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

In everything rejection can be an issue. But here you need to ask yourself, who is doing the rejection.

You see if we do not ask, the answer is No. If we do not ask, there is no opportunity to say yes. And if we do not ask, we are engaging in self rejection. We are saying to ourselves, it will not work, they will not like my presentation, they do not want to take a risk. And in time our actions in our business will reflect this self rejection.

If you ask, maybe you will be rejected 80% or even 90% of the time, but at least "Yes" has a chance.

About 15 years ago I was in an MLM business, and I failed miserably. But my greatest failure was Paul. Paul was one of my best, very best friends. Our MLM company sold many products. About 6 months after I joined the MLM Paul came to me and told me about this great new shampoo and conditioner. Paul ran a chain of high end Salons. He said they were flying off his selves. The products were from my MLM, but he joined under someone else.

I thought Paul might be interested but I never had the courage to ask. I decided for him, which is wrong, and disrespectful. He sells to this day 1000s of dollars of product. I missed it.

To deal with rejection:
1. Respect yourself and your decisions. You decided to join SFI. It was a good decision. Now make it good.
2. Build this respect for yourself by doing your business well.
3. Respect your friends and give everyone an opportunity to decide for themselves, do not decide for them.
4. Realize when you are willing to receive "No" as an answer it is good for you, and gives freedom to your friend. Someone who wants to say "No" but says "Yes" will work in SFI like someone who said no. But someone who wants to say "Yes" and does so, will work like someone who sees the opportunity and seizes it.


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In everything rejection can be an issue. But here you need to ask yourself, who is doing the rejection.

You see if we do not ask, the answer is No. If we do not ask, there is no opportunity to say yes. And if we do not ask, we are engaging in self rejection. We are saying to ourselves, it will not work, they will not like my presentation, they do not want to take a risk. And in time our actions in our business will reflect this self rejection.

If you ask, maybe you will be rejected
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 332

There are some great ideas here and we need to be sure that those who can not afford purchases or advertising get here and read it.

First. SFI is great because you can not buy your status. You can make purchases and you can make EA by your standing order or other purchases. But you can not buy yourself into advancement. That is a GOOD thing. Only 2000 VP can be applied to advancement from direct purchases.

There are so many "programs" out there where you buy your position and you wind up with a house of cards that gets blown down. Your downline rolls up and disappears as fast as you built it.

To advance in SFI you must be engaged in activities that promote your business. SFI motivates us to the right actions to build a solid sustainable business. This is a VERY GOOD thing. So, someone who can afford to buy his position is not significantly advantaged over the one who can not.

Advance your position in SFI by working. Engage in all the daily, weekly and monthly activities. Don't miss those points. Don't forget to enter into the WIN IT! Everyday!

Now you need to finance your business. Every business needs financing. The question should not be, "How do I do it with out financing?" The question is How do I get the financing I need?

You can not run a business without investment - You can't. The investment may be small, it may be slow in coming, but you must invest. So where do I get the money?

1. Look around the house. Find some used things gathering dust and list them on Triple Clicks. One of my PSAs Sold two Thai Language books and two sets of greeting cards and made $9.00. They then invested the $9.00 in an Ad campaign and ran it for 4 hours and recruited 8 PSAs.

2. Get to know the ECAs in your country and take money from something you already buy and buy it at Triple Clicks. I have encouraged all My PSAs who live here in Thailand to buy New Years Gifts on Triple Clicks.

3. SAVE. We say we have no money and what we often mean is we do not want to spend it here. I run contests to help my PSAs. What I just started yesterday was "A Deal" for every PSA I recruit for you via a co-op, you set aside $2.00 into your marketing Budget. Once you reach $10.00 then buy a campaign that I can assure you a positive response.

4. Speaking of Marketing Budget do you have one? Make one. Begin to invest in yourself.

5. ECAs! What I have done is recruited 2 new ECAs (not finalized so we will see) using the new Gift Card strategy. For my local PSAs I am giving out Gift Cards that they can give to potential ECAs. They tell the ECA not use the card personally. But sign up as an ECA, set up their store then send one card each to 10 customers to come and try their new site. I say it is not finalized because right now the Gift card is a promise, I have not received them yet.

6. Review the new products, and new ECAs regularly. Use the share button to send a friend the link info on items in TC. Try to send a TC promotion once a day everyday.

7. Take some valuable electronic material (not junk) and translate it to your local language. Then post it for sale to your local population. Friend all Affiliates in A2A that live in your region, or are from your region. Promote your "native Language" material to them. Especially if you can sell it for 1 TC so they can take advantage of the 25VP for review.

Well there is a few form me.. Good luck, keep thinking, but don't just think take action.
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There are some great ideas here and we need to be sure that those who can not afford purchases or advertising get here and read it.

First. SFI is great because you can not buy your status. You can make purchases and you can make EA by your standing order or other purchases. But you can not buy yourself into advancement. That is a GOOD thing. Only 2000 VP can be applied to advancement from direct purchases.

There are so many "programs" out there where you buy your
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 332

I have found The best results coming from People I know whom I recruit, Then people from my personal list, Then PPC, and then list email and then free ad sites.

There are always trade offs. I have personally recruited about 12 in my downline who are all advancing on schedule and are all three months in doing their daily activity every day. So almost 100 percent retention.

PPC has given me litteral 100s of sign ups an active rate of about 11.57% and a retention rate of about 3% Of course 3% of 400 is 12, verses the 100% 12 which is 12. Which is better??? PPC lets me reach a broad audience, the numbers game.

So I do both and I TRACK like crazy.
I have used a couple of PPC venues and I try to narrow down the best ones.
I track, three digit key codes the first 2 digits tells me the source i.e 54 for Clixsense the third digit tells me the type of advertising, i.e. 554 clixsense PPC ad, 551 Clixsense Clixgrid ad.

I track, PPC (4), Email (3), Banner (2), Txt ad (5), logon ad (6), Post it ad (7) and so forth.

Also what you advertise is important. I advertise Triple Click and TC Gift Cards via email to my list and safelists and get a lot of response. I advertise the same thing, same exact ad in Text or PPC and i only get a little response.

I also track 4 other classifications 1. obviously, sign-ups, 2 Active, 3 Fast Trackers, and four 3 months in. What venue is the best changes sometimes with time.

Good luck and keep at it. It can seem complicated but the best ones rise to the top.


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I have found The best results coming from People I know whom I recruit, Then people from my personal list, Then PPC, and then list email and then free ad sites.

There are always trade offs. I have personally recruited about 12 in my downline who are all advancing on schedule and are all three months in doing their daily activity every day. So almost 100 percent retention.

PPC has given me litteral 100s of sign ups an active rate of about 11.57% and a retention rate of about
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 332

What I do is watch and try to get to know my worker affiliates.

Each Day I sign on and send emails to all my new affiliates, at any genealogy level. I set Date Joined = Today's date, such as 12/10/12, and I send a word of greeting to them. To those sponsored by someone in my 1-4 Generation I Team Mail them and include an affirmation of their direct sponsor, introduce my self, with leadership page link, and give 5 ways to gather VP to reach 500 on day one. Then I will email their sponsor a Heads up and some help to follow up. With my 1st generation affiliates I introduce myself (LP) and tell them I have emailed them a welcome message. In the welcome message I show them exactly how to get 505 points ASAP. And I tell them what I will do for them if they make it on day one.

Then I do a Versa Point this month >1100 When they are close to qualifying for EA I encourage them, I visit their VP Ledger page and see what they can do to get to 1500 and email it to them.

Then I do VP this month >1500 and email them ideas on how to sponsor, or how to get an ECA or how to help their Affiliates.

I also check Total VP > 1500 to see who qualified last month but is inactive this month and I try to find out why.

Those are some of my regular tasks when using the Genealogy tools.
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What I do is watch and try to get to know my worker affiliates.

Each Day I sign on and send emails to all my new affiliates, at any genealogy level. I set Date Joined = Today's date, such as 12/10/12, and I send a word of greeting to them. To those sponsored by someone in my 1-4 Generation I Team Mail them and include an affirmation of their direct sponsor, introduce my self, with leadership page link, and give 5 ways to gather VP to reach 500 on day one. Then I will email their sponsor
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 332

Advertising.... The best places I have to date is offline advertising. Every single friend I have recruited is qualified each month and growing their business. Also, as I will explain in a moment, every friend is faithful and active in their online sources of advertising, which we all do the same places and the same ads.

Adverising is not about quality, it is not about price, it is not about "catchy" well written text. It is about touches. I buy because I have been touched and I believe.

Quality?? "this product sells itself". Ever here that? No quality does not sell if it did MacDonalds would be out of business. No it is touches, everyone reading this blog in probably the whole world has heard of MacDonalds, that is why it sells. Touches.

Price does not sell. It is touches. That is why we buy brand name instead of no name products.

Why do ditty music pieces work, because they are well written poetry? No, because they have a hook. A hook is that thing you just can not get out of your mind. You do not even like the ditty. But it just sticks there forever.

So with you and me, I do not have the marketing budget of Coke or MacDonalds. What do we do? We advertise as a team on the same ad networks. People see SFI from me, from you from the next guy in my downline. They begin to think, "There is something to this, look at all these ads." and they "buy". Or in our case join. In reality that is when our work starts.

So my advice, ask your upline what are they doing and then get in on it. Maximize exposure. Make an ad co-op of a free site. Everyone willing to place an ad everday gets to share in the results. You all advertise together and maximize exposure. Then No matter who they jin under it goes to the co-op URL and you all benefit.

George
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Advertising.... The best places I have to date is offline advertising. Every single friend I have recruited is qualified each month and growing their business. Also, as I will explain in a moment, every friend is faithful and active in their online sources of advertising, which we all do the same places and the same ads.

Adverising is not about quality, it is not about price, it is not about "catchy" well written text. It is about touches. I buy because I have been touched and
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 332

I agree with much of what is written so far. But here is what I actually do.
I send a letter to every new person (see below). To my PSA level one I send a letter from me. To those at lower levels I send the letter below. I prefer sending it via my email because the links are live, but at lower levels I do not have access to emails so use the Team Mailer.

Dear Mary,

Welcome to SFI. Martha is your immediate sponsor and is a great, talented, and successful person. I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know that I am available to you in any way that I can help.

My leadership page is www.sfimg.com/leadership/11877069 where I maintain a blog that might be helpful and I run several contests and co-ops that you can participate in. One such co-op is, I will add you to our free advertising co-op if you reach 1500 points before the end of the month. Send me a note when you've made it.

Also, this being your very first day, do your very best to gain 500 Versa points. This can be done simply. Here are a few ideas, which your sponsor may have already sent to you:

For confirming your registration =>> 150 points
For whitelisting [email protected] =>> 100 points
For completing your Affiliate Profile =>> 75 points
For registering as an a2a member =>> 60 points
For sending your SFI Commitment Message to your sponsor =>> 50 points
For reading the Getting Started FAQs =>> 50 points
For reading the "About SFI" page =>> 20 points
Total points ------ 505 VP.

If achieved you will qualify for the Fast Track Bonus of 500 more points.

SFI rewards you to learn. Continue over the next days to visit your affiliate page, work on your To-Do list, study your Launch Pad mailings and you will reach 1500 in no time. Once reached you qualify for that month's Executive Pool Payout. Each month you reach 1500, you will get paid on the 10th of the following month.

Again, Welcome and send me any questions letting me know how I can help you.

Work together Rise together,
George

I also make PDF tutorials for signing up for free ad sights and for Doing SFI things that include screen shots to walk them through recruiting an ECA, buying with TCredits or whatever.
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I agree with much of what is written so far. But here is what I actually do.
I send a letter to every new person (see below). To my PSA level one I send a letter from me. To those at lower levels I send the letter below. I prefer sending it via my email because the links are live, but at lower levels I do not have access to emails so use the Team Mailer.

Dear Mary,

Welcome to SFI. Martha is your immediate sponsor and is a great, talented, and successful person. I just
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 332

I have been thinking about this question since I read it the other day. I am not sure my answer will be appreciated. I feel certain it will not be "liked" but I feel strongly that it is true.

I as a sponsor invest in my affiliates. I believe in them and I want to see each one succeed.

Problem is I have 100s of affiliates that do not believe in themselves, or do not believe in SFI. That is okay, well the later is okay, but if you believe in yourself and you really want to succeed in SFI, you can not think, "How do I succeed without investing." Now I know there are many forms of investment, time, money, energy, or maybe access (good connections but little skill or money). But most people who are working SFI have a computer or Smart Phone. We have money enough, because it does not take much.

I fear the question is not "those who do not have enough to invest" it is "those who are unwilling to risk investment." Now, if you are unwilling to risk investment in yourself, why would I invest in you. And this is a problem.

I think you can do very well in SFI with minimal investment but not with zero. I need to believe in myself and in my participation in SFI. I need skin in the game. You see, if I invest in you and you do not invest, then you may just fade away or quit because you're bored, or busy, or see a "better offer" and my investment is wasted. So I hesitate to invest in those who "have no skin in the game".

Now if I am going to join under you as your affiliate and you have no skin in the game will you help me, invest in me, when you're not investing in yourself? Will you even be there 2 months from now? So I hesitate to buy in 100%. I am a new affiliate but I sit at zero or 10, 20 VP because I sense no momentum from you. And then you say it does not work, yet that may not be true. It may be that you have created a scenario or situation that is not driven to success.

I understand poverty. I work among the poor everyday. Do not think, "oh this guys has no idea about me". What is "skin in the game" differs for every person and every level of income, but we need to be in, we can't be spectators and expect to succeed.

There is ROI (Return on Investment) I invested in Triple Click Gift Cards. $30.00 I have won Distribustar drawing 10 times where the prize was 30 gift cards. That is 300 gift cards. That is $300.00 dollars to me in the form of cards, and 300 times $12.00 in Card face value. That is a good investment. Why haven't you done it? That is ROI.

Treat your business like a business. No matter what you do, sell noodles on the street or work SFI, you need to invest in yourself.
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I have been thinking about this question since I read it the other day. I am not sure my answer will be appreciated. I feel certain it will not be "liked" but I feel strongly that it is true.

I as a sponsor invest in my affiliates. I believe in them and I want to see each one succeed.

Problem is I have 100s of affiliates that do not believe in themselves, or do not believe in SFI. That is okay, well the later is okay, but if you believe in yourself and you really
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 332

I open a chat window, I say Hello, Thank them and welcome them to the team. I assure them they have joined a great business. Then I tell them I am sending a proper welcome message.

I then go to their profile and learn a little about them. Where they are from, what motivates them, what is it they want to accomplish with SFI.

I then send a welcome email
1. Telling them about who I am, inviting them to visit me on FB (no business, get to know me).
2. I tell them in terms of their goals/motivations why SFI will help them.
3. I assure them of my help and say, "By way of help may I suggest you do these things to get 500 points this first day, then I include links that they have not done yet per their VP Ledger. I also try to include a document, or a Launch Pad that speaks to their goals or motivation.
4. I welcome them one last time and tell them they can be a free member of my Ad Co-op. I will help them reach the 1500 points and then I will ad them to my co-op.

Signed with Contact info and come visit my leadership page. In my signature I include the same picture I use in my profile so they recognize me in email and in SFI.

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I open a chat window, I say Hello, Thank them and welcome them to the team. I assure them they have joined a great business. Then I tell them I am sending a proper welcome message.

I then go to their profile and learn a little about them. Where they are from, what motivates them, what is it they want to accomplish with SFI.

I then send a welcome email
1. Telling them about who I am, inviting them to visit me on FB (no business, get to know me).
2. I tell them in
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 332

I have one thing to ad to Ronilo Saguit, BTL (Philippines) answer.

Package the results with
Standard handouts, business cards, Triple Click Cut sheets
Excel spread sheets for data collection
Follow up templates for email, snail mail, telephone scripts
Powerpoint presentation
Post experience evaluation forms

And list it at your ECA on Triple Clicks at a modest profit, helping us all do better.

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

Here is a letter I sent out yesterday. I am local to this business so I say that.

To: From: My contact info
Company Nsme(Head Office) :
Adress
Tel :
Fax :

I was looking at your website. I live and work in Chiang Mai. I promote products through Triple Clicks a global shopping portal. One of the products I promote are Saa Paper Greeting Cards, specifically Christmas cards. I saw that your site has many options. I buy my cards in Sangkhampeang for 11 baht a card. I was looking for a price on your site and found no portal through which to actually purchase your products.

Marketing on-line can be difficult. With our shopping portal, Triple Clicks, you as a vendor can expose your products to literally 1.5 Million active and qualified members. The best part is that the portal takes care of everything from customer address books for shipping, credit card processing, Paypal support, to direct deposit of funds to your account for every sale you fulfill. And they charge nothing for you to set up you own E-Commerce site and list your products. You only pay when you make a sale. No sale no charge. That is how confident we are you’ll be making money in our portal.

So you list free. If it produces no sales for you, you pay nothing. Only pay when you ship out the product.

Three valuable principles ...by plugging your products and services into Triple Clicks.

1.We take you global! Reach millions of potential customers worldwide on one of the fastest growing, international e-commerce sites on the Web.

2. We put the marketing muscle of over 100,000 SFI affiliates to work for you, promoting and selling your products and services in over 20,000 cities in over 190 countries!

3. Simply sign up, submit your products and services, and get ready to take orders! It's quick, simple, and there's no risk because you pay nothing unless we get you make sales.

With the Holidays coming put a little boost in to your marketing efforts FREE. Let me know if you have any questions or problems. I will be happy to help you.
TRIPLE CLICK SIGN UP

Respectfully yours,
George McBride

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Here is a letter I sent out yesterday. I am local to this business so I say that.

To: From: My contact info
Company Nsme(Head Office) :
Adress
Tel :
Fax :

I was looking at your website. I live and work in Chiang Mai. I promote products through Triple Clicks a global shopping portal. One of the products I promote are Saa Paper Greeting Cards, specifically Christmas cards. I saw that your site has many options.
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