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

I see a lot of answers saying you can't tell and that's Horse Poop.

A mover in your list has some desire. A person who makes EA in their first month has some dedication, and a person who becomes a Fast Track member, especially a Gold Fast Track shows commitment. The committed affiliate is the one who has something to lose, something to prove, and is ready to act so getting to know them is critical.

Sad to say in 11 years online I have seen so many fail to make the jump from dedicated to committed. They just can't get past what they stand to lose and see what they stand to gain, and while many will not currently have the funds to create a standing order there are thousands of sites and 100,000 products on TripleClicks to generate the revenue from to cover a standing order.

Desire and dedication can only carry a business so far, at some point you have to commit to success and invest in yourself, the ones who do that are the ones you know are serious and ready to make things work.
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I see a lot of answers saying you can't tell and that's Horse Poop.

A mover in your list has some desire. A person who makes EA in their first month has some dedication, and a person who becomes a Fast Track member, especially a Gold Fast Track shows commitment. The committed affiliate is the one who has something to lose, something to prove, and is ready to act so getting to know them is critical.

Sad to say in 11 years online I have seen so many fail to make the jump from
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

The best teachers are lifelong students.

Remember to learn something new every day, and teach something you learned every day. Be willing to do the research and take ownership in your responsibility to dig in and find those answers. Don't pass the buck or defer to the forum, research using the search box and find the answers and deliver them personally.

What you will find is that what you didn't know, and what you didn't know you needed to know, will now be the things you know.

Be a regular at the forum and for every post you make read 4 others. This is the 80/20 rule in action. You will spend 80% of your time in preparation for the 20% of the time you must act. Your sponsored affiliates will be surprised at the level of personal care and service you give and applaud your attention to details and making sure they get the right information in a timely manner.

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The best teachers are lifelong students.

Remember to learn something new every day, and teach something you learned every day. Be willing to do the research and take ownership in your responsibility to dig in and find those answers. Don't pass the buck or defer to the forum, research using the search box and find the answers and deliver them personally.

What you will find is that what you didn't know, and what you didn't know you needed to know, will now be the things you know.

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

More Money!!!

The single biggest perk of Fast Track 2.0 is 10% more Versa Points both self earned and matching VP from your downline up to 12 levels deep. So far this month I have about 800 extra VP on matching shares alone and another 500 bonus VP on the 5K plus Versa Points I personally earned.

As my network grows I will earn 10% more than any affiliate who is not a fast track member who has an identical downline, identical sales etc..

What does it cost me?

Well I pay my 1500VP standing order out of profits from my business so technically I pay nothing out of pocket. If I just count what is outgoing I spend $36.25 a month on my standing order which is pretty darned easy to generate in sales commissions and ECA Royalties.

If I didn't have the money to invest coming in I could keep my Fast Track status by promoting TripleClicks and getting sales VP every time my personally referred members buy something at TC. To become BTL I could keep referring great people like the team I am building and use the Action VP from sponsorship to make up 1000 to 1500 VP to go with 1500 to 2000VP from sales. That opens 6 levels of matching VP and I get 10% bonus VP on all of the EA-2 and above members of my team.

Yep more money is what I say about how it benefits me, the one time perks are nice and the badge goes a long way towards promoting the purchase of standing orders or NMP packs to new referrals but at the end of the day we are in business to make money and Fast Track means more of it.


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More Money!!!

The single biggest perk of Fast Track 2.0 is 10% more Versa Points both self earned and matching VP from your downline up to 12 levels deep. So far this month I have about 800 extra VP on matching shares alone and another 500 bonus VP on the 5K plus Versa Points I personally earned.

As my network grows I will earn 10% more than any affiliate who is not a fast track member who has an identical downline, identical sales etc..

What does it cost me?

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

Build a high traffic website.

You can put out small amounts of cash. $10 for a domain name and $5 a month for hosting to get a Wordpress blog or SMF Forum site up and online. Add great contact and interact with the people who comment your work and watch your following and traffic grow.

Connect it by RSS to ping services so when you add new content your site notifies the search engines automatically of the updates. Connect it through social media so you and your readers can share the content virally. Use images and videos in addition to text and consider adding a podcast for your readers who are on the go to take your content with them.

Write great articles and find awesome content and then advertise around that content.

Build links through article marketing on distribution sites like Ezine Articles. Send out press releases and guest blog for others in your niche when possible. Connect with like minded webmasters and trade links or site reviews. The exchanged links are worth less to Google but they usually increase your traffic and build your readership which in turn gains back everything lost in link weight by boosting these two metrics in your search engine ranking.

Google like sites that are on topic, popular, and have a great deal of return traffic or regular readership. If the content is fresh and similar sites link to you as a resource your ranks will grow. Add in a healthy dose of social media clout and you will see a site capable of adding 100 new members a day after a few years of development.

The other option is to have more than a modest budget.

My question is why do you need 100 PSA a day? You can't follow up with that many PSA personally which means more of them will be inactive. You can win a badge for top enroller but that badge is empty if your business is costing more to run than it's paying out, and your reputation will take major damage for being the bad sponsor who is too busy to answer questions for new referrals.

I personally like converting high percentages of low numbers into working affiliates. I have several people moving up, one just made Silver Team Leader today, another is well on his way to EA2 as of this morning. There are dozens who are working hard and my business is in profit this month allowing me to invest in growing it more. I will get those badges but in due time and I will assure you I will get results to match them.
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Build a high traffic website.

You can put out small amounts of cash. $10 for a domain name and $5 a month for hosting to get a Wordpress blog or SMF Forum site up and online. Add great contact and interact with the people who comment your work and watch your following and traffic grow.

Connect it by RSS to ping services so when you add new content your site notifies the search engines automatically of the updates. Connect it through social media so you and your readers can share
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

I don't know about you but when a local business sends me a greeting card thanking me for my business, wishing me a happy birthday, or congratulating me on a promotion etc.. I feel cared about. I know that even if the message is prompted by a computer with a calendar application that someone somewhere took the time to get to know more about me and add value to my life.

With SFI E-cards we know they are not automated, someone has to actively take notice of the strides you've made and wish to send that card. Adding a few lines of text to your card really sells this connection and makes every card worth the time to check it out.

The Missing You cards for inactive referrals are a great way to nicely say hey, we still wish to do business with you if you can find the time.

The congrats cards allow you to not just send a typed congrats but to say even more with a stunning image. You know what they say, "A picture is worth a thousand words.".

I have also been having some additional luck adding my welcome message text to a welcome e-card, I am seeing a definite increase in the number of post welcome message logins by my recruits.

Use them, use these cards like they are second nature and watch your business grow.
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I don't know about you but when a local business sends me a greeting card thanking me for my business, wishing me a happy birthday, or congratulating me on a promotion etc.. I feel cared about. I know that even if the message is prompted by a computer with a calendar application that someone somewhere took the time to get to know more about me and add value to my life.

With SFI E-cards we know they are not automated, someone has to actively take notice of the strides you've made and wish
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

In 11 years of online marketing the best text ads I have ever used are testimonial.

Honest and enthusiastic testimonials share your passion for the program you are in, never sound like hype, and show that success can come to the dedicated. As a SFI Affiliate and TripleClicks member you are our brand ambassadors. If you have nothing to say but a canned message then you aren't yet passionate about SFI.

Passion sells but read the two examples below and tell me which you would rather join.

1. Join Free, earn money, this company has been in business since 1998. Don't delay join now.

2. My name is xxxx and like you I was skeptical about a home based business but My SFI changed my mind and I am glad it did. Today I am a winner and it feels good, please consider joining my team and together we will see success.

Some on impulse will jump on the word free or the words earn money but over time the ones that see a satisfied and happy member who is making it and sharing their journey will win out. There is no hype there, just passion for your team and your business.

Have a blessed day.


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In 11 years of online marketing the best text ads I have ever used are testimonial.

Honest and enthusiastic testimonials share your passion for the program you are in, never sound like hype, and show that success can come to the dedicated. As a SFI Affiliate and TripleClicks member you are our brand ambassadors. If you have nothing to say but a canned message then you aren't yet passionate about SFI.

Passion sells but read the two examples below and tell me which you would
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

The business with no online presence has the most to gain.

Just ask the shop own if they could open a store in one of the largest malls in the world and it cost them nothing up front, not even in inventory if they could see that as helping their business. Most would snap up that free store front with no out of pocket cost and tap into the larger number of shoppers.

Fact is I don't know one business owner that thinks they have enough sales and would turn down the ability to generate more income without any risk. That would be foolish. Most will as what is the catch and with TripleClicks the biggest change they will have to make is in getting online, learning how easy it is to add products to their new store, and how to check their e-mail daily for notices of new orders.
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The business with no online presence has the most to gain.

Just ask the shop own if they could open a store in one of the largest malls in the world and it cost them nothing up front, not even in inventory if they could see that as helping their business. Most would snap up that free store front with no out of pocket cost and tap into the larger number of shoppers.

Fact is I don't know one business owner that thinks they have enough sales and would turn down the ability to generate
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

As a former Search Engine and Social Media insider I can tell you the core of SEO never changes.

1. You have to have a steady stream of unique content preferably related to a niche topic that boost one or more of it's related search terms. You need to know what you wish to rank for and what people are searching for when they find your competitors.

2. You need to be wired for social media. Every post needs share buttons and you media like photos and videos should also have sharing capabilities. Social media shares build natural inbound links and social influence.

3. If you are not already using Google Plus Authorship on your blog post and forum site you need to start as soon as possible. G+ Authorship is you claiming your unique content and establishing the date you posted it with Google. That way if someone copies your content Google will know it's a copy and not penalize your original post by mistake. In addition it creates a ongoing repository of your content that allows the person searching for you as an author to easily find all your great content. This is also commonly called content curating.

4. Build links naturally. While a few exchange links with other blogs in your niche are a good thing it is better to have your great content sighted as a resource in other articles by other authors. Likewise those articles that are shared on social media will generate links as stated before and re-shares will build additional clout for your site and generate social buzz. Don't use link farms or paid linking schemes even automated social bookmarking because Google can tell by the sudden and like clockwork boost your site gets that these results are artificial and they will penalize the content as search engine SPAM.

5. Curate your content or build internal links. Have you ever been on a major news site and noticed that between paragraphs or at the end of the post they will link to other articles on their site that are at least semi related to the one you are reading? These curating links help users find related content worth reading on your site which reduces your bounce rates and increases your average time on site number. It also boost relevance of older content and extends it's shelf life.

6. Don't over optimize: As much as your SEO tools and SEO friends will tell you to repeat X keywords so many times per post etc.. You have to write for humans and not just machines. You can have the perfect 2-4% on page keyword density and read like a tech manual driving away readers. If people aren't reading your content you will still not rank for it so write for humans first. Some of the biggest sites on the web have little to no optimization on their content. Look at Facebook and Twitter as examples of this.

7. Use Alt tags for images and media. Too many images are posted and never indexed losing you valuable traffic and rankings. Make sure your blog or website CMS allows you to easily add an alt tagg which is a short message summing up what the image is of, and also allows you to set a meta title and description for your images.

8. Ping Engines when new content is posted to a blog. I use Feedshark and the internal Wordpress Jetpack tools for rapid syndication and indexing using rpc ping services which are basically blog search engines that update in real time. This benefit to a good self hosted blog means getting new post listed on Google in hours instead of days or weeks.

We could discuss SEO and Social Media Marketing for days so I am going to leave off here with these tips. Search engine optimization is a ongoing topic that will require constant retraining as just when you think you know it all Google changes everything. Follow Moz and Search Engine Land, Marketing Land and other publications and make small adjustments over time. You will love the resulting traffic and targeted visitor sign ups.
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As a former Search Engine and Social Media insider I can tell you the core of SEO never changes.

1. You have to have a steady stream of unique content preferably related to a niche topic that boost one or more of it's related search terms. You need to know what you wish to rank for and what people are searching for when they find your competitors.

2. You need to be wired for social media. Every post needs share buttons and you media like photos and videos should also have sharing
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

The secrets are a lot simpler than many will believe.

1. Get a self hosted Wordpress Blog.

2. Install the All In One SEO plugin.

3. Read the instructions on using the plugin so you know what information you need to pull from your content.

4. Write informative post about the things people are interested in and searching for in your niche.

5. Use a ping service like Feed Shark to announce new post to blog search engines.

6. Do all of the above every 3-5 days when possible and no less often than 2 post a month.

7. Make sure to enable sharing buttons in Wordpress Jetpack so people can easily link to your content from their social media profile.

8. Keep writing great content so other authors will link to it as a source in their own post.

9. Guest blog when you can and link back to content on your own site at least via your signature on those post.

10. Respond to comments and ask your readers for feedback to keep them interested in your blog.
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The secrets are a lot simpler than many will believe.

1. Get a self hosted Wordpress Blog.

2. Install the All In One SEO plugin.

3. Read the instructions on using the plugin so you know what information you need to pull from your content.

4. Write informative post about the things people are interested in and searching for in your niche.

5. Use a ping service like Feed Shark to announce new post to blog search engines.

6. Do all of
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

If you walked into JC Penny and the sales person came up wearing a clown mask, dressed as a kitten, or thugged out in a ski mask would you walk out of the store or buy everything in it?

People connect with people to establish trust.

When you have a photo of someone other than you on your profile, some funny picture, a logo, or no photo at all there is nobody available for people to trust. There is no face to put with the name and it basically kills 99% of your business.

A good photo is one of you, if possible interacting with your business or wearing a logo shirt, or professionally dressed. You should be looking directly at the camera and smiling if possible, and the lighting should be such that people can see and recognize you. I see too many photos on SFI that are nearly blacked out from poor lighting or poorly chosen Photoshop filters. They make you feel like you are dealing with a seedy person selling Rolex Watches out of a back alley. You know it can't be good.

I hear a lot of people getting scared about their picture being taken and used by someone else, the problem is those people always seem to have photos on Facebook, or Pinterest, tag themselves in friends photos of them etc.. in the places most likely to have a photo copied or stolen. They keep photos on their phone or pc and tablet and never realize that hacked devices are a major source of those stolen images.

You have to practically disconnect your offline life from your online life to lessen the risk of someone using your image and then guess what happens? Ever seen the site People of WalMart? Yep anyone with a cell phone, tablet, or camera can snap a picture of you out in public, home in private, or at work and post it online. So don't fear what you can't stop from happening. Your business will face enough challenges without facing this one.
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If you walked into JC Penny and the sales person came up wearing a clown mask, dressed as a kitten, or thugged out in a ski mask would you walk out of the store or buy everything in it?

People connect with people to establish trust.

When you have a photo of someone other than you on your profile, some funny picture, a logo, or no photo at all there is nobody available for people to trust. There is no face to put with the name and it basically kills 99% of your business.

A
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