Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 245

I lack computer knowledge and here's how I've done it so far. I have relied on my friends' young adult children to get my photo on my profile and my ECA items for sale. Wonderfully, this has given me an in to show the business to 4 qualified prospects.

I know pretty much how to send email, but not the PC part of my computer. I use the "draft" folder to store really great things I have written or have copy and pasted there.

I also have many other folders to keep things in such as: SFI, TC, PSA, Sponsor, and other subjects that I may want to store and find.

I can receive and retrieve most ebooks that I have ordered, though I have had my daughter show how to do that.

Basically, when I am ready to move on to a more difficult task, I ask someone to help me learn it.

It also helps tremendously when someone puts the steps on the Forum or Ask.

Most people thing we all know all the language and basics so their answers are not good when they do not explain in very simple terms. Please do not assume that we even know what or where our cookies are.

But back to the question, just as it looks confusing when you first look at SFI, so does the computer, but when you get to the hands on, it opens up in a much easier than expected way.
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I lack computer knowledge and here's how I've done it so far. I have relied on my friends' young adult children to get my photo on my profile and my ECA items for sale. Wonderfully, this has given me an in to show the business to 4 qualified prospects.

I know pretty much how to send email, but not the PC part of my computer. I use the "draft" folder to store really great things I have written or have copy and pasted there.

I also have many other folders to keep things
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 245

This is why it is important to establish a good relationship right away with your new PSAs and CSAs. By relationship, I mean a friendly but respectful business relationship. Business people don't always talk business. They also talk about family, hobbies, interests, ans yes, business. When you have this kind of ease of talking with an associate, you have more of a feel for how he is perceiving his business.

Hopefully this will give you time to counter act any negativity from the home. But before this, you should always be positive about the business to him. Be honest, there are a number of discouraging factors, but turn them into challenges that have solutions.

If he is being accused of wasting time, help him to figure how he values his time and where he should spend his time. My goodness, families turn the television on when the kids get home from school and watch it constantly until 11:30 pm. And then it's back on in the morning. To me that's time that could be spent working on this business. What are his priorities?

We spend time on SFI in two ways: our daily hours doing the business, and the months and years it takes to develop it and maintain it.

We must encourage him to keep doing the daily work, including putting in ads. But his spouse and children want his attention, so he has to juggle his time around. Maybe do some in early morning, or later in the evening or after spouse goes to sleep. Many cell phones allow you to do the Daily's during spare time.

As to the question of weeks, months, years, you need to help him understand that the more advertising he can do, the faster his team will build and the shorter time it will take to realize some good money. This also requires doing all that SFI says to do and more, read, participate in Forum and Ask SC, keep corresponding. Concentrated effort brings faster results than hit and miss effort.

Help him set some realistic goals. Keep encouraging him, one pat on the back won't compare to daily draws from the family. Ask him how he is doing on his goals. Help him to figure out how to meet them or to readjust them if necessary. Goals are to help you succeed, not shame you for missing them.

Finally, show him how to actually make money with SFI, selling and using TC products, selling his thing on his T Connect Page, becoming and ECA, etc.
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This is why it is important to establish a good relationship right away with your new PSAs and CSAs. By relationship, I mean a friendly but respectful business relationship. Business people don't always talk business. They also talk about family, hobbies, interests, ans yes, business. When you have this kind of ease of talking with an associate, you have more of a feel for how he is perceiving his business.

Hopefully this will give you time to counter act any negativity from the home.
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 245

Do not ignore these people. They have enrolled as a SFI affiliate and are just that until they Opt-Out or are purged. Do you think they will ever find what they are looking for outside SFI? Not likely. Since most of these haven't red very much of their training lessons, they probably don't even know how to opt out. I've told many people how to Opt -Out. None whom I've told have done that. A few others do, but so far none that I've told about optin out have.

It is hard to get someone restarted or even started in the first place. But not all idle affiliates have deleted SFI from their memories. Some are still reading the communications. And you will notice that some log in and do nothing. They are checking the pulse. I write to those people personally and try to find out what is keeping them from becoming active. few time during the year I also write the inactives and remind them that they are still SFI affiliates.

The rest I send the same group mails to that I send the active Affiliates. In these mailings I try to solve a few un-named problems that they might be having, that is if they have looked at the Training. I have had affiliates who after a year of inactivity have begun to earn vp. So while those with thousands of affiliates "work with those who work", I have spent money and time to gather my affiliates and I regard them as potentially valuable, worth spending some time on, building up their confidence in themselves. Does it always work? Nope. But would you want your sponsor to have disregarded you at the beginning?

For those of you who were, you know what it feels like.It's not always so important because you need the actual help, but you need the encouragement and empowermant from someone who have faith in your ability to do it.
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Do not ignore these people. They have enrolled as a SFI affiliate and are just that until they Opt-Out or are purged. Do you think they will ever find what they are looking for outside SFI? Not likely. Since most of these haven't red very much of their training lessons, they probably don't even know how to opt out. I've told many people how to Opt -Out. None whom I've told have done that. A few others do, but so far none that I've told about optin out have.

It is hard to get someone restarted
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 245

I think that sometimes we try too hard to present a totally professional business attitude. I can write until my fingers are nubs and no one answers. Then I send the wrong letter out to a group and have to send an apology with the correct letter . And even people who have not logged in for a year have responded. So they are reading their email from me when they don't log in. Or some of them, anyway.

That's not the best way to get attention, but it tells me that some of my people like to know I'm human and do err.

Another way I get response is to pick in your face topics, like "are we making money, yet," "is this the last time you will her from me?" (to the red flags), "what happens after graduation?' (for those who have completed the To Do List training and run out of easy vp). I try to touch on many different topics that I suspect they are wrestling with. I have had a fair amount of response on these.

But I like writing to just one individual after looking at their profile and VP Ledger and offering help in certain areas.

As I expect is normal, most people do not respond back. I just keep writing to my expanded genealogy with the same letters I send my team.

I send letters to those on My Movers and have had good response from them. Not all, but I have good relationship with some.

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I think that sometimes we try too hard to present a totally professional business attitude. I can write until my fingers are nubs and no one answers. Then I send the wrong letter out to a group and have to send an apology with the correct letter . And even people who have not logged in for a year have responded. So they are reading their email from me when they don't log in. Or some of them, anyway.

That's not the best way to get attention, but it tells me that some of my people like
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 245

The best answer to "How to be successful without investing any money" is change your mindset and invest some money. Put time and effort into earning and allotting money for this business.

What is success? Surely not what most BTL's earn when they don't invest any money? All businesses depend on the exchange of money or physical objects or services.

When you think small, you invest small. When you invest small, it is usually in all areas, such as time, effort, imagination, creativity, and money.

Do you want your team to follow what you are doing? Then keep doing what you are already doing. Teach them to get by spending no money, taking little steps that will get them to the minimum goal, never trying to upgrade their status.

Teach them not to buy products, that's OK with you, you just get most of your SFI commission through what they buy. And you are not investing and buying anyway. Never mind that your sponsor is also giving up his commission on anything you are not buying.

Think of what your responsibilities are here at SFI and stop convincing others to go the s-l-o-w way that takes so much effort that they will surely quite before they see success in any true sense of the word.
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The best answer to "How to be successful without investing any money" is change your mindset and invest some money. Put time and effort into earning and allotting money for this business.

What is success? Surely not what most BTL's earn when they don't invest any money? All businesses depend on the exchange of money or physical objects or services.

When you think small, you invest small. When you invest small, it is usually in all areas, such as time, effort, imagination,
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 245

You want success stories? Then scroll down to the bottome of this very page to "What Others Are Saying." Read it.

Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 245

Because business owners are swamped with mail offering a good deal, or wanting them to buy or do something, I'm afraid that the ECA postcards that are mailed or handed to a prospective ECA are just discarded without being given any attention.

The cards are much more useful if the prospective ECA is interviewed and told about the ECA program, what it can do for him and the economy of the area and then given the ECA brochure at that time. Go over the brochure with him so he sees each page and will be familiar with the material when he sees it again. He is less likely to throw the brochure away after seeing it, or the ensuing cards.

Then a few days later, send him the ECA postcard with a little personal note in it. Wait a couple of weeks and send another card with another note on it. And follow that up with another visit or phone call.

This method is excellent for turning a vacation into a working vacation with follow ups from home.
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Because business owners are swamped with mail offering a good deal, or wanting them to buy or do something, I'm afraid that the ECA postcards that are mailed or handed to a prospective ECA are just discarded without being given any attention.

The cards are much more useful if the prospective ECA is interviewed and told about the ECA program, what it can do for him and the economy of the area and then given the ECA brochure at that time. Go over the brochure with him so he sees each page
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 245

To know if you are on the right track, you must look at your To Do List. This is a business that takes time, so of course, you must watch what you have done and plan what you will be doing. Make goals and keep them in your sights.

Are you acquiring good business habits? Do you earn all of your Daily, Weekly, and Monthly VP? These activities are intended to help you for the habits needed for success.

Are you advertising your business? Are you finding at least one new way to advertise everyday? Are you maintaining and keeping your ads current?

Are you keeping in contact with those you sponsor and co-sponsor? Do you write them even if they do not write back to you?

Do you read and participate in the Forum? Yo will find a lot of great advice there.

Are you buying and selling TripleClicks products?

If you are doing these things and NEVER give up or let discouragement get you down, then you are on the right road.
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To know if you are on the right track, you must look at your To Do List. This is a business that takes time, so of course, you must watch what you have done and plan what you will be doing. Make goals and keep them in your sights.

Are you acquiring good business habits? Do you earn all of your Daily, Weekly, and Monthly VP? These activities are intended to help you for the habits needed for success.

Are you advertising your business? Are you finding at least one new way to advertise
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 245

Never give up. Keep learning, advertising, and communicating.
1) Keep learning about internet marketing, salesmanship, leadership, the products, attitudes, and other useful subjects. The more you know, the more you can teach.

2) Advertise to the public, friends, and your affiliates, both PSA, CSAss and PRMs. Advertise the SFI and TC programs and all their money streams. Advertise individual products and the ECAs who sell them, especially advertise your personally sponsored ECAs. Advertise on the internet using free and paid advertising, and also use hard copy and broadcast advertisements.

3) Communicate with your upline, all of them who are willing to respond to you. Also your downline: PSAs, CSAs, and the lower generations, and all of those silent ones who are waiting in the shadows to get started. They have not opted out so they deserve to be on your group mailers even if they are not working. They are waiting for something. They may not know what it is, but when you send it to them, they will know and begin to work.
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Never give up. Keep learning, advertising, and communicating.
1) Keep learning about internet marketing, salesmanship, leadership, the products, attitudes, and other useful subjects. The more you know, the more you can teach.

2) Advertise to the public, friends, and your affiliates, both PSA, CSAss and PRMs. Advertise the SFI and TC programs and all their money streams. Advertise individual products and the ECAs who sell them, especially advertise your personally sponsored ECAs. Advertise
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 245

1) Be honest with your affiliates. They have to pedal their own bike to succeed in this business.You are not riding a tandem bike where you do all the work and he coasts. We can guide and encourage, but they have to do the work.

2) Share personal experiences, ups and downs. Become a real person to them. Let them know that you also went through some of what they are going through. That they are not alone in this.

3) Turn the negatives into valuable lessons.
All businesses face setbacks, hardships, and, frustrations. Each one that is overcome, teaches a little about business life.

4)Give incentives. Offer rewards and contests. Remind them how they will be rewarded if they do the next step. Use the compensation plan to order your thoughts here.

5)Help them understand the different money streams offered and the way they work, the requirements, and the the solutions to what might be holding them from achieving success in each stream.
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1) Be honest with your affiliates. They have to pedal their own bike to succeed in this business.You are not riding a tandem bike where you do all the work and he coasts. We can guide and encourage, but they have to do the work.

2) Share personal experiences, ups and downs. Become a real person to them. Let them know that you also went through some of what they are going through. That they are not alone in this.

3) Turn the negatives into valuable lessons.
All businesses
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