Affiliate since: 05/02/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Kerrie's 68 other Ask SC answers

How can you offer financial support to a hard-working PSA/CSA who is truly financially challenged?

Maybe I am biased, because I do not have money to support everyone else, but I do not think you should financially support your affiliates.

Instead, it is important to teach them. Help them learn and understand the system. As they learn the system, teach them how to advertise and duplicate. Communication and motivation are key.

For financially challenged affiliates, it is more important to learn how to build their business than it is to reach EA status the first few months. Until they have an active team under them, they will not lose a lot.

I think it is more important to encourage them to learn. I reward my active affiliates with PSAs when they earn their 30/60/90 Daily VP Streak badges. This encourages them to make SFI a daily habit, to log in and read, and more importantly to learn what SFI is all about.

I also reward affiliates for getting their "Ask SC Ratings" badge with new affiliates on their team. This encourages them to read and learn more than they otherwise might. I think Ask SC is crucial for newer affiliates in understanding the program and how it works, what works and what doesn't, and how to approach different SFI income streams.

In the first few months, it is hard to get to EA status, and hard to start bringing in commissions. This is the crucial time to support your active affiliates, and when they are willing to put their time and effort into learning the system, I will help them build their team. Within a few months, they have learned enough to start building their own team.

That being said, if an active affiliate is only a few hundred points away from EA and can't afford to buy a few TCredits, I have no problem sending a small gift certificate to help them out. :D
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How can you offer financial support to a hard-working PSA/CSA who is truly financially challenged?

Maybe I am biased, because I do not have money to support everyone else, but I do not think you should financially support your affiliates.

Instead, it is important to teach them. Help them learn and understand the system. As they learn the system, teach them how to advertise and duplicate. Communication and motivation are key.

For financially challenged affiliates,
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Affiliate since: 06/21/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Paul's 57 other Ask SC answers

I have been reading the answers from others who have responded to your question. They are
right on track. I agree that giving money as a way to support a struggling affiliate is not a good idea.

I have had a lot of experience trying to build a business on a shoestring budget. What
always helps me is when someone lays out a clear step by step "Here's how you do it".
So many times in other programs I was promised training, but too often the training was
presented with the assumption I already knew how to do a lot of things.

When a person is new to online marketing and business building, the very best support one can give is to take that new person by the hand and lead them step by step. As has already been said, your leadership and example are a must.

A good way to support that cost you nothing and can be a great help to your new people isto create your personal Coop (It's very easy to do)[https://www.sfimg.com/PowerTools/TLCoop]

Read Gery's comments about the value of co-oping. Your people will be grateful and your
business will grow more rapidly.

Bottom line, look for people who want to work, and do everything you can to encourage
and support them.
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I have been reading the answers from others who have responded to your question. They are
right on track. I agree that giving money as a way to support a struggling affiliate is not a good idea.

I have had a lot of experience trying to build a business on a shoestring budget. What
always helps me is when someone lays out a clear step by step "Here's how you do it".
So many times in other programs I was promised training, but too often the training was
presented
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Affiliate since: 07/02/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Williams's 638 other Ask SC answers

When it comes to giving cash, I use this rule of thumb. Never give anyone cash if you feel they are not going to use it wisely. It's just like giving someone money on the street. They may tell you that they are homeless, hungry, and destitute. When in actuality they are just an addict or an alcoholic. They need help but not your money.

Same with PSAs. The best way to help any PSA/CSA is to help their understanding of the process. Just giving them money is not going to replace their ignorance. So give them knowledge first. Then follow up with them to see if they have applied the knowledge appropriately.

Soon they will find that they are not as needy as they thought and you will have taught another PSA/CSA how to fish. Giving fish to a hungry man then teach him how to fish to curb off his hunger! Otherwise, you must give him fish for the rest of his life or alienate yourself from him.

Just remember we want to empower people and not disenfranchise them. Knowledge is power so share the little that you have. Ignorance is bliss for those who don't know any better!
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When it comes to giving cash, I use this rule of thumb. Never give anyone cash if you feel they are not going to use it wisely. It's just like giving someone money on the street. They may tell you that they are homeless, hungry, and destitute. When in actuality they are just an addict or an alcoholic. They need help but not your money.

Same with PSAs. The best way to help any PSA/CSA is to help their understanding of the process. Just giving them money is not going to replace
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Affiliate since: 08/26/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Dr Sudhanshu's 155 other Ask SC answers

Congratulations !!! Good to see you have decided to help the hard working team members. There are so many ways to help your hard working PSA/CSA financially. I will just figure out the best ones.
1. Gift Certificate: If you think some of your PSAs are working hard to build a team. Able to generate ECAs,PRMs or sales but not able to reach the status of EA or TL to maximize their earning, You can send them few dollars as rewards of their achievement. It will be useful to them in building their SFI Business and so as yours.

2. Co-op: This is one of the strongest way to reward affiliates. Everybody in SFI knows how hard it is to generate new affiliates. If you can run a co-op for the hard working guys at no cost to them, It will be a great financial reward on long term basis. It will keep them encouraging towards team building.

3. TCredit: This is also a powerful financial help. I have seen affiliates purchasing a 100 or 125 TC pak and jump in to the auction. They jump into the auction with this many credits because they do not have more money to purchase them. Why not support them with some 50-100 TCredits so that they can jump into the auction more confidently and start winning.

These are some of the great financial methods to reward affiliates,....The choice is yours
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Congratulations !!! Good to see you have decided to help the hard working team members. There are so many ways to help your hard working PSA/CSA financially. I will just figure out the best ones.
1. Gift Certificate: If you think some of your PSAs are working hard to build a team. Able to generate ECAs,PRMs or sales but not able to reach the status of EA or TL to maximize their earning, You can send them few dollars as rewards of their achievement. It will be useful to them in building their
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Affiliate since: 07/07/2021, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Betabasi's 66 other Ask SC answers

You can offer financial support to a hard-working PSA/CSA who is truly financially challenged through the following ways.
1.Let him/her know and understand the importance of duplication. By doing do, you will imbibe in him/her the knowledge of being a leader and he/she can earn direct commissions from his/her active downlines as well.
2.Let him/her understand that in the absence of funds, that time is required. Let him/her know that if he/she is challenged financially, he/she should devote his/her time to advertising, promoting his/her gateways, promoting products on tripleclicks by referring prospective buyers to it and also referring ECAs to earn royalties for life as long as those ECAs remain active.
3.You can as well give out gift certificate or T-Credits to show him/her that you are impressed by his/her hard-work. This goes a long way to encourage and motivate him/her to strive for more rewards.
Finally, always have time for your downlines no matter how occupied you are. By doing so, you'll know when they need your assistance and also be ready to help them out in the best of your ability.
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You can offer financial support to a hard-working PSA/CSA who is truly financially challenged through the following ways.
1.Let him/her know and understand the importance of duplication. By doing do, you will imbibe in him/her the knowledge of being a leader and he/she can earn direct commissions from his/her active downlines as well.
2.Let him/her understand that in the absence of funds, that time is required. Let him/her know that if he/she is challenged financially, he/she should
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Affiliate since: 03/11/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Wendy's 16 other Ask SC answers

You can start by giving them options.

Do they prefer:

1) TCredits?

2) TripleClicks Gift Certificate?

3) PSAs?

4) CSAs?

5) Specific Items in TripleClicks?

6) TCurrency?

7) Training in SFI?

Whatever the choice, these are different ways you can offer financial support if you as the Sponsor / Co-Sponsor are financially able to afford it.

1) TCredits are the most versatile and can be used for a variety of things.

The most popular is bidding at the auctions as each TCredit used for bidding, will in turn earn you 1 VP AND 5MRP - or 10MRP if the bid offers 2xMRP to be Awarded. So look out for these bids to maximise your value for MRP. You may not necessarily be bidding to win, but merely to obtain MRP in order to then purchase either, more TCredits or items that one would wish to purchase on TripleClicks.

2) Providing a TripleClicks Gift Certificate you enable the Affiliate to choose the items they prefer.

3) PSAs are always welcome as this is a means of your Affiliate being able to gain experience in building a team. Of course, PSAs cannot be guaranteed to work, but that's par for the course.

4) CSAs are also welcome as one can earn from their VP - if your Affiliate reaches BTL status they are awarded the Commission Value of Matching VP if the CSA reaches EA2 level.

In both 3) and 4) - you also earn 45% of the CV on items that PSAs purchase at TripleClicks, and 15% of the CV on items that CSAs purchase at TripleClicks.

5) Specific items in TripleClicks can be a form of helping them build their business like the Duplication Paper which can be bought for 1TCredit. There are many other useful items that your Affiliate might eagerly request in order to grow and build their business online.

6) TCurrency can help those who don't have a Credit or Debit Card to use online to purchase items at TripleClicks.

7) You could personally offer your own Training of SFI from your own experience and which has a monetary value attached to it. This will help them grow and build their business which will in turn help them to earn VP and in turn, commissions.

Ultimately, the choice is yours! So help them choose wisely!






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You can start by giving them options.

Do they prefer:

1) TCredits?

2) TripleClicks Gift Certificate?

3) PSAs?

4) CSAs?

5) Specific Items in TripleClicks?

6) TCurrency?

7) Training in SFI?

Whatever the choice, these are different ways you can offer financial support if you as the Sponsor / Co-Sponsor are financially able to afford it.

1) TCredits are the most versatile and can be used for
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Affiliate since: 06/18/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Diogo's 4 other Ask SC answers

Hello Festus!, Good question.

I have to be honest, I storngly disagree with "direct" financial support (by that I mean, directly with money). As harsh as this may seem, this is a serioius business, and business is built upon hard work and personal investment, wether it is of time and/or money.

Depending on your level of knowledge and ranking here in SFI (or even by your own experience with your own Sponsor), you may have noticed that there are many, but many ways to support your PSA´s without it being financialy. There are TCredits to distribute if you have some and dont intend to use them (share them with your best PSA´s as rewards for effort or month qualification), MemberReward Points are given to you when you bid at TripleClicks (trade them for TCredits or actualy buy something at TripleClicks that you can afford with your MemberReward Points and deliver it to your PSA(s)), Free Co-op joining to your PSA´s (just add them to your personal CO-OP for free as long as they demonstrate true passion and dedication to SFI, they will love it and be very thankful to you for it), PSA Reasignments (If you have your own Co-op set up, you can reasign the New PSA´s you get everyday throughout your active PSA´s, you do this at the Genealogy PowerTool), and last but not least, Personal Advice and consultance, your experience is very important to guide them, personal contact works best, take your time with every PSA that is enthusiastic about the business, believe me, it will be worth it.

There may be other ways of supporting that I may have skipped, but I believe these to be the main ones. Although it may not seem, some of them can be considered "financial" support, because in the end you are giving them out free stuff, and that is always good, no matter how small.

This is my personal experience and I hope to have helped you!
See you at the top!
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Hello Festus!, Good question.

I have to be honest, I storngly disagree with "direct" financial support (by that I mean, directly with money). As harsh as this may seem, this is a serioius business, and business is built upon hard work and personal investment, wether it is of time and/or money.

Depending on your level of knowledge and ranking here in SFI (or even by your own experience with your own Sponsor), you may have noticed that there are many, but many ways to
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Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 400 | Read Beverly's 79 other Ask SC answers

You can easily pick out your PSAs and CSAs who are really working hard by checking their VP ledgers, and by how often they contact you with questions, with the exclusion of asking for money.

To be an EA every month does not cost much money, if any. What you really need to do is to strategize with your new affiliate, (or your sponsor if you are just starting out), beginning the first month in SFI. Talk them out of using up all their free points, for example, those in the intermediate section of their to-do-list can be left for the second month, and some launch pad exercises. If they log on every day and do the work, learn the system, have a plan and follow directions it may not have to cost anything!

NOTE: Remind your new affiliates that they can carry over their points to the next month if they are starting out near the end of the month. They get 30 days to become a new executive affiliate. At that time they will receive at least 2 CSAs and can then send team mail for 30 VP per week. Make sure they know to do it from their VP leger or To-Do-List to receive credit.

If you see that someone is working hard and is almost an EA2 you could give them a gift certificate to buy single TCredits and use them to buy digital books for 1 TCredit each, the ones that offer the most VP, approximately 43 VP. 5-10 TCredits may be all they need. Buying each single TCredit gives more VP than buying a pack of 10!

I don't think you have to worry too much about it costing you money since you will be earning matching VP with your first level PSAs. Those are the affiliates, by the way, that you want to help the most, especially if you are having financial problems yourself. Teach them to do the same for their downline once they start earning money in commissions and in other ways. Promote contests, like Wave3, DistribuStar, the ASK SC, T-Time, and E365.

Teach your affiliates how to earn income from the many streams of income available at SFI, TripleClicks, and Pricebender Auction sites. Train them to seek out E-Commerce Affiliates and to be one themselves. Show them the Compensation Plan and explain how it works so they can see the benefits of using the multi-stream income approach.

Encourage your affiliates to learn all they can, and share information that you learn on a regular basis.

Finally, have contests on your leadership page and ask your affiliates to enter one. It doesn't have to be money. Down the road as they are showing you that they are doing what is expected, reassign some PSAs to them from your own and work with them so that they too can become leaders.
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You can easily pick out your PSAs and CSAs who are really working hard by checking their VP ledgers, and by how often they contact you with questions, with the exclusion of asking for money.

To be an EA every month does not cost much money, if any. What you really need to do is to strategize with your new affiliate, (or your sponsor if you are just starting out), beginning the first month in SFI. Talk them out of using up all their free points, for example, those in the intermediate section
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Affiliate since: 07/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

As a financially-challenged EA2 myself, I do not believe that you should offer financial help to your affiliates.

My sponsor offered me financial help knowing I was struggling and couldn't afford to buy an SO to make EA. I very much appreciated his offer but declined politely because I believed I needed to make EA by my own work. And I did make EA and EA2, with much pride, by logging in every day and doing everything needed to build up my VersaPoints. My sponsor did reward my efforts of making EA by gifting me some TCredits, which was very nice of him.

Whenever I can afford to buy something, I do, otherwise I manage by gaining points and by entering by T-Time as much as possible as well as the Daily Grand hopefully to win one day.

I think the best help you can offer your affiliates is your continued support and encouragement. Let them know you are always there to answer any questions they may have and perhaps do as my sponsor did and give a reward for good work such as TCredits, gift certificates or similar. I really do think this is more beneficial in the long run to your affiliates than giving financial assistance.


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As a financially-challenged EA2 myself, I do not believe that you should offer financial help to your affiliates.

My sponsor offered me financial help knowing I was struggling and couldn't afford to buy an SO to make EA. I very much appreciated his offer but declined politely because I believed I needed to make EA by my own work. And I did make EA and EA2, with much pride, by logging in every day and doing everything needed to build up my VersaPoints. My sponsor did reward my efforts
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Affiliate since: 08/10/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Subrata's 12 other Ask SC answers

The main question is why everybody is here, why you are here? To earn right? And obviously you don't have a lot of money or else why would you come here, join and click and click to earn a few VP? And ask yourself, who supported you financially when you were in a fix? I can not of course tell about you but nobody supported me that I can tell.

What I want to emphasize is that if you have joined a business, you must have the capacity to invest a little money. I have no money and I will do a business is an Utopian dream. Therefore, whoever joins, he must be prepared to invest.

Question is, how much? Well, not everybody can invest the same amount of money. Some can invest 10 Dollars, some 100 and some millions.

My suggestion is show them the ways. If I had say 50 active affiliates all needing help and I could support them with money, do you think I would have come here?

Tell them beforehand that its a business where one must invest a lot of time and at least a little bit money to succeed. Support may be in other forms. If you have 10 active PSAs and the 11th. needs support, you can assign 2 or 3 active under the 11th. But financial support, at least until you yourself earn substantially, well, that's not my cup of tea.

For newbies who want to work hard and also be able to invest a little money, I would suggest reading the blog :http://secondeasyincome.blogspot.in
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The main question is why everybody is here, why you are here? To earn right? And obviously you don't have a lot of money or else why would you come here, join and click and click to earn a few VP? And ask yourself, who supported you financially when you were in a fix? I can not of course tell about you but nobody supported me that I can tell.

What I want to emphasize is that if you have joined a business, you must have the capacity to invest a little money. I have no money and I will do
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