Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

I presume that you are wanting your sponsor to respond to questions and calls for help and support.

1. If your sponsor is non-responsive, your next port of call is your co-sponsor. Both these people benefit from your work and are there to help you grow your business.

2. You can also contact your sponsor's immediate upline. This person also benefits from your efforts and should be willing to help. He/she is generally more experienced in the business.

3. You can also seek help from other affiliates via the Forum or your A2A friends. I find that most SFI people are willing and readily available to help other affiliates.

4. You can also contact the Support Desk. The people there are most knowledgeable and they provide a great service.

5. If you are in a position to rate your sponsor, I would recommend that give an honest rating, entering in the comments area what you are unhappy about and how he/she can improve. If possible site incidents to support your comments.

6. Whatever you do, do not give up. The sponsors are aids to help you grow your business, provide support and encouragement. SFI in fact provides all the training you need and the tools to set up your business on a firm base. The main ingredient of a successful business is you. You need to be self motivated, you need to do the training, you need to apply what you learn and put it in practice, you need to be patient, you need to front up and seek advice from others in your team. Your success will stand and fall on you.

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I presume that you are wanting your sponsor to respond to questions and calls for help and support.

1. If your sponsor is non-responsive, your next port of call is your co-sponsor. Both these people benefit from your work and are there to help you grow your business.

2. You can also contact your sponsor's immediate upline. This person also benefits from your efforts and should be willing to help. He/she is generally more experienced in the business.

3. You can
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

‘Lazy and unmotivated affiliates’ are people who have signed up to SFI but have then done nothing to build their businesses or who log in infrequently.

You have rightly identified what needs to be done and that is to motivate them.

The reason why they are not active is best known to them but I do believe that the basic cause is the lack of knowledge or appreciation of what SFI is all about.

They need to know about SFI, they need to understand its potential for them. Once they come to know this, once their eyes are ‘open’ to what SFI can do for them they will no longer be ‘lazy’ or ‘unmotivated.’ They will be passionate about SFI, will log in daily and will participate fully in SFI activities. They will be fully active.

Our role therefore as sponsors is to ‘open’ their eyes to SFI. We want to motivate them.
How do we do this?

The simple answer is to make contact with them and tell them about SFI. The secret however is to be consistent and to be patient with them. Regularly contact them. Sure, focus on your workers, they deserve your best, but as long as these unmotivated affiliates have not opt out of SFI, they all have the potential to become fully active members. Contact them regularly. Don’t be put off by their inactivity, by their not responding to your messages. Just keep on sending them messages. I regularly use group mail for these people.

Make the tone of your messages friendly and upbeat whenever possible. Remember you have something to offer them. They are potential beneficiaries and what you have is a free solution, a free means of achieving their financial goals.

I find that sending them testimonials of what other affiliates have said can be helpful.
The chart comparing SFI with similar business at www.sfimg.com/ReviewSIM/SFIComparisonChart.pdf can also be helpful.
I also send them a brief overview of the SFI business and I find this seems to work well when combined with the ‘comparison chart.’

Let them know about all the happenings at SFI/TripleClicks – auctions, games etc... Tell them about your winnings, team members winnings, milestones, team competitions, incentives etc..

Just keep on connecting with them. Never give up!

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‘Lazy and unmotivated affiliates’ are people who have signed up to SFI but have then done nothing to build their businesses or who log in infrequently.

You have rightly identified what needs to be done and that is to motivate them.

The reason why they are not active is best known to them but I do believe that the basic cause is the lack of knowledge or appreciation of what SFI is all about.

They need to know about SFI, they need to understand its potential
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

If the person is physically disable, so long as she/he can use a computer he/she has the same opportunity of building a successful SFI business as the able body persons. If its a mental disability then he/she will really find it hard.

Regarding the lack of marketing skills, that can be rectified. Marketing skills can be taught and that's where sponsors come in. If you are the sponsor, I would recommend that you teach him/her at least the basics of marketing and encourage them to get out there and do it. If it goes wrong, chances are that no major harm will be done. They can learn from their mistakes and keep on learning.

You cant do all the work or course, so encourage him/her to explore the internet, check out others marketing strategies,follow some of them, do some marketing courses etc..

Whether a person is disable or not, whether they know anything about marketing or running a business or not - with your help as a sponsor he/she can certainly build a successful SFI business.


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If the person is physically disable, so long as she/he can use a computer he/she has the same opportunity of building a successful SFI business as the able body persons. If its a mental disability then he/she will really find it hard.

Regarding the lack of marketing skills, that can be rectified. Marketing skills can be taught and that's where sponsors come in. If you are the sponsor, I would recommend that you teach him/her at least the basics of marketing and encourage them
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

The SFI system is well and truly tested.
It has been around online for almost 17 years.
It is well laid out and many people have attested to its awesomeness not just by what they say but as evidenced by their financial successes.

Having said all that, this is your business and you run it as you would run any other business. Your own personal touches and strategies are all OK. The only stipulations are that you stay within the Affiliates Contract conditions including its amendments.

If your strategies include being involved in other businesses similar to SFI, thats your call, but I would strongly advice against doing do. I believe doing so will cause divided loyalty and you will not be able to devote as much time as your are now to SFI. It can also cause conflict of interest.

I would stay with the SFI system using all their tools and experience to grow my business.
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The SFI system is well and truly tested.
It has been around online for almost 17 years.
It is well laid out and many people have attested to its awesomeness not just by what they say but as evidenced by their financial successes.

Having said all that, this is your business and you run it as you would run any other business. Your own personal touches and strategies are all OK. The only stipulations are that you stay within the Affiliates Contract conditions including its amendments.

If
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

Very early in my relationship with all my affiliates, I try to find out what their native language is.

Often affiliates will put down English as their primary language but I often find their level of English cannot cope with the SFI business. A clue to this is the Launchpad lessons. They would often click as having done the lessons but then ask questions about what had just been covered in the lessons indicating that they did not understand it at all.

I strongly encourage you to be patient with them. You do not want to hurt their pride by pointing out that their English is inadequate. Be diplomatic about it. Find out their native tongue and simply communicate with them using their native language.

I write down what I want to say in English then translate it into their language and then translate it back to English. I do this to ensure that whatever is said in their language is as close as possible to what I want to say to them in English. Try to avoid slang and sayings that are particular to English – eg ‘down the gurgler’ is a saying which means wasted, or being flushed down the toilet. It would be meaningless to those who live in countries where there are no flushed toilets!

At the beginning I often send to the affiliates both my English message and the translated message. If they respond to me in their native language then I would know that is their preferred language and would use it from then on. Sure there’s extra work involved in what I do but I am satisfied that its well worth it.

As sponsors we are there to help our team members. Lets help them by giving them the best possible chance of succeeding in SFI.

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Very early in my relationship with all my affiliates, I try to find out what their native language is.

Often affiliates will put down English as their primary language but I often find their level of English cannot cope with the SFI business. A clue to this is the Launchpad lessons. They would often click as having done the lessons but then ask questions about what had just been covered in the lessons indicating that they did not understand it at all.

I strongly encourage
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

PRMs have the potential of earning you 45% of their purchases CV as well as earning you all the SVPs associated with the items they have purchased. These are the benefits to you as the referrer.

PRMs however are similar to PSAs. Just as there are possibly thousands of inactive PSAs so are the PRMs. Many of them just sign up but never purchase anything.

ECAs on the other hand are business people. Their focus is to make money. They have signed up as ECAs because they want to make money. They are already running businesses themselves or have spent money purchasing the Sellers Certificate from SFI. They have already invested money in their businesses. They want to succeed in their ECA role with SFI.

As the person who referred the ECA you will benefit as follows:

1. You will receive 100 AVPs when your referral is accepted as an ECA and they make their 1st $10 in sales.
2. Your referred ECAs will pay 15% commission to TripleClicks on all their sale. Of that 15% - 10% will come to you for life on all their sales
3. If you help promote your referred ECAs and you refer PRMs to them and the PRMs make purchases from those ECAs, you receive 45% from your PRMs purchases (and the SVPs) and the 10% of what the ECAs pay - earning yourself a neat 55% CV.
4. If your PSAs purchase from your referred ECAs, again you get 55% CV
5. If any of your CSAs buy from your referred ECAs you will receive 15% CV of their purchases plus the 10% of ECAs payment - a total of 25% of the CV.

Clearly referring ECAs is much more profitable in the long run.





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PRMs have the potential of earning you 45% of their purchases CV as well as earning you all the SVPs associated with the items they have purchased. These are the benefits to you as the referrer.

PRMs however are similar to PSAs. Just as there are possibly thousands of inactive PSAs so are the PRMs. Many of them just sign up but never purchase anything.

ECAs on the other hand are business people. Their focus is to make money. They have signed up as ECAs because they want
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

The ECA tab at the Affiliate Centre is primarily for the promotion of ECAs and their products and members are encourage to view the featured ECAs products.

Have a look at the products and see if you come across products that you think may be useful for business growth, make note of them and purchase them yourself. If they work out well for you, you may want to recommend them to your team. Products such as marketing books & tools, self development literature, website building and promotions etc.. are all good for business building/growth.

I haven’t come across any rules against it in SFI but if it’s possible, and you are excited about any product you have tested and want to promote it to your team, why not contact the ECA and see if your team can bulk buy at a reduced rate?

Remember - business growth for your affiliates is also business growth for your business.

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The ECA tab at the Affiliate Centre is primarily for the promotion of ECAs and their products and members are encourage to view the featured ECAs products.

Have a look at the products and see if you come across products that you think may be useful for business growth, make note of them and purchase them yourself. If they work out well for you, you may want to recommend them to your team. Products such as marketing books & tools, self development literature, website building and
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

I am not a great fan of traffic exchange websites.

The website members are all driving or promoting some sort of business and are all competing for each others attention. When I was involved, my focus was simply to click on the next ad so that I can earn my credits within the time frame. I never read the ads that flashed past in front of me. That was me, and I suspect all the other members do the same.

I never had much luck with traffic exchanges and have moved onto other forms of promotions.

As far as I can tell, the only people who could have had a lot of success on traffic exchanges are those people who had banners permanently or semi permanently fixed on the home page.
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I am not a great fan of traffic exchange websites.

The website members are all driving or promoting some sort of business and are all competing for each others attention. When I was involved, my focus was simply to click on the next ad so that I can earn my credits within the time frame. I never read the ads that flashed past in front of me. That was me, and I suspect all the other members do the same.

I never had much luck with traffic exchanges and have moved onto other
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

I wish I know them all so I can avoid doing them myself!

For a start go to https://www.sfimg.com/Training/AwesomeSponsor? There you will find the Dos and Don't of sponsoring but to answer your question I will mention here some of the things that are dear to me. I will frame them in the positive - what to do. The opposite are what to avoid.

- Regardless of the level of the affiliates keep in constant contact with them. How much depends on their level. Nurture the ones who are starting out and needing help but keep on encouraging those who are established. We all need a boost now and then.
In other words, do not neglect your affiliates.
- Welcome them warmly when they first join.
- Remember what it was like when you first joined. Regardless of your enthusiasm and knowledge there was still plenty to do and learn. Don't bombard them with emails etc. Just encourage them to do their training and if they need help you are there for them.
- Impress upon them your role and that you are there for them
- Be encouraging and never give them the slightest impression that you are there for selfish reasons, that you are only saying and asking them to do things because you are solely after money. Be genuine in helping them to succeed.
- Make suggestions to them, tips etc. Do not command them. They are in control of their businesses, not you.
- Be patient with them. Some of them without doing the training will ask you - what do I do? how do I get paid? etc.. Be patient and give them a brief summary and then gently steer them to the right places on the site for them for a full answer. Never put them down.
- Be honest with them. If you say that your are doing something for them, do it. They need to know that they can rely on you, that they can trust you.
- Help them to be successful, with sales, recruitment etc. You want duplication. If they are successful, you will also be successful. You should therefore help them with sponsoring their own affiliates, coaching them to be awesome sponsors.

There are a lot more that can be said here but as I said before these are only some of the thing s that are dear to me. Have a look at the 'Training' for how to be an awesome sponsor.

Blessings.
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I wish I know them all so I can avoid doing them myself!

For a start go to https://www.sfimg.com/Training/AwesomeSponsor? There you will find the Dos and Don't of sponsoring but to answer your question I will mention here some of the things that are dear to me. I will frame them in the positive - what to do. The opposite are what to avoid.

- Regardless of the level of the affiliates keep in constant contact with them. How much depends on their level. Nurture the ones who
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

Your SFI team can comprise of PSAs, CSAs and ECAs. Which one you focus on is a personal preference and I know that a lot of members concentrate on building up the number of PSAs in their teams.

Whatever your preference is, your first priority if you want to build your SFI team is to go out there and recruit them. Others will tell you that you need to learn 1st about the business and how to be an awesome sponsor. I disagree with this approach.

We all have sponsors and co sponsors. We also have team leaders as uplines. These are resources that are readily available to us to help build our businesses. They can help and can train us to be awesome sponsors to those who we recruit.

I encourage my team members to go out there and start recruiting from day 1 and I also promise and undertake to help them sponsor their affiliates. Some have taken up this challenge, I try to fulfill my promise of helping them as sponsors and some of these members are building up their teams nicely.

I also run team competitions - for example whoever recruits the most PSA during the month gets a prize of a recruiting campaign. I set up the campaigns for them and pay for them myself. They get all the signups - building their teams. I also offer other incentives, reassignments etc all to do with building up their teams. None of these are monetary payments or gifts.

Never treat you CSAs as second class team members. Remember we are all someone else's CSAs. Your CSAs are very important members of your team. I treat my CSAs the same as my other members and also offer them training, encouragement and incentives.

I know of some successful SFI members whose teams are made up largely of CSAs. They acquire CSAs as second home CSAs through their rank qualifications. They also acquire them through the TripleClicks Auctions. So if you want to build up the number of CSAs in your team, become at least EA every month and also bid for those CSAs (brand new ones) at the auctions. Never fail to reach EA every month otherwise all the CSAs in your team will be forfeited, regardless of how you obtained them.

Recruiting and building up the number of ECAs in your team is another important area that is often overlooked. Remember not only do you get rewarded for recruiting and sponsoring them but you also earn royalties for life on all their sales. This is residual income. Become an ECA yourself if you are able to. It makes recruiting other ECAs easier.

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Your SFI team can comprise of PSAs, CSAs and ECAs. Which one you focus on is a personal preference and I know that a lot of members concentrate on building up the number of PSAs in their teams.

Whatever your preference is, your first priority if you want to build your SFI team is to go out there and recruit them. Others will tell you that you need to learn 1st about the business and how to be an awesome sponsor. I disagree with this approach.

We all have sponsors and
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