Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

Did you want the best or the least expensive?

The easiest way to make a website for your SFI business that will rank on search engines and grow virally is with the Wordpress Blogging Platform. It has tools, features, and optional plugins that make it the most used CMS or Content Management Solution on the web today.

Regardless of Wordpress or other self hosted scrip and domain name you need quality hosting that provides little if any downtime. The absolute worst things that you can do is use a free blog or free website like WIX or Blogger and expect major success. You need a domain name which will cost you $10.50 a year and hosting that will run anywhere from $10 a month to $30 a month depending on the features.

Best news is a professional website or blog can quickly pay for itself by increasing your traffic especially repeat visitors and increase your conversion.

Again I highly advise you read up on webhost reviews, and try to spot the ones written by biased affiliates and find a quality hosting company because downtime and slow loading pages are killer and most cheap webhost offer both no matter what they promise on the sales page.


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Did you want the best or the least expensive?

The easiest way to make a website for your SFI business that will rank on search engines and grow virally is with the Wordpress Blogging Platform. It has tools, features, and optional plugins that make it the most used CMS or Content Management Solution on the web today.

Regardless of Wordpress or other self hosted scrip and domain name you need quality hosting that provides little if any downtime. The absolute worst things that
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

Why is it good to play in the lottery?

Hope, and what if come to mind. It's something to aspire too and something to occupy the mind. It's competitive in spirit, and the rewards for at least one lucky member can be life changing. Imagine being able to trade T-credits for virtually any product offered on Triple Clicks. Need a new laptop, there's a Chromebook on there, like the Ipad that's available too.

If you are an SFI affiliate it's even more powerful as you could win thousands of PSA and CSA using those credits wisely at the Price Benders auctions. Would you like to forgo the cost of your standing order for a year? Win 6 months of IAHBE membership twice at auction or use T-credits to make your purchases.

All of that and you still wouldn't have to touch the countless MRP you could earn bidding and buying that could buy even more great items to improve your life or resell for cash.

For me it's 30 Tcredits a month that earn me an extra 30VP minimum and such great odds of success that I ask, "why not play?".
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Why is it good to play in the lottery?

Hope, and what if come to mind. It's something to aspire too and something to occupy the mind. It's competitive in spirit, and the rewards for at least one lucky member can be life changing. Imagine being able to trade T-credits for virtually any product offered on Triple Clicks. Need a new laptop, there's a Chromebook on there, like the Ipad that's available too.

If you are an SFI affiliate it's even more powerful as you could win thousands
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

If possible I would advise you use the direct deposit option because the fewer places handling your money the lower your fees will be and the lower your risk of theft or loss.

The other option I like is Pay-Pal because most of my expenses come off that account like paid advertising and memberships. If I don't want to give a credit card number to a website online I don't have to. Pay-Pal will give me a virtual debit card good for that transaction allowing me to make a purchase without fear of added billing or one more site to get hacked and lose my information.

Payoneer is also an option because of the almost instant access to your money but watch fees closely, too many transactions and they can eat a fair share of your earnings, too few transactions and they charge you a fee for that too. In the short term you can get 500VP 1 time for getting the Payoneer card, this could put you up for a month as a BTL or STL etc.. and add a number of CSA to your team that could pay you a fair amount for years to come.

In the end the choice is yours to make, the options are there to make the most of your money. May you see many sizable paydays and your next question be how can I invest all this?

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If possible I would advise you use the direct deposit option because the fewer places handling your money the lower your fees will be and the lower your risk of theft or loss.

The other option I like is Pay-Pal because most of my expenses come off that account like paid advertising and memberships. If I don't want to give a credit card number to a website online I don't have to. Pay-Pal will give me a virtual debit card good for that transaction allowing me to make a purchase without fear
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

With my wife it didn't take much convincing. If you own a business of any type an investment in its growth is vital. A Home business is no less a real business. It requires a license and a place to work. It requires effort and learning, and will take time. It requires advertising and someone has to make a sale for the owners to take profits. There is NO Difference in a Home Business and any other venture beyond the fact that we require less initial capital outlay and have lower risk should failure occur.

Be confident and even offer to work hand in hand with them so they understand the business and feel a part of what you are doing. Don't have doubts, don't come off sounding like you are scared or unsure. Be determined and show them your progress. Help them envision the potential and see the reality.


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With my wife it didn't take much convincing. If you own a business of any type an investment in its growth is vital. A Home business is no less a real business. It requires a license and a place to work. It requires effort and learning, and will take time. It requires advertising and someone has to make a sale for the owners to take profits. There is NO Difference in a Home Business and any other venture beyond the fact that we require less initial capital outlay and have lower risk should failure
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

If there are tools to be had you can find them all at SFI with this super tip. Read, read, and read.

You have to be studious. As Abraham Lincoln said:

"If you give me 6 hours to cut down a tree I will spend the first 4 sharpening the axe."

You need to learn something new every day and then teach something every day. Don't just sit on that information you gained, tell at least one person or start a blog and tell the world.

Be ready to invest in your success. Even if you have to start out with no funds as you earn them roll them over so your little amounts of money become big amounts of money. Don't say I have $20 let's go out to eat, say I didn't have $20 yesterday but my business has $20 today that may become $40 tomorrow if I put it to work.

Have faith, trust in SFI and your journey and never waiver. Rid yourself of all self doubt and know that tomorrow will dawn brighter for the efforts wrought today.

When give the chance to lead or follow always step up and be the leader. Don't waste your life waiting on others to do it first, be the one who carves the path, charts the course, and profits first.

To your success!
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If there are tools to be had you can find them all at SFI with this super tip. Read, read, and read.

You have to be studious. As Abraham Lincoln said:

"If you give me 6 hours to cut down a tree I will spend the first 4 sharpening the axe."

You need to learn something new every day and then teach something every day. Don't just sit on that information you gained, tell at least one person or start a blog and tell the world.

Be ready to invest in
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

We live in a society that is built around speed and instant gratification but due to the laws of supply and demand each order has it's limits.

We can desire success and we can desire fast results, and if we are willing to go all out and invest in a solid plan you can often achieve a large share of the results you aim for. Where the disconnect happens is that many of our prospects not only want success fast but they want free and easy too and I will tell them straight up that those pairs will never mate.

You can get fast results by paying for advertising, and the tools to create your sales funnel, and buying the books and education to know your business in and out and all the mistakes others have made before you. It will take time but the path is shorter and the results are more immediate.

If you have nothing or don't wish to spend anything to get started you will have to devote even more work and time to achieve those results gained faster by the investor. Easy doesn't exist in either business model. There is a core of education needed that requires that you learn what you don't know before you can move forward. You can throw money at advertising but if you don't know how to advertise you will lose more money than you will win new business. Even if you choose to hire a firm that knows advertising you will still need to know your product, know how to set up a sales funnel, and know how to close the deal when a person is contemplating joining your business.

Easy is the folly of man. Easy equals lazy and there is no rung on the ladder of success for the lazy above the bottom.

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We live in a society that is built around speed and instant gratification but due to the laws of supply and demand each order has it's limits.

We can desire success and we can desire fast results, and if we are willing to go all out and invest in a solid plan you can often achieve a large share of the results you aim for. Where the disconnect happens is that many of our prospects not only want success fast but they want free and easy too and I will tell them straight up that those pairs
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

You can do both depending on your desired results but I personally use multiple blogs.

The reason I use more than one blog and have a degree of separation between SFI and TripleClicks is because I use targeted search engine and social media marketing to bring interested parties to both offers. When you look at the two major crowds for SFI and TripleClicks you will see stunning differences in their online habits.

The opportunity seeker is focused on making some extra money and usually in need of added earnings not more bills. If they spend money it tends to be investments that will help them reach their goal of making more money. This makes them a poor match for TC PRM but ideal for a blog about owning a home based business.

The Gift buyer is largely more affluent and may share interest in collections and hand crafts, hobbies, and shopping in general but may be put off by the offer of a home business or network marketing type offer. They want to shop, not be pitched a message about making more money as they have money they are looking to spend. Believe me no amount of pitching will soften 90% of those buyers and for many even the talk of SFI will just confuse them and turn them off from the one thing they were ready to do when they found your site. Make finding the items they want fast and buying simple and you will generate sales.

The necessity buyer or super saver is often a mix of both. They will be open to hearing about the Member Reward Points and discounts for standing orders and when you show them that they can add an SFI membership and even get cash back by way of the TripleClicks Executive Pool they will warm to that prospect and maybe even the idea of having a home business helping others save time and money.

Since hosting accounts typically allow you to host 2 or more sites for one low monthly cost the main added expense is $10 a year for a additional domain name, $20 if you target money savers separate from gift buyers.

The added time spend writing unique content and tips for each blog will be well compensated in no time if you are consistent and over deliver on expectations. If you choose to do all from one blog you will have the added challenge of keeping topics separate and targeted to specific sub niches in your readership. You will still need to write materials that address all of those desires spoken of above, though or your readers will lose interest in your blog if they wait too long for content they are interested in.

To your success however you decide.

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You can do both depending on your desired results but I personally use multiple blogs.

The reason I use more than one blog and have a degree of separation between SFI and TripleClicks is because I use targeted search engine and social media marketing to bring interested parties to both offers. When you look at the two major crowds for SFI and TripleClicks you will see stunning differences in their online habits.

The opportunity seeker is focused on making some extra money and
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

How do I get the maximum benefits of being an SFI Affiliate?

I must say this is one of the best questions I have read on Ask SC, and that's saying a lot because there are so many well thought questions here.

To get the most of SFI and TripleClicks you need to be both supplier and consumer. You need to shop your store for as many items as you normally buy monthly at your local shops and set them up as part of your standing order. Most people can find more than enough great items they would normally buy anyhow to generate a standing order with 1500 to 2000 Versa Points.

When you buy things you need at TripleClicks you extend your buying dollar.

When you save your Member Reward Points (MRP), you can get additional items from TripleClicks with little to no out of pocket cost. Your purchases for the year could quickly add up to enough MRP to make Christmas shopping a little less burdensome on the finances.

In addition to MRP you get Sales Versa Points or SVP and these amount to shares of the TripleClicks Executive Pool which is a profit share Gery and his team offer for all affiliates who have achieved Executive Affiliate status or above. A sizable portion of nearly every sale on TripleClicks adds to this pool and pays you cash rewards each month. All you need to get this cash back is to maintain at least 1500 Versa Points a month from either sales or performing actions.

The more VP you earn the bigger your share of the profits will be. This is another reason that it is vital to shop for as many items as you can transfer to buying from TripleClicks as possible. Those are the ways you can benefit as a consumer, cash back and member rewards in addition to the discounts many items offer for standing orders.

Now let's talk about being a supplier or business person in SFI and TripleClicks.

You SFI membership allows you to introduce people to those same buyers benefits listed above. You can offer people the chance to save money, earn free stuff, and get cash back just like you are doing. Then teach them to help even more people learn about this opportunity, and help them teach those members how to share the opportunity as well. Your Personally Sponsored Affiliates (PSA) will also earn you 45% of the commission Volume (CV) on all their purchases.

When you do this you will soon become a Team Leader and qualify for matching Versa Points based on the purchases and actions of those Personally Sponsored Affiliates (PSA) and their referrals as well up to 12 levels deep. Since every VP is worth cash back your income from having an active network of buyers under you can grant you a massive income, all because you liked saving money, getting things free, and getting cash back on your purchases you already make at local stores.

If you are still not satisfied you can help those local stores avoid lost sales by showing them how to set up a free ECA store. That way you can still buy your bread from the local baker but at the same time gain the rewards of TripleClicks and SFI. The benefit here is that you will get 10% of the CV of all bread that baker sells to our over 2 .4 million members world wide.

You can also focus on the gift buyers and auction goers of the world who care nothing about savings and rewards programs or prefer not to have the home business end of SFI. These TripleCLicks PRM or Personally Referred Members will pay you 45% of the commission volume (CV) and you will get their sales VP as well adding to your profit share.

There are also earnings to be made from Co-Sponsored Affiliates. These are members awarded to your team for achieving certain ranks. Executive affiliates gain 2 new CSA per month, and Team leaders earn shares based on their rank of all orphaned CSA each month. Each share is typically worht 40-60 CSA and you earn 15% of the commission volume on their purchases as well in exchange for helping them learn how to be good buyers and suppliers.

Some will tell you that you need to also be an ECA but that's simply not true. If you focus on the core of your business you can generate massive amounts with less manual labor than packaging and shipping products and processing orders yourself. It's an option if you have something you already sell online though and it's one that can boost your sales as people transfer their buying to TripleClicks. We have over 2.4 million potential buyers who may be looking for what you have to offer and more than 1.2 million affiliates to help you sell your wares.

These things, these simple steps can build a 6 figure income for you and your family that will last for years to come and can be handed down to your heirs. Best of success to all of SFI.

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How do I get the maximum benefits of being an SFI Affiliate?

I must say this is one of the best questions I have read on Ask SC, and that's saying a lot because there are so many well thought questions here.

To get the most of SFI and TripleClicks you need to be both supplier and consumer. You need to shop your store for as many items as you normally buy monthly at your local shops and set them up as part of your standing order. Most people can find more than enough great items
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

There are a number of things that can hurt you going forward in your first month but the ones I am going to list here are vital mistakes.

Expect overnight riches. This is the biggest failure the 98% of inactive affiliates and opt outs have made is to set unrealistic expectations of how much they will earn and how soon they will earn it. This is a real business and the income is product based and developing a system that is sales focused and gets results can take time.

Failing to pay attention to training and go through it until they understand what exactly they are promoting. Many go straight for their promotion link and paste it everywhere with zero knowledge of effective marketing and don't get any results, or even get a social media account or two banned for SPAM and then they blame SFI for their failure. Worse yet some get a response asking for more details and they can't give these details because they don't know the answer, don't know where to get the answer, and don't know who to ask. They quit because it was all too confusing because they simply skipped over every important shred of information laid out in baby steps by our training center.

Giving Up too SOON! This is the crazy part is a hard worker who comes in and puts in the hours to get through training in their first 30 days and maybe even plays a few auctions or buys some PSA to Go and then come month 2 when this has amounted to a couple dollars in earnings instead of a couple hundred they leave with all their advertising links still up and ready to do the work they were intended to do. My own sponsor has dropped all the way down to AFF and has not contacted anyone in his team in nearly a year because obviously he gave up just before success could find him.

Fact is he may have a pay-day of a couple hundred bucks from my purchases as well as great Bonus Pool earnings from the work of my team that he doesn't even know exist. I mean it seems to me that if he had his payment options set up he should have noticed, logged in, and maybe sent a thank you card or something, but instead he's silent while his business continues without him. He reaches a year though of being inactive and all those earnings that he could have made will vanish as his account is deleted for inactivity.

All because of the choice to react based on immediate results instead of plan for the future.

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There are a number of things that can hurt you going forward in your first month but the ones I am going to list here are vital mistakes.

Expect overnight riches. This is the biggest failure the 98% of inactive affiliates and opt outs have made is to set unrealistic expectations of how much they will earn and how soon they will earn it. This is a real business and the income is product based and developing a system that is sales focused and gets results can take time.

Failing
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

As a reformed shy person I can relate to your issues and share some mindset changes that can help you.

I use to be so shy that I couldn't get in front of a group of 3 people and speak my mind easily. This even occasionally included trouble expressing ideas in front of family. I now know I suffer from Bi-Polar which helps cause a ton of social anxiety issues. In short you feel like eyes are on you and judging your every move.

For me, getting past this took some time. Even when started my first business it was one that allowed me to deal with 1 customer at a time and not have any meetings or speaking engagements to deal with. I was in my teens before I could speak in front of any group that wasn't either family or church related.

I began developing a mindset by the time I was old enough to run for a local elected office that speaking was a job, not an option. I learned in a group to pick 1-2 familiar faces out in a room and speak to those people shutting out the thoughts of all others in the room. I also stopped trying to rehearse a script because the more I worried about forgetting what I planned to say the more convinced I was I couldn't do this.

I threw out the script and opted instead for a list of notes or highlights I wanted to make sure and cover and began speaking from the heart and through personal experience. I can now speak in front of any size group, have been on State Wide Television, have co-hosted webinars and can run a lean and mean Skype group.

The rules to doing it are simple:

1. Find someone to talk to in the crowd and talk to them.
2. Be yourself, don't rehearse and try to be a pitch maker, be you.
3. Consider this one more task you must do in a day and don't let ideas of skipping it get in your head.
4. Remember you are not alone. Statistically 83% of the people you are talking to are at least as nervous as you are speaking to a crowd and we are all human.
5. Relax, and have that conversation with a friend not that testimony at your criminal trial.


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As a reformed shy person I can relate to your issues and share some mindset changes that can help you.

I use to be so shy that I couldn't get in front of a group of 3 people and speak my mind easily. This even occasionally included trouble expressing ideas in front of family. I now know I suffer from Bi-Polar which helps cause a ton of social anxiety issues. In short you feel like eyes are on you and judging your every move.

For me, getting past this took some time. Even when
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