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

Wow. What a potential hotbed for cross-soliciting and cross-lining. And both are dangerous to our teams. Don't ask for trouble.

First off, you've been in for how long? One month. And you are a silver. Is your silver based on a working, active team or just your beginner's To DO List plus some purchases? Who is going to lead the meetings? And set up the training? Are you experienced in those things. Or perhaps you intend it to be just a fun get together where they all spend the whole time trying to find the most charming and eager a2a to listen to. Are you willing to gamble that these a2a friends of yours will not get sucked into another line of sponsorship or outside business?

I would advise not having a number of unrelated downlines meet without the blessings of Gery, and not without a supervisory covering that will protect all a2a members and their sponsors.

Instead, put your eagerness (I've seen your excitement and leadership at the Forum) into another type of get together. Invite your team members, not CSAs, to bring a guest or two and have a short presentation about SFI, or maybe a question and answer session. Get the focus on the potential future they can have if they join your group. Have TC direct products to show and some brochures and flyers. And don't forget to have all your team members to bring their Gift Cards to give to their friends.

If you are after knowledge, we have the Forum which has administrators to watch what goes on there. You can contact your a2a through SFI approved mailers. Gery does not supply us with the personal email addresses of our a2a friends.

My advice is to put this on hold for a year or two and see if you are still so eager to do this. Then contact Gery before you start to make plans.
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Wow. What a potential hotbed for cross-soliciting and cross-lining. And both are dangerous to our teams. Don't ask for trouble.

First off, you've been in for how long? One month. And you are a silver. Is your silver based on a working, active team or just your beginner's To DO List plus some purchases? Who is going to lead the meetings? And set up the training? Are you experienced in those things. Or perhaps you intend it to be just a fun get together where they all spend the whole time
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 241

Bride--Reward?

When you offer a contest with a prize, is it a bribe or incentive to get them to perform the desired action? We look at it as guiding our PSAs and other affiliates to do what is necessary to gain success. When they do it, we reward them. Or if it is a competition, we reward the winners. ---For doing what they should have been doing for themselves all along.

When we send a Gift Certificate or TCredits to someone who needs just a tiny help to get to the next level, we in essence are bribing them to keep in for one more month, We gain their matching vp and we are the ones to profit. We are also not giving them the valuable chance to learn to either plan better or scrape up enough vp to make their goal. We are telling them that we have no confidence in their ability to make it.

We are also setting up a pattern of duplication that many of our PSAs will not be able to pattern themselves to do in our footsteps. They simply can not afford to pay their downlines to amass vp. So they quit.

All but a very small number of those of my downline that I have "helped" have either out and out quit, or slowed way down. It has not given them a fire in their hearts to succeed in SFI. Most have not thanked me, just quit.

I do still give out rewards, though most not pre-announced, like for completing the LaunchPad quizes. I used to give 10 TCredits for that, but now give a Gift Certificate that will buy 10 TCredits. The money comes back if they do not use it, the TCredits are lost forever if not used. Achieving EA2 also deserves an unexpected reward.

I try to give rewards that will teach my new affiliates about how to order products, or some other facet of this business, along with the encouragement and recognition that goes with most rewards.
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Bride--Reward?

When you offer a contest with a prize, is it a bribe or incentive to get them to perform the desired action? We look at it as guiding our PSAs and other affiliates to do what is necessary to gain success. When they do it, we reward them. Or if it is a competition, we reward the winners. ---For doing what they should have been doing for themselves all along.

When we send a Gift Certificate or TCredits to someone who needs just a tiny help to get to the next level,
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 241

They majority of the answers to this question are very "me, me, me" oriented. They all say to write as often as you need help. So does that mean that you keep quiet unles you are asking your sponsor or co-sponsor for something?

What about all the questions he asks you and you never answer? Is it any more right for you to expect answers when you ask than if he asks and you don't answer?

Well, my answer to this question is that communication goes in both direction. Both sides need to answer the questions. How can he answer some questions for you unless he knows what some of your hardships are?

For instance how would you like it if your sponsor kept insisting that you log in every day without fail, and you have to paddle a canoe to get to a computer cafe? I'm not talking about giving excuses, but the realities of your life.

Ask for his help when you need it, respond to his communications, and don't expect a one on one answer each time. Sometimes your question becomes the subject ot a team mail and you get your answer there.

Yes, most questions can be answered by reading the materials that SFI provides, but sometimes there is just a fog over someone and they must keep asking questions. Most sponsors even when they are busy will respond. They know that in time the affiliate will either see the big picture and not ask as many questions, or they will go dormant.

I much prefer to have an affiliate ask as many questions as they can think up, much more than the one who opts out and gives as the reason "didn't understand."
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They majority of the answers to this question are very "me, me, me" oriented. They all say to write as often as you need help. So does that mean that you keep quiet unles you are asking your sponsor or co-sponsor for something?

What about all the questions he asks you and you never answer? Is it any more right for you to expect answers when you ask than if he asks and you don't answer?

Well, my answer to this question is that communication goes in both direction.
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 241

If I had it to over again, actually, I could stat now) I would put much more effort into advertising using all of the available gateways and my prestige domains. I wouldn't just play at it. I would set realistic goals for so many ads per day, and allot time each day for this activity.

I would actually read the ebooks that I have bought about using the computer, writing ads, and leadership. I would learn the ins and outs, nuts and bolts of using the computer and the jargon that goes with it.

I would take time out to update my profile and TConnect Page introductions. And update my Goals.

I would look at how far I've come rather than how far I have yet to go.
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If I had it to over again, actually, I could stat now) I would put much more effort into advertising using all of the available gateways and my prestige domains. I wouldn't just play at it. I would set realistic goals for so many ads per day, and allot time each day for this activity.

I would actually read the ebooks that I have bought about using the computer, writing ads, and leadership. I would learn the ins and outs, nuts and bolts of using the computer and the jargon that goes with
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 241

A photo of you gives unobstructed view
direct from your heart to your prospect.

A prospect will know right from the start,
whether it's a go, or should he depart?

You open your eyes, open your smile.
Comb out your hair and plan what to wear.

Sit alone, stand alone. No spouse, no child, no pet.
Be friendly, strong and confident. Success you'll see, yet.

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

This is a personal decision that you have to make after deciding just where you fit into the development of your business. Or later on, when you are advising your team.

When you are first starting out, or your team members are, it is wise for you or them to buy a share or more of S Builder's co-op. This will ensure that you begin to add PSAs and /or PRMs to your team at a time when you are very busy just learning about what SFI entails.Of course, you have to wait about 7 weeks for then to begin to show up on your genealogy, but they come when you are least able to recruit them yourself.

You will notice that after you have finished all the assignments on your To Do List, that there is still a lot of training articles, such as the Expert Reports, Internet Income, Affiliate Tips, ASK SC, and the Archives. So You may want to hold off a few months before you are ready for the IAHBE.

Instead, this is a time when you are hard pressed to come up with your 3000 vp for your BTL. You have some PSAs from S Builder, and hopefully you have begun to be skillful at advertising and talking to your family and friends. You are training them, but they may not be earning you any vps for leadership as yet.

So what you want now is to buy T Credits. As many as you can afford.What you get are the TCredits, of course, but also the Sales vp that goes with the purchase. If you are willing to spend your money, gaining EA2 or BTL is not very hard. You simply buy 1500 or 2000 vp and fill out the rest of the requirement with Action vp. But those action vp are hard to come by if you do not plan for them.

With T Credits, we can play the PriceBender Auctions and get one Action vp for every TCredit that we spend on a bid, plus 5 MRP that can be used to by more T Credits.

As your business grows, your team sends leadership vp up your way, you want to become the best leader, advertiser, sponsor, that you can be: now is the time for the IAHBE.
If you look at the profiles of the top leaders on every list in SFI,you will see that most of the subscribe to IAHBE.
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This is a personal decision that you have to make after deciding just where you fit into the development of your business. Or later on, when you are advising your team.

When you are first starting out, or your team members are, it is wise for you or them to buy a share or more of S Builder's co-op. This will ensure that you begin to add PSAs and /or PRMs to your team at a time when you are very busy just learning about what SFI entails.Of course, you have to wait about 7 weeks for then
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 241

Considering all the great tools that SFI has to offer, I would say the most important one is the Genealogy and all of it's various parts.

With it we can keep track of the progress of all of our PSA, CSAs and Generations. We can see both their growth in VP and keep track of their log ins.

We can look at where they are from and use that information to build local teams by using the reassignment page. If we choose to use a translator, we can this to group languages by sending to each country.

We can send Gift Certificates, TCredits, and letter to specific people.

We can send letters to large groups of affiliates or narrow it down to a limited group or even just one person.

While you may consider each tab on the Genealogy to be a single tool, together they form a very impressive mechanism to manage our teams.
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Considering all the great tools that SFI has to offer, I would say the most important one is the Genealogy and all of it's various parts.

With it we can keep track of the progress of all of our PSA, CSAs and Generations. We can see both their growth in VP and keep track of their log ins.

We can look at where they are from and use that information to build local teams by using the reassignment page. If we choose to use a translator, we can this to group languages by sending to
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 241

As a new Team Leader, you should still be trying to gain as many PSAs as possible, but at the same time you should be developing and training those who are showing a keen interest in succeeding with SFI. As your numbers increase, you will quickly be able to spot your star Affiliates and, as you do that, you will want to help them keep up their enthusiasm. You will then begin to think of reassignments.

The number of PSAs is not always the best determining factor as to when you should begin to reassign.Reassigning affiliates is one way to bolster enthusiasm, if done in the right manner. It also strengthens your team. And it gives the chance to group people from the same country, language, culture together so all can understand how to succeed with SFI.

So you will want to look at your list of PSAs who are eligible to be reassigned.
You will find there are three groups:
1) Those that have not make much progress since logging in,
2) Those who have worked on their To Do List but have stopped
3) Those who has earned at least 600 vp in the past 90 days.

Now you will have to determine the purpose you are doing the transfer:
1) So you can get the 5 vp for doing the transfer
2) So the receiving PSA will have someone to write and receive the 120 vp per month for using the mailers
3) To truly give your star PSAs a start on building an active team.

Then you look to see who fits into which category.

You will probably find that you have an over abundance of do-nothing PSAs and you can easily reassign them to your PSAs who need some in order to begin to learn the Genealogy, use the Mailers, and learn how to lead. There' probably no question of whether you can afford to give them up. EXCEPT you must prepare your receiving PSA to understand that these are to help him practice using the methods SFI provides so he will be ready when he gets some active PSAs of his own.

As you look at your list of PSAs, you will look to see how many workers you have that are worthy of receiving reassigned PSAs and how many you have to reassign. Remember, you do not want to give out all of your good workers. This is not a one time process.
You want to keep some promising workers for yourself.

It is said that 5 good workers will eventually build a decent sized group of workers. I would keep more than that in my front line, So I would not begin to reassign the good workers until I had more than that number.

Also, the person being reassigned and the receiving PSA should be notified and
assured of the benefits for both of them, and asked if they are ready for this reassignment.

If when you look at your list of PSAs and you have some who are really working hard enough to be rewarded with valuable, working PSAs, but you do not have many available working PSAs to reward all of your reward worthy PSAs, then stack them.

Lets say that A has 600 vp and two working PSAs, B has 750 vp with 3 PSAs, C has 450 vp with no PSAs, and D,E,F have less than 100 vp. C needs the practice and use of the mailers so give him D,E, and F with the understanding that they will give him experience and when he proves himself, you will give him an active PSA. Then give C to B as a reward to B and a help to C. And finally give B to A not only as a reward, but also as a challenge to keep ahead of B.

This not only builds depth, but rewards A,B,and C, by giving B, C, D, E, F potential successful upline, while retaining your help in the future. You only earn 5 vp from this reassignment, but you are building depth and strength into your team.

Another very useful use for reassignments is to link affiliates who speak the same language or have the same culture. By placing a downline under an active person who speaks the language and knows the local ins and outs, it can strengthen him and make the business a lot easier on those who don't understand what it's all about.

This cultural reassignment might bring strength to your team even before you feel that you have enough generation 1 PSAs.

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As a new Team Leader, you should still be trying to gain as many PSAs as possible, but at the same time you should be developing and training those who are showing a keen interest in succeeding with SFI. As your numbers increase, you will quickly be able to spot your star Affiliates and, as you do that, you will want to help them keep up their enthusiasm. You will then begin to think of reassignments.

The number of PSAs is not always the best determining factor as to when you should begin
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 241

I think we should advise our new PSAs to slow down and pace themselves. But we must do it carefully and tell them the "why" of that.

It is rare that we should ever want to stifle a new PSA's momentum and excitement as that could cause them to slow too much and never resume an active pace.

On the other hand, I became STL in the first few weeks of membership and then I had a hard time maintaining BTL for a while after that. In the second month we get paid for our first month and it is a let down. So many new affiliates stop working.

Instead, if we tell them how to do the red tabs, and to pace their To Do List so that they can maintain EA2 for several months, that will be encouraging that they will be able to reach their goal each month.

Throw in the fact that whatever they buy at TripleClicks will also help to stretch those To Do List VP will help them to even reach BTL at an earlier time. And to see an increase in their commissions.

Putting aside the question of being a Team Leader without having a team, there is an advantage to becoming a BTL early on. You get a good share of second home CSAs, the $10 first time reward for BTL and that badge. They are ready to show their prospects that they have the knowledge and talent to do this business. New PSAs do not want to be lead into a business by someone equally new as they are. They want experience.

I have seen lots of new STLs who, like me, sped through the To Do List and became STL in their first month of active membership. They got their name, if not their face, because they hadn't gotten their Profile pic done yet, on the New STL LeaderBoard and no one really notices it. And once you are there, you won't be put on when you really have earned the status because you have an active team to lead.

My important time wasn't that first time, early on, but when I really had worked for it and the points just added up to it.
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I think we should advise our new PSAs to slow down and pace themselves. But we must do it carefully and tell them the "why" of that.

It is rare that we should ever want to stifle a new PSA's momentum and excitement as that could cause them to slow too much and never resume an active pace.

On the other hand, I became STL in the first few weeks of membership and then I had a hard time maintaining BTL for a while after that. In the second month we get paid for our first
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 241

I've read a few of the answers to this question and I think many authors are short-sighted. The question is asked about spending "extra" money. That means that it does not have to pay for vp. The sales vp is already paid for. He has met his sales quota for the badge he wants to earn. Otherwise it wouldn't be extra, it would be budgeted.

He is interested in maximizing his money, his efforts, and his SFI Business. Paid advertising is one suggestion. Another is hosting an informational meeting. If he prefers to not have a group of people in his home, then he can rent a room from some business or meet at a restaurant where he would pay for drinks and maybe a tray of finger food or cookies. He would also want to have some marketing aids with him to pass out to the attendees.

Another idea is to buy several of the marketing aids such as brochures, post cards, business cards and mail them to those PSAs who will give him their mailing addresses. You can see what each PSA buys from TC and it does not often include these marketing aids.

A couple or so of each in a business sized envelope would not cost that much. Write them by email when you send it so you are not paying postage for what can be done for free. Tell them that they should use them to illustrate what they are talking about. Tell them to be really sure about who to give them out to because once they are given out, the PSA won't have any more to pass out.

If there is extra money the next month, perhaps a contest could be set up where a whole pack of marketing aids could be won.
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I've read a few of the answers to this question and I think many authors are short-sighted. The question is asked about spending "extra" money. That means that it does not have to pay for vp. The sales vp is already paid for. He has met his sales quota for the badge he wants to earn. Otherwise it wouldn't be extra, it would be budgeted.

He is interested in maximizing his money, his efforts, and his SFI Business. Paid advertising is one suggestion. Another is hosting an informational
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