Affiliate since: 01/19/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

How do I assure that duplication happens in those I sponsor?

Sorry to say that unless you have personal contact with your Personally Sponsored Affiliates (PSA) so that you can physically twist their arms to assure that they get out there and recruit someone else, there is no way to "assure" that duplication occurs.

The best that you can do via email is use sweet reason to persuade them to do someting. If you offer the proper education and encouragement to them, you might be able to up your chances that they will duplicate a bit, but the desire must be there for you to awaken it. The person must be willing to advertise or buy the referrals in order to duplicate.

I have found no difference between affiliates that have come from my personal efforts and those that have come from purchased sources. If they do not catch the vision and want to do something with this business, they will not duplicate. There is no way that you can force them. To expect that every PSA and CSA will duplicate is a BAD idea and will set yourself up for a bad experience.

If you get 1 in 100 who duplicates, consider yourself lucky and help that person as much as you can. People who will work the business are out there, but you must find them. Sorry to say that my sponsor dropped out...
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How do I assure that duplication happens in those I sponsor?

Sorry to say that unless you have personal contact with your Personally Sponsored Affiliates (PSA) so that you can physically twist their arms to assure that they get out there and recruit someone else, there is no way to "assure" that duplication occurs.

The best that you can do via email is use sweet reason to persuade them to do someting. If you offer the proper education and encouragement to them, you
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Affiliate since: 01/19/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

The beginner to SFI should go through the Launchpad Lessons, then decide how fast they want to grow their business, and how much money they have to put towards it.

Using Free methods of advertising, is a lot of work, will yield results and may give you an active PSA.

Purchasing PSA via S-Builder or from one of the vendors, is not much work and will get you a lot more PSAs and improve your chances of getting an active PSA.

In my opinion, it is a numbers game. SFI is here and not going anywhere. You need to find 5 people who can appreciate that fact and who are willing to make a commitment. The more people you can get to look at it seriously, the more active PSAs you will end up with.

Until the beginner is adept at using splash pages and other free advertising methods, I recommend that he buy S-Builder Shares and PSAs from the vendors.
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The beginner to SFI should go through the Launchpad Lessons, then decide how fast they want to grow their business, and how much money they have to put towards it.

Using Free methods of advertising, is a lot of work, will yield results and may give you an active PSA.

Purchasing PSA via S-Builder or from one of the vendors, is not much work and will get you a lot more PSAs and improve your chances of getting an active PSA.

In my opinion, it is a numbers game. SFI
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Affiliate since: 01/19/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Your first priority should be to attract or acquire new Personally Sponsored Affiliates (PSA). How you do that will depend on your personal finances.

Every affiliate should use free advertising: safelists and clicksurf sites. There are many of them out there.

If you have the money, I consider S-Builder shares to be a good investment. In my experience, they deliver a few PSA a month, over time. There are vendors who sell PSA and deliver them fast. 1 active PSA from every 100 would be nice.

If you can qualify as a Bronze Team Leader, SFI will give you some Co-Sponsored Affiliates (CSA) every month, and a share of Second Home CSAs each month as well. Once again, most of them will be inactive, but there can be some gems. I was surprised to get an 11 month badge BTL as a CSA this month in my Second Home Share.

So, your first and highest priority should be to recruit and train Personally SAs. If they buy things, you get a commission. ChaChing!

If a CSA buys things, you also get a commission. ChaChing!

If you are a BTL or greater, you also get matching VersaPoints (VP). ChaChing! At higher levels of Team Leader qualification, and as your downline grows, those VP can become important. Each VP isn't worth much, but thousands or millions of them do have value.

The income stream that intrigues me is the Pay Per Action. I have not used or attempted it yet. If I can get a person to fill out a form, would I rather have that person do it to become a PSA or do it to become a PSA for somebody else?

Once again it depends on my financial situation. If you do not have the finances for a S-Builder share a month, or to buy a T-Credit pack a month, Pay Per Action would be a way to earn the money to buy them for next month. Thus, I can use Pay Per Action to work my way into building my team in SFI without needing much up front cash, provided that I can get people to do the actions. I can think of some places in the world where a person whose situation would need this to get started.

I hope these thoughts help you clarify your thinking about where to put in your efforts.
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Your first priority should be to attract or acquire new Personally Sponsored Affiliates (PSA). How you do that will depend on your personal finances.

Every affiliate should use free advertising: safelists and clicksurf sites. There are many of them out there.

If you have the money, I consider S-Builder shares to be a good investment. In my experience, they deliver a few PSA a month, over time. There are vendors who sell PSA and deliver them fast. 1 active PSA from every
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Affiliate since: 01/19/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

If you want to set up your SFI business to run on "auto-Pilot" you will need to hire someone to do the work for you.

Very few affiliates are savvy enough to take the bull by the horns and do what is needed to reach EA2 status month after month without some help, guidance and encouragement that must come from a living human being, be it you or the person you hire.

You need people below you that are duplicating so that you can get the VP that are the bread and butter of a Platinum Team Leader. Training people to run this business is not something that a robot can do. Either you, or someone you hire, has to be there to answer the questions.

So, to run an STI business on autopilot, you will have to hire an office full of workers to do all the tasks necessary to grow and develop a solid downline. If you have that kind of money, I wish that I had you in my downline...
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If you want to set up your SFI business to run on "auto-Pilot" you will need to hire someone to do the work for you.

Very few affiliates are savvy enough to take the bull by the horns and do what is needed to reach EA2 status month after month without some help, guidance and encouragement that must come from a living human being, be it you or the person you hire.

You need people below you that are duplicating so that you can get the VP that are the bread and butter
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Affiliate since: 01/19/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

The simple answer is: DUPLICATION.

The complex answer involves how you became a BTL+ as there are several ways to get to that level of Team Leadership.

Way #1 is to gain the sales VP and the action VP via tripleclicks and buying stuff with no EA2s in your Genealogy. Becoming BTL+ in this manner is a hollow victory, though it does get you a share of second home CSAs and EA2 CSAs can generate decent amounts of commissions and VP, but you get no second or greater VP matching from CSAs. Without any EA2 on your first level, there is no VP being generated by second, or greater, generation PSAs and you are not getting commissions from first generation EA2s to help defray your costs. Better to take the money that is getting you to something beyond EA2, and use it to get PSA in hopes of developing multiple EA2s.

Way #2 is to qualify as an EA on your own with a Standing Order, then get the additional VP from matching points and support points of the EA2 that you have developed. In this case, your goal is to get at least 5 EA2 on your first level, then help those EA2 get 5 EA2 of their own on their first, and your second level. Then help those second level EA2 get EA2 of their own on their first, and on your third level and so on until you are working many levels down. At this point, the VP matching that comes with being a BTL+ will be giving you quite a lot of VP and the support VP will be propelling you to a Team leader higher than Bronze.

Way #2 requires you to learn how to motivate and support people below you in your organization and is infinitely harder than just purchasing VP or PSA for your first level.

Rise to the challenge and develop those EA2 in your first level! Then help them do the same. Duplication is the "single most important thing" that you should be doing "as a new Team Leader."
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The simple answer is: DUPLICATION.

The complex answer involves how you became a BTL+ as there are several ways to get to that level of Team Leadership.

Way #1 is to gain the sales VP and the action VP via tripleclicks and buying stuff with no EA2s in your Genealogy. Becoming BTL+ in this manner is a hollow victory, though it does get you a share of second home CSAs and EA2 CSAs can generate decent amounts of commissions and VP, but you get no second or greater VP matching
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Affiliate since: 01/19/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Your question is a lot like: "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?"

To get an EA you first have to sponsor a PSA. Only a few of those PSA's will put forth the effort that it takes to become an EA, let alone an EA2.

When you get a PSA from any source, you should welcome them and try to motivate them to put forth the effort to become an EA so that you can work with them.

To get those EA's you have to filter through a lot of PSA's, so your focus needs to be on getting the PSA's so that you can find the EA's to work with.

Hope this helps you focus.
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Your question is a lot like: "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?"

To get an EA you first have to sponsor a PSA. Only a few of those PSA's will put forth the effort that it takes to become an EA, let alone an EA2.

When you get a PSA from any source, you should welcome them and try to motivate them to put forth the effort to become an EA so that you can work with them.

To get those EA's you have to filter through a lot of PSA's, so your focus needs
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Affiliate since: 01/19/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

To overcome this problem you can become an actress.

Actors speak the words that another puts into their mouths. They memorize the words then say them over and over again until they come out naturally.

If you come up with some "scripts" and then practice them in front of a mirror, you will get the "script" right. Then when put in a situation, you will be able to recite back the "script" that you have prepared and practiced.

This is a technique that will take some work, but can take you from a shy person to one who can give talks to large groups without fear. Just learn the script for what you want to say then recite it like an actress would do. The size of the group is not important because you have the words to say pre-programmed.

If there is a school nearby, they might have classes on what is called extemporaneous speaking. This is where you are given a topic, then with 5 min of preparation, are expected to talk about that topic for several minutes. The first time you do this, it is terrifying. The 100th time it is old hat.

I developed my speaking skills in High School. I joined the debate class at the suggestion of a counselor because I was not able to express myself, much like you confess. I went on to win trophies in competition after competition based on the skills the class taught me.

Your problem can be overcome with planning and practice. Simple and easy phrases are those that you have practiced in front of a mirror until they flow off your tongue. I challenge you to make the effort and then report back how your life has changed.

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To overcome this problem you can become an actress.

Actors speak the words that another puts into their mouths. They memorize the words then say them over and over again until they come out naturally.

If you come up with some "scripts" and then practice them in front of a mirror, you will get the "script" right. Then when put in a situation, you will be able to recite back the "script" that you have prepared and practiced.

This is a
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Affiliate since: 01/19/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

There are a lot of programs out there that promise riches, for only a couple of hundred dollars of investment. I have tried many of them, and have yet to make back my investment.

SFI costs nothing to get started. If you are serious about building a business, you can do so for well under $100 a month, or even less if all you want is Executive Affiliate status each month.

Point both of these facts out to those people, and let them know that you will be there for them when they are ready to settle down and do some work. This the only approach that has upside for you and a potential upside for them. The upside for you is that you are not wasting time targeted at them and they still get your genealogy mailings. When they are ready for a REAL business, they will be back, poorer but wiser.

If they come back, you win and they win. If not, you have not wasted a bunch of time trying to convince them.
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There are a lot of programs out there that promise riches, for only a couple of hundred dollars of investment. I have tried many of them, and have yet to make back my investment.

SFI costs nothing to get started. If you are serious about building a business, you can do so for well under $100 a month, or even less if all you want is Executive Affiliate status each month.

Point both of these facts out to those people, and let them know that you will be there for them when they
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Affiliate since: 01/19/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink.

SFI is a good program. It is just a tad complex. The majority of the people out there are looking for something for nothing. They do not understand that it takes a small investment each month to make a greater return in the long term. This is a business where you are going to have to make an investment each month, either in money or time, or both, to find business minded individuals that understand that there is no such thing as a free lunch. Your goal is to find five or more of these individuals. My experience is that it will be 1 in a great many before you find that person.

In my case, I am participating at the $60 a month level: 125 TCredits and an S-Builder share, then using the MRP to buy PSAs from one of the ECAs that sell them. I am exposing over 50 people a month to SFI and so far I have one dedicated PSA... Keep looking for the diamonds among all the rocks and keep treating every rock as if it were a diamond. Some might surprise you after a few months.
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You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink.

SFI is a good program. It is just a tad complex. The majority of the people out there are looking for something for nothing. They do not understand that it takes a small investment each month to make a greater return in the long term. This is a business where you are going to have to make an investment each month, either in money or time, or both, to find business minded individuals that understand that there is no such thing
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Affiliate since: 01/19/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

You are one person. You can only help one person at a time. If you teach 5 people to do what you do, then you can help 6 people at a time. If they each teach 5 people to do what you do, then... I think you can see my point. Leadership is a thing that you must teach to your recruits, as most of society seems to be about following. Seek for the 5 that you can teach to lead, and then use them to help you build your business.