Affiliate since: 08/29/2023, Power Rank: 99999999

When your advertisements are not providing satisfactory results then you need to ask yourself certain questions:

1. Are you using unique key codes to track the results of your advertisement from different sources?

2. Are you using the appropriate advertising tools and techniques?

3. Are you advertising in the right places and are you targeting the right prospects?

4. Have you tried to advertise to your warm market; friends, colleagues, social network, relatives etc?

If the answer to all or any of these is NO, then you need to rethink your strategy and come up with more effective ones, in order to avoid the mistakes that resulted in unsatisfactory results. Also, you may need to train or retrain yourself by going through relevant training material within and outside of SFI in order to develop appropriate understanding and acquire pertinent skills that will enhance your ability to carry out more effective advertising that will provide satisfactory results.

In light of the above, my suggestions are as follow:

1. Try face-to-face advertising, speak to your friends, colleagues, relatives etc and encourage them to become SFI affiliates and TC members. Also go to your main street and visit stores, especially the ones you are familiar with and persuade them to register their businesses as ECAs at TripleClicks (TC).

2. Advertise on sites or forums where people are seeking work from home, work online and internet income opportunities.

3. Place flyers on targeted areas where visibility is profound and targets are those seeking first or second incomes like, student centres, job seeker centres, libraries, retiree’s gatherings etc.

4. Set up a reputable and effective website or blog to promote various aspects of your SFI/TC business, so that you can have control of the contents and include more targeted messages and techniques in order to improve the search engine optimisation (SEO) of your website.

5. Make do with TC gift cards and x-cards in prospecting for TC signups. The gift cards can be effective if properly distributed to minimise waste and fraud.

6. You can even organise events and discussion groups where you may initially woo attendees with refreshment and other giveaways while introducing them to SFI/TC and you may need to physically demonstrate and introduce them to SFI/TC sites, and ensure you highlight the benefits.

7. Finally, always apply key codes in your advertisements in order to determine those ads that are effective, so that you will be properly informed when deciding the ad sources you need to continue and the ones you need to discontinue, because a proper and appropriate resource allocation are important in any business.

In whatever strategy you adopt, please note that determination, hard work and professionalism are necessary qualities of a good business person. Also note that these approaches are not one-size-fit all methods, so you need to apply them to the appropriate objectives and goals you intend to achieve, good luck with your advertising.

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When your advertisements are not providing satisfactory results then you need to ask yourself certain questions:

1. Are you using unique key codes to track the results of your advertisement from different sources?

2. Are you using the appropriate advertising tools and techniques?

3. Are you advertising in the right places and are you targeting the right prospects?

4. Have you tried to advertise to your warm market; friends, colleagues, social network, relatives
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Affiliate since: 08/29/2023, Power Rank: 99999999

These are two different aspects of SFI business you can generate income from, so there is nothing wrong if you do both, provided you have the ability and the wherewithal to also become an ECA yourself. You see, when you do both you earn both ways; earning 10% ECA royalties from the sales of your referred ECAs and selling and making profit from your ECA store also.

Having said this, it is not a good business strategy to become an ECA yourself for the sake of becoming one, especially if you cannot run an online store. This is because opening an ECA store is far more than just that, but also involves a well design marketing strategy to be very competitive and not to bring the integrity of TC into disrepute. This means you will need to be professional in your dealings with customers and be responsive to their queries on a timely and consistent manner, otherwise you will be reported and given a low rating which are recipe for failure as an ECA and may lead to your removal.

As you can see, it may be better to refer ECAs who have the experience and professional discipline to successful and professionally operate an ECA store, so that you can better engage in the area you have strength, which is to promote your referred ECA store, in order to increase the potential of earning 10% royalties from their store. The more sales your referred ECA makes, the more earnings you make as the referral, so it is in your own interest to promote the store.

TC is becoming less tolerant with under performing ECAs especially in the aspect of customer satisfaction, so any aspiring ECA needs to up his/her game in order not incur the wrath of SFI, which could easily and quickly happen these days, so my advice will be to exercise caution, understand what is required and expected of you before you make a decision if you want to become an ECA yourself, especially if you have no previous experience.

In conclusion, I will add that there is nothing wrong in doing both, but it is better to stick to what you are good at, rather than to be all over the place for the sake of it.
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These are two different aspects of SFI business you can generate income from, so there is nothing wrong if you do both, provided you have the ability and the wherewithal to also become an ECA yourself. You see, when you do both you earn both ways; earning 10% ECA royalties from the sales of your referred ECAs and selling and making profit from your ECA store also.

Having said this, it is not a good business strategy to become an ECA yourself for the sake of becoming one, especially if
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Affiliate since: 08/29/2023, Power Rank: 99999999

Motivating your team to spend money monthly to maintain EA status is like giving the impression that there is no other way but there is, by selling TC products with combination of other action VP. However, I will make it simple by attempting to answer your question directly, under the following:

1. Benefits
2. How to become EA
3. Duplication


1. BENEFITS

The major mistake team leaders make is not selling the benefits as much as possible, but rather just encouraging their downline to become EA by setting up a standing order or buying something, but this is not a good strategy because you may sound greedy and exploitative. Instead let your downline know the advantages or the benefits of EA over AFF rank. I will not want to bore you much with details of the Benefit Chart but let me identify some important ones:

PAYOUTS AFF EA PERKS AFF EA
Direct Comm. yes yes Prestige Title no yes
SFIPPA yes yes Free Tcredits(EA2) no yes(10)
TC Exec Pool no yes TC master card comm.
Co-Sponsor Comm. no yes payment option no yes
ECA Royalties no yes CSA allotment no yes

Source: https://www.sfimg.com/Reference/ComparisonChart

Other advantages of EA over AFF rank are the ability to access and use the Co-op Manager, Reassignment Manager, Group Messaging and Gift Certificate program. What you want to achieve here is to lay the ground work by encouraging them to familiarise themselves with these benefits, in order for them to reach the conclusion that what you are encouraging them to do is also to their own benefits and not just your selfish desire to exploit them.

Again, when you adopt this method, some capable ones may just make the decision themselves to spend to maintain their EA status, without your further encouragement or persuasion.


2. HOW TO BECOME AN EA

It may not still be enough to tell them the benefits, but you may guide and advise them on how they can actually spend the money and become an EA, either by purchasing a single product, a combination of products, transfer buying etc. Guidance may also be necessary as to what products to buy like promotion and team building products for example.

The reason for this part of your strategy is to ensure that they get value for their purchases apart from just earning EA status and this is because maintaining EA status, getting value and satisfaction from the purchase(s) that qualified your are motivational factors to continuously spend to maintain your status monthly.

You may also refer your downline to the link below on how to become an Executive Affiliate:
https://www.sfimg.com/EA1010


3. Duplication

You see EA is not an end in itself but the beginning of a journey, so you need to inform your downline that the benefits of EA could be far more if they encourage and motivate their own downline to do exactly what you are asking of them, while at the same time you may encourage them to visit the Earnings calculator to ascertain how far they can earn through duplication here: https://www.sfimg.com/PopUp/EarningsCalculator. Another reason for this is to implicitly prepare them for the next rank if they eventually build an active team.

Finally, in whatever way you choose to motivate your team, always ensure you are doing what you are asking them to do, for this is a major way to avoid suspicion, lack of trust, and sounding greedy.

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Motivating your team to spend money monthly to maintain EA status is like giving the impression that there is no other way but there is, by selling TC products with combination of other action VP. However, I will make it simple by attempting to answer your question directly, under the following:

1. Benefits
2. How to become EA
3. Duplication


1. BENEFITS

The major mistake team leaders make is not selling the benefits as much as possible, but rather
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Affiliate since: 08/29/2023, Power Rank: 99999999

When you say "advance", there are various interpretations; is it by rank, income, knowledge, active downline or what? However, I suppose you mean by rank or active downline because those may be the obvious ones you can easily see, so it does not mean that because your PSA has advanced past you, he/she does not require help or support any more.

In the first instance, you may not know how he/she was able to advance more than you to the extent to think that he/she does not need any more guidance, assistance or support in order to attain more advanced level. Some buy their way up without proper strategy to sustain that success on the long run and if this is the case, don't you think guidance and support are still necessary to help your PSA understand that a sustained advancement and success is the key to long term financial freedom? Yes of course.

Lets even assume your PSAs advanced as a result of hard work, dedication, skill, knowledge etc and he/she is able to stand alone without necessarily in need of your training and support, you still need to show some concern and render support, but in a much different way. For example, you may need to bring some new SFI policies and updates to his/her attention in case he/she misses an announcement, you may occasionally need to send gifts in appreciation of hard work and always eulogise him/her when certain milestones are achieve, after all you benefit from his/her success.

No man is an island and nobody has a monopoly of knowledge, so if you are very observant there may be some areas you may need to provide guidance and training, irrespective of what you think of his/her advanced status in SFI. This is because the advancement may not be as a result of a holistic approach to tap into all income generating activities here, so you may need to provide guidance and support in order to further diversify his/her income, unless you are very inexperienced and have nothing much to offer in way of assistance and training.

It is very important not to be intimidated by the success of your PSA or see your PSA as your competitor, but treat all of them, including those who have supposedly advanced past you as partners in business and be confident, selfless and helpful at all times.


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When you say "advance", there are various interpretations; is it by rank, income, knowledge, active downline or what? However, I suppose you mean by rank or active downline because those may be the obvious ones you can easily see, so it does not mean that because your PSA has advanced past you, he/she does not require help or support any more.

In the first instance, you may not know how he/she was able to advance more than you to the extent to think that he/she does not need
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Affiliate since: 08/29/2023, Power Rank: 99999999

There is no best one in my opinion, but it rather depends on your experience, strategic objective and how you want to get there. It is a common knowledge that you can target a much greater number of people online than offline, however, I also believe that you can 'laser' target prospects by offline methods, but 'laser' targeting using online approach may be difficult if not very expensive. So which is better in the regard? Is it the one with which there is a little degree of predictability of the likely behaviour of your offline signups or the one where the predictability of behaviour is much more abstract in nature?

Again, those that are experienced, have the financial muscle and a sizable network may want to use the online approach because they can recruit thousands of affiliates within a short time, with the believe that the more they recruit the higher the probability of signing active ones. They also have the conviction that they may be able to do all it takes to guide and support them to become active and subsequently successful. This is true at times.

Some others who may want to have control over who their prospects should be, because they may have some idea who they are or what they will be inclined to participate in, so they may be inclined to reduce the flock of supposedly inactive affiliates by targeting offline, with the believe that these type of signups are easier to guide and support to become active and probably successful. This may also be true at times, especially from their warm market.

There are those who are not good with computers, other similar devices and the internet, so such affiliates have no choice, until they learn, but to do offline recruiting. This is one of the obvious reasons why one may prefer the offline methods. What of the cost involved? Both do incur some costs and what may likely make one more costly will have to do with how far you are likely to go, so I will not make this a big deal.

As you can see, both methods have its benefits and you may want to adhere to the one that suits you and closely aligns with your objectives. However, it is always a good business strategy to be amenable to the dynamics of the business world which is heavily tilted towards online marketing, so in the 21st century we all should be embracing online technology in carrying out our business, especially the SFI recruiting process. Using online methods do no distract from also applying offline recruiting methods, especially if engaging in localised prospecting, so you can use both as the occasion warrants.


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There is no best one in my opinion, but it rather depends on your experience, strategic objective and how you want to get there. It is a common knowledge that you can target a much greater number of people online than offline, however, I also believe that you can 'laser' target prospects by offline methods, but 'laser' targeting using online approach may be difficult if not very expensive. So which is better in the regard? Is it the one with which there is a little degree of predictability of the
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Affiliate since: 08/29/2023, Power Rank: 99999999

In my opinion, all Genealogy filters are important and the determination of the best ones depends on your objectives and the reasons for searching your Genealogy. In this regard, there are also filters that are of significance to those who have large downlines, which may not necessarily be very important to those with small downlines and vice versa.

Having said that, I still hold the opinion the genealogy filters below may not necessarily best the best for all occasions, however, their nature make them important with the following reasons as suggested below:

1. Profile Score: This is important for all categories sponsors because it is essential to track and access the extent to which new members complete their profile after registration, which may, but not necessarily, be an indication of interest in a new found business.

2. Key Code: This is very important in order to determine those sources of supply of signups that yield positive results in terms of the interest and activeness of your downline, so that you will be in a position to make an informed decision on those sources you may need to discard and those you may need to continue, in order to divert your time and financial resources to those that supply quality signups.

3. Online: This is very important filter especially for those with large downlines, who may hardly notice team members who are online. Communicating your team members in real time is very effective in offering immediate support and assistance before it becomes too late.

4. Added [email protected] to safe List: This makes it possible or otherwise for you team members to receive important messages from SFI, so you need to look out for those who have not white listed this email address and offer to help because most of them may not know how to go about it.

5. Fast Track Status: This is another very important filter because the Fast Track membership has a time limit, so you need to look out for those who have not completed the actions required to become a fast track member, in order to protect those interested from missing out on immediate and future benefits of a Fast Track member.

6. Received/Accepted Tcredits welcome: This was recently introduced in order to increase the chances of new members becoming more interested and active in SFI as they signup. It is therefore imperative to know those who have accepted your Tcredits offer and where necessary to advise and assist them on how to use it, in case they do not know because of the 24 hours time limit to use the Tcredits.

7. New EA/Team Leaders this month: This enables you are a sponsor to search for those who have moved upwards in rank, especially the team leaders who may need assistance in building a team and support in carrying out some team leadership responsibility like setting up and maintaining their leadership page, sponsoring and duplication strategies. It is also important to identify new EAs and offer support and guidance on how they can maintain their EA statuses. This particular filter is very attractive to those with large downline who may find it cumbersome to navigate their Movers list to identify them.

8. Inactive: This particular filter is too important to overlook because it may help you identify team member who are getting demotivated and probably disillusioned and may be on their way out of SFI, so your quick identification of them and your timely intervention may reverse their current status from inactive to active.

In conclusion, the above suggestions may not be important to all sponsors all time, but may be important to some sponsors at some point in time. However, you need to walk through all the filters and apply those that will help achieve your goals at any particular time. Many sponsors may not know the benefits or existence of some of the filters in our genealogy which is why you need to familiarise yourself with all of them in order to appreciate and understand their usage and effectiveness.

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In my opinion, all Genealogy filters are important and the determination of the best ones depends on your objectives and the reasons for searching your Genealogy. In this regard, there are also filters that are of significance to those who have large downlines, which may not necessarily be very important to those with small downlines and vice versa.

Having said that, I still hold the opinion the genealogy filters below may not necessarily best the best for all occasions, however, their
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Affiliate since: 08/29/2023, Power Rank: 99999999

Recruiting serious affiliates is what we all desire and while what we tell them is important, but where we get them is also critical. However, in order not to digress from the topic, I will attempt to highlight what has worked for me based on my experience recruiting serious affiliates:

1. Be very frank and honest when discussing the opportunity in SFI because one of the reasons some affiliates are inactive is because what they see when they join is different from what they were told as prospects.

2. Tell them we have various ways to earn income and that our activities are not necessarily monolithic in nature, so individuals have choices when it comes to areas of this business they are interested in.

3. Tell them that investment is not a requirement, but that the decision to invest is their prerogative, so they are at liberty to make investment decisions. This will encourage them to come in with open minds to see things for themselves.

4. Tell them we do not have bosses looking over their shoulders, but rather they are their own bosses, who work at their on pace and time of their choosing. This promotes a sense of freedom and independence many serious prospects crave.

5. Tell them they don't have to spend all their time if they do not want to because this system is about quality time and not quantity time, thereby preparing them to have the believe that we are not time wasters.

6. Tell them we offer free resources and materials, including real time assistance that will help them build a successful business here, so that the prospect is aware that he/she is not being led into an abyss where the potential of survival is remote. You see serious people appreciate sense of hope and ability to succeed.

7. Let them know that you are successful and that you will be available to guide and assist them to be equally successful because serious people like identifying with successful people.

8. Where possible, you can organise an event where you may need to introduce your prospects to SFI website, which is very simple and attractive and since seeing is believing, you will then tell them that what they see is what it is and nothing more.

9. It is always professional when you meet people face-to-face to encourage them to ask questions if any after you have done your promotion, the exchange gives an indication of how serious a prospect is or may potentially turn an unwilling person into a serious affiliate.

10. Finally, do not take any thing for granted, be very professional and maintain a high level of integrity when telling prospects about SFI because this has the potential effects to be taken seriously and to also signup serious affiliates in return.
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Recruiting serious affiliates is what we all desire and while what we tell them is important, but where we get them is also critical. However, in order not to digress from the topic, I will attempt to highlight what has worked for me based on my experience recruiting serious affiliates:

1. Be very frank and honest when discussing the opportunity in SFI because one of the reasons some affiliates are inactive is because what they see when they join is different from what they were told as
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Affiliate since: 08/29/2023, Power Rank: 99999999

There is too much hype about making at least 1500 VP to maintain EA status, so many affiliates who make EA will be expecting income that is closely aligned with the hype and bubble, only to be very disappointment when they see their commission. Irrespective of the fact that some sponsors may do everything possible to make them see other benefits like the CSAs that are assigned and 10 Tcredits but the success of this effort is often made difficult by the very high percentage of inactive CSAs and the low power/value of 10 Tcredits at TripleClicks.

However, it is pertinent to add that most affiliates in the category described above may be those looking for quick and easy money, unprepared to navigate the often difficult terrain to success, inexperienced and/or they were misinformed by the advertisement that brought them here. These often explain why some disappear after making easy EA in their first month or two and when the challenging aspect is about to begin.

Therefore, it becomes a very tall order to convince such affiliates to continue but not impossible as you may require a combination of luck, persuasive communication skill, motivation strategy and pragmatism, so below are my suggestions on how you may mitigate the problem:

1. Take serious note of your new team members who are just clicking action away in order to quickly reach EA status without appropriate learning and training. This is because some sponsors are often carried away when affiliates are moving very fast and erroneously conclude they are gold fishes and therefore 'cash cows' in the making. At this point you may need to let the affiliate understand that pertinent training and understanding are very important to going much further in this business and show him/her how. By doing this, you may effectively be nipping a future problem in the bud, so that it does not become ingrained.

2. Right from the very beginning or/and at this stage, you need to communicate a simplified version of the SFI business model and develop a step by step guide on how to progress with approximations of expectations/results at any particular stage and how to manage business hiccups along the way where practicable.

3. You need to refer these affiliates to the Compensation Plan, Benefits Chart and most importantly, the Earnings Calculator, in order to see and access where they need to be in this business in order to determine the patience and hard work required to meet their income targets.

4. Introduce them to powerful and motivational videos produced by very successful SFI affiliates, including testimonies from affiliates, especially those from the same country or region with them, on earnings potential and how they were patient, determined and persistent before they became successful.

5. Encourage and motivate them by offering to reassign some affiliates under them. Let them know you are doing this to prepare them for more future financial benefits and that they need to be more dedicated and put trust in this business so they can start to build a successful team which is one of the major areas from which they can be successful in SFI.

6. Finally, do not treat every of such affiliate the same way because what worked for one may not work for another. This means you have to apply pragmatic strategies/solutions by developing an understanding where possible, of the circumstance in each situation because there could be some differences.

In conclusion, no matter how hard you try, you are not going to succeed in flipping all 'poisoned' minds and frustrated affiliates to take a new course, so you do not need to put unnecessary pressure on anyone or devote all of your time and resources on them, at some point you may need to let go and concentrate of those who are prepared to work the work.
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There is too much hype about making at least 1500 VP to maintain EA status, so many affiliates who make EA will be expecting income that is closely aligned with the hype and bubble, only to be very disappointment when they see their commission. Irrespective of the fact that some sponsors may do everything possible to make them see other benefits like the CSAs that are assigned and 10 Tcredits but the success of this effort is often made difficult by the very high percentage of inactive CSAs and the
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Affiliate since: 08/29/2023, Power Rank: 99999999

This is a worldwide online business and you can buy products from any ECA at TripleClicks (TC) from any part of the world irrespective of where you reside. However, there are some benefits your PSAs stand to derive if you advice they buy from ECAs in their countries as stated below:

1. It may significantly reduce the cost of shipping as products are shipped and delivered within the same country. This will serve as motivation for your PSAs to make more purchases.

2. There is a degree of enhanced confidence and trust when your PSAs deal with local ECAs within the same cultural and traditional background because they have common ways of doing business on a local level.

3. There is the possibility of availing of local pick-ups (will-call option) which totally eradicates shipping costs and also has the potential of your PSAs to develop good business relationships with ECAs in their countries or even their localities. This may enhance the number of repeat customers and increase sales volume, which is a win-win situation for the ECAs, yourself and your PSAs, even the TC Executive Pool.

There are some of your PSAs who may not be interested in purchases at TC because of the often prohibitive shipping costs associated with some products and from far shipping locations, so by helping out in this way will encourage them to build their businesses where applicable.

4. Again, remember that one of the major reasons the Local Pay program was introduced is to address the problem of paying for goods purchased at TC because many affiliates do not have the wherewithal to choose any or most of the available payment methods, for example many do not have a credit card or a PayPal account among others.

Your encouraging them to patronise ECAs from their countries will help because they can pay for purchases with mutually agreed methods local to them and the ECAs. You see, some affiliates leave SFI as a result of payment difficulties, so when this problem is removed, there is the tendency that you will retain those who would have otherwise quit for this reason.

In conclusion, I must add that there is a limit you can go with this especially if the ECAs in their countries do not have the products they require at a particular time or on a continuous basis, then the next strategic advise you need to give them is to search for possibilities first, of buying from ECAs from nearby countries or within the same geographic region, second, before they go to the world at large.
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This is a worldwide online business and you can buy products from any ECA at TripleClicks (TC) from any part of the world irrespective of where you reside. However, there are some benefits your PSAs stand to derive if you advice they buy from ECAs in their countries as stated below:

1. It may significantly reduce the cost of shipping as products are shipped and delivered within the same country. This will serve as motivation for your PSAs to make more purchases.

2. There is
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Affiliate since: 08/29/2023, Power Rank: 99999999

A budget is as good as how much you can afford and your strategic objectives because as you may know, you are not required to spend anything her unless you want to, which is why I said it is as good as you can afford. This means there is no budget too big especially if you came with some experience and can get off to a big start. Conversely, you may just need to budget for at least a minimum of 1500 VP standing order may be from your second month, but ensure you have learnt and received pertinent training in you first month.

A standing order of at least 1500 VP of 125 Tcredits is about $36 which will ensure your monthly EA status and you start receiving some Executive benefits as a result. These Tcredits will help you participate in some activities here like the auctions, EZ games, member listing etc which are necessary in building your SFI business.

Another important aspect that may require attention may be to invest about $20 for prospecting for PSAs, PRMs and ECAs signups. You may opt to buy PSAs from reputable suppliers at TC or you may place ads in affordable sites. Alternatively, you may invest about $24 for S-Builder subscription for PSA/PRMs. These are important for generating income as well as building you downline/business.

As you can see, you may need around between $56 and $60 monthly budget to get off to a reasonable start, however, this is not a silver bullet to achieving success because you may experience some ups and downs along the way consistent with any genuine business, so you need determination and patience to pull through, after all success does not happen overnight.


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A budget is as good as how much you can afford and your strategic objectives because as you may know, you are not required to spend anything her unless you want to, which is why I said it is as good as you can afford. This means there is no budget too big especially if you came with some experience and can get off to a big start. Conversely, you may just need to budget for at least a minimum of 1500 VP standing order may be from your second month, but ensure you have learnt and received pertinent
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