Affiliate since: 08/04/2013, Power Rank: 11

Hi Fiona,

More than promote the Fast-Track 2.0 to your new affiliates, I would suggest you just explain it to them in a clear and concise manner, so that they know this option exists but is in no way obligatory. That way, they can decide for themselves whether they are interested in acquiring it or not.

SFI will take care of promoting the Fast-Track option for you by sending your new affiliates several reminders during their first 10 days at SFI. If you add your own promotion to this, they may feel unduly pressured. Let SFI do the hard work and just concentrate on making your new affiliates feel welcome and help them get started the way you usually do.

By the way, since you already have your own Gold Fast-Track badge, this may inspire some of your new affiliates to follow your example, especially those who are serious about building a strong and profitable business.

Good luck :-)
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Hi Fiona,

More than promote the Fast-Track 2.0 to your new affiliates, I would suggest you just explain it to them in a clear and concise manner, so that they know this option exists but is in no way obligatory. That way, they can decide for themselves whether they are interested in acquiring it or not.

SFI will take care of promoting the Fast-Track option for you by sending your new affiliates several reminders during their first 10 days at SFI. If you add your own promotion
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Affiliate since: 08/04/2013, Power Rank: 11

Hi Ophelia,

Eager Zebra games in general are great tools with which to promote TripleClicks and an important potential source of income, meaning a juicier Executive Pool for all of us. Let's take a look at each game and see which ones give the most VP (maximum 200 VP a month), MRP and TCredits:

The Pick The Price (PTP) game: It costs 1 TCredit to enter and you earn 1 VP and 5 MRP with each entry. You have about 70 auctions to choose from each day to try your luck at guessing their final price. The daily Zackpot usually hovers at around 2,300 TCredits, which is distributed among all the day's lucky winners.

The TD Tally game: It is a weekly game and it only costs 1 TCredit to play, but you also only earn 1 VP and 5 MRP for the whole week. Last week's top Touchdown prognosticators shared 683 TCredits, but as more players enter the game, and begin to use the "double down" feature, I'm sure the Zackpot will grow much bigger than it is now.

The Pick Or Punt game: you get 1 free entry per week, so you don't earn any VP or MRP unless you use the "Punt" feature. The Zackpot grew to 583 TCredits last week and was distributed among the top prognosticators. I'm sure this Zackpot will also grow as the NFL football season progresses and more football enthusiasts join in.

The Time Machine: it costs 1 TCredit to enter once a day and you earn 1 VP and 5 MRP. However, the contest lasts 15, 30 or sometimes even 45 days, so you have plenty of opportunities to make the right prediction regarding a future event. The lucky winners from the last contest shared a Zackpot that grew to over 16,000 TCredits.

The Gold Streak game: it is based on the survey responses we provide each day. It costs 1 TCredit to enter, you earn 1 VP and 5 MRP with each entry, and you can enter up to 12 times a day. The daily Zackpot averages about 2,800 TCredits, and is distributed among the participants who manage to get the longest streak of correct answers.

The Knockout Trivia game: You don't earn MRP or VP in free games but you do earn 1 VP when you enter with TCredits. However, you can earn unlimited MRP –especially in Double MRP games–, when you use TCredits to enter a game and/or during a game. The size of the Zackpot varies with each game, but the daily tally is usually more than 3,000 TCredits.

I have played most of these games at least once, and so far I have not had too much luck at games that involve guessing. Therefore, I have come to the conclusion that Knockout Trivia is the game that gives the most MRP, VP and TCredits with the least amount of guesswork and the most amount of fun… but that's just my opinion :-)

I find that Knockout Trivia is entertaining and exciting because you compete against other players from all over the world. Even if you are knocked out, you can watch the rest of the game and learn something new in the process. That means you are exercising at least one important part of your body while you sit at your computer: your brain!

Whatever game you prefer to play or promote, the good news is that, one way or another, they all help you to earn VP as well as MRP and TCredits, which can add up pretty quickly when you are on a winning streak, and could eventually help finance part or all of your monthly SFI business expenses.
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Hi Ophelia,

Eager Zebra games in general are great tools with which to promote TripleClicks and an important potential source of income, meaning a juicier Executive Pool for all of us. Let's take a look at each game and see which ones give the most VP (maximum 200 VP a month), MRP and TCredits:

The Pick The Price (PTP) game: It costs 1 TCredit to enter and you earn 1 VP and 5 MRP with each entry. You have about 70 auctions to choose from each day to try your luck at guessing
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Affiliate since: 08/04/2013, Power Rank: 11

Hi Chidinma,

I think SFI is perfect for students! Let me tell you why.

At the age of 18, students are at a point in their lives where they are just beginning to experience what life has to offer, but at the same time they are also having to face some pretty harsh realities, such as a poor economy and an even poorer job market. Any student with an ounce of vision would leap at the chance to start earning money while they study their chosen career.

And since they are already in the habit of studying, one more subject shouldn't kill them, especially since this subject in particular has the distinct advantage of allowing them to "Earn While They Learn". I doubt any of their other subjects have that kind of appeal!

Moreover, they have tons of other students on their university or college campuses to choose from to help them with duplication and sales. They have countless opportunities to form a strong and lasting team that could still be productive long after they've finished their careers and gone their separate ways.

Who knows! Maybe by the time they graduate, some of them could already be earning a six-figure income!

I wish I'd had this kind of opportunity to make money when I was young! I would have been a millionaire by now!!! ha ha!
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Hi Chidinma,

I think SFI is perfect for students! Let me tell you why.

At the age of 18, students are at a point in their lives where they are just beginning to experience what life has to offer, but at the same time they are also having to face some pretty harsh realities, such as a poor economy and an even poorer job market. Any student with an ounce of vision would leap at the chance to start earning money while they study their chosen career.

And since they are
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Affiliate since: 08/04/2013, Power Rank: 11

Hi Wong,

If there are any short-cuts, I would love to know what they are. As a fairly new affiliate, I can honestly say that haven't found one yet, but if there are any, I'm sure some of our more illustrious affiliates will tell you what they are.

If by short-cuts you mean glossing over important information or not doing all of our daily, weekly and monthly actions regularly, I would say no, this is not a good short-cut. Everything we read, learn and apply here at SFI is important if we want to build our business on a solid foundation.

New affiliates, especially if they have no prior experience, need to fully understand the complexities of this business, which is why their first month should be spent absorbing all the information SFI provides.

There are, however, ways to immediately start generating income or new recruits. New affiliates can spend some of their time learning about the business and dedicate the rest of their time to trying out new ways to promote and sell TripleClicks products and services, or finding new affiliates for their team.

Of course, when they embark on these activities they will hopefully have read about key-codes and hit tracking so that they know which campaigns are working and which are not. I also hope they'll have at least read the article on "How to be an Awesome Sponsor" before they receive their first recruits.

As you can see, we are still back to reading and learning before acting, because in these two cases, short-cuts could turn out to be more of an obstacle than a benefit.

I hope this helps.

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Hi Wong,

If there are any short-cuts, I would love to know what they are. As a fairly new affiliate, I can honestly say that haven't found one yet, but if there are any, I'm sure some of our more illustrious affiliates will tell you what they are.

If by short-cuts you mean glossing over important information or not doing all of our daily, weekly and monthly actions regularly, I would say no, this is not a good short-cut. Everything we read, learn and apply here at SFI is important
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Affiliate since: 08/04/2013, Power Rank: 11

Hello Anela,

The beauty of an online business is that you can experiment all you want until you get it right. If your current approach is not working, then try a different approach. There are many marketing aids and methods to choose from in the Marketing Center.

Moreover, you are not alone here at SFI, so take advantage of the fact that there are many people who are eager to help you, like your Team Leader, Co-Sponsor or a2a friends. You can also ask questions in the Forum and look for answers in the ASK SC section.

For even more information, you can search the web and visit different advertising sites to see what other marketers are doing to attract new prospects. Emulate the ones that best suit your purpose, but be creative: use graphics, humor and even anecdotes or testimonials to catch the attention of your prospects.

The most important piece of advice I can give you is: keep trying! You never know when an ad you posted months ago may suddenly work. And if all else fails, you can use the services of a reputable TripleClicks store to help you find new affiliates or acquire one of the two options offered by SFI: a PSAs To Go pack or an S-Builder Co-op unit.

Good luck!
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Hello Anela,

The beauty of an online business is that you can experiment all you want until you get it right. If your current approach is not working, then try a different approach. There are many marketing aids and methods to choose from in the Marketing Center.

Moreover, you are not alone here at SFI, so take advantage of the fact that there are many people who are eager to help you, like your Team Leader, Co-Sponsor or a2a friends. You can also ask questions in the Forum
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Affiliate since: 08/04/2013, Power Rank: 11

Hello Ferdinand,

It's hard to convince people to do anything without showing them some sort of proof, and many affiliates have not yet earned the kind of income that could inspire someone to join SFI on that premise alone.

Even if you could show how successful you are, it doesn't mean that the individuals you are trying to convince will obtain the same results, so it's always best to avoid giving any tangible proof that may ultimately back-fire on you.

Instead of just focusing on how much money they can earn, why not turn the conversation around to the many opportunities and benefits SFI has to offer. A good way to do this is by talking about your own experience.

Tell them about your achievements and how you have learned more than you could ever have imagined; how you continue to learn something new each day. Tell them about your badges or the prizes you have won, or any other accomplishment you are particularly proud of. But most of all, allow your enthusiasm and passion for SFI to shine through.

Let your prospects know that by joining SFI, not only will they have free access to valuable information; they will also have many useful tools at their disposal to help them grow their business. And, although their level of success will depend entirely on how much time and effort they dedicate to their new venture, assure them that they can always count on you to guide and support them.

I hope this helps
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Hello Ferdinand,

It's hard to convince people to do anything without showing them some sort of proof, and many affiliates have not yet earned the kind of income that could inspire someone to join SFI on that premise alone.

Even if you could show how successful you are, it doesn't mean that the individuals you are trying to convince will obtain the same results, so it's always best to avoid giving any tangible proof that may ultimately back-fire on you.

Instead of
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Affiliate since: 08/04/2013, Power Rank: 11

Hello Andy,

I think both a website and a blog would be the perfect combination and a very effective advertising strategy to get your business noticed. It is a two-pronged approach that could cover all of your essential advertising needs in one neat package. Set them up so that they complement each other.

1.- Use your website to provide an in-depth and detailed explanation of each of the income streams at SFI and TripleClicks, including the more fun aspects, such as the games and auctions. Organize the information in a way that is pleasing to the eye and easy to navigate.

Intersperse some photos or graphics to make the pages look more appealing. Also place some of the banners you'll find in the Marketing Center to further adorn your pages and make it easy for your readers to just click and go. Don't forget to include the link to your blog at the bottom of each page or on your Welcome page.

2.- Use your blog to complement your website by strategically placing banners and links to SFI and TripleClicks as well as a link to your website. In the case of a blog, you have more freedom to express yourself, because you don't always have to write about SFI or TripleClicks. It is a more dynamic way to advertise because you will post a new article each week (at the very least) which will continue to get you noticed in the search engines and among your readers.

A blog post or article does not have to be very long but it should be original and entertaining in order to keep your readers interested. You never know when one of them may decide to click on a banner or link when curiosity overtakes them. That is why you should also display a link to your website, in case one of your readers wants more detailed information about your business.

3.- If you have neither a website nor a blog, there are several website hosts that also include a section for your blog. There is a good reason why you should have everything in one place, especially if you do not have much time or you don't know how to manage a website or blog:

a) the website host usually has a training section;
b) it's easier to organize your work when you have it all in one place; and
c) each time you publish a blog, your entire website gets noticed too.

A final thought: Remember that there are always new and exciting developments going on at both SFI and TripleClicks, so make sure you keep the information on both your website and blog up to date.

I hope this answer helps you decide.


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Hello Andy,

I think both a website and a blog would be the perfect combination and a very effective advertising strategy to get your business noticed. It is a two-pronged approach that could cover all of your essential advertising needs in one neat package. Set them up so that they complement each other.

1.- Use your website to provide an in-depth and detailed explanation of each of the income streams at SFI and TripleClicks, including the more fun aspects, such as the games
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Affiliate since: 08/04/2013, Power Rank: 11

Hello Ferdinand,

Since most of our new PSAs may be unfamiliar with placing free or paid ads, might not have much time to spend clicking on other people's ads in traffic exchanges, or may not want to pester their friends and family with emails or posts on their social networks, perhaps the best advertising method we should recommend is a website or blog.

I'm not saying that these advertising methods are not effective, because they can be, but in most cases it takes time to get any real response. Not only that, these ads disappear almost as soon as they appear, because there are so many people competing for the same advertising spaces. This could be very disheartening, especially for affiliates who are just starting out. They want to see immediate results, as do we all.

They are more likely to get hits or views if they set up a simple blog or website. The beauty of a website or blog is that new affiliates will have complete control over them. They can experiment with banners and links, and best of all, they will have tangible evidence of their progress. They can also proudly show their friends and family what they have done, which is a gentler way to advertise to those we love.

Having a blog or website will also be a valuable learning experience for new affiliates, because as they work on ways to explain their business to others, they will acquire a deeper understanding of what SFI and TripleClicks are all about. As time passes, they will be able to edit and improve their website or blog to make them even more appealing and informative.

Thanks for reading this.
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Hello Ferdinand,

Since most of our new PSAs may be unfamiliar with placing free or paid ads, might not have much time to spend clicking on other people's ads in traffic exchanges, or may not want to pester their friends and family with emails or posts on their social networks, perhaps the best advertising method we should recommend is a website or blog.

I'm not saying that these advertising methods are not effective, because they can be, but in most cases it takes time to get
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Affiliate since: 08/04/2013, Power Rank: 11

Hello Stephan,

There is no better place to get good content for your SFI blog than within yourself. You are an intelligent person who is most definitely capable of writing good content if you dedicate some time to reading each day.

Every time you find an article about a subject that interests you, whether it is at SFI or elsewhere on the internet, read it thoroughly and then search for similar articles.

Read every single article you can find on the subject, because each author will have a different opinion or vision. By reading different points of view on the same subject you will be able to form your own opinion and then write about it in your own words.

It is a time-consuming activity, but if you want to write good content, you need to have an in-depth knowledge about your subject, and the only way you can acquire that, is by reading voraciously and learning from others, especially the experts.

I hope this helps.


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Hello Stephan,

There is no better place to get good content for your SFI blog than within yourself. You are an intelligent person who is most definitely capable of writing good content if you dedicate some time to reading each day.

Every time you find an article about a subject that interests you, whether it is at SFI or elsewhere on the internet, read it thoroughly and then search for similar articles.

Read every single article you can find on the subject, because
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Affiliate since: 08/04/2013, Power Rank: 11

Hello Gias,

First of all, I would ask what exactly do you mean by 'no success'? Every step you take, even if it is a baby step, is one step closer to your goal, so there is always an element of success in everything you do.

If you logged in every day and did all of your Daily, Weekly and Monthly Actions, you must have learned quite a bit about SFI and TripleClicks over this past year. You also acquired some discipline and a good work habit. That is a measure of success.

If you reviewed the SFI Basics, did all of the Launchpad lessons as well as the Getting Started and Intermediate Actions on your To-Do list, you not only learned many new ways to earn a second income here at SFI, you also earned valuable VersaPoints. That is a measure of success

If you earned one badge, reached one milestone, won 1 TCredit or achieved even one of your monthly goals, that is a measure of success.

In the worst case scenario, even if you didn't log in every day, never got a single active affiliate, never became Team Leader, and never managed to refer a customer to TripleClicks, this past year will still not have been a waste of time because you tried something new, and in the process you learned many useful things you didn't know before you joined SFI.

Now that your one year anniversary has come and gone, I suggest you look back and analyze what you did right and what you could have done better, and then set a new goal for yourself: 1 more year at SFI at full throttle (100% effort).

Give yourself a whole year to make the necessary adjustments and improvements, and learn from your past mistakes. If you do this, I am convinced that your question on your second anniversary will be: how can I become even more successful at SFI?

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Hello Gias,

First of all, I would ask what exactly do you mean by 'no success'? Every step you take, even if it is a baby step, is one step closer to your goal, so there is always an element of success in everything you do.

If you logged in every day and did all of your Daily, Weekly and Monthly Actions, you must have learned quite a bit about SFI and TripleClicks over this past year. You also acquired some discipline and a good work habit. That is a measure of success.

If
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