Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 349

Person to person is the best way to contact a prospective ECA. It is even better if it is one you already know, have bought from him, and have a mutually trust in each other.These usually operate near where you live or vacation. Go into his business prepared to show him the advantages of becoming an ECA. Take a brochure and go over it and leave it with him.

Follow up with another visit and leave a business card. Note: do not use the business card as a lure for him to contact you, but as a reminder that you have shown him something that can help him.

Next send him an ECA post card. Include some TC/ECA facts, and your contact info. Wait a couple of days, then call to see if he has any questions and then thank him for taking the time to look at your proposal. SFI provides a sample phone message that you can use.

If you are wanting to contact someone that you do not know and who lives far from you, send them a brochure in the mail. Follow with a phone call, hopefully to get an appointment if he doesn't sign right away. Then send a business card. Follow up again with an ECA post card.

Once you get an ECA, you will want to concentrate on other ECAs in that area. Use the first ECAs as references. Build on the foundation you have laid down. Then advertise for PSAs in that area who will buy from your ECAs. And advertise your ECAs in their locality.


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Person to person is the best way to contact a prospective ECA. It is even better if it is one you already know, have bought from him, and have a mutually trust in each other.These usually operate near where you live or vacation. Go into his business prepared to show him the advantages of becoming an ECA. Take a brochure and go over it and leave it with him.

Follow up with another visit and leave a business card. Note: do not use the business card as a lure for him to contact you, but as
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 349

First do not answer a question unless you really know the answer. You don't want your team seeing you embarrass yourself.

Answer with new insight, not what SFI has written in the training. If 50 people have already given your answer don't hitherto submit it without something extra.

Submit about day 4 or 5. This gives the copiers a chance to already uae up their one entry and lessen your uniqueness.

Give a complete answer. Don't assume a newbie can fill in your blanks.

Length matters only to the lazy. If you don't ramble butuseuseful information then length is OK.

Don't use salutations or cutsies either to open or close your submission. And don't write a letter to the asked.

Remember these are for future reference give from your personal experience.
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First do not answer a question unless you really know the answer. You don't want your team seeing you embarrass yourself.

Answer with new insight, not what SFI has written in the training. If 50 people have already given your answer don't hitherto submit it without something extra.

Submit about day 4 or 5. This gives the copiers a chance to already uae up their one entry and lessen your uniqueness.

Give a complete answer. Don't assume a newbie can fill in your blanks.
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 349

It is a business opportunity based on sales and purchases of over 67,000 products offered by over 3000 merchants through a global internet mall coupled with over 1,500,000 affiliates who take advantage of many income streams, and who put into practice the systems of recruiting and duplication of efforts. With thousands of new affiliates getting in each week, this is truly a dynamic business. Full training is provided, free.

Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 349

The best place to post advertising flyers is where you have been given permission and where people will see them.

You don't want to spend time hanging flyers only to see they have been removed by the owner of the establishment. So ask permission to post one. Take along ECA information because you may get a chance to speak about it with the owner. Also take your own tape and thumb tacks.

I have found that it is best to let each person decide for themselves if they want to join SFI. That means don't exclude any group from your advertising. Post flyers anywhere you can find to post them. Of course, we want to gather those who have money and the desire to buy our products, and join our businesses, so we do tend to search for where these people hang out.

Be creative about where to look for a place to post. There are always people looking for a second income at places where money is being spent. There area also people looking to buy things at yard sales, resale shops, variety stores, and malls. And there are those who are looking to win more, and have the money to buy TCredits and enjoy the many ways they can be used.

Look for places that people pause long enough to read a flyer, Where there is an established bulletin board, the store fronts that routinely carry flyers, tables at hobby shows that are for business cards, etc.
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The best place to post advertising flyers is where you have been given permission and where people will see them.

You don't want to spend time hanging flyers only to see they have been removed by the owner of the establishment. So ask permission to post one. Take along ECA information because you may get a chance to speak about it with the owner. Also take your own tape and thumb tacks.

I have found that it is best to let each person decide for themselves if they want to join
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 349

The topic of other people preying upon your downline and how to prevent it has several facets.

1) The cross-solicitor uses various come-ons to get others to join outside affiliate businesses. These businesses may look innocent enough, but they will take time, money, and effort away from the SFI business of your downline member, and from your business as his money is siphoned off away from his TC purchases and shares of your co-op, while putting money in the predator's pocket.

These often are SFI affiliates who get private email addresses through being either in a person's up or down line, or are one of their CSAs. Some of them sign up numerous times just to gain more email addresses. They can also be outside of SFI but soliciting through the internet, or from personal contact. Ad sites are often guilty when they are set up as an affiliate program to solicit new advertisers.

2) The cross-liner, knowingly or unknowingly, endangers or undermines the education that you have given your downline through "helping". He usually gains nothing but a good feeling, but he can offer to do work for a price. These often use the private communications of SFI such as a2a, eCards, contact seller, etc.

Prevention of the "attack" is also two-fold.

1) Educate your new affiliates early about the dangers of opening themselves to these predators. Explain the dangers, give examples. Many will ignore you, but don't stop educating.

2) Turn the predators in. When you get one of those emails supposedly from a PSA or CSA or downline, Write to him and ask to be taken off that list. Explain the dangers of his continuing to solicit and suggest that if he didn't send the email or even belong to the group that he change his password. If you get another message from him about the offending opportunity, then turn him in to SFI. If he is sending to you, he may be sending to your downline.

I also scour my groups ECAs and TConnect Pages for hints that they are not honest and send them to the office.
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The topic of other people preying upon your downline and how to prevent it has several facets.

1) The cross-solicitor uses various come-ons to get others to join outside affiliate businesses. These businesses may look innocent enough, but they will take time, money, and effort away from the SFI business of your downline member, and from your business as his money is siphoned off away from his TC purchases and shares of your co-op, while putting money in the predator's pocket.

These
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 349

SFI is good for students 18 years and older. We are talking about young people who are actively involved in pursuit of a higher education, here. And of students who have reached the age of majority in their own country.

These young people have lots of energy and most claim to know what they want in life. For the time being, anyway. They are experiencing some freedom at the time, most are living apart from parental guidance for the first time and are enjoying that freedom. And, while not usually rolling in spendable money, they do have some freedom there, too. They may even have jobs to add to their spendable income.

As I said, they know what they want and can pay for it. TripleClicks has many items that this age person likes and they can sell their friends on buying from TC. Or they know what they want and can not afford it. And are looking for extra cash. They like challenges. They want time off from studies. They are in the stage of expanding their territory, their warm market.

SFI fits them and they fit SFI. At this stage in their life, they have been asked many times what they want to be when they grow up. They have answered that many times, but they have never been taught how to set goals to achieve their career desires. They think if the go to school, they will become what they want.

SFI will teach them how to set goals. It is a great business education in itself. And it has the global aspect that is very exciting to this age. They adapt to new technology in a heartbeat. And will appreciate how it is used doing this business.

They know that at the end of their schooling, they will either have a job (will they succeed?) or be looking for one (will they find one?). If they begin SFI at the onset of their college career, they should be making a comfortable income when they get out. They will also have continuing contact with those college friends who got into SFI under them. And be able to use their SFI business as an experience on their resume.

SFI has a lot to offer them, and in turn, they have a lot to off us as our SFI PSAs.
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SFI is good for students 18 years and older. We are talking about young people who are actively involved in pursuit of a higher education, here. And of students who have reached the age of majority in their own country.

These young people have lots of energy and most claim to know what they want in life. For the time being, anyway. They are experiencing some freedom at the time, most are living apart from parental guidance for the first time and are enjoying that freedom. And, while not
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 349

Because you have a tight budget does not mean that you must invest the smallest little bit of money into your business. Being reluctant in investing into your business will cause your business to falter and take much more time to grow into a success. Do you that the time and patience to wait that long? Mny people forget that they made a decision to not invest enough money to make a timely success of their business. And so then when it is taking too long, they don't want to wait, forget that they can change their tactics, and quit.

Instead, determine to invest what it takes. With this decision, you must develop some strategies.

1) Like how to increase available funds. Sell things, take another small job, use TCredits and MRP. Pursue ways to increase them, like T-Time, W3, Daily Grand.

2) How much money will be allotted for advertising, and how much for down line, or for office expenses or marketing aids? Use this money wisely. Do not give in to high pressure ad salesmen who will push you to place larger or more ads. Hand out Gift Cards and even x cards with care. Get an address, phone number and emai address from each person you give a card to and do the follow up.

3) When you don't have much money to advertise, you must develop the inactive PSA and CSA's as best you can. Those who are already active, work on duplicating your actions in advertising, working your business, training your PSAs and teaching them to buy products that they need from TripleClicks. Buy birthday and other holiday gifts from TC.
Or give them Gift Certificates and let them pick their own gifts from the thousand available.

4) Experiment with free advertising, tap your friends and family. Talk to everybody about this opportunity.

5) Above all, do not miss a day of logging in and gathering your vp.

These are just some ways to maximize your time and money in order to maximize the effect your business has on other people and to build it so that one day soon, you will be earning enough to pay for a 1500-2000 VP standing order and for sufficient advertising. That day can come sooner than you expect if you plan for it.
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Because you have a tight budget does not mean that you must invest the smallest little bit of money into your business. Being reluctant in investing into your business will cause your business to falter and take much more time to grow into a success. Do you that the time and patience to wait that long? Mny people forget that they made a decision to not invest enough money to make a timely success of their business. And so then when it is taking too long, they don't want to wait, forget that they
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 349

First re-read all of the information in the training about advertising and marketing. Read and look at all the marketing aids that SFI has already made available to us. Read and understand, ask questions, know how to assign and use key codes and how to keep track of them. Know this information well but don't use lack of understanding as an excuse to not begin setting your plan down on paper.

Second set your goals for your campaign. How extensive do you want to go? Unpaid, paid, online, offline? One of these or all? Who is your target? Experienced marketers, new entrepreneurs, home-bound moms, college students, retired? What economic level? Professional, laborers, disabled?

Find ad sites and select ads that target your chosen prospects. Write your own ads and submit them to SFI If you are BTL or above.

Contact your chosen ad sites, understand their terms and conditions, insert your ad, using key code and Gateway Hosting, or your private Domain Name. Don't forget the banners. Record all important information about the ad in a log book or on a spread sheet. Keep daily or weekly track of each ad. Modify the ones that need it and be sure to update the ones that are expiring.

Maybe the most important of an ad campaign has not been mentioned in any of the answers that I have read. That is the follow up is more important than the ad. The ad brings people into your grasp, but it does not always hook your prospect. Remember that many people will bite and sign up, but most do not even earn one vp. These are the people you have contact information about and who are interested in making money.

It's now up to you to use that information and welcome them to SFI and then introduce them to all the wonderful things SFI has for them before and after they become successful. Don't just stop there. If they haven't started earning vp, you haven't told them what they want to hear, and haven't earned their trust.


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First re-read all of the information in the training about advertising and marketing. Read and look at all the marketing aids that SFI has already made available to us. Read and understand, ask questions, know how to assign and use key codes and how to keep track of them. Know this information well but don't use lack of understanding as an excuse to not begin setting your plan down on paper.

Second set your goals for your campaign. How extensive do you want to go? Unpaid, paid, online,
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 349

Tell him that logging into the Affiliate Center every day is very important but it doesn't make you a failure is you have an occasional miss or even a scheduled routine miss as for religious holy days. Also tell him that you can see his progress in logging in and just about predict where he will have difficulties by what he doesn't finish of the dailys. Also, at first many of the daily tabs will not make sense to him until he has done more in his business, but to not miss them in the meantime.

What does matter is that as you regularly log in:
1) You establish and maintain good business habits.
2) A good business person keeps daily track of the state or condition his business is in. Many of the red tabs do this for us.
3) A business will not grow if the owner only maintains it. He must work to increase it. By logging in every day and doing the red tabs he can keep track of what is happening new at SFI and then make adjustments or additions to his business to keep up and to forge ahead
4) He can see in an instant what his projected commissions for the month are and make adjustments where necessary.
5) And of course, there are the versa points that are there every month in exchange for doing whath he should be doing already.
6) And the Streak Badge to aid in duplication.
7) And the Executive Pool shares based on those vp.
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Tell him that logging into the Affiliate Center every day is very important but it doesn't make you a failure is you have an occasional miss or even a scheduled routine miss as for religious holy days. Also tell him that you can see his progress in logging in and just about predict where he will have difficulties by what he doesn't finish of the dailys. Also, at first many of the daily tabs will not make sense to him until he has done more in his business, but to not miss them in the meantime.

What
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 349

While one of the principles of success in SFI is DUPLICATION, it is, sad to say, those who strive to duplicate preceding successful SFI affiliates and to teach duplication to their own affiliates, who do stand out in the crowd.

I say sad because we are all encouraged to follow in the steps of success while teaching those very same steps to our whole marketing team. Our goal is to develop a whole team that in essence copies what you do as you copy your upline mentor. No one should stand out because everyone is following the same business plan.

There are too many would-be awesome sponsors who either do not work the business or who try to invent the wheel. They may stand out from the crowd, but I would rather gain success at SFI than to have a certain infamy. Branding can be good or bad. Make sure that yours does not lead your team astray.
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While one of the principles of success in SFI is DUPLICATION, it is, sad to say, those who strive to duplicate preceding successful SFI affiliates and to teach duplication to their own affiliates, who do stand out in the crowd.

I say sad because we are all encouraged to follow in the steps of success while teaching those very same steps to our whole marketing team. Our goal is to develop a whole team that in essence copies what you do as you copy your upline mentor. No one should stand
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