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Is it wise to 'bribe' your downline with Gift Certificates, TCredits or other incentives? Or does this practice come back and bite you?

4422 votes

Beverly Wallin, Aff (British columbia, CA) 6/28/2014 3:38 am

Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 407
I don’t think I would call a gift certificate, TCredits or other incentive a ‘bribe.’ It’s an incentive and a reward.

Make sure you are also giving good advice, answering questions, staying in contact, giving the free tools and training provided by SFI.

Teach your downline the income streams and the benefits of building their own team.
Whether or not to give an incentive depends on at least three things:

1. Whom you are working with
2. When
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Should I encourage or discourage my PSAs who want to become Team Leaders right away?

4404 votes

Beverly Wallin, Aff (British columbia, CA) 9/17/2014 7:07 pm

Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 407
Whether or not to encourage a PSA to become a Team Leader depends on their commitment and ability to have a standing order (SO) worth 1500 VP.

I advise PSAs who want to be a Team Leader to save as many one-time VP as possible for following months.

It's possible, but not advisable to become a Silver Team Leader the first month, because it will be very difficult to even be Bronze the following month. This could lead to discouragement and quitting the business.

If
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I have experience with in-person presentations, direct mail, trade shows, handing out biz cards, network at events, etc. Can offline marketing be as effective for my SFI business as online marketing?

4370 votes

Beverly Wallin, Aff (British columbia, CA) 2/13/2014 10:26 pm

Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 407
Absolutely!

Any marketing offline has a better potential to get affiliates who really want to get started. You will also be able to contact them and grow your list if they give you their contact information. With direct contact physically you'll make an impression.

1. In-person presentations with one or more people are the very best!! What better way to show them how it works. You will surely get their attention and they won't get frustrated so easily.

2. Trade Shows
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What's the best way to introduce S-builder Co-op to your affiliates?

4357 votes

Beverly Wallin, Aff (British columbia, CA) 2/14/2014 6:30 pm

Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 407
1. As with everything in SFI, duplication is the key. Get an SBuilder yourself and set it up as a co-op, using Co-op manager under "Power Tools". It's easy to just follow the directions. Once you've done this, let your downline know about your success, by telling them how many affiliates you received in a month and how these new affiliates are doing. Then, explain exactly how to do it, Step-By-Step.

2. Let them know that they will earn 100 VP just for setting up a Co-op, even
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What is the best way to convince someone who is over 50 that they should get started with SFI?

4328 votes

Beverly Wallin, Aff (British columbia, CA) 3/28/2014 12:54 am

Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 407
At nearly 64 I'm way over 50 and loving the SFI Business. I just wish I got started when I was that age. Lots of 50-year-olds are actually quite used to computers. If they have a job that is way things have been for at least 20 years.

People that age are just starting to think about retirement and wondering if they'll have enough money to last them through those long years. Not many people have great pensions and many are wondering if Old Age Security and Canada Pension (or whatever your
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What's the best way to advertise the TCards to motivate prospective PRM's to play Eager Zebra games?

4308 votes

Beverly Wallin, Aff (British columbia, CA) 6/28/2014 4:16 am

Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 407
That’s a great idea to advertise $12 Gift Cards to motivate prospects to play Eager Zebra Games. And also to get prospects to join TripleClicks!

First and foremost I would find out the dates and all the information you can gather about a particular Eager Zebra game and what you can win.

It would be a good idea to do an online campaign so only people interested in those games would actually use the gift card.

If you have an email list or auto responder you could
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Why should I remain focused on my SFI business when there are other companies offering me allegedly similar opportunities?

4299 votes

Beverly Wallin, Aff (British columbia, CA) 9/17/2014 6:25 pm

Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 407
Here are some questions to ask yourself:

Are other companies really offering similar opportunities that will last for generations?

Do they have a proven success record like SFI?

Are they at a Bronze level or higher with the Better Business Bureau?

Can you pass your business on to your family or other partner? Are they secure?

Do they have one of the best world wide on-line stores available to them?

Can anyone reach the top, regardless
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What are the benefits of organizing a contest for your downline?

4279 votes

Beverly Wallin, Aff (British columbia, CA) 2/14/2014 6:51 pm

Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 407
First of all, to offer a contest for your downline, you need to be able to follow through on your promise.

Contests can be for 1st level PSAs, CSAs and/or go down many levels.

There are many benefits for contests, mainly motivating your entire downline to do their very best:

1. Your affiliates will see how well they are doing and want to continue. (PSA or CSA)

2. They will see their own downline do better if the contest goes down several levels. This will
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What would be a good way to hold offline classes or seminars to train my PSAs about SFI and TripleClicks?

4271 votes

Beverly Wallin, Aff (British columbia, CA) 6/28/2014 4:00 am

Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 407
I’m thinking you are asking how to hold classes or seminars without using costly platforms like ‘Meeting Burner’.

The only way that I know of to have a totally ‘offline’ class or seminar would be if you have affiliates in the area where you live.

You could set up a ‘Meet up’ group for new SFI people.

Otherwise, you can use Skype, create and use a social network private group (like Facebook,) or create a forum. Most of these are free.

You
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How do you motivate your team to get and stay active with SFI?

4237 votes

Beverly Wallin, Aff (British columbia, CA) 3/16/2013 3:23 am

Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 407
To begin with, not everyone who joins SFI will decide to be active no matter what you do. Try to get qualified leads, if possible, by advertising to the right people and using the right techniques. There is training on this at the SFI website. If you can't get quality leads, get lots of them. Some will; some won't; that's life.

The best people to sponsor are people that live near you. It is easier to instruct them and have relationship with them. In any event, relationship and good
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