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

Hi Keith

It is no doubt that many well meaning affiliates have found themselves in this situation one way or another. This question calls for what I call survival Business Tactics only that these particular tactics apply to SFI Business

1. Spend Your Time Wisely. It is your most valuable asset.
Log into your Affiliate center daily and get your to do daily tasks done. Missing out for even a single day deprives you of free daily 11 VP. Those few points missed severally might be the difference between the winner of the E365 class champ in your class and yourself.

2. Refer as many ECA'S as you can to TripleClicks to sell their products. I have NO doubt that this method alone can help you start making not just the 10% cv off of their total sales but you then use some of the money earned to advertise your business in better ad sites for duplication and growth. This method a lone is GOLD!

3. Advertise Daily on FREE Ad sites
You can chose to post your ECA or prospect referral links on free ad sites such as safe lists, traffic exchange sites,Facebook, Google+, Linked In etc. This will require your time because with safe lists or traffic exchange sites you will have to earn points to post your ads. I know of an SFI Affiliate who succeeded with this method of referral in only 18 months and is already a PTL with a strong down line.

4. Start a coop with your down line. This is another very good way to work smart. Put funds together with your team and either join the S-builder or an ad source of your choosing then distribute shares to each person. I could never emphasis enough the power of a Team working together. It's always a WIN WIN for all.

5. Do not forget after completing your to do daily tasks to enter the daily Grand. Never give up because you haven't won a thing yet. I have severally personally won in the Daily Grand and so can you. If you won say 200VP in the Daily Grand. That would make a difference between you and the next person above or below you in your class on your race to Championship or re-qualification as an EA.

6. Play T-time credit draw daily. It is on every hour. You have a chance to win 2 free T-Credits. You can then use the won T-credits in the pick the price contest to win some more T-Credits for Free usually 25 or 100 once a day.

7. Setting up a standing order with any TripleClicks purchase helps you save tremendously. That is a work smart move.

8. Buy locally to eliminate any shipping costs. That is working smart too.

9. Take time to read and learn more about the business especially critical areas such as Marketing, sponsoring and Duplication in your Affiliate center. Gery himself said it " Leaders are Readers". Information is Knowledge and Knowledge is power.

While there are many survival tactics I am confident that these are very helpful to get you started with very minimal spending.

Best Success Wishes Ahead


less

Hi Keith

It is no doubt that many well meaning affiliates have found themselves in this situation one way or another. This question calls for what I call survival Business Tactics only that these particular tactics apply to SFI Business

1. Spend Your Time Wisely. It is your most valuable asset.
Log into your Affiliate center daily and get your to do daily tasks done. Missing out for even a single day deprives you of free daily 11 VP. Those few points missed severally might
...more

Affiliate since: 07/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Rosalee's 16 other Ask SC answers

Indeed we are living in critical times when money seems so hard to get. Like you many individuals desire to become a part of SFI but are worried about the limited budget they have. Can SFI thrive on a limited budget?they ask. Let me share with you that SFI is the ONLY business that can work with very limited budget. It depends on you.
Here are some suggestions that I would like to share with you in regards to building your SFI business on a limited budget.

No doubt, for you to consider a budget for your business, you most likely have completed your first month in SFI. You required no funds at this point to achieve EA status. So, Lets take it that you now desire to maintain your EA2 status.
On becoming an EA in the first month you received 10 TCredits and 2 co-sponsored affiliates. Your job has begun. Now you are going to proceed as follows:
Everyday daily actions = approximately 30 x 11 = 330 VPs
Weekly actions (Genealogy letter) 4 x 30 = 120 "
TConnect 4 x 5 = 20 "
Stream Posts 4 x 3 = 12 "
Monthly (Rate sponsor after second month) = 10 "
Set Monthly goals before 10Th 5 "
Total = 497 "
1003 VPs are now needed to get to EA2. What can be done to get these VPs?
To ensure EA2 status, with approximately $19($1 per day for 19 days), you can purchase 10 single TCredits (102 VPs each) which is equivalent to 10 x 102 VPs = 1020 VPs + 50MRPs.

Save the TCredits you got from the first month until a later date, if you so desire.

Use your limited budget wisely for your business to work.
SFI is real and all it takes are persistence, perseverance and hard work.
I hope these suggestions help. Let us work to meet each other at the top!

less

Indeed we are living in critical times when money seems so hard to get. Like you many individuals desire to become a part of SFI but are worried about the limited budget they have. Can SFI thrive on a limited budget?they ask. Let me share with you that SFI is the ONLY business that can work with very limited budget. It depends on you.
Here are some suggestions that I would like to share with you in regards to building your SFI business on a limited budget.

No doubt, for you to
...more

Affiliate since: 05/29/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Anirban 's 24 other Ask SC answers

Building your SFI business on a tight budget is hard but not impossible. The first thing you need to know upfront is that with very little money to invest you will have to invest a lot of time - at least 3 to 4 hours per day advertising on the free traffic exchanges. Without a definite strategy, this free advertising will appear to be mundane and fruitless! Been there and done that and I still use free ad exchanges.

Free ad exchanges are excellent sources of hits and not so much on referrals but you can still manage to get (30-50 PSA's)/month. By following a definite training plan, you can help these new PSAs to Fast Track Affiliate, then EA! For every EA2 you generate then you will earn 100VPs. Now, you will have to get to and maintain your EA status to do this. So the way you do it on a tight budget by using the Fast Track to EA and aim to recruit at least 30 PSAs in your 1st month. From your To-Do list you can earn 765 points from your Getting Started Actions, 450 points from your Launch Pad & 300 from Intermediate Actions minus the 500 for a Payoneer account! When you earn your first 500 VPs, you will get a 500 versa points bonus giving you around 1020VPs! Just complete the first 7 Getting Started Actions! Then, you will need approximately 480VPs to EA. You'll have approximately, 245VPs left from the remaining Getting Started Actions and 850VPs From the Launch Pad and Intermediate Actions. If you complete all of your Getting Started Actions, you'll then have approximately 1265VPs meaning you only need 235VPs to EA! Get those VPs from the 850VPs and you will have approximately 615 Free VPs left from your training not to mention the versa points from the home page action tabs which are up to 492VPs/mo!

Now, if 3% of your 30 PSAs shoot for EA, you should get atleast 1 Mover, You can earn Free T-Credits from Wave-3, T-Time, E-365 & Daily Grand and as an EA you earn 10 more. Another look at your plan and you'll see that you can participate in the Pick-The-Price Contest. That's 100% FREE! With hundreds of auctions, if you use the law of averages you will likely PTP once and that's upto 100 T-Credits. As an Executive Affiliate, you’ll also be awarded 2 CSAs each month.

You can use 1 TCredit to bid on PriceBenders auctions and earn 1 VP and 5 MRP for each bid(Preferably do this the next month of purchase).

You’ll also earn 25 VP’s for product rating/review(Preferably do this the next month of purchase). To determine if you have pending reviews/ratings to do, just log in at Tripleclicks.com, click the "Member Center" link in the top right, and select the "Review Center" link.

So now you are an EA & will start the next month with atleast 35 VP’s & 50 MRP’s.

Since 1 TCredit can be purchased for 126 MRP, you can purchase 1 TCredit, reducing your cost by another $1.89.

Maintaining EA on a tight budget will be challenging so arm your mind for the previous actions and teach your recruits to do the same. By chance if you can sell something you don't need for quick cash, add that to your budget and you will become EA2 even faster.

In conclusion the more active PSAs you have the lower the costs of maintaining EA. Your profits will begin to allow you to invest some into your SFI Business. Because you have a well laid plan of action, it will perpetuate higher power ranking and greater milestone achievements. The key is to use what you have to get started today and work day by day with the goal in view.

Hope these details will help you & other financially challenged affiliates.
less

Building your SFI business on a tight budget is hard but not impossible. The first thing you need to know upfront is that with very little money to invest you will have to invest a lot of time - at least 3 to 4 hours per day advertising on the free traffic exchanges. Without a definite strategy, this free advertising will appear to be mundane and fruitless! Been there and done that and I still use free ad exchanges.

Free ad exchanges are excellent sources of hits and not so much on referrals
...more

Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 217 | Read Nelia's 25 other Ask SC answers

Hello Keith and all SFI affiliates,

Personally I do have a tight budget I live month to month on disability anything extra left over at the end of the month goes toward advertising my website and ads. I set aside every month for $58 to come out of my PayPal account for (2) 100 packs of TCredits so I can try and maintain my BTL with my small team, so far I have done well.

Another thing I do is I place several FREE ads through out the week. I know people say free ads do not pay off and are time consuming but for me they work fairly well.

when I have some extra time I also like to go to traffic exchanges and just view other peoples ads for credits to get my site viewed doing this several days a week has generated a few leads here and there over the last year maybe 2-3 a month but every little bit of advertising helps especially the free ones there are so many free ad sites out there I have just scratched the surface

I just google different keywords and scroll through the pages and pages of websites till I find one I like and then I bookmark them till I get a chance to post there

one final thing I'd like to mention is buying from your own TripleClicks store when I needed a new usb adapter for my Ipad I looked here first and found one! and any Christmas and birthday shopping I do I look here at my shop first before I go to Walmart or Amazon. It's a good habit to get into because we might not have everything here YET but we will one day and a lot of ECA's offer free shipping too

thanks for reading my answer
see you at the top
less

Hello Keith and all SFI affiliates,

Personally I do have a tight budget I live month to month on disability anything extra left over at the end of the month goes toward advertising my website and ads. I set aside every month for $58 to come out of my PayPal account for (2) 100 packs of TCredits so I can try and maintain my BTL with my small team, so far I have done well.

Another thing I do is I place several FREE ads through out the week. I know people say free ads do not
...more

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

Hello,

That's a very good question. Here at SFI, one of the coolest things about this business is that you don't have to necessarily buy things in order to be at the top of the charts of this business. They have all kinds of free and bonus activities that you could be involved in order to help get your business growing. There are several ideas that come in mind in order to get your business going on a tight budget:

1. Continuous logging on to SFI everyday and doing your daily tasks. Everything is built with a whole bunch of knowledge teaching you more and more about this business. The more you learn, the more you will learn how to operate and grow your business more.

2. Continuous entering the "Daily Grand" with as many entries as possible every single day by clicking on the "Win It" Tab. 100 Lucky Affiliates win every day. That's 700 selected winners a week. The prizes given away in this "Daily Grand" contests are awesome. It can be 10 Free T-Credits, 10 Co-Sponsored Affiliates (CSAs) to help you boost up your team and earn 15% off of their purchases off TripleClicks, a prestige domain website used in order to help you make your own website as well as tweak and promote it to attract more PSAs on your team, Members Reward Points to help you buy products in place from using your real money, and even extra Versapoints to help boost your rankings as well as your commissions.

3. Continuously staying in the Entrepreneur 365 (E365 Contest) all the way through Round 6. Rounds 1-5 give you different extra bonus rewards. Round 6 is where the bonus cash prizes (A maximum of $500 cash) and 20 non-cash prizes roll in and ROUND 6 lasts for a year. EVERYDAY you will have a chance to win something. You'll love that. Try to challenge yourself to also win the "E365 Champion" Badge. If you win that, you become an elite member of SFI and get an extra 365 days as an E365 finalist. Your cash and non-cash prizes, that you win, will be UNLIMITED without a doubt!!!

4. Continuously entering the "Free T-Time Credits" Drawing every hour until you win 2 Free T-Credits. And after that, using those T-Credits in the "Pick-The Price Contest." You might be lucky and win either 25 Free T-Credits or even 100 Free T-Credits. You can only win both of those once a day.

5. Buy the "Wave 3" Kit off of TripleClicks. It's the cheapest investment you can do. That will allow you to get 5 Free T-Credits and 50 Free Members Reward Points every month FOREVER along with other very cool stuff too. You can even also participate in the WAVE 3 referral contest. The more people you refer WAVE 3 to, the more entries you get for your chance to win $250 one of these Tuesdays in the contest.

6. Get a downline (signups) by referring someone to your gateway link (Via "Free Advertising" on many different Ad websites) provided to you without you having to use your own money if possible. Tell your friends, family, etc about this. But that won't be an easy task though.

7. Look at the "Methods for Affiliate Sponsoring." You do that by clicking on the "Marketing" Tab on the SFI Affiliate Center screen and then click "Sponsoring." It will list out a whole bunch of ways for you to promote SFI and get signups to build up your team. Go for PSAs. For every TripleClicks product they purchase, you get 45% commission volume earnings for it. That is known as the "Direct Commissions (DC)." In addition, your commissions also rise for all the Versapoints they get as well as their commissions too. You keep them forever as long as you remain active in SFI. Think of PSAs as the center of a Bulls Eye Target. That's the main focus of this SFI business. Building your team.

8. Try to advertise Tripleclicks products on different advertisement sites and social sites in order to make sales. You can easily buy something, but wouldn't it be better to try to sale something to a customer? After all, it's YOUR TripleClicks Store. You get the Action Versapoints for a sale you make just by referring the Tripleclicks product link to them and they buy off of your referred site. All you have to do is click the "share" button below any product on Tripleclicks and choose your site you want to share it to. You can even copy the url link and post it anywhere besides social websites. They'll get the shipped product and you get the Action Versapoints for it. Pretty cool huh?

9. Look at the "Methods For Generating TC Sales." You do that by clicking on the "Marketing Tab" on the SFI Affiliate Center Screen and click "Sales." It will list out a whole bunch of ways for you to promote your very own TripleClicks store and how to make sales in order to help you get points for your sales to someone else. When you make a sale, SFI will take care of it and you get credited for your sales.

Conclusion: There are sooooo many ways that you can succeed in SFI even on a tight budget. It's always best to start small as well as what you can work with in order to succeed and rise to the top. You can do it!
less

Hello,

That's a very good question. Here at SFI, one of the coolest things about this business is that you don't have to necessarily buy things in order to be at the top of the charts of this business. They have all kinds of free and bonus activities that you could be involved in order to help get your business growing. There are several ideas that come in mind in order to get your business going on a tight budget:

1. Continuous logging on to SFI everyday and doing your daily
...more

Affiliate since: 10/27/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Nikola's 6 other Ask SC answers

"How can you build your SFI business on a tight budget?"

That is a perfect question as i believe that many of us can not invest a lot at the beginning.

I started SFI two months ago and i have invested only on w3 kit, that's $1.95.

That move has helped me retain my EA status ever since. Those 5 TCredits and 50 mrp per month + the TCredits that i have won participating in T-TIME plus a small number of personally sponsored ECA were enough to get me this far.

I opened a store at Triple Clicks few days after i have signed up for SFI and i have put some e-books with master re-sale rights that i had from before on my hard disk.

Checking my store i see that i have made sales for 30$ in those 2 months.
This amount will help me invest further in SFI.

So basically by investing $1.95 once i will retain my EA for the third month now.

One of the things you can always do is sponsoring some PSA and pay for their w3 kit.
By investing those 2$ in them you will find a serious team member who will be dedicated to his and your success.
Not to mention that once they get approved you get 5 TCredits and 50 MRP for each and every one.

Find 5 per month, and that's 10 $ investment that will pay back in the long run.

I hope this helps you to a certain point.

However this is just one simple idea that has worked for me so far and i felt like sharing it.

I believe that others will answer with something different or better.

To your success !
less

"How can you build your SFI business on a tight budget?"

That is a perfect question as i believe that many of us can not invest a lot at the beginning.

I started SFI two months ago and i have invested only on w3 kit, that's $1.95.

That move has helped me retain my EA status ever since. Those 5 TCredits and 50 mrp per month + the TCredits that i have won participating in T-TIME plus a small number of personally sponsored ECA were enough to get me this far.

I
...more

Affiliate since: 10/26/2013, Power Rank: 528 | Read Nafisa's 286 other Ask SC answers

Having been in the SFI business for just under 60 days, I would share my experiences considering the financial constraints:-

1 In the 1st month learn the business, make as many Versa points as you are able to and invest in W3.
2 In the same month, prospect for 2 self motivated individuals who have no financial constraints and join them both to the W3 program. This gives them the opportunity to experience online shopping if they have not yet. Train them to become EA and/or Team Leaders
3 In the same month browse through the Tripleclicks site and search for products that family or friends would be interested in-market these to them with a view to making some sales
4 Utilise the marketing resources available on SFI to advertise your online store-being aggresive in your campaign will get you some buyers!
5 By the start of the 2nd month, you will have strategised on which product you can utilise for your Standing Order that will benefit you in Versa Points, Member Reward Points and if lucky, you might win the PriceBenders auctions should you invest in T Credits.
6 Referring prospects to purchase T Credits also enables you to build up your revenue
7 Strong team leaders in your TEAM will raise your rank easily and therefore also your income
8 Either re-invest what you earn in the 1st and 2nd months into the 3rd and as you expand the benefits increase

This is the minimum you can invest in your SFI business without jeopardising your rank or goals and once your knowledge of the program improves by the 3rd month, you will have your own ideas to expound on which will generate the income through your team leaders in your TEAM.

This is the basic concept I have followed keeping in mind that there will be different scenarios that individuals will follow to reach the same goal.
less

Having been in the SFI business for just under 60 days, I would share my experiences considering the financial constraints:-

1 In the 1st month learn the business, make as many Versa points as you are able to and invest in W3.
2 In the same month, prospect for 2 self motivated individuals who have no financial constraints and join them both to the W3 program. This gives them the opportunity to experience online shopping if they have not yet. Train them to become EA and/or Team
...more

Affiliate since: 01/05/2011, Power Rank: 37 | Read Bob's 135 other Ask SC answers

There is no reason you cannot make a successful start in SFI
with a limited budget or even no budget.

Once you have studied the program, learn where all the tools and materials are
and develop a program to follow daily.
Everything you need is there, you just need to take advantage of it.

-Follow your To-Do List.
-Start promoting with Free Classified Ads, Social Sites, Traffic Lists, Safelists,
offline promotions (Flyers, Personal contact) for starters.
-Promote to acquire new PSAs (affiliates) New ECAs (Ecommerce Accts), New PRM Members(TripleClicks Members). Members(TripleClicks Members).
-Promote your own TConnect and/or ECA store. (You can have both).
-Promote the products of others, you deem worthy.

All of these above actions will create commission income.

These are all the things you would "have" to do to be a success.
Having the budget to start out faster is always nice.
For most of us it is not always possible.
But, it is not impossible to achieve success without one.

If you can, invest less than $2.00 to become a Wave 3 member,
earn free TCredits and MRPs monthly.

Obtain a Standing Order for at least one TCredit($1.89). Enabling lower cost TC Direct Products as you can afford them.

As your income grows, invest more in paid advertising to speed up your sign ups.
Their are various methods you will learn about as you progress.
Discuss it with your Sponsors or A2A friends.
View the Forum and ASK SC as an information resource.

I have witnessed limited budget success. It only takes the ability to learn, determination and a strong follow through work ethic.

Where there is the will, there will be a way.
less

There is no reason you cannot make a successful start in SFI
with a limited budget or even no budget.

Once you have studied the program, learn where all the tools and materials are
and develop a program to follow daily.
Everything you need is there, you just need to take advantage of it.

-Follow your To-Do List.
-Start promoting with Free Classified Ads, Social Sites, Traffic Lists, Safelists,
offline promotions (Flyers, Personal contact) for starters.
-Promote
...more

Affiliate since: 08/29/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Deepak's 8 other Ask SC answers

I think more than 90% affiliates in SFI are facing this issue in a direct or indirect way. So This is very important question. Please read the answer carefully:

1. Therefore, I strictly advise my whole down line to be an Wave3 member. This will cost you one time 1.95$ and it will give you 5 Tcredit and 50 MRPs each month for free.

2. Participate each day in "Free Tcredits awarded each hour" contest every hour on tripleclicks and "Win It" contest on SFI website. I usually win 2 Tcredits once in 4-5 days. If you participate 5-6 times per day. You can win easily 6 Tcredits each month.

3. Every affiliate can be an EA in first month without much effort. SO you will get 10 Tcredits in next month.

4. If you are consistent in SFI but tight in budget, You can ask your sponsor to transfer 5 Tcredits to you as you become EA. I transfer 5 to 10 Tcredits to each of my affiliate who has shown commitment that month.

5. You can also ask your sponsor to transfer one of his inactive affiliate to you so that you can earn 30 weekly versa point via PSA mailer.

Ok now convert all these Tcredits to MRPs by participating in 2X auctions. Purchase the 1 Tcredit, it will cost 126 MRPs and gives you 102 versa points.

Last but not the least, If you are tight in budget, than you have to compensate it in terms of your time and dedication. You have to be quite aggressive in advertising. Set a target of at least 50 affiliates per month by free advertising. Do daily advertising for at least 2 hours.

And the most important thing, Do not expect anything from your business for first 6 months. Think like a real entrepreneur. This is one of the biggest reason why only 3% people succeed in MLM.
less

I think more than 90% affiliates in SFI are facing this issue in a direct or indirect way. So This is very important question. Please read the answer carefully:

1. Therefore, I strictly advise my whole down line to be an Wave3 member. This will cost you one time 1.95$ and it will give you 5 Tcredit and 50 MRPs each month for free.

2. Participate each day in "Free Tcredits awarded each hour" contest every hour on tripleclicks and "Win It" contest on SFI website.
...more

Affiliate since: 05/20/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Vicky's 6 other Ask SC answers

This is an interesting one! First of all, it is worthwhile to understand that SFI isn't a wonder bank and in fact no business yields money over night.

And just like any traditional business, it takes times, i mean a lot of time to make your SFI business grow.

Having a tight budget, you would want to efficiently use your little resources to grow your business.

Being an online business, you have to persistently do a lot of advertising (both warm and cold marketing) online and offline. Advertise on free ad sites, social sites and on your blog as often as you can. This will help generate prospects as the business thrives on duplication.

Think of organizing business opportunity seminars and organize training seminars either in your office or neighborhood. You may even use your sitting room for a start.

Remember you have to understand SFI very well, go through your launch pads and be able to produce the A,B,C of SFI so you can effectively communicate it to your prospects.

In a gathering of 10 - 15 listeners, you may get at least 3 sign ups per meeting if you do a good job.

The more you do this, the more sign ups you get. Make them an irresistible offer. Let them know what they stand to gain. Give examples of high fliers in the business like the STLs, GTLs and PTls. This will make people aspire to become great achievers in SFI.

Your earnings increase when more prospects sign up. You can then re-invest your profits into your business.

You have to be bold to step out. You have to work smart.

Be very calculative. This skill is required of any business man.

Think of how you can use your TConnect and Triple Clicks pages to work for you. Take advantage of auctions. You earn versa points for each bid. You earn 5 or 10 MRPs for each bid. You can use 126 MRPs to purchase 1 TCredit. 1 TCredit gives you 102VPs. Go on to register for WAVE3. You get 50MRPs and 5 TCredits every month.

In a nutshell, take advantage of all the freebies. And most importantly, sign into the affiliate center EVERYDAY and visit your red tabs. Work hard to help your PSAs and CSAs. Help them grow too.

You sure will achieve your EA status monthly and have a thriving business.

Cheers!



less

This is an interesting one! First of all, it is worthwhile to understand that SFI isn't a wonder bank and in fact no business yields money over night.

And just like any traditional business, it takes times, i mean a lot of time to make your SFI business grow.

Having a tight budget, you would want to efficiently use your little resources to grow your business.

Being an online business, you have to persistently do a lot of advertising (both warm and cold marketing)
...more