Should I or shouldn't I try to recruit people to become SFI affiliates when they are not English speakers/readers?

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Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) Top Author Forum Guru 3/8/2015 6:17 am
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With all the modern facilities available for translating into other languages why should you not try to recruit non English speakers.

Do you really want to restrict your advertising to English speaking countries only? I am sure I don't want to do that.

With an internet business the world is your oyster. Some of your best affiliates could well turn out to be non English speakers. Is there something inferior about them just because they can't speak English or is it the fear of
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Samina Aamir, Aff (Pakistan) Top Author Forum Guru 3/9/2015 2:32 pm
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hi!
yes and why not!
i am an example of this.English is not me mother language and i have very little knowledge about it but still i am doing online work.i think working in sfi does not require specific kind of experience an skill.it is one of the most simple and easiest job to do.any one who have little bit knowledge can do this there are no hard and fast rules to be expert in English would lead to success here in sfi.
you can teach them basics of this work in their language if
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Frans Badenhorst, Aff (South Africa) Top Author Forum Guru 3/13/2015 2:11 am
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Hi Vehbi - this is a very important and valid question

Personally, this is one of the main and unique elements in the SFI business - truly diversified and INTERNATIONAL. So, I would say YES, absolutely. The majority of my own affiliates and friends do not have English as a first language, I am an example of that :) - the built in SFI translator can be found at the bottom right hand side of every page and it is very powerful and effective. It also offers the opportunity to analyze various
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Vicky Chepkirui, Aff (Kenya) Top Author Forum Guru 3/10/2015 1:40 am
Affiliate since: 07/11/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
"Should I or shouldn't I try to recruit people to become SFI affiliates when they are not English speakers/readers?"

My answer would be yes. This is because like any other business you do not choose who your customers but all you need to do is try at all times and as much as you can to meet and satisfy the demand of your customer.

We are Lucky here at SFI because we can use translator to attend to all customers regardless of their language all we need to do is let
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Andres Garcia, Aff (Spain) Top Author Forum Guru 3/11/2015 6:02 am
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Sure. Currently the only thing you need to be enrolled in SFI is to have an Internet connection, the best tool for all members not speaking English is Google translate. My language is Spanish and I can see that some pages of SFI can be improved translation into Spanish, but English translate a large majority of the messages and information is understood. For those members who do not speak English would say not Hechen ago, I use three methods to translate:

1) I copy the text to translate
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 3/8/2015 3:51 am
Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
Thanks for this question.

SFI business is very simple. Who ever is serious to grow and win will certainly do it. It does not warrant hard work. But one has to perform smart work.

Let's just recollect SFI Rules of Success:

1. Become & Remain an EA every month;
2. Introduce 5 Strong & Active people;
3. Help them to do 1 and 2 above.

Its clear that Team Building is vital for any one to succeed.

By experience, we all know that
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Vincenzo Porto, Aff (Italy) Top Author Forum Guru 3/8/2015 4:35 am
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Shamsina Sabdin, Aff (Malaysia) Top Author Forum Guru 3/12/2015 3:29 am
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You should recruit people no matter what language they speak/read.

If they speak and read english, then it would be easier for them of course. They can be independent.

If they don't speak or read english, but they speak the same language as you do (like Malay for me), then you may need to guide them in the beginning. You would need to translate for them the most important steps. That means the steps needed to collect their daily VPs and the marketing aids for them to use to
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 3/10/2015 10:37 am
Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
I believe that if you're recruiting via S-Builder or purchasing PSAs-to-go, you may get several team members whose first language is not English.

If you're doing your own advertising, depending on where you advertise, you may be able to target only English-speaking countries. But that might be to your disadvantage in the long run.

Those who are serious about building their businesses won't let language be a barrier to building their teams.

As you recruit new members,
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Russell Toews, Aff (Alberta, CA) Top Author Forum Guru 3/11/2015 9:28 am
Affiliate since: 02/16/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Russell's 68 other Ask SC answers
You should certainly try to recruit everyone into SFI. It is in your best interest to recruit all and it's good for them too. Language really isn't the road block it once was. Translation pages are readily available where you can easily convert what you want to any language you want.

If you buy a PSA's to go package you will get PSA's from a wide assortment of countries and languages. I've started sorting these into language/region and reassigning them to my more active affiliates
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