Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 440 | Read Mar's 582 other Ask SC answers

Your question covers two aspects of team building:

- Building a team, where your affiliates are imparted of being valued members.

- Building a team, where your affiliates would clearly see that they’re part of something special.

If you’re a Team Leader/Sponsor one of your most important responsibilities is making your team members feel truly valued and part of something special, letting them know that without them, your SFI organization, your network—and frankly, you—would go nowhere.

But how do you do that on a regular basis? Here are four simple things that can go a long way:

- A big part of feeling valued occurs when team members are aware that they add something to your organization that no one else can.

To effectively convey this, think about how you approach “everyday conversations” with your team members. When you see them advancing to the next rank, go beyond the basic of sending E-cards congratulations. You can send a strong message of truly valuing someone’s achievement (for example moving up to TL rank and actively sponsoring affiliates) by reassigning active affiliates from your first generation.

The more you recognize your team members’ specific contributions to the team, the more irreplaceable they’ll feel.

- Let your team members know that they’re making a big impact in the development and growth of your entire SFI organization, as they log in daily and perform their To-Do List, invest in themselves by consistently expanding their knowledge base and engaging in activities that promote growth of their SFI business.

- Recognize them as individuals

To truly make individual members feel valued, it’s OK to single them out and reward them according to their accomplishments—and with something that the rest of the team won’t necessarily get. So, for example, if a team member’s gone above and beyond your expectation (for example advancing and maintaining his/her TL rank and maintaining his/her position in the Top 300 VP Leaderboard at the same time) include him/her in your S-Builder co-op or your own Ad co-op. Make him/her feel appreciated by giving back to him/her in the form of TCredits or Gift Certificates.

I’ve found that even simple, small gestures can go a long way: If I have a team member who’s done something exceptional, I’ll make known to my entire organization about his/her achievements and rewards.

You don’t want to ostracize the rest of your team—and you certainly don’t want to play favorites—so, it’s important to pay attention and actively look for opportunities to reward all the members of your team. But individually recognizing your team members for their specific achievements will spell it out, loud and clear: They really make a difference to you and to your entire SFI organization and that they’re valued members and part of something special.

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Your question covers two aspects of team building:

- Building a team, where your affiliates are imparted of being valued members.

- Building a team, where your affiliates would clearly see that they’re part of something special.

If you’re a Team Leader/Sponsor one of your most important responsibilities is making your team members feel truly valued and part of something special, letting them know that without them, your SFI organization, your network—and frankly,
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Affiliate since: 11/29/2011, Power Rank: 87 | Read Gliceria's 402 other Ask SC answers

Your first contact with your PSA when you send a Welcome E-Card must contain a sincere and warm welcome that makes the new PSA feel special and that he’s just joined a special team led by you.

The next step is to see to it that the new PSA is given extra special attention to getting started properly, with friendly guidance.

Always check in after a few days to see if he needs further assistance in understanding SFI procedures, and offering a one-on-one mentoring will make him a valued member.

Do this to all that join your team and every one will feel loved and cared for. When someone is having a birthday, send a Birthday E-card, share the happy occasion with your team.

When anyone in your team reaches a milestone, have sponsored their first PSA, made a sale, won the Class Champion in E365 contest, or won in the Daily Grand Drawing, a reward of TC Credits or Gift Certificate and a mention at your Leadership Blog, weekly group mail, as well as in Stream Post will be appreciated by your team.

Let them know that you care and value them by communicating with them regularly. The Chat box is ideal for a personal one-on-one conversation where you can do follow up based on what you have discussed.

Share your own enthusiasm and your success with them, no matter how small, and your team will really feel valued and happy to belong to your special team led by a special awesome sponsor- YOU!

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Your first contact with your PSA when you send a Welcome E-Card must contain a sincere and warm welcome that makes the new PSA feel special and that he’s just joined a special team led by you.

The next step is to see to it that the new PSA is given extra special attention to getting started properly, with friendly guidance.

Always check in after a few days to see if he needs further assistance in understanding SFI procedures, and offering a one-on-one mentoring will make
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Affiliate since: 07/08/2018, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ufuomaoghene's 238 other Ask SC answers

Good day Pamela,

Building a team where everyone knows that they are valued members and part of something special is a very important aspect as "Communication" pays a key role.

Like any other businesses be it online or offline, prospects and existing customers love to be pampered as such, we need to provide them with the best products and service for continued patronage. Likewise, when we treat our PSAs, PRMs with utmost importance, they feel appreciated and loved. For instance, your PSA won in the Daily Grand or became EA/EA2, when we Praise them, they feel motivated to do more.

Communication to a new prospect is key as it puts the individual on the right path to his/her business . When you have a new PSA,/CSA, we send them a welcome message, ecard thanking them for joining SFI and your team. We then help them start with ease by telling them about the 200 versa point bonus if they make 500 versa points within the next 24 hrs of joining. With that, they would be excited to continue by logging on everyday.

Also, sharing tips on how to be successful in their business would encourage and motivate them.

In summary, when we start having PSAs, we lead by example by ensuring that we:-
1. Send them a welcome letter.
2. Share ideas on how they can be successful.
3. Praise them when they achieve certain milestone.
4. Tell them the importance of logging on to do their daily, weekly and monthly tasks.
5. Let them know the importance of reading and learnig frrom the forums, ASKSC so as to assist their own team.
6. Involve them actively in team competitions, auctions and games.
7. Ensuring they know the importance of having a Standing Order and the role Tripleclicks play in their business.

Hope I was able to help.

All the best.





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Good day Pamela,

Building a team where everyone knows that they are valued members and part of something special is a very important aspect as "Communication" pays a key role.

Like any other businesses be it online or offline, prospects and existing customers love to be pampered as such, we need to provide them with the best products and service for continued patronage. Likewise, when we treat our PSAs, PRMs with utmost importance, they feel appreciated and loved.
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Affiliate since: 07/02/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Williams's 638 other Ask SC answers

How do you build a team where everyone knows they are valued members and part of something special? You have to sponsor new affiliates regularly, build rapport early, and set the expectation within the first 24 hours of an affiliate signing up. There can never be enough said for growing your downline. This is one of my 3 pillars in SFI. Without growth, your network will be dying a painfully slow and certain death! Attrition is typically high in this industry because people don't know how to market effectively and there is always a learning curb. Everyone is not meant to be in business for themselves because they don't have the discipline, nor the knowledge to deal with all of the details of running an online business from home.

Therefore it is necessary to play the numbers game. Professional internet marketers know this and therefore are sorting through all of the prospects that they sponsor in anticipation of the ideal prospect - someone with the drive and willingness to learn and do something new. Once you find that you have a golden nugget! Work with them hand and hand and help them their goals.

Another one of my pillars in SFI is team support and leadership and this is where building rapport is critical. TripleClicks exists online. There is no place in the real world where you can shop TripleClicks. So you have to establish trust and goodwill early on with all of your affiliates if you want an active team. The way I established trust and goodwill is by doing all of the following besides being an awesome sponsor -

1. Try to be visible on the Forum providing info and help.
2. Maximize on my badges. Badges are like awards that validate your efforts.
3. Lead by example.
4. Be accessible in 24 hours or less.

Finally to build value in your members you must show goodwill. I reward my EAs with reassignments, free advertising, gift certificates and praise. Everyone loves special treatment. When your affiliates achieve something worthwhile let them know that you are paying attention to them! Congratulate them. Send them an ecard. If you do all of these things all of your workers will know that they are appreciated and valued members of your team.
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How do you build a team where everyone knows they are valued members and part of something special? You have to sponsor new affiliates regularly, build rapport early, and set the expectation within the first 24 hours of an affiliate signing up. There can never be enough said for growing your downline. This is one of my 3 pillars in SFI. Without growth, your network will be dying a painfully slow and certain death! Attrition is typically high in this industry because people don't know how
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hello Pamela, Good question.

What I do is send a team mail once weekly and point out some of the great things that SFI has implemented during the week. I always include my personal email and offer help if my team need it. I also have drafted, some sample emails which my team can use for their own team. All they need to do is include their own personal details and delete mine.

I go through My Movers list regularly and I gift PSAs to Go to those who are working and improving their status.

OK, so that costs me a bit of money – true. But in the long run, it comes back to me. If my team does well, then I also do well. I emphasise this to my team.

I tell them that once they build up some working members, that they can also do the same thing. If their teams do well, then so do they.

Only rarely do I give gifts to those who do not work. I do make the offer though. For example, I have just received some CSAs from the CSA Exchange. They have received a welcome email and advised that help is forthcoming with team building for all those who actually earn VP and continue to work.

I do not participate in the Special Promo with TCredits Welcome as I feel all newcomers know absolutely nothing about how SFI works and this would actually be a waste. I prefer to welcome my newcomers and offer benefits to those who actually work.

I hope this helps your with your team building and lets your team know just how special you think they are.



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Hello Pamela, Good question.

What I do is send a team mail once weekly and point out some of the great things that SFI has implemented during the week. I always include my personal email and offer help if my team need it. I also have drafted, some sample emails which my team can use for their own team. All they need to do is include their own personal details and delete mine.

I go through My Movers list regularly and I gift PSAs to Go to those who are working and improving
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Affiliate since: 10/05/2011, Power Rank: 434 | Read Francis's 105 other Ask SC answers

Each member of the group will feel part of the team if he or she is treated respectably and equally rather than means or tools of achievement.

I think respect and trust are central to building a coherent team, for if a team member does not trust the leader he or she will in most cases perform below par.
In the “physical world” team members can see and talk to each other and their leader face to face and preferential treatment has been known to divide or even destroy a team. On the other hand in the “online world” such as here at SFI, with the exception of teams that organise Skype or conference calls, the leader knows who are in his or her team but the team members in most cases do not know each other. However, it is still important that the leader treats each member as a valued individual. It has been known that people often do well if they think their efforts are valued. This also makes them feel that they are part of something special

A simple example, where a member can feel let down, is if the leader never responds to queries. The member may interpret this as being ignored and therefore not valued. The team leader should develop a habit of acknowledging the queries, even if he or she cannot give an answer right away. This shows that the leader listens and will build trust and respect with members.

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Each member of the group will feel part of the team if he or she is treated respectably and equally rather than means or tools of achievement.

I think respect and trust are central to building a coherent team, for if a team member does not trust the leader he or she will in most cases perform below par.
In the “physical world” team members can see and talk to each other and their leader face to face and preferential treatment has been known to divide or even destroy a team.
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Wayne's 236 other Ask SC answers

One of the basics in building your business with SFI is that you will realize that you need a team of workers to be successful. It will be your responsibility to create good relationships with your affiliates in order for them to really feel like they are a valued team member.

We must remember that SFI is not a “social” network but is based on generating an income that can set people free of financial worries, but our endeavor to succeed is dependent on the success of our teammates. With that said we can easily see just how valuable each and every person in our down-lines is.

When we have something of value to us we are eager to share that with others so part of letting your teammates know they are of value to you is to list their accomplishments (no matter how small they are) in you weekly team mails.

One of the things I like to do is when I send them a ECard for something they accomplished I like to inform them how much of a great example they are to the rest of the affiliates in the team and how good of an example they are to their own team members.

Most people like the feeling of belonging to something that is making a difference in the world or in other people’s lives. We like to belong to a group of people who are like-minded and can relate one to another on common issues. That is why there are millions of people belonging to social groups – we want to be part of a good group of people.

With the above said it would be a good idea to give your team a name. I ran a survey on the name for our team when I first started building my group of affiliates. I posted three different names for our team and asked the members to vote on the name they wanted. I think that one newsletter drew more responses than any other newsletter that year.

Note: When picking out names to vote on make sure no one else in SFI is using the same team name. I submitted a ticket to find out no one was using the names voted on.

Try to get your teammates involved when making decisions for the direction of your team or for a team contest. Ask them what kind of contest they want. What kind of prize they want to try to win. Your teammates will feel important when they get to be part of the decision making.

The surest way to let your teammates know they are valuable is to answer any of their questions as quickly as possible. Getting them an answer to their questions in a speedy manner shows them how much you value them and the work they are performing.

I also must end this with something that is so simple that we often overlook the power of:

Simply telling them how valuable they are to you and the team.

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One of the basics in building your business with SFI is that you will realize that you need a team of workers to be successful. It will be your responsibility to create good relationships with your affiliates in order for them to really feel like they are a valued team member.

We must remember that SFI is not a “social” network but is based on generating an income that can set people free of financial worries, but our endeavor to succeed is dependent on the success of
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 19 | Read Aina's 157 other Ask SC answers

Assuming you are talking about team building as a whole, here’s my few point relevant to our SFI business. But let me just say this, with a good team building skills, you can unite your team members around a common goal and generate greater productivity as an ongoing process helps your group evolve into a cohesive unit.

To inculcate a good working culture within a team, everyone in your team is expected to nurture a culture of sharing. Not only share expectations for accomplishing group tasks, but trust and support one another, respect one another’s individual differences too.

Among the key factors to achieve what you are asking for with this question would be:

1) Have a good communication with your team members via Stream, Weekly Mails, Personal
E-mails etc, and dispersing relevant and up-to-date information to all your team members.
By doing so, you are sharing all your knowledge acquired throughout your time with SFI.
Good communication with all in your group will spur and motivate them to achieve goals,
creates a climate of cooperation and collaborative problem solving (if there is any).
2) Engagement with all members will create higher levels of trust, loyalty & support.
3) Involvement with trust & respect will enable diverse Affiliates working well together.

To achieve the above, you must:
1) Consider each members’ ideas as valuable - remember that there is no such thing as a
stupid idea.
2) Be clear when communicating – be clear to clarify directives/goals
3) Encourage trust, respect and cooperation among Affiliates in your team – as important as
those you establish with them.
4) Encourage your team members to share information – emphasize the importance of each
team member’s contribution and demonstrate how all of their works operate together to
move the entire team closer to your team’s goal.
5) Be aware of your team members’ unspoken feeling – you must set an example to your team
members by being open and sensitive to their mood and feelings.

In summary, communication is the single most important factor in successful teamwork. Facilitating communication does not mean holding meeting all the time. Instead it means setting an example by remaining open to suggestions and concerns, by asking questions and offering help and by doing anything you can to avoid confusion in your own communication.

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Assuming you are talking about team building as a whole, here’s my few point relevant to our SFI business. But let me just say this, with a good team building skills, you can unite your team members around a common goal and generate greater productivity as an ongoing process helps your group evolve into a cohesive unit.

To inculcate a good working culture within a team, everyone in your team is expected to nurture a culture of sharing. Not only share expectations for accomplishing group
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

SFI is a business whose objectives are about helping affiliates reach their goals in wealth and financial independence. Every individual has such goals: to improve their wealth and increase their net worth. For every individual, there is always a need for these. This is the area where a sponsor has a role to play: helping their team members reach their objectives.

With the newly published Team Leader qualifications requirement that will come into effect starting January 2016, sponsoring active affiliates is now more emphasized than ever before. Hence bringing into spotlight all what is special about SFI becomes even more critical. We need to portray this opportunity with accuracy, showing to prospects what they can achieve here and all the tools available to help them.

The effectiveness of our communication is central to our recruiting efforts as well as to the help we provide to our team members. It is through communication that we show people how special they are and how special the SFI opportunity is.

We build our SFI teams by sponsoring prospects who have high self-esteem, and who are driven to success. We guide them, we provide them with support in their training, we help them find answers to question they may face, we motivate them to overcome obstacles and keep moving forward in their quest to grow their businesses.

The sponsor's task is made even easier when the affiliates know they are valued members and part of something special.

What makes every SFI affiliate special is the potential of discovering what they can accomplish here, if they apply themselves, take full advantage of the the training, understand the rules of success, apply the tips found in every page of the website, use the various business building tools and open for themselves the doors to great achievements.

What is special about SFI is the diversity of the business, the multiplicity of the income streams, the training, the technical support as well as the potential of reaching as high as one can dream.

These are the points the sponsor need to make clear to every member of their team, and guide them to take action in order the fulfill all what is possible to accomplish with SFI.

This is how to build a team: by making even more valuable people who know they are valued; by making people who know they are part of something special see how truly SFI is special
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SFI is a business whose objectives are about helping affiliates reach their goals in wealth and financial independence. Every individual has such goals: to improve their wealth and increase their net worth. For every individual, there is always a need for these. This is the area where a sponsor has a role to play: helping their team members reach their objectives.

With the newly published Team Leader qualifications requirement that will come into effect starting January 2016, sponsoring
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Team building strategies come in different forms and different approaches. NO matter what strategy you use, be sure that you share your Vision to lead your team with a unified-shared definition of what SFI basically is as a means to achieving their higher purpose.

Having a unified-shared definition can be in the form of a Vision, Mission statement, Business Plan 3 or 5 year design or even a Challenge that you set out for your down-line members to achieve in a month, 6 months or a year.

When there is a shared purpose, people will have a higher purpose to stream-line efforts to work towards something special. Efforts from all affiliates will be focused and driven by rationale rather than just working the business; everyone will be working towards a specific outcome - a higher purpose which sustains motivation and an on-going income.

Be sure to blog about what you envision and hope for not only yourself but for your PSA's and CSA's as this on-line business is the leveraging of all the skills, knowledge and aptitudes of all your team members. Share your comments via your Stream Posts for PSA's and CSA's to read and be reminded of the unified-shared vision in addition to using Team Mailers, E-Cards and other direct communication messages.

Cohesive Teams Create & Achieve More!
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Team building strategies come in different forms and different approaches. NO matter what strategy you use, be sure that you share your Vision to lead your team with a unified-shared definition of what SFI basically is as a means to achieving their higher purpose.

Having a unified-shared definition can be in the form of a Vision, Mission statement, Business Plan 3 or 5 year design or even a Challenge that you set out for your down-line members to achieve in a month, 6 months or a year.

When
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