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What are some ways to make my advertising more effective?

3820 votes

Robert Cwik, Aff (Poland) 8/1/2013 2:34 am

Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
Dear Milica,

The two ways of making your advertising more effective I'd like to discuss here are:

a) addressing your ad to the right group of people,
b) structuring your ad according to the media you are using;

and that's easier than it sounds.

As for a) addressing your ad to the right group of people.
Since I don't know what kind of advertising your are using (paid or free), let me address this question from the point of view of a person who
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How many hours a week do I need to devote to SFI to become successful?

3789 votes

Robert Cwik, Aff (Poland) 7/21/2013 12:17 pm

Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
The simplest answer to your question is: as many as you think fit and you feel comfortable with. Why so?

Many people will say that you need X hour a week in order to be successful, where X may assume many values. The question is: what are you going to do during those hours? Do you have a plan?

Look at a regular job, for example: 40 hours a week. Except being a manual worker, have you seen anybody REALLY busy for 40 hours a week? I doubt it. There's much unproductive time involved
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What's the secret for easily qualifying for the rank of Team Leader each month?

3708 votes

Robert Cwik, Aff (Poland) 1/24/2014 2:31 am

Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
Well, there's no secret to it. Everything is difficicult before it becomes easy :)

Seriously speaking, my answer would be like this:

1. Build your downline
2. Build your downline
3. Build your downline

If you follow these 3 easy steps, your advancement in ranks will be only a matter of time.

Why, do you think, the 3 basic steps involve recruitment of 5 ACTIVE affiliates? Simply because when they become EA2, you're awarded 100 VPs for each of them.
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What is the best way to convince my PSAs that they should set up a Standing Order?

3700 votes

Robert Cwik, Aff (Poland) 1/24/2014 2:04 am

Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
"Convince" implies some kind of pressure and people don't like to be pressed. Also, please remember that your Affiliates come from all over the world, have different budgets on hands (if any) and different expectations. The majority of them are shooting stars - logging once or twice until their account expire. Some other try to get by blinded by the worst curse word in the world: "free" and they will not spend a single penny still dreaming of riches... sad truth.

Simply
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What are the best SFI marketing tools to use with young persons who may be unemployed or under-employed?

3692 votes

Robert Cwik, Aff (Poland) 8/13/2013 3:01 am

Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
As the general in the movie "Buffalo Soldiers" said: "the best soldiers come from dirt". And there is nothing derogatory in this phrase. It simply says that the less people have, the more willing they are to sacrifice to achieve more. I keep my fingers crossed for you to encourage those people to work with SFI and make their future better.

Of all the marketing tools to use, I'd first suggest all graphical aids that may help you build your presentation. If I understand
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Should I buy PSAs or learn how to sponsor them myself?

3663 votes

Robert Cwik, Aff (Poland) 1/24/2014 2:20 am

Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
Recruiting is an essential part of our work with SFI in terms of time, usually. My first advice, however, would be to buy PSAs even if you have a modest budget and lots of time on hand. Your downline will then grow automatically and you will have more time to learn more ins and outs of operating your SFI business, being a great leader, maybe registering as an ECA or recruiting some from your neighborhood.

As I said, your downline will grow automatically, you'll use the duplication techniques
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How do you become a superstar in SFI?

3661 votes

Robert Cwik, Aff (Poland) 7/16/2013 3:19 am

Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
Wow, Steve, your question made quite a stirr here as you can judge by the number of replies.

In fact saying anything new here is rather hard now, so I'd like to refer to a few things that are repeated the most often.

To be a superstar you need a crowd of followers, right? And these followers will be your PSAs and CSAs. But how do you make them follow you, anyway? They will if you follow these three simple rules:

1. Honesty is the best policy - while communicating
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I need a mentor. What's the best way to find a mentor for SFI?

3652 votes

Robert Cwik, Aff (Poland) 1/24/2014 1:53 am

Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
Dear Damien,

As far as I can see you've got a lot of answers to your question and you can easily apply the information included in them. Still, although I haven't read all of them, there seems to be one thing missing in those that I have read:

YOUR COUNTRY LEADER!

We may not always be lucky enough to join under an active Sponsor/Co-sponsor and our upline need not have to be the most helpful either. However, making A2A friends with your Country Leader may be far more
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What is the most valuable thing you learned in your first year in SFI?

3560 votes

Robert Cwik, Aff (Poland) 1/10/2014 11:51 am

Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
I can answer this question in just four words: "Automation, Duplication, Patience, Honesty". What I mean is that our task here is to build a team of active affiliates who will then build their teams of active affiliates, etc. That's duplication.

As soon as you understand that your main sources of income are commissions and VP Match (and not how much you buy or sell or how many VP you produce yourself), you will want to automate the task of recruiting new Affiliates instead of
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How can we shift from quantity to QUALITY with our sign-ups?

3426 votes

Robert Cwik, Aff (Poland) 1/10/2014 12:06 pm

Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
My answer: Automate.

I mean: buy any coop you can afford and have new PSAs pour in in the largest number possible. Out of every "batch" you'll get there MIGHT be one person who will be really committed to succeed with SFI. Therefore, observe your downline, offer your support to everyone with no exception, but watch who the real movers are. After a month or two you'll spot the leader(s). Start working with them. Offer more support, discuss some more advanced methods of dealing
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