Affiliate since: 09/06/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Hello Rosafilipina!

There is certainly more than one best way to help your affiliates build their downlines. It can greatly depend on many different factors:

- Who your affiliates are;
- Where they are from;
- From which device they are working;
- Do they have constant or occasional access to a computer/Internet connection;
- How computer proficient they are;
- How much money they can invest in the business;
- How much leadership or marketing experience they already have;
- Whether they are naturally shy or outgoing, etc.

So, there is more than just one universal best way to help all affiliates build their downline. You need to approach each of your affiliates separately, as we are all different personalities from different countries and cultures. We have different living conditions, different life situations, different backgrounds. We have different skills and capacities, different education and knowledge. So, something that can be very helpful for one affiliate might not be helpful at all to another. Here are just some basic ideas for helping your affiliates with building their downlines and to whom they might be most helpful.

1. Help your affiliates create an advertising blog or a website. This can be especially helpful for affiliates who do not have full-time access to a computer/Internet or for those with lower level of computer proficiency.

2. Help your affiliates find places for free advertising, e.g. social networks, free online classifieds, forums, etc. Once you find the right spot invite your affiliates to check it out and join. This can with be very helpful for affiliates with little or no money to invest and for the affiliates who recently joined SFI.

3. Help your affiliates create efficient paid advertising campaigns (Facebook, Google Ads, etc.). This is helpful for affiliates who have more money to invest in business but lack experience or computer proficiency.

4. Include your affiliates in your Co-ops or rotator links. This will mostly help shy affiliates and those who have no experience in advertising.

5. Share free advertising tools you find on Internet with your affiliates. This can help affiliates with low budget, little experience and weaker computer and Internet-using skills.

6. Help your affiliates establish communication with their downline if they are shy or have just recently joined SFI.

7. Help your affiliates create efficient offline advertising campaigns if they have limited access to a computer or Internet connection.

So, the best way to help your affiliates build their downlines is to approach each affiliate separately and understand their unique situation and then act upon it. Is it time-consuming? Yes. Is it worth it? Absolutely!

Hope my answer is helpful. Best regards.
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Hello Rosafilipina!

There is certainly more than one best way to help your affiliates build their downlines. It can greatly depend on many different factors:

- Who your affiliates are;
- Where they are from;
- From which device they are working;
- Do they have constant or occasional access to a computer/Internet connection;
- How computer proficient they are;
- How much money they can invest in the business;
- How much leadership or marketing experience
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Affiliate since: 09/06/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Greetings!

I don't have my ECA store yet, but if I had it this is how I would promote it to my downline:

1. Inevitably, your dowline members will ask you about the term ECA store, or you will be ahead of them and explain to them what ECA is and how it can positively affect their profits. You can tell them that one way to start earning money in SFI is to open your own ECA store as you did. Explain to them the requirements for becoming ECA at Tripleclicks, in which way the trading works and provide them with the link to your ECA store as an example they can observe.

2. Another thing your dowline needs to know is that each ECA store has a set of products listed for sale. By referring other people to purchase a product from an ECA, they earn Direct Commision and VersaPoints, if the sale is successfully made. You can show them how to promote a certain product or complete ECA store by using your own products and your own ECA store as an example. Be honest with them and tell them that by promoting your products, both you and your downline benefit. You earn money from the sale and they earn money from Direct Commission and VersaPoints. So it's a win-win situation.

3. At last, tell your downline that they can connect with ECAs whose products they particularly like and in this way stay up-to-date with news, discounts, promotions, etc... Ask them to connect with your ECA store.

So in my opinion, honesty is the best policy. If you frankly tell them in which way the whole team will benefit from promoting your ECA store, most affiliates will react positively. Also, do remember to reward them from time to time for promoting your products by issuing some gift certificates, TCredis, etc.

Hope this answer is helpful. Best regards.
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Greetings!

I don't have my ECA store yet, but if I had it this is how I would promote it to my downline:

1. Inevitably, your dowline members will ask you about the term ECA store, or you will be ahead of them and explain to them what ECA is and how it can positively affect their profits. You can tell them that one way to start earning money in SFI is to open your own ECA store as you did. Explain to them the requirements for becoming ECA at Tripleclicks, in which way the trading
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Affiliate since: 09/06/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

SFI is a unique job opportunity which allows you to grow your business and become successful with the minimum amount of financial investments. SFI also allows you to invest less money and more time or vice versa, according to your possibilities. You should invest in SFI because it will pay off in the long run.

Invest in promoting SFI to your prospects and you will build a team and increase your profit.
Invest in rewarding your successful affiliates and they will continue to work and prosper, and this will also increase your profit.
Invest in Standing Order and ensure the EA status or a higher rank every month, and in this way secure and/or increase your profit.
Invest in TCredits and earn VP, play games, bid on auctions and this will also increase your profit.

However you decide to invest and whatever amount of time and money you are able to invest in your business it will always pay off, because this is YOUR business and you are investing in YOURSELF and YOUR FUTURE. This is, in my opinion, why you should invest in SFI.

I hope this answer is helpful. Best regards to everyone reading this post.
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SFI is a unique job opportunity which allows you to grow your business and become successful with the minimum amount of financial investments. SFI also allows you to invest less money and more time or vice versa, according to your possibilities. You should invest in SFI because it will pay off in the long run.

Invest in promoting SFI to your prospects and you will build a team and increase your profit.
Invest in rewarding your successful affiliates and they will continue to work and
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Affiliate since: 09/06/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Hello Snezana!

There are several ways in which sponsors can help their downline members who do not have money to invest in SFI.

1. The most easy way is to issue a Gift certificate to your PSA so he can buy TCredits, Wave3 Member Starter Kit, NMP pack for becoming a Fast Track Member, putting up a Standing Order, or whatever the affiliate needs at the moment to advance in his business.
However, not all sponsors can afford issuing Gift Certificates to their PSAs. Luckily, there are also other ways to help.

2. Transferring up to 10 TC (lifetime) to a PSA. TCredits can be used:
- For playing EZ games and earning more TCredits, or other prizes in Card King game (CSA, MRP, VP, etc.)
- For bidding on Double MRP Pricebenders Auctions and accumulating 126 MRP and then using them for buying 1 TC and receiving 102 VP for that purchase.
- For placing used or unwanted home or personal items on Member Listings and selling them for cash which can then be used for investing in business. Each item listing requires 1 TC.

3. Organizing a free or low-cost advertising Co-op and including your downline in it. In this way you can help your team members who do not have money for paid advertising to build their teams more quickly and start earning money.

4. Reassigning your PSAs ranked EA2 or higher to PSAs who do not have money to invest in team building.

5. Helping your team members find great places for free advertising.

I am sure there are plenty of other ways to help your team members with low-budget, but these are the five most common ones, I think.

I hope this answer is helpful. Best regards.
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Hello Snezana!

There are several ways in which sponsors can help their downline members who do not have money to invest in SFI.

1. The most easy way is to issue a Gift certificate to your PSA so he can buy TCredits, Wave3 Member Starter Kit, NMP pack for becoming a Fast Track Member, putting up a Standing Order, or whatever the affiliate needs at the moment to advance in his business.
However, not all sponsors can afford issuing Gift Certificates to their PSAs. Luckily,
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Affiliate since: 09/06/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Hello Oliver!

I think it is an advantage to have a good sponsor and co-sponsor, but it is not a must-have for anyone who is determined to succeed.

In my opinion, having a good sponsor and/or co-sponsor is mostly important in the beginning, when the affiliate has just joined SFI and is being confused, not knowing what to do or where to start. This is where good guidance has the biggest importance. However, if for any reason the affiliate cannot establish contact with their sponsor/co-sponsor they should try to contact other members of their upline. You can find your upline members by visiting this link: https://www.sfimg.com/MyAccount/upline

Other than seeking support from your upline, you can also visit the Forum and find what you are looking for by browsing Categories and Threads. If you cannot find what you are searching for you can always start your own thread and other SFI affiliates will do their best to help you. You can even post a question to SFI Founder and President, Mr Gery Carson by starting a thread in the "Ask Gery" category in the Forum. If you are not very comfortable with using English, you can also browse posts, or post your own question using your mother tongue in Your country and/or Your region category, also located in the Forum.

Another enormous knowledge database is also right here, in the ASK SC. Browse the questions asked by other affiliates and see the top rated answers. You can also bookmark the answers you particularly like or see as useful, so you can find them and review them easily later. If you can't find the question you need an answer too, you can post it here and have other affiliates answer it.

If it still doesn't feel enough to replace the support of a sponsor/co-sponsor you can also find tons of useful information by visiting Training Center: https://www.sfimg.com/Training/
and checking and reading all the valuable resources we have there.

So, my point is that is nice to have a good sponsor and co-sponsor. It can be very useful for your business and help you advance faster. But it is not such a big deal if you don't have a support from your sponsor or co-sponsor. You can be very successful even without that support. SFI has provided us with so many sources of information and so many learning materials, that the only things you need to succeed are your own will and determination. It might be harder to go forward without a sponsor and your progress might be slower, but eventually you might realize that you have gone farther than many affiliates that had all the support and help from their sponsor or co-sponsor. Having a good sponsor/co-sponsor is not a guarantee for success, just like not having them is not a guarantee you will fail. Your sponsor's and co-sponsor's attitude towards you and their business does matter and does make a difference, but what matters the most is your own attitude. Stay focused, stay determined, work hard and be persistent. If your sponsor and co-sponsor are not there to appreciate that, it's their own loss.

Hope this answer is helpful. Best regards.
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Hello Oliver!

I think it is an advantage to have a good sponsor and co-sponsor, but it is not a must-have for anyone who is determined to succeed.

In my opinion, having a good sponsor and/or co-sponsor is mostly important in the beginning, when the affiliate has just joined SFI and is being confused, not knowing what to do or where to start. This is where good guidance has the biggest importance. However, if for any reason the affiliate cannot establish contact with their sponsor/co-sponsor
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Affiliate since: 09/06/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Hello Anwar,

It is a very common issue that many affiliates start off great in SFI, but get discouraged very soon usually in their second month. I assume the reason for giving up is being disappointed by the amount they've earned in their first month. In another words, most affiliates expect to earn something for nothing, easy money right from the beginning. This is not what SFI is all about! SFI is a genuine business opportunity, not some get-rich-quick scheme (read: scam). SFI is not about clicking on red tabs, it's a marketing business. If you do not advertise, you can not expect to succeed, because, basically, you are not doing your job. You need to invest a fair amount of time and a bit of money to get your business running, just as you would do if you launched any other business. The advantage of SFI over some other businesses is that you can invest what you can afford to, with no obligations, and you also get completely trained for starting a new business without any costs. I think that the first thing to do about affiliates who give up easily is to make these facts clear with your future prospects or new affiliates right from the start. It might seem rough, but it can prevent misunderstandings and you will have less of non-serious affiliates signing-up. Also, the affiliates who expect easy money will either opt-out or not start working at all, which will save you time to work with those who are actually serious about SFI.

The other thing about SFI we should emphasize to our affiliates is that it is a business OPPORTUNITY, meaning it depends on each and every every affiliate whether they will use it or not, or how well will they use it. It means that we have to make an effort to actually succeed. We need to advertise, advertise, and advertise some more. We need to build our own team if we want to start earning some serious money. And we need to make sales to earn commissions. But let's focus on team-building first, because our PSAs (together with our CSAs) are also our customers. This is why I would like you to read this thread from Mr. Janevski who personally went through what he is writing about, and now is earning some serious money here in SFI. Mr. Janevski is a PTL and has been in SFI since 2012. I think his thread is highly motivating, but also shows us what kind of effort we need to make and that with a sound and realistic business plan that we are ready to stick to consistently, every one of us can become very successful in SFI.

Here is the link to a Forum thread mentioned above: https://www.sfimg.com/forum/thread?id=3402

Hope this answer is helpful. Best regards.

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Hello Anwar,

It is a very common issue that many affiliates start off great in SFI, but get discouraged very soon usually in their second month. I assume the reason for giving up is being disappointed by the amount they've earned in their first month. In another words, most affiliates expect to earn something for nothing, easy money right from the beginning. This is not what SFI is all about! SFI is a genuine business opportunity, not some get-rich-quick scheme (read: scam). SFI is not
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Affiliate since: 09/06/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Hello. This is a very good question, because it's a very common problem, especially with the affiliates who have joined recently.

We are all here to earn money, it's a fact. New affiliates easily misunderstand the concept of the business in SFI and often think that it's all about clicking on tabs. What I try to explain to my downline is that doing their Daily, and also Weekly and Monthly tasks from their To-do list is necessary for their business, but it is not enough to earn money. Completing actions from To-do list is, in my opinion, an equivalent to going to your office every day, tiding up your desk, checking your mail, receiving important news, preparing your documents, etc. It's more of a preparation to work than a work itself.

Aside from my personal view, let's see what the numbers have to say:

1. Each affiliate has 12 Daily Actions on their To-do list, and 31 days (at best) in month. 12 VP x 31 = 372 VP.

2. Also, an affiliate can earn 38 VP per week and with 5 Sundays a month (at best), they can earn 38 VP x 5 = 190 VP per month.

3. One can also earn 15 more VP for completing Monthly actions.

So, for completing only the tasks from their To-do list an affiliate can earn 372 VP + 190 VP + 15 VP = 577 VP a month maximum. In order to start earning money by getting a share in TripleClicks Executive Pool, an affiliate has to have at least 1500 VP a month. To reach 1500 VP, an affiliate can either build a team of their own PSAs or generate sales from PRMs.

1. For sponsoring affiliates one can earn 100 VP for each EA2, 200 VP for each BTL, 300 VP for each STL, 400 VP for each GTL and 500 VP for each PTL monthly.

2. For generating sales an affiliate receives the amount of VP associated with each product bought by a PRM. A PRM (Personally Referred Member) is a person who became a TripleClicks member (but not an SFI affiliate) through your affiliate gateway.

For either building a team of affiliates or generating sales, or desirably both, each affiliate has to advertise. Marketing is what our job is all about. Actions from To-do list are just the basis for marketing. If we don't promote SFI and advertise products from Tripleclicks we earn no money. It is simple as that.

Hope this answer is helpful. Best regards.
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Hello. This is a very good question, because it's a very common problem, especially with the affiliates who have joined recently.

We are all here to earn money, it's a fact. New affiliates easily misunderstand the concept of the business in SFI and often think that it's all about clicking on tabs. What I try to explain to my downline is that doing their Daily, and also Weekly and Monthly tasks from their To-do list is necessary for their business, but it is not enough to earn money. Completing
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Affiliate since: 09/06/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Hello Fatima!

I would definitely suggest advertising over buying PSAs.

By doing your own advertising you can target the specific group of prospects you would feel most comfortable working with. You can target people who come from the same country/region/language-speaking area and overcome language barriers in this way. You can target prospects of the specific age, gender, marital and family status, living conditions and standard, education, even expectations from SFI business. In other words, by doing your own advertising you can search for prospect whom you can lead best. Having a team of affiliates with whom you can communicate easily and cooperate, learn and grow towards the same or similar goals is definitely an advantage in quality team building.

On the other hand, buying PSAs seems much easier. It requires less time and effort, but also gives weaker results. Buying PSAs is like going on a blind date - you don't have the smallest idea about who you're going to end up with. It might work, if you're lucky, but luck is not enough for building a strong and steady team.

Don't get me wrong, I am not completely against buying PSAs. I just regard it as an addition to classic team building, if one can afford it. But I would never completely rely on building my team by buying PSAs and I wouldn't advise it to anyone.

Nobody can build your team better than you.

Hope my answer is helpful. Best regards.
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Hello Fatima!

I would definitely suggest advertising over buying PSAs.

By doing your own advertising you can target the specific group of prospects you would feel most comfortable working with. You can target people who come from the same country/region/language-speaking area and overcome language barriers in this way. You can target prospects of the specific age, gender, marital and family status, living conditions and standard, education, even expectations from SFI business.
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Affiliate since: 09/06/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Hello Ana!

I like your question very much, because this was exactly the dilemma I had in my first months in SFI.

I've noticed that many people answered your question by advising you to invest in both and I think they are completely right. I do think you should invest both in advertising and in EA-qualifying purchase. But what if you simply can't afford investing in both? What if you really have to choose between these two essential investments?

I would have to say that, if you really have limited funds to invest in your business, you should invest in EA-qualifying purchase. As long as you retain your EA status, you have the opportunity to earn your share of money from the Executive Pool. Although the amount is rather symbolic in the beginning, you are earning and making progress every month. As long as you stay EA, you get free TCredits each month, and at least two CSAs. If your CSAs are buying products from TripleClicks you are earning money - Co-Sponsor Commissions. Also, as you sponsor new affiliates and build a team, you will need to maintain EA rank at least, if you wish to benefit from your team. So, in order to earn any money, it is highly recommended to invest in qualifying as EA every month. Once you can afford it, you can invest your earned money in advertising.

On the other hand, you can do some high quality advertising without investing a dime. There are so many free tools inside and outside of SFI, free website builders, blogs. There are so many places you can post your ads to for free. There are tons of social networks, free classifieds websites, forums, etc. You can also advertise offline by using warm marketing, sharing flyers (if you have a printer you can make and print your own flyers). So, you really can build a team of affiliates without any costs. However, you will need to invest enough time, and your progress might be a bit slow paced, but it is possible.

In conclusion, I think it is better to invest in EA-qualifying purchase and at the same time use free advertising to recruit new affiliates for your team. Once you build a small but steady and active team and also keep qualifying as EA, you will be able to afford investing in both.

Hope my answer is helpful. Best regards.
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Hello Ana!

I like your question very much, because this was exactly the dilemma I had in my first months in SFI.

I've noticed that many people answered your question by advising you to invest in both and I think they are completely right. I do think you should invest both in advertising and in EA-qualifying purchase. But what if you simply can't afford investing in both? What if you really have to choose between these two essential investments?

I would have to say
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Affiliate since: 09/06/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Hello Rania!

Whether I will send messages to my PSAs through SFI or directly to their email address greatly depends on the content of the message I am sending.

1. If I am sending a welcome message to a PSA, I send it through every possible service I can use, because new affiliates are confused and easily oversee their received messages.

2. If I am sending weekly newsletter or important information that needs to be shared with my whole team, I normally use PSA Mailer, or even Genealogy Group Mailer when my whole downline needs to be included.

3. If I am addressing one particular PSA I usually send him a message using SFI Team Mail. If he is online, I may use SFI IM service instead.

4. If I need to send instructions to my PSA(s), e.g. image files, PDF files, links to a video tutorial on YouTube or any kind of attachment, I always use email service and send messages directly to their email address.

5. If your PSAs agree with it, you can also use Facebook chat, Skype, Viber, WhatsApp, etc. for staying in touch on a more regular basis. You can even use your Mobile SMS or MMS servise.

So, as long as the mean of communication is available to both you and your PSAs and as long as it is effective, it doesn't matter through what service you are sending your message. SFI provided us with many great ways to communicate with our downlines: Team Mail, PSA Mailer, CSA Mailer, Genealogy Group Mailer, SFI IM service, E-cards. There are also many fast and effective ways to stay in touch with our PSAs outside of SFI. What matters the most is that you do establish a contact and keep it active, that you send clear and valuable messages to your PSAs and that they receive messages, understand them and absorb all the important information.

Hope my answer is helpful. Best regards.
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Hello Rania!

Whether I will send messages to my PSAs through SFI or directly to their email address greatly depends on the content of the message I am sending.

1. If I am sending a welcome message to a PSA, I send it through every possible service I can use, because new affiliates are confused and easily oversee their received messages.

2. If I am sending weekly newsletter or important information that needs to be shared with my whole team, I normally use PSA Mailer,
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