Affiliate since: 05/06/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Lawal's 156 other Ask SC answers

Hello and thanks for asking

Here a million dollar question.
I learned to read. I never really understand what SFI was all about. So I learned how to read and understand so I can grow.

In reading I learned to

1. Encourage myself so I can continue

2. I learned how to recruit other affiliates to build my business.

3. I learned how to make adverts and do marketing.

4. I learned how to be a great leader through reading.

5. With determinatios and hardwork, success can be earned.

Thanks once again
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Hello and thanks for asking

Here a million dollar question.
I learned to read. I never really understand what SFI was all about. So I learned how to read and understand so I can grow.

In reading I learned to

1. Encourage myself so I can continue

2. I learned how to recruit other affiliates to build my business.

3. I learned how to make adverts and do marketing.

4. I learned how to be a great leader through reading.

5.
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Affiliate since: 06/08/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Richard's 36 other Ask SC answers

For me, the most valuable lesson has been consistency. Only by doing things in a consistent manner have I been able to achieve a modicum of success.

I tried various 'tactics' and 'strategies', but tried to be too clever. In the end, getting back to basics is working much better.

There is a ton of free information and training within SFI, and with the forum support there shouldn't be much of a need to look for additional information elsewhere. For the more complex issues about how to set up and run a website, do advertising, and build a business, there are some great books available right in your own TripleClicks store.

Read, ask questions, pay attention to answers, and be consistent in your actions.
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For me, the most valuable lesson has been consistency. Only by doing things in a consistent manner have I been able to achieve a modicum of success.

I tried various 'tactics' and 'strategies', but tried to be too clever. In the end, getting back to basics is working much better.

There is a ton of free information and training within SFI, and with the forum support there shouldn't be much of a need to look for additional information elsewhere. For the more complex issues about
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Andrew's 330 other Ask SC answers

The most valuable thing I see people learning in their first year at SFI is that there is a leader within them just waiting to get out.

SFI teaches you and then teaches you to teach your downline for duplication. It provides streams of soft motivation and teaches you to share that motivation with your team. They teach us to support one another, and be ready to answer questions, and to never expect people to do what we say but always expect them to emulate what we do.

SFI trains us in a undying work ethic and how to do a responsible and ethical business through tried and true systems. They teach us to set goals, and measure success, and how to communicate that success to our referrals so they to can follow our path. Never once does SFI remove your responsibility to yourself, your business, or your team.

You can come in in any form but if you study the lessons and apply the teachings you will become a leader.
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The most valuable thing I see people learning in their first year at SFI is that there is a leader within them just waiting to get out.

SFI teaches you and then teaches you to teach your downline for duplication. It provides streams of soft motivation and teaches you to share that motivation with your team. They teach us to support one another, and be ready to answer questions, and to never expect people to do what we say but always expect them to emulate what we do.

SFI trains
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Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 404 | Read Beverly's 79 other Ask SC answers

The most valuable thing that I personally learned during my first year in SFI is that you have to make personal connections with your affiliates and you need to play the odds.

If your affiliates don’t think you care they won’t be loyal. You’re just lucky if some decide to go ahead and be independent, becoming leaders themselves. If you do get this lucky make the personal connection, recognize, encourage, motivate, reward, and answer all their questions as soon as possible as you would with any and all of your affiliates.

For me, I find that just getting a handful of affiliates on a monthly basis is best. I can’t devote enough attention to more than say 25 PSAs and 50 CSAs. You don’t want too few either because then you may get discouraged. 99% probably won’t get past the first month or two, if they even try at all. Some may even quit after a year of being a Team Leader or EA2! However, if you keep up personal communication they may come back after taking a break.
Some other important things I learned were:

1. Don’t reassign affiliates too soon. You can only earn matching VP (commissions) with your first line PSAs (and CSAs but at a much lower rate). You have 90 days to earn 5 VP on the reassignment of a line 1 PSA who has made at least 600 VP during that time. I try to reassign affiliates who have only worked for a month and have most likely quit. I also try to assign people to my top affiliates who live in the same country and/or speak the same language. Only assign other hot affiliates when you have 5-6 strong Team Leaders in your first line.

2. Don’t try to become a Team Leader too soon. Just concentrate on being an EA2 on a monthly basis, while recruiting affiliates in all areas of the business. Don’t forget things like Wave3, IAHBE, the ECA program and TripleClicks affiliates, including the Pricebender Auction.

3. Become an ECA yourself and encourage your downline to do the same, or at least sponsor and help a small company list items at the TripleClicks Store. Buy things from TripleClicks, especially your personally sponsored ECAs, It is your Store and should be the first place you look to make purchases of any kind. This where your commissions and royalties come from.

4. Last, but not least, set goals and a budget.

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The most valuable thing that I personally learned during my first year in SFI is that you have to make personal connections with your affiliates and you need to play the odds.

If your affiliates don’t think you care they won’t be loyal. You’re just lucky if some decide to go ahead and be independent, becoming leaders themselves. If you do get this lucky make the personal connection, recognize, encourage, motivate, reward, and answer all their questions as soon as possible as you
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Affiliate since: 08/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Sheila's 12 other Ask SC answers

I have been in SFI for about 5 months but I have learned something valuable just recently. I have tried about 10 or so different internet "schemes" over the last several years; yes I have lost plenty of money that I did not have to lose to begin with, but that was a learning experience in itself!

I believe the thing that I have learned that is impacting me the most is that I have to change my way of thinking. Society puts so much pressure on us for so many things that we tend to complicate most things we do. Business is a major player in that game. The internet "{seems" so overwhelming that I, like many others, got caught up in the "Oh my goodness, I don't get it" mentality. I recently looked at some information on site I ran across and saw the simplicity of writing. We all have experiences in our lives we can pull from; this is where my brain instantly went with this new found simplicity. I have been thinking that I have to buy something from others and sell it. I realized that many of the businesses I have been in over the years I can draw from and sell products I have.

Stop thinking that the world owes you or that you can't manage something. Everything is right in front of us for the taking..just grab your share! It's not difficult, it just takes a little time! So remember that God does not give us anything that we cannot handle and if it is worth having, it is worth working for!

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I have been in SFI for about 5 months but I have learned something valuable just recently. I have tried about 10 or so different internet "schemes" over the last several years; yes I have lost plenty of money that I did not have to lose to begin with, but that was a learning experience in itself!

I believe the thing that I have learned that is impacting me the most is that I have to change my way of thinking. Society puts so much pressure on us for so many things that we tend
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Affiliate since: 11/24/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Eddy's 20 other Ask SC answers

One thing i have learned is to constantly try new things.The internet changes all the time and to be and stay succesfull you really need to keep learning and applying what you learn.And then you have to give it a personal twist,just to stand out from the crowd.That took me a little while to learn,but i'm getting there!

Another thing i have learned is that people are so impatient.I think they expect to solve and realize everything with a couple of clicks.Some things are done with a couple of clicks,but most things still take hard work an d a lot of brainpower.Better not believe the ad that says it's so easy a monkey can do it.

What i have also learned is that we are all building our business/team but many are still prepared to help and support others who are not involved in their own team.Just from the kindness of their heart,and that is a nice thing to learn!

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One thing i have learned is to constantly try new things.The internet changes all the time and to be and stay succesfull you really need to keep learning and applying what you learn.And then you have to give it a personal twist,just to stand out from the crowd.That took me a little while to learn,but i'm getting there!

Another thing i have learned is that people are so impatient.I think they expect to solve and realize everything with a couple of clicks.Some things are done with a couple
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Affiliate since: 11/29/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Chioma's 17 other Ask SC answers

Thank you for this question.
I am officially 12 months old in SFI in this period of time, I have learnt a lot to leverage on for success even in my daily life.

One of the very many lessons being an SFI Affiliate has thought me is Time Management, I used be very relaxed and not care how much time I waste or put into a project, but since I started this business I have been forced to realized that all I have in a day is 24hours which I either make the best of or lose it forever.

To believe in myself and take financial decisions that has proven to be right and profitable to me and has help move my life forward a bit.

And also to share what I have, because the other persons’ success is my starting point here and I have so generously received valuable business advice, so I can freely give to my team.

Good luck to you.

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Thank you for this question.
I am officially 12 months old in SFI in this period of time, I have learnt a lot to leverage on for success even in my daily life.

One of the very many lessons being an SFI Affiliate has thought me is Time Management, I used be very relaxed and not care how much time I waste or put into a project, but since I started this business I have been forced to realized that all I have in a day is 24hours which I either make the best of or lose it forever.

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

Persistance wins the day here. I have heard it from the most successful Affiliates time and time again. Don't give up! There is no way you can fail here unless you quit. As long as you actively pursue the goals of this company, you will eventually make good money. Recruit, promote, sell, read, learn - then Duplicate!

It takes a little time, but if you knew that in twelve months you would be able to quit a job you hate and step into a life of financial freedom and personal satisfaction, would you quit in month three? Of course, there are no guarantees, but I can see how this time of laying the foundation can turn quickly into a strong flow of wealth.

Keep at it! Use the resources and people here at SFI to help you through the rough spots and make your dreams come true. Your dreams are your spirit calling you to greatness. I believe that SFI is the place you can achieve this - IF you stick with it!
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Persistance wins the day here. I have heard it from the most successful Affiliates time and time again. Don't give up! There is no way you can fail here unless you quit. As long as you actively pursue the goals of this company, you will eventually make good money. Recruit, promote, sell, read, learn - then Duplicate!

It takes a little time, but if you knew that in twelve months you would be able to quit a job you hate and step into a life of financial freedom and personal satisfaction,
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi,

The most important and valuable thing I have learned in my one year at SFI is Commitment.
When one is committed to SFI, success will follow. By being committed to SFI, I will:
1) log in every day and complete the to-do list( daily, weekly and monthly tasks)
2) recruit psas
3) teach my downline to do as I do (Duplication)
4) sell and purchase from Triple Clicks
5) promote ECAs
6) No matter what else is going on in my life, I will NOT give up.

Thanks

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Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Robert's 47 other Ask SC answers

I can answer this question in just four words: "Automation, Duplication, Patience, Honesty". What I mean is that our task here is to build a team of active affiliates who will then build their teams of active affiliates, etc. That's duplication.

As soon as you understand that your main sources of income are commissions and VP Match (and not how much you buy or sell or how many VP you produce yourself), you will want to automate the task of recruiting new Affiliates instead of wasting time clicking links on traffic exchanges or safelists. Here's where automation comes into play. Simply look at all those ECAs who offer you automatic downline building. For a fee suitable to your wallet you can have anything between a dozen and a hundred PSAs each month.

Now, we come back to duplication, i.e. training your affiliates doing the same. Here's where many people fail because of lack of patience and honesty.

Since a vast majority of SFI Members expect quick if not rapid results, they are not patient enough to build their downlines, to communicate with their Affiliates, to build relationships in short and very often it is enough just to write to your new Affiliate "Hi, I'm here to help...". People lack the patience to create their own series of training letters, they lack patience to DEVELOP their SFI business step by step. So patience is a trait you need here.

Last but not least - honesty. You simply CAN'T expect (or even order) your Affiliates to do things, to buy items or - in general - to follow the path that you are not following yourself. I've been there many times as an affiliate - my upline would "suggest" that I buy this or that, pay a yearly membership fee or spend my money in any other way, but when I looked at their profiles it became clear that they did not perform the action themselves so why should I? On the other hand, if you write in your training letter that item X, book Y, membership Z might be a good starting point to increase the Affiliate's earnings and the Affiliates see that you did the same that you suggest, they MIGHT follow you adding to your commissions volume and building your VP stack.

Automation, Duplication, Patience and Honesty is all that is required to be successful here and that's what I learned here :)
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I can answer this question in just four words: "Automation, Duplication, Patience, Honesty". What I mean is that our task here is to build a team of active affiliates who will then build their teams of active affiliates, etc. That's duplication.

As soon as you understand that your main sources of income are commissions and VP Match (and not how much you buy or sell or how many VP you produce yourself), you will want to automate the task of recruiting new Affiliates instead of
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