Affiliate since: 09/25/2012, Power Rank: 152

Hello, Ana:

Is it better to provide prospects with only a brief overview of what SFI is about...or more lengthy, detailed information?

As others have mentioned, it may depend on how well you know the prospect. If you know them well, or know what they may be looking for, a longer explanation may be appropriate.

If you do not know them at all and do not know what they may be looking for or expecting, then in my opinion, only a brief overview should be given.

An overview should briefly highlight a few of the most important, most exciting key points about SFI without explaining them at any great length. Decide who your targeted audience is and then chose a few key points that you know will get their attention.

The highlights must be true and honest. No hype or misleading statements.

If you are presenting your appeal in an advertisement or article or blog post, you can include notes inviting the prospect to contact you (or click here) for more information.

If you are making an in-person presentation, you can invite questions and stay alert to their reactions to get a sense of when to offer more info and when to just stop and let them think about it.

Sometimes, in our own enthusiasm, we tend to charge forward like a locomotive without paying attention to how the prospect is reacting. We just want to dump the whole load on them and then see what happens.

It is far better to go slow, give less information, invite questions from the prospect and sometimes just stop talking altogether and be silent. Sometimes, if you stop talking and just bite your tongue so you aren't tempted to say anything more, the prospect will feel uncomfortable in the silence and will start doing the talking. That is awesome! They will reveal to you what they are thinking and you will then have a better idea whether or not to offer more information.

Overall, I say that a brief overview is always better. Start small and see where it leads from there.

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Hello, Ana:

Is it better to provide prospects with only a brief overview of what SFI is about...or more lengthy, detailed information?

As others have mentioned, it may depend on how well you know the prospect. If you know them well, or know what they may be looking for, a longer explanation may be appropriate.

If you do not know them at all and do not know what they may be looking for or expecting, then in my opinion, only a brief overview should be given.

An
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Affiliate since: 09/25/2012, Power Rank: 152

Hello, Boza:

What I do, and what I recommend to other SFI affiliates, is both: I use recommended marketing methods to personally sponsor new affiliates, AND I buy guaranteed SFI sign-ups from authorized ECAs at TripleClicks.

I buy PSAs because it gets recruits onto my marketing team fast. Even though I try to communicate with them regularly, most do not do the business. A few work at it for a while and then fade away. The odd one sticks with it. But the main thing is that it allows me to plug in a large group of new affiliates quickly and then I can try to work with them.

I work on sponsoring them myself by applying recommended marketing methods because first, it is good experience and good practice, and second, you may have a greater success rate with the ones you personally sponsor yourself. They feel more connected to you.

I use free and paid advertising.

I post blog posts on my marketing website regularly, highlighting both SFI and TripleClicks. Every time I post a new post, I then share it on a variety of social marketing sites.

I participate in online business and marketing forums and I include links to my website and to either SFI or TripleClicks (or both) in my forum signatures.

Those are the main ways I try to get traffic and sponsor new SFI affiliates.

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Hello, Boza:

What I do, and what I recommend to other SFI affiliates, is both: I use recommended marketing methods to personally sponsor new affiliates, AND I buy guaranteed SFI sign-ups from authorized ECAs at TripleClicks.

I buy PSAs because it gets recruits onto my marketing team fast. Even though I try to communicate with them regularly, most do not do the business. A few work at it for a while and then fade away. The odd one sticks with it. But the main thing is that it
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Affiliate since: 09/25/2012, Power Rank: 152

Hello, Abdul:

I am not sure how "easy" it is to qualify for the rank of Team Leader because that all depends on the perspective of the individual, their finances, experience and abilities.

For me, it is easy to achieve the rank of Bronze Team Leader and there is no secret to it. Here is what I do:

- Visit the Affiliate Center every day and complete the Red Tab/To-do List items to earn my daily VersaPoints.

- Complete the weekly tasks to earn the weekly VP, like using the Genealogy Group Mailer, clicking the TConnect page link, posting Stream posts

- Maintain my Standing Orders each month to guarantee that I do not fall short of the 1,500-2,000 VP requirement

- Have one of my Standing Orders for TCredits and bid in enough Pricebenders Auctions each month to help earn enough Action Points to meet the Team Leader requirement

- Inform, Educate and Encourage my active PSAs so they stay focused on building their SFI business and maintaining their Executive Affiliate status (you get 100VP for each EA2 you have each month)

- Regularly review my To-do list and VP Ledger for additional items I can do to earn more Action points

Basically, to make the process "easy" you must have a vision for SFI, some clear achievement goals, a daily action plan, and plenty of focus, determination and dedication. If you know what you want, are determined to get it and know what you have to do to achieve it, then the rest will just naturally fall into place! (My opinion.)
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Hello, Abdul:

I am not sure how "easy" it is to qualify for the rank of Team Leader because that all depends on the perspective of the individual, their finances, experience and abilities.

For me, it is easy to achieve the rank of Bronze Team Leader and there is no secret to it. Here is what I do:

- Visit the Affiliate Center every day and complete the Red Tab/To-do List items to earn my daily VersaPoints.

- Complete the weekly tasks to earn the
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Affiliate since: 09/25/2012, Power Rank: 152

Hi, Damien:

The best way to find a mentor for SFI is to look for a qualified person in your SFI upline and approach them with your request.

There are numerous other SFI affiliates not in your upline who are qualified to be your mentor, but remember, they may already have a group of affiliates they are providing mentorship to, so taking on another person from outside of their personal team may be a challenge.

So, I say it is best to find someone in your SFI upline. That way, they will be more motivated to help you and will want to see you succeed.

Click on the link in the Affiliate Center that shows you who your upline are: https://www.sfimg.com/MyAccount/upline

Try to learn more about each one: check their badges; observe their activity in places like the Stream posts, A2A, the SFI Forum, Pricebenders, etc. Send them a message asking them for advice, guidance, information, or whatever, and see how they respond (or even IF they respond).

When you get a good feeling about one of them, ask them if they would take you under their wing and mentor you personally.

That's my recommendation for finding a mentor for SFI.

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Hi, Damien:

The best way to find a mentor for SFI is to look for a qualified person in your SFI upline and approach them with your request.

There are numerous other SFI affiliates not in your upline who are qualified to be your mentor, but remember, they may already have a group of affiliates they are providing mentorship to, so taking on another person from outside of their personal team may be a challenge.

So, I say it is best to find someone in your SFI upline.
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Affiliate since: 09/25/2012, Power Rank: 152

Hello, Rebecca:

First, I would invite the person to visit TripleClicks.com to take a look around. I would encourage them to click on each of the tabs so they can view each different section or feature of TripleClicks.

Then I would share with them a portion of the text from the SFI glossary about TCredits. In part, it says: "TCredits are units you purchase at TripleClicks.com and use to list and sell stuff you no longer need for cash at TripleClicks. You can also use TCredits for bidding on Pricebenders™ Auctions, for downloading TripleClicks Music, and more... NOTE: Credits expire one year from purchase and are non-refundable, so make sure you purchase only an amount of credits you'll use up within a year."

I would tell the person that TCredits are like currency at TripleClicks. There are some sections of TripleClicks where TCredits are necessary, like listing items for sale. And there are some sections where TCredits are optional; where you can use your TCredits instead of cash or other means of payment.

In other words, TCredits make some things much more convenient.

That is the basics of TCredits and that's how I would present them to someone who has never heard of them.

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Hello, Rebecca:

First, I would invite the person to visit TripleClicks.com to take a look around. I would encourage them to click on each of the tabs so they can view each different section or feature of TripleClicks.

Then I would share with them a portion of the text from the SFI glossary about TCredits. In part, it says: "TCredits are units you purchase at TripleClicks.com and use to list and sell stuff you no longer need for cash at TripleClicks. You can also use TCredits
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Affiliate since: 09/25/2012, Power Rank: 152

Hi, Keith:

My response regarding what to do with inactive CSAs is similar to what others have said.

All you can do is keep including them in your regular team group mail messages. Perhaps they will read something sometime that you have sent and will be inspired. You never know!

Give your messages an appealing, exciting headline and provide good tips and insight to demonstrate your knowledge and expertise.

Affiliate since: 09/25/2012, Power Rank: 152

Here is a portion of what I posted in a recent blog post on my marketing website:

I make money online every month with the system created by the SFI Marketing Group. This system combines elements of network marketing and Internet Marketing. It pays you direct sales commissions, plus commissions and bonuses based on team productivity. In other words, as you introduce affiliates onto your team and as they work on duplicating the system to build their own teams, your monthly income can grow. Much of the compensation plan revolves around purchases and sales at TripleClicks.com.

Once you are registered as an affiliate with the SFI Marketing Group, you have full access to all of the training and the marketing resources. Not only is it an awesome way to get an Internet Marketing education, but SFI is free to join and there are no purchase requirements.

That is one way to explain in a simple way what SFI is about.

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Here is a portion of what I posted in a recent blog post on my marketing website:

I make money online every month with the system created by the SFI Marketing Group. This system combines elements of network marketing and Internet Marketing. It pays you direct sales commissions, plus commissions and bonuses based on team productivity. In other words, as you introduce affiliates onto your team and as they work on duplicating the system to build their own teams, your monthly income can grow.
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Affiliate since: 09/25/2012, Power Rank: 152

Hi, Karmen:

I don't know if we can truly convince anyone that SFI is legit. They must convince themselves.

The problem is, it doesn't matter what we say, how do they know that what we say is truthful (unless they know us personally very well)? The same goes for showing them testimonials. Anybody can write a testimonial - how do we know it is true and accurate?

In my opinion, the only way to convince a skeptic is to get them to sign up as a member and then spend time browsing around the Affiliate Center and the TripleClicks site. I think that once they see all of the training and marketing resources, they will begin to believe that SFI is legit and may have some potential as a real income opportunity.

The challenge is getting them to sign up and take the time to take a tour. All we can do is assure them that there is no cost or obligation to sign up and there is never any requirement or obligation to purchase anything if they don't want to. The training is free; the resources are free; the support is free; and YOU will be available to answer any questions they may have.

It is our responsibility to be honest and truthful and not be pushy or aggressive: "Just sign up, take a look around, if you don't like what you see, you have lost nothing."

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Hi, Karmen:

I don't know if we can truly convince anyone that SFI is legit. They must convince themselves.

The problem is, it doesn't matter what we say, how do they know that what we say is truthful (unless they know us personally very well)? The same goes for showing them testimonials. Anybody can write a testimonial - how do we know it is true and accurate?

In my opinion, the only way to convince a skeptic is to get them to sign up as a member and then spend time
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Affiliate since: 09/25/2012, Power Rank: 152

Hi, David:

Great question for this time of the year!

I agree with Ronilo that learning more about SFI and how to do the business should be at the top of the list of goals for the year.

Goal planning should also be at the top: Every successful SFI affiliate needs to have clear goals and a well-defined purpose for doing what they do. Clarity will motivate you and it creates focus.

Of course, your training efforts and your clearly defined goals need to be purposeful, so perhaps the BEST goal to shoot for is an INCOME GOAL.

1. How much income do you want to earn this year?

2. Break it down by the month, by the week and by the day. (That is how you create clarity.)

3. Based on your daily income target, what exactly will you have to do to earn that amount of daily income? Go through the SFI Sales training to learn and practice the recommended marketing and sales techniques.

4. Now that you know your daily target and the marketing methods necessary to achieve it, create a daily plan of action that includes the actions and steps necessary.

5. Commit! Don't get lazy or frustrated. Don't make excuses. Commit to doing those daily activities without fail.

6. Be patient. It won't happen overnight, and you will encounter some roadblocks and setbacks. Simply be dedicated, persistent and confident that your daily efforts WILL eventually build a foundation that will produce the results you are targeting...

...Your Income Goal for 2013!

Go for it! You CAN do it.

GT :-)
Bronze Team Leader

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Hi, David:

Great question for this time of the year!

I agree with Ronilo that learning more about SFI and how to do the business should be at the top of the list of goals for the year.

Goal planning should also be at the top: Every successful SFI affiliate needs to have clear goals and a well-defined purpose for doing what they do. Clarity will motivate you and it creates focus.

Of course, your training efforts and your clearly defined goals need to be
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Affiliate since: 09/25/2012, Power Rank: 152

Hello:

I am relatively new to Pinterest, so my method has not yet been effectively tested, but here is what I do.

I post content to my blog regularly, plus I post content regularly on a couple of other sites, and when I do, I always bookmark the posts on a variety of Social Media sites including Pinterest.

I have a couple of boards set up on Pinterest, so when I bookmark an image and post, I choose the board that is most suitable. For my SFI and TC marketing posts, I have a "Home Business Resources" board.

It is too soon to tell how effective this is, but I think it is a very good way to share your SFI and TripleClicks info on Pinterest!

GT :)
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Hello:

I am relatively new to Pinterest, so my method has not yet been effectively tested, but here is what I do.

I post content to my blog regularly, plus I post content regularly on a couple of other sites, and when I do, I always bookmark the posts on a variety of Social Media sites including Pinterest.

I have a couple of boards set up on Pinterest, so when I bookmark an image and post, I choose the board that is most suitable. For my SFI and TC marketing posts,
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