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

When I first started to look for ways to make money online I started looking for jobs like that. (filling in forms, typing letters for lawyers, courts etc)

I thought if I use my strengths I will make a lot of money. Although English is not my 1st language I can express myself well enough and I can spell. I can also type fast and accurately - whether I understand the language or not.

Logic told me that all I have to do is apply myself and I will earn good and honest money and my customers would get good quality work they don't mind paying for.

Boy oh boy! I was so wrong. I went from one promising site to the next. Every time my hope would flare up - only to be smashed again. They all ask you for money in some way (starter kits, training material, admin, English proficiency exam and so the list goes on - and NO guarantee that you will make money)

With my experience I would tell that affiliate about my search and how I experienced it. I would tell them how I did not trust SFI either at 1st and that I've been here for more than a year and the only "catch" so far is - if you do not have money to invest you have to invest more time and learn to think more "out of the box" and that it will take a little longer for the results to show. I'll challenge them to find those jobs and once they found it to let me know about it too.

Those affiliates only just started looking for opportunities and they will probably not believe you - so let them find out for themselves and once they realize how bad it is out there, and once they burned their fingers with get rich quick promises, they will be back and they will be your best workers.

Most important - be honest at all times. They have to know:

1. You CAN invest money and some time and make it a little easier on yourself.
2. If you can not invest money you need to invest more time and effort.
3. You have to be patient and persistent.
4. You have to soak up knowledge like a sponge and keep on using what SFI offers you.

Apart from giving them the facts there is not much else you can do - they have to believe in SFI before they will get serious about it.
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When I first started to look for ways to make money online I started looking for jobs like that. (filling in forms, typing letters for lawyers, courts etc)

I thought if I use my strengths I will make a lot of money. Although English is not my 1st language I can express myself well enough and I can spell. I can also type fast and accurately - whether I understand the language or not.

Logic told me that all I have to do is apply myself and I will earn good and honest money
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Affiliate since: 10/25/2010, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Laurie's 53 other Ask SC answers

This would depend on several issues - how long the PSA had been with SFI, what his or her goals are, how successful they have been and more.

I would start by trying to ascertain why they suddenly wanted to switch gears. I would spend some time discussing this with them, either online or on the phone.

If he or she hasn't been making progress with SFI, I would do some analysis of their progress and try and determine why they aren't getting anywhere. Then I would offer some solutions and encourage them to continue for a time using these new ideas to see if they could become more successful and happier.

A lot of time, folks wanting to change their focus is because they have seen online ads that make this type of business sound like something they could do for an hour or two a day for a full time income. Nothing could be further from the truth and I would let this PSA know this.

I would share my own experiences with chasing the 'next shiny object' and let them know that these type of programs don't usually pay much unless the person is willing to pay fees to sign up and spend a lot of time doing nothing but typing and form filling. The pay structure of these type of programs is usually by the piece or project so it is not something you can 'set and forget'.

If this person was determined to go into this type of business, I would encourage him or her to at least log in daily to SFI and do the 'to do' items and keep their SFI account active because chances are they will be back fairly soon when they find out for themselves how labor intensive and actually boring this type of business can be.

I would also keep in touch with the PSA (with their permission) and let them know of all the exciting changes SFI makes on a routine basis. I would try and determine if they are doing well with the 'new' project and let him/her know that the door is always open for their return.

I believe that the chances of keeping the PSA and/or having them return to SFI are fairly high with these approaches.

Hope this helps!
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This would depend on several issues - how long the PSA had been with SFI, what his or her goals are, how successful they have been and more.

I would start by trying to ascertain why they suddenly wanted to switch gears. I would spend some time discussing this with them, either online or on the phone.

If he or she hasn't been making progress with SFI, I would do some analysis of their progress and try and determine why they aren't getting anywhere. Then I would offer some
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 435 | Read Mar's 582 other Ask SC answers

A PSA who has that goal of searching for an online job involving filling out forms and typing may not fit to the concept of an entrepreneur of owning a SFI business.

The fact that he/she is looking for a job indicates that he/she has the employee mentality. He/she is already a PSA and may not understand why he/she enrolled in the first place. You may have to do some clear explanation what SFI is all about.

You could say the following to enlighten his/her mind about SFI and see his/her reaction:

- Explain clearly the core concept of SFI (SFI BASICS and LAUNCHPAD). The ultra-simple 3-step plan is simple and easy to understand.

- Explain how to make money with SFI with Compensation Plan and Benefits Chart.

- Mention the stats SFI by the numbers, a very effective method in attracting new affiliates and very encouraging and exciting for existing affiliates.

- Tell him/her about the multiple income streams such as referring ECAs, SFIPPA and the opportunity to generate sales at TripleClicks.

If your PSA understand clearly your explanation, you’ll going to ignite his/her excitement and interest in venturing SFI for the potential of being an SFI affiliate is enormous.

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A PSA who has that goal of searching for an online job involving filling out forms and typing may not fit to the concept of an entrepreneur of owning a SFI business.

The fact that he/she is looking for a job indicates that he/she has the employee mentality. He/she is already a PSA and may not understand why he/she enrolled in the first place. You may have to do some clear explanation what SFI is all about.

You could say the following to enlighten his/her mind about SFI and
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Andrew's 330 other Ask SC answers

If you can type you can do so much more than a job will allow.

As an affiliate marketer you can put those typing skills to work creating a blog and use the influence you build blogging to promote products for sale and earn commissions. When you do this all of the money earned is profits not salary and it's not limited like salary.

If you can fill out forms you can place classifieds ads, and generate e-mails for marketing. You will find these short forms can earn you lifetime pay from one time actions.

If I help you find a JOB you will get a SALARY that is pennies on the dollar of what your BOSS earns. If I help you start your own business then you ar the BOSS making the DOLLARS instead of a salary. If you own your own business it can continue long into retirement, and pay you tomorrow for the work today. In a JOB at best you are looking at a Pension or 401K that pays you a fraction of what you use to earn.

If your want a JOB go ahead, have one and let your boss laugh about how much work you do for so little pay. Let your peers pass you by on promotions because one can flatter the boss better than the other, one is smarter, one had money for college etc..

If you want a business you can be the one laughing as your peers still have to flatter a boss, or work smarter, or have a degree to only ever earn a salary while their boss and you make all the money they desire.

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If you can type you can do so much more than a job will allow.

As an affiliate marketer you can put those typing skills to work creating a blog and use the influence you build blogging to promote products for sale and earn commissions. When you do this all of the money earned is profits not salary and it's not limited like salary.

If you can fill out forms you can place classifieds ads, and generate e-mails for marketing. You will find these short forms can earn you lifetime
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Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Nafisa's 286 other Ask SC answers

This is very easy to answer. I would have the following comments to help the PSA understand that filling out forms and typing would, after a while become monotonous and I have an opportunity that is a lot more exciting. An opportunity that will:-

- help them learn, earn online and build an income that is residual in years to come
- provide all the training materials online to help them start
- not single out income from one area of the business; there are several income streams to rely on
- dedicate resources from 17 years of online experience into making you earn online
- not tie you a fixed schedule and you can go on vacation and still expect to earn
- combine the resources of your team to build your income onlinel
- capitalize on your strengths and assist you to overcome your weakness in a friendly environment
- keep you mentally energized never to get bored of having to fill out forms and type for others
- define your goals and build your business, you are not working for others

The idea is to highlight the benefits of working with SFI rather than downgrade his intentions. This will bring to the fore the difference(s) and advantages of working for SFI.
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This is very easy to answer. I would have the following comments to help the PSA understand that filling out forms and typing would, after a while become monotonous and I have an opportunity that is a lot more exciting. An opportunity that will:-

- help them learn, earn online and build an income that is residual in years to come
- provide all the training materials online to help them start
- not single out income from one area of the business; there are several income streams
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Affiliate since: 02/01/2015, Power Rank: 99999999

Well, this description doesn't fit our job in SFI, just in small part of it. I would try to explain them that this job is even much better, by listing many off advantages of SFI online business.

First of all, this is job with no work time. You are free to determinate how much time you will be devouted to business. We all know that more work means more money.

Second, I will tell them that in this job there is no boss. Affiliate creates his/hers own business, without worry of getting late, over-time working, low payouts... Here one works for himself/herself, from his/hers home, in any part of day or night, and getting payed every 10th in the month.

Third, there are Eager Zebra Games on TripleClicks, which are very interesting and can be useful for business. It helps you to relax, and also you can win mighty TCredits by winning this games.

I believe that only filling out forms and typing never can bring all of exitment and money that SFI can.

I hope that this was helpful.


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Well, this description doesn't fit our job in SFI, just in small part of it. I would try to explain them that this job is even much better, by listing many off advantages of SFI online business.

First of all, this is job with no work time. You are free to determinate how much time you will be devouted to business. We all know that more work means more money.

Second, I will tell them that in this job there is no boss. Affiliate creates his/hers own business, without worry of
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Affiliate since: 04/10/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read John's 41 other Ask SC answers

This is a business not a job.

Take a retail business for example. You need to find a shop and negotiate a lease. You have to outfit the shop with say carpets, shelving, cash register etc. You need to have the power and phone connected and the shelves stocked. You may need to interview staff before opening. All of these take time and money.

On top of all these things you need working capital. If you have not got at least 3 months expenses after opening, in the bank, you will probably go broke within a few weeks. All up you will probably need a 6 or 7 figure sum of money to get started and succeed.

You will then have to spend 50-80 hours a week with the doors open.

Now take SFI.

You have a shop, TripleClicks, provided for free. You do not have to outfit it. There are approximately 90,000 items of stock already there, which you don't have to pay for. You can advertise for free, You can start selling immediately and get commissions on what you sell. You do not need staff. You do need a small amount of investment until the income starts to come in - less than $100 a month, which if you do not have, can be earned by selling stuff on TripleClicks.

SFI will take time to develop into a reliable, ongoing, passive income source that ultimately is capable of more than replacing your day job, but don't give away the day job until it does. You will need to spend 15-20 hours a week working on the business but your shop is open 24/7, even when you are sleeping.

If you only want instant money SFI is not for you, Please resign so I don't have to keep looking after you. On the other hand if you are prepared to treat it as a business and not expect instant returns I will work with you to help you make it happen.
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This is a business not a job.

Take a retail business for example. You need to find a shop and negotiate a lease. You have to outfit the shop with say carpets, shelving, cash register etc. You need to have the power and phone connected and the shelves stocked. You may need to interview staff before opening. All of these take time and money.

On top of all these things you need working capital. If you have not got at least 3 months expenses after opening, in the bank, you will
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hello, David Sharp.

It is highly possible that when we are prospecting for potential affiliates, we will encounter some who hold such expectations: "finding online jobs filling out forms or doing clerical tasks" for compensation.

A. I have personally checked out some of these online job offers. What I have found is that most of them are actually scams and schemes of con artists. I have yet to find a single one that is legitimate and holds its promises. There is ample evidence of online complaints from people who have been defrauded through such schemes.

You just need to some a quick research to find that online evidence and share it with your prospects.

B. If you have an affiliate who has already signed up with SFI, but still holds the hopes to finding 'online clerical work such as filling forms and the like..', you are in an excellent position to educate them and help them have realistic expectations.

What you need to do is to compare SFI against those flight by night scams and fraudulent job offers.
First, nearly all of such job offers have entry fees. One has to pay something to get in. Very often, other fees will be also required for training and for each of the tasks in which one is hoping to involved. People will spend most of their money without earning any substantial income.

C. SFI is the opposite to such job offers.
We all joined without paying any entry fee.
We all are here working without any obligation to buy anything.
We all have here free resources, training and tools and there are no requirement to pay anything to use them.

Every affiliate can start earning now while also building their long term financial security.

SFI is not a "Get rich Quick" scheme.

SFI is not a scam.

SFI is here for the long haul.

D. One Final Point

When I compare SFI with any other business, it delights me to use the data of:

"SFI by the Numbers"

We all get this data at least once a week. We should use it in our prospecting efforts to give to prospects a clear idea of what SFI is and how it stands out against other online business, especially those "flight by night" and scams out there".

For ready reference, below is the data on "SFI by the numbers"
17th successful year for SFI (30th for SFI's parent company)
1.6 million affiliates (21,477 new added last week)
3.8 million TripleClicks members
89,361 commissionable products (733 new added last week)
3,925 E-Commerce Affiliates (in 148 countries)
97 LocalPay Merchants (in 29 countries)
Millions - Commissions paid out to our affiliates (in US Dollars)

Good luck with your PSAs, Dave.
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Hello, David Sharp.

It is highly possible that when we are prospecting for potential affiliates, we will encounter some who hold such expectations: "finding online jobs filling out forms or doing clerical tasks" for compensation.

A. I have personally checked out some of these online job offers. What I have found is that most of them are actually scams and schemes of con artists. I have yet to find a single one that is legitimate and holds its promises. There is ample
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

What a great question!

My first response - without thinking, was "that is not what SFI is about".

But now after having a little time to consider an answer...

First, it would be most helpful to inquire what the PSA is meaning about filling in on-line forms and typing. It is important to understand how he or she perceives what this means to them. Connect with the PSA so a conversation may be held about this very topic.

Once you have a better understanding what this means to the PSA, take time to discuss how SFI is different than the structure that he or she is discussing and find out if their understanding about SFI is the same.

This is a great opportunity to discuss the various ways that SFI may be used to generate an on-going income based on efforts done today. There are on-line opportunities which profess to paypeople to fillout on-line forms and pay for their efforts to type but realistically this style of income earning is reliant on that PSA and not a team. SFI's principle in earning an income is that it is generated by collaborating with others by serving their needs. Collaboration means that an income will be continuous based on everyone's efforts and not just the time I give to the business.

We all can fill in forms and type but when you consider the exponential power that SFI uses to generate income for not only 1 affiliate but all through the incremental efforts that each of us do daily - I see this as being more powerful than just my time filling in forms and typing - if I work alone then my income reflects what I only do. When I work amongst a team - we all benefit from our joint efforts therefore earning potential has just increased proportionately to how many are working along side with me and I work with them.

We can not force PSA's or CSA's to work with the SFI model but it is our responsibility to be able to discuss them everyone how SFI works and how it will benefit him or her in the immediate and long term.
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What a great question!

My first response - without thinking, was "that is not what SFI is about".

But now after having a little time to consider an answer...

First, it would be most helpful to inquire what the PSA is meaning about filling in on-line forms and typing. It is important to understand how he or she perceives what this means to them. Connect with the PSA so a conversation may be held about this very topic.

Once you have a better understanding
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Affiliate since: 02/16/2015, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi there, 99% of adds for jobs online advertise filling out forms and typing - yet I have not come across one that actually works. Many people seek for this kinds of jobs as it seems solid, but sadly most of them are bad schemes.
I would ask them if they know anyone (in person or via a friend) who actually make money this way? I would suggest that they google the entity they want to do business with by typing in "scam xx" and read some objective history on the entity. Look at the amount of input and do not fall for the first positive response that the entity probably created themselves for publicity.
Secondly if they ask for money to register - get out, get out and run.
The internet has become a mecca for scammers, thieves and con-artists tell them to join SFI for free and do it for 2 months to learn what it is all about. In the meantime they can continue their search for the ever elusive online get rich quick scheme. After 2 months they can weigh the two up against each other - the proof will be in the results.
Hope that helps.
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Hi there, 99% of adds for jobs online advertise filling out forms and typing - yet I have not come across one that actually works. Many people seek for this kinds of jobs as it seems solid, but sadly most of them are bad schemes.
I would ask them if they know anyone (in person or via a friend) who actually make money this way? I would suggest that they google the entity they want to do business with by typing in "scam xx" and read some objective history on the entity. Look at the amount
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