect VP for playing, you could also win more TCredits. Even if you don't win TCredits it is amazing how quickly MRP accumulate and these can be used to buy more TCredits or as I do, more S-Builder Co-op shares. Do not use your TCredits for Auctions unless you have a minimum of 200. You will only waste them.
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The best actions to focus on in order are:

1. Become FAST TRACK MEMBER if they are brand new affiliates. It gives them 750 VP towards EA qualification among all the other goodies Fast Track gives them.

2. DAILY ACTIONS. If you do not do the Daily Actions every day without fail you will not succeed in SFI. Obviously everyone will miss the occasional day but it should only be for exceptional circumstances. You learn so much about SFI, and improve your chances of success so much
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Affiliate since: 04/10/2014, Power Rank: 165

Set yourself a goal of buying something from TripleClicks and noting how many MRP are required to buy this particular item. Save up the MRP and only when you have the amount you need to buy your goal item, spend it on that item.

Usually when my MRP total reaches around 3500, I order a share in S-Builder Co-op, which serves to add 5 - 10 good quality PSAs to my team at no cost to myself. I also buy another share in S-builder Co-op as part of my monthly SO. Currently I have around 7 co-ops operating. Periodically SFI allocates CSAs for each co-op share and on 1 occasion I was allocated 154 new CSAs just because I had 7 shares current at the time.

So using your MRP in this way is a great but costless way of building your team.
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Set yourself a goal of buying something from TripleClicks and noting how many MRP are required to buy this particular item. Save up the MRP and only when you have the amount you need to buy your goal item, spend it on that item.

Usually when my MRP total reaches around 3500, I order a share in S-Builder Co-op, which serves to add 5 - 10 good quality PSAs to my team at no cost to myself. I also buy another share in S-builder Co-op as part of my monthly SO. Currently I have around 7 co-ops
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Affiliate since: 04/10/2014, Power Rank: 165

There is no right or wrong answer to this question.

If you use TeamMail, you can use SFI translator, so that each recipient receives it in his own language and is more likely to act. But TeamMails are not saved by the system and if you want to save them you have to copy and paste to a separate folder. With group mailings this is not a problem as the message comes up in your message bank and one click saves it.

A big advantage is that with PSA Mailer you know it is going to a current email address and if it comes back undelivered, SFI is aware of it.

With sending messages to private email addresses, it is more personal, does not come up in the recipient's inbox as just another SFI communication, is automatically saved and particularly if you are sending the same or similar message to more than one, it can be personalized more easily. Because it is automatically saved it can be easily recalled for future use and is not lost like so many PSA Mailers get lost in the ether before being sent.

The biggest disadvantages are where you are sending the same or similar message to multi recipients, you have to call up a myriad of email screens unless you want your email address list public knowledge and is not translated automatically into the recipient's own language.

I try to use PSA Mailers as much as possible but often resort to private emails.
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There is no right or wrong answer to this question.

If you use TeamMail, you can use SFI translator, so that each recipient receives it in his own language and is more likely to act. But TeamMails are not saved by the system and if you want to save them you have to copy and paste to a separate folder. With group mailings this is not a problem as the message comes up in your message bank and one click saves it.

A big advantage is that with PSA Mailer you know it is going to
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Affiliate since: 04/10/2014, Power Rank: 165

Perhaps it is your own desire to succeed is showing through and your need is putting some off.

They have to be made absolutely sure that this is not a get rich scheme. If they are looking to make money now, SFI is not the way. Tell them that if they were making even $200 a month after 12 months they would be doing better than most. Tell them that even the best SFI Affiliates take 3 years to get to a stage where they can live off it. Tell them that it is a wonderful way to build a comfortable retirement income. Tell them that if they have worked hard at SFI that perhaps in 5 years time they may be able to quit their day job. And finally tell them that if they do not like what you are telling them you will be happy if they quit. It would save you and them a lot of hassle and get rid of a lot of dross from your Genealogy.

I personally do not recruit this way. I prefer the S-Builder Co-op to get people in. They know that it is a way that takes time. 7 of the last 10 that I sponsored this way had 1000 VP up before I had a chance to contact them. You get quality rather than quantity. And I make a habit of contacting them as soon as I know they are on board. People who will do 1000 VP in the first 24 hours are a lot easier to work with and they take direction more easily.






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Perhaps it is your own desire to succeed is showing through and your need is putting some off.

They have to be made absolutely sure that this is not a get rich scheme. If they are looking to make money now, SFI is not the way. Tell them that if they were making even $200 a month after 12 months they would be doing better than most. Tell them that even the best SFI Affiliates take 3 years to get to a stage where they can live off it. Tell them that it is a wonderful way to build a comfortable
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Affiliate since: 04/10/2014, Power Rank: 165

Your definition of success is different to everyone else's. But there are stages of success.

Getting to EA2 is a success and it is difficult if your budget does not allow you to buy your way there. Similarly upgrading your rank and maintaining it is a success. The higher the rank the bigger the success. Being an E365 finalist is a success. Each SFI or TripleClicks badge is a success.

There are some BTL's making more money than STL's, GTL's and Platinums. Does that mean they are less successful than those ranked higher than them? Not necessarily.

To me, real success comes when my monthly passive income is more than enough to feed, clothe and educate my family and have some left over for luxuries or investment and growing. In Australia I would put that figure at least at $15,000 a month, but in poorer countries it may be as little as $200 a month or even less. Everything is relative. I would say that a person who can feed several families in his village is very successful, even if he is only earning say $500 a month.

If your monthly income is growing and continues to grow, you are successful.
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Your definition of success is different to everyone else's. But there are stages of success.

Getting to EA2 is a success and it is difficult if your budget does not allow you to buy your way there. Similarly upgrading your rank and maintaining it is a success. The higher the rank the bigger the success. Being an E365 finalist is a success. Each SFI or TripleClicks badge is a success.

There are some BTL's making more money than STL's, GTL's and Platinums. Does that mean they
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Affiliate since: 04/10/2014, Power Rank: 165

Technically 1 affiliate a month who is actively trying to build an SFI business and does what you do and whose downlines follow suit, would be sufficient. After 12 months you would have 77 affiliates qualifying EA2 or better going down 12 levels and 1 EA on level 1. This would generate enough VP to make you and at least 5 first line affiliates, Platinum team Leaders, thus making you a Diamond Team Leader.

This is technically possible but to achieve this, statistically you would need to sponsor 100 PSA's a month or more. If you know personally the PSAs you are sponsoring, you may be able to achieve better than 1% really active PSAs but if you are relying on advertising for recruitment, your success rate may be as little as 0.1% or even less. And your active PSAs would have to sponsor at the same rate for you to achieve the success in the paragraph above.

Because you have no way of telling how active your PSAs will be, or how active their PSAs will be and so on, in practice you need to sponsor as many PSA's every month as you can and when an active one shows up, work with him/her as if your Diamond TL depended on it because it does.


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Technically 1 affiliate a month who is actively trying to build an SFI business and does what you do and whose downlines follow suit, would be sufficient. After 12 months you would have 77 affiliates qualifying EA2 or better going down 12 levels and 1 EA on level 1. This would generate enough VP to make you and at least 5 first line affiliates, Platinum team Leaders, thus making you a Diamond Team Leader.

This is technically possible but to achieve this, statistically you would need to
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Affiliate since: 04/10/2014, Power Rank: 165

You say no success. You mean that after 12 months you are still an affiliate, that you have no team under you, and your commissions are almost zero. Come on! You have come a long way further than that, and that is success.

I have been with SFI for 4 months and each month my commissions have been higher than the previous month. To me that is success. My commissions are now paying for my 125 TCeredits each month. That is success. Each month my team has grown. That is success. Every so often a team member asks for help. That is success.

I suggest you go back and analyze where you are now and where you were when you joined. The first year is the learning year and it is a steep learning curve. You may not be making a lot of money yet. Nobody does in their first year. But the fact that you have made it to the 12 months, suggests that you have the persistence to make it another 12 months, and another 12 months after that. By then you should be seeing real results for all your persistence.

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You say no success. You mean that after 12 months you are still an affiliate, that you have no team under you, and your commissions are almost zero. Come on! You have come a long way further than that, and that is success.

I have been with SFI for 4 months and each month my commissions have been higher than the previous month. To me that is success. My commissions are now paying for my 125 TCeredits each month. That is success. Each month my team has grown. That is success. Every so often
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