Affiliate since: 01/05/2011, Power Rank: 38 | Read Bob's 135 other Ask SC answers

My greatest challenge in SFI was learning the SFI program and duplication.

Taking the time to study the program and all the information and materials provided,
is very time consuming.
It took a lot of time and determination to get through it.
Young or old, the patience to study is never easy.
I overcame the study burden by allocating a certain amount of time each day
committed to study.
I used my Email account to create folders to keep Emails from SFI and other
important information, so I could easily find and review them at any time.
I did my Daily actions, every day, while I learned. Entered the free contests and occasionally won.
They did not have E365 when I started, it certainly is a bonus for today's new affiliates.

The more I learned, the more my confidence and determination grew.
Success came after mastering how to advertise and market for new affiliates
and sales in the TripleClicks Store.
Greater success began after getting my PSAs to duplicate the same
with their affiliates.
Duplication within your own downline, building it many levels is the key to success in SFI.

On a last note, patience and persistence is mandatory to achieve success.
Believe in yourself and success will follow.
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My greatest challenge in SFI was learning the SFI program and duplication.

Taking the time to study the program and all the information and materials provided,
is very time consuming.
It took a lot of time and determination to get through it.
Young or old, the patience to study is never easy.
I overcame the study burden by allocating a certain amount of time each day
committed to study.
I used my Email account to create folders to keep Emails from SFI and
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Caroline's 111 other Ask SC answers

My greatest challenge to success in SFI would probably be in finding PSAs who log in again after they've joined, or stick with it beyond the first month. This has been a challenge to me because I can't afford to buy PSAs every month as some manage to do. They can risk investing in this until they finally find their diamonds, but if you joined SFI because you are broke and needed to make money, then this expense is not sustainable.

I have been working to overcome this problem by looking for free advertising opportunities and developing an advertising plan that will explain what SFI is all about, before people join up. I have made a lead capture page and written a series of emails to explain the business, so that when my new PSAs join, they will know what they are getting into and have an idea of the level of commitment required to succeed. I hope that this will bring people who will not drop out, but who have caught the vision.

While I can't say that I have overcome my first greatest challenge yet, I think I am on the right track. Now my next greatest challenge is to spend time every day advertising my new lead capture page and getting people onto my email campaign. I have made a daily timetable to try and get a routine going to help me be organised and achieve this as well.

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My greatest challenge to success in SFI would probably be in finding PSAs who log in again after they've joined, or stick with it beyond the first month. This has been a challenge to me because I can't afford to buy PSAs every month as some manage to do. They can risk investing in this until they finally find their diamonds, but if you joined SFI because you are broke and needed to make money, then this expense is not sustainable.

I have been working to overcome this problem by looking
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi! Michael

"What was your greatest challenge to success in SFI...and how did you overcome it?"

I gone try to answer to best i could and I'm always honest!

For me The Greatest challenges I need to face is: learning how to approach peoples and talk about SFI.

Building a successful online business requires focus, dedication, and diligence with everything you do.

But the way you approach new peoples is very important.

One important aspect of this is visibility, and an excellent way to let the world know who you are and what you are doing.

With your Website you let peoples know what you doing and what you got to offer.

So I learn how to build a Website Wow!!!

I highly recommend posting twice a week, every week for at least the first year, and then once a week thereafter.

Your hosted *WordPress* blog is your ‘Home on the Internet’ and is crucial to your success as you continue your journey as an online entrepreneur.

**Here’s what I challenge to succeed in my first year in SFI

And I need to learn and work on a way to fix all my mistakes it’s a big challenge when you just start working online.


1. At the beginning I don’t know how to communicate in a way to excite my prospects about my product or opportunity. As a result I can’t get them to join.


2. Budgets are tight and spending a lot of money on marketing isn’t an option. Most have tried free marketing ads for only to end up spending a lot of time to get nowhere. So I decide to go with SBuilder and take the time I need for learn more about marketing and advertising.


3. It’s hard to stay motivated and consistent from day to day. Most won’t admit it to their upline because they are being told to “just be positive.” But it’s hard.


4. Being frustrated. By all the success the other get and bla bla bla about the awesome progress they achieve, when you working your …off. It’s not easy too.


5. It’s easy to make mistakes when we just started our first online business. While some courses provide great business building info; it’s hard to implement ideas without someone there to help.


6. Finding legitimate prospects is a lot harder than anyone will admit. Turns out they working few months and quit.


7. Starting part-time makes it hard to budget both time and money in a way that will deliver a commission check at the end of the month.


**But after one year, by learning more with the forum and all those good friends I make in SFI,

now!! I’m starting to be successful too, I’m not done yet, I still learning and working very hard.

But not in the same way I enjoy what I’m doing now more than at the beginning it’s a big challenge when you just start working online.

But when your business starts to grow, and you getting your Down-line to duplicate your effort is a whole achievement and it’s very powerful.

Like everyone said and Gery said if some do it, you could do it too.

Good Luck :)



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Hi! Michael

"What was your greatest challenge to success in SFI...and how did you overcome it?"

I gone try to answer to best i could and I'm always honest!

For me The Greatest challenges I need to face is: learning how to approach peoples and talk about SFI.

Building a successful online business requires focus, dedication, and diligence with everything you do.

But the way you approach new peoples is very important.

One important
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Affiliate since: 04/15/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Marius's 11 other Ask SC answers

Hi Michael,

My greatest challenge is recruiting good, active PSAs. We may all know already a myriad of tools, channels, ways and techniques of getting people to sign up. The only thing here though is that what really sells and convince people to join and actively get involved is your wealth: how good is this thing working for you and how consistent are the benefits you are getting out of it. If they see you have something that they want (financial independence), the'll do what you told them you did to achieve that (sounds like duplication, huh?! :) ).

But this raises the question of how can one get even started. With a little investment, of course. A little investment of time and money in SFI. Time to learn the business, how the system works, what are the best ways that may work for you and give you cost effective benefits. Money to get and keep your status and earn you badges that speak for you (standing order that is). And you need to put to work your long term invested and constantly built friendships. Ask your friends to join you in this endeavor. Ask the ones who are close to you, who take your word for it, who can be convinced only by the simple fact that you are doing it. It's enough to get 2 or 3 in. Things will start rolling. In the meantime build you online presence and authority to the point where you get people to follow you.

What I said here above may take easily up to a year to build. But I think it's worth taking the plunge. This is what I am currently doing.

Best of luck!
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Hi Michael,

My greatest challenge is recruiting good, active PSAs. We may all know already a myriad of tools, channels, ways and techniques of getting people to sign up. The only thing here though is that what really sells and convince people to join and actively get involved is your wealth: how good is this thing working for you and how consistent are the benefits you are getting out of it. If they see you have something that they want (financial independence), the'll do what you told
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 784 | Read Andrew's 330 other Ask SC answers

My greatest challenge for success in SFI has been learning to market again with a minimal budget.

Due to health issues I had to step away from a nearly 8 year partnership and saw all resemblance of savings and income vanish while bills began flowing in. We live in a place where unemployment is still over 20% and with my physical disabilities there just don't seem to be any jobs that fit me so to dig out of this hole I returned to online marketing and went back to my very roots to build off zero budget and see if I could make success happen one more time.

In my old partnership we had traffic sites and advertising networks and paid accounts and automation tools and a good number of members to drive any promotion we joined. Now I had 1 blog, 2 additional domain names, and no cash to promote.

I set out and built some income using SFI and PPC Affiliate programs to gain enough to place my standing order. I was lucky enough to recruit a couple strong affiliates in the first month I had upgraded and nearly paid for that month by it's end. Since that month I have been in profit and the profit has continued to grow as my Aces have come into their own in SFI.

I am still faced with needing more Aces to round out my front line, and shore up my profits. I am still in need of my PPC earnings to cover a marketing budget but I have over 800 people in my total SFI team including hundreds of CSA who generate added income as well and an ECA that is in their 3rd month of making sales and continues to see sales growth.

I have decided to change some of my focus for this month to building up my newest blog site related to SFI and promoting to increase the number of Personally Referred Members in my team instead of running our successful advertising co-op this month. Next month I am telling all members of my team to save up on because I would love to see us double to triple our ad buy.

I thank my mentors at SFI and my late friend Cory for providing a strong foundation that lead me to 11 years as a strong marketer and laying the groundwork for much success both past, present, and future.

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My greatest challenge for success in SFI has been learning to market again with a minimal budget.

Due to health issues I had to step away from a nearly 8 year partnership and saw all resemblance of savings and income vanish while bills began flowing in. We live in a place where unemployment is still over 20% and with my physical disabilities there just don't seem to be any jobs that fit me so to dig out of this hole I returned to online marketing and went back to my very roots to build
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Affiliate since: 11/10/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Nina's 12 other Ask SC answers

My greatest challenge was keeping myself from getting frustrated and feeling overwhelmed. In the beginning, you are trying to get a 'grasp' of everything and see the big picture ... there is so much to learn and understand. I kept asking myself
'what is this all about'? My sponsor kept urging me to be patient, continue to log in and do the daily to-do list and read as much as possible. He told me that I would have those 'ah ha' moments and that's when I would know things were starting to click and make sense. It was the best advise! I've had several 'AH HA' moments since then!

All of the training tools are at your fingertips, and there are so many great people to draw advise and knowledge from .... your up-line, Training Tools (Launchpad, SFI Basics), A2A friends, FORUM, etc. I started taking advantage of every bit of it - and if I couldn't overcome an issue, I opened a ticket with the Support Group.

Just be patient and don't expect overnight wealth ... As said by Jill Koenig ... "Results will show up when you do"

Best of luck to you!

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My greatest challenge was keeping myself from getting frustrated and feeling overwhelmed. In the beginning, you are trying to get a 'grasp' of everything and see the big picture ... there is so much to learn and understand. I kept asking myself
'what is this all about'? My sponsor kept urging me to be patient, continue to log in and do the daily to-do list and read as much as possible. He told me that I would have those 'ah ha' moments and that's when I would know things were starting to
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Affiliate since: 06/03/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Janice's 6 other Ask SC answers

My greatest challenge was maintaining EA status after that first month. I could not generate enough Action VPs and I could not afford a standing order or any purchase. I was stuck for several months. Honestly, I put aside some money from my tax refund and set up a standing order (almost one year after signing up). Then I realized that some of the products that I use everyday, I could start buying from myself. I mean, we all use dishwashing liquid, right? Body wash and shampoo could be purchased from TripleClicks.

After reassessing my situation, I realized that I could afford to make purchases. I just needed to stop giving Walmart, Walgreens, CVS etc, my money and start buying from myself. I am still in the process of transferring my purchasing from those other retailers to myself.
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My greatest challenge was maintaining EA status after that first month. I could not generate enough Action VPs and I could not afford a standing order or any purchase. I was stuck for several months. Honestly, I put aside some money from my tax refund and set up a standing order (almost one year after signing up). Then I realized that some of the products that I use everyday, I could start buying from myself. I mean, we all use dishwashing liquid, right? Body wash and shampoo could be purchased
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hello Michael,
from my experience, we deal with new challenge almost every day.At the very beginning it was to understand and learn everything about SFI and TripleClicks.Then to collect 1500 VPs to improve my status from AFF to EA,EA2...
The next one was to build my own team,wake up the sleeping ones,convince the active ones that it's necessary to communicate to get the kind of help they really need.Right now,my challenge is to become a BTL...I'm still working on this one.I can't tell you which one was the greatest.What I can tell you is they will keep on coming.
What you actually need to overcome the challenges is persistance,determination and patience.You will not become successful and rich over night.This is not a fairy tale.This is a real business,it requieres hard,everyday's work.But,it's worth it!!!
Stay positive and keep up the good work.See you at the top soon!
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Hello Michael,
from my experience, we deal with new challenge almost every day.At the very beginning it was to understand and learn everything about SFI and TripleClicks.Then to collect 1500 VPs to improve my status from AFF to EA,EA2...
The next one was to build my own team,wake up the sleeping ones,convince the active ones that it's necessary to communicate to get the kind of help they really need.Right now,my challenge is to become a BTL...I'm still working on this one.I can't tell you
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Disappointment and frustration at coming second in the E365 challenge despite my best efforts and being a Silver Team Leader at the time. I had to put this failure to rest and get on with it. Such is life! I decided to concentrate on being more successful in the next twelve months.

At one stage I become very frustrated with the auctions. I've had one small win in twelve months and I feel useless when I see the same affiliates winning more than one auction on the same day.

I almost quit over this, which sounds silly now when I think about it!
So, I concentrated my efforts on other areas of SFI. I have cut back on buying TCredits for the auctions and instead buy some affiliates each month to compliment my advertising efforts.

I'm also advertising some products that I have personally purchased and like very much to earn affiliates commissions. After all SFI is an affiliate site!

I still do enter the auctions but I don't take this too seriously anymore, just for fun and hopefully one day I may be lucky enough to win something.

There is much more to SFI than the auctions.

If you become frustrated with one aspect, don't quit, just try something else for a while and you will find something that works for you.

I wish you great success with your business!



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Disappointment and frustration at coming second in the E365 challenge despite my best efforts and being a Silver Team Leader at the time. I had to put this failure to rest and get on with it. Such is life! I decided to concentrate on being more successful in the next twelve months.

At one stage I become very frustrated with the auctions. I've had one small win in twelve months and I feel useless when I see the same affiliates winning more than one auction on the same day.

I
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Affiliate since: 07/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Halinah's 1 other Ask SC answers

Self Motivation is the main thing to empower you to strengthen your Confidence, achieve greater career satisfaction, and performance through your attitudes, resilience and mental toughness without having to rely on external influences. Below are the top 7 best self motivation challenge to success in SFI.

1. Reaching your financial goals can be difficult. It all starts with a good plan and help from a professional Leader. For example, whether it's paying for a child's education, saving for retirement or purchasing that dream home, everyone has investment goals here in SFI. Setting priorities and developing a plan are the first step in working toward those goals.
2. You should seek to change your attitude for the better by feeding your mind with inspirational stories and news at SFI Forum side. Maintain a Positive Attitude in SFI or other ways to develop a positive attitude include spending time with uplifting people, relaxing in nature, listening to relaxing music or Wave 3, exercising, helping other people to do the same, volunteering, or doing other activities that help lift your spirits and boost your mood toward SFI

3. Leave a Personal Problem Aside - You should leave all their personal interests behind and plunge into with full dedication to fulfil the job without personal grudge, likes or dislikes. They should leave personalities aside and should concentrate upon the finesse. You know work is worship.

4. Upgrade your Knowledge and Skill - "You must keep your knowledge and skills up to date throughout your working life in SFI or TripleClick. You should be familiar with relevant guidelines and developments that affect your work in SFI. You should regularly take part in Daily To Do List activities that maintain and further develop your competence and performance."

5. Be Passionate - Passionate being helps entrepreneurs live their passions and transform the world of SFI to fellow affiliates and together we grow.
6. Decrease or Eliminate Energy Drain – You either reduce stress with energy deposits or increase stress with energy drains. Some people expose themselves to constant energy drains. To reduce stress, you must seek to minimize things that sap your energy and do you read this ‘Do not try to learn everything about SFI in a few days or weeks and one of the main reasons SFI is so successful is because it has real Business Substance. So relax and be Passion.

7. Practice Self Talk – Always do your own Practice Self Talk about what is inside SFI and TripleClick before transforms to your fellow affiliates or your Prospect. Once you feel that you are ready to talk about SFI, than you have to do a real ACTION for table talk and I am sure they are ready to join your SFI Business.

Try this at home and explore to the World using Duplication System and don`t forget that SFI has been provide a such amazing tools for their affiliate.

Good Luck to you.

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Self Motivation is the main thing to empower you to strengthen your Confidence, achieve greater career satisfaction, and performance through your attitudes, resilience and mental toughness without having to rely on external influences. Below are the top 7 best self motivation challenge to success in SFI.

1. Reaching your financial goals can be difficult. It all starts with a good plan and help from a professional Leader. For example, whether it's paying for a child's education, saving
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