Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 350 | Read Kay's 289 other Ask SC answers

I just had an AHA! moment. The question is not asking how you present the ECA program, but it does ask how you describe TripleClicks to prospective participants in the ECA program.

They want to know what it is, what's in it for them, what they will get out of it, what it costs, what they have to do, and will it be worth their time. But their first question will be what is it?

In the past, I have gone to great lengths and costs to promote the ECA program. I bought the TC business letterhead stationery and letterhead envelopes. I wrote out a friendly letter describing TripleClicks and the ECA program and why it would be good for each of them. Then I put in a ECA brochure and a Gift Card, mailed it off. All together it cost about $5 each.

What I did wrong was I did not personally follow up with each business. I also confused the main idea of referring an ECA with gaining a PRM. I tried to get two bangs for my buck. And I got nothing.

What I did do right was describe TripleClicks in a way they understood. Just saying that it is an online web-site to buy and sell products does not do it justice.I tell them that it is like a giant shopping mall where different vendors are encouraged to offer all sorts of products and that even private individuals are encouraged to sell used items in great shape. I tell them that TC is the marketing partner of SFI, an affiliate online marketing opportunity where a million affiliates get special credit for buying products and for selling products by advertising them. And that I have been a member and worked with TC for _years.

I tell them that their cost is minimal, including that amount they pay covers the maintenance of their free web page, the administration of the order taking, payments, and seller notifications. The only cost to them is that 15% of the sales. They have unlimited ads and years of membership.

This year I will meet retailers face to face and do follow ups. I will give them an ECA brochure until all of mine are used and then switch to whatever SFI is coming out with. I will not waver off the ECA purpose until I am sure the retailer will not be referred.
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I just had an AHA! moment. The question is not asking how you present the ECA program, but it does ask how you describe TripleClicks to prospective participants in the ECA program.

They want to know what it is, what's in it for them, what they will get out of it, what it costs, what they have to do, and will it be worth their time. But their first question will be what is it?

In the past, I have gone to great lengths and costs to promote the ECA program. I bought the TC business
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Prospective ECAs always look for opportunities to expand their business, sell more and earn more.

If everything is commercially viable, they will certainly jump in to the band wagon.

Keeping this in mind, before approaching any prospective ECAs, I would try to gather information about them on:

1. How long they are in the Business?

2. What is their credibility in the Market?

3. Do they enjoy good customer back up?

4. What is their performance in terms of their competitors?

5. What sort of Organizational Structure they got?

6. Do they have their own sound finance or they do on borrowed money from financial institutions or private sources or Money Lenders, etc?

7. Do they have their own Web site and or doing on line business or do they have any tie-up with others?

8. Do they have a good delivery tracking system?

9. Do they supply materials to their Local customers in time?

10. Will they be really serious to associate themselves with a world class On Line Store?


While collecting all these information, I will equip myself with sufficient information about SFI and TripleClicks especially on:

1. What is their back ground?

2. How long they have been in this business?

3. What is their reputation across the globe?

4. What sort of customer support system they have?

5. How they control the ECAs?

6. What sort of payment options they provide to their ECAs?

7. What is their expansion Plans?

8. Who are all their competitors?

9. What sort of Organizational Set Up they have?

10. What sort of recognition they have?
11. What is their financial standing?

12. What sort of social responsibility they exhibit?

13. What is their Safety & Security Policy?

14. How successful they are in their Affiliate Program and what is their standing today?

Arming myself with this kind of relevant information, I am able to meet many people in person, and have had continuous dialogues in the last couple of months. Many declined the offer and some did show keen desire to have more meetings in future. I am following up with them and things look positive.

Simultaneously, I also gave presentations on SFI and TripleClicks to some of the reputed but small manufacturers in my City. They too evinced keen interest and more follow ups to be done in the coming months.

Got some queries from individuals across my own country as well as my neighboring countries in response to my advertisements in the Social Media. I did provide what ever details they asked for. But, I am yet to get their reply.

Quite often, I invite some of my close friends with their families to my Home and show them the products available with TripleClicks.Com duly explaining all commercial aspects including prices, earnable commission, etc. Some of them deal in buying and selling of sarees, handicrafts, dress materials for the entire family, etc. They have evinced interest to become partners in selling at TripleClicks.

I keep advertising my TripleClicks Gateway across different platforms – like Social Media (Professional Groups), Trade Fair Journals, Industrial Exhibitions, Consumer Goods Fairs, and so on regularly. I remain hopeful that I will be able to bring in more ECAs with fast moving consumer products, groceries, apparels, gem and fashion jewelries, Astrological services, etc in the near future.

This is how I promote TripleClicks to prospective ECAs!
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Prospective ECAs always look for opportunities to expand their business, sell more and earn more.

If everything is commercially viable, they will certainly jump in to the band wagon.

Keeping this in mind, before approaching any prospective ECAs, I would try to gather information about them on:

1. How long they are in the Business?

2. What is their credibility in the Market?

3. Do they enjoy good customer back up?

4. What is their performance
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 332 | Read George's 87 other Ask SC answers

First, Open your own ECA and learn exactly how it works.

Second, As you learn the benefits of owning an ECA you will be able to recruit vendors easily. For example, I have an ECA and it has been the Featured ECA. This is a powerful tool/opportunity for any vendor. You get a huge amount of exposure for your store. Any retailer would love it.

When I was featured I went from making sales once every three days or so to every single day.

Also because I am an ECA I learned the benefit of the weekly ECA communication tools.

I set goals for myself. Then I hit the pavement walking down the main street and stopping in any shop that has an email, website, or other electronic indicators on their sign or store window. I walk in and ask would they like to increase their web exposure and online sales free?

I explain that I will help them free to set up and train one of their staff to do everything that needs to be done to be successful as an ECA. I explain that SFI pays me to do this from the fee on sales.

I prefer local vendors for my ECAs because I can help them and I will buy from them.

The second thing I do is examine people's websites. When I find people trying to sell but who have no "Online Shopping Cart", I show them how to set up TC to be their Online Cart and back office support of all their eCommerce efforts. So many small outfits have email contact for price lists or for an actual purchase. I show them how TC can take care of everything from inventory to billing all automated for them.
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First, Open your own ECA and learn exactly how it works.

Second, As you learn the benefits of owning an ECA you will be able to recruit vendors easily. For example, I have an ECA and it has been the Featured ECA. This is a powerful tool/opportunity for any vendor. You get a huge amount of exposure for your store. Any retailer would love it.

When I was featured I went from making sales once every three days or so to every single day.

Also because I am an ECA I learned
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Affiliate since: 01/23/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ben's 2 other Ask SC answers

Hi Andrew

My main focus is on phone call canvassing I believe this to be one of the most effective ways of getting quality business owners to sign up to TripleClicks. Many people are uncomfortable with this prospecting method but I believe that if we want businesses with quality products that help TripleClicks rival eBay, Amazon and raise the value of each VP in the Executive pool we need to be prepared to move out of our comfort zones and do what is necessary.

Background research before you call and continuous follow ups are important. The business owners have to believe that you didn’t just pluck their number out of the yellow pages. Each day I have to make a minimum of 100 calls to companies who I perceive to have products that are trending in the market and who already know how to sell on the internet. With these type of companies getting through to the decision markers is a little harder but worth the effort in the long run.

Another strategy I am using is going on to social media sites and finding either groups or individual sellers and interacting. This strategy takes a bit of work because you will find that many business owners who have products that are in demand in their niches are real experts and if you want to be someone who gets to recruit them you need to be able to offer them something of value to her than just the ECA program – you are at liberty to disagree with that point if you wish but that is what I perceive is necessary to get the job done.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU CAN BRING ME NEW CUSTOMERS?

A valid question I have heard, after all that is the allure; the aim to increase sales revenue or why sign up as an ECA? Right now I am in the process of building a site that I will use to not only promote the ECA program but also showcase the wares of some of the best ECAs on TC. This site is going to have a page for each ECA, I intend to do keyword research and find out what niche key phrase are the most profitable for their products. This strategy needs a lot research but when the money is right I will engage in Pay Per click advertising for the site to generate targeted visitors who actually want to buy from these ECAs. This is going to be an going process, a continuous working progress.

When the site is ready I will promote it everywhere and anywhere I believe it will attract genuine ECA signups and paying customers for specific TripleClicks ECA offerings.

For me this approach has most definitely been a interesting experience. I read up regularly on top sales and customer prospectors to get tips hints and strategies to aid my objective.

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Hi Andrew

My main focus is on phone call canvassing I believe this to be one of the most effective ways of getting quality business owners to sign up to TripleClicks. Many people are uncomfortable with this prospecting method but I believe that if we want businesses with quality products that help TripleClicks rival eBay, Amazon and raise the value of each VP in the Executive pool we need to be prepared to move out of our comfort zones and do what is necessary.

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

We always have to conduct ourselves in a professional businesslike manner but when we deal with ECA's I think it is even more important.

You have to convince these guys that joining TripleClicks makes good business sense. You have to make sure they take you seriously.

If you want to approach them via e-mail you can use the Gateway but your e-mail should be professional and give them a reason to click on that Gateway link. You can give them a point by point summary what it is about.

I prefer a more personal approach.

First make a formal appointment with an ECA.
Dress for success - shorts and flip flops are not going to make a good impression.
Put a professional presentation together to present to them (in a folder, printed and bound and that they can keep to look at after the meeting) Do not give it to them before the presentation - if they look at it while you are presenting your proposal they will not listen to what you have to say because they will be distracted.

Show them numbers and graphs and tables if you can. Business people look at the bottom line - the numbers will convince them - not a fairytale of promises.

Some of the selling points are:

The number of years Carson Services are in business.
The number of years SFI is in business.
The number of countries represented - which makes it global. Joining TripleClicks is the most amazing and most cost effective way to have a global market.
They pay nothing if they do not have sales. They only pay commissions on sales
They have thousands of affiliates marketing and promoting them and their business for free.
Testimonials can help a lot to "sell" the concept. Just do not give them all the testimonials you can find - it may have the opposite effect - that you might be trying too hard.

I am sure if you think about it you can come up with a lot more selling points and even some numbers of sales.
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We always have to conduct ourselves in a professional businesslike manner but when we deal with ECA's I think it is even more important.

You have to convince these guys that joining TripleClicks makes good business sense. You have to make sure they take you seriously.

If you want to approach them via e-mail you can use the Gateway but your e-mail should be professional and give them a reason to click on that Gateway link. You can give them a point by point summary
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Affiliate since: 08/24/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Shankar's 32 other Ask SC answers

I am promoting TripleClicks to prospective ECAs by telling them the benefits that they will get if they becomes an ECA and put their products in the website to sell. I tell them the procedure that they need to follow and documents that they need to provide to get certified as an ECA.

I do face to face promotion by visiting prospective ECAs door to door. I promote my ECA Gateway through social media campaign, email campaign and through print media ads. I also do connect with shops through phone and try to recruit ECAs.

Also I have started to tell them the new "CPV Ad Campaigns" feature that has been recently announced and how ECA can take benefit of this feature and how they can have their product collections featured on the TripleClicks homepage and also on T-Time entry pages to their targeted audience in country and time of choice by placing ads.
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I am promoting TripleClicks to prospective ECAs by telling them the benefits that they will get if they becomes an ECA and put their products in the website to sell. I tell them the procedure that they need to follow and documents that they need to provide to get certified as an ECA.

I do face to face promotion by visiting prospective ECAs door to door. I promote my ECA Gateway through social media campaign, email campaign and through print media ads. I also do connect with shops through
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

I have not actually started to promote TC to prospective ECAs.... yet. But your question got me thinking - why aren't I? A few quality ECAs could mean lifetime commissions for me of a substantial amoumt.

So, I thought of what I should be doing. Here's what I would do:

- Hit up small, local business that don't yet have an online presence, flea market sellers, local artists, and churches or other organizations that sell merchandise to raise funds.

- Dress professionally, and meet with the business owner in person and explain what TripleClicks is, and how it works, and howner much TripleClicks takes from each sale.

- I would try and know something about what they sell before I speak to them. Take that product or products and search for them on TC. I would look to see what type of competition they would have, if any, on TC, and explain that to them and what the benefits would be for their merchandise at their price to be on TripleClicks.

- I would ask a rough estimate of the sales they make now, and then ask them to think what it wouldoes be like to go from selling in one city to selling worldwide. What kind of potential would they have?


After these steps, I think that just about anybody would want to sign up to TC as an ECA.
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I have not actually started to promote TC to prospective ECAs.... yet. But your question got me thinking - why aren't I? A few quality ECAs could mean lifetime commissions for me of a substantial amoumt.

So, I thought of what I should be doing. Here's what I would do:

- Hit up small, local business that don't yet have an online presence, flea market sellers, local artists, and churches or other organizations that sell merchandise to raise funds.

- Dress professionally,
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Affiliate since: 02/04/2016, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Mayowa's 1 other Ask SC answers

I practically do door-to-door marketing with my Flyer and complimentary card handy.

I approach supermarkets and high street stores (not chain of stores) telling them my name and that I am an online marketing agent and an SFI affiliate.

No small scale store owner is not happy making additional sales or exposing his products to a larger customer base. So he needs me. As a matter of fact, this is what they pay marketing consultants or employed marketing staff to do. Offering to do it free of charge until sales is made is an idea they readily embrace.

I then bring out my flyer and introduce Tripleclicks many benefits and assure them I am always available to ensure their smooth engagement with Tripleclicks.

Lastly, I collect their contact details and drop my complimentary card


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I practically do door-to-door marketing with my Flyer and complimentary card handy.

I approach supermarkets and high street stores (not chain of stores) telling them my name and that I am an online marketing agent and an SFI affiliate.

No small scale store owner is not happy making additional sales or exposing his products to a larger customer base. So he needs me. As a matter of fact, this is what they pay marketing consultants or employed marketing staff to do. Offering to
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Affiliate since: 10/07/2014, Power Rank: 527 | Read Alvin's 86 other Ask SC answers

Promoting TripleClicks to prospective ECAs takes time and patience much like prospecting for PSAs.

First off it is necessary to find or identify a niche market, one that you are familiar with, or have a passion for. Advertising over a broad range is quite difficult, it is better to select an industry that keeps up with with the latest trends, provide a necessity, or offers selections of products or services in demand.

SFI provides an ECA Referral Guide, however everyone will not find or select the same methods even though the guide is where it is suggested to begin. At least become familiar with the do and don't portion, however it is necessary to locate where these markets are.

I have been collecting shopping platforms with many merchants such as Amazon.com, Shopify, and Google Shopping, I also combine social media platforms to communicate with prospective merchants.

I seek out those websites with immediate subscriptions or look for contact forms, and request to be added to the subscription list. Once the subscription is confirmed, reception of products and services arrive in the inbox where these prospects are placed under a "Prospect" label.

As more information on these products and services arrive in the email, sharing what interest me on social media is initiated. This is where more followers and subscribers are likely to exist, and occasionally a seller or merchant will begin communicating and making offers.

This is a very long process. Most merchants want to see if you have the ability to attract customers. They are not excited by mentioning the thousands of SFI Affiliates who have the ability to help. At the present I court at least 25 prospective ECAs.

What I have found with these prospective merchants is the fact that most pitch directly to the advertising Affiliate. Even those we are connected with, these also send out direct messages, so it is likely a prospective ECA will want to see a demonstration of your abilities to perform.

One of my prospects asked me this; "Can you sell product?"

Another signed up, but sent me ads and literature about their products, wanting to see if I had the ability to sell individually. These two instances changed my outlook completely.

Yes, we have gateway links to share, however we don't want to become link slingers either. This is where I changed my marketing strategy. I found Twitter and Pinterest to be the most responsive social media platforms to practice this strategy. Still in the learning stages it has been noted these environments produce more sharing of tweets, pins, and even boards in some instances.

Creating a buzz is not easy. Many think this is free advertising, but it is also a method that leads to an opportunity to gather more leads. (no pun intended)

These leads are also collected and filed in my email. Those merchants which are in communication with me are then entered into a file under a different email label. (active label)

Most marketing is accomplished online. It was decided years ago to focus more toward online marketing as I began selling door to door at a very young age and find this to be very awkward in some instances. Online offers more possibilities for targeting purposes.

Keeping focus on creating a buzz, it is found from experiences the initiation and developing a sharing environment is much more convenient for me.

This information may be confusing for some, however the question specified how are you promoting TripleClicks to prospective ECAs.

Great question!
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Promoting TripleClicks to prospective ECAs takes time and patience much like prospecting for PSAs.

First off it is necessary to find or identify a niche market, one that you are familiar with, or have a passion for. Advertising over a broad range is quite difficult, it is better to select an industry that keeps up with with the latest trends, provide a necessity, or offers selections of products or services in demand.

SFI provides an ECA Referral Guide, however everyone will
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Affiliate since: 06/09/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Olufolake 's 206 other Ask SC answers

HI Mr Anderson,
I promote in the following ways:
1, i identified first if the products and services of the prospect,go in line with Tripleclicks rules in accepting products and services.
2. if number one is yes, then i proceed with asking my prospect, if he will like to expand his business. Most times, the answer is yes. So, i proceed to number 3.
3. next, i introduce Tripleclicks to him as my company. This builds trust.
4. i share with him, what offers my company has for him to help him expand:
a. Having his own business website that he can use to build his business at the same time his customer base.
b. A whooping customer base of over 5 million members to make as customers.
c. Generating and connecting him with customers at no cost to him.
d. advert is on us.
e. it is free to join.
f. The featured ECA Program which could connect him more with more customers at the SFI Affiliate Center of about 16 million affiliates and its requirements of purchasing slots via Tcredits and how it can favour him eventually.
g. we are spread abroad to over 190 countries of the world.
With these watering benefits that has captivated my prospects, i proceed to the requirements.
5, First, i tell him the reason for the requirements:
a. To prove the authenticity of his business.
b. To fight against fraud.
6. Next, i give the requirements:
a. verification documents of ID and bank statement.
b. a website where his products or services are been sold and lastly
c. if he has a physical store and
d. a contact person who can stand as a guarantor.
if he doesn't have the above, then i tell him of the $40 Tripleclicks Seller License and its benefits.
7. Lastly, i will now tell him of our bargain price of 15% deduction when we've incurred sales for him and our promptness and efficiency of delivery of products and our return policy.
i hereafter assist him in his final analysis.
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HI Mr Anderson,
I promote in the following ways:
1, i identified first if the products and services of the prospect,go in line with Tripleclicks rules in accepting products and services.
2. if number one is yes, then i proceed with asking my prospect, if he will like to expand his business. Most times, the answer is yes. So, i proceed to number 3.
3. next, i introduce Tripleclicks to him as my company. This builds trust.
4. i share with him, what offers my company has for
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