Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi Robert,

Our downlines should be taught that successful business people do spend some money before they can get profits or at least break even. No business entities operate without putting in some money or capital forefront. Secondly, make it clear that a main purpose of SFI business is also to get profits. A combination of some investments, hardworking and smart management will trigger faster result. As we all know, any business needs four main factors. These factors are entrepreneur (owner), capital
(machine or money ), labour and land.

In SFI, you act as an owner to determine your way of building up the business, you are the labour ( the worker) and you need the land ( place to carry out your task). So ask your downlines where are the capital? Four main factors must be provided so that the entrepreneur can function effectively and smoothly. Can you go further up without spending any money? Yes, still you can but it really needs your time and energy profusely to do sponsoring and advertising.

I assume that your downlines have already attained an EA status because your question is to maintain that status but not by spending. Make it clear to them that every month they must accumulate at least 1500 VPs and to get that amount of VPs without spending, the most points they can get by completing daily, weekly and monthly task is as below:

Daily tasks: 450 VPs,
Weekly tasks: 152 VPs
Monthly tasks: 15VPs

They can get other points by generating sales and providing support for each personally sponsored EA2. Generating sales and getting PSAs are quite tough if it is not done by performing some advertisements and usually the advertisements require some money to be spent.

Other points from Eager Zebra Games, Auctions, Member listing or TC Musics can be attained only if they have TC credits, which have to be purchased from TripleClicks. Again, money is needed.

If your downlines say that they do not care about EA status, then we understand that they are not serious. Again remind them their purpose of joining SFI. Only serious people succeed. Be serious means they must plan in advance and some steps must be followed. If they do not maintain EA status, how can they advance to greater rank with greater income ( and must come with active PSAs).

So, Robert, do not worry about being greedy or not. It’s just a feeling inside us that tends to make us feel guilty, which actually should not be. Do not say to your downlines to buy certain products to maintain EA, but tell them what other successful leaders have done. Duplication is one of the keys to success in SFI.

Hope this will help.

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Hi Robert,

Our downlines should be taught that successful business people do spend some money before they can get profits or at least break even. No business entities operate without putting in some money or capital forefront. Secondly, make it clear that a main purpose of SFI business is also to get profits. A combination of some investments, hardworking and smart management will trigger faster result. As we all know, any business needs four main factors. These factors are entrepreneur
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Nimo's 381 other Ask SC answers

Your focus should be to motivate your team to grow their businesses. Let them see the big SFI picture of what can be achieved and how to go about achieving their dreams.

Ones they have achieved EA, have completed all the Launchpad lessons, have collected most of the free VPs available to them, and if you have been doing a great job sponsoring them, they will naturally come to the conclusion that they also need to invest money in the business in order to progress further and at a faster rate. You don’t even need to say anything directly about investing money.

You also need to explain to them that the perks and benefits of rank within SFI kicks in at EA2 level. It is therefore to their great advantage to maintain EA2. Among other benefits, they will receive 2 CSAs per month and also 10 TC, can share in the Executive Pool, can receive co sponsor commission and ECA royalties and many more.

Make sure they understand that all these will be lost if they drop down to the Affiliate level. They will also lose all CSAs they have in their team regardless of how they were acquired, even those which they had won at auctions.

Emphasise to them that it is imperative for them to maintain their EA status. They will see for themselves that for peace of mind and to retain their EA status they will need to invest money in the business.

Also explain to them that the easiest way to maintain EA is to have a Standing Order of 1500 VP, which is the minimum requirement for retaining EA. By having such a Standing Order and qualifying automatically for EA, they can then concentrate their efforts on other aspects of growing their businesses.

These are what an awesome sponsor would do. You will not sound greedy. You are telling them the truths about the business and your serious affiliates will appreciate that.

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Your focus should be to motivate your team to grow their businesses. Let them see the big SFI picture of what can be achieved and how to go about achieving their dreams.

Ones they have achieved EA, have completed all the Launchpad lessons, have collected most of the free VPs available to them, and if you have been doing a great job sponsoring them, they will naturally come to the conclusion that they also need to invest money in the business in order to progress further and at a faster
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Affiliate since: 08/28/2012, Power Rank: 239 | Read Marta's 64 other Ask SC answers

Sending a detailed mail to your downline, will show them why they should invest, ie:

If you are in your First Month you have no problem to attain and maintain EA, however when you reach your 2nd and subsequent months,you will find that the only way to attain and maintain EA or Team Leader status you will have to do 2 things:

1. Start recruiting your own affiliates and teach them to duplicate the system.You can do this talking to family, friends, have meetings, co-workers, etc. Or you can use the SBuilder or any of the ECA shops in TripleClicke, that sell either affiliates or hits to your Website or blog

See the new thread called the PLAN, from SFI, go Read out this, www.sfimg.com/the_plan and plan your progress .

2. Putting a SO in place

125TC (TCredits) Pak that gives you 1500VP every month, you also get extra 100 VP for having this as a SO, or Get 100 TC Pak that gives you 1200 VP, TCredits can be used to bid on auctions, download music, and so much more, you also get MRP for each bid in auctions, and can use that to purchase more TC's (using MRP to buy 1TC gives you 102VP)

2A. The new introduced paks, assures you get the VP, for the rank you want to achieve, Choose the one that best suits your budget.

TCredits – 240 pack — $76.80 w/2000 VP
TCredits – 300 pack — $96.00 w/2500 VP
TCredits – 360 pack — $115.20 w/3000 VP
TCredits – 420 pack — $134.40 w/3500 VP

The choices are yours, and you can do any combination according to your means

If you are not very good at recruiting or do not have the time to do so I recommend that you do an order for SBuilder, It takes 6 to 8 weeks to start from initial order and you get 1 to 5 affiliates per SBuilder, also there is a choice of buying PSA-TO-GO starting with a pak of 10 PSA's

Remember that if attain EA you get 2 affiliats that you are the Co-Sponsor of, and their are valuable, as you can get residual income from each and everyone of them, however if you do not maintain your EA status you forfeit the CSA's, so it is in your best interest to maintain EA or team leader status

A Bronze Team leader gets an average of 50 CSA's, and it goes higher as you advance all the way to Platinum

2B You can also do transfer buying, look up any ECA stores in your country/ area, and buy items you normally buy in other places, you get the VP, and help your store at the same time


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Sending a detailed mail to your downline, will show them why they should invest, ie:

If you are in your First Month you have no problem to attain and maintain EA, however when you reach your 2nd and subsequent months,you will find that the only way to attain and maintain EA or Team Leader status you will have to do 2 things:

1. Start recruiting your own affiliates and teach them to duplicate the system.You can do this talking to family, friends, have meetings, co-workers,
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Affiliate since: 07/02/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read MICHAEL CHUKWUKA's 36 other Ask SC answers

Great question, Pal.

First of all your must have been doing so yourself. You must have got a Standing order of not less than 100 T-credit per month. Examples are better than precepts.

Secondly, you know why you are doing that, and you have to explain to him/her why you are making such monthly investments in SFI. I think it is simple.

SFI is business, real business, and germane too. Is is he even business inclined? If he is then any business you want to run demands investment, steady investment until you start talking of breaking even, and then making profit.
Interestingly, SFI is one in which you may not invest a dime, but make some bucks if you learn the ropes. The only money you could say you invest would be time, because they say - Time is money.

Expose to him/her the testimonies of young and elderly who have patiently been it it for years and making it big.

Tell him/her that SFI is NOT a fast lane to wealth, a get-rich-quick internet business, but that it is a sure horse.
If he will ride, he will ride, even without much preaching.

I hope this helps
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Great question, Pal.

First of all your must have been doing so yourself. You must have got a Standing order of not less than 100 T-credit per month. Examples are better than precepts.

Secondly, you know why you are doing that, and you have to explain to him/her why you are making such monthly investments in SFI. I think it is simple.

SFI is business, real business, and germane too. Is is he even business inclined? If he is then any business you want to run demands
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Affiliate since: 11/07/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Yoerik's 2 other Ask SC answers

Yeah SFI is all about motivating!
That is THE key!

You cannot forget that this is a business. People know that in every other business they have to spend (invest) money.
So you are not greedy! You just let them know that it is the best way to grow a business from scratch.

OK you don't ask them to get a standing order. But you will let them see the benefits of a standing order.
Just by setting example.
If you yourself don't have a standing order, why should they have one?

They can see your status. So be sure you are a good example.

This business is not a quick rich thing. So you have to treat it like that.
Don't tell people if they invest money they will get the return real fast. But only if they are persistent.

And hey, any other business needs time to grow. And will cost a whole lot more.

Just support every PSA and CSA as much as you can.
Learn them to DREAM, ask them the goals.
They will learn that is is neccesary to invest.

A wise man said: Build it and the people will come...

You'll see that is is true :-)

Good luck to you!

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Yeah SFI is all about motivating!
That is THE key!

You cannot forget that this is a business. People know that in every other business they have to spend (invest) money.
So you are not greedy! You just let them know that it is the best way to grow a business from scratch.

OK you don't ask them to get a standing order. But you will let them see the benefits of a standing order.
Just by setting example.
If you yourself don't have a standing order, why should
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Wayne's 236 other Ask SC answers

The main factor in motivating your down-line to accomplish specific steps in the building of their home business is to “lead by example.” The badges on your wall should be proof enough for your down-line to see you are also an EA or higher.

Many new affiliates are afraid of what we call a SO (Standing Order) for the ease of keeping our EA level (Executive Affiliate) so you can first insure your affiliates that the EA level can be obtained and maintained without a SO.

You can share the benefits of being an EA without sounding greedy by telling your down-line the advantages that they will receive as an EA.

In other words do not go into detail how much you will earn if they become an EA. Keep the topics main flow towards the rewards and perks they will receive as an EA.

Use the compensation plan and the income calculator to show your down-line what they could be missing by not being an EA.

One of the things I do is I send any of my affiliates that have raised at least 1,000 VP a Gift Certificate for the amount of $2.00 and suggest they buy the W3 kit. This will give them TCredits and MRP every month to help towards becoming an EA.

Another good way of helping to motivate your down-line into becoming an EA and maintaining it is to re-assign a couple active affiliates under them.

I personally am not in a position to re-assign anyone at this time so the way I do this is to use the down-line’s URL and place that on my rotator for new affiliates if they become an EA on their own. This has worked for me very well.

Share with your down-line (The Basics) that the only way to make the duplication process work is to become a EA and teach your down-line to do the same. You can refer them to this link: https://www.sfimg.com/SFIBasics3Steps

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The main factor in motivating your down-line to accomplish specific steps in the building of their home business is to “lead by example.” The badges on your wall should be proof enough for your down-line to see you are also an EA or higher.

Many new affiliates are afraid of what we call a SO (Standing Order) for the ease of keeping our EA level (Executive Affiliate) so you can first insure your affiliates that the EA level can be obtained and maintained without a
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Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Lazar's 69 other Ask SC answers

Remember Robert,what I have read in the Forum,by one wise man (your namesake):people will follow their emotions!Whether it's about buying,choosing TV channel or spending free time,people will follow their emotions.

So,it's not about sounding greedy or mot,it's about meeting or not their expectations.In almost all the cases it's about being successful,which will lead you to earning big income.That's why economic experts made one thing to compare different businesses,and it's called "ROI".Return on investment (ROI) is the benefit to the investor resulting from an investment of some resource.It is one way of considering profits in relation to capital invested.


I suggest you to begin with that - explanation of return invested time and money to your affiliates.

How to do it?

Present them:
1. first and foremost Compensation plan (https://www.sfimg.com/Reference/CompPlan)
2. Benefits charts (https://www.sfimg.com/Reference/ComparisonChart) - payouts and perks


Now,not only that you need to present them,but you also need to explain then in details what it means.Make sure they got it right.Ask them "Is there something you didn't understand quite well,some question about it unanswered?".They need to understand it totally,so put all your efforts in making it clear to them.


That would be first step.
After they realize above said (that the time and the money invested will return them multiplied),the second step would be:
"How to go EA" text (https://www.sfimg.com/EA1010)

Here,you have to explain them that there's generally two ways of becoming EA:
1. free way (website sales and action versa points)
2. "paid" way (transfer buying)

Present them first free way,if you don't want to sound "greedy".
Tell them there are options to get to EA status by referring sales at Tripleclciks and/or by accumulating action VPs.That is a free,but slower way.For that they need to invest some time.
Then,there is faster,but not free way,of buying things in Tripleclicks store.For that they need to invest some money.

Ofcourse,don't make statements like "You have to buy this or that to become EA".You should be a fair partner and a friend to your downline,and partners don't suggest a way that person might not like.

Instead of it,act friendly.
Explain them again that (ofcourse) they should first use free way of reaching EA status,but if they run out of free options,then the solution for the extension of their successful career would be getting points by buying something.

In other words,focus on all the benefits they will have.People like to hear explanations that will make them satisfied (but beware:don't go over the edge and exaggerating and lying them).


That way slowly investing 10-20 or more dollars won't be a problem to them,when they realize what waits them by doing so.
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Remember Robert,what I have read in the Forum,by one wise man (your namesake):people will follow their emotions!Whether it's about buying,choosing TV channel or spending free time,people will follow their emotions.

So,it's not about sounding greedy or mot,it's about meeting or not their expectations.In almost all the cases it's about being successful,which will lead you to earning big income.That's why economic experts made one thing to compare different businesses,and it's called "ROI".Return
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Affiliate since: 06/23/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Elle's 10 other Ask SC answers

All Affiliates are on a journey. Their activity level is a reflection of their inherent personality and where they are in their level of commitment to building their business. Some people are go-getters right off the bat and some are more laid back and take things slower. Either type is capable of prospering with SFI.

One way to reach out to your team without offending is to send a generic reminder on the STREAM tab about the benefits and importance in reaching EA. But what is truly wonderful about the ASK SC tab is that by asking this very question, affiliates are reading and getting the message. If after reading everyone's response and they act, then they're ready to proceed as well as have the money to invest; if they still don't act, then there isn't much more that you can do but be ready and available in case they have questions.
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All Affiliates are on a journey. Their activity level is a reflection of their inherent personality and where they are in their level of commitment to building their business. Some people are go-getters right off the bat and some are more laid back and take things slower. Either type is capable of prospering with SFI.

One way to reach out to your team without offending is to send a generic reminder on the STREAM tab about the benefits and importance in reaching EA. But what is truly
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Affiliate since: 08/06/2012, Power Rank: 227 | Read Ronilo's 408 other Ask SC answers

As a sponsor our basic role is to help our affiliates earn from SFI, because as they earn we are also earning long term income.

Maintaining a rank (EA and above) is not the only factor that makes us earn from SFI. Infact, if that is our main target, we will end up spending rather than earning. It's expensive to maintain a rank without active affiliates.

So, we tell the whole story of how can they earn from SFI. Telling them only to maintain EA status every month is really a sign of sponsor's greediness, because he is the only one earning. Sooner or later, your affiliate will know it.

So we tell them that there are three factors that we should be doing at the same time to earn from SFI.

1. Active affiliates - We should continuously find affiliates, in fact that is our main job.Without affiliates, you may as well bid SFI goodbye.

2. Maintaining a rank (EA and above) - commensurate to your active affiliates.

3. Duplication - Tell them to teach their affiliates to do what they are doing. Finding active affiliates and maintaining a rank.

if your priority is to help your affiliates to earn, then telling them to maintain an EA status will not sound greedy.
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As a sponsor our basic role is to help our affiliates earn from SFI, because as they earn we are also earning long term income.

Maintaining a rank (EA and above) is not the only factor that makes us earn from SFI. Infact, if that is our main target, we will end up spending rather than earning. It's expensive to maintain a rank without active affiliates.

So, we tell the whole story of how can they earn from SFI. Telling them only to maintain EA status every month is really a
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Affiliate since: 09/21/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Gopakumar's 35 other Ask SC answers

Do not compel your downline to purchase anything or spend money monthly to maintain EA status. Instead give them advice about how they can obtain VPs necessary to maintain their Rank each month by different possible ways; such as selling products from TC, promoting ECA, referring PRMs,Sponsoring PSAs and help them to EA2 level, etc. Say that it is difficult at first but, possible if they have the knack and plenty of time to spare and willing to work hard!

Then explain your past experience with the program when you are a fresher like them. Your struggle to maintain the rank each month before you placing a Standing Order (for a minimum of 1500 VP). A brief explanation of the progress you make thereafter! Then gently reveal to them that you are not expecting them to followed suit (you). But you suggest a better and worry-free way to maintain EA status each month.
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Do not compel your downline to purchase anything or spend money monthly to maintain EA status. Instead give them advice about how they can obtain VPs necessary to maintain their Rank each month by different possible ways; such as selling products from TC, promoting ECA, referring PRMs,Sponsoring PSAs and help them to EA2 level, etc. Say that it is difficult at first but, possible if they have the knack and plenty of time to spare and willing to work hard!

Then explain your past experience
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