Great question!
The SFIM is SFI's own Instant Messaging, which can be likened to those provide by yahoo, Google and even Facebook. The IM provided by SFI is not very popular here because most affiliates are in always in a hurry to get things done and hence forget about using this great and important tool.
When we recruit a new PSA for instance, SFI sends a message like this to us. ''...If this notification has just arrived, it means that xxxxxx is probably currently online at the SFI Affiliate Center and you should initiate a live chat immediately to welcome this person to SFI and help your new affiliate get started. To do so, just go to the following link. If they're online now, just click on the YELLOW BUBBLE that will appear below their photo to start a chat.''
The ''yellow bubble'' that the above excerpt refers to is the SFIM. Whenever any of your team members are online, the chat comes up beside their name.
To use the SFIM, you just have to click on the yellow bubble when it comes up meaning that your team member is online. A form pops out where you can type and send a message. It is a very easy to use but important tool.
My best tips for using the SFI instant messages are:
1.Always click on it to welcome a new PSA especially when they first signed up.
Bonding starts immediately when the PSA responds and you start chatting. You find
that the PSA will get a head start. This one of the best ways to make an affiliate
to start work immediately.
2.For you to use this tool effectively, you must always be at the SFI site. This is
not a problem to me because I spend a lot of hours at the site day in, day out.
Infact, SFI is now like my Facebook.
3.Another tip to use this tool effectively is that you must frequently check your
genealogy to see if any of your team mates is online and immediately initiate a
conversation.
4.You should also watch out for your sponsors presence online which is indicated when
the yellow bubble comes up beside his name at the top right of your homepage.
5.Encourage your team members to use the tool by making them aware of the SFIM in
some of your stream messages.
6.Don’t get discourage if you do not get replies immediately. I have had some of my
affiliate respond days after I sent my SFIM chats.
The SFIM is one tool which a lot of affiliates are not utilizing to communicate with their team. I dare say that the SFIM is more effective than the team mail and i say this out of personal experience.
I hope this was helpful. Do have a nice day.
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Great question!
The SFIM is SFI's own Instant Messaging, which can be likened to those provide by yahoo, Google and even Facebook. The IM provided by SFI is not very popular here because most affiliates are in always in a hurry to get things done and hence forget about using this great and important tool.
When we recruit a new PSA for instance, SFI sends a message like this to us. ''...If this notification has just arrived, it means that xxxxxx is probably currently online
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