Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Wayne's 236 other Ask SC answers

The many tools that are made available by SFI and TripleClicks are all important for reaching the levels of success that each and every affiliate desires.

As the new affiliates gain knowledge and skill in Internet marketing the need for certain tools will change as far as being the most important tool at that time.

If the affiliates in SFI would utilize all the tools that have been freely given to us, there would be a lot more people making the top levels and the big incomes. All the tools are needed to build a strong team and a stable (and ever growing) residual income.

To just pick one tool as the “best” to use, I would have to say that it must be your personal goals using the goal setting form that SFI has provided for us. The reason I say this is because if you do not have any real goals set then no matter how good the other tools are, you will not succeed in this business.

It is the goals and desires that burn in our heart that drives us to using and obtaining the best results from the tools that SFI has so generously provided all the affiliates with.

It does not matter how powerful your bow is or how straight your arrows are or even how much of an expert archer you are, if you have no target to shoot at then your tools are useless.

Your dreams and desires are the goals in which your target is set, the bow and the arrows (SFI tools) are what is needed to hit the target.

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The many tools that are made available by SFI and TripleClicks are all important for reaching the levels of success that each and every affiliate desires.

As the new affiliates gain knowledge and skill in Internet marketing the need for certain tools will change as far as being the most important tool at that time.

If the affiliates in SFI would utilize all the tools that have been freely given to us, there would be a lot more people making the top levels and
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi, Sunit Banmare!

SFI does have multiple tools for building a successful business.

The most important tool has to be among the "Power Tools" which have their own tab.

https://www.sfimg.com/PowerTools/

And, I find it rather difficult to choose, among all these "Power Tools", a single one as the "most important".

Thus, let me address your question in the following manner: to regroup the tools in three main categories: (i) Sponsoring tools; (ii) Team communication and management tools, and (iii) Advertising tools.

The sponsoring tools are: (a) PSAs to Go and S-Builder Co-op, (b) Co-op Manager, and (c) Lifetime Custom Prestige Domain. These work hand in hand with our gateways, especially the last three. We need the gateways to fully take advantage of the S-Builder Co-op, the Co-op Manager and the Lifetime Custom Prestige Domain. Although the Gateways are not listed among the "Power Tools", they are still a necessary component of any sponsoring effort.

The Team Communication and Management Tools are: (1) All the Mailers, (2) the Genealogy, (3) the Affiliate and Reassignment Managers, and (4) the Gift Certificate Manager.

The Advertising tools are: the Key Code Tracking and Hit Tracker Tracking.

From my point of view, it is easier to make a determination of the most important group this way, rather than picking one single tool.

Fortunately, your question does imply that the other tools as also highly useful. We need to use them at the same time to be truly successful.

With that caveat, the "Sponsoring tools" have to be the most important. If we do not have affiliates, we do not have a business to speak off. As the sponsoring tools help us in getting those affiliates, they have to rank at the top.

This is the most sensible way to answer your question.
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Hi, Sunit Banmare!

SFI does have multiple tools for building a successful business.

The most important tool has to be among the "Power Tools" which have their own tab.

https://www.sfimg.com/PowerTools/

And, I find it rather difficult to choose, among all these "Power Tools", a single one as the "most important".

Thus, let me address your question in the following manner: to regroup the tools in three main categories:
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

1.SFI family/ corporate is the most important tool to keep you motivating, encouraging each tiny action and honoring with badges, keep launching new services, products from time to time.
2. The most important tool would be marketing aids and methods.
3. We've the VP ledger, a great tool to monitor the actions performed and where left over.
4. We've the E-cards to congratulate on completion of actions, winning situations. We could give tips on where they lack.
5. We've the team mail to communicate to the entire team at a time.
6. Genealogy is another great tool where we can motivate thru Leadership Page. See the team growth/spread.
7. We've internet income lessons.
8. We've Launchpad lessons
9. The very unique and useful tool is share it option, Copy URL with each and every product of TripleClicks.
10. We've our own gateways.
11. We've SFI News and TripleClicks blogs to get updates.
12. We've the great world class forum family to uphold us from falling or failing. They give us ideas, opinions, knowledge,greet,care and affection, fun and laughter.
13. We have global friends connected with internal mailing system, a2a members.
14. We've Power Tools.
15. We've a wonderful 24x7 support system.
16. We've our own store of TripleClicks- our soul and breath.
Above all a bond between SFI, TripleClicks, people and the management.
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1.SFI family/ corporate is the most important tool to keep you motivating, encouraging each tiny action and honoring with badges, keep launching new services, products from time to time.
2. The most important tool would be marketing aids and methods.
3. We've the VP ledger, a great tool to monitor the actions performed and where left over.
4. We've the E-cards to congratulate on completion of actions, winning situations. We could give tips on where they lack.
5. We've the team
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Affiliate since: 07/16/2008, Power Rank: 178 | Read Olusola's 92 other Ask SC answers

SFI has lots of tools an Affiliate can use in building a profitable business. From the point of recruitment, SFI provides Gateways, Marketing aids like Banners, Text ads, E- Card, Flyer, Postcard, Car magnets etc Closely related to that we have Hit Tracking, Key codes, Coop Manager etc.
For following up, you have PSA Mailer, CSA Mailer, Affiliate Manager, Gift Certificate etc.

But, there is one tool I find very versatile, flexible and effective in building a successful business, that is the GENEALOGY.

Recruiting Affiliate is only a preliminary part of the job. What an Affiliate becomes most of the time is a product of robust training, follow up and close monitoring. The Genealogy tool, if properly understood and utilized can turn idle and inexperienced PSA and CSA into a star in the business.

The Genealogy shows you the number of Affiliates you have in your team, and list them out by their generation. It includes also the number of your CSAs. The summation of VersaPoints of your team by their generations is also available. So easily, you have a complete overview of the current state of your team at a particular day of the month. This gives room for adequate strategy to meet your team's goals.

You have the option of viewing the CONDENSED Genealogy, that is 90-day logins, EAs, and affiliates w/Standing Orders only. With this, you are able to access your promising Affiliates. This speaks a lot of volumes as regards business building.


At the center section of Genealogy, you have fields in which you'll be able to select a particular group or class of Affiliates using Sorts and Filters. For instance, you select Affiliates that signed up before, during or after a particular date; "Date Joined". Other Filter option includes: SFI ID, Sponsor ID, VersaPoints (Total),VersaPoints (This month), CSA Assign Date etc. There is a lot of revealing combinations you can come up with.


Besides this, you have 10 TABS that allows you to view your Genealogy in format relevant to your need at a particular time.

1. Basic - lists SFI ID, name, title, etc
2. VersaPoints - Power Rank, Country Rank etc
3. S-Builder - Displays your team member's recent S-Builder participation.
4. Communication - Includes e-mail addresses for PSAs and CSAs.
5. Aff Mgr - Profile scores, Completed affiliate profiles or not, Active standing orders etc

6. Sales - TC referral total, Sales VersaPoints (SVP) etc
7. Gift Cert - You can use this to offer Gift Certificate to PSAs or CSAs
8. Geographic - Country of Affiliate, state etc
9. Reassign -This can be used to reassign PSAs
10. TCredits - Transfer TCredits to your Team Members

Just imagine how greatly your team could be built with all these tools all in your Genealogy!

Above all of these is the facility for targeted communications. Communication is the soul of this business. Regular and periodic mails go along way in propelling activity and commitment in the team. You can categorize your Team using Sorts and Filters to segment them and send relevant mails. For example, your inactive Affiliates can be reached separately by using "Last Login". Use "VersaPoints (This Month)" to reach active Affiliates etc.

Without any doubt, the Genealogy is the most powerful tool, with great versatility and capabilities; which when optimally used can help in building a successful SFI business.
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SFI has lots of tools an Affiliate can use in building a profitable business. From the point of recruitment, SFI provides Gateways, Marketing aids like Banners, Text ads, E- Card, Flyer, Postcard, Car magnets etc Closely related to that we have Hit Tracking, Key codes, Coop Manager etc.
For following up, you have PSA Mailer, CSA Mailer, Affiliate Manager, Gift Certificate etc.

But, there is one tool I find very versatile, flexible and effective in building a successful business, that
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Affiliate since: 10/28/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Nima's 7 other Ask SC answers

KNOWLEDGE! There's a college of knowledge at the SFI.

You need to learn and know everything before you do anything. Knowledge! That's the most important tool in the SFI to use for building a successful business. SFI provides not only the knowledge but almost all the tools required to build your business. Everything in one website SFI.

If you have the knowledge to use them, here're the most important, first hand tools provided by the SFI:

1. Lifetime Custom Prestige Domain
It says, "Forget trying to use arcane, hard-to-remember Web addresses with long, unwieldy numbers in your marketing aids...Get your own prestigious domain to use in your promotions of SFI, TripleClicks, Pricebenders, etc. Yours to use for as long as you remain an SFI affiliate in good standing, your Lifetime Custom Prestige Domain will work well in all types of marketing, including e-mail, Web banners, print media ads, garments, automobile banners, billboards, car signs, and more! Available to all SFI Affiliates."
You can get yours here : https://www.sfimg.com/PowerTools/

2. My SFI Gateways
Do you know? "Every SFI affiliate is assigned his or her own unique SFI Gateway Website(s) to use in promoting their businesses." These Gateways are websites created and freely provided by SFI just for you which can be used for both referring TripleClicks members and sponsoring SFI affiliates.
You can have them free here : https://www.sfimg.com/MyAccount/GatewayList

3. Free Training! That's last but not the least, it's your first and foremost to gain, as already said KNOWLEDGE is the NUMBER ONE Tool in SFI, avail the trainings here: https://www.sfimg.com/Training/

To be successful, you need to know everything. So, keep on track of everything in the SFI, don't forget to login and complete your daily tasks here : https://www.sfimg.com/Home?tab=to-do_list

Thanks

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KNOWLEDGE! There's a college of knowledge at the SFI.

You need to learn and know everything before you do anything. Knowledge! That's the most important tool in the SFI to use for building a successful business. SFI provides not only the knowledge but almost all the tools required to build your business. Everything in one website SFI.

If you have the knowledge to use them, here're the most important, first hand tools provided by the SFI:

1. Lifetime Custom Prestige
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

SFI's most important tool to use in building a successful business is YOU ... everything starts with YOU in any business let alone in a multi-level and affiliate marketing business like SFI.

It is your knowledge, skill, attitude and persistence that will determine how successful your SFI business will be in the future. You can only succeed in SFI by helping others succeed first and you will need to develop all these qualities if you wish to be a successful team leader and SFI business owner.

You cannot teach what you don't know yourself, and you cannot motivate others to do what you're not willing to do youself. You need to learn how to use all the SFI tools available to you for free by logging in daily, and working hard to learn something new each day to help develop the knowledge and skills you need in order to help your affiliates duplicate your efforst to make your business grow.

It's as hard and as simple as that in my experience.


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SFI's most important tool to use in building a successful business is YOU ... everything starts with YOU in any business let alone in a multi-level and affiliate marketing business like SFI.

It is your knowledge, skill, attitude and persistence that will determine how successful your SFI business will be in the future. You can only succeed in SFI by helping others succeed first and you will need to develop all these qualities if you wish to be a successful team leader and SFI business
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Affiliate since: 01/19/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Lynnette's 18 other Ask SC answers

Very good and important question.

I've been in SFI a year now and will answer from what I have learnt so far.

I think Communication is the most important tool to use for building a successful SFI business.

Communication in the form of communicating with our affiliates, (our downline) effectively.

We can advertise/promote products to sell or refer prospects to TripleClicks, but that is not enough.

We can advertise or use other methods to sponsor affiliates, but that is not enough too, if we don't communicate with them.

Communication with PSAs/CSAs is very important. It is the efforts of our affiliates that will boost our income. So it is important to learn well and pass on the knowledge to our downline who in turn will pass it on to their downline.

This is called Duplication. As they earn, we earn too.

So I would say having effective communication with our Teams is the most important thing to do to be successful in SFI business.


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Very good and important question.

I've been in SFI a year now and will answer from what I have learnt so far.

I think Communication is the most important tool to use for building a successful SFI business.

Communication in the form of communicating with our affiliates, (our downline) effectively.

We can advertise/promote products to sell or refer prospects to TripleClicks, but that is not enough.

We can advertise or use other methods to
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Thanks for this question;

SFI provides very many tools for building a successful business. You can find them under different headings in your Home Page.

For example, some of the tools listed under Power Tools are:

1. PSAs to Go;
2. S-Builder Co-Op;
3. PSA Mailer;
4. CSA Mailer;
5. Genealogy
6. My Accounts & My Report;

Under Marketing, one will find Marketing Methods & Marketing Aids.

Wealth of information is available in: Hot Spots and Training.

Each of them helps to:

1. Enrich one's knowledge;
2. Take action based on the knowledge thus derived;

This way, every tool is very important and will contribute significantly in building a successful business.

To be successful, one has to read, understand and follow SFI Rules of Success. What are they?

1. You become and Remain an EA every month;
2. Develop 5 Strong & Active PSAs;
3. Help them to repeat the above;

It's here that all of the above tools will help one way or the other. How smartly we put them in to effective use will determine our building a strong & active down line which will result in building a successful business.

TripleClicks is also a Powerful Tool available to build a successful business.

Conclusion:

1. Every tool is created by SFI over these past 17 years to help each of its affiliates to be successful.
2. These tools have been created through the blood and sweat of the Founder and his team.
3. Let's try & make full use of them, keeping our current circumstance and the prevailing situation.
4. We can not avoid any of them.
5. Let's do remember that patience, perseverance and duplication are key factors to be successful here.
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Thanks for this question;

SFI provides very many tools for building a successful business. You can find them under different headings in your Home Page.

For example, some of the tools listed under Power Tools are:

1. PSAs to Go;
2. S-Builder Co-Op;
3. PSA Mailer;
4. CSA Mailer;
5. Genealogy
6. My Accounts & My Report;

Under Marketing, one will find Marketing Methods & Marketing Aids.

Wealth of information is
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Affiliate since: 06/27/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Olawale's 109 other Ask SC answers

Hello Sunit, success in SFI is a glaring achievement that cannot be hidden.
In all human endeavours there are efforts and there are results, and the strength of your effort is the measure of the results you get.
Duplication is the biggest income earner in SFI if used to the fullest. To succeed in duplication, mastering the genealogy tool
and adding strategies to it is the top secret to building a strong team. The genealogy tool is the most important tool you can use to build a thriving and successful business in SFI. To get the most out of your genealogy tool means understanding it's detailed working.
The genealogy tool gives a detailed report of your SFI business, and you can maximize the use of it by monitoring and giving advice on the activities of your affiliates (PSAs and CSAs) as follows:

1. Create any view of reports you want to see on your affiliates:

A. Use the Sort tool to select specific category of your affiliates:
- Arrange them based on current month VersaPoint; date joined SFI;last login; Keycode; SFI ID etc;

B. Use the Filter tool to get specific range of results:
- Example how many affiliates whose power rank 'equals to', 'less than', or 'greater than' 10.
- Determine country rank, class rank, city etc of a range of affiliates;
- Evaluate your business success e.g how many affiliates are new TLs, new EAs etc. in the current month;

2. Use the email/team mail tool to send email/team mails to all affiliates in your team.
3. Contact your uplines for assistance as at when necessary.
4. Use the language tab to identify the language of any of your affiliates, and reassigned them to leaders in the same country.
5. Use the Communication tab to get the email address and contact number of your fully registered affiliates.
6. Use the Geographic tab to find out the city and country of your affiliates and re-arrange them based on language coherence.
7. Use the Gift certificate tab to purchase gift certificate for your valuable affiliates.
8. Use the S-Builder tab to track the most recent S-Builder participation by your affiliates.
9. Use the Reassign tab to help you re-assign active affiliates for maximum productivity.
10. Use the online tool to find out which affiliate is online, so you can chat with them.
11. Use the pencil tool to drop important notes for your affiliates.


STRATEGISING WITH THE GENEALOGY TOOL:

1. Reassign consistent and always active PSAs to help build your team.
2. Check the number of EA PSAs you have before reassignment, if few consider not to reassign.
3. Since an affiliate can be reassigned only once, be convinced of your action; so you don't lose your benefits.
4. Use the WIN-WIN approach; For every affiliate you sponsor this month, I'll match it.
5. Another strategy is to use the reassignment tool as an incentive for your PSAs to achieve success.
6. Organize Team Leaders and put EAs under them. Develop Team Leaders who will be making profit, and therefore tend to remain active.
7. Compensation plan for your PSAs. If they sponsor their first affiliate you reward them with two extra for example.
8. Reward every milestone achieved by your PSAs. e.g become Team Leader, and get two PSAs FREE etc.

Cheers!
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Hello Sunit, success in SFI is a glaring achievement that cannot be hidden.
In all human endeavours there are efforts and there are results, and the strength of your effort is the measure of the results you get.
Duplication is the biggest income earner in SFI if used to the fullest. To succeed in duplication, mastering the genealogy tool
and adding strategies to it is the top secret to building a strong team. The genealogy tool is the most important tool you can use to build a thriving
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Affiliate since: 02/08/2020, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Michael's 202 other Ask SC answers

Hi Sunit!
This is a good question because most of the time the most important thing is the thing that is indirect proportion to the actual results. For me the most important tool is key codes. Let me explain why.
SFI provides us with many important tools. All of them are important because they interact like human body's parts. All of them can't work on their own. In order for them to give successful results, they need to work with others.
In any business, advertising is very important. Whether you have a best website or shop, if there is no traffic/customers it becomes useless. To get this traffic/customers we promote/advertise on different places, spending lot of time, money or both.
Key codes help us a lot about our adverts. From the key codes you can learn lot of things like to know which ads and places works for us and you can see which places gives you real people and fake people. So we don't have to waste lot of our time and money on ads/places that do not work for us.
So, as I said I said that all the tools are important and they interact. We need other tools to advertise then use key codes to track the adverts, then use other tools to be successful in our business.
So the key codes are most important because they save you lot of time, money or both, which is very important for any business to succeed.
I hope this will help you.
Thank you.
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Hi Sunit!
This is a good question because most of the time the most important thing is the thing that is indirect proportion to the actual results. For me the most important tool is key codes. Let me explain why.
SFI provides us with many important tools. All of them are important because they interact like human body's parts. All of them can't work on their own. In order for them to give successful results, they need to work with others.
In any business, advertising is very important.
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