Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 332

Have you read the article on Free advertising? It is a MUST read

https://www.sfimg.com/Training/SpecialReports/FreeAdvertising

A couple important quotes:

"When you combine these statistics, you'll see that it's best to post an ad on a Tuesday, 12 noon CST, the day and time when most people you target are active on the Internet."


"You will never find anyone ['s] advertising [system to be] effective advertising.

Logic: If the advertising is effective, it will be used by the owner himself." I added bracketed text. This is not always true. Why? Because several PSAs advertising in the same place can increase the number of sign ups. The prospect sees all these ads and feels he is missing out.

"Your goal is to find as many classified ad sites that bring a positive result; those sites will be your goldmines! A site that gives you a visitor per day or at least every second day is a good site."

This is important. It is your ad that is effective not the system. Track visitors not sign ups. Determine the ratio of Sign up to visitor and EA to Sign up for a given site.

Some people think paid advertising is better than free because they paid 50$ and got 8 sign ups. But that was 8 out of 10,000 visitors.

I have a free site I used and it got me 13 visitors 2 sign ups 1 EA for 9 months now in a row. So tell me which is better?

A visitor a day will get you signups over time. Today I got a sign up for TripleClicks (PRM). He bought something already. He came from a Banner Ad I placed 8 months ago.

Excellent free advertising is available that keep your Banner or Text link out there for Months.

I have ZERO EAs from purchased PSAs of any kind. I have 14 EAs that I have recruited (8 for me 6 for my Downline). Of these 14 only 4 came from Paid advertising and none came from purchased PSAs. This is from the current data in my Genealogy and does not reflect any EAs that have qualified and since fell back to AFF status.

I still buy sign ups though. Some have qualified, some qualify for a month or two, but none have gone the long haul. If you have to choose, choose FREE. If you buy - well you better be doing FREE too.

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Have you read the article on Free advertising? It is a MUST read

https://www.sfimg.com/Training/SpecialReports/FreeAdvertising

A couple important quotes:

"When you combine these statistics, you'll see that it's best to post an ad on a Tuesday, 12 noon CST, the day and time when most people you target are active on the Internet."


"You will never find anyone ['s] advertising [system to be] effective advertising.

Logic: If the
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 332

There are MANY MANY things you can do to promote your business without logging into the affiliate center.

1. You can distribute Gift Cards
2. You can advertise your links and capture pages. I try to sign up for 3 new Free to Advertise programs a week and list my Banner Ads, button ads, solo mails and what ever free advertising they give me.
3. You can walk the street. I make it a goal to enter at least 4 shops each month with the ECA flier and an explanation of the ECA program. I enter shops that advertise on their signs a website or email. I also offer my personal services to help them load their products. I live in a country where english is not the first language and this help gets them good product descriptions. It also strengthens a bond between us that causes them to work harder for success.
4. I hand out a business card on the local campus that says finally.profitsonline.com That is my prestige domian link to my SFI gateway. That is all that is on the card.
5. You can organize local or online meetings with your Affiliates to improve their skills.

I do all these and more without ever entering the SFI affiliate home page.
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There are MANY MANY things you can do to promote your business without logging into the affiliate center.

1. You can distribute Gift Cards
2. You can advertise your links and capture pages. I try to sign up for 3 new Free to Advertise programs a week and list my Banner Ads, button ads, solo mails and what ever free advertising they give me.
3. You can walk the street. I make it a goal to enter at least 4 shops each month with the ECA flier and an explanation of the ECA program.
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 332

A good question. A common issue.

I had a friend named Rob. He wanted to attend a Business Opportunity meeting that cost 20.00 USD per participant. I was recruiting him. He told me he really wanted to go but did not have enough money. So I told him I would fund his participation.

He arrived at the meeting a few minutes late. I asked, "What help you up?" His answer was, "Oh the movie got out a little late." I though, the movie???? So I asked a few questions and found out he paid 12.00 for the movie. I thought he did not have any money?

No he did not have money to invest in his business, his development. But he did have money enough to pursue his pleasures. Because of this I do not give people anything. I reward them. I tel them sign up for these three ad services. Populate the Banner Ads, the Text ads, the solo ads and I will give you a $2.00 Gift Certificate. You buy 1 TCredit and get 102 VP.

I say, For ever new affiliate you attract I will give you .50 toward another 2$ gift certificate. For every ECA you attract, after they have listed one item I will send you a 5$ Gift Certificate.

Sign on every day, every single day and do your Daily Tasks .... And I will reward you.

These and more I do rewarding the right Business Building Actions. I will do this for 4 months. That way he is not getting it free but working for it and in that four months he will have a strng enough business so that he will not quit when the rewards stop.
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A good question. A common issue.

I had a friend named Rob. He wanted to attend a Business Opportunity meeting that cost 20.00 USD per participant. I was recruiting him. He told me he really wanted to go but did not have enough money. So I told him I would fund his participation.

He arrived at the meeting a few minutes late. I asked, "What help you up?" His answer was, "Oh the movie got out a little late." I though, the movie???? So I asked a few questions
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 332

Everyone says, "The Money is in The List"

Well your PSAs and CSAs are your list. If you communicate faithfully and meaningfully you will cultivate that list. Once cultivated you will begin to see growth and fruit coming out of that list.

The only thing I would say strongly, is do not treat you inactive affiliates and failures, non responsive, no gooders. Treat them as a free list of prospects. Woo them. Wine and dine them. Provide them with interesting, personal and valuable content.

Be personal and bring value to them and they will respond. Be interested in them. Review their profiles if they filled it out. Search for them on FB or LinkedIn. Find out all you can about them and try to speak specifically to them personally.

Cultivate your list, prospect for Gold in that list.
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Everyone says, "The Money is in The List"

Well your PSAs and CSAs are your list. If you communicate faithfully and meaningfully you will cultivate that list. Once cultivated you will begin to see growth and fruit coming out of that list.

The only thing I would say strongly, is do not treat you inactive affiliates and failures, non responsive, no gooders. Treat them as a free list of prospects. Woo them. Wine and dine them. Provide them with interesting, personal and
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 332

Ask yourself, how many affiliates can you follow up a month, personally. I think it takes about 3 months to coach an affiliate to success. Each month it is less work and easier, but it takes time each of the three months.

Why three months. If well coached an affiliate will buy the New Members Pack and can make EA easily in his first month. But he may not be ready to place a Standing Order yet. In month two he can make EA again with minimal to no investment, if well coached.

During this time you must equip him to recruit new affiliates for himself. You must equip him to get those affiliates active. If a couple of his affiliates purchase the NMP he is then in a position to risk his investment on a Standing Order. In month three if he is beginning to see some success he will take that risk.

Let say your number is 6 people you can help through this process. How many people will you need to recruit to find those 6. Recruit locally and you will find people who are more likely to follow through, with your help. Do your personal advertising through social media, blog space and email marketing and you will need to get more sign ups to find the 6. Purchase PSAs and you will need to increase the number recruited by 10 to get those 6.

It is best to plan to train people. Do not recruit recruit recruit and hope that capable people will just land in your organization, they will, but you will need to recruit 1000s and 1000s. It is better to plan your success rather than just hope for it.
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Ask yourself, how many affiliates can you follow up a month, personally. I think it takes about 3 months to coach an affiliate to success. Each month it is less work and easier, but it takes time each of the three months.

Why three months. If well coached an affiliate will buy the New Members Pack and can make EA easily in his first month. But he may not be ready to place a Standing Order yet. In month two he can make EA again with minimal to no investment, if well coached.

During
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 332

The Maximum benefit will be when he follows you.

Ask yourself, "Do I want five affiliates doing just what I am doing?" Because that is what we usually get. There are exceptions where an affiliate makes it on their own no matter what, but in 90% of the cases Affiliates will do nothing. In 9 % they will try to follow your lead and in 1% you and I will be learning from them.

A friend once asked me, "If you worked for you would you fire you?" ;-)

I want my affiliates to do what I do, duplication. In duplication the first and foremost important item is that the mold, the original that is being duplicated is exactly what you want.

I have a friend who just joined as an ECA. He sells handcrafted rings. BUt these rings are molded after sports teams and various events. On his first ring he invests a lot of money. He has an artist craft the ring in a drawing, then they work on making a mold. It takes 2 to 3 moldings to get the ring right. This process takes several weeks. But once the mold is right, you can duplicate 50 to 100 rings a day.

Our Affiliates are duplicating us. We need to be the best possible example, mentor and friend. They need to be able to trust us, and thus be trustworthy. They must not wait forever to heard from us because we are just too lazy to get back to them, then they will be reliable and hard working. They must know we keep our promises, and they will keep theirs.

The most benefit you can hope for is the same as what you see when you look in the mirror.

Lets be our best that each affiliate may be his best.
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The Maximum benefit will be when he follows you.

Ask yourself, "Do I want five affiliates doing just what I am doing?" Because that is what we usually get. There are exceptions where an affiliate makes it on their own no matter what, but in 90% of the cases Affiliates will do nothing. In 9 % they will try to follow your lead and in 1% you and I will be learning from them.

A friend once asked me, "If you worked for you would you fire you?" ;-)

I
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 332

I think the games work to improve your capital (giving your the resources to invest in your growth) and the Auction works to improve your workforce (Duplication causing your growth).

This is what I do every day.
1. My daily tasks resulting in 11 VP.
2. I play the time machine game every day to get 1 more VP, and entered into the Daily Crown Drawing.
3. I do weekly tasks that may put me near or over 20 VP.
4. I play T-Time.

Once I am over 20 VP I stop. Even if there are more tasks I could do, I save it for tomorrow. 20 VP gives me 2 Daily Grand Drawings.

If I am not over 20 VP I play Pick The Price 7-9 times depending on how many VP I need to make 20VP for the day.

I always win, either in VP or by actually winning a game or drawing.
Sometimes I win:
T-Time
Pick the Price
Daily Grand
Time Machine (2 times)
and Daily Crown

All this adds to my TCredit amounts.

Once I have about 100 to 150 TCredits I pick an Auction to enter. I go for:
TCredits
CSAs
S-BUilder
and PSAs

All these I enter with the intent of growing my business.

So in short the Zebra Games improve my personal business, my capital, with more TCredits and More VP and the Auction helps me expand my business in the area of Duplication.
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I think the games work to improve your capital (giving your the resources to invest in your growth) and the Auction works to improve your workforce (Duplication causing your growth).

This is what I do every day.
1. My daily tasks resulting in 11 VP.
2. I play the time machine game every day to get 1 more VP, and entered into the Daily Crown Drawing.
3. I do weekly tasks that may put me near or over 20 VP.
4. I play T-Time.

Once I am over 20 VP I stop. Even
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 332

I know many have said this but it is good to pursue both PSAs and CSAs.

You pursue PASs with advertising. You pursue CSAs with achievements.

CSAs are gained by Rank, each level of Rank means more CSAs allotted. It also means a greater share in CSAs when orphan CSAs are reassigned. But you achieve Rank through Action Versa Points and the fastest way to get those VP are by sponsoring PSAs who make EA and above.

CSAs can also be won in the auction for very affordable prices. It seems, from my experience in the auctions, that the PSAs are far more desirable and competitive, thus harder and more costly to win. CSAs seem to hold less interest and are easier to win.

Right now, from commission on purchases, my CSA commissions are 25% higher than my PSA commissions.

In a real business you cannot ignore any prospecting source for customers. So here in SFI you cannot ignore either option, PSAs or CSAs.
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I know many have said this but it is good to pursue both PSAs and CSAs.

You pursue PASs with advertising. You pursue CSAs with achievements.

CSAs are gained by Rank, each level of Rank means more CSAs allotted. It also means a greater share in CSAs when orphan CSAs are reassigned. But you achieve Rank through Action Versa Points and the fastest way to get those VP are by sponsoring PSAs who make EA and above.

CSAs can also be won in the auction for very affordable
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 332

I try and share with them that there are three businesses available on the internet:

1. Scams
2. Schemes
3. Business

We all try to avoid the scams. You will only loose money in scams, unless you're the scammer. But any money you could even make as a scammer will be limited by your lost reputation.

We all are looking for schemes. A scheme is a program that uses some kind of attraction to get people's money out of their pocket and into yours. Schemes usually sell themselves with taglines like, "100% commissions"; "No work, no sign ups, no recruiting", "recruit 3 and you're free", "sell nothing, make bundles" or some such nonsense.

We all want schemes because we do not want to change the things we do or the way we are, but we do want our circumstances to change. Albert Einstein said, “Problems cannot be solved with the same mind set that created them.” The hardest thing about change is that it requires change. We want things to change, but WE don't want to change. We cannot have one without the other.

You cannot have a new lifestyle, new income, financial independence, improved standard of living or anything else without change.

Now, lets start to work together toward a change that will help us reach our goals.

The third is a Real Business and that is what SFI is. It is a real opportunity to Earn Real money, but that money is Earned.

It is said often here Leaders are readers, true enough. But Earners are Learners, is also true. We Earn as we Learn what changes to make to reach our goals in life.
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I try and share with them that there are three businesses available on the internet:

1. Scams
2. Schemes
3. Business

We all try to avoid the scams. You will only loose money in scams, unless you're the scammer. But any money you could even make as a scammer will be limited by your lost reputation.

We all are looking for schemes. A scheme is a program that uses some kind of attraction to get people's money out of their pocket and into yours. Schemes usually
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 332

To build your business there are many options. TripleClicks has e-book, splash page development, web radio ads, Targeted web visitors, Domains, Redirection links, and many more business building tools.

There are also MANY free to ship, 2.99 USD products that you can buy recieving a nice product , purchase VP and 25 VP for reviews.

There are translation services to help you product good English copy for your advertising efforts.

I hope this helps.