Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 331

First, Open your own ECA and learn exactly how it works.

Second, As you learn the benefits of owning an ECA you will be able to recruit vendors easily. For example, I have an ECA and it has been the Featured ECA. This is a powerful tool/opportunity for any vendor. You get a huge amount of exposure for your store. Any retailer would love it.

When I was featured I went from making sales once every three days or so to every single day.

Also because I am an ECA I learned the benefit of the weekly ECA communication tools.

I set goals for myself. Then I hit the pavement walking down the main street and stopping in any shop that has an email, website, or other electronic indicators on their sign or store window. I walk in and ask would they like to increase their web exposure and online sales free?

I explain that I will help them free to set up and train one of their staff to do everything that needs to be done to be successful as an ECA. I explain that SFI pays me to do this from the fee on sales.

I prefer local vendors for my ECAs because I can help them and I will buy from them.

The second thing I do is examine people's websites. When I find people trying to sell but who have no "Online Shopping Cart", I show them how to set up TC to be their Online Cart and back office support of all their eCommerce efforts. So many small outfits have email contact for price lists or for an actual purchase. I show them how TC can take care of everything from inventory to billing all automated for them.
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First, Open your own ECA and learn exactly how it works.

Second, As you learn the benefits of owning an ECA you will be able to recruit vendors easily. For example, I have an ECA and it has been the Featured ECA. This is a powerful tool/opportunity for any vendor. You get a huge amount of exposure for your store. Any retailer would love it.

When I was featured I went from making sales once every three days or so to every single day.

Also because I am an ECA I learned
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 331

I send my affiliates tools and documents that they can download. When they get the download I am notified and can then follow up.

What they get and what they select tells me what they feel like they "need". People do not engage with you because they understand what you do - they buy and engage because they feel you understand them and what they need! These "offerings" help to tell me something about the prospect. I learn about the prospect before they have even reached out to me.

In my follow up to a download I am able to speak specifically to what they got and provide more support in the areas they have identified as a felt need.

My experience is that once they feel like I want to help them achieve their agenda and I am not just trying to get them to achieve mine, they become more and more responsive.

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I send my affiliates tools and documents that they can download. When they get the download I am notified and can then follow up.

What they get and what they select tells me what they feel like they "need". People do not engage with you because they understand what you do - they buy and engage because they feel you understand them and what they need! These "offerings" help to tell me something about the prospect. I learn about the prospect before they have even reached
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 331

It is of great value to use SFI Tools to cultivate your affiliates.

I see people wasting their stream message with meaningless dribble. I had one guy who posted every three days "Hello there". Sometimes he changed it to "Hi". This guy was after the VP, not the cash. A strong well educated and capable affiliate team earns you cash. Here are some info on stream messages that may help you to do just that.

Stream messages should generally be one of 5 types, Motivation, Affirmation, Information, Acclimation and Education. Affirmation, Acclimation and Information are usually time sensitive.

Examples:
Affirmation: "Sally congratulations on winning the Daily Grand today."

Information: "Did you see the News Release concerning the new XYZ update? Click here to learn more: http: //news. sfimg.com/XYZ" (note this is a dead link, just for illustration)

Acclimation: "I got an email today that was great to see. It said I won T-Time today - 2 TCredits added to my account. Are you playing T-Time? You can win 2 TCredits a day."

Now you also want to include Motivation, and Education. I build a file of these two that I can pull from any time. Today this is what I did. I found an old Forum Post on 10 ways to motivate your team. Then I went to Google Images and search "Motivate Your Team" I picked an image (no copyright) and published that image with the forum post title and link.
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It is of great value to use SFI Tools to cultivate your affiliates.

I see people wasting their stream message with meaningless dribble. I had one guy who posted every three days "Hello there". Sometimes he changed it to "Hi". This guy was after the VP, not the cash. A strong well educated and capable affiliate team earns you cash. Here are some info on stream messages that may help you to do just that.

Stream messages should generally be one of 5 types,
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 331

I think this may not be that well received but this is what I did.

When I came to SFI I invested More than I could afford. Why? Because I was not joining a gym or buy dinner or getting a new car. I was starting a real business. Real businesses require real investment. I squeezed every penny out of every resource I had to launch my new business.

If I showed you a graph my bank account balance it is down to zero the month I joined SFI.

What did that investment do? I was in a position, I had to earn. Quitting, Losing, Failing were not options.

I had to make sales. I set sales goals recruitment goals. I did not quit until I achieved these goals. What were they? An example, I walked the street entering small retail shops until I had a new ECA. Up at 8 on the street until 5 shop after shop after shop. I needed to sign up an ECA.

I did not read if I wanted to or had time to, I needed to read and understand all I could inside and outside SFI. I read many, many blogs. Began building a library of helpful information to help my affiliates.

There is more of course, but this is not answering the question. I did my due diligence, then I invested all I had both financially and timewise. And Failure was not an option.

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I think this may not be that well received but this is what I did.

When I came to SFI I invested More than I could afford. Why? Because I was not joining a gym or buy dinner or getting a new car. I was starting a real business. Real businesses require real investment. I squeezed every penny out of every resource I had to launch my new business.

If I showed you a graph my bank account balance it is down to zero the month I joined SFI.

What did that investment do?
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 331

Because you placed this question under "Being an ECA" I will assume you want to grow your sales in your ECA. This is what I have done.

1. Develop and reach out so as to make as many connections as possible with SFI affiliates. The more connections you have the more people who receive your weekly ECA newsletter.

2. Send out a weekly newsletter from your ECA back office. Promote new products listed. Promote bottom price point products for review. SFI Affiliates are always looking for new products to try inexpensively and then receive the 25 AVP for the review.

3. Provide tools that affiliates can use to promote your products. I make Banner ads, email ads and email campaigns that an SFI affiliate can use to easily promote my products. For example I have built an email Campaign that an SFI affiliate can use in conjunction with the $12.00 gift card. When a person requests the gift card they will in turn receive a series of emails on my ECA products. These emails will be customized to the SFI ID of the affiliate promoting my products, so that affiliate gets commissions for every sale.

4. Constantly teach in your newsletter how an affiliate can make money promoting your product and how he can attract buyers to your products.

Affiliates marketing my products is the real power of SFI. Yet most ECAs are just trying to sell their products to affiliates instead of training this massive sales force.
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Because you placed this question under "Being an ECA" I will assume you want to grow your sales in your ECA. This is what I have done.

1. Develop and reach out so as to make as many connections as possible with SFI affiliates. The more connections you have the more people who receive your weekly ECA newsletter.

2. Send out a weekly newsletter from your ECA back office. Promote new products listed. Promote bottom price point products for review. SFI Affiliates are always
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 331

I live in a country with limited internet availability, especially to those who cannot afford their own service connection. What have I done?

First I had a PSA with no computer. She did have a smartphone and worked hard using that. She could connect at coffee shops and in time got 3G so she was always able to connect but it was slow and laborious.

I taught her how to play the auctions, just some general hints and to watch more than you bid so you get the feel of an auction. She started of first with the First time Winner Auction (1WA). She won a couple items like Sbuilder and such at a reasonable price. So she moved to the Jr Auctions, and I think she is still a Jr Auctioneer.

Well one day she won an iPad Mini and was so excited that she no longer had to do her work on her smartphone. She won it at 1.70 I think, or 1.07, but very cheap. I told her, "Now you are smarter than your phone!" So her computer issues were solved.

I had a nephew with no internet connection and every day he went to the local Buddhist temple and did his SFI work there. But he said it is very slow. When I first taught him about SFI we were at a coffee shop that was very unreliable.

I told him, do SFI everyday for 1 month and I will buy you internet for your home. Then if you promise to "monetize" it you will be able to pay for it yourself each month. He did and I did.

He monetized it by "selling time" to local neighborhood people who would come and play with Facebook or other internet media. He also bought a franchise that allows him to top up Phone service via the net and receive a commission from the phone company.

Now he has 5 to 10 people everyday coming to him for Computer time, or phone time. He tells them all about SFI. I paid for the installation, I paid for his first 2 months. The third month came and I said to him, "What do I owe you for your internet connection?" He said, "No George, what do I owe you? With internet, phone, and SFI I am making a lot of money and I want to pay you back."

In both cases, problem solved.

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise. The problem is thinking that having problems is a problem. A problem is just what you encounter as you step up. The solution takes you to an entirely new place. To a better place.

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I live in a country with limited internet availability, especially to those who cannot afford their own service connection. What have I done?

First I had a PSA with no computer. She did have a smartphone and worked hard using that. She could connect at coffee shops and in time got 3G so she was always able to connect but it was slow and laborious.

I taught her how to play the auctions, just some general hints and to watch more than you bid so you get the feel of an auction.
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 331

In SFI you can recruit vendors (ECAs) and you get a commission on everything they sell. If you have not recruited any new merchants to the TripleClicks shopping portal you really should. It is a fabulous means of passive income.

I think each ECA is similar and unique. Consequently we have many common skills in approaching them and many unique approaches as well. For the commonalities we need to really know the ECA program and what it takes to get started.

For the uniqueness we need to listen to the customer and respond to their situation. Some of the Unique issues will be on a cultural or national level.

For example, maybe a specific nation has difficulty processing payments. We need to focus on the ease of payments accepted by being a TripleClicks ECA and perhaps be ready to respond to their questions when it comes to withdrawing payments.

I am in Nepal right now. While here I have visited many stores just as part of the tourist routine. I collect business cards and then send an email explaining the E-commerce opportunity on TripleClicks.

I asked question like:
If I bought this could you ship it for me to Thailand?
Do you have a website?
How popular is your website?
Can I purchase from your website?
Do you have many customers buying from other countries?

At many of the stores I took a picture with the proprietor, or with their product in hand. Then I emailed them the picture and an explanation on how to engage as an ECA. How TripleClicks would be a solution to a specific problem that arose when we discussed the questions above.

Here is my most recent email. Use it, copy it send it. Recruit more vendors to TripleClicks and make more money.

Hello,

While touring the Durbar Square in Patan I visited your shop. Perhaps you remember. Here is a picture of you demonstrating your product to Awn, my wife.
[Inserted the picture]

I really enjoyed and appreciated your presentation and informative instruction. It was very enjoyable and eye opening. You said that you have a website but that it is out of date. You also said that you could sell products on your website but that the shopping cart, credit cards and all the things needed where too expensive for the few sales you make online.

I live and work in Thailand. I sell many local products from this country on the internet. I sell all my products through vendor called TripleClicks and it has worked very well for me.

TripleClicks manages all the details of my store for me. Best part all the tools and listing your products is free. You never pay unless you make a sale.

I have attached some information here for you. Or you can visit my link here:

[My Prestige Domain Link to the ECA program]

Hope this is helpful.
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In SFI you can recruit vendors (ECAs) and you get a commission on everything they sell. If you have not recruited any new merchants to the TripleClicks shopping portal you really should. It is a fabulous means of passive income.

I think each ECA is similar and unique. Consequently we have many common skills in approaching them and many unique approaches as well. For the commonalities we need to really know the ECA program and what it takes to get started.

For the uniqueness
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 331

I can understand your/their concern. Since each and every ECA is his own entity then the responsibility falls there. And SFI/TC can do little to Guarantee appropriate service on the part of the ECA. And sometimes because an ECA is not the primary business of the owner, even ECAs with integrity can fail to serve with distinction.

But there are a couple of failsafes in place.

One has been mentioned many time and works very similar to Etsy or ebay and that is the Ranking of an ECA.

Another, again like Etsy and Ebay is customer feedback.

One I really like and use often to encourage both ECAs to join TC and Customers to feel safe is that TripleClicks receives the money and holds it in escrow until the product is shipped. Often on a first sale from an ECA (needs to accumulate 20.00 in sales for first release), or sales from non-ECAs they hold the money longer to make sure their is no negative feedback from the customer.

This action protects both the seller and the buyer. If the product is paid for with payment means that take time to process and order is not even issued until the money clears. This protects the seller.

If the service or product is unsatisfactory TC has the money to refund it. This protects buyer.

Two things that were frustrating, but right:
1. I had an ECA that got busy with other work. They made a sale from their ECA but they were traveling. The buyer received no word about the sale. They tried contacting the seller but unsuccessfully, so they turned to TC. TC tried to contact the seller, again unsuccessful. So they refunded all the money to the buyer and suspended the ECA.

This was frustrating to me as the ECA sponsor and to the ECA, but honestly it was the right thing to do. Today that same ECA is open and running very well.

2. I have 3 children, married with children all living in the USA. I Love TC to buy them Holiday or Birthday gifts. I usually use ECAs that ship from the US, but not always. One of the first times I did this the product was not delivered and one of my Daughters went without a Christmas gift that year. Very frustrating. But the ECA was very professional, they contacted me first. They drop ship the product so they cannot control inventory. They explained this and had received assurances the product would ship. The shipper delayed and the person refunded me the entire cost.

I felt they did all they could and they communicated well, but no Christmas present was a little frustrating.

What I do now is contact ECAs before I purchase, especially time sensitive items. If they are slow to respond, I move on. But if they respond quickly, I will work with them. When I find a good ECA I add them to my "stable of Race horses", and I frequent that ECA month in and month out.

So it pays to serve your customers well.
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I can understand your/their concern. Since each and every ECA is his own entity then the responsibility falls there. And SFI/TC can do little to Guarantee appropriate service on the part of the ECA. And sometimes because an ECA is not the primary business of the owner, even ECAs with integrity can fail to serve with distinction.

But there are a couple of failsafes in place.

One has been mentioned many time and works very similar to Etsy or ebay and that is the Ranking of an
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 331

The key word is "TRY". You are from Kosovo, and I assume the word "TRY" means local people who may not have the English skills you do. The answer is YES.

Local people are always much easier to support than people at a distance. Also, local people who know you will trust you and respond better than a stranger to your guidance.

Local people can also meet regularly to discuss problems and strategy. This can be a great time for reviewing action steps with your affiliates. All this happens in your own local language and they will really get it.

If it is non-Local people and there was no "TRY" but you just happen to find Affiliates with poor or non-existent English skills than you need a Battery of Tools. (this is also helpful Locally, but easier)

1. A series of relevant helpful emails for PSA/CSA mailer
2. A series of helpful, relevant Stream Posts
3. A teaching tool that helps a new affiliate use the translation tools available on-line and in SFI.
4. A teaching series to help them market TC products to their language group.
5. A good relationship with some key A2A friends or Downline Affiliates from the same language group who would be willing to help.

Hope this is helpful

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The key word is "TRY". You are from Kosovo, and I assume the word "TRY" means local people who may not have the English skills you do. The answer is YES.

Local people are always much easier to support than people at a distance. Also, local people who know you will trust you and respond better than a stranger to your guidance.

Local people can also meet regularly to discuss problems and strategy. This can be a great time for reviewing action steps with your
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 331

In January of 2014 there was a huge security breach and all my commissions were stolen. This was a substantial sum. I had been with SFI for well over a year.

What happened was someone stole my login information and changed the payment paypal account to their email address hours before commissions were released. My password was changed and when I finally got able to log in I saw the new paypal account. I gathered all the info I could on my perpetrator.

I contacted Paypal, SFI and law enforcement. I provided them with time, email info, and even a rough part of the country that the entry was made. Paypal said it was a legal and legitimate transfer and they could do nothing. Law enforcement said they would do what they could (read nothing). SFI said it was an approved transfer. Someone stole my account info and my money.

A month later with no satisfactory response from Paypal, no word for law enforcement and only words of encouragement from SFI I received the full amount added in to my March Commissions check.

I have no idea if it was resolved or what happened. All I know is that SFI paid me all my losses. SFI is the real deal.


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In January of 2014 there was a huge security breach and all my commissions were stolen. This was a substantial sum. I had been with SFI for well over a year.

What happened was someone stole my login information and changed the payment paypal account to their email address hours before commissions were released. My password was changed and when I finally got able to log in I saw the new paypal account. I gathered all the info I could on my perpetrator.

I contacted Paypal, SFI
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