Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

I have found that most people who join a business on-line really do not have the slightest idea as to what they have signed up to do. The misconception of “Get rich Quick” with an on-line business is foremost in their thinking.

Some also join thinking this is a regular 9 to 5 job and they want to know how are they going to get paid and how much pay for the work they did this week or this month.

I personally believe that it is our duty as team leaders to explain to our new teammates just what they have signed up for.

This is what I have shared with my team at least once or twice a year. (Or whenever needed).

Everyone who joins SFI has become an independent affiliate who is using the SFI and TripleClicks platform to build their own personal business. The success or failure of our personal business is controlled only by our willingness to invest the proper amount of time and fiancés.

There is no such thing as a “one click auto-pilot” business. Every successful on-line marketer will tell you that it takes hard consistent efforts along with investing capital and re-investing the profits we are making back into the business for the first 3 to 5 years.

As independent business owners we must be able to “self-motivate” We have no boss to tell us what to do next. We must be open to learning new things and accepting constant changes that occurs in Internet marketing.

If building an Internet business was quick and easy then every person in the world would be into Internet Marketing. But that is not the case – It is said that only 1% of the population of the world controls 90% of all the money.

Why is that the case? There are very few people willing to put forth the effort and fiancés to reach a level of success. Most people give up just before they would break through the barriers that were blocking their success.

Let us join as a team to work through the tough times that everyone goes through. We need to support each other for the long haul. We need to prepare ourselves to put forth our best efforts for the next two or three years and I personally believe that we all will be pleasantly surprised in the success levels that we can achieve.

So let's work together and get us a large piece of that 90% of the worlds income.

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I have found that most people who join a business on-line really do not have the slightest idea as to what they have signed up to do. The misconception of “Get rich Quick” with an on-line business is foremost in their thinking.

Some also join thinking this is a regular 9 to 5 job and they want to know how are they going to get paid and how much pay for the work they did this week or this month.

I personally believe that it is our duty as team leaders
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

As a team leader in SFI, one of greatest desires is to have a strong, active and motivated team of on fire affiliates. Is this possible? Or is it a pipe dream that cannot really be reached?

I personally believe that it is possible to create an active and motivated team that is ready to conquer the Internet cyber world. I have witnessed a team within another marketing company all of a sudden wake up and surpass all other teams in that company. It is possible.

The first thing that is needed is a team leader who has an on fire passion to excel no matter what and have the mindset that nothing is impossible. A team leader who will not take “no” for an answer and who will not fall dead when hit in the face with a set-backs or obstacles.

The next thing this on fire team leader needs is the ability to spread his/her enthusiasm to the entire team just as if a super infectious plague would strike every member.

Instead of thinking “What can I do to increase my business?” You need to be thinking, “What can I do to increase my teammates business?” The key is to put your “team” ahead of your own dreams and desires. If you are concentrating on building their success then you will be taken to the top realms that you never dreamed you could reach.

Don’t just “Lead by Example,” so they can follow your steps forward. NO – BE THE EXAMPLE!! Help them succeed and teach them how to help their own teammates succeed.

Doing the above is what is truly meant in “duplication” – Don’t just teach it – BE IT. Your team will be very strong and filled with active, enthusiastic, self-motivated members.

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As a team leader in SFI, one of greatest desires is to have a strong, active and motivated team of on fire affiliates. Is this possible? Or is it a pipe dream that cannot really be reached?

I personally believe that it is possible to create an active and motivated team that is ready to conquer the Internet cyber world. I have witnessed a team within another marketing company all of a sudden wake up and surpass all other teams in that company. It is possible.


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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

There are times when you will want to get a short message out to your teammates in a hurry. SFI has provided a way for all affiliates to do just that. This is done through the communication system that is called the “Stream.”

With the Stream I can send messages to my a2a friends, my CSAs (Co-Sponsored Affiliates), my PSAs (Personally Sponsored Affiliates) or to my CSAs and PSAs combined.

The size of your messages must be no more than 340 characters long and that includes the spaces, periods, numbers and blank lines you might insert.

I have used the Stream three or more times a week right from the first week I enrolled in SFI. And some days I have posted as many as five times on the stream because of different teammates accomplishing task at different times during the day.

Use the stream to send a quick message to your team about changes in SFI or TripleClicks put a link in the stream so your teammates can click on it and go read the important information for themselves.

You can send your teammates suggestions and ideas on helping them build their home business. This is a stream message I sent a couple months ago (Posted on 10/03/2015):

“As I became older I found it hard to do the physical things that I used to do. My step father told me- "When you get older you have to find smarter ways to do the job easier." If you're finding it hard to get things done in SFI & TripleClicks then start looking for smarter and easier ways to accomplish what you need to do to succeed.”

Use the stream messages to encourage, motivate, recognition and inform your teammates they will appreciate the messages and some may even surprise you by responding back.

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There are times when you will want to get a short message out to your teammates in a hurry. SFI has provided a way for all affiliates to do just that. This is done through the communication system that is called the “Stream.”

With the Stream I can send messages to my a2a friends, my CSAs (Co-Sponsored Affiliates), my PSAs (Personally Sponsored Affiliates) or to my CSAs and PSAs combined.

The size of your messages must be no more than 340 characters
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

To be honest about answering this question I would have to suggest you will need to acquire a good auto-responder service. During my activities with on-line marketing companies I have used auto-responders in the past.

You cannot beat the information that is provided by a good auto-responder service. The problem is they are a little costly - and the free auto-responder services want to keep your leads and you get to mail them according to their set rules.

I cannot recommend a brand name auto-responder to you because of the rules in ASK SC but I will say a paid service is much better than any free ones. So if you need the free service tracker then I would suggest you use the Hit Tracking system provided by SFI.

To use the Hit Tracking power tool you need to be using “key codes” at the end of your URL that you are using – you can find the instructions for inserting your key codes here:
https://www.sfimg.com/Support/Solution?id=19365

“IMPORTANT! Be sure to keep a good list of each Key Code you create and the ad source you use it in, so you can refer to it as needed. SFI does not keep track of affiliate Key Codes, so if you lose your list, we cannot assist you in retrieving them.”

You can find the results on the Hit Tracking system here:

https://www.sfimg.com/PowerTools/HitTracking

You must remember that every Sunday SFI must reset the Hit Trackers so you will need to check you results during Saturday.

This system does work good for letting you know how many hits your URLs are receiving. What you will need to consider is the “CTR” (Click Through Rate). Thousands of hits with no sign ups is not a good ad site.

When you run into a good site you will receive maybe fewer hits but more sign-ups. Your objective is to find where you are getting a fair amount of hits with at least 2% to 4% conversions (sign-ups).

There are a lot of variables that can affect your CTR. Take into consideration; time of day, what day of the week, during what part of the month, during what month. Also need to consider where your ads are being placed.

Tweek and tweek and tweek your ads until you start getting good results on your Hit Tracker.

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To be honest about answering this question I would have to suggest you will need to acquire a good auto-responder service. During my activities with on-line marketing companies I have used auto-responders in the past.

You cannot beat the information that is provided by a good auto-responder service. The problem is they are a little costly - and the free auto-responder services want to keep your leads and you get to mail them according to their set rules.


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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

In SFI one of the basic advances towards success is for an affiliate to make a SO (Standing Order). That is an automatic ordering system where you as the purchaser will not have to fill out an order form every time a regular monthly purchase is made.

When some products are placed on a SO you can receive a discounted price. The reason for the discount is that the SO ensures SFI that you plan to purchase again. You can also receive 100 AVP (Action VersaPoints) for a monthly SO that is worth 1,500 total sales VP.

There are many ways to set up payment for your SO account. The best one of course is one that will work for you and SFI. One of the most popular ways is with a Credit Card or a Debit card.

If you do not have access to a credit card or debit card then the next best choice would be to open a Pay Pal account. I do believe that if you try to set up an auto payment plan with Pay Pal you will still need to have a credit card or debit card.

Another good choice is to use TCurrency which can be purchased through an ECA in your country that is a Local Pay merchant. You purchase TCurrency and it goes in your TripleClicks account and you can pay for your SO.

You can also fund your standing order through the Debit Card from TripleClicks – the Payoneer Card. I personally use this system to receive all my commission funds. If I wanted to I could also fund my SO with the same card.

I personally believe that “where there is a will there is a way” Do some research for what is available in your country then pick a system that is compatible with SFI and you.

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In SFI one of the basic advances towards success is for an affiliate to make a SO (Standing Order). That is an automatic ordering system where you as the purchaser will not have to fill out an order form every time a regular monthly purchase is made.

When some products are placed on a SO you can receive a discounted price. The reason for the discount is that the SO ensures SFI that you plan to purchase again. You can also receive 100 AVP (Action VersaPoints) for a monthly
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

As you build your SFI and TripleClicks business you will end up enrolling someone or many affiliates who will block your emails and/or stream messages. This is normal for the course.

Do not think it strange nor is it a reflection on your sponsorship. There are ALWAYS those who will not agree with what you are sharing with them nor do they want to be bothered by you. Some use the excuses of “Too much email” or too many “stream posts.” It does not matter what reason they give for blocking you – it is a problem they have and not you.

On the other hand if you are getting a overabundance of your teammates blocking your emails and stream posts then it would be a good idea to take another look at what you may be doing wrong.

Which could be:

1. Sending emails daily.
2. Writing two or more stream posts per day.
3. No valuable content in your emails or posts.
4. Always asking them to purchase something.

Those listed above are just samples of why a affiliate could be blocking your messages.

As to being an “awesome Sponsor;” that is controlled only by you and no one else. If you are doing all that you can and then some extra then I would say you are an Awesome Sponsor.

I personally know that I am awesome sponsor with my teammates – I also know a few of them might disagree, well that is their right (personal opinion). I have about 4 teammates over the last three years block my personal emails and stream post and one has block my team mail as well. I figure that is their loss not mine.

So I encourage you to continue being a “Awesome Sponsor” the majority of your teammates will see what you are doing for them and they will appreciate it.

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As you build your SFI and TripleClicks business you will end up enrolling someone or many affiliates who will block your emails and/or stream messages. This is normal for the course.

Do not think it strange nor is it a reflection on your sponsorship. There are ALWAYS those who will not agree with what you are sharing with them nor do they want to be bothered by you. Some use the excuses of “Too much email” or too many “stream posts.” It does not matter what reason
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

As to your question on helping your affiliates too much I must say yes it is possible to help them too much.

Remember your affiliates are building a personal home based business that they must learn to build on their own. If you are doing things that your affiliate should be doing themselves then you are helping to much.

It is good to help your affiliates when they have questions or when they need some motivation. The best way to help them is to give them the needed links to look up the information that they have questions about. This will teach the affiliate where to look for the answers themselves.

Your goal is to help them all you can but don’t make it so they will depend on you to do the things that will build their business. You don’t want to create a base of dependent affiliates – if something were to happen to you then all the affiliates you were helping will not be able to keep going.

You are also leading your affiliates in how to get duplication going within their own team. Showing them how to find the answers they need is very easy to duplicate.

Always remember you are being an example to your team as how to work their home business. If you are giving out to much help you are going to have some affiliates that determine they are not capable of giving the same kind of help to their own teams because they either cannot afford the money or time that you are doing so they may just give up entirely.

Personally I have found a much better way to help my affiliates and that is to use “incentives” (rewards) for your affiliates when they accomplish certain task. I always have a small incentive program that I list on my recognition page along with a list of the top ten affiliates who have qualified for those incentives.

When I started doing this it sparked a few “sleepers” to become active and I also noticed there was a drop in the questions that I was receiving about the “basics” with SFI and TripleClicks.

Your responsibility is to help create leaders in your team – not dependent children.

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As to your question on helping your affiliates too much I must say yes it is possible to help them too much.

Remember your affiliates are building a personal home based business that they must learn to build on their own. If you are doing things that your affiliate should be doing themselves then you are helping to much.

It is good to help your affiliates when they have questions or when they need some motivation. The best way to help them is to give them
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

The very first product I bought from TripleClicks was their Liquid Nutrition – I have been using this great product for about 3 years now. My overall health has been improved and I rarely ever get sick any more. My wife and two of my daughters also use TripleClicks Liquid Nutrition.

As I grew in my SFI business I found that SBuilder co-op to be the next best direct product from TripleClicks. With this product I was able to start enrolling new affiliates before I knew how to spell affiliate. I did not have to spend time advertising until I learned more about how to advertise correctly.

As I continued my journey through my SFI business I found the need to acquire TCredits and how to use them to profit the most in their use. I found that purchasing two 100 TCredit packs was a better deal than one 150 TCredit pack. The price still comes out to .29 per TCredit but for just $21.76 dollars more I get another 75 TCredits at .29 each. This all works out to a savings of $14.90 over purchasing 125 pack plus the extra 75 TCredits needed to equal two 100 packs. I like saving that much money on a needed item.

As for today, the next direct TripleClicks product that I take part in every month now is PSAs to go. I have a standing order for SBuilder so I can purchase PSAs for $1.99 each. That is a bargain price when considering paid advertising or all the time invested in free advertising. I cannot beat that price at this moment so I depend on my PSAs to go for most of my recruiting purposes.

The four items listed above are the ones I am currently using with my Standing Order and personal purchases

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The very first product I bought from TripleClicks was their Liquid Nutrition – I have been using this great product for about 3 years now. My overall health has been improved and I rarely ever get sick any more. My wife and two of my daughters also use TripleClicks Liquid Nutrition.

As I grew in my SFI business I found that SBuilder co-op to be the next best direct product from TripleClicks. With this product I was able to start enrolling new affiliates before I knew how
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

When speaking of your “team” I am assuming to believe you are including everyone in your team.

The best way that I know of to communicate to your entire team is through group mailings. There isn’t very many ways to communicate with a few thousand affiliates separately and get it done in a reasonable time span.

Now when I have something to share with just the movers in my Team I will send out individual emails or I will use the Ecards offered to us through SFI.

The best way to communicate would be face to face but you can see how it is next to impossible to achieve. Just the sheer numbers alone make it impossible also there are great time differences with many of your team affiliates.

I have a Skype account and I have shared my number but for the last two years no one on my team has used it. If they were all to contact me that way I wouldn’t have time to build my own business.

It is true that we are building “relationships” and “friendships” and that a personal touch and a little social gabbing is needed once and a while. Get yourself a fan page on Facebook and keep it tightly controlled for your teammates only.

But keep in mind that we are building a business and our down-lines need to be able to duplicate what we as their leaders are doing. So we need to be using the services that SFI and TripleClicks has provided for all the affiliates.

In each of your weekly newsletters make sure you list the different ways that your team can contact you, this way someone who needs a little personal help can get ahold of you

So in this case I would say the most effective way to communicate with your team (using the SFI mailer systems) is to be consistent – informative – use fresh content that is relevant to building a business. Recognize achievers and share testimonies and personal notes on what works and what doesn’t work.

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When speaking of your “team” I am assuming to believe you are including everyone in your team.

The best way that I know of to communicate to your entire team is through group mailings. There isn’t very many ways to communicate with a few thousand affiliates separately and get it done in a reasonable time span.

Now when I have something to share with just the movers in my Team I will send out individual emails or I will use the Ecards offered to
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

Having your own blog or website for your SFI and TripleClicks business is really a good idea. You can use the website URL or the blog URL in social marketing without being rejected as spam.

In order for you to attract big traffic you should have your site prepared for SEO (Search Engine Optimized) as much as possible. This way every time you post an article or a new banner and you click on “publish” (c-panel to site or blog) your new article will be “pinged” at several search engines.

You can buy Back links which will be attached to your web or blog. When the search engines see the back links they will send you more “free” traffic. If you purchase back links be careful as to how many links the seller will attach daily. If the numbers of connections is too high to quickly you might be blackballed.

Posting good content on you blog every three days or tweaking your website every week or so and publishing the changes it will attract more free visitors. These small changes shows the search engines that your site is an active site. The more activity the more visitors will be sent to your site.

You can also purchase “hits” to your site, blog or splash page (SFI gateway page). Some of the hits could end up being prospects connecting to sign up. In reality “hits” will not build your business – you need sign-ups so you should look for quality “hits” within your advertising niche.

You can also advertise your URL to the blog or site through free safe list. This takes time but try to average 20 to 30 thousand hits a day for best results. This action will also show search engines that your site is active and busy which will drive your site higher in rank which draws even more free visitors.

Your best bet yet is to study the Internet Marketing course offered by SFI free of charge you can find that course here: https://www.sfimg.com/Training/InternetIncomeArchive You will find several study lessons for attracting visitors and SEO.

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Having your own blog or website for your SFI and TripleClicks business is really a good idea. You can use the website URL or the blog URL in social marketing without being rejected as spam.

In order for you to attract big traffic you should have your site prepared for SEO (Search Engine Optimized) as much as possible. This way every time you post an article or a new banner and you click on “publish” (c-panel to site or blog) your new article will be “pinged” at several
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