Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

Hello,

In my opinion, the easiest way is to lead by the example and being consistent. Therefore, you should first of all present to them the actions you take for duplication, discuss how effective they are and what benefits do they bring. Once they see that you "do what you teach", they may be more willing to follow your example.

A good starting point might be discussing "My Earnings" panel under "SCOREBOARD" with them, too. I mean, to demonstrate that it is not so important how much they buy/how many VP they generate as long as they remain EA) as how many active affiliates they bring into their organization and how effectively they teach those affiliates to do the same - this is best illustrated by Direct Commissions section.

Then, to encourage them to become Team Leaders and teach their Affiliates do the same, point out to the Executive Pool section, second line from the top, and explain that they'll earn VPs from the EA2s in their downline once they become Team Leaders (the higher level, the deeper it reaches).

You might also stress that becoming a Team Leader (BTL, for example) may also be achieved by recruiting active affiliates who become and remain EA2s (100 VP for each of them) or Team Leaders themselves (TO-DO LIST: Team Leadership & Support).

Simply put, show them all the benefits of duplication, all the coming attractions of having a wide and deep organization built.

Design a series of letters to discuss those points and you can expect that the most active of your Affiliates will follow your advice.

Stay successful!
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Hello,

In my opinion, the easiest way is to lead by the example and being consistent. Therefore, you should first of all present to them the actions you take for duplication, discuss how effective they are and what benefits do they bring. Once they see that you "do what you teach", they may be more willing to follow your example.

A good starting point might be discussing "My Earnings" panel under "SCOREBOARD" with them, too. I mean, to demonstrate
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Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

Hello,

Your question touches a very sensitive matter for many Affiliates since, at least in my opinion, the majority of them suffer from not seeing the results they expected...

Let me offer my anser here, a short and simple one: in my opinion it all depends on the type of advertising you use and on your communication with your Affiliates and Co-Sponsored Affiliates.

As for the advertising. If you use multiple forms of free advertising, like traffic exchanges, safelists, text ad exchanges, you are not only competing with millions of similar entrepreneurs, but you also direct your ads to the wrong audience. Think for yourself, why do you advertise at this particular safelist, for example? Because you want to extend your reach! Why are others advertising there? For the same reasons! People are geared to offering/selling more than towards buying/joining opportunities.

The thing is quite different with paid advertising since the ads are picked up and clicked by people looking for an opportunity to join/a product to buy... They are looking for another chance to earn extra money, so they'll click the add and most probably join the opportunity you offer.

With paid advertising you'll get more Affiliates in a shorter time, but it may cost you a lot, and nobody can guarantee that those Affiliates will be/remain active. Since, however, it is also a numbers game, the more Affiliates you sponsor, the higher the chance of having a few active ones that will not only let you earn commissions, but will also build their downlines, which will also contribute to your earnings.

The second issue I mentioned above is communication (although I could have also mention honest, consistency, and leading by example here).

You have to communicate with your new downline members, and you have to prove yourself worthy of their trust, i.e. how can you demand your Affiliate, for example, to set up a standing order if you don't have one yourself? How can you recommend buying services that you don't buy yourself? How can you tell them what action to take if you don't take the action yourself?

As I said, you have to communicate with your Affiliates and it must be personal, too. I don't mean writing to each of them separately. We have group mailer here, but the messages must come from you and not be copied information of what you find at SFI pages. Also, the information you provide must be reliable, and they must see you as their leader not beacause you recruited them, but because your actions are consitent with what you try to teach them.

That, in my opinion, is the reason why some are more successful than others here, also in terms of time. So, sorry to be blunt here, if you don't have a budget, if you're not willing to take the action you'd like your Affiliates to take, if you're not willing to communicate and network, you may wait years for your success here, because your recruiting power will be significantly lower, and you won't be able to set the example for people you eventually manage to recruit.

Stay successful!
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Hello,

Your question touches a very sensitive matter for many Affiliates since, at least in my opinion, the majority of them suffer from not seeing the results they expected...

Let me offer my anser here, a short and simple one: in my opinion it all depends on the type of advertising you use and on your communication with your Affiliates and Co-Sponsored Affiliates.

As for the advertising. If you use multiple forms of free advertising, like traffic exchanges, safelists,
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Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

Dear Bernadette,

Participation in Ask SC not only helps you to become a more successful SFI affiliate, but also a more effective sponsor or team leader. How?

To answer your original question first, let's have a look at the range of questions people ask at Ask SC. I bet you wouldn't have thought about asking some of them, neither would I. This way we learn about some features of SFI that somehow escaped our attention, and we also learn how to use them.

Sometimes, you may think that people are asking about obvious things, but then - the answers are not that obvious and again you learn something new, sometimes unexpected, that helps you with your SFI related efforts.

Also answering questions at Ask SC strengthens and extends your knowledge of SFI. As "strengthens" seems obvious, you probably wonder how answering those questions can extend your knowledge. It's simple, when you concentrate on the issue, you can find a new, more creative way to solve the problem presented in the question, or the question itself may inspire you to try a new course of action instead of an established routine.

As for the second part of my statement above - becomin a more effective SFI leader/sponsor, the answers provided by other members are often enlightening and pointing to some aspects that we simply failed to notice. This way we learn new things that we can then pass on to our Affiliates. You can incorporate many of those answers in your weekly correspondence with your Affiliates, adding a personal touch to it. Your Downline Members will thank you for sharing the knowledge with them and will follow you more eagerly.

Again, reading the answers themselves may direct you to new ways of promoting SFI, collaborating with your Affiliates, and building a good and active team. That's how collective wisdom works.

Also, don't be discouraged by the fact that some of the answers are simply "copy-paste" reflections of SFI help articles. There are still many genuine, original, and extremely helpful ones to follow.
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Dear Bernadette,

Participation in Ask SC not only helps you to become a more successful SFI affiliate, but also a more effective sponsor or team leader. How?

To answer your original question first, let's have a look at the range of questions people ask at Ask SC. I bet you wouldn't have thought about asking some of them, neither would I. This way we learn about some features of SFI that somehow escaped our attention, and we also learn how to use them.

Sometimes, you
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Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

If your PSAs send their goals to you, you are on a good way to build a good team, so it would be unreasonable to lose that opportunity. We may also assume that sharing the goals is a signal that your affiliates want to discuss them with you and this may require a great deal of sensitivity, common sense, and tact.

Before going into the details, I'd first compliment them on setting the goals and thank them on sending them to you.

While discussing the goals themselves, never evaluate them, at least do not provide negative feedback, like "No, that's simply impossible" or "You're planning too high", etc. Instead, provide positive advice. If you feel your affiliate might have set their goals too high, you may say something like this: "I can see you plan to XXX. That's great! How would you divide it into a few smaller goals, so once you reach each of them, you know you're making progress?" This will make your affiliate concentrate on the goal even more.

Also, you might ask about their first step towards reaching this or that goal.

If you think your affiliate's goals are too modest, you may ask about their next step after reaching those goals, or how they are going to revise the goals on reaching them earlier than planned. This, again, will make your affiliates think about their goals more and they may find out themselves that dreaming big is more exciting and more rewarding than being conservative.

Whatever you do, however, simply remember to provide positive feedback, to motivate your affiliates to do more (if you think they underestimate themselves) or to plan carefully (if you think their goals may overwhelm them).

And on the off-topic side: also monitor their milestones with them and congratulate them (or even reward them) on reaching each of them.

Positive feedback, motivation, encouragement - these are the elements of the best approach to discussing the goals with your new PSAs.
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If your PSAs send their goals to you, you are on a good way to build a good team, so it would be unreasonable to lose that opportunity. We may also assume that sharing the goals is a signal that your affiliates want to discuss them with you and this may require a great deal of sensitivity, common sense, and tact.

Before going into the details, I'd first compliment them on setting the goals and thank them on sending them to you.

While discussing the goals themselves, never evaluate
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Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

As many people before me have pointed out - having/setting goals gives your actions a sense of direction, shows you the end result of your endavors.

What I would like to point out is that setting goals is important also in your life, simply because goals direct our actions and reflect what we want to achieve in life.

Remember one thing, however: nothing is carved in stone as far as your life is concerned. You are free to set, change, and re-set your goals to reflect your personal potential, needs, and desires to the fullest. The same is true at SFI, so just remember to review your goals and adjust them accordingly.

You may start small and then set the goal higher and higher, rewarding yourself on reaching each new level. Therefore, setting goals not only directs your actions, but also tells you how well you are doing. And don't be discouraged if getting there takes you more time than you have originally assumed.
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As many people before me have pointed out - having/setting goals gives your actions a sense of direction, shows you the end result of your endavors.

What I would like to point out is that setting goals is important also in your life, simply because goals direct our actions and reflect what we want to achieve in life.

Remember one thing, however: nothing is carved in stone as far as your life is concerned. You are free to set, change, and re-set your goals to reflect your personal
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Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

The best encouragement is your personal example. If you are really successful here, you have something to show to your Affiliates. If you share your strategies with them at the same time - you're even a better leader and your Affiliates will follow you with higher motivation. If you just repeat all the time "if it has worked for me, it will work for you" when you share a strategy, you'll see more dedication on the part of your Affiliates.

I know how it feels when you think you're getting nowhere and there is no support from your upline or sponsor, I've been there. So I developed my own strategies, made them into a series of training letter and send them to all my affiliates alike. If asked, I present my results, also the financial ones to back my point of view and to grow my Affiliates' confidence.

As long as you offer support and as long as YOU yourself can set an example of success instead of feeding your Affiliates trash like "be persistent, do the to-do list daily, set a standing order" while you don't do that yourself, your Affiliates will have a sense of direction and will see the sense of their actions.

EDUCATION, SUPPORT, and EXAMPLE are the key terms here.

Why EXAMPLE? Imagine these two situations:

A poor man aproaches another poor man and says "You know, I have found a great way to earn a lot of money. Come with me and I will show you what to do to get rich."

A luxury car stops close to a poor man, a well dressed man gets off the car, invites the poor man for a ride and says: "You know, I've found a great way to earn a lot of money. Come with me and I'll show you what to do to get rich."

Which one would you follow?
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The best encouragement is your personal example. If you are really successful here, you have something to show to your Affiliates. If you share your strategies with them at the same time - you're even a better leader and your Affiliates will follow you with higher motivation. If you just repeat all the time "if it has worked for me, it will work for you" when you share a strategy, you'll see more dedication on the part of your Affiliates.

I know how it feels when you think you're
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Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

The best way is to provide a good example. Yours own most preferably. Only when the people you recruit see your positive results, they may become less reluctant and more trusting.

If you write in your ad or say in a conversation that "people" earn money with SFI from the comfort of their own homes then you can be sure that almost everybody and their mother have heard about "people" earning money on the Internet and your message will be just another buzz in the Internet marketing white noise. If you, however, state that YOU earn money from the comfort of your own home, that YOU started for free, that YOU get the results and can prove it by presenting your Commissions Report "My Earnings" section of your Scoreboard then you can be quite sure that there will be people who will follow you.

Of course you may and should refer to SFI's reputation of many years on the market, you should present SFI as THE place to make money online, but your presentation will be even more credible and effective if you - again - back it up with your own results.

You must also remember that the question people approached with the so called "opportunities" have in mind is "what's in it for me?". So if you concentrate on benefits for THEM, if you present those benefits instead of trying to pitch them to join becaus YOU want them in your downline, you will again be more credible and effective.
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The best way is to provide a good example. Yours own most preferably. Only when the people you recruit see your positive results, they may become less reluctant and more trusting.

If you write in your ad or say in a conversation that "people" earn money with SFI from the comfort of their own homes then you can be sure that almost everybody and their mother have heard about "people" earning money on the Internet and your message will be just another buzz in the Internet
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Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi,

What I am going to write will certainly be opposed by many, but I think that after deeper reflection you'll agree with me.

The answer to your question is: there is no such way!

The reason behind it is simple - if somebody doesn't want to do what is NOT required of them, there is no way to force the person to do it, no matter what incentives you may offer.

What is consistently taught here at SFI (and anywhere else for that matter) is that you should be concerned on quality over quantity.

Do you know the Pareto rule, or the 80/20 rule? It says (in its most general sense) that we achieve 80 percent of our results from 20 percent of our resources. I think this would find confirmation also at SFI.

So, why bother? Why beat the dead horse? Simply forget about them and move on, concentrate on those who ARE active, who do something and try to teach them to do more. Another adage here at SFI: Lead by the example! Show your active affiliates everything you have ever used to build your success at SFI, tell them honestly what free and paid methods you used, incentivize them, and forget about those who ignore your e-mails or any other form of communication.

I learned this the hard way. I also wanted to be a good "papa" for my affiliates in every program I participate in, but one of the owners of such programs told me exactly what I have told you today. Yes, these words came from the OWNER of one of the most successful programs online so far as the reply to my question exactly like yours.

If this was a regular job, those people would have already got fired for abesnteeizm, right?
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Hi,

What I am going to write will certainly be opposed by many, but I think that after deeper reflection you'll agree with me.

The answer to your question is: there is no such way!

The reason behind it is simple - if somebody doesn't want to do what is NOT required of them, there is no way to force the person to do it, no matter what incentives you may offer.

What is consistently taught here at SFI (and anywhere else for that matter) is that you should
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