Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 241

Naming the one best banner is like naming the one best ad site: when it is published, many, many people will use the site for the same text ads, or, worse, they write their own ads and use them without gaining permission from SFI. This leaves the site useless and maybe even endangers the integrity of the SFI marketing aids.

Instead, plan your ad campaign very carefully, first deciding who your target audience will be, then finding an ad site and deciding what type of ad to use. Then pick a banner that will attract and speak to your targeted audience.

Keep tract using available codes and hit trackers. Make adjustments to your ad if you are not satisfied with the initial results. Experiment with the different banners and text ads.
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Naming the one best banner is like naming the one best ad site: when it is published, many, many people will use the site for the same text ads, or, worse, they write their own ads and use them without gaining permission from SFI. This leaves the site useless and maybe even endangers the integrity of the SFI marketing aids.

Instead, plan your ad campaign very carefully, first deciding who your target audience will be, then finding an ad site and deciding what type of ad to use. Then pick
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 241

While it does no harm when an affiliate rushes around trying to refer every retailer, craftsman, and service provider who will listen, it pays to make plans, set goals in order to maximize the total results of the referrals that actually come in.

I look for businesses;

1) that have a product line that includes items that people want to buy and prices set so
they will buy, from toilet paper to speed boats.

2) that have a product line that includes items that our affiliates will want to advertise., that have a large enough price tag that will provide nice commissions and royalties.

3) that have already proven that they are willing to spend money on advertising.

4) that are serving people in a slower economic economy, whose neighboring businesses may have already closed.

5) that are owned by the same people who operate them, and who are proud of being there for a zillion years.

6) I look for craftsmen and women who do great work, but need a larger marketing area.

In other words, I am looking for businesses that are owned by motivated owners who have pride in their stores, can make good choices, are motivated to try something else. And are willing to do what it takes to succeed.

The idea here is to produce many orders through TripleClicks advantaging the affiliates who refer the products to the public and earn a commission on their sales; and to the Affiliate who referred the owner to become an ECA, and therefore earn a royalty on all sales by that ECA.

That's the SFI/TC side of the money cart. The Business owner side is larger. He gets free web site, advertising, and almost free office help, and the profits from his sales. He also may have to hire more employees in order to package and ship the products which puts more money into the local economy. Not to mention the possible jump in volume of products, including hand made crafts, passing through his store. Having to hire more employees is not an expense, it is the result of increased business.
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While it does no harm when an affiliate rushes around trying to refer every retailer, craftsman, and service provider who will listen, it pays to make plans, set goals in order to maximize the total results of the referrals that actually come in.

I look for businesses;

1) that have a product line that includes items that people want to buy and prices set so
they will buy, from toilet paper to speed boats.

2) that have a product line that includes items that
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 241

We have three options when we want to advertise anything from TripleClicks:
1) We can advertise the whole global market know as TripleClicks
2) We can advertise an individual store with TripleClicks known as an ecommerce Affiliate store
3) We can advertise individual products or groups of like products from and ECA or several ECAs of TC Direct products.

The trick is to advertise to the group that would be most interested in buying from your ad. The broader your offering is, the more people who might be interested in what you are advertising. Except that You will be harder pressed to come up with an ad that really attracts the most people.

The more specific that you are, down to a single product, the more exact you can be of attracting the people most likely looking for that item. Once you have those people inside the walls of TC, they have the option of looking around.

One note of caution that I think many people miss is that SFI requires us to use their text ads when we advertise. Since there are no text ads for each individual product, you will have to use caution in writing your own ad. Do not promise anything that you do not have control over. Remember, what you advertise must be shipped by someone else. Will they ship it in a timely fashion? Check the ratings of the ECA and the product. It is best to take the content of your ad from the details given by the ECA about the product.
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We have three options when we want to advertise anything from TripleClicks:
1) We can advertise the whole global market know as TripleClicks
2) We can advertise an individual store with TripleClicks known as an ecommerce Affiliate store
3) We can advertise individual products or groups of like products from and ECA or several ECAs of TC Direct products.

The trick is to advertise to the group that would be most interested in buying from your ad. The broader your offering
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 241

The Executive Pool is a reward for good leadership. You qualify for it by earning the EA status rank at 1500 VP. With just your action VP and your own sales VP, the amount earned will be small.


To increase your number of shares you must become a team leader and have team members who are EA2 or above. We call this Matching VP. It comes from all of your PSA's qualified generations, and all CSAs who are rated EA2 or above.


To get matching VP added to your own VP you must qualify by meeting the requirements:
1 You must be a BTL or above.
2 You must maintain your Leadership Page three times for the month.
3 If your team is large enough and you have five PSAs who rate you, the average of their ratings must be 3 stars or more.

You get one share of the pool for each VP that you have earned that month. The total number of shares in the pool is a set percentage of the amount of sales at TripleClicks.

The value of each share is determined by the amount of money in the pool divided by the total number of shares. When that figure is determined, then you get that dollar amount times the number of shares that you earned. That gives you your take from the Executive Pool. Which is only part of your commission for the month.

Anything that I left out can be explained after he has been signed up. Or if he has more questions tell him it is all written out in his training and will be gone into detail after he sign up. He will only remember what he wants to remember if you tell him everything that you know. Assure him that all and more of his questions will be answered.


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The Executive Pool is a reward for good leadership. You qualify for it by earning the EA status rank at 1500 VP. With just your action VP and your own sales VP, the amount earned will be small.


To increase your number of shares you must become a team leader and have team members who are EA2 or above. We call this Matching VP. It comes from all of your PSA's qualified generations, and all CSAs who are rated EA2 or above.


To get matching VP added to your own VP you
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 241

While focusing on becoming and remaining an EA or EA2 is one of your first goals, it is a baby step in your pathway to great financial success. Your real money begins to be seen after you have become a Bronze Team Leader. At first the money will probably not make a big pile, but much bigger than you saw at EA2 You will see an increaser at each step up in the status line that you take.

You have two ways to advance from EA2 to BTL:
1. You can more or less buy your way up by buying 2000 VP and then doing your 500 VP in daily, etc tasks, and then use 500 TCredits that you have bought or won to earn VP from Auctions and Games. If you start using this method in your first month, you can measure out your training VP to easily make your 3000 VP goal for BTL.

2. You can buy your 200 VP and do your 500 daily, etc VP and recruit with all you have and help them to become either BTL their first month, or to help them become EA2 their second month, and you earn the 100 or 150 VP from helping each of them and teaching them how to buy instead of trying to do it all for free.

Number 2 is better because if you don't have a team that is buying or selling, you won't earn much money anyway. But you will be in position for when your PSAs begin to become EA2s. Looking ahead to the next steps, and those further down the lane, will help you be ready for the next levels of your success.

As you train your team to advertise, set goals, buy and sell products, and duplicate you, your income will rise. As you and your team begin to refer ECAs, Wave3 members, PRMs who play the auctions and games, your income will go even higher.

Do not recruit any more PSAs than you can honestly help at one time, wait until those you have are well established or show that they are inactive before you enlarge your team.
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While focusing on becoming and remaining an EA or EA2 is one of your first goals, it is a baby step in your pathway to great financial success. Your real money begins to be seen after you have become a Bronze Team Leader. At first the money will probably not make a big pile, but much bigger than you saw at EA2 You will see an increaser at each step up in the status line that you take.

You have two ways to advance from EA2 to BTL:
1. You can more or less buy your way up by buying
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 241

The first group that comes to mind is my friends and relatives. I know each of them and know what interests them and can tell them about the cards and business in terms they will be interested in. But these are the most critical of the groups. They know my weaknesses, and will watch as I progress with my SFI.

The second group are the people with who I have or have had contact with. They remember me but don't know me and are less likely to hold my weaknesses against me. They are more apt to respect my ideas and to look to see what I have to offer. These are wait staff at restaurants, tellers, store clerks, club members, and people from church.

The strangers are people you chance to meet and will not meet again, or very rarely, unless they join SFI or TC. Some of these people you can find out their names, others not. You might run across them from an ad, a road trip, a bulletin board or business card holder. You never know who is looking for more income, or for another internet mall.

No matter which group you are working, be wise and prudent when giving these cards out. You are investing $1.00 of your own money into the future of this person. Is he really looking for more income, and willing to do the work necessary?

And don't forget to do the follow up on the first and second groups. People forget they have the card, or are leery to look into the web-site. Encourage them several times.
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The first group that comes to mind is my friends and relatives. I know each of them and know what interests them and can tell them about the cards and business in terms they will be interested in. But these are the most critical of the groups. They know my weaknesses, and will watch as I progress with my SFI.

The second group are the people with who I have or have had contact with. They remember me but don't know me and are less likely to hold my weaknesses against me. They are more apt
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 241

A sponsor should only go so far to help an affiliate, and only his own team or his CSAs, as to be useful to the affiliate, and not to do the work of the affiliate. A great part of an affiliate's training is to learn how to be an over-comer. It you give Gift Certificates, or TCredits to someone who is short for the end of the month, then you are denying him the chance to learn to plan, budget or find a way to come up with money enough, become more determined, and feel the pleasure at doing it himself.

There are plenty of ways to help an affiliate besides feeding his weaknesses. Encourage what he has done correctly, his strengths, his goals and plans to reach them. Build up his courage by proclaiming his strengths, mile-markers, leadership abilities. When he has questions, answer them, or better yet, anticipate his questions, and tell him he is not alone in wanting that answer.

Do not assume that he knows something that he should know, like that vp begins at zero on the first of each month. Or that he needs sales AND action vp so he doesn't spend a whole paycheck trying to reach BTL or STL.

If you want to give him a reassigned PSA during the first month or two so he has someone to write, then give him a challenge to work before you do the reassign. That could be to finish the LaunchPad, or set up a standing order. Something that he has to do anyway if he is to succeed. Then teach him to introduce himself to his new PSA and do a follow-up and teach him how to lead. Use the reassignment to teach duplication and leadership skills.

If you intend to reward him with anything, truly make it a reward, not a handout. When you give them free or easy rewards, it is easy for them to decide that you don't have confidence in them or in SFI.

If you lose some because they thought you should have welfared them and they quit, they would have quit if you had helped them.

Which ever way you give him help, know this: he is learning duplication. His leg of your team will reflect what you taught him.

Never turn your back on even an inert affiliate, but always keep your pocket closed unless it is your decision to reward for a good cause beyond just a handout.
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A sponsor should only go so far to help an affiliate, and only his own team or his CSAs, as to be useful to the affiliate, and not to do the work of the affiliate. A great part of an affiliate's training is to learn how to be an over-comer. It you give Gift Certificates, or TCredits to someone who is short for the end of the month, then you are denying him the chance to learn to plan, budget or find a way to come up with money enough, become more determined, and feel the pleasure at doing it himself.

There
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 241

I have just returned from a 10 day vacation in our mountains. Internet and phone service is questionable in most of the area I visited. I have been there before so I was more mentally prepared to deal with that.

First, consider Your team. If they are used to communicating with you, or if they have grown to expect your communications, then let them know you will be gone and may not be able to find internet service, and not to worry, you will return. They have the Forum and a2a friends that can bridge the gap if you should not be available.

Second, find out what you can about the services you will have where you plan to go. Cell phones do not work everywhere. Each company has it's own range and you can look at that by contacting their web pages. My phone has not worked for me on three trips that were in different directions. My husbands has worked in two of the three. If you are out of range, you will not have phone service and your smart phone will not work. That is unless you can find WiFi services. Generally the motels and many restaurants and local libraries will offer free wifi. Some places have open wifi and you only have to be in their parking area to reach it.

Plan your trip accordingly. Find out where the nearest wifi to your destination is and decide whether you will be willing to travel to that site. If not, then use the vacation mode at SFI. I prefer to not use it because it subtracts one day from your streak for everyday it is engaged. I want to maintain my leaderboard position and there are only a few days between me and my nearest competitor. So I would go the extra miles to keep it.

I have a notebook and a smart phone that I take on vacations. The notebook needs wifi, but the smart phone can be used anywhere there is signal. My biggest tip here is that I log in whenever I can and check my business. I also do all of my Red Tabs, etc., as early in the day as possible, even at midnight SFI time. That way I can foresee when I will be having trouble and have more time to overcome it. I at least get my 10 VP per day finished as soon as possible to cover the Streak requirement, but may leave the ASK SC for time riding as a passenger if I have service. This is generally while riding through the big cities so it may take 3 or 4 sessions before I am finished with ASK SC.

These trips are also an excellent time to blitz the T-time with your entries. You can enter once every hour all day and night until you win. Just enter as often as you remember it. You may increase your potential to win.

Don't forget to take eCards and ECA brochures with you and pass them out everywhere. Leave them in bathrooms, hotel rooms, bulletin boards, rest areas, etc. Talk to businesses and Flea Markets, outdoor sales about advertising on TC with the ECA program. Buy local newspapers and send ECA material to those who are currently paying for advertising. Remember they don't pay for advertising because they have enough sales, they advertise to increase sales.

Use the trip to expand your territory. When you refer a local ECA, then concentrate on referring more ECAs in that area and then concentrate on recruiting PRMs and PSAs from the same area. Make a nest of SFI/TC activity where everyone is helping each other and shipping cost is being kept low as they can use local pick up. The beauty of an internet business is that you can grow that pocket of business from your home.

Depending on the tax laws of your country, it may also be tax deductible as a business trip if you can document your work.
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I have just returned from a 10 day vacation in our mountains. Internet and phone service is questionable in most of the area I visited. I have been there before so I was more mentally prepared to deal with that.

First, consider Your team. If they are used to communicating with you, or if they have grown to expect your communications, then let them know you will be gone and may not be able to find internet service, and not to worry, you will return. They have the Forum and a2a friends
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 241

I believe that the most cost efficient, best return on investment is to hand deliver the Gift Cards. A face-to-face encounter gives you the chance to tell the receiver a little about TripleClicks and what the card does. You can also get a name and email address from the person at that time so you can make the important follow up.

I tell the person that this is a global marketplace and the card gives them access to check it out. It also lets them try out the games or advertise their own items for sale. I also look at the person to whom I am giving the card. Does she wear make-up or have pretty finger nails? I tell her to check out the prices and selections of the make up or fingernail art. Does he have an ear bud stuck in his ear? I tell him to check out the Techs. Boots and purses, health care items, and jewelry are all good items to match with people you meet.

Warm contacts and cold contacts are both good for the above method.

When I want to just leave a card for someone, like at a motel, I found that I get better results if I write a stickie note and then them it is for them. Otherwise, I think they throw them away thinking we were done with it. I also give them a little challenge for them to see what advantage they can find for themselves when they redeem it.


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I believe that the most cost efficient, best return on investment is to hand deliver the Gift Cards. A face-to-face encounter gives you the chance to tell the receiver a little about TripleClicks and what the card does. You can also get a name and email address from the person at that time so you can make the important follow up.

I tell the person that this is a global marketplace and the card gives them access to check it out. It also lets them try out the games or advertise their own
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 241

The obvious answers to the question of benefitting financially from the efforts of your PSAs are the commissions and matching vp once they have made EA2.But there are other ways, also.

As your PSAs begin to duplicate your actions, they will begin to enlarge your group by recruiting and training their PSAs to become EA2s and to buy and sell TripleClicks products. By enlarging your group, you enlarge your opportunity to make more money.

Do not forget that this larger group under your PSAs are also your group. You have the responsibility to encourage all members and to give hints on how to do their business more efficiently. Do not overstep your place in the upline. Their own sponsors have the responsibility to lead their own PSAs.

As the group progresses, you not only benefit from their purchases and sales, but the higher matching vp, and the vp from helping each one to attain EA2 or higher. The excitement of each generation as it attains higher status will snowball into a total group momentum that will take you into higher financial gain. As they begin to be taught and work on the other income streams that SFI offers, they will become ECAs, or refer new ECAs, PRMs and new PSAs.

Do not let any of them remain at EA2 for many months. Once they attain EA2 and learn how to do the many tasks to advance, encourage them to take the step to BTL. Make sure that you do so also at the first opportunity to have to be a team leader with a team to lead. The real money begins at BTL but you won't see that money unless your PSAs and Generations are active. That's how you benefit financially from their efforts.



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The obvious answers to the question of benefitting financially from the efforts of your PSAs are the commissions and matching vp once they have made EA2.But there are other ways, also.

As your PSAs begin to duplicate your actions, they will begin to enlarge your group by recruiting and training their PSAs to become EA2s and to buy and sell TripleClicks products. By enlarging your group, you enlarge your opportunity to make more money.

Do not forget that this larger group under
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