Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 407 | Read Beverly's 79 other Ask SC answers

What should you do if you have $500 to invest in your SFI business? This immediately brings a couple of factors to my attention in order to give a good answer.

1. Is this a one-time investment?
2. Are you just starting the SFI business?

(If you are in your first 10 days of joining, purchase the New Member Pack for lots of TCredits and EZ Credits at a fantastic savings.)

Assuming the two factors above are the case, my advice would be to set up a standing order for 125 TCredits. Your will then immediately:

1. Become an executive affiliate (EA) & have 2 extra chances to win the Daily Grand Prize.
2. Earn two CSAs immediately & can send out team mail every week for 120-150 VP/month.
3. Qualify as an EA every month automatically and easily work your way up to BTL and beyond.

As an EA you will earn 10 TCredits and 2 CSAs per month. As a team leader you also earn a share of CSAs from the pool, and more TCredits.

The SO of 125 TCredits will cost $35 x 12 = $420.00 over 12 months. In the meantime, however, you can be earning enough income from SFI to invest in other options and to use your TCredits to earn PSAs (personally sponsored affiliates), VPs (versa points), and MRPs (member reward points.)

An example would be to bid on the Pricebender Auction. Even if you don’t win an auction, you can earn 5 or 10 MRPs, 1 - 2 VPs, and add to your option to Spin-and-Win PSAs with just one bid. With your MRPs you can make purchases at your TripleClicks Store and earn even more VPs.

DistribuStar gift cards are great to get people on TripleClicks, earning you commission. You can earn 10 VP every day by tracking one card. If you do this and your daily actions, you will have 2 entries more into the Daily Grand Prize. Add that to 2 from SO, 1 from the Alerts Page, and you have 5 entries! You also are automatically entered into the DistribuStar Contest. I usually win VP or more Gift Cards. This all continues to perpetuate itself into free VP, up to 300 per month from tracking alone.

Everyone should join Wave3. It’s only $1.99 to join and you get monthly benefits.

Play Zebra games for up to 200 VP per month and chances to win. Play at least one that requires a TCredit (or EZ credit) per day for 1 VP and an entry into the Daily Crown Contest. If you win a game(s) you could also earn a lot more.

Some of your money should go to either advertising for affiliates, or purchasing PSAs, once you are ready to support them. You will need to train your affiliates once you get them, so be prepared at some point to set up contests to win TCredits and/or gift certificates (different from DistribuStar.) If new affiliates don’t get help you could lose them very quickly.
The most important thing to do at first is to be an EA or BTL every month and to learn the business.

I have been in SFI for about 3 years now and always re-invest my earnings. This has paid off in spades. Whatever level you are at, keep this in mind.

Wishing success to you!

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What should you do if you have $500 to invest in your SFI business? This immediately brings a couple of factors to my attention in order to give a good answer.

1. Is this a one-time investment?
2. Are you just starting the SFI business?

(If you are in your first 10 days of joining, purchase the New Member Pack for lots of TCredits and EZ Credits at a fantastic savings.)

Assuming the two factors above are the case, my advice would be to set up a standing
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Affiliate since: 08/29/2023, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Osaro's 206 other Ask SC answers

Investing in your business is good especially when the investment is strategically in alignment with what yours business need at the time of investment, in order to increase your chances of success. Having gone through your snap shot and seen how successful you are in your SFI business and a GTL for that matter, I think at this point you may need to invest in some advanced marketing methods in order to improve your chance of more success and hopefully reach the DTL rank, so take the following suggestions on board:

1. Build a reputable website if you have none, to promote every aspect of your SFI/TC business. You do not need to break the bank because creating your own Website is extremely affordable. Check out CPanel, Web.com, or iPage for cheap, highly rated domain name and Website hosting services.

2. You may buy a ‘safelist only traffic’ from a reputable seller which may cost around $50 for about 3,000 safelist hits per month. This is going to be a relatively good integrity list that may have some better chances for conversion.

3. You may also purchase some x-cards and pay any direct mail company to insert one in each envelope or package they send, but the more quantity you are able or willing to purchase, the more chances of conversion you will have in return. Again, it is your money, so you can choose the destination you want your x-cards to be included.

4. Investing in a Pay-Per-Click (PPC) campaign can often yield positive results especially if you use an effective platform like Google Adwords and Bing/Yahoo but ensure to place creative ads that increase the Click-Through-Rate (CTR) for better results.

As you can see, the above suggestions are business building related, designed to ultimately lead to success, however, you may decide to put your $500 in some by expanding activity which will cost more, or to spread it across all of them but be rest assured that on a careful appropriation, your budget will be enough to cover all my suggestions.

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Investing in your business is good especially when the investment is strategically in alignment with what yours business need at the time of investment, in order to increase your chances of success. Having gone through your snap shot and seen how successful you are in your SFI business and a GTL for that matter, I think at this point you may need to invest in some advanced marketing methods in order to improve your chance of more success and hopefully reach the DTL rank, so take the following suggestions
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 438 | Read Mar's 582 other Ask SC answers

With that amount of money as a SFI business owner, you need to think of the ways how it can provide you the best possible ROI (Return on Investment).

If you’re getting started with your SFI business, you need to set up your business plan and marketing strategy taking into consideration the following points:

- You should not fully invest that amount of money on your short term goal, but think how you can invest it the best possible way in accordance to your long term goal.

- Focus on maintaining your monthly EA status

In your first month become a Fast-Track member and enjoy the membership benefits. To qualify, you’ll need to perform the five Getting Started actions associated with becoming a Fast-Track member and purchase TC New Member Pack (NMP) for $20 up to 5 times max. The NMP is packed with TCredits, MRPs, EZ game tokens, 3 CSAs and 500 VP. This is one of the best ways to achieve your EA easily.

- Focus on learning the skills required for sponsoring effectively

You need to concentrate your efforts in going through the Training tab. It contains invaluable information of marketing your SFI business. The most important activities that continuously bring growth in your SFI business are lead generation and follow up. You should know of lead generation techniques in order for you to build your downline. The process generally involves the use of several methods to generate leads. Leads are basically people who have potentials of participating in your business, whether as a customer or as a member of your downline. It should be of your greatest concern to find more people who can become part of your downline since some downline members might come and go, or even be inactive and inefficient. With lead generation, you get to know more people that might be willing to be part of your downline and actually have excellent skills that will help you and your business flourish.

You need to invest time and money on these activities to support the growth of your SFI business. Invest on domain name, building your website/blog, and on web hosting. It might help to purchase targeted traffic from reputable ECAs. You should be able to establish a step-by-step system that covers lead generation, follow-up and conversion. These are the three most important elements in marketing your SFI business.

You can also consider investing on S-Builder Co-op.

An important part of your long term goal would be to have a sustainable and profitable SFI business.

- Become a Team Leader

As you continue to sponsor new affiliates, you’ll be able to identify your movers. Invest your time and money on your movers. Encourage/motivate them by organizing contests. Emphasize duplication to your downline via an easy-to-follow SFI BASICS.
Let them follow your example and your initial $500 investment will go a long way. You’ll easily achieve the TL rank in no time.

Maintaining Focus

Focus allows for more effective utilization of the scarce resources of your time and money investment. Your budget will bring you greater return if you use it effectively by narrowly defining your target objectives with your initial investment.


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With that amount of money as a SFI business owner, you need to think of the ways how it can provide you the best possible ROI (Return on Investment).

If you’re getting started with your SFI business, you need to set up your business plan and marketing strategy taking into consideration the following points:

- You should not fully invest that amount of money on your short term goal, but think how you can invest it the best possible way in accordance to your long term goal.
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

I am going to assume you have a total budget allocation of $500 rather than $500 a month, and that you want to use it to create the best possible long term business for yourself.

First, I would buy a 100 TC subscription ($29, generating 1200 VP), 1 S Builder unit ($22 with your standing order discount, plus 280 VP) and 30 TC Gift Cards ($29.70, plus 100 VP for the purchase and an extra 300 VP as you register the details of the cards you distribute). That will cost you $80.70 a month, and gives you 1880 VP each month, guaranteeing your EA status.

Second, I would complete every possible action in the to-do list, as often as they are available, to earn the daily, weekly and monthly action VP, and starting in the second month I would either bid in TC auctions or play games to use up the TCs and get the available VP, or perhaps even building up your TC reserve if you win. If you do this, BTL is attainable even while you are putting your team together, and as the number of EA2s in your team grows, the higher ranks will follow.

Third, I would invest $44.30 a month in paid ads to promote specific TripleClicks products in markets where you see a demand for those particular products. I would also do as much free marketing as I had time for, for your chosen TC products and your SFI gateways.

This brings your total investment to $125 a month, and if you have chosen your marketing outlets wisely you should start to see some cash-flow quite quickly. Your initial goal should be to earn enough to cover your $125 investment by month 4, and start to show a profit after that. That way, you can maintain your $125 per month investment beyond month 4, without ever exceeding your initial $500 allocation.

If you then also reinvest your profits rather than withdrawing them from the business, for as long as you possibly can, the 'snowball effect' will kick in, and you are on your way.

Hope this helps.


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I am going to assume you have a total budget allocation of $500 rather than $500 a month, and that you want to use it to create the best possible long term business for yourself.

First, I would buy a 100 TC subscription ($29, generating 1200 VP), 1 S Builder unit ($22 with your standing order discount, plus 280 VP) and 30 TC Gift Cards ($29.70, plus 100 VP for the purchase and an extra 300 VP as you register the details of the cards you distribute). That will cost you $80.70 a month,
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Affiliate since: 10/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ronelle's 268 other Ask SC answers

Best is to set up your Standing Order, I suggest at least 2x 125 TCredit pack and 2 units of SBuilder coop, and then at least 5 PSAs To Go (with at least 1 unit of SBuilder in your SO, you can buy PSAs to go for $1.99 each).

PSAs to go will come in within a few days, you will be able to get them off to a good, solid start. When SBuilder PSAs begin to arrive, I would leave off the PSAs to go.

SBuilder will take 4 to 6 weeks to begin arriving, you will usually receive 6-8/month/unit. When SBuilder is in your SO, you will always have a stream of fresh affiliates coming in.

Bid auctions, remembering that every 10 bids will earn a spin on the Spin and Build page. Mostly, you will win 10% of a PSA per spin, I have gotten 20 and 40%. These PSAs will accrue more quickly than you might think, an extra perk for bidding auctions, and maybe winning...again!!

Hope these ideas help:)...
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Best is to set up your Standing Order, I suggest at least 2x 125 TCredit pack and 2 units of SBuilder coop, and then at least 5 PSAs To Go (with at least 1 unit of SBuilder in your SO, you can buy PSAs to go for $1.99 each).

PSAs to go will come in within a few days, you will be able to get them off to a good, solid start. When SBuilder PSAs begin to arrive, I would leave off the PSAs to go.

SBuilder will take 4 to 6 weeks to begin arriving, you will usually receive 6-8/month/unit.
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Affiliate since: 02/20/2004, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Debbie's 2 other Ask SC answers

Since you have a Standing Order and are a Fast-Track Member. I want to Congratulate you for seeing the benefits of becoming a member. Your decision will pay off when you have a full team.

I would recommend the following:
1. Advertising
Buying Advertising from TripleClicks ECAs will help you get you're gateways listed. You’ll also earn VP’s and Member Reward Points.

2. S-Builder Co-op
Buy two S-Builders Co-op’s so that you can have another source of getting affiliates. You can also add your team members that have a Standing Order or a specified amount of VP’s.

3. TCredits
Buy TCredits so that you can play the Zebra games and bid at the Auction. One thing not to do is get in a bidding war. You only lose your TCredits and drive the price up. Plus you end up having to buy more TCredits. I've done that and didn't win the auction. Bid smart!

4. Gift Certificates
Either buy gift certificates or win them at the Auction. You can use them to invite family, friends, co-workers and future affiliates.
Use them to entice your affiliates to move up to EA or Team Leader.

5. Try to win a Lifetime Custom Prestige Domain
You can win or buy a Lifetime Custom Prestige Domain to use for your advertising. You can use it to advertise on the Social sites without a problem.

Those are my recommendations. First make sure to maintain your Leadership and build your team. Then work on the others without a team you're a leader in name only. Good Luck with your business and your team.


These are the things I would recommend. Just because you have $500 to spend doesn't mean you should spend it. Build your team first and maintain your Leadership every month. Good Luck in your business and your team.


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Since you have a Standing Order and are a Fast-Track Member. I want to Congratulate you for seeing the benefits of becoming a member. Your decision will pay off when you have a full team.

I would recommend the following:
1. Advertising
Buying Advertising from TripleClicks ECAs will help you get you're gateways listed. You’ll also earn VP’s and Member Reward Points.

2. S-Builder Co-op
Buy two S-Builders Co-op’s so that you can have another source
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Affiliate since: 08/29/2012, Power Rank: 520 | Read Jacqueline's 83 other Ask SC answers

Hello Rebecca,

I am going to suggest that, you do NOT rush into investing anymore then you have to right now.

I would suggest that you do set up a Standing Order, (SO) for 125 TCredits @ $36.25 a month and also, one share of the S-Builder Co-Op for $22.00 a month, for a total of $58. 25.

By having a SO for the T-Credits and the S-Builder, a couple of things can happen for you.

1. You will maintain your EA2 status each month.

2. You will have T-Credits to play in the Eager Zebra Games, and the Pricebenders Auctions to earn your daily VPs.

3. You will have T-Credits to reward any of your PSAs or CSAs that are working hard.

4. You will have T-Credits to play in the Pricebenders Auctions for some great products, Download Music, etc...

5. You will be part of a S-Builder Co-op, that will be the start of you building up your team, with some new PSAs or PRMs, while you are still learning all of the ins and outs of SFI and TripleClicks.

I say this because, you are just starting out and are only one month into SFI, and there is just so much for you to still learn.

You need to take the time to learn and grow, before you go and start investing without the knowledge, that you will need to keep yourself growing your new business.

There is plenty of time for investing later on, right now, it is in your best interest to learn all you can about SFI and TripleClicks.

After you build up your knowledge, you will then know, "How & Where", you will want to invest to better "grow" your business.

For now, "Invest in Yourself", by reading and learning, for this will be the Best investment for you at this time.

I wish you the best of luck.

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Hello Rebecca,

I am going to suggest that, you do NOT rush into investing anymore then you have to right now.

I would suggest that you do set up a Standing Order, (SO) for 125 TCredits @ $36.25 a month and also, one share of the S-Builder Co-Op for $22.00 a month, for a total of $58. 25.

By having a SO for the T-Credits and the S-Builder, a couple of things can happen for you.

1. You will maintain your EA2 status each month.

2. You will have
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Affiliate since: 10/07/2014, Power Rank: 530 | Read Alvin's 86 other Ask SC answers

Question:
"I have $500 to invest in my SFI business. What are your recommendations on the best way to use this money? "

You are very fortunate to have $500.00 to invest in this SFI business opportunity, however it is being involved with our business on a daily basis what gives us the most valuable return on investment.

Yes, those daily actions are what count the most. Pumping dollars into the business is great, but as every business owner knows, we must participate by being active on a daily bases whether we have customers or not.

This means we will complete our "To-Do List", keep in touch with our Team Members, participate in the ASK SC Answers and Questions, send e-Cards, Keep our Leadership Blog up to date, create contests, awards, send out news letters, while also learning more and more about this SFI/Tripleclick business, products and services.

Many of these activity have VPoints attached which will accumulate over time. No matter how much money we invest on purchases, if we are not making sales, enrolling New Member Affiliates, and ECA Members, our progress will reflect our ranking.

Now, should we only focus on our ranking status because of these facts? The answer is yes, and no. Yes, we can see from our ranking status we have more to accomplish, or more action to take, and no, we must focus on selling more products and services, remain active with our customers, and advertise the complete business opportunity along with building our teams.

These are the areas of focus we should concentrate on mostly, our investments should reflect these areas.

Establish a Standing Order, Wishlist, knowing your $500.00 is utilized best by selecting those resources and products from our TripleClicks store.

Include professional advertising in your budget with the balance. Do not think because you have excessive amounts of cash invested other obligations will not need attention.

Our "Daily Actions" learning how to do the business, keeping our Team Members informed, along with recognition, making sales, and earning commission to invest back into the business should be among our top priorities, not how much we have to invest, but how wisely we invest our time and money.

Let's not forget those valuable Zebra Games and Pricebender Auctions!

Thank you for allowing me to share.

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Question:
"I have $500 to invest in my SFI business. What are your recommendations on the best way to use this money? "

You are very fortunate to have $500.00 to invest in this SFI business opportunity, however it is being involved with our business on a daily basis what gives us the most valuable return on investment.

Yes, those daily actions are what count the most. Pumping dollars into the business is great, but as every business owner knows, we must participate
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Affiliate since: 01/05/2011, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Bob's 135 other Ask SC answers

Hello Rebecca,

You are new to SFI and with respect I submit the following:
I strongly suggest you take the first week or two to become familiar
with the website, the program, training and marketing materials offered.
Depending on your level of marketing experience, it is important in my
opinion to be as knowledgeable as possible, prior to building your
downline and promoting the TC Store and it's products/merchants.

The next important step is to decide how to establish your Executive
Affiliate Status on a monthly basis. (1500 VP monthly is required)
Your options may include regular monthly purchases in the TC Store
to increase your VersaPoints.

This could include a Standing Order for one or more products or
a variety of products based on your needs.
There are many options available with explanations, just
enter a search in the tab at top of your SFI Alerts page.

Your next important decision is where to begin your advertising
and marketing.
I suggest getting your feet wet with Social Sites and Free Classified
Advertising.
Then, move up to Paid Advertising, Blogging, a Website, Writing
Articles for publishing and your blog.
All the tools and information to get you started are available in
the SFI Training Section of your SFI Home Page.

I small tip; Take each new project on one at a time to finish.
Then move on to the next. It is to easy to drive yourself in
too many directions, leaving you going no where.

Your budget is nice to start with, take your time and do not be in
a hurry to spend it the first month.

I hope you found this helpful.
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Hello Rebecca,

You are new to SFI and with respect I submit the following:
I strongly suggest you take the first week or two to become familiar
with the website, the program, training and marketing materials offered.
Depending on your level of marketing experience, it is important in my
opinion to be as knowledgeable as possible, prior to building your
downline and promoting the TC Store and it's products/merchants.

The next important step is to decide
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Affiliate since: 11/29/2011, Power Rank: 84 | Read Gliceria's 402 other Ask SC answers

You are very lucky to have $500 to invest in your SFI business, so you need to think of the best way to use it that will give you excellent results within a few months.

With $500 set out a simple plan with a six-month budget to get started.

Start off with a Standing Order for 125 TCredit Pack @$36.25 for 6 months. This will cost you $217.50. With 1500 VP every month it will ensure you maintain your rank without stressing about it.

Then add a share in S-Builder Co-op @ $22 for 6 months. This will cost you $132, but will ensure you get your supply of PSA and some PRMs to get your business going.

So far you have budgeted $349.50 for six months.

The first month involves building a team from scratch. It may take a few weeks to receive your first PSAs from S-Builder Co-op, and sometimes all you get will be inactive.

You have $150.50 left over, so you may want to purchase PSAs To Go for $39 for quick supply of sign-ups to search for your 5 workers to start the process of duplication. This is not part of your six month's budget so you can stop ordering them once you have 5 workers to work with, by now new PSAs will be coming through regularly from S-Builder Co-op.

This leaves you with $111.50. Why not buy a pack of TC Gift Cards for $29.00 for promotional and a source of 10 AVP per card, or a total of 300 AVP a month. You also stand a chance of winning some great prizes from DistribuStar if you distribute one card a day.

With $82.50 remaining, you can use it to buy TC products such as ECA brochures, X-Cards and other marketing aids and other TC products that will give you 25 VP for reviewing per product.

Within six months your team has grown wide and deep, your first 5 workers are now also attaining some success of their own, and you are well on your way to the top, if not nearly there! I'm sure you have a better plan, but I hope this will add a bit more. All the best!


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You are very lucky to have $500 to invest in your SFI business, so you need to think of the best way to use it that will give you excellent results within a few months.

With $500 set out a simple plan with a six-month budget to get started.

Start off with a Standing Order for 125 TCredit Pack @$36.25 for 6 months. This will cost you $217.50. With 1500 VP every month it will ensure you maintain your rank without stressing about it.

Then add a share in S-Builder Co-op
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