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What encouragement can I give to an affiliate who feels he or she is getting nowhere with SFI?

3367 votes

Andrew Anderson, Aff (Arizona, US) 1/5/2014 1:12 pm

Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999
Business building goes from slow to fast to slow again. It's easy to feel stagnant if we focus on what has not changed instead of what has. It's a another great reason for setting realistic and obtainable goals then tracking in a ledger or diary as you reach those small goals. There is no better system to see how far we have come and remind us of where we are going.

Here is a simple 4 step process to stay motivated and share that motivation.

1. Break Goals Down by Yearly, Monthly,
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If you could completely start over with SFI today, knowing what you know now, what would you do differently?

3314 votes

Andrew Anderson, Aff (Arizona, US) 7/20/2014 10:57 pm

Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999
I would start even earlier on creating a niche blog to promote sales at TripleClicks because recruiting enough people to make serious money off standing orders takes a considerable amount of time and resources.

Every day the over 2 million TripleClicks members grows and each day the over 6,000 ECA increases, and the more than 100,000 products gets another few hundred items listed. And the millions of dollars in revenue grows. If I recruit ECA I could earn 10% of the CV on millions in potential
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What should I work on to build my SFI business when I can't access the SFI Affiliate Center?

3185 votes

Andrew Anderson, Aff (Arizona, US) 12/2/2014 3:13 am

Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999
If the SFI site is down promoting it at that moment is not productive, but since it's never down for more than a few minutes you can take the downtime as a opportunity to check industry blogs, read the news and current events, or write a rough draft of this week's newsletter. I tend to blog about something I just learned before trying SFI again.

When you look at educating your mind or the minds of your team the minutes the SFI site is down will not bother you. Your team may not grow in
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Which is more effective--distributing TCards online or in person?

3181 votes

Andrew Anderson, Aff (Arizona, US) 7/20/2014 11:03 pm

Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999
It depends on if you are using you warm market, basically people you know and see daily or people you don't already know. Online or offline your warm market is less likely to abuse the gift, take advantage of you, or fail to use their cards as they will need to look you in the eye every time they interact with you.

Online or offline doesn't matter, those who will deny the gift or do dubious things will do what they do either way, but both media are great for finding that new found super
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Why is it important to have team members to take on leadership roles?

2788 votes

Andrew Anderson, Aff (Arizona, US) 1/7/2015 11:49 pm

Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999
Being a leader is optional but being a team leader is all but mandatory for your long term success.

On the front end SFI has a world class affiliate program that pays commissions on over 90,000 products from over 6,000 vendors. Like E-bay and Amazon or other retail affiliate programs you can promote products offered on the sites through blog reviews and social media and with the right technique, a steady stream of readers, and time you can make $30,000 to $250,000 a year off sales commissions.

Some
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In my advertising campaigns, is it better to provide more or less information in my ads and why?

2758 votes

Andrew Anderson, Aff (Arizona, US) 1/7/2015 11:33 pm

Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999
I saw a lot of answers telling you to keep it short, don't say too much, get them in for what they want to know and it's really sad.

While it's true that you have 3-5 seconds to catch a prospects attention and get them interested, most people do not have that short attention spam a couple folks with short attention spans warned you about. Instead most people have questions, and being able to answer those questions while they are engaged will determine the ability to recruit the people
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How can I refer TripleClicks members using the Friend Challenge link in Eager Zebra games?

2692 votes

Andrew Anderson, Aff (Arizona, US) 3/24/2016 2:12 pm

Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999
The friend challenge link is psychological warfare.

Most people on this planet are very competitive. It's our basic primal instinct that tells mommy bear to protect home and family and pap bear to hunt for food and defend his territory from dangers. That being said it's also fun as fun can be to have your best friend come play you head to head in a battle of wit a game of chance, or even to brag about your recent auction wins.

The thing to remember is that you can over do it
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How do you get new PSAs to commit to SFI?

2669 votes

Andrew Anderson, Aff (Arizona, US) 1/7/2015 11:12 pm

Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999
The first part of getting PSA to commit is to realize that despite what many of these folks around here tell you, you personally can influence that decision, in the same way you can make a horse drink.

I hate hearing that saying, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. I hate it because it's not true. If you make sure the horse is thirsty, to the point of needing not just wanting water and make sure the water is good and fresh the horse will always drink. They may not
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How do I reassure prospective TripleClicks customers that shopping is safe and secure and they will receive delivery of product?

2224 votes

Andrew Anderson, Aff (Arizona, US) 3/17/2015 1:04 pm

Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999
The https:// on the url for TripleClicks shows the site has been secured by 256 bit encryption and meets the highest standards for website safety and security.

Over 3.75 million shoppers are members of TripleClicks and thousands of people make purchases there every day without issue. While no site can say they are 100% secure from hackers Carson Services which owns SFI and TripleClicks has an exemplary record of detecting fraud and malicious attacks and addressing security issues in real
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Should I or shouldn't I try to recruit people to become SFI affiliates when they are not English speakers/readers?

2155 votes

Andrew Anderson, Aff (Arizona, US) 3/17/2015 12:34 pm

Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999
Recruiting people from all walks of life is advised. You can learn new methods and technology to support your new referrals, what you can not do is determine who will be a success in your organization based on their language skills.

Now here is the reality.

When you recruit people globally you will need to focus more on culture than language as most countries have taught English as a second language for a couple decades now and even a member who list another language as primary
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