Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

Time is money as they say and a business requires investment. So your approach weather you face a financial shortage or a time shortage is to budget what you have a limited supply of.

I have had people in our programs for the past decade that found clipping 10 coupons a week from their neighbor's old Sunday paper saved them enough money to upgrade a membership. Likewise I have had people with an hour for lunch go from buying food at the local spot to packing a sack lunch and working on their business from their Phone or Tablet with the time they save. There are probably a hundred little things you can do to find more time and a hundred little changes that can save you money.

With little time you will need a little money so make a list for both. Things that take your time, and things that take your money, and then prioritize those list and see what you can live without.

Then all you have to do is invest the savings.
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Time is money as they say and a business requires investment. So your approach weather you face a financial shortage or a time shortage is to budget what you have a limited supply of.

I have had people in our programs for the past decade that found clipping 10 coupons a week from their neighbor's old Sunday paper saved them enough money to upgrade a membership. Likewise I have had people with an hour for lunch go from buying food at the local spot to packing a sack lunch and working on
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

Managing your downline as it grows to large numbers is only as good as your small game.

I spent a few years in politics, and with politics you have to gain the close support of large numbers of people, but you do that through a bunch of meetings with smaller groups with an opportunity at the end for one to one discussion.

In Internet Marketing you can start with each person through a welcome mail that teaches them about resources like the search bar, forum, A2A, and Ask SC. The more independent they are able to study the better your chances of being able to support a large downline later on.

Once your downline is large you can start your new week with a team mail to the entire network. You can break that into smaller groups with Skype Chats, Google Plus Hangouts, and Webinars, or even using Facebook groups and FB Chat. This will give you both the power to present ideas to a few team members at a time and converse with the ones who need extra help one on one.

Keep a planner and write down the things you need to research to give your team answers on and schedule a time to follow up with them on what you have learned if it's not something you can answer within a few clicks. A prime example would be coaching them on writing effective blog post. You might need to set a future time to review the work once it's completed by the team member and another a week or so later to see how their marketing of the post has gone.

Be available several times a day for short periods instead of just a few hours at the same time each day. Helping people across a range of time zones works best if you keep both morning and evening hours such as before work and after dinner for 2 hours each time. This will show you care enough to be available when your team needs fast answers.

When you do help team members help them find the information, so in the future they can find it again. Help them organize bookmarks, and learn to schedule time to accomplish their goals, and you will find your team is less stressed and more self sustained.


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Managing your downline as it grows to large numbers is only as good as your small game.

I spent a few years in politics, and with politics you have to gain the close support of large numbers of people, but you do that through a bunch of meetings with smaller groups with an opportunity at the end for one to one discussion.

In Internet Marketing you can start with each person through a welcome mail that teaches them about resources like the search bar, forum, A2A, and Ask SC.
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

You can buy them already made at TripleClicks they are from TC Direct and called X Cards. All the details are in place and you just add your gateway URL or Hosted Domain to them.

They are very professional, include the trademarked logo, and have fresh facts about our business. You don't have to worry about being legally compliant with them and the prices are lower than you would pay with a small order through a print shop.

They also have postcards and ready made ECA brochures to expand your promotion options and I love the Car Magnets I bought to promote SFI here locally.

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You can buy them already made at TripleClicks they are from TC Direct and called X Cards. All the details are in place and you just add your gateway URL or Hosted Domain to them.

They are very professional, include the trademarked logo, and have fresh facts about our business. You don't have to worry about being legally compliant with them and the prices are lower than you would pay with a small order through a print shop.

They also have postcards and ready made ECA brochures
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

The angle is personal loss, on a deep level. Here is a potential promotional spot.

The people behind Identity theft burn me up. They don't even care the damage they do. I had a friend who swiped her credit card at the gas pump and they used a dummy scanner to make a duplicate of her card information. They started making purchases in her name at stores up to 500 miles from where she lived and even spent 3 hours on an adult website that was pay by the minute.

They used the data gained hack into the credit card company's website and look up her account details. They got her age, height, weight and Drivers License information for the proof documents she filed, and most importantly her social security number. They used this information to gain a driver's license in another state, and order additional credit cards in her name, which they quickly maxed out.

The money gone from her account her own purchases started to bounce and the bills from cards she didn't have started piling up. She had to hire a identity theft specialist, retain a lawyer, and spend days arguing with her bank, DMV, and Social Security proving over and over she was the real Sally and not the fake Sally. It was a nightmare.

I felt sorry for her but I knew I never wanted to go through that. I looked online and found Privacy Maxx on a shopping site called TripleClicks, and the product offers protection from identity theft and a guarantee in case their protection fails to protect you. It is very affordable and like a Insurance product for the real you. I sleep better with Privacy Max.
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When people see all the trouble a case of Identity theft can cause and they realize having it taken is as simple as going to the gas station down the street while thieves are at work, you will see that the prices for peace of mind are very reasonable and will attract dozens of people every month.
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The angle is personal loss, on a deep level. Here is a potential promotional spot.

The people behind Identity theft burn me up. They don't even care the damage they do. I had a friend who swiped her credit card at the gas pump and they used a dummy scanner to make a duplicate of her card information. They started making purchases in her name at stores up to 500 miles from where she lived and even spent 3 hours on an adult website that was pay by the minute.

They used the data
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

Building a downline does have it's pitfalls.

When possible pre-sell and train prospects on what to expect inside the SFI Site. This will help reduce confusion and being overwhelmed by the massive scope of the system.

Be sure you have as many points of contact, (e-mail, phone, Skype, Facebook, etc.) available for your new recruits to get hold of you if they have questions. Being unreachable is a constant source of panic for new members.

Be informative and consistent in your weekly Team Mail. If possible add members to your own mailer and use it to send a notice about the new newsletter or handle the actual sending of the newsletter as sometimes the SFI messages get buried in the SPAM box of your team and never read.

Never stop learning and never stop teaching. If you learn something new every day and share what you learned you will build more than a downline, you will build a strong and knowledgeable team.

Never cross solicit. I know it's tempting when you are building multiple business interest to say hey I have 50 people in SFI I would love to have them in XYZ too so I'll just invite them. This is a major mistake because it shows you are not convinced that SFI is your best program. It also shows you care more about the money you earn than your team members, and it distracts team members who would otherwise be focused on SFI. Don't do it ever because it's both bad for business and if you are reported to SFI can cause you to lose everything you've worked hard to build here.

To our success,
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Building a downline does have it's pitfalls.

When possible pre-sell and train prospects on what to expect inside the SFI Site. This will help reduce confusion and being overwhelmed by the massive scope of the system.

Be sure you have as many points of contact, (e-mail, phone, Skype, Facebook, etc.) available for your new recruits to get hold of you if they have questions. Being unreachable is a constant source of panic for new members.

Be informative and consistent
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

Avoid Generic terms that are used across multiple niche markets.

Avoid Industry Jargon, a prospect may not know what network marketing is for example or MLM.

Avoid search terms that don't directly describe the information of the page you are sending the person to.

Avoid high competition Keywords unless you have a plan in place to convert these high cost visitors into leads and sales for years to come.

Know your competition. See what they are targeting and look for similar and related search terms and low cost low competition keywords they are promoting to.

Know the sites where your competitions ads are most likely shown and use their keywords to develop even more ideas on search terms you can use. To do this find your competitors keywords out and then search for those search terms and find the top 5-10 websites ranking for those keywords and see what other related keywords they are ranking for.

The more time you spend researching your keywords the less money you'll spend to get MASSIVE Results!
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Avoid Generic terms that are used across multiple niche markets.

Avoid Industry Jargon, a prospect may not know what network marketing is for example or MLM.

Avoid search terms that don't directly describe the information of the page you are sending the person to.

Avoid high competition Keywords unless you have a plan in place to convert these high cost visitors into leads and sales for years to come.

Know your competition. See what they are targeting and
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

Ask them if SFI were a coffee shop would they be ready to pay the lease, pay the utilities, pay the staff, pay to advertise, buy the food to sell, get the menus printed or would they simply dream about owning a restaurant?

SFI is a real business, it has real products you sell to real people for real money and just like any other business it will require time and will require money before you see a reward. Don't use the terms work, or job, remember always this is a business, a strong future you are building for yourself. It's something you will own, and can take pride in and it has the tools to positively impact the lives of those around you on a path to bigger things.

If they don't believe that then they are not ready to be a business owner online or offline.
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Ask them if SFI were a coffee shop would they be ready to pay the lease, pay the utilities, pay the staff, pay to advertise, buy the food to sell, get the menus printed or would they simply dream about owning a restaurant?

SFI is a real business, it has real products you sell to real people for real money and just like any other business it will require time and will require money before you see a reward. Don't use the terms work, or job, remember always this is a business, a strong future
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

TripleClicks requires a brief wait before you can put items on sale, so use that window to make sure you have ample product to handle 5-10 orders of each item and prep a flyer promoting online Grand Opening to hang around town.

Consider also putting an advertisement in your local paper for the items that will be on sale, and if you have an offline store be sure to put a notice of the new online version at the checkout and if you have an online store already let your existing customers know about your new online location and any products being offered specifically at TripleClicks.

Be sure to post to your news feed often on the front of you ECA T-connect Page so TC members see you are active and may choose to connect with your store.

Do those things and you'll see pretty fast results.

As to things not to do:

Don't spam the stream - Some ECA think they need to post a thank you to each customer on their news feed but this public post also shows in the red section of SFI members who have connected to you on their stream page. When you are posting thanks for connecting, thanks for your purchase, yada yada 20 times a day to this public feed most who connect with you will disconnect because they can't see any real news from the other ECA's they connected with.

If it's a connection saying thank you there may seem polite but the problem is every connection sees that same canned message with each new connection you welcome.

Don't be desperate. I see too many ECA who think they can't sell unless they have something on sale at all times or offer too many freebies and undercut prices so low you think it's stolen.

Serious business owners don't act like that. You will damage trust and end up missing thousands of potential customers. Instead offer better service and greater overall value, and pay the affiliates who do the selling nicely too. If you have the margin on an item to offer 30% off retail you have the room to offer 15% off retail and bump the CV up from the minimum 15% to 25-30% so more people are interested in promoting your offers.

Don't make up the retail price. I saw a item that sells around the world at between $47.77 and $51.99 priced at $49.00 on TripleClicks but the seller stated they regular retail price was $99.00 which was a blatant lie. If I can catch you in a lie like that using product search, so can others and as word get's out your sales will stop because nobody will trust you.

Don't over inflate a price to cover shipping and the seller cost at TC.

I hate seeing an item offered on TC for 130% of the cost at Amazon because the ECA didn't choose a product to list with sufficient profit to cover their offer of free world wide shipping and their sellers cost while still providing a profit. Even worse is when you know the whole reason is they don't want to come off their usual 40% markup to cover the fees and cost.

Being massively over priced is not a good way to run a business. If you are lucky enough to find a buyer, when they find out they were taken and paid too much they will tell people they know that you and/or TripleClicks scammed them.

It's common sense. If you can't sell a product at a fair price and make enough to cover free shipping then don't offer free shipping. If you don't have at least a 30% profit margin on an item you plan to sell, you have the wrong supplier and need to find someone who sells Wholesale goods instead of at Jobber Prices. Don't pass on your lack of research to the customer as inflated prices. You wont have customers for long if you do.
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TripleClicks requires a brief wait before you can put items on sale, so use that window to make sure you have ample product to handle 5-10 orders of each item and prep a flyer promoting online Grand Opening to hang around town.

Consider also putting an advertisement in your local paper for the items that will be on sale, and if you have an offline store be sure to put a notice of the new online version at the checkout and if you have an online store already let your existing customers
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

As a professional blogger for the last 10 years I can tell you what doesn't work as well as what does.

When you make a post to your blog you need to step back and ask yourself if the post reads like a sales pitch. If it does, then you need to work on it more because people read great content and ignore ads. Fact is if your blog is nothing but Join this, buy that, here's a review that is actually a sales pitch people will leave as fast as they arrive and never come back.

You will read a lot of people telling you that Niche Blogging is the way, but if you take a look at the top blogs on the web today, they are sites like Mashable and Buzz Feed, that have little in common one post to the next. If you are looking to tap into a steady stream of one type reader you can tie yourself to a niche and have steady traffic faster than the random post methods but it will always be limited to the number of people searching for topics in your niche.

Don't get me wrong, my main blog has been semi niche directed for over a year.

I focus on business, marketing, search engine optimization, and social media marketing topics in my main blog to draw business leaders and people with marketing skills or a desire to learn them to my SFI Business. But I also have categories like politics, local news, shopping, and more there so I can spice the blog up going off topic occasionally.

I have a new blog based website that will soon take on a 100% business tips focus allowing me to really expand the scope of my main blog and start generating more of that broad match traffic. It's a fun project but somewhat time consuming but then again everything worth doing requires work and practice.

My best advice for blog success is write about anything that you are passionate about and let banners in your header, post, and/or sidebar do all your selling.

You don't have to be focused on home business, business, or network marketing to succeed in generating massive amounts of referrals from your blog to SFI. You can write about anything and get in front of the best kind of referrals on the net, and that's the people who didn't even know they were looking for a home based business.

Why is that the best type referral?

1. They are ready and willing to learn.
2. They are less jaded and skeptical.
3. They haven't learned any bad habits.
4. They haven't lost a ton of money online and are typically able to invest sooner rather than later.

Passion will drive your following, your blog can take care of the rest so don't stress on what to write. I have personally found that limiting yourself to too tight of a niche topic can result in a lot of time lost to writers block. I have also discovered that most home business readers are looking for a way to promote their current home business better and not so much to add a new program to the mix or jump into something new so you have to have a plan beyond pitching your home based business.

To your success,
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As a professional blogger for the last 10 years I can tell you what doesn't work as well as what does.

When you make a post to your blog you need to step back and ask yourself if the post reads like a sales pitch. If it does, then you need to work on it more because people read great content and ignore ads. Fact is if your blog is nothing but Join this, buy that, here's a review that is actually a sales pitch people will leave as fast as they arrive and never come back.

You
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

Drop Shippers can be both a blessing and a curse and only time will tell what your supplier will be like.

In many cases you will find drop shippers who are direct production companies and spend very little money warehousing merchandise. During high volume periods such as Christmas Rush they may experience a high rate of out of stocks or orders being labeled Assembly Only meaning you will get them as soon as we make them.

It's always best when looking at major holidays to stock a few of your best sellers even if you need to rent a cheap storage shed to work as a warehouse and plan on getting those orders in at least 4-6 weeks in advance of planned need.

Be sure to keep detailed accounting of your sales and expenses because in many cases you can borrow against projected sales when there is a history of steady income to help you do these minor build ups.

The highest risk in using Drop Shippers is in dealing with lack of access to their shipping records and tracking data, and potential issues that may arise with their return policy being more strict than your own resulting in you being on the line for merchandise you can't return but must issue a refund on.

To your success, may you find a lot of it.
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Drop Shippers can be both a blessing and a curse and only time will tell what your supplier will be like.

In many cases you will find drop shippers who are direct production companies and spend very little money warehousing merchandise. During high volume periods such as Christmas Rush they may experience a high rate of out of stocks or orders being labeled Assembly Only meaning you will get them as soon as we make them.

It's always best when looking at major holidays to stock
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