Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 302

When someone asked about what you do for a living, make it simple to understand and interesting that the person asking you will want to know more. He/she could be a potential SFI prospect.

I’ll mention the following:

- Self-employed, working at home

- Flexible in time

- Started my own business with just computer and Internet connection

- Multiple stream of income

- Credit card not needed to start and you can begin at your own pace

- No major financial investment, but consistency, determination and commitment are required

If he/she wants to find out more, set up a meeting for presentation of your SFI business. Be passionate when you’re doing the presentation.

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When someone asked about what you do for a living, make it simple to understand and interesting that the person asking you will want to know more. He/she could be a potential SFI prospect.

I’ll mention the following:

- Self-employed, working at home

- Flexible in time

- Started my own business with just computer and Internet connection

- Multiple stream of income

- Credit card not needed to start and you can begin at your own pace

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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 302

The $12 Gift Card is a very effective tool in raising awareness about TripleClicks in your advertising campaign.

Here are ways to promote the $12 Gift Card to your prospects, not only to play Eager Zebra games but take advantage of whole TripleClicks.com opportunity:

- Advertise online and offline

You can generate awareness and excitement for the $12 Gift Card by distributing flyers and emails to your family and friends. You can also put your advertisement on the newspaper under the classified ads. If you have a SFI website or blog, consider installing the spiffy new images/banners (find them here: https://www.sfimg.com/Resources/GiftCards/GiftCards) to promote your $12 Gift Card. An attractive way is to include the link “ASK FOR YOUR FREE $12 GIFT CARD”, where they have to sign up to receive their free gift.

- Participate in your local community events

Gift cards are very much accepted giveaways during contests in your local community events. Offer your $12 Gift Cards as one of the prizes to be won. You can also organize a presentation of SFI/TripleClicks in your local community by posting in your local community billboard that you’re giving away 30, 60 or 90 free $12 Gift Cards to the first 30, 60, 90 participants.

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The $12 Gift Card is a very effective tool in raising awareness about TripleClicks in your advertising campaign.

Here are ways to promote the $12 Gift Card to your prospects, not only to play Eager Zebra games but take advantage of whole TripleClicks.com opportunity:

- Advertise online and offline

You can generate awareness and excitement for the $12 Gift Card by distributing flyers and emails to your family and friends. You can also put your advertisement on the
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 302

This is a very important question. A Team Leader is certainly going to make profit in SFI and they’re most likely be filled with enthusiasm and therefore a lot of activities in his/her team.

The best way to become a Team Leader:

- First understand the SFI BASICS. Without this principle, you’ll never get to the Team Leader rank.

On your first day, concentrate in accumulating VPs. Your goal is to score 1500 VP and become Executive Affiliate (EA). Log in daily performing your To-Do List. In your first month, explore the SFI tools and resources, focus on the methods of sponsoring and start applying what you learned. Collecting VPs on our second or succeeding months will be a lot tougher without Standing Order (SO). If you can afford to place an SO, I recommend IAHBE or 125 pack TCredits. By doing this you can concentrate in building your team. Never miss a day in performing your To-Do List, you’ll need every action VP in moving up to TL.

- Focus on Duplication. Set aside a budget for sponsoring. Write down your goal of how many PSAs you’re going to sponsor every month. This is where your much needed action VP will come in for qualifying to become a TL. For support of each personally sponsored EA2: 100 VP, BTL: 150; STL 200; GTL: 250; PTL: 300.

- Teach your team of EA2s, TLs to do the same. Communication is vital in this phase. You need to establish a close relationship within your team. Follow up, inspire, encourage and give rewards/incentives to your movers.

When you develop Team Leaders in your team, your building security for yourself and this means residual income stream.

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This is a very important question. A Team Leader is certainly going to make profit in SFI and they’re most likely be filled with enthusiasm and therefore a lot of activities in his/her team.

The best way to become a Team Leader:

- First understand the SFI BASICS. Without this principle, you’ll never get to the Team Leader rank.

On your first day, concentrate in accumulating VPs. Your goal is to score 1500 VP and become Executive Affiliate (EA). Log in daily
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 302

When thinking about reassigning your PSAs to someone taking consideration of the country of origin of your PSAs, ask yourself these questions: Will it benefit your PSA and that someone in your downline? Will it benefit the whole team?

Advantages of reassigning new PSAs to someone in your downline in their own country:

- Cultural background plays an important role in communication, eliminating language barriers.

- That someone in your downline, (EA, EA2, TL) will take off the burden of explaining the daily task to your PSAs that are being assigned. In short sharing your responsibilities.

- Build closer relationship. May be that someone in your downline is in a better position to understand the challenges that the PSAs are facing upon starting their ventures in SFI.

If you are willing to learn about other people- their ideas, interests, viewpoints-the better job you can do in serving them, in building a team, which is founded in trust and commitment. You’ll be in a better position to duplicate yourself.

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When thinking about reassigning your PSAs to someone taking consideration of the country of origin of your PSAs, ask yourself these questions: Will it benefit your PSA and that someone in your downline? Will it benefit the whole team?

Advantages of reassigning new PSAs to someone in your downline in their own country:

- Cultural background plays an important role in communication, eliminating language barriers.

- That someone in your downline, (EA, EA2, TL) will take
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 302

Communicating with your Sponsor and Co-Sponsor will depend on your needs of support and your Sponsor’s commitment of support.

If you are a new affiliate, you’ll have tons of questions that you want to ask your Sponsors. By way of asking questions often, you’re also building connection and closer ties to your Sponsors.

Before sending questions to your Sponsors, consider the following:

- Have you done your homework? Have you read what you suppose to read? By doing this most of your questions that are basic in nature will clear up.

- If the questions concern of utmost importance such as moving up to the next level as a Team Leader, setting up goals and implementing strategic plan to achieve those goals.

As often as you think is necessary for you to build a close relationship within your team, you’ll need to communicate to your Sponsor. Sponsors will understand that you need their full support and commitment.

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Communicating with your Sponsor and Co-Sponsor will depend on your needs of support and your Sponsor’s commitment of support.

If you are a new affiliate, you’ll have tons of questions that you want to ask your Sponsors. By way of asking questions often, you’re also building connection and closer ties to your Sponsors.

Before sending questions to your Sponsors, consider the following:

- Have you done your homework? Have you read what you suppose to read? By
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 302

In network marketing business like SFI, managing your time effectively is vital to your success. You need to think how you can accomplish more with your available time in a day to make your SFI business profitable. This doesn’t mean that you have to do many things at one time (multitasking). You’re going to feel overwhelm if you employ multitasking in your SFI business. Staying focused is a must if you’re to build a profitable SFI business.

In order to build a profitable business with SFI and invest the right amount of time, you’ll need to consider the following points:

- As an Entrepreneur/SFI business owner, you get paid for results, not the amount of time you spend for accomplishing a certain task. For example, you want to establish close relationship with your team as their Team Leader. You’ll be guiding and supporting them to duplicate your skill. You’ll be sending support messages, chatting online to address issues in navigating their SFI homepage and so on. The time will vary to fulfil this task alone. You’ll need to give them your time as long as they need until they understand. The time you’ll be spending in a day will depend on your goal. Even if you have set priorities in a daily basis, you’ll also need to allocate time for your logging in daily to perform your To-Do List. The key here is, you should manage your time effectively towards building your SFI business profitably.

- Ask a rule of thumb, set your goals for the day and week. Do your most leveraged activities and do not waste time on busy work that is not productive. Effective planning and time management go hand in hand for your success.

- In general, create a routine and system for everything you do (Performing To-Do List, Checking your Team mails, participating in Ask SC and SFI Forums, Pricebender Auctions, Eager Zebra games, etc). This is one of the most efficient time management strategies. By having a set routine, you’ll get things done faster.

- Check and reply to emails at the start and end of the day. If you constantly check email throughout the day, you’ll be spending valuable time unnecessarily and it’s being unproductive.

- Allocate time to connect with your prospects. You must get on the phone with people to expose them to your business, product or services. Have a set time for doing this activity every day.

- Be sure to schedule quality time with your family and friends. Remember, they are your warm market and they might be a big help in referring your SFI business.

- Allocate time to focus on one or two marketing strategies. Go to the Marketing Center, learn and acquire the skills of applying the different marketing methods. Master a strategy before moving on to the next one.

- Set a schedule and stick with it. It will help you create the habits you need to be successful. You won’t have to think about the things you need to do, you will just do them.

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In network marketing business like SFI, managing your time effectively is vital to your success. You need to think how you can accomplish more with your available time in a day to make your SFI business profitable. This doesn’t mean that you have to do many things at one time (multitasking). You’re going to feel overwhelm if you employ multitasking in your SFI business. Staying focused is a must if you’re to build a profitable SFI business.

In order to build a profitable business
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 302

Your Fast-Track member lapel pin can be an excellent tool to attract new sign-ups into SFI. This high quality lapel pins are made of stainless steel and are available to Fast-Track members who have at least three months of Fast-Track qualification, i.e. minimum $20 in sales and/or purchases each month.

When is the best occasion to wear your Fast-Track lapel pin in order to attract sign-ups into SFI?

- Club Activities

Regardless of how big or how small your club is, a day that commemorates or celebrates something about it is special. If you want to add a touch of uniqueness and class on that day, wear the lapel pin on the lapel of your suit coat, shirt collar, or pocket. As people look at it, they may ask, “What is SFI or Fast-Track?” This is a great opportunity to engage your prospects in conversation about your SFI business.

- Attending Tradeshows

Wear your lapel pin and distribute flyers, SFI/TC cards to visitors and to the tradeshows exhibitors.

- Attending seminars, conventions organized by networking professionals
As you network with attendees wearing your lapel pin, you can also exchange your SFI business cards.

- Family reunions. Sometimes, we get too busy with our lives that we forget just how exactly we miss those times with our families. This is why reunions are held. It is to reconnect with our loved ones after years of separation. Some choose to have their gathering outside the city while others prefer to go on the beach. Wherever you want to hold it, what matters most is the relationship that you re-forge with each other. It might be years before you see each other again so wearing the lapel pin, will spark conversation about your SFI business.

- Attending community/cultural events. It does not have to be a gathering between a huge group of people from all spectrum of life. Your lapel pin will surely get noticed you participate and mingle with people. Have your SFI/TC cards or if you have personalized SFI business cards ready for distribution.

Your Fast-Track lapel pin helps you achieve your marketing goals:

1. Your lapel pin represents your SFI organization, which strengthen your identity as a SFI business owner based on distinction and quality.

2, Brand recognition is easily created and reinforced with your lapel pin. For each attendance of social events or attending networking events as you wear your lapel pin, you’re relaying your logo or message in a memorable way that works continually on your behalf. As others take notice, word-of-mouth marketing takes over as your message spreads.

3. Your lapel pin can have a high perceived value and are often thought of as jewelry, it helps bolster an emotional connection between you and your prospects.

You can opt to wear your lapel pin everywhere you go. When prospects ask you what it is, they’ll find out that you are a go-getter with one of the largest affiliate networks worldwide. You’re going to impress them and this gives you the opportunity to sign them up.

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Your Fast-Track member lapel pin can be an excellent tool to attract new sign-ups into SFI. This high quality lapel pins are made of stainless steel and are available to Fast-Track members who have at least three months of Fast-Track qualification, i.e. minimum $20 in sales and/or purchases each month.

When is the best occasion to wear your Fast-Track lapel pin in order to attract sign-ups into SFI?

- Club Activities

Regardless of how big or how small your club is,
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 302

Giving positive but constructive criticism can be a powerful tool for downline motivation. As a Team Leader you have an important task to let your downline know where they are and where to go next in terms of expectations and goals in your organization. Use it as a tool for indicating when things are going in the right direction or for getting your downline’s attention about performance problem. Your objective in giving your positive but constructive criticism is to provide guidance by supplying information in a useful manner, either to support effective performance behavior or to guide your downline back on track toward successful performance in your organization.

Here's how to provide your positive but constructive criticism to your downline effectively:

1. State your purpose

Indicate what you would like to cover briefly and why it’s important. You should state it clearly that you’re focussing on giving your feedback on the needs of your organization towards success.

2. Be specific in describing what you observed.

Observations are what you see occur; interpretations are your analysis or opinion of what you see occur. Tell what you've noticed, not what you think of it, and report the behavior you notice at a concrete level, instead of as a characterization of the behavior. Observations have a far more factual and nonjudgmental aspect than do interpretations. Have a certain event or action in mind and be able to say when and where it happened.

3. Be direct and sincere when delivering your message.

Get to the point and mean what you say with care and respect. The manner on how you say something often carries more weight than what you have to say.

4. Deliver your message in a timely manner.

The timing when to give your constructive criticism is extremely important. You should aim to give this in real-time as close as possible to when the performance incident occurs so that the events are fresh in everyone's minds. When feedback is given well after the fact, the value of the positive but constructive criticism is lessened.

5. Offer specific suggestions to resolve a specific problem.

Make your suggestions helpful by including practical feasible examples. Offering suggestions shows that you have thought past your evaluations carefully and you’re moved to how to improve the situation. Offer an idea, if you think your downline will find it useful and don’t just push your suggestion for improvement just for the sake of it.

6. Summarize and express your support.

In your message, include a review of major points you discussed. Include a summary of items your downline can perform towards improvement. In your corrective feedback, stress the main things you’ve discussed that your downline could do differently. End your message with a positive note by expressing confidence in your downline’s ability to improve the situation.

In conclusion: Keep providing positive but constructive criticism to your downline and focus on specific events and behaviors that exceed your expectations, and let them know how much you appreciate their efforts. You’ll improve morale and enhance trust while encouraging higher levels of performance.

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Giving positive but constructive criticism can be a powerful tool for downline motivation. As a Team Leader you have an important task to let your downline know where they are and where to go next in terms of expectations and goals in your organization. Use it as a tool for indicating when things are going in the right direction or for getting your downline’s attention about performance problem. Your objective in giving your positive but constructive criticism is to provide guidance by supplying
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 302

I don’t recommend copying other’s blog for the sake of good content. It might get you into trouble for copyright infringement. Copyright infringement occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, performed, publicly displayed, or made into a derivative work without the permission of the copyright owner.

What you should do to provide good content for your SFI blog that does not infringe someone else’s copyrights?

- Use your skills and imagination to create your SFI blog completely original. Consider what you have to say and how you say it. People will return to your blog if they like what you write about a specific subject. Keep it personable so as to invite interaction through blog comments and links back to your blog from other bloggers who like what you write. Think of the things that you’re good at in SFI; write them in your blog.

- Write your blog posts honestly and openly. Whether you’re interested in Sponsoring, ECA, Pricebender Auctions; write passionately about them. Your blog posts need to be dynamic, interesting and enjoyable for people to read.

- Create a content that is written for your readers.
Become an expert in your subject. If you consistently logging into your SFI homepage, taking the time to learn each topic of SFI Tools and Resources, you’re widening your knowledge base, which will make it easier for you in creating a good content for your SFI blog. Stay on top of SFI news and trends. Participate in SFI Forum and Ask SC. Knowing your SFI community will give you an upper hand when it comes to good content of your SFI blog.

By following the steps above, you never have to worry about the copyright because you own it.

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I don’t recommend copying other’s blog for the sake of good content. It might get you into trouble for copyright infringement. Copyright infringement occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, performed, publicly displayed, or made into a derivative work without the permission of the copyright owner.

What you should do to provide good content for your SFI blog that does not infringe someone else’s copyrights?

- Use your skills and imagination to create
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 302

In answering your question, I would like to clarify what can be considered a successful business. Would you consider your SFI business successful when it generates a significant, full-time income? Are you in this mindset? It is important to know what your mindset does in regards to building a successful business.

Your perception determines the way you do business. Your mindset determines your business mission, its vision, your business culture and your work ethics. Why did you start a business? What is your primary aim of building a business? These are two important questions you must answer because the answers will determine if you will succeed or fail.

Most people start a business because they believe building a business is the fastest way to make money and get rich. Some start a business because they want to be their own boss and do things their own way; while others start a business just to pay themselves a decent check monthly. While making money from your business is a good idea, you must never forget that your primary aim should be to provide value and take care of your affiliates. Your affiliates are also your customers.

How many affiliates do you need to sponsor each month to build a successful business?

- This is difficult to tell. Rather than setting the exact number of affiliates to sponsor each month, find and develop your topnotch affiliates in your team. The Genealogy and Affiliate Manager are two powerful tools for identifying them. Don’t get caught up in spending your time focusing on the quantity of sponsoring affiliates.

- Once you’ve found your topnotch affiliates, focus on giving them your full support.

- Teach and train them to duplicate your efforts.

- As you keep sponsoring affiliates, you’ll have to stay sharp focus on finding your top guns (workers).

-Don’t ignore your topnotch affiliates, your workers; they’re the key to building a successful SFI business. You need to do all what you can to support them and staying connected to them.

Keep expanding your network. You’ll eventually find more top performers to develop. Your success depends on them.








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In answering your question, I would like to clarify what can be considered a successful business. Would you consider your SFI business successful when it generates a significant, full-time income? Are you in this mindset? It is important to know what your mindset does in regards to building a successful business.

Your perception determines the way you do business. Your mindset determines your business mission, its vision, your business culture and your work ethics. Why did you start a
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