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

As you begin building your SFI and TripleClicks business you will come across the benefits that are given to the higher ranks and levels of Team Leaders in SFI. You will be able to see the difference between an Executive Affiliate and the first team leader position being BTL (Bronze Team Leader).

Now you are at a point where you can decide to advance to the BTL or stay as an Executive Affiliate until your team building efforts forces you up into the BTL level.

The question arises as to whether you could or should invest a little more money to acquire the needed Sales VP and Action VP to reach BTL.

At this point many affiliates will advise you to stay as an EA and keep building your team until you have at least two EAs under you who are actively building their down-lines. The reason they say this is the badge states “Team Leader” and the affiliates telling you to stay as an EA are in a sense telling you that you are not a Leader in their eyes. They will also tell you that there are no benefits to being a Team Leader if you have no team to lead.

Everyone in SFI needs to understand that when you reach the EA level you are given 2 CSAs – guess what? At this point you are now a Leader and it does not matter how many people you are leading. Nor does it matter if those you are leading are CSAs (Co-Sponsored Affiliates) or PSAs (Personally Sponsored Affiliates).

As an example – I am personally a Silver Team Leader – If I could tell you my name you could look at my profile (Which I am proud to share with others) and you would see the list of 41 badges. I also am in the top 200 of my country (The US) and in the top 500 in SFI and I am 1st in my class.

Do I have a “Team” of PSAs that has pushed me to all these levels of accomplishments – NO - But at the present time I have over 1,000 CSAs in my group and over 200 PSAs in my group and I have also enrolled over 3 or 4 hundred PRMs (Personally Referred Members). And for over the past 6 months, through my own personal efforts have increased my team members 120 to 175 new affiliates each month.

This is where a lot of SFI Team Leaders are missing the boat – You see I am a “go-getter” I do not like to sit around and wait for things to happen nor am I the type to “depend” on my team to create enough action to push me up – I am a Leader and I will take charge and show my teammates how it is accomplished – Success does not wait for those who are following the “status quo.”

My passion is to help others reach the levels of success as quickly as “they” want to and as quickly as they are capable to handle the requirements of maintaining that level of success. I will never suggest to an affiliate to sit back and wait for their down-lines to push them up to the next level

“If it is to be – then it is up to ME”

My friend – when you are ready to reach for the higher levels and you can maintain that level without damaging your business building activities then by all means – BE BLESSED – and “AIM HIGH and DREAM BIG” “The world is your oyster” - Go for it!!

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As you begin building your SFI and TripleClicks business you will come across the benefits that are given to the higher ranks and levels of Team Leaders in SFI. You will be able to see the difference between an Executive Affiliate and the first team leader position being BTL (Bronze Team Leader).

Now you are at a point where you can decide to advance to the BTL or stay as an Executive Affiliate until your team building efforts forces you up into the BTL level.


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

It is hard to know the human nature that causes some people to become inactive after signing up in SFI and TripleClicks. Trying to understand the reasons of affiliate inactivity or to prevent them from going dormant is next to impossible.

We all know how important it is to lead by example but if an affiliate is thinking about or has gone dormant your good example does not impress him/her. The best thing at this time is to inquire as to why they are not trying. The problem in this is, they will most likely not answer your inquiries.

What then can be done? Are we left in a conundrum that is unsolvable? In reality if some affiliate in your team has decided to stop being active there is little that we can do. We cannot control how they are thinking or acting.

We can however do things that could make your teammates think twice about not building their SFI and TripleClicks business. This can be done by offering incentives early enough after they have joined to help them keep their mind on being active daily.

Most team leaders will reward affiliates after they have accomplished some milestone in building activities. But what if there was also an incentive right from the start to stay active?

If they log in ten days in a row and earn available points build them a free website with Word Press. Put their banners on the website and list some “quick moving” products on the site for them. Doing this could bring them sales before the end of their first month and it would put money in their pocket which is a good deterrent against inactivity.

Everyone who is trying to build a successful business on the Internet will enroll many people who stick around a while then disappear into the wood work never to be seen again. It is a part of our business and it is something that we need to get used to and most important would be to not let their inactivity stop or slow you down.

Always remember; if you are doing everything in your power to motivate and inspire your team and a teammate still goes inactive it is not because of what you did or did not do. It is simply a choice (a bad one at that) your teammate has decided to follow.

Look beyond those that sleep and work with those who are willing to put forth some effort. Keep on sending motivating messages in your weekly newsletters to the sleepers and the workers. Someday the light might get bright enough to wake them up.

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It is hard to know the human nature that causes some people to become inactive after signing up in SFI and TripleClicks. Trying to understand the reasons of affiliate inactivity or to prevent them from going dormant is next to impossible.

We all know how important it is to lead by example but if an affiliate is thinking about or has gone dormant your good example does not impress him/her. The best thing at this time is to inquire as to why they are not trying. The problem
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

When I started looking for an On-line home operated business back in 2012 it was because I was disabled and not capable of working a regular 9 to 5 job anymore and it did not matter that I had zilch experience with marketing skills. Without going into reasons for my disability - I need to also state that my wife is physically impaired so I must spend a lot of time tending to her.

That is what makes SFI and TripleClicks Internet Marketing Company the best thing in my life right now. Despite any disabilities or handicaps I can work my home business just as good as a person who is in perfect health and shape.

In fact my disability is an added plus! I can devote more time to working on my business. Also my disability will be (and is) a testimony in action as to earning a great income even better than someone in a 9 to 5 Just Over Broke - job.

If you can read and poke buttons on your computer or smart phone then you can be a great leader and inspiration to your team.

Don’t let your disability be a hindrance to your success, rise above any physical impairment and prove to the world you are someone who is determined to achieve your dreams no matter how long it takes.

By the way – many SFI and TripleClicks affiliates have a mind-set that is more of a hindrance to them then the real disabilities that some of us may have.

Success comes to them who are persistent and determined to win – it does not depend on whether you are disabled or not.

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When I started looking for an On-line home operated business back in 2012 it was because I was disabled and not capable of working a regular 9 to 5 job anymore and it did not matter that I had zilch experience with marketing skills. Without going into reasons for my disability - I need to also state that my wife is physically impaired so I must spend a lot of time tending to her.

That is what makes SFI and TripleClicks Internet Marketing Company the best thing in my life right
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

In my search for the right company to build my home business with I ended up joining a few of them. After spending a week or two with the company I would decide if I wanted to stick with them or not.

I would contact my sponsor (if possible) and tell them I was leaving the company. I would do this to see what my sponsor was going to do or say in attempting to keep me in this/her team.

Most of the time I only received an email stating “sorry to see you go” – they would throw in a couple “hype” paragraphs and ask me to give it another try. Most of them NEVER inquired as to “why” I was quitting.

So the lesson I learned from this is - when you have an affiliate who made EA in their first month and then stopped and sent you a message stating that SFI is not what they expected – I would make contact with said affiliate and just ask them “What did you expect to accomplish with SFI?

If the affiliate responds back to your question remember that their reason for backing off is real to them and is important so do not “down-play” their reply. Thank them for responding and let them know that their reason for stopping is “valid” according to the way they are looking at things.

Do not try to encourage them through a bunch of “hype” and promises that can’t be realized – at this point hype and promises will make things worse. Give them the “facts” as to what it will take to build a business with SFI and let them know you are there to help them every step of the way.

Acknowledge any fears that they have as “valid” and you understand what they may feel like – then give them solid and provable information to dispel their fears.

Understand that this affiliate has been in SFI for one month – they achieved EA (or higher). They took the time to contact you and state that SFI is not what they were looking for – most of the time you will never get a message from someone who is going to quit they just disappear off the face of the planet.

All I can suggest is at this point if the affiliate has not changed their mind and is still planning to leave – encourage them to stay connected with SFI but go ahead and go inactive and that the door to SFI and your team is always open and would gladly “reconnect” with them if they ever change their mind.

Wish them well and bless them to find the success they are looking for.

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In my search for the right company to build my home business with I ended up joining a few of them. After spending a week or two with the company I would decide if I wanted to stick with them or not.

I would contact my sponsor (if possible) and tell them I was leaving the company. I would do this to see what my sponsor was going to do or say in attempting to keep me in this/her team.

Most of the time I only received an email stating “sorry to see you go”
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

When sponsoring affiliates into a “free” to join Marketing Company you are going to enroll a lot of people who just wanted to check things out, or they were not interested in building a business at all because they were paid by another site to sign up in “free” to join companies.

The best way to motivate your “inactive” affiliates is to lead by example and also send weekly mails with up-lifting messages – good training content and exciting messages about other affiliates achieving new ranks or winning prizes in the TripleClicks games.

If you are persistent with positive up-lifting and exciting team mails and posting in the stream it is possible that some of your inactive affiliates will wake up and grab the bull by the horn and become active.

One of the greatest hindrances to awaking your inactive affiliates is to have a mind-set that they are “unmotivated and or lazy.” This is unprofessional thinking and it will leak out in your messages and team mails. We speak (or write) what is in our hearts and that can be picked up on by your “inactive” affiliates.

Stop and think for a minute – when your question is placed on the ASK SC platform and is presented to all the affiliates in SFI they will see your name as the one who asked this question. Now, what do you think will happen when one of your “inactive” down-line affiliates reads your question?

Always be professional with all your messages, posts, and questions – We never know why an affiliate may be inactive – we are not wearing their shoes nor are we in the same position (so to speak) as they might be.

Do all you can to be the best “you” that is shown to the affiliates in your team and many will follow and you will have much less “inactive” teammates.

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When sponsoring affiliates into a “free” to join Marketing Company you are going to enroll a lot of people who just wanted to check things out, or they were not interested in building a business at all because they were paid by another site to sign up in “free” to join companies.

The best way to motivate your “inactive” affiliates is to lead by example and also send weekly mails with up-lifting messages – good training content and exciting messages about other
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

In most Internet Marketing companies a compensation plan is created to pay commissions to affiliates who are actively building their business. This compensation plan most likely will be built on a Multi-Level Marketing system (MLM).

It is to your advantage to enroll affiliates on your front line and teach them all you know about building a successful marketing business. Your commissions will rise as these new affiliates participate in building activities.

With this kind of system your commissions will increase greatly when your own PSAs (Personally Sponsored Affiliates) begin to enroll their own affiliates and are teaching them to actively participate. This is known as “Duplication.”

One of the best ways to show your down-line how to build their own team is leading by example. Set up a Standing Order for S-Builder or purchase PSAs to go. Set up your co-op manager to give incoming affiliates evenly to yourself and your top five PSAs

If you have less than five active workers on your front line – don’t panic – this same system will work just as well with 1, 2, 4, or more affiliates.(I wouldn’t go over working with five at a time).

Now teach this simple team building system to your down-line teammates. Just imagine what would happen if all five of your front line PSAs were to do the same thing!

In doing this you are teaching your down-line how to be an awesome sponsor and how easy it is to start building a down-line team. Your PSAs could see that your building system works because the proof would be on their own front line, which will create a desire in them to do as you are doing – “duplicating.”

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In most Internet Marketing companies a compensation plan is created to pay commissions to affiliates who are actively building their business. This compensation plan most likely will be built on a Multi-Level Marketing system (MLM).

It is to your advantage to enroll affiliates on your front line and teach them all you know about building a successful marketing business. Your commissions will rise as these new affiliates participate in building activities.


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

Two of the income streams that are available to SFI affiliates are derived from Personally Referred Members (PRMs) and from E-Commerce Associates (ECAs). The common point between these two income streams is that you are paid a commission through the selling/purchasing of TripleClicks products.

When you refer a PRM and they purchase some products (any products) from TripleClicks you will receive 45% of the commission value for that product. This could amount to a lot of money monthly if your PRMs are purchasing every month. The PRMs you refer are yours to receive commissions from for the life of those PRMs.

When you have referred an ECA you will receive 10% of the commission value from the sales of every product that is sold from that ECA. That is 10% of the commission value of every single sale that ECA makes no matter who they are selling products to. You will receive royalties for as long as that store is actively selling products.

We cannot know the purchasing habits of each PRM except to know “when” they do purchase you are rewarded. Some PRMs may purchase each month or once a year – the income stream is good but it is not to consistent and depends entirely on the whim of each different PRM you have referred.

The commissions from your referred ECA is lower than that of a PRM except for the fact that you will receive commissions on all products that are sold through that ECA. This income stream is much more stable because the ECA is actively attempting to sell products daily.

As an example this month if a PRM makes a 50 dollar purchase and has a 17 dollar commission value you will earn $7.65 if during that same month your referred ECA sells $1,500 in commission value you will earn $150 that month.

The highest income source will come from your personally enrolled ECAs.

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Two of the income streams that are available to SFI affiliates are derived from Personally Referred Members (PRMs) and from E-Commerce Associates (ECAs). The common point between these two income streams is that you are paid a commission through the selling/purchasing of TripleClicks products.

When you refer a PRM and they purchase some products (any products) from TripleClicks you will receive 45% of the commission value for that product. This could amount to a lot of money
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

SFI is an Internet Marketing company that is FREE to anyone to join from at least 208 countries. SFI has been free to join and will always stay free to join, set up this way by its founder Gery Carson.

With that in mind you must realize that there will be a lot of referrals who have joined just to look around and see what SFI is all about. There are those who couldn’t really tell you why they joined except to say, “I join all those free things.” And there are also referrals that you will sign up that get paid to sign up in free marketing companies and later opt-out.

With the understanding from what I shared so far we will realize that there will be quite a few referrals we sign up that will be “inactive” for one reason or another. This is to be expected so do not let this hinder your future growth in your business building activities.

One of the mistakes that new affiliates in this industry make is to worry and fret over the referrals that are inactive. Much time and activity is wasted in trying to wake up those who are asleep.

This in turn will wear down a new affiliate and lower their enthusiasm because they think it will be impossible to acquire “active”, working referrals.

As rising Team Leaders we need to let the sleepy heads sleep. Keep them in your mailings and other communication systems but do not “pursue” them – (chase after them). When they wake up (if they do) they will contact you or you will notice that they have come alive because they are now on your movers list.

If their name is still on your genealogy list then there is a chance that they will wake up so I suggest that you never “give-up” on them. During the last couple days of each month I suggest that you send a letter to all the “red” flagged affiliates in your genealogy list giving them one more chance to get in touch with you before being removed by SFI.

During the mean time – put your efforts on working with your movers and continue enrolling new referrals.

I look at it like this – My sponsor found me through his efforts and I am a “go getter” I know if my sponsor could catch a fellow like me then I know I will find other referrals just like me and I am not going to stop until I have a full house

Go fishing – change the bait, or whatever it takes and catch some real keepers and work with them.

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SFI is an Internet Marketing company that is FREE to anyone to join from at least 208 countries. SFI has been free to join and will always stay free to join, set up this way by its founder Gery Carson.

With that in mind you must realize that there will be a lot of referrals who have joined just to look around and see what SFI is all about. There are those who couldn’t really tell you why they joined except to say, “I join all those free things.” And there are also
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

With SFI and TripleClicks being a free Internet company to join it is easy to acquire a lot of people who are in bad shape financially. But that is OK because SFI is designed to help someone who has little or no cash to invest in a business venture.

One would want to think, that if they could enroll only those who have free money would gain success faster than enrolling those who have little or nothing to invest. The problem is that there are very few people who are financially well off; as a matter of fact it now is lower than 1% of the population.

Those who have acquired the money to invest in a business most likely are already heavily invested in other lines of income. Your advertisements would have to be presented in such a manner to show them the ROI (Return On Investment) would come quick enough to offset their cost factors and that it would give a return that was greater than what they are involved with at that moment.

I personally believe that your best bet is to prospect to the masses – The middle income “Baby Boomers and those who are within the age group of 35 to 60. Why am I suggesting this age range?

One reason is that there are millions and millions of people within that age group who are looking for ways to better their life styles and looking for ways to strengthen their retirement incomes.

There are many people that will tell you they cannot afford to start a business which could be true to a point. A lot of the “money” problems with being active with SFI and TripleClicks is the fact that people do not want to let loose of what they are spending wasted dollars on. Like 300 TV channels – Going out every night or every week end. Going to the movies – and many other costly frilly things that we humans attach ourselves to.

As a last resort you can however find a advertising site that caters to the income level with which you are looking for. This kind of advertising is only through paid ads and could cost a bit more than regular paid ads.

Remember to attract those in higher income groups you need to present yourself as someone who is within the same or higher income level then what they are. In Internet Marketing “Like forces attract.”

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With SFI and TripleClicks being a free Internet company to join it is easy to acquire a lot of people who are in bad shape financially. But that is OK because SFI is designed to help someone who has little or no cash to invest in a business venture.

One would want to think, that if they could enroll only those who have free money would gain success faster than enrolling those who have little or nothing to invest. The problem is that there are very few people who are financially
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

As you are building your home business with SFI and TripleClicks you will find a few affiliates PSAs (Personally Sponsored Affiliates) and CSAs (Co-Sponsored Affiliates) who are very active in your team.

The activity of your teammates is what will take you to the top levels in SFI and TripleClicks. The more active members you have, the greater your success level will be.

With that said, it is important to show proper appreciation for the work that is being performed by your active affiliates, because without the efforts of your teammates you would not be as successful.

What is a good way to show your appreciation? That is a good question, I am so glad you asked. I would have to say that the best way of showing your appreciation would be to simply acknowledge their achievements and give praise to the work they are doing.

Why would I say to acknowledge them? That is another great question – Thank you.

In this day and age of the Internet and sped up life styles of today’s environment we have lost the personal touch that we as humans crave. There is a hidden spirit within us that is crying out to be acknowledged by our fellow humans – we want to be touched – we want to hear out name being called out by someone close to us – we love to see our name mentioned in written material or printed on pieces of paper that are certificates of achievements.

I know a lot of people will say to give your teammates something they can build their business on like TCredits, Gift Certificates, PSAs and reassignments and spots in our co-ops. All this is good and I do them myself and would suggest you pick out one of these items to give to your hard working teammates

But the greatest motivator you can give is to put their name in print for all to see. The greatest inspiration that can be handed out is a personal written email or card telling them of the great work they are doing and that you appreciate their efforts and daily activities.

Yes give them a gift and you will create a friend – Lift up their name and you will create a follower.

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As you are building your home business with SFI and TripleClicks you will find a few affiliates PSAs (Personally Sponsored Affiliates) and CSAs (Co-Sponsored Affiliates) who are very active in your team.

The activity of your teammates is what will take you to the top levels in SFI and TripleClicks. The more active members you have, the greater your success level will be.

With that said, it is important to show proper appreciation for the work that is being
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