Affiliate since: 02/12/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Alison's 28 other Ask SC answers

Putting your SFI business on autopilot is somewhat possible but the real question perhaps is how effective and successful will it be? Certainly if you are a ECA, you have to get involved and sign in to fulfil orders.

Achieving the rank of EA is an aspect that works well on autopilot because all that is required is a Standing Order of 1500VP or more. Also, some individuals utilise the convenience of auto-responders on their websites to address pre-written questions and concerns. However, how effective would you like your SFI business to be? Here are some ways:

1. Staying informed- Changes occur from time to time that may impact your business.
2. Providing timely responses to Team concerns
3. Building Team relationships.

There are other ways but the point I would like to make is that all these activities takes signing in and visiting your To-Do List and this does not work on autopilot. You have to put some time in. The points you accumulate for this are called Action Points for a reason.

Feel free to place the aspects of the business that you can leave on autopilot such as the SO but they must be supported with actions in order for the business to thrive.
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Putting your SFI business on autopilot is somewhat possible but the real question perhaps is how effective and successful will it be? Certainly if you are a ECA, you have to get involved and sign in to fulfil orders.

Achieving the rank of EA is an aspect that works well on autopilot because all that is required is a Standing Order of 1500VP or more. Also, some individuals utilise the convenience of auto-responders on their websites to address pre-written questions and concerns. However,
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Affiliate since: 05/07/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Paul's 35 other Ask SC answers

Autopilot in business? No such thing. Yes, there are ways to work smarter,but there is no "autopilot" in any real business. Allow me to explain:

Lets say one open a coffee shop in town. You have to be there every day and serve your customers in a way that will make them feel that they want to return to your shop, but even further....they may bring their friends or family along. At a certain point of success, you may appoint a "manager" for your shop, but you will still be accountable and on control of your shop, so you will have to train that manager well before you leave his business in his hands. If all goes really well, you open a franchised shop in another street or town, and start the same process.

SFI is the same: You need to be there every day. Your "customers" are your Affiliates, and you need to serve them well. If a PSA invite his friends and family to your business, he do it with purpose and reason, and you may just appoint that PSA as the manager of your business. That "manager" then are doing his best to maintain and grow "his business", and although you will still have to keep an eye on the business, you will like to build on your success, and open another business.....

There is no autopilot for life, and the way we are doing things. There is no autopilot for business either......


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Autopilot in business? No such thing. Yes, there are ways to work smarter,but there is no "autopilot" in any real business. Allow me to explain:

Lets say one open a coffee shop in town. You have to be there every day and serve your customers in a way that will make them feel that they want to return to your shop, but even further....they may bring their friends or family along. At a certain point of success, you may appoint a "manager" for your shop, but you will
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

I am not sure that any business can run on autopilot.
Especially mot SFI. There is a few things which can be set to "auto" like autoresponder, SO or bidding but even on the auctions you have to choose in which one you want to bid.

Autopilot can't answer personal question from your PSA-s or CSA-s, do your to-do-list ,check on the news ,new products at TC and the list can go on an on.

You can do one thing which will be like autopilot and that is set up SO and stay EA2 at all time but that will not bring real success in SFI.
So,I think you can't really set your SFI business on autopilot.

Hope this helps.
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I am not sure that any business can run on autopilot.
Especially mot SFI. There is a few things which can be set to "auto" like autoresponder, SO or bidding but even on the auctions you have to choose in which one you want to bid.

Autopilot can't answer personal question from your PSA-s or CSA-s, do your to-do-list ,check on the news ,new products at TC and the list can go on an on.

You can do one thing which will be like autopilot and that
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

SFI on Autopilot?

That is a very interesting idea.

It has to be examined thoroughly, including the security implications

Are you thinking of setting every action on automatic execution, making things happen without your intervention?

If you really prefer to do that, yes you ca; but, only to a certain degree.

And, you will be missing a lot. Further, the management of your SFI Business would not be efficient.

There are major parts of SFI that require daily human intervention. There is just no way you can set those actions on autopilot, at this stage of our technology.

There are online businesses that are run on autopilot: Lead generation on sophisticated software, registration on squeeze pages; follow-up as well as customer interaction on autoresponders; and cashflow directed through automatic bank deposits or online payment mechanisms such as Paypal.

There is a very minimal human intervention, after the whole process is set-up.

However, such businesses are not major successful Affiliates Organizations like SFI.

Do you want to miss interacting with other fellow affiliate in the Forum?

Do you want to skip asking, answering and reading questions and answers here at the Ask SC?

A. There are some basic activities you can set on autopilot
1. Your Standing Order: 1,500 Sales VP and 100 Action VP
2. 6 Months of IAHBE
3. 90 Gift Cards package: You can give away 30 of them each month
4. 50 Gifts Certificates you give monthly to your PSAs
5. Units of S. Builder Co-op you can set up for your sponsoring efforts.
6. Your commission transferred monthly to your bank account or your Mastercard

B. But, there are other vital activities that require your daily intervention
i. The to do list is the first
ii. Welcoming your new PSAs and CSAs, especially if you want to send personalized welcome letters and e-Cards
iii. Posting and commenting in the Forum
iv. Asking questions, answering questions and reading the answers here at Ask SC.
v. Managing your genealogy such as reassigning affiliates, and alerting those who may be dropped because they have been inactive close to a year.
vi. Motivating your downline with regular genealogy/PSA/CSA mailers
vii. Organizing contests.

It clear that the list of activities that require your frequent intervention are far more numerous than those you could set up on autopilot.

C. For Security reasons, SFI Should not be run on autopilot
But, the most important argument against your idea is an argument of security. For your own and for the security of every other affiliate, it is vital that you log in, verify your passwords, make sure that your business is not hijacked.

If you run your business on autopilot, you may put yourself and the whole SFI community on jeopardy.

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SFI on Autopilot?

That is a very interesting idea.

It has to be examined thoroughly, including the security implications

Are you thinking of setting every action on automatic execution, making things happen without your intervention?

If you really prefer to do that, yes you ca; but, only to a certain degree.

And, you will be missing a lot. Further, the management of your SFI Business would not be efficient.

There are major parts of
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Affiliate since: 02/27/2014, Power Rank: 330 | Read Cecil's 26 other Ask SC answers

Setting up on auto pilot :

1. Making EA - complete everything. Makes sure you have read as much as you can possibly read; complete everything you can possibly do in your VP Ledger.

2. Maintaining EA: set up your Standing Order. I like TCredits but in this case you should set it up with the IAHBE, it's the the most cost effective way to make EA every month.

3. Recruit others that are willing to do the same. Here is the most important ant step. During the course of the month you should buy SBuilder Units, go big with it. Buy as many as you can every week. Don't waste your hard earned money on anything else, this is your primary source of PSAs since you will not be doing this yourself.

Now, be sure to post your "Best Tip". Give the three basics: Make EA, Retain EA, Teach Others to do the same. Tell them exactly what your doing and let them know you not likely be available for assistance since you are on auto pilot ( perhaps an auto responder loaded with weekly emails).

If you get everything done the first month you will make Silver Team a Leader. You won't see this position again for a few months because you are on auto pilot. You will get rewarded with a lot of CSAs the next month. Your investment in SBuilder will build your team and the numbers will take care of themselves. It's ok to be lazy if you can afford it, you WILL pay for it.

Let us know how this works for you;-)
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Setting up on auto pilot :

1. Making EA - complete everything. Makes sure you have read as much as you can possibly read; complete everything you can possibly do in your VP Ledger.

2. Maintaining EA: set up your Standing Order. I like TCredits but in this case you should set it up with the IAHBE, it's the the most cost effective way to make EA every month.

3. Recruit others that are willing to do the same. Here is the most important ant step. During the course of
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Affiliate since: 01/19/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Karl's 41 other Ask SC answers

If you want to set up your SFI business to run on "auto-Pilot" you will need to hire someone to do the work for you.

Very few affiliates are savvy enough to take the bull by the horns and do what is needed to reach EA2 status month after month without some help, guidance and encouragement that must come from a living human being, be it you or the person you hire.

You need people below you that are duplicating so that you can get the VP that are the bread and butter of a Platinum Team Leader. Training people to run this business is not something that a robot can do. Either you, or someone you hire, has to be there to answer the questions.

So, to run an STI business on autopilot, you will have to hire an office full of workers to do all the tasks necessary to grow and develop a solid downline. If you have that kind of money, I wish that I had you in my downline...
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If you want to set up your SFI business to run on "auto-Pilot" you will need to hire someone to do the work for you.

Very few affiliates are savvy enough to take the bull by the horns and do what is needed to reach EA2 status month after month without some help, guidance and encouragement that must come from a living human being, be it you or the person you hire.

You need people below you that are duplicating so that you can get the VP that are the bread and butter
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Affiliate since: 11/13/2001, Power Rank: 74 | Read Jeannette's 241 other Ask SC answers

No, I don't think you can set your business on autopilot. You would really have to have a large team of active affiliates who are leaders in order to even try such a thing, but even then, you should be working at your business every day.

One of the Rules of Success states it perfectly: "Treat your business like a business." You certainly don't run your job on autopilot and decide that you will stay at home and not report to work. So you should really treat your business the same way and make sure that your affiliates know that you are there and help them to realize that they should not run their business on autopilot if they want to succeed.


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No, I don't think you can set your business on autopilot. You would really have to have a large team of active affiliates who are leaders in order to even try such a thing, but even then, you should be working at your business every day.

One of the Rules of Success states it perfectly: "Treat your business like a business." You certainly don't run your job on autopilot and decide that you will stay at home and not report to work. So you should really treat your business
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Caroline's 111 other Ask SC answers

"Can I set up my SFI business to run on autopilot? If so, how?"

I wasn't going to worry about answering this question because so many answers had already been written before I found it. I have read many of the answers and agree with most who say you can't.

However, while I believe it's a bad idea to run your business on autopilot, it certainly CAN be done because my sponsor does it. My sponsor is a Platinum Team Leader and a well-know internet 'guru' who only logs in once every 10 days to update his leadership page which is a requirement to get his matching VP.

The only thing he does as a sponsor is send out his pre-written welcome messages to new PSAs, which I imagine a secretary does for him. He has an ingenious system of recruiting which happens on autopilot and I have found many of my a2a friends have come into the business via this advertising campaign. We are not happy with his lack of interaction with us. He is raking in a LOT of money for which he does nothing, zilch, zero. I always give him a number 1 sponsor rating and have written some comments as to why, but of course he never logs in or reads them. He doesn't reply to emails and never sends team mailouts, posts in Stream, answers Ask SC questions, or participates in the forum. He maintains his EA status by having an IAHBE standing order.

This lack of involvement in the business doesn't seem to affect him in the slightest because so many people have joined through his advertising campaign, that he has a massive downline and reaps the benefits of all the matching VP.

So, yes, it is possible to run the business on autopilot, but you don't make any friends that way, and your team doesn't like you and resents that you make money out of them when you don't deserve it. It is selfish and uses people for your own gain without doing anything to help them.

I certainly wouldn't recommend it. It is a horrible way to treat your team.

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"Can I set up my SFI business to run on autopilot? If so, how?"

I wasn't going to worry about answering this question because so many answers had already been written before I found it. I have read many of the answers and agree with most who say you can't.

However, while I believe it's a bad idea to run your business on autopilot, it certainly CAN be done because my sponsor does it. My sponsor is a Platinum Team Leader and a well-know internet 'guru' who
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Affiliate since: 09/23/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Rianette's 1 other Ask SC answers

Hi there! I have read the other people's answers to your question and I totally agree...

WHY in the world would you want to put your business on auto-pilot? Since I have been on SFI, I can not wait to see what is coming up next. I have learned so much. SFI is one big LEARNING COLLEGE!! I like to see what I can read everyday and what all my friends have to say. It is nice to see everybody's different views of a subject. I laugh and I cry and I smile with all of them. I like to see my people's achievements they reach every month! Isn't that what a great boss will do??

I am sorry, but unless you are serious about your business, you will and can NOT succeed! This is only my opinion. Use it.... Don't use it..... It's all up to you as to what you really want to achieve with your business in SFI.

I really do hope you make the right decision, because if you want to put SFI on auto-pilot, then you don't really need it. We all would like to see responses from our upline and/or downline and you would not know what's what and what's new if you put it on auto-pilot.

Take care and stay blessed.

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Hi there! I have read the other people's answers to your question and I totally agree...

WHY in the world would you want to put your business on auto-pilot? Since I have been on SFI, I can not wait to see what is coming up next. I have learned so much. SFI is one big LEARNING COLLEGE!! I like to see what I can read everyday and what all my friends have to say. It is nice to see everybody's different views of a subject. I laugh and I cry and I smile with all of them. I like to see
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Affiliate since: 01/17/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ellyn's 16 other Ask SC answers

I would not recommend setting your SFI business to run on autopilot. I believe that SFI doesn't recommend it either. To put SFI on autopilot is like saying that you really do not care about anyone that signs up under you or any affiliates that SFI assigns to you as Co-Sponsor. I have to agree with another person's answer about the phone. It really irritates me when I make a phone call, have to press all these buttons, and 5 minutes later I am still not talking to a live person. We are not robots as another person said, so why make your affiliates feel like a robot. SFI is a fun and personable company. There is a lot of interaction between you and other affiliates. This is why I think SFI should not be run on autopilot.
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I would not recommend setting your SFI business to run on autopilot. I believe that SFI doesn't recommend it either. To put SFI on autopilot is like saying that you really do not care about anyone that signs up under you or any affiliates that SFI assigns to you as Co-Sponsor. I have to agree with another person's answer about the phone. It really irritates me when I make a phone call, have to press all these buttons, and 5 minutes later I am still not talking to a live person. We are not robots
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