i would say that there will be no hard and fast rules with the approach except that you would want to do it with certain sincerity ,passion and show them what you are doing with SFI as nothing beats the real thing .
that is by putting your money where the money that is SFi is they can see for themselves that SFI is a legitimate established business and better still if you have the Tripleclicks Credit Card which has for me been a fantastic sponsoring tool .
Good luck and all the best guys
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