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

I think it is a great idea to put some of your CSA's into the CSA exchange program - those who speak a different primary language to you.

Here's why...

Communication is not what you say or write; it is what the other person hears or reads. If your CSA does not speak the same language as you, what you think you are saying to them may not be the message they are receiving.

Now, I don't know if you have ever tested the translation tool (either Google Translate, or the embedded version on the SFI site), but it is not always that accurate. To test this, I typed in a message in English, translated into Spanish, then cut-and-pasted the translation into the input box and had it translate that back into English.

What I got back was nothing like the same message I originally entered. The meaning was completely different. Yet we rely on these tools to get our business message across.

By allowing your CSAs to be reassigned to someone who speaks the same language, you are giving them a better chance of success. And in return, you will receive CSAs from your own country.

Bear in mind that most people who do put their CSAs into the program will only put their inactive CSAs in, so do not expect to receive anything other than inactive CSAs in return.

But because they are from your own country, it may mean they can relate more to you than they could to someone from the other side of the world, and therefore you may have a better chance of building a relationship with them than their previous co-sponsor had.

Hope this helps.
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I think it is a great idea to put some of your CSA's into the CSA exchange program - those who speak a different primary language to you.

Here's why...

Communication is not what you say or write; it is what the other person hears or reads. If your CSA does not speak the same language as you, what you think you are saying to them may not be the message they are receiving.

Now, I don't know if you have ever tested the translation tool (either Google Translate, or the
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Affiliate since: 11/04/2014, Power Rank: 608 | Read Fel's 32 other Ask SC answers

The principle of Co-Sponsored Affiliate (CSA) exchange states that:

" People like to work with those who can understand their culture and speak their native language.

By exchanging CSAs that live in other countries for those that live in your country, you can put this dynamic to work for you. It's a win/win!

Your CSAs will have a co-sponsor that they can work better with... and you'll create more active CSAs that can grow your commissions! "

Putting one's CSA into the New CSA exchange, depends on the sound discretion of the co-sponsor.

So, if he/she think that his CSAs are from another country, who cannot understand the culture and speak the native language, then it is his/her discretion to exchange it to those who would qualify the requirement, but there is no guarantee that these CSAs can be more active and can grow commissions.

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The principle of Co-Sponsored Affiliate (CSA) exchange states that:

" People like to work with those who can understand their culture and speak their native language.

By exchanging CSAs that live in other countries for those that live in your country, you can put this dynamic to work for you. It's a win/win!

Your CSAs will have a co-sponsor that they can work better with... and you'll create more active CSAs that can grow your commissions! "

Putting
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Affiliate since: 08/06/2012, Power Rank: 226 | Read Ronilo's 408 other Ask SC answers

CSA exchange is a new program of SFI where you can exchange your CSA to CSA's from your country. The main purpose is to encourage activities among the affiliates. The principle is, people tend to communicate more or do work more if they are in the team who have same language and culture.

Definitely we should take advantage of this program, but since this is left to us we need some solid basis when and who among our CSA are we going to exchange.

For me I used these criteria and method of selecting affilaites for CSA exchange:

1. I first filter my CSA from the oldest to newest to join.

2. From the result of 1, I Choose those six months and older.

3. From the result of 2, I choose those who just sign in and did not log-in after signing up. and have a total VP score of Zero (0)- Meaning they are completely inactive for the last six month. What do you expect from these CSA's? they are all candidates for exchange.

You can do the filtering of 1 - 3 at once using the filtering facility at the genealogy.

4. From the result of 3, The first one to go are those from the third world countries. - aside from being inactive probably they don't have the capacity also to do SFI.

5. I encourage the remaining CSA's in step 4 while they are still with me, but once all the first batch are already replaced they are the next batch to go.

6. If I will have good result for the replacement, The next batch to go are those who did not log-in for six month and have a total VP score of less than 50, 100 and so on.

7. I plan to do this in a monthly basis.
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CSA exchange is a new program of SFI where you can exchange your CSA to CSA's from your country. The main purpose is to encourage activities among the affiliates. The principle is, people tend to communicate more or do work more if they are in the team who have same language and culture.

Definitely we should take advantage of this program, but since this is left to us we need some solid basis when and who among our CSA are we going to exchange.

For me I used these criteria
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Affiliate since: 03/31/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Tom and Diana's 69 other Ask SC answers

Absolutely yes!

The CSA Exchange offers us all the opportunity to rebuild our teams with affiliates who may live closer to us and who will certainly speak our language.

As will always be the case not all will be “active” but the chance of even one or two to “wake up” is greater if they see someone speaking in their own tongue.

Personally I have placed all but a few of my CSAs into the exchange. There are a handful who have logged on in the past 30 days. I am going to keep an eye on them and if they continue to build their business there is no reason to rock the boat.

Of course you should use your own judgement but why not take advantage of this fantastic new program. It may not be perfect but if only one or two of your new CSAs respond what a potential gold mine for you.

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Absolutely yes!

The CSA Exchange offers us all the opportunity to rebuild our teams with affiliates who may live closer to us and who will certainly speak our language.

As will always be the case not all will be “active” but the chance of even one or two to “wake up” is greater if they see someone speaking in their own tongue.

Personally I have placed all but a few of my CSAs into the exchange. There are a handful who have logged on in the past 30 days. I
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Caroline's 111 other Ask SC answers

I would say that you should put all your inactive CSAs who are not from your own country into the new CSA exchange.

Apparently when CSAs and their co-sponsors are from the same country, this can help the inactive CSA to become active, as they can communicate better with someone from their own country and culture.

As every CSA is someone else's PSA, this can only have a positive effect on the business of his sponsor. If an inactive CSA can become active through being transferred to a co-sponsor in his own country, that will have a wonderful effect on the sponsor who will now find that his inactive PSA has become active!!

It's a 2 way benefit isn't it? Nothing may come of it at all if the person was just a tyre-kicker and not interested in working the business. Nothing bad could come of it - things would just stay the same. But on the other hand, there may be some wonderful positive outcomes.

Imagine if you managed to swap inactive CSAs and gain new ones from your own country whom you could activate. That could be great for your business. Imagine if your inactive PSAs could be given to a co-sponsor from their own country and suddenly start becoming active. Bring it on!!

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I would say that you should put all your inactive CSAs who are not from your own country into the new CSA exchange.

Apparently when CSAs and their co-sponsors are from the same country, this can help the inactive CSA to become active, as they can communicate better with someone from their own country and culture.

As every CSA is someone else's PSA, this can only have a positive effect on the business of his sponsor. If an inactive CSA can become active through being transferred
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Affiliate since: 10/05/2011, Power Rank: 428 | Read Francis's 105 other Ask SC answers

The main reason that has been advanced for exchanging CSAs from other countries for those from the country where you live is that it may help to overcome limitations in communication due to cultural or language differences. This is certainly a valid point. However, one also has to bear in mind that if you have CSAs from other countries who are active and with whom you already have a good working relationship, it is worth keeping them rather than exchanging.
Since the exchange started, some team leaders have already reported activities in their teams. If you go to the forum, you will find an interesting debate on the issue. For example one silver team leader wrote that he has already received replies from his welcome letter to the new CSAs and some of them were exceptional.
In other words, it is possible that some currently inactive CSAs may possibly wake up if they find themselves with a co-sponsor from their own country!
So, I would say yes exchange those CSAs with whom you do not see any further progress in communication as it negatively impacts on the growth of your team and do not exachange if there is no advantage in losing your CSAs.






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The main reason that has been advanced for exchanging CSAs from other countries for those from the country where you live is that it may help to overcome limitations in communication due to cultural or language differences. This is certainly a valid point. However, one also has to bear in mind that if you have CSAs from other countries who are active and with whom you already have a good working relationship, it is worth keeping them rather than exchanging.
Since the exchange started,
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Affiliate since: 06/17/2015, Power Rank: 99999999

In my opinion, you should only exchange CSAs that are inactive, because there is no harm done with that. It is basically like a big lottery, sometimes you get a nice prize and sometimes you just get what you pay for.
Also, due to the large percentage of inactive CSA almost everyone will be exchanging them but, CSAs are more likely to become active when they have a Co-sponsor that can effectively explain to them the system and teach them how to make an income using all the tools that SFI provides in a language they can understand fully, not a language that they are barely learning.

Language barriers are most often the problem between full commitment and just a quick sign up and forget it. It would be hard for any one of us to use SFI if we weren't able to fully comprehend everything in our lessons and even the basics. I can tell you that I had to reread everything about half a dozen times to finally start doing anything. All in all, I think its a pretty fair gamble. You basically are helping yourself and your new CSAs in earning an income.
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In my opinion, you should only exchange CSAs that are inactive, because there is no harm done with that. It is basically like a big lottery, sometimes you get a nice prize and sometimes you just get what you pay for.
Also, due to the large percentage of inactive CSA almost everyone will be exchanging them but, CSAs are more likely to become active when they have a Co-sponsor that can effectively explain to them the system and teach them how to make an income using all the tools that SFI provides
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Affiliate since: 02/02/2015, Power Rank: 59 | Read Christine's 19 other Ask SC answers

The First choice of CSAs I would exchange would be those that have been inactive from the first
day, for the longest time and I find difficulty communicating with, including obvious fake names.

Then Second choice I would choose those CSAs that have had very little activity and I find difficulty communicating with.

Reason being that someone from their own Country and same dialect might be in a better position to explain to them about SFI and understand their situations and culture better, which in turn might motivate those CSAs to become more active. Therefore being more beneficial for all affiliates concerned than having just dormant affiliates because of lack of understanding.


I would not exchange active CSAs that I see are continuing to grow their Business, irrespective of what Country they are from for the obvious reason that they are an asset to all at SFI including myself.


My last choice would be the ones who speak the same language as me but are unresponsive, it would be my last choice because you never know when they could become active. As there are a number of affiliates who became active quite some time after they first joined SFI.
If they haven't opted out then one of the many emails we send might one day bring them into action.










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The First choice of CSAs I would exchange would be those that have been inactive from the first
day, for the longest time and I find difficulty communicating with, including obvious fake names.

Then Second choice I would choose those CSAs that have had very little activity and I find difficulty communicating with.

Reason being that someone from their own Country and same dialect might be in a better position to explain to them about SFI and understand their situations
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Affiliate since: 11/23/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Cornelius's 63 other Ask SC answers

Great Question, Romeo,

Yes, of course; and for the following reasons:--

1. Language Barrier: some affiliates are better spoken with in their native languages or dialects. So, if I have certain CSAs from countries where inter-exchange of native dialects are predominant in their day-to-day communications, (e.g. those from countries in the Asian continent), I would prefer that they are handled by Sponsors from their specific geographic zones.

2. Inactivity: where certain CSAs have remained inactive for long or are completely dormant, it may be proper to hand them over to Sponsors from their countries so that more meaningful follow-ups can be done with them; and who knows? such people might eventually become active again.

Hope these two tips help you in forming your opinion.

Best of Luck.

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Great Question, Romeo,

Yes, of course; and for the following reasons:--

1. Language Barrier: some affiliates are better spoken with in their native languages or dialects. So, if I have certain CSAs from countries where inter-exchange of native dialects are predominant in their day-to-day communications, (e.g. those from countries in the Asian continent), I would prefer that they are handled by Sponsors from their specific geographic zones.

2. Inactivity: where certain
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Affiliate since: 01/04/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read David's 87 other Ask SC answers

I would say yes.

The reasoning is that you may have CSA's that are from different countries or language. Maybe the weekly team mails that we send out read garbled to them because they don't translate well when they have the need to translate.

My view on the CSA Exchange is this, we exchange CSA's from different countries that have been inactive for a while. We do this in the hopes that the CSA's are Co-Sponsored by an individual from their country and their language, you receive a better understanding when writing and reading in your own language. Then the inactive CSA becomes the Active CSA.

I hope this helps. Best Regards
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I would say yes.

The reasoning is that you may have CSA's that are from different countries or language. Maybe the weekly team mails that we send out read garbled to them because they don't translate well when they have the need to translate.

My view on the CSA Exchange is this, we exchange CSA's from different countries that have been inactive for a while. We do this in the hopes that the CSA's are Co-Sponsored by an individual from their country and their language, you
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