Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 300

When promoting SFI opportunity to family or friends or to strangers, you need to consider the following points:

- Are they looking for home based business? You can mention to your friends and family about SFI or approach a stranger and hand in a TC X-Cards. Note on their reaction. Are they interested or repulsive?

- How you approach matters. There are good and bad ways to approach friends and family or stranger about SFI. You could say: It’s not a pyramid scheme; you will be able to quit your job in X months or you will never get an opportunity like this. You could say these things to turn them off and won’t even bother looking into your home based opportunity. Avoid using industry clichés and meaningless on-liners. Actually your family and friends want to know how you’re doing with SFI because they care about your well-being. Real friends will show a natural interest in what you do in life.

- Don’t make the mistake of pushing them (family, friends or strangers) to join something that doesn’t suit them; even when you’re offering them a no-brainer. Some people are business-minded while others just aren’t.

- Do you tend to hype up in your promotion? Saying things like: My SFI business does something that has never done before, my SFI business offers huge “bonuses” and no other company does that, SFI is better than company X. It’s not about “your company”, it’s “your business, so this business is about “you”- will not for sure benefit your SFI business when dealing with friends, family or strangers. Just present the facts about SFI.

- Just be yourself in your presentation. Making them believe that you have a “better” solution than their job: people can feel offended if they like their job; if you like what you do and you get paid for it… a job really isn’t that “bad”. You should honestly tell them that you are doing something else and let them make up their own mind about it then.

- Don’t present unrealistic expectations about SFI. Don’t forget that the goal is not to make money fast, but to create relationships. So if you’re already trying to make a quick buck by promising family and friends some baloney nonsense, you will find it even harder to promote your home based business opportunity to other people. The biggest mistake you can make is to start begging for them to join you.

If you keep the following points in mind in promoting SFI before your friends, family or strangers, you don’t have to worry about which is better to approach.

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When promoting SFI opportunity to family or friends or to strangers, you need to consider the following points:

- Are they looking for home based business? You can mention to your friends and family about SFI or approach a stranger and hand in a TC X-Cards. Note on their reaction. Are they interested or repulsive?

- How you approach matters. There are good and bad ways to approach friends and family or stranger about SFI. You could say: It’s not a pyramid scheme; you will
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 300

This is a very important question dealing with the quality of affiliates joining your SFI organization. In order to have higher probability of recruiting only serious affiliates, you need to develop a marketing strategy that target serious online business seekers, who are open and honest, goal oriented, self-motivated and results driven.

This is a matter of how you present SFI to your prospects in order to find out, if they are serious or not.

How do you go about in presenting SFI to your prospects, so that you have higher chances of sponsoring only serious and committed affiliates?

1. Before going to the content of what you’re going to tell to your prospects about SFI, first address the issue of sponsoring quality affiliates (serious affiliates).

It’s a waste of time to use the typical “prospecting” methods most network marketer are taught. Those methods tend to be more solicitation, and less attraction. Plus, most people you prospect are simply “suspects”. So don’t spend your time trying to convert suspects into prospects – simply learn how to attract true prospects, and you’ll skip a wasteful step most other network marketers always make. Generating qualified leads in your marketing campaign will increase your chances of finding only serious affiliates. After finding your true prospects, you can then go to the second step.

2. Communicate clearly to your prospects that SFI is legit and true home based business opportunity.

If you’re doing presentation before your prospects, you can distribute to them “SFI Grow A Second Income X-Card” or you can provide your SFI Gateway link on your flyers or online ads.

3. Communicate to your prospects that if they join SFI, they are not joining you but they are starting their own SFI business and that you are always there to support them.

4. Present the recent SFI facts and figures, showing that SFI is a real business and the earning potential is unlimited.

You can also mention briefly other sources of supplemental income streams such as ECA, SFI’s Pay-Per-Action, etc.

5. Discuss briefly SFI Compensation “The Plan” and be ready to answer any of your prospect’s questions.

6. Emphasize to them that you’re committed to their success.

Key Points to Remember:

To sponsor effectively and increase your chances of finding serious affiliates in your team, you’ll need to focus on your prospects getting what they want. Your function is to simply guide them through that process in a consultative way.

If what your prospects want to accomplish or achieve lies in what you offer, just lead them to that in a direct, but never pushy way so your prospects get what they want and you in turn you get what you want.

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This is a very important question dealing with the quality of affiliates joining your SFI organization. In order to have higher probability of recruiting only serious affiliates, you need to develop a marketing strategy that target serious online business seekers, who are open and honest, goal oriented, self-motivated and results driven.

This is a matter of how you present SFI to your prospects in order to find out, if they are serious or not.

How do you go about in presenting
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 300

A domain name allows you to have a professional presence on the Internet. It is like setting up an address for potential customers/prospects to stop by and do business with you.

Having your own domain name offers a lot of advantages for your SFI business:

- Professionalism

If you want that professionalism to extend to your SFI business as a whole, it’s essential to brand your online presence with your very own domain name. Your domain name represents a part of your business identity, which customers and business associates can recognize, easily remember and positively associate with your services/products. Consider the two URLs below:

http://www.sfimg.com/xxxxxxx or http://www.profitsonline.com?

The first is an affiliate’s SFI gateway, which is replicated and there are millions of others out there exactly like it. The second one shows independence and singularity. The chance of click-through to your affiliate generated website is slim and getting slimmer every time another signs up for this opportunity. More people will click on the second because it is something they have not seen before. You move from the crowd promoting the cookie cutter website to standing apart and representing yourself as your own business.

- Easy to remember

It will look better and professional on your business card to have your own unique domain name. Your prospects will most likely remember profitsonline.com than your SFI gateway.

- Promote your own SFI business not just your affiliates and improve your brand recognition

With your unique domain name, you can control the content of your website; one of them is by using keywords that are related to your SFI business to achieve a higher ranking in search engines. You gain control of what people see when they search for your business opportunity. Most likely you’ll gain trust with your potential customers/prospects with a professional established online presence.

- Permanence and Portability

Your domain name is your own unique identity and always will be as long as you continue to use that name and maintain your subscription.
If you've ever had to change your service provider, or even move your physical business address, you won't have to be reminded of what an incredible hassle it can be to notify everyone. Remember, without your own unique domain name, your Internet address is tied to that of your service provider. Thus, if you want to change providers you also change your Web address and probably Email address as well. If your ISP (Internet Service Provider) will go bankrupt or be swallowed up by another larger ISP chances are, your URL will also disappear. With your unique domain name, you can change your service providers every month if you want, and your address will always remain your uniquedomainname.com

- Promote your SFI business with multiple income streams

What a great advantage of having your own domain name with your own website, you can promote multiple income streams besides your SFI business, such as ECA, TripleClicks, etc. By doing this, you’re increasing your chances for getting new sign ups as they are provided choices of earning income opportunities.

- Avoids Loss of Momentum

Every network marketer knows, it takes effort to promote an online business website, and generally months to get it listed on the popular search engines. Fortunately, over time, some of those marketing efforts can build momentum, bringing more and more traffic to your site without additional marketing effort. But, if you can't take your web address with you when you switch to another ISP or host, you can lose much - if not all - of the momentum gained by your previous web marketing efforts.

Conclusion

Having your unique domain name is a vital step for your SFI business. Internet growth continues at a phenomenal rate and even if you don't feel you have a need for a professional net presence right now, it won't be long before your potential customers/prospects demand it from you.

Registering your unique domain name now will allow you to secure a valuable identity for yourself on the Internet to ensure you make the most of the available opportunities.

If you don’t understand the benefits of having your own domain name and how it can make your business explode, you really should rethink your desire to have an online business. Your unique domain name will be the cornerstone and provides a base for building a solid online business.

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A domain name allows you to have a professional presence on the Internet. It is like setting up an address for potential customers/prospects to stop by and do business with you.

Having your own domain name offers a lot of advantages for your SFI business:

- Professionalism

If you want that professionalism to extend to your SFI business as a whole, it’s essential to brand your online presence with your very own domain name. Your domain name represents a part of your
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 300

When asked about SFI, be brief and concise. Keep in mind that most of the people asking, want to know what SFI all about. It is good to consider the motive behind, why someone asked. Is he just curious? or he might have heard about it and wants to know more?

I have rated a lot of questions in ASK SC and I found most of the answers to a certain question are not being asked. It is important to consider our answer before submitting or when talking to someone. Knowing the foundation of SFI, its knowledge base helps a lot in answering the question in your own words. Don’t memorize the facts about SFI, it doesn’t sound natural. People might think that you are selling something to them that might turn them off.

My answer if I’m asked about SFI: SFI stands for Strong Future International, is an affiliates business program for anyone that has a computer and Internet access, marketing SFI’s products online. By supplying the information asked, you might have turned the curiosity into serious interest, which is a plus for you. Just let the inquirer lead the conversation.

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When asked about SFI, be brief and concise. Keep in mind that most of the people asking, want to know what SFI all about. It is good to consider the motive behind, why someone asked. Is he just curious? or he might have heard about it and wants to know more?

I have rated a lot of questions in ASK SC and I found most of the answers to a certain question are not being asked. It is important to consider our answer before submitting or when talking to someone. Knowing the foundation of SFI,
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 300

According to THE PLAN having 1500 personal SVP and 5 PTLs on your first level will advance you to the rank of a Diamond Team Leader (DTL). To answer your question, I would like to ask you the following questions:

- What’s your long term goal?

- Would you stop growing your SFI business once you identified your five future PTLs?

- Would your five PTLs enough to sustain the growth of your SFI business?

- What will happen if one or two of your five future PTLs stop or opt out from doing SFI? Would you have enough income to support the growth of your SFI business and afford your life style?

These are important questions you need to consider in growing your SFI business. One of the most important goals in networking business is building a solid and profitable team for many years to come. This is especially important if you’re planning to supplement your income, close to retirement or you want to attain financial freedom.

Identifying my future PTLs alone is not sufficient to address those above mentioned important long term goals.

I will continue to keep developing more first-level stars in my team. Here are the reasons:

- Increasing the number of first level stars in your team will increase the earning potential of your monthly commissions.

- With the increasing number of your first level starts, you’re building a more robust foundation of your SFI organization.

- You’ll have a higher probability of duplicating DTLs in your team as you have more and more Team Leaders who will achieve the rank of PTLs to reassign under your most active PTL.

I always emphasize to my team to adhere to the following important principles to become successful in their own SFI business:

1. Keep sponsoring new affiliates

2. Teach them the ultra-simple 3-step plan

3. Stay connected with them

4. Monitor the progress of their new affiliates and always offer them support

5. Discover the workers and identify “serious” affiliates to become future PTLs

6. Teach them to do the same all steps

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According to THE PLAN having 1500 personal SVP and 5 PTLs on your first level will advance you to the rank of a Diamond Team Leader (DTL). To answer your question, I would like to ask you the following questions:

- What’s your long term goal?

- Would you stop growing your SFI business once you identified your five future PTLs?

- Would your five PTLs enough to sustain the growth of your SFI business?

- What will happen if one or two of your five future
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 300

When we signed up affiliates using the “FREE” Gateway, there are possibilities of misconceptions about joining SFI.

The word free is very attractive and appealing to almost anyone who wants to venture an online business. The effect of this would be most of the opportunity seekers maybe first timers who have no experience owning a business at all. They might have their own perception of earning an income especially after reading the ad of the “FREE” gateway which states:

5 More Reasons Why SFI ROCKS:

• No purchase requirements...ever!

• Start earning income immediately just by doing simple free actions!

• Fast upfront compensation + great long-term residual income potential!

• Get paid instantly, in your country's currency, via our Payoneer™ MasterCard or PayPal™!

• Share in profits from ALL sales at TripleClicks.com each month!

Looking at the other way around is the perception of the Sponsor. Inactive or occasionally active affiliates may be labelled as lazy and unmotivated. It is very important right from the beginning to establish connection with your new affiliates. Take them under your wings from the very start of their journey in SFI. From the day of their signed up, send them your welcome message introducing yourself and giving them simple, clear and easy-to-follow instruction to get them started.

What you should do and how do you deal with “lazy and unmotivated” affiliates?

- Don’t be bias; give them the benefit of the doubt.

- Use your Genealogy/Movers tab to monitor their progress.

- If you notice inconsistencies with your affiliates, such as not logging in regularly, send them E-cards. This might just be the action you have to do to initiate conversation.

- Offer your one-on-one support; anticipate that every affiliate is in a unique situation where your customized support might be required.

Don’t be discouraged, no matter how inactive and unmotivated they might be. Whatever the reasons why they’re not progressing/moving up to the level of your expectation, they still have the potential to become top performers in your SFI organization. Just keep sending them your encouragement appropriately. Don’t ever give up.

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When we signed up affiliates using the “FREE” Gateway, there are possibilities of misconceptions about joining SFI.

The word free is very attractive and appealing to almost anyone who wants to venture an online business. The effect of this would be most of the opportunity seekers maybe first timers who have no experience owning a business at all. They might have their own perception of earning an income especially after reading the ad of the “FREE” gateway which states:

5
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 300

Developing trust in a team is not an overnight task. It takes time to build a close relationship. The team leader must constantly communicate with his downline and be there for them. Generally, I’ll send a message to my team at least once a week.

By just asking “How may I help you?” or “How can I help you?” you are showing that you are concern about them. You’re not just treating them as business partner but you are going beyond the normal support one can expect in the business world. A prompt answer to their message is a very important key in developing trust. I congratulate and reward them for their achievements. For a year, all of my PSAs who will achieve EA, I’ll reward them 5 Affiliates and for renewing to EA2 or becoming a Team Leader, I’ll send them Gift Certificate and a place in S-Builder Co-op.

I just sent this message of thanks to our team:

Good Day Team,

I would like to thank everyone, who has submitted his/her sponsor and co-sponsor ratings for the month of August. I appreciate very much all your comments. I encourage everyone to send me a feedback, how I can improve my service and support. I believe that, establishing a close relationship in our team is vital to everyone’s success. I am committed to support everyone in our team, who has the passion of helping others to succeed, in building his/her own team. I thank you so much for your support.

I salute everyone for doing a good job!

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Developing trust in a team is not an overnight task. It takes time to build a close relationship. The team leader must constantly communicate with his downline and be there for them. Generally, I’ll send a message to my team at least once a week.

By just asking “How may I help you?” or “How can I help you?” you are showing that you are concern about them. You’re not just treating them as business partner but you are going beyond the normal support one can expect in the business
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 300

Earning quickly upon joining SFI, is it achievable? What does it mean here to earn quickly? Upon joining SFI we all start with SFI BASICS, which is the model of our SFI business in its simplest form. If you stick to this concept, how quick can you start earning money? I believe this is the best strategy to earn with SFI. How quick, it depends upon how much time and how much money one is willing to invest.

1. Start earning money by accumulating VersaPoints. Upon joining SFI in your first month, you have the tool and resources at your disposal. How fast can you learn and absorb varies from individual to individual.

2. Increase your earnings by generating sales at TripleClicks.com. How fast can you generate TripleClicks sales? There are methods available in marketing section, but again, how much time it will take for you to understand and implement those methods?

3. Maximize your income with sponsoring and duplication. The key to creating a major income in SFI is by learning to lead and grow a TEAM of active SFI affiliates. How fast can you learn to lead and grow your team?

4. Add supplemental income streams. Co-sponsor SFI affiliates, refer ECAs and SFI’s Pay-Per-Action are there supplemental income streams. All these three supplemental streams require your investment of time and money, like cost of advertising.

Implementing the SFI BASICS is the best strategy. Time and money investment are factors that affect how fast can one earn with SFI.

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Earning quickly upon joining SFI, is it achievable? What does it mean here to earn quickly? Upon joining SFI we all start with SFI BASICS, which is the model of our SFI business in its simplest form. If you stick to this concept, how quick can you start earning money? I believe this is the best strategy to earn with SFI. How quick, it depends upon how much time and how much money one is willing to invest.

1. Start earning money by accumulating VersaPoints. Upon joining SFI in your first
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 300

When someone asks why join SFI:

1. Mention the facts about SFI like:
- SFI (Strong Future International Marketing Group) launched in 1998, an affiliate online home-based business
- 98000 Products and Services in more than 190 countries around the world
- SFI now in its 16th year with millions of dollars in annual sales and millions paid in commissions to thousands of affiliates around the world
- SFI affiliates operate with the peace of mind brought about by associating with a proven, debt-free organization with a long, successful history.

2. Why join as an affiliate? Mention what is it for them:
- There is no upfront fees, it’s free to join
- Tools and Resources for marketing SFI products and services are provided
- Easy to follow ultra-simple 3-step plan
- Good compensation plan, concise easy to read Benefits Chart
- Supplemental Income Streams such as Co-Sponsor SFI Affiliates, Refer ECAs, SFI’s Pay-Per-Action.

3. Mention the Requirements:
- Must have computer and Internet connection
- Must be passionate in helping others in SFI to succeed

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When someone asks why join SFI:

1. Mention the facts about SFI like:
- SFI (Strong Future International Marketing Group) launched in 1998, an affiliate online home-based business
- 98000 Products and Services in more than 190 countries around the world
- SFI now in its 16th year with millions of dollars in annual sales and millions paid in commissions to thousands of affiliates around the world
- SFI affiliates operate with the peace of mind brought about by associating
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 300

Before going in to which methods are best for recruiting new affiliates via social media, it is good to know what social media best for. Social media allows you to share content and ideas with other people. You can connect and get in touch with like minded people all over the world.

The potential for growing your SFI business, expanding your SFI organization and earning more money is just enormous.

Here are some of the best methods for recruiting new affiliates via social media:

- If you’re using Facebook for your social media marketing, try using Facebook Offers to attract quality leads. You can set up your offer (free TC Gift Card) directly from your Facebook Page.

How it works:

Because Facebook Offers are promoted in the news feed, they can get more attention and engagement than the ads in the right section. You have also the option of hyper-targeting only the users who have a genuine interest in your SFI business.

- Use Social Media to engage with your prospects

You can connect with your prospects and start building profitable relationships using your Facebook link in your blog. All your social media activities should in some way be about growing your blog/website and email database, promoting your SFI business. You can do this with amazing content. You can also invite your prospects to follow you on Pinterest, like your Facebook Page, etc and don’t forget to tell them why.

- Create a LinkedIn Company Page of your SFI business

You can create and grow a following for your SFI business using LinkedIn Company Page. LinkedIn has around 150 million members and the world’s largest professional network. Compared with other social media sites for business, LinkedIn has more educated and affluent audience. By creating your LinkedIn Company Page for your SFI business, you’re not only increasing awareness and branding of your SFI business but also an excellent way to reach your target.

You can harness the power of social media to grow your SFI business by applying these methods in your marketing strategy.

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Before going in to which methods are best for recruiting new affiliates via social media, it is good to know what social media best for. Social media allows you to share content and ideas with other people. You can connect and get in touch with like minded people all over the world.

The potential for growing your SFI business, expanding your SFI organization and earning more money is just enormous.

Here are some of the best methods for recruiting new affiliates via social
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