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

If you are in close touch with your downline members, you should be able to send them a team mail and have them go to your leadership page and let you know if they intend to enter your contests. If you don't hear something right away, give it a day or two and send them another e-mail.

I always let my downline members know that unless they enter they can't win. And if only one or two enter, then I just give them the winnings. After all they were the only ones who took the time to follow instructions so they deserve it.
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If you are in close touch with your downline members, you should be able to send them a team mail and have them go to your leadership page and let you know if they intend to enter your contests. If you don't hear something right away, give it a day or two and send them another e-mail.

I always let my downline members know that unless they enter they can't win. And if only one or two enter, then I just give them the winnings. After all they were the only ones who took the time to follow
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Affiliate since: 07/26/2007, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Williams's 638 other Ask SC answers

There is not enough of you to empower them. So be the best you can be. Don't worry about if they want to participate in your team contest. It's a waste of your energy. Yes, have contest but no do not sweat the small stuff.

You are the catalyst. You are key to your own success. Don't give your success to others nor give your pearls to swine. Affiliates need to understand that nothing from nothing is nothing. So if you get affiliates that do nothing it is because they have done nothing. You may try to lead them to success. You can not do it. When they see success and go for it with all their heart you can stop them either!

Learn a parable. A firestorm is caused by a small spark in the the thatch. Then it become a blaze. As it burns it gains strength. It gets hotter & hotter until it creates it's own power to affect anything in its path. It becomes so hot that water dump on it is like gasoline! Because it vaporizes the water into gases because of the intensity of the heat.

You are the spark. When you are a firestorm you will not have to ask or beg them to do anything. They will be set on fire by the heat of your blaze and not only so but also all who are around you.
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There is not enough of you to empower them. So be the best you can be. Don't worry about if they want to participate in your team contest. It's a waste of your energy. Yes, have contest but no do not sweat the small stuff.

You are the catalyst. You are key to your own success. Don't give your success to others nor give your pearls to swine. Affiliates need to understand that nothing from nothing is nothing. So if you get affiliates that do nothing it is because they have done
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Affiliate since: 03/27/2013, Power Rank: 5 | Read Stefan's 93 other Ask SC answers

Very good question.

First off. Word of caution. Be sure that if you are going to run contests for your downline that you for sure have the budget locked up to support whomever wins them. One sure fire way to lose trust is not to fulfill contest obligations with awards. I know this is not the answer to your question yet but it's important to bring it out as you will be surprised that this can happen if not well planned.

To answer your question. There is no one answer in how you get your downline to enter and leverage your contests. It's the approach and the offer that matter the most.

What do I mean? Where and how you present the contest and it's specifics and its reward will be the key.

If you simply post it on your leadership page and expect them to see it and enter it. You may get signups but it's not going to be what you want. So, I slipped in leadership page. This is first and foremost best place to start as SFI has the tool to set it up and it makes it easy for both you and your downline to enter and track. It also make sense to offer it here.

The next piece is what do you offer. This is where you need to communicate with your movers and listen to them and watch their actions. What motivates them everyday? What can they use most! Where can most benefit? Ask? Then offer as an incentive in a contest. So communication and research is key first and foremost.

Some ideas that work well always are offering Gift Certificates to TripleClicks and/or TCredits. Whatever you offer make sure it's what they want or and a worthwhile quality or value or it will never fly.

The second piece is what you set the parameter at to win. If it's a ludicrously high mark that NOONE can attain without a miracle, then it's a waste of time. Make sure your set parameters to win are attainable based off your downlines unique trends. Only you know what they can do. Find the sweet spot, put up an prize you can afford to give up and then go to the last piece.

MARKET IT. Yes, you need to promote it. Like I said earlier, merely placing it on your leadership page is not enough. You need to promote it. Do so in your blog, your streams to your line only, team email, PSA mailers, CSA mailers etc. Leverage SFI resources to ethically and properly promote your contest.

Be sure to promote it in a way where it does not come across as it's for you. Meaning, you want them to win because it helps you. Be sincere and truly offer it to help THEM. Help them grow their business and give them the push, the motivation they want and need to keep moving forward.

Do this. Duplicate this. Your contest will thrive. Yes. Thrive.

Good luck.
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Very good question.

First off. Word of caution. Be sure that if you are going to run contests for your downline that you for sure have the budget locked up to support whomever wins them. One sure fire way to lose trust is not to fulfill contest obligations with awards. I know this is not the answer to your question yet but it's important to bring it out as you will be surprised that this can happen if not well planned.

To answer your question. There is no one answer in
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Affiliate since: 06/28/2012, Power Rank: 513 | Read Sanjeev's 34 other Ask SC answers

Have you heard this quotation that is "top of the heap" among my all-time favorites ?

"One may lead a horse to the river but can not force it to drink !"

That said, you can cajole the willing ones- those who believe enough in themselves
and have the right attitude and the patience to succeed.
For doing so, SFI has thoughtfully provided you with the right tools, namely STREAM
POST & the GENEALOGY MAILER.

Inform everyone in your team regularly about the new contest/s that you are putting
up. Then, reward the achievers even if they fail to formally enter your designated
contest/s.
This makes them aware & you can now request them to share this information formally
with others via the STREAM POST [ see ? ]... ask them to post about their reward.
It can act as a "wake up tonic" for the lazy ones in your team.

To wind up, i would again like to fall back upon the "timeless wisdom" of my library
of quotations [ YOU* too can contribute some via the STREAM POST ]:

"The odds are with us if we keep trying."

Remember that famous tale about "King Bruce of Scotland & the spider" ? Google for
it if you have missed it as a child.
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Have you heard this quotation that is "top of the heap" among my all-time favorites ?

"One may lead a horse to the river but can not force it to drink !"

That said, you can cajole the willing ones- those who believe enough in themselves
and have the right attitude and the patience to succeed.
For doing so, SFI has thoughtfully provided you with the right tools, namely STREAM
POST & the GENEALOGY MAILER.

Inform everyone in
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Affiliate since: 01/21/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Gary's 10 other Ask SC answers

Obviously you can't twist anyone's arm to do anything, but communication is the key.
Not only through PSA mailer, but through personal e-mails and skype if available.
the more people hear from you, in all forms of communication, the more they will get to know you as a person and will begin to trust what you say.
Also your contests have to be doable and the reward should fit the action.

Communicate, communicate, communicate, this is the way to their hearts and minds!

Affiliate since: 05/24/2017, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Forex's 136 other Ask SC answers

Getting anybody to ever participate in team contests is tricky. It is a delicate balance of recruiting and incentives. I'll explain...

There are many people that simply are "no-shows" when it comes to SFI. They may signup, but they never really materialize. Some of the contests that we do are based around many of the "no-shows." We tell folk that we will give them gifts for the # of new signups. They will go to great lengths to get signups, only to realize that they aren't actually staying. Your PSA will then become frustrated because they did all that work, and their new signups aren't real. They will NOT want to participate in another contest because they feel betrayed.

Then, you have the option of incentivizing your team to even participate - be careful though, because it can always appear as though you are "buying out" your team.
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Getting anybody to ever participate in team contests is tricky. It is a delicate balance of recruiting and incentives. I'll explain...

There are many people that simply are "no-shows" when it comes to SFI. They may signup, but they never really materialize. Some of the contests that we do are based around many of the "no-shows." We tell folk that we will give them gifts for the # of new signups. They will go to great lengths to get signups, only to realize that they
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Affiliate since: 11/14/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Tiffany's 5 other Ask SC answers

I believe that you should not use too much of your energy on the "small stuff".

"Work with the workers" ... by doing this you will save yourself the stress of worrying and wondering how to make it happen.

All affiliates are here for the same reason ..

If you have to persuade and encourage your downline to take action which would benefit themselves as much as it would benefit you in the long run ... then that's a sign (You need to upgrade your downline)

I maybe harsh by saying this... but it's a business.

Always remember A Chain Is As Strong As Its Weakest Link....

"You Can Lead A Horse To Water But You Can't Make It Drink"... so don't worry too much about it...

Focus on building a strong team ... not just any team ...but a "STRONG" Team.
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I believe that you should not use too much of your energy on the "small stuff".

"Work with the workers" ... by doing this you will save yourself the stress of worrying and wondering how to make it happen.

All affiliates are here for the same reason ..

If you have to persuade and encourage your downline to take action which would benefit themselves as much as it would benefit you in the long run ... then that's a sign (You need to upgrade your
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Affiliate since: 06/30/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Alexsielyn's 3 other Ask SC answers

This is my first time so I hope it help.

1. Think a contest game that will catch interest, as member they will ask"what it is for me". Send mail about it, post on your leadership page, blog, in your stream to let them know your putting a game.

2.Make the ground rules to emphasize who are qualify for the contest and rewarding incentives also can motivate participant.

3. Those who want success will take action. They will call for advice and counsel. They will make sacrifices. They will invest a little effort for their own success.

Good Luck!!
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This is my first time so I hope it help.

1. Think a contest game that will catch interest, as member they will ask"what it is for me". Send mail about it, post on your leadership page, blog, in your stream to let them know your putting a game.

2.Make the ground rules to emphasize who are qualify for the contest and rewarding incentives also can motivate participant.

3. Those who want success will take action. They will call for advice and counsel. They
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Affiliate since: 10/06/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Bjarki's 17 other Ask SC answers

Hello Beatrice and all other members of SFI community.

We have to let our team know that we have a contest, and if the participate it will add value to their own business.We have to consider the time frame of the contest and it would be amazing to add some fun into it as well.

We get our team believing that the can achieve it and it will raise them to the next level in leadership. Because that should be the ultimate goal to achieve, to have a team of leaders not followers.

And for others in the team to see it would be great to post regular updates of progress with the participants.

Also we can always try to change the rewards for wining the contest, maybe they are not seeing the value in the rewards.

To our success.
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Hello Beatrice and all other members of SFI community.

We have to let our team know that we have a contest, and if the participate it will add value to their own business.We have to consider the time frame of the contest and it would be amazing to add some fun into it as well.

We get our team believing that the can achieve it and it will raise them to the next level in leadership. Because that should be the ultimate goal to achieve, to have a team of leaders not followers.

And
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Affiliate since: 08/06/2012, Power Rank: 254 | Read Ronilo's 408 other Ask SC answers

Forgive me if I will answer this question on the negative perspective. I've done contests before but it did not help me and my affiliates. I ended up spending money for a short live "success", I can not even call it success for my affiliates because the reward that all of us can give is not enough to sustain some here at SFI without affiliates.

So I focus on helping my affiliates to recruit affiliates of their own because I know its the one that will sustain the growth. Our affiliates should learn how to do it, because finding affiliates is a lifetime endeavor here at SFI.

I do not want even to give affiliates as my reward for a contest, simply because they need to learn how to find it. So as a sponsor I pour out my energy in teaching my affiliates how to fish rather than giving them fish.

One more thing, those who participated in my contest are those who are already doing well, that even without the contest they are well.

What I do now is throwing away some TC to say thank you for their efforts that do not just benefit them but also benefited me.

Sorry if it did not answer your question but I want our readers to balance some assumptions we have and think that it will contribute to our SFI business.
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Forgive me if I will answer this question on the negative perspective. I've done contests before but it did not help me and my affiliates. I ended up spending money for a short live "success", I can not even call it success for my affiliates because the reward that all of us can give is not enough to sustain some here at SFI without affiliates.

So I focus on helping my affiliates to recruit affiliates of their own because I know its the one that will sustain the growth. Our affiliates
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