Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

The answer to this depends on the each individual affiliate and what his or her needs might be, and also how much time an affiliate has available to spend in SFI.
Someone who just needs a bit extra pocket money for luxury items won’t necessarily have the same long-term goals as someone who is broke and out of work.
Their motivation will be very different, too.
A range of goals are listed to choose from when an affiliate is filling out their profile. These are rather vague, but are a good starting point. Each affiliate needs to think about whether SFI is just a hobby or whether it is to support them in lieu of a job, or whether to set aside a nest egg for retirement or to pay for their children’s education or some other particular thing.
Once the purpose for doing SFI has been established, then an affiliate can work out how much he needs to earn to achieve that goal and also what time frame in which he needs to achieve it. These 2 criteria can then help him work out how hard he must work at SFI and will motivate him to log in each day and do what he needs to do in order to achieve it.

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The answer to this depends on the each individual affiliate and what his or her needs might be, and also how much time an affiliate has available to spend in SFI.
Someone who just needs a bit extra pocket money for luxury items won’t necessarily have the same long-term goals as someone who is broke and out of work.
Their motivation will be very different, too.
A range of goals are listed to choose from when an affiliate is filling out their profile. These are rather vague, but are
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

I would say that both these should be used. They can work together and complement each other. In fact more than 1 blog would be even better. You could have a blog about an interest of yours which could be linked via the content in some way to SFI or TripleClicks with ads on it for SFI and TripleClicks, and also directing readers to your website. Then you could have a 2nd blog specifically about SFI or TripleClicks.

Your blogs should be updated about 3 times per week. The blog is where you build relationships with your readers and gain their trust. They may not respond to your ads the first few times they read your articles, that is why it is necessary to keep it updated. Post on Facebook when there is a new post they may be interested in reading.

Your website is more static with articles about different aspects of SFI and TripleClicks and perhaps other businesses you may be involved in as well as articles relating to earning an income at home or online. There should be links from your website to your blog and to your squeeze pages.

I hope this is a help to you and good luck!

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I would say that both these should be used. They can work together and complement each other. In fact more than 1 blog would be even better. You could have a blog about an interest of yours which could be linked via the content in some way to SFI or TripleClicks with ads on it for SFI and TripleClicks, and also directing readers to your website. Then you could have a 2nd blog specifically about SFI or TripleClicks.

Your blogs should be updated about 3 times per week. The blog is where
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

I have been thinking about this, too.
On one side of the card I would have an attention-grabbing heading and under it bullet points listing the various aspects of the SFI opportunity – affiliate marketing, being an ECA, Pricebenders, earning form home. ‘Write an interesting sentence about each of these and include your gateway url. If there’s room, include even a one sentence testimonial.
On the reverse of the card, have an invitation to join you in this wonderful opportunity and state how you would help the recipient to build a business. Put your contact details- name, SFI ID, phone number, Skype ID and email address. Add URLs to your SFI gateway, splash page and/or blog.
Good luck with it.

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I have been thinking about this, too.
On one side of the card I would have an attention-grabbing heading and under it bullet points listing the various aspects of the SFI opportunity – affiliate marketing, being an ECA, Pricebenders, earning form home. ‘Write an interesting sentence about each of these and include your gateway url. If there’s room, include even a one sentence testimonial.
On the reverse of the card, have an invitation to join you in this wonderful opportunity and
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

To promote Pricebender auctions, copy the winning auction results picture, name and price that is published on the Pricebender's page and post this onto your blog, Facebook page, or website. Email it to people who would have been interested in that item, or people you know who love a bargain. Of course it's even better if you participate in and win some auctions yourself. Then you can brag about your own wins on your blog, Facebook, and Twitter, as well as have the actual item to show your friends and family.

If you have a list to whom you promote SFI and TripleClicks, send emails to them about Pricebender's auctions, and special broadcasts when you have won something really great yourself.

Use TCredits as a reward to your team for achieving certain milestones. This could encourage new EAs to participate in the auctions. Encourage your team to set up standing orders of TCredits so that they can participate in Pricebenders auctions. The purchase of TCredits is a good source of VP. Let them know that every bid is worth 1 action VP and also 5MRP. MRP can also be used to buy TCredits and earn VP from the purchase as well as again when you bid with them.

You could make up some flyers about Pricebenders showing pictures of winning items, and post these around your neighbourhood. If you know people who are addicted to ebay, make sure you tell them about Pricebenders. These people enjoy the bidding and the thrill of the win and would make great PRMs who would regularly purchase TCredits and participate just for fun! You could also distribute the TC Gift Card to people who would like to try it out for free.

Whenever you promote SFI or TripleClicks promote Pricebenders along with it as Pricebenders is a vital component of the business and not just a side extra. Selling TCredits to PRMs to participate in Pricebenders could be a very lucrative commission stream for you.

I hope these ideas are of some help.
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To promote Pricebender auctions, copy the winning auction results picture, name and price that is published on the Pricebender's page and post this onto your blog, Facebook page, or website. Email it to people who would have been interested in that item, or people you know who love a bargain. Of course it's even better if you participate in and win some auctions yourself. Then you can brag about your own wins on your blog, Facebook, and Twitter, as well as have the actual item to show your friends
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

The most important thing to avoid when creating SFI ads, in my opinion, is to give the impression that a lot of money can be made fast in SFI. SFI is a genuine business and as with any business, it takes time to grow and develop trust with clients. Also it requires an investment of time, effort and money. This doesn't happen overnight, or even in a few weeks.

The next thing to avoid is giving the impression that an income can be made by doing nothing more than logging in for a half hour a day. Doing the daily, weekly and monthly actions may be done in about a half to three quarters of an hour a day, but that alone will not generate much of an income. People need to know that they will have to learn how to advertise,how to blog, how to build their own teams, and how to implement a range of strategy to grow their businesses. This can take some hours per day, not just a half hour as I've seen many people claim.

And the last thing I'd avoid making a big deal of in my advertising is the word FREE. yes, it is free to join SFI and it is possible to make money without spending money, but most people do set up a standing order and it is recommended. People can join because it's free and then feel lied to when they discover they need to get a standing order. All businesses require some sort of financial investment, and SFI is no different if you really want to grow it to success.

Focusing your ads on free to join, get rich fast, and earn without doing anything will only get you tyre kickers and not serious workers.


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The most important thing to avoid when creating SFI ads, in my opinion, is to give the impression that a lot of money can be made fast in SFI. SFI is a genuine business and as with any business, it takes time to grow and develop trust with clients. Also it requires an investment of time, effort and money. This doesn't happen overnight, or even in a few weeks.

The next thing to avoid is giving the impression that an income can be made by doing nothing more than logging in for a half hour
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

From personal experience, I would hold off reassigning PSAs straight away until I am sure that the person to whom I intend to reassign them, will actually look after them properly.

When I first became a team leader, I tried to encourage new people who made EA, by reassigning them new PSAs. Unfortunately that first batch of EAs dropped out after the first month, when they discovered work had to be done, so the PSAs I reassigned to them now have no real sponsor any more. Of course they still receive my team mails and I am still happy to support and help them.

Then I did get another PSA who worked hard and maintained EA in her 2nd month as well, so I reassigned some PSAs to her. However she was quite discouraged because she couldn't get them to do anything, despite her sending them team mails, and even trying to start an advertising co-op. She has not logged in for some time now.

Now I only have 1 active PSA and hundreds of inactive PSAs. I haven't reassigned any of them to my remaining active PSA because I don't want to discourage her with inactive affiliates. She is buying her own inactive affiliates and wouldn't thank me for any more, I think.

I don't think I would consider reassigning any more affiliates until I have at least my five active EA2s, and then only reassign new affiliates who are working, who may perhaps be a benefit to my already active team members. The other condition that seems reasonable is reassigning a new affiliate to an active one from the same language or cultural background.

The other issue I have with reassigning active affiliates is that when someone is active you usually have developed a friendship with them and I would find it difficult to reassign a friend to someone else.

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From personal experience, I would hold off reassigning PSAs straight away until I am sure that the person to whom I intend to reassign them, will actually look after them properly.

When I first became a team leader, I tried to encourage new people who made EA, by reassigning them new PSAs. Unfortunately that first batch of EAs dropped out after the first month, when they discovered work had to be done, so the PSAs I reassigned to them now have no real sponsor any more. Of course they
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

Bring on that day! When that day comes for me, as I believe it will, I will tell whoever asks that I am a self-employed entrepreneur. That will arouse them to ask for more info.
Then I will tell them I am an affiliate for the greatest network marketing company anywhere and hopefully be in a position to explain SFI and all its various income streams.
As a successful marketer making a full time living from the business I will have a credible testimony to share with others.

Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

"What's the best way to gain the attention of Second Home CSAs and get them active again?"

This question assumes that second home CSAs are inactive. That is not necessarily so. It is their previous co-sponsors who became inactive and lost them. Anyone who does not maintain his EA status loses any CSAs he may have had, so these people then become 2nd home CSAs. I have just recently got a new co-sponsor and it is great to have a co-sponsor who is active and stays in touch with me, but I was not inactive.

The best way to gain the attention of your second home CSAs is to contact them as soon as you get them and let them know that you are their new co-sponsor and welcome them to your team and make offers of help etc. They may not need your help at all. You may be lucky enough to get someone who is already a team leader. That doesn’t matter; you need to open the lines of communication with them and be friendly and helpful.

Post regularly and often in Stream. Your CSAs get your stream posts, and there‘s nothing worse than seeing old posts there for weeks on end, as was the case with my old co-sponsor. His old posts would clog up my Stream page and frustrate me; so don’t do that. Write often and share something useful and encouraging that your CSAs and PSAs will want to read.

Send weekly team mails to your CSAs as well as your PSAs. This will keep communication open and get the attention of your second home CSAs.

If they are inactive, send them an ecard which will be delivered to their email. Introduce yourself and share your passion for SFI and offer to help them make a success of their SFI business. Also share any competitions you may have going, let them know of any training material you may have produced and guide them to your leadership page.

Treat an inactive second home CSA just as you would any new PSA. After all they are part of your team, too, and their success will contribute to your own.

I hope my answer will help you.

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"What's the best way to gain the attention of Second Home CSAs and get them active again?"

This question assumes that second home CSAs are inactive. That is not necessarily so. It is their previous co-sponsors who became inactive and lost them. Anyone who does not maintain his EA status loses any CSAs he may have had, so these people then become 2nd home CSAs. I have just recently got a new co-sponsor and it is great to have a co-sponsor who is active and stays in touch with
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

"What's the best SFI marketing method for beginners? Why?"

The best marketing method for beginners is to start with their warm markets – their family friends and acquaintances and colleagues.
You already know these people and have some sort of relationship with them. They know that you are honest, believable and trustworthy. (hopefully!)
You can use the $12 gift cards with these people as well as share about how to make money with SFI. This will be easier when you’ve made some of course. But even if you haven’t, you can share with them this great money making opportunity you’ve found and invite them to join you in it.

You can also share with them the great bargains available at TripleClicks and through Pricebenders. Your enthusiasm for these can be very persuasive and contagious to people who know you well. If your family and friends love games, introduce them to Eager Zebra games. They will have to buy TCredits to participate, and that will be a good way to gain a new PRM. If any of your family and friends are into crafts or music, you can suggest becoming an ECA to sell their products or uploading their music to the monthly song contest.

Your question asks specifically for the best method for beginners, not a whole range of ideas, so I won't go into the whole heap of other methods available, but just stick to the question. I do believe that speaking directly to your "warm market" is the best for beginners.

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"What's the best SFI marketing method for beginners? Why?"

The best marketing method for beginners is to start with their warm markets – their family friends and acquaintances and colleagues.
You already know these people and have some sort of relationship with them. They know that you are honest, believable and trustworthy. (hopefully!)
You can use the $12 gift cards with these people as well as share about how to make money with SFI. This will be easier when
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Affiliate since: 03/16/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

"How is communication best utilized to create robust duplication?"

There are several ways of communicating with your team – stream posts, ecards, weekly team mailouts, personal emails, Skype, phone calls, private webinars and even autoresponder campaigns.

I suggest using as many of these as possible, although I haven’t yet conducted a webinar, but am thinking about how to do that. You need to be known by your team, and trusted by them and the only way to build this trust is through frequent communication. You need to answer any questions individually as soon as you can, so your team knows that you are reliable.

You can put all your training ideas and personal strategy in an autoresponder campaign to save the time of writing the same things over and over, but make sure that it is friendly and personal, so that your reader feels that you were writing just to him. When using an autoresponder with your team, make sure they know its purpose and that you are the person who created the messages and are really there for them. You must answer any questions from anyone who may not completely understand something you wrote, or who wishes to discuss something you wrote. The autoresponder is simply a tool – it is not meant to replace you and individual contact with your team.

Of course you need to have something for your team to duplicate. Share your success story, your strategy and what is working for you. Tell them exactly what you do and the results you get. Be passionate and motivate and encourage them. (If you haven’t made any money yet, and can’t show personal success, don’t worry. You can still passionately believe in SFI and know that you will make a success of it by following all the rules of success.)

If your method involves spending an amount of money each week or month ie in your standing order, or advertising, that your PSA cannot afford, spend time and work out a modified strategy that he can afford and is willing to follow. Not everyone can afford to duplicate exactly what you do if it involves money they don’t have, so you need to create something else for him to duplicate and assure him that he will succeed with this method, just a bit slower. Be there and help him to make enough so that he can eventually have a cashflow to reinvest into duplicating your system.

If you are relatively new, and still finding your own way, direct your team to the Basics video, and all the SFI training that’s available. You can study and learn together, and help each other. Personally I don’t recommend your enrolling new PSAs until you have completed your first month and are starting to get a bit of a handle on what is going on at SFI. I don’t think you can be an effective blind leader of the blind. You really do want your team to duplicate you, so you need to have something they can duplicate without floundering about.

So communication should be frequent, friendly, reliable, helpful, genuine and by a variety of means.

I wish you every success in growing your business.

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"How is communication best utilized to create robust duplication?"

There are several ways of communicating with your team – stream posts, ecards, weekly team mailouts, personal emails, Skype, phone calls, private webinars and even autoresponder campaigns.

I suggest using as many of these as possible, although I haven’t yet conducted a webinar, but am thinking about how to do that. You need to be known by your team, and trusted by them and the only way to build
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