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Is it better to promote SFI to friends and family...or to strangers?

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Paul Mostert, Aff (South Africa) 7/10/2014 5:03 am

Affiliate since: 05/07/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
If it is better to promote SFI to friends and family, or to strangers?

I will answer this from my own experience:

When I started, I started in SFI, I started recruiting in my direct family, and also from my Facebook friends, and were very excited to have 15 of them in my downline within one month after I started myself. In month 2, I had more than 20 friends in family in my downline, 3 of them already EA's at that time. I was so happy.

Coming month 5, none of them
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How do you manage a large, active downline? How do you provide personalized attention for everyone?

5218 votes

Paul Mostert, Aff (South Africa) 1/20/2015 1:21 am

Affiliate since: 05/07/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
"How do you manage a large active downline"?

I have a personal rule her: DO NOT SPONSOR TOO MUCH AFFILIATES AT ONE TIME!

Why? When affiliates just join, they need your "hands on attention" to guide them through their training. Once the get in the second and thirt month, they will need you again, because they are "dead in the water" if they do not have a downline by this time or any money to invest.

By month 4, they are out of your
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How does one support all your downline affiliates if you have barely enough to support your own self?

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Paul Mostert, Aff (South Africa) 9/26/2013 3:38 pm

Affiliate since: 05/07/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
The answer is easy: Give them hope through honesty. Be prepared to get requests from Affiliates for financial assistance. I received my first request after being with SFI for 3 months (and many after that). "Support" means that I will help you - for FREE. It does not mean that I will buy you bread!

Be honest straight from the beginning. Should an Affiliate ask you for financial assistance straight away (within the first month or before qualifying as EA the first time), you
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What do successful Leaders in SFI know and do?

4834 votes

Paul Mostert, Aff (South Africa) 11/19/2013 1:27 pm

Affiliate since: 05/07/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
What successful leaders always will know: The difference between:
• Being just “there”,
• being successful / seeking success
• being significant

A GREAT leader do not only show the way by example, he / she also master the skill to differentiate, delegate and take responsibility.

He/she will always be consistent, fair and with a clear direction: Always will keep the questions in mind: How can I enhance and improve activity and success in my Team.

BE
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What should SFI affiliates do every day to build their SFI business?

4801 votes

Paul Mostert, Aff (South Africa) 6/20/2013 4:57 am

Affiliate since: 05/07/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
I always give my new Affiliates the following advice.
1. Plan your day to make time for SFI. You get the best benefit if you schedule SFI as a daily task from the day you join. Not only will it be easier to get your Versa Points, but you will keep in contest with E365.
2. Go in every day on all your tabs to score the versa point per day. Do not only “confirm”. READ. There are always valuable tips and new things to learn and explore.
3. Visit Launchpad every day until your
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What are the best ways to get AVP (Action VersaPoints)?

4790 votes

Paul Mostert, Aff (South Africa) 4/27/2014 2:54 am

Affiliate since: 05/07/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
The best way to get Action VersaPoints....

All the answers to this Question (that I have seen) are brilliant.

There is one essential thing that is left out on all the answers that I have seen: If you Sponsor a Executive Affiliate (EA2) you get 100VP, and this count as ACTION POINTS. The VP increase with the the rank that you have Sponsored.

If you do what all the answers suggested, and be an awesome sponsor too, there is no change of failure in this business.

Stay
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Above all else, what is the ONE THING that has made the difference for you in succeeding with SFI?

4745 votes

Paul Mostert, Aff (South Africa) 12/3/2013 8:04 am

Affiliate since: 05/07/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
Wow...this question I will follow through to see all the answers.

There is just one answer: HONESTY!

I am lucky to have a good Sponsor and Co- Sponsor from the beginning....both of them from other countries. They do not understand African challenges, but they do understand the one word that is "key to any business": HONESTY!!!!

People, be straight with your Affiliates from the first day. SFI is not a scheme that will make money overnight. Do not place
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Is it worthwhile to send individual welcome letters to new PSAs...or can I just send out group mailings?

4635 votes

Paul Mostert, Aff (South Africa) 5/25/2014 3:13 am

Affiliate since: 05/07/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
It is not only worthwhile, it is essential! The personal touch by calling the Affiliate on his / her name does make a difference. You want the new members to be part of your downline family, and you should welcome them as individuals.

Use the group mailing for things such as "Team News", launch of products or informational detail, like explaining the benefits of Wave 3 Membership.

I have found the best results by individual welcoming, and then for the first couple
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How can I enroll 100+ PSAs a day with a modest budget?

4569 votes

Paul Mostert, Aff (South Africa) 2/22/2014 6:50 am

Affiliate since: 05/07/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
Hello

To enroll 100 PSA's per day is possible, as you can check on the "top enrollers" every day under the growth tab. "Modest budget....I do not know about that one.....

WHY WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT? Every new affiliate needs some coaching and guiding from their Sponsor. What they need, want to know and circumstances will differ from one another. As their SPONSOR, it would be your role to assist them with their training (and even afterwards).

Can
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Is it wise to offer non-SFI related incentives to my CSAs and PSAs? For example, create a standing order and get a free DVD?

4534 votes

Paul Mostert, Aff (South Africa) 2/21/2015 1:52 pm

Affiliate since: 05/07/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
Hello Theadore

This is a route that I will not recommend. If you look at it in a technical way, you would be contravening the SFI Rules.

For your PSA’s: Run a competition / campaign with the allocation of new PSA’s, and Gift certificates.

For your CSA’s: Award them with TCredits (just keep in mind that you cannot give out more than 10 TCredits to any Affiliate. To offer more, you will have to contact SFI Support.

Gift certificates are not a bad
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