Affiliate since: 10/09/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

There was once a question asked of the worlds most successful Home Business Entrepreneurs about what are the top five attributes you need to succeed.

There were various answers but the two that appeared in EVERY survey without failure were persistance and enthusiasm. The Entrepreneurs were also asked to list their top five in order of importance. Most of them had enthusiasm and persistance as #1 and #2, but the order would be different.

After reading through the whole interviews I came to believe that persistance is far more important than enthusiasm. After all, when things are going well, affiliates are signing up, sales are being made, and the money is rolling in, it is easy to be enthusiastic and to keep going.

It is when you get the bad days, the days of doubt, the days of no sales and no signups, the days when you think it isn't going to work and to give up, THAT is when you need PERSISTANCE.

Read the stories of famous Entrepreneurs who have done what you are currently striving to do. Of course read Dale Carnegie, Napoleon Hill and our own Gery Carson. But also look for other inspiring stories. Read the forums and take advice from the PTLs and GTLs in SFI who have been here 10 years, some of whom are probably in your upline.

One of my personal favourite mentors is Richard Branson, maybe the most successful UK Entrepreneur ever. His story is remarkable, but his ethos can be summed up in one sentence, his favourite phrase: "Screw it, let's do it!" Whenever he had doubts about a project, about a business, about whether he should try something he always came up with the same answer "Screw it, let's do it!"


Some people say motivational sayings have become cliched and are "cheesy" but I believe they are as vital now as they have ever been.

"Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm"

"A ship in port is always safe - but that's not what ships are made for"

"Screw it, let's do it"

"Dream big, aim high"

and to quote the great Winston Churchill in is address at a University:
"Never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never give up"



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There was once a question asked of the worlds most successful Home Business Entrepreneurs about what are the top five attributes you need to succeed.

There were various answers but the two that appeared in EVERY survey without failure were persistance and enthusiasm. The Entrepreneurs were also asked to list their top five in order of importance. Most of them had enthusiasm and persistance as #1 and #2, but the order would be different.

After reading through the whole interviews
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Affiliate since: 10/09/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

Tell them you are a Home Business Entrepreneur.

Tell them you "fired your boss"

Tell them you have a 60 second commute

Then tell them how they can do the same!

Have business cards, if this is your full time job now, that have your website address on it and your contact details so they can go to your site, read about the opportunity and sign up.

Perhaps they are not interested in the opportunity (yet!) but would be interested in TripleClicks so tell them about the free listing, auctions, how they can buy and sell stuff, why it is better than EBay, and again, that they can easily find and join TC from your website.

Make sure you have a website.

Wax enthusiastic!

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Tell them you are a Home Business Entrepreneur.

Tell them you "fired your boss"

Tell them you have a 60 second commute

Then tell them how they can do the same!

Have business cards, if this is your full time job now, that have your website address on it and your contact details so they can go to your site, read about the opportunity and sign up.

Perhaps they are not interested in the opportunity (yet!) but would be interested in TripleClicks
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Affiliate since: 10/09/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

Start by being an Executive Affiliate and in your second month be EA2.

Log on every day and complete all the required tasks, earn those VP and learn as much as you can.

Be on A2a and communicate with friends.

Communicate with your upline and downline.

Go to the forum and read threads daily, join in the conversations as you expand your business.

Participate in Ask SC. Read the posts, ask questions, and supply your own answers (once you are EA2)

Use TripleClicks as your own store, buy the products and use them. Believe in the company you are promoting and the products you are selling.

Advertise regularly so you are sponsoring SFI affiliates and referring TC customers.

Do what all the other effective affiliates are doing and duplicate.

Then your next question will be how to be the best Team Leader possible :)



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Start by being an Executive Affiliate and in your second month be EA2.

Log on every day and complete all the required tasks, earn those VP and learn as much as you can.

Be on A2a and communicate with friends.

Communicate with your upline and downline.

Go to the forum and read threads daily, join in the conversations as you expand your business.

Participate in Ask SC. Read the posts, ask questions, and supply your own answers (once you are EA2)

Use
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Affiliate since: 10/09/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

You tell them what it is!

Tell them about the free listing, auctions, how they can buy and sell stuff, why it is better than EBay, and tell them how to join.

Make sure they have your contact details and know how to sign up when they get back home.

The best way is to have your own website with both SFI opportunity and TC signup details.

But if someone asks you about TC after seeing WAVE3, congratulations - you just made a lead! Now go turn that lead into a signup.




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You tell them what it is!

Tell them about the free listing, auctions, how they can buy and sell stuff, why it is better than EBay, and tell them how to join.

Make sure they have your contact details and know how to sign up when they get back home.

The best way is to have your own website with both SFI opportunity and TC signup details.

But if someone asks you about TC after seeing WAVE3, congratulations - you just made a lead! Now go turn that lead into
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Affiliate since: 10/09/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

The benefits are many.

Firsty, a contest is a great motivator, it gets your affiliates to set goals and go for them, and also to compete, which is what business is all about.

It gets your affiliates to strive to be the best they can be, and go as far as they can. Want affiliate to be an EA? Do it again next month and become EA2? What about become a Team Leader in their own right, how far away are they from hitting Bronze?

Make sure you give recognition on your Leadership page for those members who achieve, and for those who aspire to achieve.

It's also a great Team Building exercise.

And matching VP for you!

It also helps you getting used to taking that Leadership role seriously, leading that team and making growth happen.

Everyone has the problem of inactive affiliates - overcome that inertia with a contest and get some of them moving!

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The benefits are many.

Firsty, a contest is a great motivator, it gets your affiliates to set goals and go for them, and also to compete, which is what business is all about.

It gets your affiliates to strive to be the best they can be, and go as far as they can. Want affiliate to be an EA? Do it again next month and become EA2? What about become a Team Leader in their own right, how far away are they from hitting Bronze?

Make sure you give recognition on your Leadership
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Affiliate since: 10/09/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

The obvious answer is "regularly". Which then poses the question of what regularly means.

Make communication to the point. Perhaps you are asking questions and that is good, but is it a question that has been answered elsewhere?

Do not bombard them with emails, but allow them to reply and answer your points. Treat it like a conversation.

Is your sponsor an A2A friend? Do you communicate outside SFI on something like Facebook, as many affiliates do?

If you have a good sponsor they will be sending out a Team mail and sending advice. If you are a good affiliate they will notice you and be keen to give you personal attention and help develop you.




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The obvious answer is "regularly". Which then poses the question of what regularly means.

Make communication to the point. Perhaps you are asking questions and that is good, but is it a question that has been answered elsewhere?

Do not bombard them with emails, but allow them to reply and answer your points. Treat it like a conversation.

Is your sponsor an A2A friend? Do you communicate outside SFI on something like Facebook, as many affiliates do?

If
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Affiliate since: 10/09/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

In the sense of recruiting in fixed areas it certainly can be, and in may cases more so.

Think of how Network Marketing was done before the Internet - everything was done offline and those methods are tried and tested, and I am sure you are familiar with many of them. Now with the Internet every affiliate marketer has a website for recruiting and selling, and quite rightly so. But that does not mean we should abandon localised offline methods, especially for those already comfortable with that field.

Why not have a local meeting, Amway style, to introduce a group to SFI. Use your skill with presentations to run through the website, program, and show them TripleClicks. Show them what you already do. Show them it's real. Then get them to sign up then and there for FREE.

How much easier will it be to follow up a team you personally recruited and can personally contact?

Use the letters on the Marketing section for direct mail and hand out those SFI flyers at the shows. For every person who is not doing it, recruit someone who does.

Look at how successful Wave3 has been and that is fairly new. If you like offline advertising, get that sticker on your car, and encourage others to do the same.


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In the sense of recruiting in fixed areas it certainly can be, and in may cases more so.

Think of how Network Marketing was done before the Internet - everything was done offline and those methods are tried and tested, and I am sure you are familiar with many of them. Now with the Internet every affiliate marketer has a website for recruiting and selling, and quite rightly so. But that does not mean we should abandon localised offline methods, especially for those already comfortable with
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Affiliate since: 10/09/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

If you have a large team and have affiliates in different countries, and now have "Aces" who are on their way to being Team Leaders, people who you are mentoring, then that is when you can consider reassigning your own PSAs under them.

You probably don't need to worry about putting specific PSAs under a leader of their nationality until a way down the line, when you have sponsored a Leader in that country and have a surplus of PSAs from there.

Affiliate since: 10/09/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

The best way is to use it to develop your business and that is by sponsoring SFI affiliates and referring TripleClicks customers.

Spend some money on an advertising Co-op like S Builder, buys some shares

Purchase PSAs from the ECAs to build a team quick

Consider some paid ads of your own, perhaps fund a PPC campaign

Purchase some gift certificates and distribute them

Use the money to run a successful marketing campaign, invest it in your business, then wait. What you will get out will be far more than you put in, you will see that for yourself when your commission cheque rolls in, bigger each month!
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The best way is to use it to develop your business and that is by sponsoring SFI affiliates and referring TripleClicks customers.

Spend some money on an advertising Co-op like S Builder, buys some shares

Purchase PSAs from the ECAs to build a team quick

Consider some paid ads of your own, perhaps fund a PPC campaign

Purchase some gift certificates and distribute them

Use the money to run a successful marketing campaign, invest it in your business,
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Affiliate since: 10/09/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

T Credits are the best because they gate you the VP you need to make ES and then you can use them to buy what you need and build your business.

Personally I recommend the TCredit 125 Pak, Special Standing Order price is $36.25, a saving on the regular price of $52.50.

You can use the T Credits to buy S Builder to build your business.

With additional TCredits you can buy IAHBE for the resources.