Affiliate since: 11/13/2001, Power Rank: 74 | Read Jeannette's 241 other Ask SC answers

Since SFI is an international business, it really pays to gain affiliates from everywhere. It doesn't matter if they speak English or not, because SFI has provided a translator and Google Translate is also available.

Gaining the maximum income from sponsoring affiliates from all over the world is key to moving your entire team in the business. It is critical, because your desire should be to help everyone possible to earn income and to move from lack to abundance. For this reason, you don't want to limit yourself to your own country or region. The more people who learn about SFI and TripleClicks, the better. The more people you reach, the more you will gain eventually. Not everyone is suited for a home-based business, but you will find the ones that are by reaching out to everyone you can, online and offline.
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Since SFI is an international business, it really pays to gain affiliates from everywhere. It doesn't matter if they speak English or not, because SFI has provided a translator and Google Translate is also available.

Gaining the maximum income from sponsoring affiliates from all over the world is key to moving your entire team in the business. It is critical, because your desire should be to help everyone possible to earn income and to move from lack to abundance. For this reason,
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Affiliate since: 11/11/2010, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ma leticia's 62 other Ask SC answers

SFI is a global business. So why limit yourself by just prospecting only from your country. Expand your earning opportunities online worldwide.

The most lucrative way to earn fat monthly commissions up to 6-figure or more in SFI is to tap the jewel of its compensation plan…. the TC Executive Pool bonus! How to do that? You need to work on team building and duplication aggressively and passionately. So you need to increase the number of PSAs and CSAs in your downline by recruiting PSAs not only in your own country but also internationally. You have the whole wide world to fish for new PSAs, Catch them. Hone them. Teach them how to do SFI effectively and successfully. The more PSAs you can develop into EA2s and Team Leaders the fatter your monthly commissions would be. Don’t forget expand your horizon globally.
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SFI is a global business. So why limit yourself by just prospecting only from your country. Expand your earning opportunities online worldwide.

The most lucrative way to earn fat monthly commissions up to 6-figure or more in SFI is to tap the jewel of its compensation plan…. the TC Executive Pool bonus! How to do that? You need to work on team building and duplication aggressively and passionately. So you need to increase the number of PSAs and CSAs in your downline by recruiting
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

As the sayings go...the more the merrier, and the world is your oyster...

Go world wide!

I look at my PSA's and CSA's. If I only had affiliates from home, I would have under 10. As it stands, I have just over 1000.

I have just finished compiling a message to one affiliate and I used the google translator to change it to Indonesian. There are always going to be ways around the communication barriers. I had a problem a few weeks ago, popped the question in the forum and members of the SFI family pointed me in the right direction.

We need to share the love that is SFI!



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As the sayings go...the more the merrier, and the world is your oyster...

Go world wide!

I look at my PSA's and CSA's. If I only had affiliates from home, I would have under 10. As it stands, I have just over 1000.

I have just finished compiling a message to one affiliate and I used the google translator to change it to Indonesian. There are always going to be ways around the communication barriers. I had a problem a few weeks ago, popped the question in the forum
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Affiliate since: 11/29/2011, Power Rank: 87 | Read Gliceria's 402 other Ask SC answers

As we know, SFI was created to allow anyone from everywhere in the world with a computer and Internet access the opportunity to build his own SFI business and tap into the worldwide e-commerce phenomenon with fantastic potential for developing a residual income.

With this in mind, your prospect should come from all the world, as prospecting people locally will limit your success of finding serious and quality affiliates that will become your partners in building a successful and profitable SFI business.

While there are advantages of prospecting locally, your success will also be scrutinised locally, and may result in a stunted growth of your business.

So go wide in the world - spread the good word and help people anywhere to find solutions for their problems and help them prosper!
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As we know, SFI was created to allow anyone from everywhere in the world with a computer and Internet access the opportunity to build his own SFI business and tap into the worldwide e-commerce phenomenon with fantastic potential for developing a residual income.

With this in mind, your prospect should come from all the world, as prospecting people locally will limit your success of finding serious and quality affiliates that will become your partners in building a successful and profitable
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Affiliate since: 04/14/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Diane's 76 other Ask SC answers

Hi Andjela,

Did you read Launchpad Day 5 - Borderless Is Beautiful?

If not, or if you would like to remind yourself, here it is:
https://www.sfimg.com/LaunchPad/Day5

No matter where anybody comes from, they can be successful in SFI.

All the tools are here, every page can be translated using the Translate tool at the bottom of the page.

Members can connect with people from their country if they need extra help in their own language.

The forum has a section for the member´s own country.

We can even communicate with speakers of other languages by using the translation tools, such as Google Translate, to write or reply to emails.

To confine yourself to recruiting only from your own country is to limit yourself, and your business.

It takes no extra work to reach the whole world than to reach only your own country.

Go for it!
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Hi Andjela,

Did you read Launchpad Day 5 - Borderless Is Beautiful?

If not, or if you would like to remind yourself, here it is:
https://www.sfimg.com/LaunchPad/Day5

No matter where anybody comes from, they can be successful in SFI.

All the tools are here, every page can be translated using the Translate tool at the bottom of the page.

Members can connect with people from their country if they need extra help in their own language.

The
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Affiliate since: 10/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ronelle's 268 other Ask SC answers

It might be easier for you to get started recruiting if you stay with your countrymen, but by all means, do not be afraid to recruit from other countries as well!:))

Language and cultural differences can be a little problematical, but trying is the way we learn. I would recommend you start with your country, then others that are nearby, then a little further away, and then... There's the whole world!!:)))

As you successfully recruit, you will become more comfortable with using the translator button on SFI pages, and could end up with many countries represented in your team. While the translator may not always be exactly what the person intended to say, you can always ask them if they meant to say "this" instead of "that". Both will learn this way.

Go, recruit from anywhere, and learn from these new friends about other parts of our world!

I wish you much success:))...
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It might be easier for you to get started recruiting if you stay with your countrymen, but by all means, do not be afraid to recruit from other countries as well!:))

Language and cultural differences can be a little problematical, but trying is the way we learn. I would recommend you start with your country, then others that are nearby, then a little further away, and then... There's the whole world!!:)))

As you successfully recruit, you will become more comfortable with using
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Affiliate since: 09/06/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Wayne's 32 other Ask SC answers

Even though it is good to recruit PSA's from your own country, never stop there! Having a wide variety of nationals is the way to go! This greatly enhance the dynamics of your team and your efforts in the long run.

Note: Having all your PSAs being from your country would mean that youe entire team has all the same limitations.

eg. I live in Jamaica, if all my PSAs are Jamaican and live in Jamaica then we are all under the restriction of limited paypal usage, same search engine results, same shipping restrictions, same banking restrictions, etc...

In essence, having a geographically dynamic team is way better than having the entire team all in the same situation.

To Your Success
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Even though it is good to recruit PSA's from your own country, never stop there! Having a wide variety of nationals is the way to go! This greatly enhance the dynamics of your team and your efforts in the long run.

Note: Having all your PSAs being from your country would mean that youe entire team has all the same limitations.

eg. I live in Jamaica, if all my PSAs are Jamaican and live in Jamaica then we are all under the restriction of limited paypal usage, same search engine
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Affiliate since: 06/14/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Maurice's 6 other Ask SC answers

Thanks for the good question Anjela.

When prospecting for affiliates I always consider the following:

1. Prospects should be looking for internet work, would like to work from home or are interested in earning a second income.

2. Prospects have time to work or will create time and or investment for extra earnings.

3. You do not know which affiliates are more interested in internet marketing and who are more likely to progress well until you engage them.

4. All demographics have affiliates who are likely to perform well regardless of their background.

5. Internet is just that, a worldwide web capable of instantaneously reaching all corners of the globe without being selective.

6. All mankind, the rich and the poor would like to earn some extra cash and would not mind an extra discount on their purchase.

Now with all these points in mind logic dictates that you should 'spread your net', so to speak, as far as your might and reach the multitude for maximum benefits.

Even though it would be easy to coach affiliates from your own country simply because of the language and cultural simplicity, it is prudent to diversify and reach all corners of the world.
There should be no country barrier simply because the more workers you have the more you benefit and besides there is strength in diversity as it primarily creates wealth; A good example is ordinary items in one locality end up as 'goldmines; in another location.
Tourists are attracted to that which they do not experience in their own countries and travel far and wide and pay to experience a difference.

Thank you, and thanks to SFI community.

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Thanks for the good question Anjela.

When prospecting for affiliates I always consider the following:

1. Prospects should be looking for internet work, would like to work from home or are interested in earning a second income.

2. Prospects have time to work or will create time and or investment for extra earnings.

3. You do not know which affiliates are more interested in internet marketing and who are more likely to progress well until you engage them.
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Affiliate since: 07/02/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Williams's 638 other Ask SC answers

Prospecting is one of the most important activities for growing your SFI business and certainly you would want to prospect locally. There are many advantages to local prospecting to include the following:

1. Local team collaboration. If your prospects are from your hometown, then you can meet at a local conference center and you can share your SFI progress with your team in real time. If someone doesn't understand how to do something you can just show them! In the 21st century, you can still teach remotely but there is a certain magic when you can look someone squarely in the face and say "Here's what I did to achieve EA and this is how you can do it too!"

2. Solidarity. Simply put the synergy you can build from a local team of affiliates is unmistakeable. Duplication is not rocket science because your team can relate to you in more ways than one. Your presence is commanding and assuring that SFI is real and tangible. Although this can be achieved online, it is more difficult when their are barriers caused by various skill sets, language difference, and socioeconomics across cultural difference.

3. Fast start. You are more likely to understand people from your own geographical region than you would elsewhere. This perpetuates the likelihood of a higher team activity percentage and therefore greater gains. Just because someone is next door does not guarantee success; however, it removes many of the barriers that inhibit team effort.

In light of the aforementioned, at some point in time your local pool of prospects is going to dry up temporarily opening the door for the need to prospect elsewhere. So yes, you should prospect in your own area, town, city, district, region, state and country. But don't just limit your search there. Start local then branch out.

Finally, allow me to address the need to prospect everywhere. This is really up to you but remember there are certain qualities and tools that one must possess in order to be successful in SFI. Yes, there are people in every country I am quite sure that will make excellent SFI affiliates. Although some regions of the world are better dispositioned technologically and educationally. So if you are going to be wise with your advertising then spend your time and money recruiting from places where you will find the best affiliates. As you gain more experience you will find that advertising in these places will usually cost you more money. Go figure and do what is best for your business according to your budget.
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Prospecting is one of the most important activities for growing your SFI business and certainly you would want to prospect locally. There are many advantages to local prospecting to include the following:

1. Local team collaboration. If your prospects are from your hometown, then you can meet at a local conference center and you can share your SFI progress with your team in real time. If someone doesn't understand how to do something you can just show them! In the 21st century,
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 438 | Read Mar's 582 other Ask SC answers

SFI is one of the top network marketing opportunities represented by its 1.6 million affiliates worldwide. Through the use of Internet infrastructure, SFI can be marketed globally.

You have the option to expand your network starting from your country/region and you can take it further beyond your country’s border. Marketing your SFI business worldwide means more opportunities for engagement and business growth.

Advantages and Disadvantages of signing up people only from your country/region:

- Imagine the increased efficiency and effectiveness of your marketing efforts if you could market to a large group of prospects that share common characteristics and needs, and have a smooth flow of communication.

- Cultural background

Network marketers must remember that true brand intelligence lives at the intersection of head and heart, where the emotional self meets the analytical self. You need to understand culture and other intangibles to communicate effectively and you’re at your best when dealing with people in your home country.

But culture is where you find context and opportunities for engagement and business growth. It greatly affects market demand. The knowledge of your native culture is useful when dealing with home markets but it has little value when dealing in foreign markets.

Having the cultural background enables network marketers to create greater engagement, relevance and grow their business. The failure to acknowledge the importance of culture to brand- and business-building is the same as deciding that you’re okay with being at a competitive disadvantage.

- Geographic segmentation

Geographic segmentation can also be an effective approach for your SFI business with limited budget. You can focus on your defined area and not expend needless marketing dollars on approaches ill-suited for your target geographic segment. You can divide your market by geographical areas, such as by city, county, state, region (like East or West Coast) but you’re missing out on the international region (like Asia, Europe, etc.) because you’re only focussing on signing up prospects from your home country and therefore missing out on income potential outside your home country/region.

Advantages and Disadvantages of signing up people from everywhere:

- Generally language and culture could be perceived as major disadvantage and barriers in marketing your SFI business internationally but there are ways to overcome them. The key to being successful in marketing your SFI business internationally is to understand the role of culture in international business.

- Cultural differences will have a direct impact on your profitability; therefore you need to improve your level of knowledge of international cultural difference in business to help you in building international competencies as well as enabling you to gain a competitive advantage.

- Specifically, you should be aware of the key factors that have a direct impact on your SFI business such as:

1. Communication is the key to success for any business, whether you are operating nationally or internationally, but when operating internationally it becomes even more important due to language barriers. Google translations service with its limitation can provide some help in overcoming this barrier. Another solution that could be effective in overcoming this barrier is, by training people in your downline who understand English, speak the native language and have the cultural background of your prospects.

2. If you are aware of your prospect’s cultural background, then you will be able to adopt better and more suitable advertising methods.

- Cultural awareness is the key to global success of your SFI business. Marketing your SFI business globally involves cross cultural negotiations, establishing relationships with people, who will become your prospective members. It’s important to know whom you are dealing with by knowing what to say and when to say.

- You can overcome the cultural barriers when prospecting outside your home country/region, by learning and analyzing local cultures before marketing your SFI business – know the strengths & weakness as perceived by the local culture.

Conclusion:

Culture acts as a hidden entry barrier, but it can be overcome with cultural sensitivity, hard work and quality. As you expand your SFI business worldwide, you must be knowledgeable of both cultures (Local and Foreign). Don’t limit yourself by prospecting only at your home country/region. Think of the potential income you’ll be missing out as you expand your SFI business internationally.

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SFI is one of the top network marketing opportunities represented by its 1.6 million affiliates worldwide. Through the use of Internet infrastructure, SFI can be marketed globally.

You have the option to expand your network starting from your country/region and you can take it further beyond your country’s border. Marketing your SFI business worldwide means more opportunities for engagement and business growth.

Advantages and Disadvantages of signing up people only from your
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