At first I had trouble getting my affiliates to converse regularly.
Then I hit on the idea that maybe I should send emails to my affiliates that had nothing to do with SFI, and just ask about their family and what was going on in their lives.
Since I let them know I was interested in them as people and not just as affiliates, I hear from them almost daily. We share ideas SFI and how to take our business to the top.