Affiliate since: 07/16/2008, Power Rank: 177

SFI is built with the culture of openness and transparency. Everything you want to know about SFI is already in the Affiliate Center or in other Affiliate support system. Therefore i will summarize the best places and best methods of getting answers about SFI thus:

1. SFI Affiliate Center Special Tabs. There are a wealth of information about SFI at the Affiliate Center itself. Do you need the general overview of SFI and your Affiliate ship? then go to "LAUNCHPAD". Need info about training to be a successful Affiliate? go to "TRAINING". Info about Compensation, Affiliate Agreement etc, go to "REFERENCE". Info about marketing methods and aids, go to "MARKETING". In fact, every Tab is full of information.


2. Search box on top of your picture and other Affiliate information. There is a search box wherein is written "Enter topics here for instant answers!" Just as you "Google", just type any query there and assorted answers comes up for your perusal. Some of these answers are from SFI corporate, Training Articles, Forum and ASK SC.

3. SFI Forum
At the Forum various threads are submitted that are meant for information, training, questions, motivation etc. You learn a great deal by visiting the Forum daily. You can ask the Forumites any question and you would be answered from many informed perspectives. Only you should not use the Forum for complaints. Read Forum Rules here: https://www.sfimg.com/forum/tips
You can get answers from the founder of SFI himeself at the Forum using "Ask Gery".

4. ASK SC
Assorted business building questions have been asked and answered by experienced SFI Affiliates. The secrets of successful SFI business, duplication strategies, advertising techniques, etc are well discussed. As you become knowledgeable you can answer some of the questions yourself and earn valuable Action VersaPoints up to 100 per answer.
Visit ASK SC: https://www.sfimg.com/Home?tab=ask_sc

5. Your Upline and a2a
Beginning from your Sponsor to other members of your upline, their is a wealth of knowledge of this business you can tap from them. In fact, if you have a responding and responsible sponsor, he/she should be the first person to contact for clarification of your confusion or answers to your question. You may get valuable tips from some good a2a friends also.

6. SFI Corporate
When you have issues that neither the other four channels above could resolve e.g your TripleClicks order, Accounts issues etc, you could contact Support for help. https://www.sfimg.com/Contact/

Everything you want to know about SFI can be gotten from these channels.

Cheers!


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SFI is built with the culture of openness and transparency. Everything you want to know about SFI is already in the Affiliate Center or in other Affiliate support system. Therefore i will summarize the best places and best methods of getting answers about SFI thus:

1. SFI Affiliate Center Special Tabs. There are a wealth of information about SFI at the Affiliate Center itself. Do you need the general overview of SFI and your Affiliate ship? then go to "LAUNCHPAD". Need info about
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Affiliate since: 07/16/2008, Power Rank: 177

SFIPPA is an optional, supplemental income program available to all SFI affiliates. Income is earned by getting others to take actions–such as filling out forms. You can earn a bounty up to $10 dollars for each qualified sign ups See https://www.sfimg.com/SFIPPA.

When the SFIPPA was introduced some years back i participated in it. Then i just started this program and i was looking a way of generating quick cash to help my re qualification as Executive Affiliate. Indeed, i made some dollars but not up to $11 dollars that was the peak then for each sign up.

The disadvantage of the program is that you don't have any hand in the training of the sign ups. After getting them through the special SFIPPA gateway, your work is finished! That the sign up amount to anything or not is dependent on those that were given the sponsorship (they actually paid for them). In my experience many of them did not fill the forms, that is "To Do List". Even though i know that many sign ups don't do anything after signing up but through systematic follow up some of them get to Executive Affiliate level before dropping.

To prevent fraud, SFI doesn't reveal particular actions that generates the dollars for people participating in it. Also, even if they complete the to do list, they must be within some averages compared with other non SFIPPA sign ups. See https://www.sfimg.com/SFIPPA-a. That is another clause you need to think about. So you cant follow up, their activity must be comparable to others and you don't have the idea of what level they should reach to get the $10 bounties!

Therefore, if you have a system that generates hundreds of sign ups every month, and that for free or less than $1 per sign up, you may consider it as a fast cash out method. Otherwise, if you are getting just around 50 sign ups in a month and you still participate in SFIPPA, you would be missing greatly the opportunity to build your team and earn REAL RESIDUAL and LEVERAGED INCOME. The income monthly from an EA2 may be more than that of scores of sign ups of SFIPPA!

I also believe that ECA selling PSA are making more guaranteed income than those participating in an unsure SFIPPA income.

It's my opinion based on experience anyway!

Cheers!
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SFIPPA is an optional, supplemental income program available to all SFI affiliates. Income is earned by getting others to take actions–such as filling out forms. You can earn a bounty up to $10 dollars for each qualified sign ups See https://www.sfimg.com/SFIPPA.

When the SFIPPA was introduced some years back i participated in it. Then i just started this program and i was looking a way of generating quick cash to help my re qualification as Executive Affiliate. Indeed, i made some
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Affiliate since: 07/16/2008, Power Rank: 177

Discovering the skills of your downline that can turn him or her into a star in SFI is one of the good qualities a Team Leader must possess or develop.

Most of the times Affiliates that eventually make it to the tops are Affiliates that come into the opportunity with innate skills.

To discover such skills you need to primarily check their Affiliate Profiles. Affiliate profile reveals their experience or not in multi level marketing (mlm), leadership background, the number of hours they intend to devote to the opportunity, the advertising methods they intend to use, their advertising budget etc.

For a man that has been involved in mlm before, many of the concepts and essentials of making it in a marketing opportunity like this would be familiar. You just need to consolidate on that skill for success in SFI.

Also, you can discover how proficient they are in the use of computer or the internet. An Affiliate that can easily install TripleClicks banner on a blog or website without your assistance has one of the skills for success in SFI - being computer savvy. For some, it takes hours of tutoring to do that.

Advertising is one of the basic actions that generate the team and give the grip for our SFI business. Some Affiliates don't need explanation of what an url is, what referral gateway is, how to go about prospecting ..... you should understand that is how to recognise a star in the making.

From experience, i discover Affiliate that wants to be spoon-fed gets nowhere in SFI. When an Affiliate is a reader, takes his or her time to digest the plethora of information at the SFI Affiliate Center, that's a star in the making. Readers are Leaders.

Paying attention to details is another pointer that shows you a star in the making. When an Affiliate takes his time to understand rules, news and announcements, policy changes etc and ask intelligent questions, watch out! That's one of your star Affiliates right there.

Finally, communication skill exhibited by your Affiliate shows success enhancing ability. Communication is the bedrock of Leadership in SFI. A great Leader is one that carries his downline along through organised communication.

When you see these identified traits and skills, accentuate them to take your budding talent to stardom in SFI.


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Discovering the skills of your downline that can turn him or her into a star in SFI is one of the good qualities a Team Leader must possess or develop.

Most of the times Affiliates that eventually make it to the tops are Affiliates that come into the opportunity with innate skills.

To discover such skills you need to primarily check their Affiliate Profiles. Affiliate profile reveals their experience or not in multi level marketing (mlm), leadership background, the number of
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Affiliate since: 07/16/2008, Power Rank: 177

Affiliate Profile is a questionnaire every new Affiliate completes after joining SFI. It reveals General info, Prior business and marketing experience, business strategy for SFI, Communication with Upline and goals and aspirations of the new Affiliate.

A critical consideration of these data available to the Sponsor is a wealth of revelation that can be harnessed for coordinated follow up to get the PSA to a good start in SFI.

"How can I use a PSA's Affiliate Profile to help him or her get off to a good start and become successful in SFI?"

First consider his or her General Info. Considering how he/she got to know SFI. Is it through Website ad or article, Search engine, friend or associate etc A person who got to know SFI through Search Engine can reveal his interest in earning online. His advertisement could be developed around that. A man who got to know SFI through Social media or friends and associate reveals such a person could be trained to use social media for advertising.

Secondly, Prior business experience (If he has that) should be used to teach him diligence, patience, perseverance and commitment in SFI. When he comes into SFI with a previous mlm experience, then you know you don't need to start from the basics of marketing. If otherwise, you know you need to take him through the rudiments of prospecting, mentoring and duplication.
Also, marketing methods he has had previous experience with would guide you on your training about advertising of SFI

Furthermore, you need to consider the PSA business strategy and commitment to SFI business. the number of hours he intends to devote to SFI, his willingness to invest in advertising, the number of PSA he intends to sponsor, what he considers most important to his success at this time etc reveal so much you can leverage for your training and duplication. When he says he needs more training, then you offer to coach him. If he says he needs more money, guide him on how to generate money in SFI - retail sales, PSA commissions etc.

Beside, the openness of the PSA to you and your communication would help to know how to assist him. You need to work to gain the confidence of secretive and lone-ranger type of PSA and be always there for the open minded.

Finally, a man's vision drives him. Considering the goals the Affiliate has set for himself shows you to an extent the kind of drive he has. For people who don't follow through on their goals, you need to use this to motivate him. When the man is moving towards his goals you need to propel him forward with incentives and information.

Really, PSA's Affiliate Profile can be profitably used to help them get to a good start and become successful in SFI.

Happy mentoring!





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Affiliate Profile is a questionnaire every new Affiliate completes after joining SFI. It reveals General info, Prior business and marketing experience, business strategy for SFI, Communication with Upline and goals and aspirations of the new Affiliate.

A critical consideration of these data available to the Sponsor is a wealth of revelation that can be harnessed for coordinated follow up to get the PSA to a good start in SFI.

"How can I use a PSA's Affiliate Profile to
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Affiliate since: 07/16/2008, Power Rank: 177

Cold calling using a local telephone directory is used by some indeed to generate sign ups. But really it is not effective because:

1. It is time consuming. You have to spend time dialing and calling each prospects. While some would quickly reject your offer, some would just merely waste your time. Imagine how long it would take you calling 50 to 100 numbers in a day.

2. Most of the prospects don't have time for you. Many of them have day's job and are unwilling to entertain your calls. You would get lots of rejection!

3. You could be calling wrong people. There are some people that are not to be called. Calling them would be tantamount to spamming which unpleasant consequences.

4. It is very laborious way of prospecting. The number of hours you would spend to get a couple of PSAs cannot be compared with the success in posting in your social media or other good advertising platforms.

However, if you buy leads from Telephone Directory companies for people interested in business opportunities, you could get a little success.

When prospecting using cold call, make sure you plan very well on how to introduce yourself and the opportunity. You should also try to get personal information that could help to cement your relationship e.g you could have attended the same school, lived in the same city before etc. Also, ensure you reach a juncture that allows you access to him/her in the future in a more friendly way.

The beautiful thing is that Affiliates you get by this personal touch tend to do well than the average ones gotten all over the internet.

So while cold calling may not be the best or the most effective method of attracting PSAs, it helps in getting committed PSA.
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Cold calling using a local telephone directory is used by some indeed to generate sign ups. But really it is not effective because:

1. It is time consuming. You have to spend time dialing and calling each prospects. While some would quickly reject your offer, some would just merely waste your time. Imagine how long it would take you calling 50 to 100 numbers in a day.

2. Most of the prospects don't have time for you. Many of them have day's job and are unwilling to entertain
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Affiliate since: 07/16/2008, Power Rank: 177

Generally, it is good to offer incentives to your Affiliates for achieving a particular milestone in SFI. The purpose of incentive is to motivate your downline to achieve something and thus get a reward from you.

Really, incentives should be SFI related. It should be something that would boost their rank, perks or income when they earn it. Think of SFI related incentive like Gift Certificate, Free PSA, S-Builder share TCredits etc. These incentives are business building and help the whole team eventually.

However, non-SFI incentives should be sparingly used. Also, it would be great if it could help them in building their business e.g a DVD copy of a motivational book, a presentation on topics like Free Advertising, SEO, duplication strategies. But, if you have to use completely a gift that is not relevant to the business, let it be a one off thing otherwise, you may not really be well articulated to building a strong team.
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Generally, it is good to offer incentives to your Affiliates for achieving a particular milestone in SFI. The purpose of incentive is to motivate your downline to achieve something and thus get a reward from you.

Really, incentives should be SFI related. It should be something that would boost their rank, perks or income when they earn it. Think of SFI related incentive like Gift Certificate, Free PSA, S-Builder share TCredits etc. These incentives are business building and help the whole
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Affiliate since: 07/16/2008, Power Rank: 177

It is possible to determine what TripleClicks product(s) a person might be interested in.

One of the ways to do this is to create an online survey - a sort of questionnaire that asks for their shopping preferences online. An easy way to do this is to attach it to a gift Certificate. You can tell them to fill this questionnaire and qualify for $12 Gift Certificate to shop online.

You may also predict what some people may be interested in because of their demography. Demographics are the quantifiable statistics of a given population. Commonly examined demographics include gender, age, ethnicity, knowledge of languages, disabilities, mobility, home ownership, employment status, and even location. For instance only few men would look into anything jewelries but a number of women would. Mothers may be interested in baby toys whereas teenagers may not consider such etc

Communication is another thing that reveal people's shopping preferences online. By establishing a line of communication you could understand the needs that could be met through TripleClicks purchases.

There are products that are peculiar to some specific groups of people, may be professional groups or social groups. Identifying the categories a person belongs to could give you a clue to what might likely interest him.

I hope you can get the clues from these.
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It is possible to determine what TripleClicks product(s) a person might be interested in.

One of the ways to do this is to create an online survey - a sort of questionnaire that asks for their shopping preferences online. An easy way to do this is to attach it to a gift Certificate. You can tell them to fill this questionnaire and qualify for $12 Gift Certificate to shop online.

You may also predict what some people may be interested in because of their demography. Demographics
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Affiliate since: 07/16/2008, Power Rank: 177

SFI has lots of tools an Affiliate can use in building a profitable business. From the point of recruitment, SFI provides Gateways, Marketing aids like Banners, Text ads, E- Card, Flyer, Postcard, Car magnets etc Closely related to that we have Hit Tracking, Key codes, Coop Manager etc.
For following up, you have PSA Mailer, CSA Mailer, Affiliate Manager, Gift Certificate etc.

But, there is one tool I find very versatile, flexible and effective in building a successful business, that is the GENEALOGY.

Recruiting Affiliate is only a preliminary part of the job. What an Affiliate becomes most of the time is a product of robust training, follow up and close monitoring. The Genealogy tool, if properly understood and utilized can turn idle and inexperienced PSA and CSA into a star in the business.

The Genealogy shows you the number of Affiliates you have in your team, and list them out by their generation. It includes also the number of your CSAs. The summation of VersaPoints of your team by their generations is also available. So easily, you have a complete overview of the current state of your team at a particular day of the month. This gives room for adequate strategy to meet your team's goals.

You have the option of viewing the CONDENSED Genealogy, that is 90-day logins, EAs, and affiliates w/Standing Orders only. With this, you are able to access your promising Affiliates. This speaks a lot of volumes as regards business building.


At the center section of Genealogy, you have fields in which you'll be able to select a particular group or class of Affiliates using Sorts and Filters. For instance, you select Affiliates that signed up before, during or after a particular date; "Date Joined". Other Filter option includes: SFI ID, Sponsor ID, VersaPoints (Total),VersaPoints (This month), CSA Assign Date etc. There is a lot of revealing combinations you can come up with.


Besides this, you have 10 TABS that allows you to view your Genealogy in format relevant to your need at a particular time.

1. Basic - lists SFI ID, name, title, etc
2. VersaPoints - Power Rank, Country Rank etc
3. S-Builder - Displays your team member's recent S-Builder participation.
4. Communication - Includes e-mail addresses for PSAs and CSAs.
5. Aff Mgr - Profile scores, Completed affiliate profiles or not, Active standing orders etc

6. Sales - TC referral total, Sales VersaPoints (SVP) etc
7. Gift Cert - You can use this to offer Gift Certificate to PSAs or CSAs
8. Geographic - Country of Affiliate, state etc
9. Reassign -This can be used to reassign PSAs
10. TCredits - Transfer TCredits to your Team Members

Just imagine how greatly your team could be built with all these tools all in your Genealogy!

Above all of these is the facility for targeted communications. Communication is the soul of this business. Regular and periodic mails go along way in propelling activity and commitment in the team. You can categorize your Team using Sorts and Filters to segment them and send relevant mails. For example, your inactive Affiliates can be reached separately by using "Last Login". Use "VersaPoints (This Month)" to reach active Affiliates etc.

Without any doubt, the Genealogy is the most powerful tool, with great versatility and capabilities; which when optimally used can help in building a successful SFI business.
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SFI has lots of tools an Affiliate can use in building a profitable business. From the point of recruitment, SFI provides Gateways, Marketing aids like Banners, Text ads, E- Card, Flyer, Postcard, Car magnets etc Closely related to that we have Hit Tracking, Key codes, Coop Manager etc.
For following up, you have PSA Mailer, CSA Mailer, Affiliate Manager, Gift Certificate etc.

But, there is one tool I find very versatile, flexible and effective in building a successful business, that
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Affiliate since: 07/16/2008, Power Rank: 177

If anybody asks me about TripleClicks, I'll make the reply brief and interesting by saying:

TripleClicks is SFI online store that has more than 88,000 products from 200 countries worldwide and are adding hundreds of new products weekly. You can find virtually everything you want from Electronic Products, household products to digital products and services.

TripleClicks offers Safe & Secure Shopping with Money Back Guarantee.

There are many money saving deals like Deal of the day, Hot deals and Closeouts. Also it has additional feature of PriceBenders Auctions where you can win 90% off retail from brand new items like laptops, digital cameras, phones etc.
There are a number of Online Games also at the site.

TripleClicks has used modern technology for easy online shopping. You can have a WishLists, Express Checkout and even Online order/shipment tracking. It could accept more than 50 payment options.

More and more Online Shoppers are using TripleClicks; currently it has 3.8 million members and growing daily.

You need to visit TripleClicks yourself and see all these fantastic features, products and deals.


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If anybody asks me about TripleClicks, I'll make the reply brief and interesting by saying:

TripleClicks is SFI online store that has more than 88,000 products from 200 countries worldwide and are adding hundreds of new products weekly. You can find virtually everything you want from Electronic Products, household products to digital products and services.

TripleClicks offers Safe & Secure Shopping with Money Back Guarantee.

There are many money saving deals
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Affiliate since: 07/16/2008, Power Rank: 177

To install an SFI or TripleClicks banner on your blog, you should:

1. Select the Banner of your choice. Go to "Marketing" Tab and select "Marketing aids", then Select "Banner" under "Type" and choose.

2. Copy HTML code of that banner you have chosen.

3. Go to your blog.

4. If you are On Blogger click on the "Layout" tab; on Wordpress click on "appearance" and then "widgets."

5. Select HTML code.

6. Paste code of the banner.

7. Ensure HTML code do not interfere with any other visible code that is already there

8. Preview it, ensure there is no overlapping and is okay.

9. Publish it and you are done.


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To install an SFI or TripleClicks banner on your blog, you should:

1. Select the Banner of your choice. Go to "Marketing" Tab and select "Marketing aids", then Select "Banner" under "Type" and choose.

2. Copy HTML code of that banner you have chosen.

3. Go to your blog.

4. If you are On Blogger click on the "Layout" tab; on Wordpress click on "appearance" and then "widgets."

5.
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