Affiliate since: 09/25/2012, Power Rank: 152 | Read GT's 63 other Ask SC answers

Hello, Phyllida:

How can you be effective recruiting affiliates face to face and one on one?

With enthusiasm and confidence! Know your stuff!

Enthusiasm:

When you speak to people face to face and one on one, let your excitement and enthusiasm for SFI shine through. People respond favorably when you demonstrate true, sincere enthusiasm.

To show your enthusiasm, don’t tell them why THEY should join SFI, tell them how and why YOU are excited about SFI! People don’t want to be sold, but they are definitely interested in knowing what it is about SFI that excites YOU.

Confidence:

Confidence is just as important as enthusiasm. To feel confident talking to people about SFI, you need to truly know and understand what makes SFI so good and exactly how the system works. When you demonstrate enthusiasm for SFI, your prospects are definitely going to ask you questions, so you need to be prepared. You need to know your stuff.

Spend time in the SFI Affiliate Center every day reviewing the Training sections and the Marketing sections. Get a good grip on how SFI and TripleClicks work and how to explain it all clearly and concisely without long explanations or complicated technical details.

The better prepared you are, the more confident you will feel. And the more confident you feel, the more excited you will get and that’s when your enthusiasm will shine through. Go for it!

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Hello, Phyllida:

How can you be effective recruiting affiliates face to face and one on one?

With enthusiasm and confidence! Know your stuff!

Enthusiasm:

When you speak to people face to face and one on one, let your excitement and enthusiasm for SFI shine through. People respond favorably when you demonstrate true, sincere enthusiasm.

To show your enthusiasm, don’t tell them why THEY should join SFI, tell them how and why YOU are excited about
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 435 | Read Mar's 582 other Ask SC answers

In order to be effective in recruiting affiliates face to face and one on one, you’ll need to learn and acquire the skills needed for this kind of method in marketing your SFI business.

Before embarking to recruit affiliates using face to face and one on one method, keep in mind the following key points:

- You must emotionally detach yourself from the outcome of your presentation to your prospect.

Your job is to act like consultants offering suggestions on how people can live a better life. If you focus on educating and understanding, you will have fun and your prospects will enjoy the experience.

- Be yourself.

Generally people find themselves becoming a different person when it comes to inviting a potential prospect to hear about their opportunity. This can have an adverse affect, making others uncomfortable. Just be yourself, just work on being your best self.

- Have passion in what you do.

Having enthusiasm can be contagious. People love to be around the positive, enthusiastic, loving life type of person. Smile, when engaging conversation with your prospect. Your positive emotion will translate into better results. Smiling helps your voice to sound friendly, warm, and receptive.

- Exhibit a strong posture.

Having a strong posture is one’s inability to be discouraged or swayed. You won’t get affected by those that are negative about your SFI business opportunity being presented to them.

If you are easily discouraged by a person in regards to your SFI business opportunity, it means that you lack a strong posture. Professional network marketers are strong, confident and bold with their message. You won’t find them apologizing or defending their position or opportunity.

Not allowing yourself to be affected by an outcome, being yourself, having enthusiasm and passion, and finally, having a strong, unshakable posture will give you the upper hand in presenting your SFI business opportunity face to face and one on one with your prospect.

Here are steps you can do to be effective in recruiting affiliates face to face and one on one:

- The first step in making this a reality, is that you must have good, qualified leads to be working with right from the start.

You must stay away from using the typical prospecting methods most people are taught. Those methods tend to be more solicitation, and less attraction. Plus, most people you prospect are simply “suspects”. So don’t spend your time trying to convert suspects into prospects – simply learn how to attract qualified prospects, and you’ll skip a wasteful step most other network marketers always make.

So if you want to be able to sponsor more affiliates, then you must have plenty of prospects to work with just about every day – and they must be qualified prospects. Otherwise, it’s wasting your time and stealing your leverage.

The focus of this strategy really depends on communicating with your prospects in a way that can allow you to increase your sponsoring efforts exponentially. Even if you do go out and generate lots of qualified leads every day; if you don’t communicate with them effectively and uniquely – you’ll still have difficulty converting leads into sign ups.

- Help your prospects get what they want.

Stay away from the typical thinking of “how can I get this person to sign up”. You must realize that effective recruiting is more about getting that prospect what he/she wants, and less about you getting him/her to sign up.

You must start thinking of yourself as a “solutions provider” instead of just presenting your SFI home business opportunity to them in the hope that they’ll sign up. Put yourself in your prospect’s shoes, and think about how you would want to be treated if you were that prospect. Think of yourself as somewhat of a consultant, and not just a network marketing sales rep.

You must put your prospect’s needs/wants above your own, and focus on helping them achieve or obtain what they want.

Before meeting with your prospects face to face and one on one, contact them in their preferred way of communication to schedule an appointment. If you’re going to use the phone, do the following steps:

1. Introduce yourself and let them know that they had responded to you (requested info from you, etc.) and you are getting back with them.

2. Check to make sure that it’s a good time for them to talk (people may be distracted when your call and it would not be wise to continue if that’s the case, so ask “Did I catch you at a good time?”

3. Reaffirm that they had responded to your message (marketing), and then offer them a free 30 minute consultation to discuss what they are looking for or help with what they are trying to accomplish.

4. If they would like a consultation, qualify them a little further first by asking them a few questions to gauge their level of commitment and desire (how serious are they about getting involved in a home based business, do they have any time or money to invest into a business venture, etc.)

5. Schedule the consultation in the time most convenient to them.

Now that you have set a consultation appointment successfully, it’s time to meet your prospect face to face. Here are the steps:

- Allocate at least 30 minutes of time for a consultation.

- Have a notepad ready for taking notes during the consultation (as the prospect is talking and answering questions). Ask them questions about themselves, their seriousness of interest, and what they are trying to accomplish or fix. The answers they give you will help you determine if they are truly good prospects and what the next step for them in the process would be.

- Remember that the consultation is not really to “close” the prospect into signing up. Prospects could make a decision to join with you by the end of the conversation. The purpose of the consultation is really to start a relationship with your prospect by uncovering what their needs/wants are, and assess their commitment level to know how to move forward in the recruiting process.

- Identify their concerns/issues, focus on listening to understand clearly what they need help with or have an interest in, figure out how you can help them solve those issues.

- If the solution you arrive at is appropriate to their needs, and is in line with what you offer, move them forward in small, non-threatening steps towards applying or obtaining that solution (your SFI business opportunity or more info about it).

Always remember that to be effective recruiting face to face and one on one, you need to focus on your prospects getting what they want. Your job is to simply guide them through that process in a ‘consultative’ way.

If what they want to accomplish or achieve lies in what you offer, you lead them to that in a direct, but never pushy way so they will get what they want and in turn you’ll get them to sign up.

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In order to be effective in recruiting affiliates face to face and one on one, you’ll need to learn and acquire the skills needed for this kind of method in marketing your SFI business.

Before embarking to recruit affiliates using face to face and one on one method, keep in mind the following key points:

- You must emotionally detach yourself from the outcome of your presentation to your prospect.

Your job is to act like consultants offering suggestions on how
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Affiliate since: 10/05/2011, Power Rank: 428 | Read Francis's 105 other Ask SC answers

You quest involves two methods: online marketing (one to one) and offline marketing (face to face).

Most marketers will identify with online marketing but there is no reason why offline work using a face-to-face approach cannot succeed. It largely depends on how you conduct yourself and I would say that if you chose to go face-to-face, then:

1. First be comfortable with the information you have to present. That is you should know well ahead what you intend to talk about and preparing yourself will instil confidence in your abilities when you meet the prospects.
2. Start with just a simple friendly approach and avoid diving straight into the subject. If you can win the trust of the prospect with simple steps, you will find it easier to discuss your business.
3. Where it is not possible for you to provide an answer to the questions, be honest about it as there is nothing worse than losing your integrity later on.
4. It is a good idea to carry some leaflets or business cards with you, in case the prospect needs further information.

On the other hand, a one to one approach, which does not involve a physical presence, can be conducted online using social media such as Facebook or Skype. . But as with face to face, you need to equip yourself with information you have to provide. Because you are online, you have an additional advantage of instantly sending helpful links to the prospect.

Using phones to make unsolicited calls, also called cold calling is often seen as being intrusive and it is wise to avoid it for a one to one approach.

In summary, with any technique, your attitude and approach are vital for getting a successful outcome when presenting information that will attract affiliates to your business.


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You quest involves two methods: online marketing (one to one) and offline marketing (face to face).

Most marketers will identify with online marketing but there is no reason why offline work using a face-to-face approach cannot succeed. It largely depends on how you conduct yourself and I would say that if you chose to go face-to-face, then:

1. First be comfortable with the information you have to present. That is you should know well ahead what you intend
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Affiliate since: 06/09/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Olufolake 's 206 other Ask SC answers

Hi Phyl
To be effective, do the following:
1. Build your self image. This builds your self confidence when you talk to someone face to face. It creates enthusiasm, which is a very important factor.
2. Build your attitude: smile while talking. It makes your prospects more relaxed.
3. Have the full details of what you are selling or sharing with your prospects. This kills incompetency from you. This will show when your prospects begin to ask you questions. Incompetency may not be tolerated by your prospect, so be prepared always.
4. You must have results to show. It is what you've achieved in the business and how much you have earned is what will determine your level of persuasion. You need proof. Your achievement in the business, is your proof.
5. You need to dress well. You need to dress corporately because your prospect will first access you physically before even listening to you. You need to dress well to potray the good image of the company that you are representing. If possible, purchase SFI/ TC T Shirts and cap with a good trouser or skirt to match. This will even speak a whole lot of volume for you.
6. Speak with boldness and confidence with enthusiasm. It speaks a lot of volume. I noticed this when i speak to my clients.
7. Take marketing tools along with you like Flyers, X cards etc that can speak more on your SFI Business.
8. Be time conscious. Be mindful of your prospect's time. He/she will appreciate it.
9. Be observant of the person you are talking to and identify what he/she will need from SFI. Is your prospect in debt or is in business or sells any products? This will give you a quick guess of what your prospect might need and how to solve it. This will buy time for you and make you extremely effective.
It works. I do it all the time.
Best of luck.
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Hi Phyl
To be effective, do the following:
1. Build your self image. This builds your self confidence when you talk to someone face to face. It creates enthusiasm, which is a very important factor.
2. Build your attitude: smile while talking. It makes your prospects more relaxed.
3. Have the full details of what you are selling or sharing with your prospects. This kills incompetency from you. This will show when your prospects begin to ask you questions. Incompetency may not be
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Affiliate since: 08/02/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Corrisa's 11 other Ask SC answers

The only way you're going to be effective at recruiting one-on-one is to ask questions of your prospect. Don't be an interrogator - be conversational in tone.

Let them do the talking and you will then discover the best way to approach them about your opportunity.

Remember, no one wants a business for the sake of having a business. There is some need that needs to be solved by having a business.

For some people it's having money to pay the bills, pay for kids college education, buy a new home, etc...

Your goal is to find out the reasons why your prospect wants a business and then turn it around so that SFI can be the solution to help them get what they want.
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The only way you're going to be effective at recruiting one-on-one is to ask questions of your prospect. Don't be an interrogator - be conversational in tone.

Let them do the talking and you will then discover the best way to approach them about your opportunity.

Remember, no one wants a business for the sake of having a business. There is some need that needs to be solved by having a business.

For some people it's having money to pay the bills, pay for kids college
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Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Nafisa's 286 other Ask SC answers

Many people have significant distress when they have to talk about a topic to a stranger. Some find it an even more gigantic task talking to a group but in both cases if you keep in mind these basics, you should have no problem with a one on one approach.

1. I have found with experience that if you know your subject well, you can ease your way into a conversation without any difficulty. This product knowledge (SFI) helps boost your confidence as you take the prospect across the various areas of SFI.

2. When you start conversing, look out of signs that will help you drive your point(s) with a lot more conviction. For example, if you are talking to a lady who you feel loves wearing jewelry, this is one indicator which can help you talk about general topics of interest. Therefore it is easy to recruit someone with whom you share a common interest.

3. One on one conversations are usually easier to handle than group discussions because your focus is on one person - it helps to get a little more background and become familiar with the prospect. Working conditions, family, pets, what their hobbies are - these are some subjects where you are not probing or being intrusive into their private matters.

4. Give a chance to the other person to talk; we often forget that you do not want to sound as though you are trying to sell them something. If the prospect realizes this, he/she may not give you the attention required to finally recruit them.

5. I like to take a few important details off the prospect because it will help you communicate with them at a later date if the present time is not convenient. Telephone, email address and do not forget to keep your business cards handy. A professional business card is extremely essential because it tells the prospect that you are serious in what you do and this can create other recruiting methods - like a presentation for a larger group of the prospect's friends.


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Many people have significant distress when they have to talk about a topic to a stranger. Some find it an even more gigantic task talking to a group but in both cases if you keep in mind these basics, you should have no problem with a one on one approach.

1. I have found with experience that if you know your subject well, you can ease your way into a conversation without any difficulty. This product knowledge (SFI) helps boost your confidence as you take the prospect across the various
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Affiliate since: 10/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ronelle's 268 other Ask SC answers

Be comfortable with how well you know SFI, trying to anticipate the questions a person might ask after you have presented your information. Have some friends or family ask you whatever questions they can think of, then compose answers. Do research if you need to, so you will have a good, clear answer to give.

Talk to your potential recruit as though you know them well (whether you do or not), be comfortable within yourself, as this will be picked up by them, and will help them relax as well, so they will hear better what you have to say.

Be calm, a little funny now and then can be very productive for atmosphere, look into their eyes frequently, present a relaxed aura.

Be prompt with your answers to their questions, and answer with the same degree of intensity/seriousness as their tone presents. NEVER be rude or condescending in your words or attitude, just stay calm and focused on them and their questions. If they do come up with a question you cannot answer, tell them truthfully that you do not know, but you will find out. BE SURE to follow up by contacting them with the answer sooner, rather than later!

Treat them as you would like to be treated if your roles were reversed!

Best wishes to you in your team-building:))...
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Be comfortable with how well you know SFI, trying to anticipate the questions a person might ask after you have presented your information. Have some friends or family ask you whatever questions they can think of, then compose answers. Do research if you need to, so you will have a good, clear answer to give.

Talk to your potential recruit as though you know them well (whether you do or not), be comfortable within yourself, as this will be picked up by them, and will help them relax
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Affiliate since: 04/14/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Diane's 76 other Ask SC answers

Hi Phyllida,

You can be effective recruiting affiliates face to face and one on one by being interested in other people, conversing about their life and finding out what is important to them.

For instance, a mum who wants to stay home with the children but is feeling pressured to go to work may be interested in learning how to work from home.

Someone who is perhaps confined to the home through disability may be interested in learning more about how an internet business could give them something meaningful to do, and lead to an income.

Someone may mention that they spend a lot of time online, and heard they could make money, but don´t know how.

Someone who is worried that their job is insecure, doesn´t pay enough, or they are tired of commuting may be interested in your opportunity.

Someone may already be working online, and SFI could add to their business, increasing their streams of income.

Someone may have a physical store, or already sell online, and want to increase their sales. An ECA store would be ideal for them.

Listen for what they need, then lead them towards the solution to fix that need.

Try not to oversell. Don´t give too much information that may overwhelm them. Leave them curious.

Have some business cards ready, with your contact details.

Continue to be interested in them rather than the business. They will appreciate that and are more inclined to be interested in and like you as a person, which will lead them to look you and your business up at a convenient time for them.
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Hi Phyllida,

You can be effective recruiting affiliates face to face and one on one by being interested in other people, conversing about their life and finding out what is important to them.

For instance, a mum who wants to stay home with the children but is feeling pressured to go to work may be interested in learning how to work from home.

Someone who is perhaps confined to the home through disability may be interested in learning more about how an internet business
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Affiliate since: 04/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Sameer's 74 other Ask SC answers

Hello Phyllida !

You can be an effective recruiting affiliates face to face and one on one in many ways as follows:

1. When you talk to a prospect of same age as you are:

You should introduce yourself by shaking hand & saying my name is so and so. How about you?. What are you doing these days?- ask him/her. You can earn a second income in addition to what you are earning now – tell him/her ans hand over your visiting card with SFI/TC Link printed on it with your Name & Contact Numbers.

2. The second case is when someone is younger to you.
Your conversations should be something like this; Hi Young man/young lady may I ask you what job you are involved with?. Depending upon the answer you can suggest him/her to earn additional money online working part-time/full time in a similar manner as told above.

3. The third case may involve aged people who may have retired or sitting just idle at home. Suggest them not to be burden on some one. They can earn additional income to their pension online using their PC at home. They too deserve better living even after retirement.
Hope this helps

You can encounter any of the category of prospects anywhere in your city. So always carry sfficient number of your visiting cards with your SFI ID, Phone Nos and your business (SFI/TC/ECA etc) links printed on them on an Environment Friendly Paper Cards.

Have a nice Day !!
Happy Marketing/Advertising !!!

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Hello Phyllida !

You can be an effective recruiting affiliates face to face and one on one in many ways as follows:

1. When you talk to a prospect of same age as you are:

You should introduce yourself by shaking hand & saying my name is so and so. How about you?. What are you doing these days?- ask him/her. You can earn a second income in addition to what you are earning now – tell him/her ans hand over your visiting card with SFI/TC Link printed on it with
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Thanks for this question.

Meeting people face to face and one on one presents a great opportunity to explain:

1. All about SFI - Back Ground to Safety and Security of dealings, Rules of Success to
Compensation Plan; Training materials to Marketing Plans, Recruitment to Communication
System, etc.

2. Using a Lap Top you will be in a strong position to demonstrate many things live like Price
benders Auction, EZ Games, TripleClicks Transactions, etc.

3. You can even make people take part in some of these so that they can have a good feel of
on line dealings/transactions;

4. You will be able to clarify many things instantaneously;

5. You can show your Profile adorned by so many Badges. You can explain how you earned
them;

6. You can even show your Genealogy and explain how strong a Team you have comprising of
PSAs and CSAs and how SFI rewarded you with CSAs against your performance;

7. You can speak to them about the equal opportunities being presented by SFI to every one.

8. Its a good chance for you to talk about T-Credit, the special currency created by SFI and how
efficiently it can be earned even FREE of cost and how smartly it can be spent to grow your
business.

9. You can specifically demonstrate the support system available including the Forum where
the top person of the Organization answers even a small question raised by the just joined
affiliate.

Conclusion:

Please make full use of the opportunity when you are able to meet people face to face and one on one.

This way, you will be able to:

1) Explain;
2) Clarify; &
3) Demonstrate

very many aspects of SFI Business. All these will certainly be very effective in your efforts to recruit affiliates face to face and one on one. If you use their own, native language it will be very result oriented.

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Thanks for this question.

Meeting people face to face and one on one presents a great opportunity to explain:

1. All about SFI - Back Ground to Safety and Security of dealings, Rules of Success to
Compensation Plan; Training materials to Marketing Plans, Recruitment to Communication
System, etc.

2. Using a Lap Top you will be in a strong position to demonstrate many things live like Price
benders Auction, EZ Games, TripleClicks Transactions,
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