Affiliate since: 11/18/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Jordan's 6 other Ask SC answers

As a beginner with this system, I can attest that it's hard to convince someone to spend money on a new program. It was a tough decision for me to make an investment, so I understand where other people are coming from. It wasn't long before I could see the true potential of this program, and it became clear that I needed to remain at least an EA2 to begin reaping the true rewards. By setting up a standing order worth at least 1500 VP, I would be able to stay at that level indefinitely. I once read that you should think of this as a daily expenditure rather than a monthly expense. For instance, a subscription to IAHBE is $30.00 a month, so in a 30 day month, think of it as spending $1.00 each day to keep your level secured. It is the same amount in the end, but it seems easier to think of spending $1.00 a day rather than $30.00 a month. I think once you can show them where they can really go with SFI, the thought of investing a little bit to get there will be much easier.
Best of luck to you, I hope this helps!
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As a beginner with this system, I can attest that it's hard to convince someone to spend money on a new program. It was a tough decision for me to make an investment, so I understand where other people are coming from. It wasn't long before I could see the true potential of this program, and it became clear that I needed to remain at least an EA2 to begin reaping the true rewards. By setting up a standing order worth at least 1500 VP, I would be able to stay at that level indefinitely. I once read
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 438 | Read Mar's 582 other Ask SC answers

As a Team Leader, how would you best communicate to your affiliates about investing at least certain amount of money to start with SFI is a smart way?

Make it simple by showing them an example. You will need to emphasize that they can only start receiving commission as per Compensation Plan, if they become EA, maintain EA2 and move up to the next level position of Team Leader.

Most affiliates joined SFI because; they can start on their own without investing money upfront. By starting with small investment, with time as their ally, coupled with, their determination, perseverance and consistency, they’ll be able to build their SFI business.

How to Start:

The second and third months of new affiliate’s SFI journey are critical. If they are to succeed, they will need to maintain EA2 and sponsoring at the same time. Being a Team Leader in order to help those affiliates learn the value of investing towards building their team, I will lead them as an example. By using the Genealogy, it’s easy to find out who is consistent in logging in and accumulating the daily VP Streak; and who are interested by keeping in touch asking questions.

First, I will show them the importance of logging in to SFI homepage everyday. In details, the monthly VPs breakdown. By knowing the total monthly Action VPs, they’ll be able to assess themselves and plan accordingly to achieve their goals. I’ll give my full support to them this could be in the form of TCredits or Gift Certificates to help them achieve their goals.

By doing this, you have shown them your trust and commitment in helping them to move forward.

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As a Team Leader, how would you best communicate to your affiliates about investing at least certain amount of money to start with SFI is a smart way?

Make it simple by showing them an example. You will need to emphasize that they can only start receiving commission as per Compensation Plan, if they become EA, maintain EA2 and move up to the next level position of Team Leader.

Most affiliates joined SFI because; they can start on their own without investing money upfront. By
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Nimo's 381 other Ask SC answers

I suggest that you use the Farming concept when communicating with them.

Even people that live in cities know that a farmer in order to reap a good harvest needs to till the soil, prepare the ground and then sow his seeds or plant seedlings. When the seedlings grow or seeds sprout he then needs to water them and nurture the young plants. If all this is done well the plants will grow well and his harvest will be plentiful. The more plants or seeds he puts in the ground the bigger the harvest will be.

SFI is like this. In simplistic terms - Do the ground work & learn the business - advertise for affiliates - nurture your affiliates and you will be successful.

Your affiliates are your plants. If you don't have plants, you will not have a harvest and if you have only a few plants your harvest may not be that plentiful.

So how do you obtain the plants (affiliates)? By advertising. This can be done free or you can pay for it. Advertising is not an expense, its an investment. You invest time in free advertising - you invest money in paid advertising.

In my opinion, eventhough you can obtain affiliates through free advertising, it is slow and is labouriously time consuming. Paid and targeted advertising on the other hand is much more reliable and efficient.

It is therefore a smart move on any SFI affiliate to invest some money in paid advertising if they are able to. It doesn't have to be a huge amount of money. The paid advertising campaign can be done at the same time as the free advertising.

Have fun with that idea and good luck.
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I suggest that you use the Farming concept when communicating with them.

Even people that live in cities know that a farmer in order to reap a good harvest needs to till the soil, prepare the ground and then sow his seeds or plant seedlings. When the seedlings grow or seeds sprout he then needs to water them and nurture the young plants. If all this is done well the plants will grow well and his harvest will be plentiful. The more plants or seeds he puts in the ground the bigger the
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

While one has got to be extremely careful about how they approach this issue I think it's still OK and important according to me that your affiliates get to know about this for the benefit of their businesses. It's all about how you do it.

The Best way to ask someone's hand is first touch his/her heart. What do do I mean by that? If you have cared for your Affiliates right from the day of joining and offered them all of the necessary help and support, answered every question that they have asked and even offered Incentives, you stand a better chance in advising them to Invest further. That way everyone wins. They will not think you are trying to ripe them off for your own selfish benefits.

Secondly, this is just the same as running a successful email campaign to your list if you had any other business. If you don't nurture your list well and are always bombarding them with offers about this and that. Sorry your chances are very limited unless that affiliate is one that has decided to pursue his/her business without your motivation. You might end up having many unsubscribes.

Lastly, I would never emphasis how enough important it is for one to lead by example. they will look into your badge wall and judge you based on what you have. I have realized that whenever I didn't purchase a standing order of 1500 VPS my affiliates too that previously had a standing order came short. They will just follow and it's so hard telling them hey! You need to get a standing order knowing very well you don't have one yourself. It's good to practice what we preach.

In ending lead by example and others will follow. Offer benefits...benefits...benefits to your down line. Once they see how well you are doing it and the benefits you have derived from your investing they will naturally follow.

I hope this helps

Best Wishes
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While one has got to be extremely careful about how they approach this issue I think it's still OK and important according to me that your affiliates get to know about this for the benefit of their businesses. It's all about how you do it.

The Best way to ask someone's hand is first touch his/her heart. What do do I mean by that? If you have cared for your Affiliates right from the day of joining and offered them all of the necessary help and support, answered every question that they
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

I think that every affiliate eventually comes to the realization that they must invest in order to make money at SFI. This is a fact for any business. The only difference is with SFI there are no upfront costs which is very appealing to affiliates. Some affiliates make a good income with little to no investment. However, if an affiliate is slow to refer PRMs or sponsor PSAs, then generating income becomes more of a challenge.

The two major keys to being successful at SFI is to have an active team and to promote Triple Click products. Affiliates choose to do this through free or paid advertising either within SFI via the Triple Clicks store or through outside resources. As a sponsor your job is to advise them how best to accomplish these tasks by discussing the methods that worked best for you. Use your experience to guide their decision-making but not to forcefully influence them. Most affiliates can recognise selfish tactics and will not respond well to sponsors who are pushing their own agenda for their personal gain.

Encourage affiliates to use the resources within SFI and show them why and how they can be beneficial to them in the long term. If you lead by example and show them the benefits of your own investments then the choice becomes much easier to make for themselves.
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I think that every affiliate eventually comes to the realization that they must invest in order to make money at SFI. This is a fact for any business. The only difference is with SFI there are no upfront costs which is very appealing to affiliates. Some affiliates make a good income with little to no investment. However, if an affiliate is slow to refer PRMs or sponsor PSAs, then generating income becomes more of a challenge.

The two major keys to being successful at SFI is to have an
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Affiliate since: 12/06/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Elizabeth's 190 other Ask SC answers

The best way is to convince them about the importance of being an EA and maintaining that everymonth, because the getting started actions on the to do list are free points but once used up they will need to buy products to continue having 1500 or more vp everymonth. In order for this to happen they have to have both action points and Sales points.

you should get across to them that everymonth they have to get the highest points that they can so that they can earn more money everymonth and part of it is achieved by buying and selling products.

Sponsoring and duplication requires investment because you need to purchase marketing materials to create a marketing funnel for example, for $7.00 I purchased my own blog on tripleclicks because it was a hot deal, so the benefit of having a blog like this is that it employs all the free stuff that SFI provides such as my banners, gateways, and more because it has my picture my name etc.... I even purchase individual tcredits to get 400 or 200 vp.

So I would get across to my affiliates to purchase marketing tools usually the very powerful ones like promo pages, websites, blogs at low prices especially offered in the hot deals, where you can get high points for little money.

I hope this answers your question
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The best way is to convince them about the importance of being an EA and maintaining that everymonth, because the getting started actions on the to do list are free points but once used up they will need to buy products to continue having 1500 or more vp everymonth. In order for this to happen they have to have both action points and Sales points.

you should get across to them that everymonth they have to get the highest points that they can so that they can earn more money everymonth
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Affiliate since: 09/23/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Daurice's 18 other Ask SC answers

"How can we get across to our affiliates that investing (at least) minor amounts of money into SFI is smart?"

I would explain that in any business it takes money to make money. Before any business can succeed whether it is Avon, Mary Kay, Park Lane, etc. you need to have demos and some inventory. In this business you don't need all of that up front cost so if you can invest a few dollars a month it can help tremendously. For instance, Sharebuilder is only $22.00 a month and helps you gain affiliates. S/O of 125 T-Credits is only $36.00. Those two items will help you and is under $60.00 a month. Having T-credits will allow you to gain more points through auctions or for you to add products to sell all from the comfort of your computer. Some people may not have that much to do at once so use the $36.00 as your S/O and another week you can pay the $22.00 for Sharebuilder. If you compare that cost to other businesses it really isn't that much.
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"How can we get across to our affiliates that investing (at least) minor amounts of money into SFI is smart?"

I would explain that in any business it takes money to make money. Before any business can succeed whether it is Avon, Mary Kay, Park Lane, etc. you need to have demos and some inventory. In this business you don't need all of that up front cost so if you can invest a few dollars a month it can help tremendously. For instance, Sharebuilder is only $22.00 a month and helps
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Affiliate since: 09/18/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read LORRINE's 14 other Ask SC answers

I believe the key reasoning and encouragement we can and should give to our affiliates for them to invest even minor amounts of money into SFI are as follows;

1. Each of us as entrepreneurs/business owners and managers have to practice what we must preach in order to succeed and build a downline of team members sold into this internet marketing business. Therefore, if they do not invest at least a minor amount of money it may prove difficult to encourage others to invest and if no one invested how would this business thrive.
2. In order to encourage others to buy from TripleClicks (TC) they themselves need to shop online from TC and then be able to give a testimonial of the product quality, prices, delivery and overall customer service experience.
3. It is authentic and true to faith if they invest SFI affiliates and team members by way of transferring TCredits or Gift Certificate to fellow affiliates to show that such a gesture is a good thing to do and appreciated by them where it was done or if it were done to them.

I hope this helps to answer your question.

Blessings multiplied to you and all who invests in faith in SFI as a viable good business.
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I believe the key reasoning and encouragement we can and should give to our affiliates for them to invest even minor amounts of money into SFI are as follows;

1. Each of us as entrepreneurs/business owners and managers have to practice what we must preach in order to succeed and build a downline of team members sold into this internet marketing business. Therefore, if they do not invest at least a minor amount of money it may prove difficult to encourage others to invest and if no one
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Affiliate since: 06/21/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Richard's 9 other Ask SC answers

All investments have some sort of Risk. Some new Affiliates will have the fear of losing their investment and will be reluctant to invest, even if only small amount of money each month.

An Affiliate needs to have explained to him/her the need for investing even if only to maintain the EA status, which is the doorway to income.

The Badges are a good indication of the successful EA s and I focus on the badge which clearly shows TC Member 1500VP SO.

Using A2A memebers as an example, I merely refer the new Affiliate to check out the badges on some of the longer term EA s , most of these checked out will have a SO for 1500 VPs.

Evidence provided to the new Affiliate, then they have to decide about investment.

If they are smart.... they will sign up for SO at least....

Good luck with business..........
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All investments have some sort of Risk. Some new Affiliates will have the fear of losing their investment and will be reluctant to invest, even if only small amount of money each month.

An Affiliate needs to have explained to him/her the need for investing even if only to maintain the EA status, which is the doorway to income.

The Badges are a good indication of the successful EA s and I focus on the badge which clearly shows TC Member 1500VP SO.

Using A2A memebers
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

First and foremost the important factor for each affiliate is to believe that this is their own business.If it is my business, it requires an investment of time and money, just like any other venture. We should be prepared to accept that and put in the necessary effort to see results.

We have to log in every day to make sure that we are kept informed about our business. If I had a coffee shop, or a hardware store, I would need to go there every day, especially when starting up. This business is no different.

We need to advertise our business every day because we do not have a store where people walk by everyday. Whether it is paid advertising or free advertising, this needs to be done. We need to promote our business some way or other, and SFI provides lots of tools for that.
An easy way in this business is to make a minimum investment every month. Maintain a standing order for at least 1500VP each month so that we don't lose our EA status....and we get an extra 2 entries in the Daily Grand Drawings *each day*, 2 CSA's every month, some MRP’s and 100VP’s ACTION point each month. I look at my standing order as a rent I have to pay to keep my store open and my shelves stocked with product.
Our affiliates are our customers and so keep in touch with them regularly with the help of PSA, CSA, or Geneology mailer.
This is not a get rich quick business. It takes time to build relationships that produces results. It takes patience, persistence, and passion.

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First and foremost the important factor for each affiliate is to believe that this is their own business.If it is my business, it requires an investment of time and money, just like any other venture. We should be prepared to accept that and put in the necessary effort to see results.

We have to log in every day to make sure that we are kept informed about our business. If I had a coffee shop, or a hardware store, I would need to go there every day, especially when starting up. This
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