Affiliate since: 03/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

I would have to start by asking why offline?

Let me illustrate my question with an example. Let's say you have been very successful in your marketing and just your PSAs number in at around 200. Now, 200 PSAs is a lot to try to pack into someone's home, so you venture out to find a suitable meeting location. Many hotels offer meeting/convention facilities. So you find a hotel that has a meeting hall that can accommodate up to 500. You are thinking "This is great. More than enough room." Then they start discussing pricing: $200 base starting rate; add another $100 for use of their PA system; add another $150 for use of video; add another $7 per attendee for refreshments - total cost is $1850 per meeting, and you plan on conducting your training meetings once a month. Another major disadvantage to offline training is that it is only accessible by those PSAs who live close to you. Most will not attend if they have to drive more than 45 minutes to an hour one way.

They better way, in my opinion, is to do online training sessions. Even if you were to opt for a paid hosting option, you would be looking at, on average, no more than a couple hundred per month, which, depending on the host, could provide enough bandwidth to allow several hundred to possibly an unlimited number of attendees. You also have the advantage to global reach, which is very beneficial considering that SFI is a global opportunity.

Hope this helps.
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I would have to start by asking why offline?

Let me illustrate my question with an example. Let's say you have been very successful in your marketing and just your PSAs number in at around 200. Now, 200 PSAs is a lot to try to pack into someone's home, so you venture out to find a suitable meeting location. Many hotels offer meeting/convention facilities. So you find a hotel that has a meeting hall that can accommodate up to 500. You are thinking "This is great. More than enough room."
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Affiliate since: 03/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi Keith, thank you for your question. The short and simple answer is that goals are unique to the individual. Once they have set their goals, then you would be able to discuss those goals with them and help them put together a "game plan" to help them achieve those goals.

I usually don't focus on long-term goals for my team however, and here's why. Let's say one of your PSAs set a long-term goal to get out of debt. Their current debt is $10,000, and so it will take them some time to eliminate that debt. But then the day comes where they have realized their goal and their debt is gone. What then? Do they quit because they have achieved their goal? There are those that would.

Instead, I usually recommend that my team set a series of easily achievable short-term goals. That way they always have a goal that they are working towards and already have a new goal in mind when their current goal has been achieved.

Hope this helps.
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Hi Keith, thank you for your question. The short and simple answer is that goals are unique to the individual. Once they have set their goals, then you would be able to discuss those goals with them and help them put together a "game plan" to help them achieve those goals.

I usually don't focus on long-term goals for my team however, and here's why. Let's say one of your PSAs set a long-term goal to get out of debt. Their current debt is $10,000, and so it will take them some
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Affiliate since: 03/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

This is an excellent question and I hope my answer will prove useful to you.

You need to start by determining who your target group is. While not absolutely necessary, it is good for you to have some experience with your target group. Let's say for example that your target group is single stay-at-home moms. If you yourself are a single stay-at-home mom, you will have crossed a big hurdle as you already know what kind of advertising appeals to you.

Next, you will want to determine what sites cater to your target market and find out how you can advertise on those sites. One of the best ways to "advertise" is by finding blog sites that cater to your target market and find out if those sites allow a signature block on their posts, or even if they allow guest authors. Write or have written an informative and useful article about the benefits of being your own boss.

When advertising to specific target groups, it is also important to determine an advertising budget. While there are literally thousands of sites available for free advertising, for higher quality, more targeted traffic, you will want to consider paid advertising options as well, such as magazines or other publications that are dedicated to your target group.

Hope this helps.
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This is an excellent question and I hope my answer will prove useful to you.

You need to start by determining who your target group is. While not absolutely necessary, it is good for you to have some experience with your target group. Let's say for example that your target group is single stay-at-home moms. If you yourself are a single stay-at-home mom, you will have crossed a big hurdle as you already know what kind of advertising appeals to you.

Next, you will want to determine
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Affiliate since: 03/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

In a word: Absolutely!

Your affiliates need to know that you care about them individually... that they are not just another statistic or another payday for you. It shows them that you care enough about their success to have taken the time to review their profile.

This allows you to get to know them a bit better. You will learn a bit about their background and what kind of experience, if any, they are bringing to the table. You will learn why they joined SFI. And perhaps most important, you will learn what goals they have set for themselves.

Knowing these things allows you to be able to custom-tailor the training, coaching and guidance you provide to them to help them achieve those goals and fulfil their primary reason for joining.

I hope my answer has helped shed a little insight to your question.
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In a word: Absolutely!

Your affiliates need to know that you care about them individually... that they are not just another statistic or another payday for you. It shows them that you care enough about their success to have taken the time to review their profile.

This allows you to get to know them a bit better. You will learn a bit about their background and what kind of experience, if any, they are bringing to the table. You will learn why they joined SFI. And perhaps most
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Affiliate since: 03/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

My friend, if we knew the definitive answer to your question, we would all be rich by now.

Ok, all joking aside, one of the first things I do when determining whether a site is good to advertise on is I check its Google page rank and its Alexa page rank. The higher the rank, the more traffic that site receives, which mean more people who are seeing your ad.

The primary difference between the two is that a site's Google page rank is based upon the keywords that are used to find the site. Let's say for example that a particular site is using the key phrase "business opportunities". That search term produces 767,000,000 results. According to the Google Keyword Tool, that term is searched for roughly 27,100 times per month. Let's say the advertising site you want to use has a Google page rank of 25. Top 30 out of 767 million sites is extremely good, making this site a good site to advertise with.

Alexa page rank is different in that it goes by domain and is dependant upon total number of actual visitors to the site and the average number of page views per visitor. In other words, Alexa tells you how popular the site is. For example, one commonly used classified ad site is USFreeAds.com. According to Alexa, it has a global ranking of 19,930. Interestingly enough, though its name is USFreeAds, according to Alexa, the site is more popular in India than in the United States.

Which do I prefer between the two? Alexa without a doubt. The reason being is that because the Google Keyword Tool is based off of keywords, it is better to determine what are good keywords to use in designing a specialized niche site. Alexa also provides a lot of detailed demographical information as well.

Hope this helps.
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My friend, if we knew the definitive answer to your question, we would all be rich by now.

Ok, all joking aside, one of the first things I do when determining whether a site is good to advertise on is I check its Google page rank and its Alexa page rank. The higher the rank, the more traffic that site receives, which mean more people who are seeing your ad.

The primary difference between the two is that a site's Google page rank is based upon the keywords that are used to find
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Affiliate since: 03/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

This is a great question, though certainly not an easy one to answer. I am not convinced that such an advertising method would be an effective way to enroll PRMs. Let's say that you have a PRM sign-up, uses the gift card you have provided, and plays one of the Eager Zebra games. What happens when they lose and have used the only TCredit the gift card provides? How likely is it going to be that they will grab their wallet, whip out their credit card and purchase more TCredits to keep on playing?

Now, let's say that same PRM instead uses their TCredit to list an item for sale. When they sell that item, it is much more likely that they will utilize a part, if not all, of their profit from that sale to purchase more TCredits so they can list more items for sale. Then would be a good time to encourage and motivate them to use some of their TCredits for playing the Eager Zebra games.

Hope this helps.
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This is a great question, though certainly not an easy one to answer. I am not convinced that such an advertising method would be an effective way to enroll PRMs. Let's say that you have a PRM sign-up, uses the gift card you have provided, and plays one of the Eager Zebra games. What happens when they lose and have used the only TCredit the gift card provides? How likely is it going to be that they will grab their wallet, whip out their credit card and purchase more TCredits to keep on playing?

Now,
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Affiliate since: 03/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

Thank you for this well thought out and very important question. Both are very important, though I tend to place a higher degree of importance on following up. In my experience, I have found that many people feel that the initial contact is not only the most important part of any presentation, but also is the hardest.

While I do agree that making that initial contact is an important part of presenting a business opportunity, I do not feel that it is the most important part nor do I feel it to be very difficult either. Of course, it is important to the extent that if you blow your first impression, then you do not need to worry about following up.

Now, with that said, I think it has become rather transparent that I place a much higher degree of importance on following up with your prospects. I have noticed that many of the provided answers thus far have been focusing on affiliates when speaking about following up, but I feel that your question is geared rather to working with prospects before they sign up.

It is very rare anymore that people make decisions on impulse. Whether that decision is about buying a new car, going on a vacation, or finding a way to supplement or replace their current income, people like to have as much information as they can and tend to take their time before reaching that decision.

Let us take buying a new car as an example. You see an ad in your local paper “Used car for sale. Runs great. No rust. $500 or best offer.” After seeing such an ad, are you likely to pick up your phone, call the seller, and buy the car, sight unseen? No, of course not. You are going to want to see the car for yourself, listen to the engine, take it for a test drive, and ask questions to gather other bits of information you feel is important to help you make a decision.

Deciding to go in to business for yourself is a big step for most people. It is even rarer for people to enroll in an online business after just the initial contact. Not only that, but if you try telling your prospect everything about SFI in your initial contact, you are likely going to leave them feeling overwhelmed.

That is why it is important to present enough facts about SFI in that initial contact to capture your prospects interest. Then, though your follow-ups with that prospect you are able to offer additional pieces of information as well as answer any questions that your prospect might have. For some people, it will take between 7 to 10 follow-ups before they make the decision to join your team.

One last thing to consider. When you actively engage your prospects with well-written follow-up letters, when they do make that decision to enroll as a member of your SFI team, they are that much more likely to be a “worker” than a fence sitter. They already did the fence sitting through the follow-up process.

I hope this helps.
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Thank you for this well thought out and very important question. Both are very important, though I tend to place a higher degree of importance on following up. In my experience, I have found that many people feel that the initial contact is not only the most important part of any presentation, but also is the hardest.

While I do agree that making that initial contact is an important part of presenting a business opportunity, I do not feel that it is the most important part nor do I feel
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Affiliate since: 03/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

Thank you for this question. As I pondered on how to best approach providing an answer, my mindset kept returning to that the real question really should not be as much about quantity as quality.

Quality can be found on both ends when considering the reassignment of PSAs to a member of your downline. The usual and most common questions we ask ourselves are “Is my downline member active? Will he/she appreciate the gift I am offering and actively work with the reassigned PSA?” As a dedicated leader to your team, it is important to consider these two questions prior to making any reassignments.

Now, most often when we consider doing reassignments, we only reassign less active or inactive PSAs, but what about reassigning active ones?

In either scenario, communication is critically important. When you reassign less active or inactive PSAs to your active downline member, I feel it is important to contact him/her to let them know that you feel that they are doing an amazing job and that you are reassigning some less active or inactive PSAs to them. Let them know your reason(s) for doing this, the most common reason being that everyone has different personalities and therefore different approaches to conducting their business, and their personal approach might be just what is needed to inspire those less active or inactive PSAs to become active.

Communication becomes even more important if you ever consider reassigning an active PSA to an active downline member. Or you could even consider reassigning your active PSA to an inactive downline member. First, with the active to active, you want to let your PSA that you are reassigning know how much you appreciate them and that they are, in no way, being punished by being reassigned. It is also important to introduce the PSA being reassigned to your downline member that you are reassigning them to.

Now, with regard to reassigning an active PSA to a less active or inactive downline member. As long as you communicate with your active PSA to let them know what is happening, then I feel this could be a very useful tool to activate members in our downline. When they start receiving commission notifications and such, that may very well be the trigger that inspires them to come back and take another look at their SFI business.

I hope this answer is useful to you.
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Thank you for this question. As I pondered on how to best approach providing an answer, my mindset kept returning to that the real question really should not be as much about quantity as quality.

Quality can be found on both ends when considering the reassignment of PSAs to a member of your downline. The usual and most common questions we ask ourselves are “Is my downline member active? Will he/she appreciate the gift I am offering and actively work with the reassigned PSA?” As a dedicated
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Affiliate since: 03/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

Attracting people to SFI is done through continual advertising and marketing. There are numerous sites available where one can market for free. The key is to focus your marketing efforts on venues that specifically cater to those who are looking for a business opportunity. Of course, if you really want to light a fire in your marketing efforts, then you are going to have to make an investment, and that is where the power of being able to create a team co-op comes in to play. Let's say you want to run a magazine ad that has a cost of $6000. By yourself, that is a huge sum of money, but get 100 people on your team each willing to go in on it through your co-op and your per person cost drops down to $60... quite the difference.

More often than not, people who need to be “convinced” will not end up being a quality team member, but will, instead, end up in the quantity pool of inactive affiliates because they tend to lack the wisdom to see the potential of what is being presented to them in the SFI opportunity, hence their need to be “convinced”. Granted, you will encounter those who insist on seeing quantifiable proof of things like earnings, size of team, etc. But again, even if you were to show them such stats, they are your stats and are not any guarantee that they will achieve the same results.

I hope this helps to provide a little more insight.
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Attracting people to SFI is done through continual advertising and marketing. There are numerous sites available where one can market for free. The key is to focus your marketing efforts on venues that specifically cater to those who are looking for a business opportunity. Of course, if you really want to light a fire in your marketing efforts, then you are going to have to make an investment, and that is where the power of being able to create a team co-op comes in to play. Let's say you want to
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Affiliate since: 03/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

Member Reward Points are a form of e-currency specific to TripleClicks that can be used on a wide variety of products sold there.

How we use the MRP we earn is up to you, but I will relate how I use the ones that I earn. For me, there really is only one product that I can justify spending my MRP to purchase... T-Credits.

T-Credits are the lifeblood of TripleClicks, allowing you to fully participate in all that TripleClicks has to offer, whether that be in listing your own products for sale, participating in one of the many auctions or sitting back and relaxing with one of the Eager Zebra games.

And as SFI affiliates, each of these activities earns us valuable VersaPoints, so it is truly a win-win.

I hope my answer has helped.

All the best!
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Member Reward Points are a form of e-currency specific to TripleClicks that can be used on a wide variety of products sold there.

How we use the MRP we earn is up to you, but I will relate how I use the ones that I earn. For me, there really is only one product that I can justify spending my MRP to purchase... T-Credits.

T-Credits are the lifeblood of TripleClicks, allowing you to fully participate in all that TripleClicks has to offer, whether that be in listing your own products
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