Affiliate since: 01/10/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Satish's 28 other Ask SC answers

The Best way to convince an affiliate to continue SFI Business is to share your success story with him or her. Your can only motivate others, once you yourself are confident about SFI.

Apart from this, you can also tell them the benefits of SFI. As we have seen, most of the people leave SFI because of lack of knowledge about the program. So train them well about SFI.

One more main question to ask them is 'Why' did they join SFI? Once they realize that, they will automatically start working again. Everyone is here to make money and be successful in their lives. Keep reminding them tha, if they want to grow there is nothing better than SFI.

All the Best.
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The Best way to convince an affiliate to continue SFI Business is to share your success story with him or her. Your can only motivate others, once you yourself are confident about SFI.

Apart from this, you can also tell them the benefits of SFI. As we have seen, most of the people leave SFI because of lack of knowledge about the program. So train them well about SFI.

One more main question to ask them is 'Why' did they join SFI? Once they realize that, they will automatically
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Affiliate since: 11/13/2001, Power Rank: 74 | Read Jeannette's 241 other Ask SC answers

First of all, let me say that there is no one answer that fits all. However, I will share from my experience what may be the best way to encourage affiliates not to quit.

I have been in this business for over 12 years now, and most affiliates who have given up jusst left without writing me or doing anything. They just showed up on the opt out listing. The reasons for opting out often were for health reasons, no time, no money or sometimes no reason was given.

Many affiliates sit there with 0 VP or maybe 2 or 10 or 20 VP and never do anything and never communicate. I send out my team letters each week, encouraging all my affiliates never to quit and to give them ideas on how they might gain more VP before the end of the month. If an affiliate writes me, asking questions about how they can work with what they have, I give them some ideas about how they can log on and do their tasks and use what they have. I give T-credits, co-op shares, or reassign affiliates if they make EA status. I even have given gift certificates. However, I let my affiliates know that this business requires work, even if they have no money to invest, and that they will not get paid in the beginning because the first month is a learning month. They should not be discouraged if the first commissions are very low.

If an affiliate is angry and asks me not to write to them anymore and curses me out (and i have had a few of these), I tell that affiliate to opt out.

The most important thing to do in this business is to work with those who really try to make an effort. Many affiliates, unfortunately, will just sit on the fence and do nothing and let their business close on its own. They just simply are dropped from the roles and the genealogy. However, they are still customers, and they can opt in again at some later time. Some affiliates realize what they left and come back to a business that is very different from what it was, even one or two years before. I say this because SFI has changed drastically from what it was when I first came into the most unusual, wonderful, different and innovative business ever seen in the global marketplace. So be encouraged, and don't let these affiliates who really want to leave or who say negative things about TripleClicks or SFI cause you to lose your focus on your goal. Many of these affiliates probably haven't even filled out the profile and written their goals. If they do not want to work at this, nothing you do will encourage them to stay; and they may just get in your way as you build your team.

I hope this proves to be helpful.

Kind regards,

A Bronze Team Leader who is resolutely set on Platinum
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First of all, let me say that there is no one answer that fits all. However, I will share from my experience what may be the best way to encourage affiliates not to quit.

I have been in this business for over 12 years now, and most affiliates who have given up jusst left without writing me or doing anything. They just showed up on the opt out listing. The reasons for opting out often were for health reasons, no time, no money or sometimes no reason was given.

Many affiliates
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Affiliate since: 09/29/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Susan's 16 other Ask SC answers

At times the frustrations outweigh the possibilities available. Had an old time sales man and his fairly new assistant knock on my door selling books. The newbee was great at putting forward his speal and I was boarded. Just after the hot drink I shared with the salespeople the older sales person asked me one question. He had spent time listening to the questions and answers. His one question centered on me and my need. I quickly brought what he was selling and felt great about handing over the limited amount of money I had.

That being said I do not think one can convince another person by sales talk and wishful dreams. You superimposing your needed onto the other affiliate. Instead consider these two points.

1) Ask the affiliate to keep a join a list swap of places to post. many people have only heard of the platforms that their friends use avidly. Thus the places to post the SFI opportunities have reduced scope.

For example most everyone knows the micro-blog site called twitter. But have you heard of the one called Plurk? There are so many different platforms appearing daily why not share them with every affiliate.

2) Many people are quiet happy to just use the share button without changing the words within the space. Personalizing your message to catch other peoples attention and draw then into wanting to view what you are sending out.

Remember that being an Affiliate of SFI means you do not have a 'job' - what you have is an opportunity that allows someone else an opportunity. The trick is to find out what they want and how what you are doing can help them duplicate themselves as well.

Hope this is something you too can use in your opportunity. Good luck.


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At times the frustrations outweigh the possibilities available. Had an old time sales man and his fairly new assistant knock on my door selling books. The newbee was great at putting forward his speal and I was boarded. Just after the hot drink I shared with the salespeople the older sales person asked me one question. He had spent time listening to the questions and answers. His one question centered on me and my need. I quickly brought what he was selling and felt great about handing over the
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Caroline's 111 other Ask SC answers

I have thought of quitting in SFI because I am spending a lot of time and money and not making the money back each month to cover my standing order and my advertising. I feel discouraged because I haven't won in the Daily Grand and many of my a2a friends win several times in a month. I don't have a sponsor or co-sponsor who even know I exist, so they are no help at all.

So why haven't I quit yet?

Several reasons:
1. I believe in the potential of the business to make money, and this is evidenced by the fact that there are many successful people in it.

2. I have looked at the people at the top and tried to figure out what they have done differently to what I'm doing. I see that they are not really trying to duplicate themselves at all, although that is what they SAY they are doing. I have observed that each of these people have developed their own strategies for marketing and sponsoring. Some have produced training videos, some have written training e-books, others hold group meeting, some have Facebook groups, some have really great blogs. They are not simply doing the daily and weekly actions, buying standing orders, and joining up affiliates in the hope of finding 5 who will do the same. I believe that really only helps the guy at the top. I have decided that the top earners have created their own products which they use as free offers to get people to join their teams, and also sell these on TripleClicks. So I will try and create my own product and go into competition with these guys at the top.

3. I believe that if I keep on trying and developing a plan that eventually I will be rewarded. I believe that you reap what you sow, so I will sow into this business with my time, effort and creative thinking.

4. I don't have money to keep spending on SO and advertising, so I am trying to figure out alternative ways to achieve my goal, such as focussing on TripleClicks sales and getting ECAs.

5. I don't like to admit that I failed or quit, so I will motivate myself to keep going and think big and think positively.

6. If I quit, I would feel that I had wasted all the time and money so far invested, and that if I had stuck it a little longer, I might have succeeded, but I would never know.

7. I remind myself that this is not a get-rich-quick scheme, and that nothing worthwhile was ever won without effort and commitment.

8. Lastly, I have made some lovely a2a friends, and enjoy communicating with them. I write things which encourage me and in the process, find myself encouraging others. Many of them have expressed that they find my posts encouraging, and I wouldn't like to let them down.

So how would I convince someone to stay with SFI?

I would draw on my own experiences and share the above thought processes I have gone through and how I plan to make a success. I would assure him that it is possible and that we can do it together. Of course it would depend on my relationship with that person. Some people never respond to any of my communications so I can't offer them any hope other than the team mail which goes to everyone and may or may not speak to their individual needs. More than likely these people don't even read the team mails anyway.

The people who respond are different. I build friendships with them and discuss all sorts of things with them besides SFI. With these people I am aware of personal problems in their lives that may hinder them. I honestly share with them my difficulties and what has kept, and is keeping me going in SFI. I am not in a financial position myself to help by giving them anything at this stage that costs me money, but I share what I have learned, and give them my time and my caring. I have given useful e-books which I have managed to find for free on the internet.

If there was time pressure that was not of a permanent nature, such as moving, or sickness, I would offer to log in for them for a short period and do their daily actions, so that they don't lose motivation by a period of forced inaction.

I would ask them what skills they think they have, and try to figure out a strategy with them of something they could do utilising their own particular skills. Are they good at writing? Perhaps try blogging, or training emails. Are they good at speaking, do they look good on camera, can they make PowerPoint presentations? Perhaps they could make a video or a PP training presentation on some aspect of SFI.

I would ask who do they know that they could possibly market to? I would try to stimulate their thinking as to crafty people who might want an outlet for their craft work, or small business owners or market stall holders etc. Do they have friends who 'waste' hours on frivolous Facebook chatter? Such people might become SFI Facebook marketers and have some purpose to their time spent there.

I have offered to help people in my team who may have good ideas, but lack confidence in their writing ability, with editing their written work, if they want to develop a written product. After all, if one of my team can produce a product and sell it on TripleClicks, that will obviously help me too.

Of course if the person feels that their difficulties are such that they feel they have to quit, I leave the door open and still try to keep in touch with friendly chatty emails. I don't try to push SFI in these at all - just try and maintain the friendship. I ask if they believe in prayer and whether they would like me to pray for them in their situation. Those who have said yes, I make sure I do pray for them and every now and then I send them an email letting them know they are still in my prayers, and ask how things are going for them. You never know, when things change for them, they may still want to come back.

If they don't want to keep a relationship going after they decide to quit, that is their decision, too, and although it can be a little disappointing when your friendly emails get ignored, you must accept their decision, and move on to build new relationships with new team members. Even in that instance, however, you can be wrong. I was continuing to send emails for a while to a particular person, asking how she and the children were doing etc, and got no replies. I stopped writing thinking she didn't want to keep contact, and then out of the blue she wrote saying she had cancelled the internet for a few months because they couldn't afford it. She had just had it reconnected, and really appreciated all my emails that she found waiting there. So you never know a person's circumstances. Don't shut the door on anyone.

I'm sorry I have made this so long, but I have written honestly from my heart and my own experiences. I hope it may be a help to you if you are thinking of quitting or have someone in your team who may be thinking of it. This is one time where stubbornness is a blessing! Don't give up until you have tried all kinds of other avenues. There are many ways to succeed in SFI - you just have to find the one that suits you, and then run with it.

To your success, and mine!

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I have thought of quitting in SFI because I am spending a lot of time and money and not making the money back each month to cover my standing order and my advertising. I feel discouraged because I haven't won in the Daily Grand and many of my a2a friends win several times in a month. I don't have a sponsor or co-sponsor who even know I exist, so they are no help at all.

So why haven't I quit yet?

Several reasons:
1. I believe in the potential of the business to make money,
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Affiliate since: 08/03/2012, Power Rank: 366 | Read Atul's 19 other Ask SC answers

This is a good question. We show to him all the benefits of this business .
1 - PAYOUTS
A - Direct Commissions
B SFI Pay-Per-Action
C TripleClicks Executive Pool
D Co-Sponsor Commissions
E ECA Royalties
F VersaPoints Matching
2 Earnings Calculator
3 Share in our growth
And our Team always supports him. Because his Growth my Growth .

Good luck .

Affiliate since: 01/23/2010, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Val's 64 other Ask SC answers

One thing I would go for people frustrated and giving up is to give them 15 people downline.
15 of their own PSA's will cost you about $15.00 and tripleclicks sells many of these packages

Or buy yourself a package of 30 and give 3 or 4 per downline affiliate by reassignment if you have many frustrated downline.

Nothing will be wasted, as if they opt out and leave the affiliates roll back up to you.

Then once they are reassigned you help support the new PSA's t the same time as your frustrated downline affiliate.

Together they will grow and succeed.
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One thing I would go for people frustrated and giving up is to give them 15 people downline.
15 of their own PSA's will cost you about $15.00 and tripleclicks sells many of these packages

Or buy yourself a package of 30 and give 3 or 4 per downline affiliate by reassignment if you have many frustrated downline.

Nothing will be wasted, as if they opt out and leave the affiliates roll back up to you.

Then once they are reassigned you help support the new PSA's
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi Bolajoko!

This is a wonderful question...
My reply might not be very much what is expected though...

For me, if I have a chance to be communicating with that affiliate - because very often those who are thinking of opting out are not usually the ones close to you and they might already be not responsive; but suppose I could...

I would simply ask QUESTIONS to find out what are the underlying reasons to this consideration of quitting and, from there, I would try to answer these questions or concerns in the most appropriate way and in truth... ready in my mind to let this affiliate go if so he/she chooses.

As I understood long ago that even if I could get to win this time, I will probably have to "fight" with this issue some other time soon.

People who are thinking of quitting are usually not making what needs to be done to build their business and do not feel good about themselves and their results but, will not be able to admit it and will look for any excuses from the business model perspective... sad but TRUE!

I am not much into "saving" people... if they want to quit after, everyone and everywhere people mentions in here about "not quitting", then quit... you could always come back when you will realize your mistake as so many actually do.

Sometimes we need to lose something to realize fully what we had in our "hands".
To your Success,
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Hi Bolajoko!

This is a wonderful question...
My reply might not be very much what is expected though...

For me, if I have a chance to be communicating with that affiliate - because very often those who are thinking of opting out are not usually the ones close to you and they might already be not responsive; but suppose I could...

I would simply ask QUESTIONS to find out what are the underlying reasons to this consideration of quitting and, from there, I would
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Affiliate since: 01/15/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Emmanuella's 6 other Ask SC answers

If someone has decided to quit SFI, it's difficult to convince them at that point of time. But being in my Facebook friend's list and regularly getting updates of my and my team's success stories, slowly they get motivated again and most of them gives a second try to SFI.

The most important thing to do in this business is to work with those who really try to make an effort. Many affiliates, unfortunately, will just sit on the fence and do nothing and let their business close on its own. They just simply are dropped from the roles and the genealogy. However, they are still customers, and they can opt in again at some later time. Some affiliates realize what they left and come back to a business that is very different from what it was, even one or two years before. I say this because SFI has changed drastically from what it was when I first came into the most unusual, wonderful, different and innovative business ever seen in the global marketplace. So be encouraged, and don't let these affiliates who really want to leave or who say negative things about TripleClicks or SFI cause you to lose your focus on your goal. Many of these affiliates probably haven't even filled out the profile and written their goals. If they do not want to work at this, nothing you do will encourage them to stay; and they may just get in your way as you build your team.

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If someone has decided to quit SFI, it's difficult to convince them at that point of time. But being in my Facebook friend's list and regularly getting updates of my and my team's success stories, slowly they get motivated again and most of them gives a second try to SFI.

The most important thing to do in this business is to work with those who really try to make an effort. Many affiliates, unfortunately, will just sit on the fence and do nothing and let their business close on its own.
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Affiliate since: 10/20/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Aaron's 9 other Ask SC answers

I find one of the best tools for helping an affiliate remain in SFI is to tap into their original desires and allow them to talk about their hopes.

There is very little you or I could say that would convince someone to stay for any more than another week or a month at best. People stay or go depending on what is happening in their heads. Their hopes and desires, their thoughts, their resolve are what hold them in place. If things are not happening as they imagined then they will often opt out.

Talk to them honestly about their dreams and ways to make them happen, one-step at a time and stay away from talk of instant riches or money without effort, chances are they are already disillusioned by these empty promises. Share some of your own frustrations and how you overcame them. Use their initial dreams to fire them up again and keep up the contact. Nothing says you care, like sending follow-up emails with points they shared in it.

You will never convince someone to stay, however, you may help them keep their flame alive long enough for a sustainable fire to build.

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I find one of the best tools for helping an affiliate remain in SFI is to tap into their original desires and allow them to talk about their hopes.

There is very little you or I could say that would convince someone to stay for any more than another week or a month at best. People stay or go depending on what is happening in their heads. Their hopes and desires, their thoughts, their resolve are what hold them in place. If things are not happening as they imagined then they will often
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Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Goran's 16 other Ask SC answers

I should try to find the real reason for the withdrawal and to solve doubts, if any.
It is not always easy, but if you discover the real cause, then perhaps you may succeed. Often, this is fear of the unknown.
Increasing confidence is mostly best drug for that.

After another offer to help and explain the benefits of this job, I get focused energy toward finding new members.
I would not have worked hard and tried to convince affilieta not to abandon the SFI, especially if reason is negative attitude.
It is losing time, and good energy.

I think that all offers are not welcome for all and everyone should respect everyone's choice. We are all different and have different preferences. Taking no as an answer is best policy sometimes, and opens new perspectives.

You certainly have to leave door open for further cooperation, and try to materialize your success and re-motivate if there is a chance, but only by the way.
Your success have no time to lose.

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I should try to find the real reason for the withdrawal and to solve doubts, if any.
It is not always easy, but if you discover the real cause, then perhaps you may succeed. Often, this is fear of the unknown.
Increasing confidence is mostly best drug for that.

After another offer to help and explain the benefits of this job, I get focused energy toward finding new members.
I would not have worked hard and tried to convince affilieta not to abandon the SFI, especially
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