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I feel my welcome message to PSAa is stale. How can I freshen it up? Sample welcome letters appreciated.

5817 votes

Mar Fajardo, Aff (Ontario, CA) 5/24/2015 8:05 pm

Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 435
Your welcome message is one of the most important tools in growing your SFI business. Through your welcome message your new affiliates form their first impression about you as Sponsor in joining your organization.

How to refresh your welcome message and keep it interesting as well?

- Your welcome message must be clear, easy to read and should include a short introduction about you as their Sponsor and expression of your genuine interest in supporting them.

- Your
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What do you need to do to make sure your CSAs and PSAs are receiving your email messages?

5781 votes

Mar Fajardo, Aff (Ontario, CA) 12/20/2014 7:02 pm

Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 435
Staying connected with your PSAs and CSAs is vital to your growth as business owner. You need to communicate with them as often as possible, in supporting and keeping them up-to-date in growing their own SFI business. Whether you’re using email or SFI communication tools, staying connected with them helps you build strong relationship with your PSAs and CSAs.

Most email service providers and spam filtering programs offer to protect your PSAs and CSAs email inbox from unwanted messages.
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How do I maintain or boost momentum in my group?

5777 votes

Mar Fajardo, Aff (Ontario, CA) 12/19/2014 6:32 pm

Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 435
How to get real unstoppable momentum in your group and in your SFI organization as a whole? What’s the purpose of maintaining or boosting momentum in your group? First of all how do you mobilize positive momentum in your group?

When a team is aligned and engaged, you can easily identify the sense of motion and lift. Team’s alignment and engagement are not created in a single transaction, but takes time to build step-by-step through a reciprocal process of mutual commitment and action.
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What do you say to an affiliate who thinks that doing the daily 1 VP actions is a waste of time?

5768 votes

Mar Fajardo, Aff (Ontario, CA) 5/19/2015 9:55 pm

Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 435
If the affiliate is one of your team members, as his/her Team Leader/Sponsor, it is very important that you clarify the significance of performing his/her daily To-Do List in growing his/her own SFI business.

You can do the following steps to clear up any misconception about doing his/her daily 1 VP actions:

- Do a review of SFI BASICS and LAUNCHPAD.

Considering the daily 1 VP actions as a waste of time is like throwing away the first founding principle of SFI BASICS,
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What is the most important message I must convey to my team to prevent them becoming inactive?

5765 votes

Mar Fajardo, Aff (Ontario, CA) 4/13/2015 9:59 pm

Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 435
Keeping the momentum of growing and expanding your SFI business will depend on how much effort you put in each day and that includes keeping your team up-to-date on the goal of your whole team. As their Team Leader, you need to not only maintain your connection with them but most especially strengthen your relationship with them. Being a good example and maintaining close contact with your team are very effective in preventing them to become inactive.

How do you accomplish this? As I
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What is the best way to help people who do not have money to invest in SFI?

5764 votes

Mar Fajardo, Aff (Ontario, CA) 4/16/2015 9:08 pm

Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 435
It’s natural for us humans to feel good when we can help others in SFI, to achieve their goals and attend success. The lack of financial investment in venturing SFI seems to pose a major challenge. We can learn from the humble beginning of SFI. SFI was launched in 1998 with just one product. Today, SFI with its TripleClicks e-commerce store has grown to more than 80,000 products/services sold in more than 190 countries worldwide. The potential of being an SFI affiliate is incredible. It’s definitely
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Of all the marketing tools out there I could use to build my SFI business, which is best...and why?

5760 votes

Mar Fajardo, Aff (Ontario, CA) 5/20/2015 10:19 pm

Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 435
As SFI business owner, do you know the types of marketing tools available to grow your business? Knowing them and understanding each one of them will help you identify which one could be effective in building your business.

Some marketing tools are designed to generate leads for your SFI business, drive sales and customer traffic for promoting TC products/services, while other tools are used for gathering customer/prospect data. The key is deciding which marketing tools you need to accomplish
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At this time, which are the best countries to advertise SFI in?

5758 votes

Mar Fajardo, Aff (Ontario, CA) 6/12/2014 10:56 pm

Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 435
What do you mean by best countries? I assume that you would like to sponsor new affiliates from countries, who will commit themselves to SFI, have a burning desire to achieve their primary goal and understand the importance of being a team player.

How would you decide in this scenario which best countries to advertise SFI?

You sponsored 1 new affiliate from a country, who possesses the qualification above, constantly communicating with you as his Team Leader, thereby having
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How do you create a good marketing plan for yourself that will lead to success in SFI?

5757 votes

Mar Fajardo, Aff (Ontario, CA) 5/22/2015 9:11 pm

Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 435
Every serious SFI business owner needs to adapt to the constantly evolving market. Your marketing plan plays a vital role in bringing your SFI business into life.

You should take the time to write the plan, even if it's only a few pages long. Developing the plan is like the "heavy lifting" of marketing. While executing the plan has its challenges, deciding what to do and how to do it is marketing's greatest challenge.

Creating a good marketing plan for your SFI business
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Why it is difficult to convince your PSAs and CSAs to work the business despite all its advantages?

5753 votes

Mar Fajardo, Aff (Ontario, CA) 12/17/2014 9:46 pm

Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 435
To answer your question, you’ll need to go back when you first joined SFI. Every affiliate who joined SFI has in mind to make money to supplement his/her income and improve his/her standard of living.

There are factors involved that you need to take into consideration in order to understand your PSAs and CSAs clearly why it’s difficult for them to be convinced. Here are they:

- As affiliates, we all come from different walks of life and the majority are seeking to become
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