How can I get my affiliates active with TripleClicks?
Nafisa Patwa, Aff (Kenya)
12/7/2013 2:09 am
Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999
There is an overwhelming amount of information, resources, help, support and "things to do" when an affiliate joins SFI. To digest this for everyone you have as an affiliate will not be easy; some can pick up the details easily, others will take time.
Tripleclicks is an interesting branch of SFI and once you realise that, to be a part of it requires investment, however small.
In my experience give your affiliates at least 15 days to a month to get to know the system. Get them into the Games to win TCredits daily, get them to browse the SFI (Products) and TCredits. This gives them the confidence to move around the site, locate information and do their own research. Introduce the Wave 3 where expense is minimal and affordable.
Once you have established this link with your affiliates, you will find they have questions on how to investment further in either SOrders and other products. Rest assured they will become active even if it is on the Games page. Winning TCredits on Games is an incentive before they decide on which investment to go for.
It is always better to approach the prospect slowly when it comes to investment opportunties and purchasing smaller packs of TCredit for bidding or buying products with MRPs is ideal.
This should get the affiliates interested in TC and you have already generated the step forward for further investment. But it takes time especially for those who may not have available funds to invest in at that time. So do not rush them to decide.
Of course as a note of advice from the little time I have had with SFI, it is very important which criteria you choose to recruit your Affiliates so keep that in mind. Self motivated individuals will not need to be pushed into being active on Affiliates-they may ask your advice on HOW TO become active!
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There is an overwhelming amount of information, resources, help, support and "things to do" when an affiliate joins SFI. To digest this for everyone you have as an affiliate will not be easy; some can pick up the details easily, others will take time.
Tripleclicks is an interesting branch of SFI and once you realise that, to be a part of it requires investment, however small.
In my experience give your affiliates at least 15 days to a month to get to know the system.
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How do Eager Zebra games factor in to building a successful SFI business?
Nafisa Patwa, Aff (Kenya)
10/20/2014 3:00 am
Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999
With the various new developments on TripleClicks including introduction of new games, the rewards for winning the games are plenty and this boosts your business. How?
1. First for participating in T Time and Daily Crown which require no monetary input, you receive T Credits as your prize. T Credits are a useful business boosting tool because they give you Action Versa points (AVP).
AVPs directly impact your position in the business and your perks in SFI
2. The very popular Knock Out Trivia is an equally rewarding game that can enhance your overall performance in SFI and boost your rank when you win. Again here you can win either T Credits or EZ Tokens which both complement your business. For each game you enter that requires T Credits, you earn valuable AVPs and MRPs and your lifelines also provide MRPs depending on whether its a Double MRP game.
3. The T Credits you win in the games helps you bid in PriceBenders Auction, allows you to pass them to your downlines or you can purchase products using your T Credits. Its usefulness is not limited to these actions.
4. Apart from the above, the Versa points you accumulate is factored into your commissions so the more points you earn, the better your income.
This is a long term business and the benefits of your winnings in all the games you participate in significantly helps you conduct your business with a lot more efficiency and profitability. T Credits has a monetary value attached to them and therefore its importance in your business should not be underestimated!
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With the various new developments on TripleClicks including introduction of new games, the rewards for winning the games are plenty and this boosts your business. How?
1. First for participating in T Time and Daily Crown which require no monetary input, you receive T Credits as your prize. T Credits are a useful business boosting tool because they give you Action Versa points (AVP).
AVPs directly impact your position in the business and your perks in SFI
2. The very popular
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How do you identify in your affiliates the skills that could help them become stars in SFI?
Nafisa Patwa, Aff (Kenya)
2/18/2015 5:56 am
Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999
I have a perfect example to understand that you must know your affiliates first before you can assess them and realise that they can use their skills in the SFI program.
Over a year ago, after I joined SFI, I wanted to recruit another member but she kept on delaying her sign up - Outside SFI, I knew her well enough to know that she had the experience having been in other marketing assignments that she would be able to handle this business. I was right. She joined and we are still together in the team.
- get to know your affiliates at a personal level
- build a long term relationship by being helpful as a friend
- work besides them, not on top of them - do not intimidate them
- handle them with care because once they are in your team, they will support you wholly.
- be patient with your downlines, some of them need this
Encourage them to move forward as friends and you will strengthen your team with the synergy that requires you to become successful. Create a friendly atmosphere of pleasure and concern to enable them to look upto you for guidance.
There are many occasions when you develop those skills by tapping on the potential of our affiliates through regular interaction. They may have inherent qualities that become apparent when they are placed in challenging circumstances. Be there for them and you will know their strengths and help them overcome their weaknesses!
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I have a perfect example to understand that you must know your affiliates first before you can assess them and realise that they can use their skills in the SFI program.
Over a year ago, after I joined SFI, I wanted to recruit another member but she kept on delaying her sign up - Outside SFI, I knew her well enough to know that she had the experience having been in other marketing assignments that she would be able to handle this business. I was right. She joined and we are still together
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How do we know if our PSAs and CSAs are serious about building a successful SFI business?
Nafisa Patwa, Aff (Kenya)
10/19/2014 10:28 am
Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999
In SFI it is not easily identifiable to see which PSAs will perform well and which one will not. This holds true for CSAs. There have been times when I have felt that the PSA is very enthusiastic and will prove to be an asset to my business but it has turned out to be contrary to my expectation. In my 1 year, this has occurred twice so I would not have presumptions about any affiliate who joins SFI.
However there are indications that allow you to assess the PSA/CSAs capabilities and you can tell this from your Movers List, from your dialogue with them, from their questions and decisions, from their badges and their independent approach to SFI.
You can immediately know from the Movers List for how long the affiliate has stayed without logging in and this is the first indicator!
- Your Movers will appear on your list, day in day out and you will see that they are accumulating points and have not just logged in.
- Your Scoreboard counter will show you how many have placed a standing order and how many are dormant.
- Your Geneology will show you how many PSAs/CSAs and upto which level have accumulated how many points
Once the affiliate logs in to his/her SFI homepage daily, you know that there is commitment and you can be rest assured that you will find an active PSA. Although this is not a norm. I have a CSA who without fail placed his standing order but there are times he is off the grid for 5/6 days and makes it to EA status every month.
I think the best way to judge your PSAs/CSAs is to let them be in the business for at least 3 months and you would then be sure of their contribution to theirs and your success.
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In SFI it is not easily identifiable to see which PSAs will perform well and which one will not. This holds true for CSAs. There have been times when I have felt that the PSA is very enthusiastic and will prove to be an asset to my business but it has turned out to be contrary to my expectation. In my 1 year, this has occurred twice so I would not have presumptions about any affiliate who joins SFI.
However there are indications that allow you to assess the PSA/CSAs capabilities and
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How far should sponsors go to help their affiliates move forward, is there a point you should not go beyond?
Nafisa Patwa, Aff (Kenya)
2/28/2014 7:15 am
Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999
In my view it is important to keep the following points in mind when helping affiliates move forward:-
1. Ensure that you do not offer financial support to the affiliate because this can get the affiliate to become dependent on the sponsor; it will be become a complicated issue and likely to create friction later on between the Sponsor and the affiliate;
2. The purpose of the SFI business is to get as many affiliates to work independently as possible, each one to expand his/her business and in this respect providing moral support or incentives towards helping affiliates achieve their goals is not wrong-however this support should not be interpreted or misconstrued by the affiliates as an ongoing reward or one that must be offered every month.
3. It is useful to have frequent brainstorming sessions on how to expand the business and this is highly beneficial towards the growth of the team; this will be an ongoing exercise and should be a regular feature especially if the affiliates are in the same country!
4. How much of time you spend on your affiliates will depend on the sponsor's commitment to the business and how many hours per week are available to devote to the affiliates; if you see potential in each and every one of your affiliates to move forward then any amount of time you spend with them would still not be enough.
Generally, you will use your discretion to assess the capabilities of the affiliate and once you believe that they can handle the business independently, it would be time to focus on other affiliates and therefore give your best to each and every one!
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In my view it is important to keep the following points in mind when helping affiliates move forward:-
1. Ensure that you do not offer financial support to the affiliate because this can get the affiliate to become dependent on the sponsor; it will be become a complicated issue and likely to create friction later on between the Sponsor and the affiliate;
2. The purpose of the SFI business is to get as many affiliates to work independently as possible, each one to expand his/her
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Is it worthwhile to sponsor affiliates who speak little English or have very limited computer/Internet experience?
Nafisa Patwa, Aff (Kenya)
2/28/2015 6:54 am
Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999
It is a definite advantage to your team if you recruit members who have a good command of English and a working knowledge of the computer/internet. If they have both these requirements before they join, you will find :-
- that it is easy to help them understand the concept of SFI without too many explanations;
- you will not need to take your recruits through each and every step in their online training
- the progress of your affiliates/team will be faster and so will your communication
- it will be less tiring for you to not only clarify concepts of the business but also start teaching a language or work around the constraints of not knowing what to do.
However, this should not stop you from expanding across all borders when you are recruiting because of the following reasons :-
- SFI has a network of affiliates who are bi-lingual and you can rely on A2A friends or other members of your team who speak the language of the affiliate to guide them;
- The Forum provides a wealth of information on how to translate and so do the search engines. Affiliates who feel language is a barrier can always use this as an alternative support mechanism;
- in today's technological era, connecting affiliates who speak the same language is not at all a problem.
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It is a definite advantage to your team if you recruit members who have a good command of English and a working knowledge of the computer/internet. If they have both these requirements before they join, you will find :-
- that it is easy to help them understand the concept of SFI without too many explanations;
- you will not need to take your recruits through each and every step in their online training
- the progress of your affiliates/team will be faster and so will your communication
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Recruiting PSAs or ECAs--which will generate the quickest income?
Nafisa Patwa, Aff (Kenya)
12/5/2013 3:09 am
Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999
Unless you are dealing in illegal activities, the idea of QUICKEST INCOME brings in a lot of negativity-STOP THERE and rethink. Can you climb a ladder from the TOP-No.
The way I say it, if you are in SFI with the intention of building a business which has a strong foundation-there are 3 main things you will need to keep in mind.
1 The leader has to lead
2 The TEAM has to be made of strong leaders
3 This will bring in your income depending on how STRONG 1. and 2. above are
Therefore your recruiting (ECA or PSA) will be like interviewing for new employees. Invest your time and energy in the wrong employee (PSA) brings down you and your organisation, eventually it will. IF this process is well thought of you, will generate income at the speed at which you desire because all your TEAM has the same vision-TO SUCCEED.
I have no problems in spending my time and resources on training a PSA or CSA when I see potential there but you will waste precious time with them if their energies are directed negatively into thinking that this is a quick income generating business that will reap benefits overnight.
How you present the SFI opportunity and who you recruit is very important for YOUR BUSINESS. Having said that, strong PSA's would be my target because they can create opportunities with anything that is presented to them.
Best of Luck
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Unless you are dealing in illegal activities, the idea of QUICKEST INCOME brings in a lot of negativity-STOP THERE and rethink. Can you climb a ladder from the TOP-No.
The way I say it, if you are in SFI with the intention of building a business which has a strong foundation-there are 3 main things you will need to keep in mind.
1 The leader has to lead
2 The TEAM has to be made of strong leaders
3 This will bring in your income depending on how STRONG 1. and 2.
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Where are the best places and what are the best ways to get answers about SFI?
Nafisa Patwa, Aff (Kenya)
2/17/2015 6:36 am
Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999
In my opinion and experience, your SFI HOMEPAGE is the best source of information to get our answers from. When we start out, there is a lot of detail which we sometimes get overwhelmed with but this is the core of your training and most of your questions are answered here.
Within your homepage are sub-divisions of information centres from where you can search for answers. These are:
1. The Forum - this provides a continuous learning opportunity where members interact with each other, discuss issues pertaining to individuals or collectively affecting a group and find answers. The more experienced members provide their feedback and if need be, the founder, Gery Carson also lends a hand.
2. A2A friends - I have found this area extremely useful especially when I know that specific friends are proficient in certain areas for eg the internet and its related activity, I approach them for help. The answers are also very detailed and give you an insight into how you can approach your own problem.
3. Upline Support - This is an excellent medium of communication where the expertise of your upline members is very handy and helpful in answering questions that you may not wish to bring up in the Forum. Sometimes the perspective of upline support sorts out your queries so very effectively that you need not search elsewhere!
4. I rarely search the BAR that is located just over the top of your Profile Picture where you will be directed to the relevant answers to your questions. You may find that some of the answers are actually posts from the Forum.
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In my opinion and experience, your SFI HOMEPAGE is the best source of information to get our answers from. When we start out, there is a lot of detail which we sometimes get overwhelmed with but this is the core of your training and most of your questions are answered here.
Within your homepage are sub-divisions of information centres from where you can search for answers. These are:
1. The Forum - this provides a continuous learning opportunity where members interact with
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Is it worthwhile to send individual welcome letters to new PSAs...or can I just send out group mailings?
Nafisa Patwa, Aff (Kenya)
5/24/2014 5:48 am
Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999
Communication remains the core tool for you to utilize not only with new PSAs but with almost anyone! You need to spend some time to understand that your new Affiliates will not all be from your country but will represent a cross section of the Globe. Language may be a barrier. I therefore use various criteria before I send out my mail and some of these include:-
- if you have an advertising campaign and receive more than 100 enrollments in a day, l would want to keep my welcome letter short and here a group mail is ideal. The reason for this is because my main concern is to get the Affiliates reach their 700 Versa Points within 24 hours of joining.
- subsequently I would use Group mailing as a follow up to those Affiliates whose Affiliate Profile score is high and this enables me to focus on the serious affiliates before moving to the less serious group. Here again you can use either E Cards or Group Mailing.
It helps to vary the tools according to the needs of the Affiliates.
Group Mailing is particularly ideal and useful when you wish to reach a wider audience while I prefer to use E Cards as this has visual effects and are more personalized. This helps to build rapport with new PSAs faster than the group mail. Group mailing may work well when you wish to share
- announcements
- reminders
- milestones
- contests or any general detail that is not specific to any Affiliate
You can also use various filter categories for group mailing to separate your Movers from other Affiliates and this is not practical with E Cards in view of the high number of New Affiliates you may have.
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Communication remains the core tool for you to utilize not only with new PSAs but with almost anyone! You need to spend some time to understand that your new Affiliates will not all be from your country but will represent a cross section of the Globe. Language may be a barrier. I therefore use various criteria before I send out my mail and some of these include:-
- if you have an advertising campaign and receive more than 100 enrollments in a day, l would want to keep my welcome letter
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Thousands of SFI affiliates are doing the same thing. How do you stand out from the crowd?
Nafisa Patwa, Aff (Kenya)
5/23/2014 9:05 am
Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999
Standing out from the crowd literally means being the best or be amongst the TOP Affiliates who are in the system. There are basic rules that govern your progress and achievements in the business and in my short span with SFI, I strongly believe that the following are prerequisites for that TOP category.
- commitment to your business - that requires time and effort
- how much you invest - this can be in advertising, having a standing order or any other initiative that helps to build a strong team under you.
- take risks in your business to survive the competition
- clarity of mind and knowing that you will be at the Top - this creates confidence to help you persevere and achieve the best results
- know how the business works- it is the primary tool that will capture the attention of prospective affiliates with whom you intend to build the business
- have strong business ethics by which you conduct your affairs, it generates trust and long lasting business relationships which is important for your climb to the top.
- give your best in whatever you do, even if it is just a question of writing a weekly email or an E Card.
This list is not exhaustive but my view is that these are the primary factors that are instrumental in getting you to be the best.
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Standing out from the crowd literally means being the best or be amongst the TOP Affiliates who are in the system. There are basic rules that govern your progress and achievements in the business and in my short span with SFI, I strongly believe that the following are prerequisites for that TOP category.
- commitment to your business - that requires time and effort
- how much you invest - this can be in advertising, having a standing order or any other initiative that helps to build
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12/7/2013 2:09 am