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

Hi Rebecca,

I want to write to my team every time I learn something that I think will help them but if I did this, it would be nearly everyday.

What I do is make a note in my notepad of important things to relay to my team then refer to it twice a week. The only time I break this rule is when there is something that is time sensitive and they need to know immediately.

Personally, I welcome all informative mail I get from my up-line but there are many people who do not appreciate this. What you could do is send out a survey and ask them how you are doing...ask them if they would like to hear from you more or less. I'm sure they will appreciate you asking them.

Hope this was helpful...wishing you success!
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Hi Rebecca,

I want to write to my team every time I learn something that I think will help them but if I did this, it would be nearly everyday.

What I do is make a note in my notepad of important things to relay to my team then refer to it twice a week. The only time I break this rule is when there is something that is time sensitive and they need to know immediately.

Personally, I welcome all informative mail I get from my up-line but there are many people who do
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

To decide how many times to contact down line are depend on your purpose of contacting and kind of affiliates you contact.
Your purpose of contacting: Every time before you send mail to your down line you must keep in mind what is your purpose of the mail you are sending, greeting, weekly team mail, cheer up, challenge, reward, answer question, guide him some useful tips, or congratulations etc. If you contact your down lines without purpose even one time of mailing is too much, but if you have the purpose, especially a good purpose and sending at the right time, how many times of contacting is not the question. I have an example of mailing without purpose. I have received two mails from my co-sponsor he sent it to check if I opt out or not. He knew nothing about my performance in SFI, since I am a STL from the first month I joined SFI, and then in #3 of my class power rank, underway on round 6 of E365 championship contest. Before these two opt out check mail, no cheer up, no reward, no answer (I asked him a question.), no guide, no congratulations, and nothing at all. You know the feedback of these without purposes mailing! In contrary to my sponsor, I receive every purpose mailing said above from her and at the right time!
Kind of affiliates you contact: Please keep in mind what kind of affiliates you are contacting, active affiliates who are advancing, dormant affiliates, or no longer log in affiliates. Divide affiliates into these three groups and then set your purpose of contacting. In general, you can use weekly team mailing which has the same content and the same purpose to alert, to guide or give some tips to all kind of affiliates. For this kind of mailing once a week is enough. However, for another kind of mailing, personal mailing, is depend on individual affiliates because you must have different purpose and contact one by one, to cheer up, to challenge, to reward, to answer questions, to congratulate etc.
How much is too much of contacting down line has no rule. It is depend on purpose of contacting and kind of affiliates to decide too much or enough.
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To decide how many times to contact down line are depend on your purpose of contacting and kind of affiliates you contact.
Your purpose of contacting: Every time before you send mail to your down line you must keep in mind what is your purpose of the mail you are sending, greeting, weekly team mail, cheer up, challenge, reward, answer question, guide him some useful tips, or congratulations etc. If you contact your down lines without purpose even one time of mailing is too much, but
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Affiliate since: 04/05/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

Very Good Question.

My opinion: I consider SFI Business is a Team work & Team can be motivated by proper guidelines, encouragement & appreciations at appropriate time & a very good communication in this regard is most essential. For the development of your business, you have to keep communications continue with your Team Members and for this interactions with your team members, i don't think the question of how much is too much does't arises, i mean we should not put any borderline for communication with your team members. I strongly feel no such definitions are being written as how much is too much for developing a business.

Yes, if you insist the unnecessary things which are not required for a certain period say during beginning, then it will be too much for your team members.

Thanks & Best Regards to all.
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Very Good Question.

My opinion: I consider SFI Business is a Team work & Team can be motivated by proper guidelines, encouragement & appreciations at appropriate time & a very good communication in this regard is most essential. For the development of your business, you have to keep communications continue with your Team Members and for this interactions with your team members, i don't think the question of how much is too much does't arises, i mean we should not put any borderline
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Affiliate since: 12/06/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read bolajoko's 18 other Ask SC answers

Well it all depends, how much could be too much when contacting your team or downline.

The thing is how relevant is your mail to your team is. If its just to get the 30vp per week and the mail is not relevant it becomes something else, most especially for those who are not yet active in SFI.

To such inactive affiliate,, they may take it as spam mail and it may irritate them and it could end up discouraging them from being active. For such contacting them may be once in two weeks with relevant information about SFI and how you are progressing will or may make them get interested to become active.

Then for those that are active once a week is okay but with relevant info or reminder. When it becomes to much is when one ask you a question and you now post it to all it become frustrating to others or also when welcoming new affiliate to your team and you use your genealogy to post to all it becomes irritating to the rest

Specific mail should be targeted to affiliate who ask for it, do not force it on others.

Also it is too much when a sponsor begins to ask for help from his downline or solicit for his or her team to make purchases from them when they do not want to. The best a sponsor should do if he or she has things to sell is just to inform and who ever is interested will contact him or her.

So in a north shell contact your downline when it is relevant to do so and also when you have relevant information. Just like how SFI do their stuff,when there is an information they provide a link for you to follow on the news page whoever is interested will click to follow the news. I think that is how thinks should be done then to over disturb one with long mails that don't apply to one.
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Well it all depends, how much could be too much when contacting your team or downline.

The thing is how relevant is your mail to your team is. If its just to get the 30vp per week and the mail is not relevant it becomes something else, most especially for those who are not yet active in SFI.

To such inactive affiliate,, they may take it as spam mail and it may irritate them and it could end up discouraging them from being active. For such contacting them may be once
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Affiliate since: 11/27/2000, Power Rank: 102 | Read Tim's 28 other Ask SC answers

It's never too much if you are providing them with useful information that will help THEM. It's always too much if you are just sending them stuff to help YOURSELF.

There is no perfect answer to this question, because everyone is different. Some people can't get enough communication and others will get upset with just one email.

If you are unsure, you can't go wrong by asking them. Find out from them what type of information they would like to receive and how often. Some people prefer several short topic specific emails while others prefer broader less frequent multi-topic newsletter type emails.

It still comes back to your motive for sending it... If it's for THEM, send it. If it's solely for selfish reasons like getting a couple VP, don't.
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It's never too much if you are providing them with useful information that will help THEM. It's always too much if you are just sending them stuff to help YOURSELF.

There is no perfect answer to this question, because everyone is different. Some people can't get enough communication and others will get upset with just one email.

If you are unsure, you can't go wrong by asking them. Find out from them what type of information they would like to receive and how often. Some
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Affiliate since: 05/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ruth's 1 other Ask SC answers

I appreciate this question, it is also regarding "Leadership Etiquette".

Pretend for a moment that I am one downline. Is this the sort of reaction you would like me to have to your marketing messages that took countless hours and manpower to create? How can you create a meaningful connection with your team without overwhelming them with too much content?

Once you contact them more than three (3) times in a week without evaluating how they progress and which are their weaknesses to start their own online business. That can appear suspicious. We need to worry about the number of emails that we sent out to ensure that didn't bombard those interested in SFI to the point that they would unsubscribe.
We should to measure how much is too much and how often did our downline want to hear from us. Now, while this is still something we all must be concerned with when it comes to marketing over communication has become even more of an issue.
Technology has made us more efficient with our marketing, but perhaps it's time to consider that maybe it's made us less effective.

We also need to make sure that the messages we are sending are of interest to those we are sending them. As suggestion see the list of email that we can send out:

- Welcome email to congratulate them join SFI Marketing program
- Invite them reading the SFI Basic page to help them start
- Go to their To-Do-List and learn from their daily Launchpad
- Ensure that you tell them to read the FAQs

For further assistance, they will be free to contact you as their Upline. Not by imposition or frustration, but by a wanted progression and grow up success.

Hope this will help.
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I appreciate this question, it is also regarding "Leadership Etiquette".

Pretend for a moment that I am one downline. Is this the sort of reaction you would like me to have to your marketing messages that took countless hours and manpower to create? How can you create a meaningful connection with your team without overwhelming them with too much content?

Once you contact them more than three (3) times in a week without evaluating how they progress and which are
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Affiliate since: 04/19/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Juliet's 7 other Ask SC answers

A very good question and I am sure it is one each of us has grappled with. For me as a recipient even one inane, insincere, pointless message is one too many. So my rule of thumb is " if I wouldn't want to receive it, I don't send it."
When sending messages one must be considerate of the sender. Of his/her time and needs if known. Thus messages should be concise, relevant and focused. Responses should be en pointe and timely. Group messages should be such that each member of the target group can individually relate to the content both subject matter and language.
Create an environment where your team members know they can contact you whenever necessary.
Bear in mind that an affiliate will be receiving messages from SFI, and possibly from both Sponsor and Co-sponsor along with other personal or business correspondents.
Hope this is helpful.

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A very good question and I am sure it is one each of us has grappled with. For me as a recipient even one inane, insincere, pointless message is one too many. So my rule of thumb is " if I wouldn't want to receive it, I don't send it."
When sending messages one must be considerate of the sender. Of his/her time and needs if known. Thus messages should be concise, relevant and focused. Responses should be en pointe and timely. Group messages should be such that each member of the
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

I think it is always good to contact your team when you feel a need to ask for help, ideas or any questions.

As for your downlines, if they are in contact with you often than i do not see why you cant approach them when you want to.

Even though I myself have not heard from any of my downliners I see that one of them has come back and collected some more points.....still have no words from him but I am sure there will come a time when they will feel right to contact me.

You are doing well to keep your contact now and than, as you never know when one decides to give SFI another chance.

Keep going with your daily or weekly emails--team mails and sure enough there will be results for you and me one fine day.

Smile and keep up the good work!
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I think it is always good to contact your team when you feel a need to ask for help, ideas or any questions.

As for your downlines, if they are in contact with you often than i do not see why you cant approach them when you want to.

Even though I myself have not heard from any of my downliners I see that one of them has come back and collected some more points.....still have no words from him but I am sure there will come a time when they will feel right to contact me.

You
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Affiliate since: 03/14/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Amelda's 1 other Ask SC answers

SFI provides VP for sending Team Messages, which you get once per week. Unless you have important news, tips or any of such, contacting your Downline, once a week is sufficient.

The same goes for upline messages - unless you have an important issue/problem that you cannot seem to resolve through the sources available such as ASK SC, giving your Sponsor an update once a week should also be suffient.

Sending Team Messages just to earn the VP is really missing the point of it all. I got one once just asking me how I'm doing. People should refrain from sending messages like that.

After all, it is there for 'business' use, not social chats.

In other words, I find that 4 times a month is sufficient enough.


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SFI provides VP for sending Team Messages, which you get once per week. Unless you have important news, tips or any of such, contacting your Downline, once a week is sufficient.

The same goes for upline messages - unless you have an important issue/problem that you cannot seem to resolve through the sources available such as ASK SC, giving your Sponsor an update once a week should also be suffient.

Sending Team Messages just to earn the VP is really missing the point of it
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Affiliate since: 04/02/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Rebecca's 6 other Ask SC answers

The simple answer, for me, is more than two team mailings per week. Realistically, I try to keep it simple, and also to include praise for active teammates in one of the mailings. That provides public encouragement for the members who are achieving their goals and a gentle nudge to the inactive ones. The other email talks about team goals, SFI sucess tips, and similar items.

Also, I never ask my downline to promote my ECA items. If they want to, they are welcome, but I am here to help them, not the other way around. So asking that is, to me, "too much".

Hope this helps!
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The simple answer, for me, is more than two team mailings per week. Realistically, I try to keep it simple, and also to include praise for active teammates in one of the mailings. That provides public encouragement for the members who are achieving their goals and a gentle nudge to the inactive ones. The other email talks about team goals, SFI sucess tips, and similar items.

Also, I never ask my downline to promote my ECA items. If they want to, they are welcome, but I am here to help
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