How do you motivate your downline to spend money monthly to maintain EA status without sounding greedy?
Ed Hosmer, EA (Indiana, US)
1/25/2015 1:24 pm
Affiliate since: 05/09/2010, Power Rank: 1190
I think that the idea of becoming an EA or better each month would be motivation enough. We all know that after the first month it is extremely difficult to become an EA without purchasing products from TripliClicks. Explain to your downline the advantages of being an EA or better each mpnth and the advantages of having a Standing Order that will generate a minimum of 1500 VP each month. If the affiliate isnew then he/she probably does not know the advantages of Becoming an EA and maintaining the EA status each month. Most of the new affiliates do not understand that at the end of the month that they have to start all over with "0" VP for the month.
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I think that the idea of becoming an EA or better each month would be motivation enough. We all know that after the first month it is extremely difficult to become an EA without purchasing products from TripliClicks. Explain to your downline the advantages of being an EA or better each mpnth and the advantages of having a Standing Order that will generate a minimum of 1500 VP each month. If the affiliate isnew then he/she probably does not know the advantages of Becoming an EA and maintaining
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Why it is difficult to convince your PSAs and CSAs to work the business despite all its advantages?
Ed Hosmer, EA (Indiana, US)
12/17/2014 1:23 pm
Affiliate since: 05/09/2010, Power Rank: 1190
"Why it is difficult to convince your PSAs and CSAs to work the business despite all its advantages?"
I personally think that most Members who sign up for SFI are expecting a "GET-RICH-QUICK" program. After finding out that they have to work (invest their time) and invest a small amount of money they are no longer interested in SFI. Even though SFI offers free training materials and has an outstanding support system they still do not take advantage of the system. Still others are not ready to be their own boss. Still others still think that SFI is a scam program.
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"Why it is difficult to convince your PSAs and CSAs to work the business despite all its advantages?"
I personally think that most Members who sign up for SFI are expecting a "GET-RICH-QUICK" program. After finding out that they have to work (invest their time) and invest a small amount of money they are no longer interested in SFI. Even though SFI offers free training materials and has an outstanding support system they still do not take advantage of the system.
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Creating my own SFI co-op...or starting a blog about SFI...which will provide the most value?
Ed Hosmer, EA (Indiana, US)
12/17/2014 1:33 pm
Affiliate since: 05/09/2010, Power Rank: 1190
"Creating my own SFI co-op...or starting a blog about SFI...which will provide the most value?"
A very interesting question indeed.
If you create a co-op either through SFI or someone else you are trying to gain new members for both yourself and your team members who are enrolled in your co-op. Any new members who are recruited are distributed to yourself and your team members .
If you create a blog then you are trying to recruit new members for just yourself.
I guess that it depends on who you are trying to recruit for, You or Your Team as well as yourself.
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"Creating my own SFI co-op...or starting a blog about SFI...which will provide the most value?"
A very interesting question indeed.
If you create a co-op either through SFI or someone else you are trying to gain new members for both yourself and your team members who are enrolled in your co-op. Any new members who are recruited are distributed to yourself and your team members .
If you create a blog then you are trying to recruit new members for just
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I want to recruit only SERIOUS affiliates. What should I tell prospects about SFI to ensure this?
Ed Hosmer, EA (Indiana, US)
1/14/2015 8:06 pm
Affiliate since: 05/09/2010, Power Rank: 1190
I think that it is best to tell a person that is interested in joining SFI/TripleClicks that it is not a GET-RICH-QUICK program. That they will have to invest both time and money into the program if they want to advance and make money. Most of the advertisements that I have seen leads a person to beleive that the program is free. While this is true in a sense you will eventually be required to make a financial investment eventually if you want to advance. Also you will have to work in SFI to advance. You will have to advertise to build your team and to make sales from the TripleClicks Store.
These things should be made clear to any potential recruit.
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I think that it is best to tell a person that is interested in joining SFI/TripleClicks that it is not a GET-RICH-QUICK program. That they will have to invest both time and money into the program if they want to advance and make money. Most of the advertisements that I have seen leads a person to beleive that the program is free. While this is true in a sense you will eventually be required to make a financial investment eventually if you want to advance. Also you will have to work in SFI to
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How do you learn to write effective ads if you have never written any ads before?
Ed Hosmer, EA (Indiana, US)
6/11/2014 3:20 pm
Affiliate since: 05/09/2010, Power Rank: 1190
SFI has some great ads already written that you can use,but if you want to write your own then just use these ads as a guide. Also don' advertise the SFI url.
I have found that on many Text Ad Exchanges that any ad with SFI in the url is banned. Therefore I have built a website that I advertise that gives the basics of SFI, TripleClicks, and the Price Benders Auction Site. I advertise this site's url and also TripleClicks url. I find that these ads go thru with no problems.
I am asuming that the reason for the ban is because so many people are advertising SFI that is is being considered as spam.
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SFI has some great ads already written that you can use,but if you want to write your own then just use these ads as a guide. Also don' advertise the SFI url.
I have found that on many Text Ad Exchanges that any ad with SFI in the url is banned. Therefore I have built a website that I advertise that gives the basics of SFI, TripleClicks, and the Price Benders Auction Site. I advertise this site's url and also TripleClicks url. I find that these ads go thru with no problems.
I am asuming
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If you already have your five future PTLs identified (per THE PLAN), should you keep developing more first-level stars?
Ed Hosmer, EA (Indiana, US)
1/14/2015 7:41 pm
Affiliate since: 05/09/2010, Power Rank: 1190
In my personal opinion I think that you should continue developing all of your affiliates. You never know when 1 or more will just up and stop working for one reason or another. Also why stop at just 5 why not 10,20, or more? Besides the more you have the more money you will make. A question, If I help you to become a PTL would that make you happier? Most people it would. So the more people you help the more people will be happier and maybe it will be a better world to live in.
Which of SFI's own banners are best for attracting new PSAs?
Ed Hosmer, EA (Indiana, US)
1/14/2015 7:55 pm
Affiliate since: 05/09/2010, Power Rank: 1190
My top five in order are:
Grow a Second Income
Honey I Fired The Boss (Blue)
Worried About Your RetirementFinancial Worries
Debt Releif + SFI
all five are 468 X 60 Banners. Although all of the banners are good these are my top five.
I also like the
Grow a Second Income Button Banner (125 X 125)
Should I or shouldn't I participate in the SFI PPA program?
Ed Hosmer, EA (Indiana, US)
2/18/2015 9:56 am
Affiliate since: 05/09/2010, Power Rank: 1190
In my personal opinion I think that I would suggest that you not partiicipate in the SFIPPA program until you have a strong team of your own. As stated in some of the other answers you will not reap the continous rewards of the PSA that you recruit because they are not your PSA they go into a pool to distributed by SFI. If you do participate in the SFIPPA program and your referral is not active then you will not get paid for that referral. On the other hand if you do not participate then any referrals that you get will be yours and they may be very active right off or they may take some time to become active, but they are still yours.
Once you get your strong team built then if you are still interested in the SFIPPA program by all means go ahead and do it.
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In my personal opinion I think that I would suggest that you not partiicipate in the SFIPPA program until you have a strong team of your own. As stated in some of the other answers you will not reap the continous rewards of the PSA that you recruit because they are not your PSA they go into a pool to distributed by SFI. If you do participate in the SFIPPA program and your referral is not active then you will not get paid for that referral. On the other hand if you do not participate then any referrals
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Which marketing methods should we be recommending to our new PSAs?
Ed Hosmer, EA (Indiana, US)
7/4/2014 7:40 am
Affiliate since: 05/09/2010, Power Rank: 1190
In my opinion the new PSA 's are looking for ways to make money therefore they usually do not have the money to spend on advertising. Therefore I would recommend that they join safelist and text ad exchanges as a free member and advertise there. Most of these ad exchanges offer free advertisements and when those ads run out just by reading text ads for credits and using the credits earned you can buy more ads.
I personally use 468 x 60 Banners, 125 X 125 Banners, and solo ads most but I also use the other type of ads frequently. I seem to get the best results with the 468 X60 Banner Ads. Banner advertisements wil last longer and have to be renewed less frequently.
SFI has a lot of pre-written advertisments listed under the marketing tab I use them with decent results.
Hope this helps.
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In my opinion the new PSA 's are looking for ways to make money therefore they usually do not have the money to spend on advertising. Therefore I would recommend that they join safelist and text ad exchanges as a free member and advertise there. Most of these ad exchanges offer free advertisements and when those ads run out just by reading text ads for credits and using the credits earned you can buy more ads.
I personally use 468 x 60 Banners, 125 X 125 Banners, and solo ads most but
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How much time a day, approximately, do I need to invest in SFI to build a profitable business?
Ed Hosmer, EA (Indiana, US)
11/8/2014 8:05 am
Affiliate since: 05/09/2010, Power Rank: 1190
How much time should you invest is up to you, but I personally spend about one to one and a half hours each morning doing the daily TO-DO-LIST, answering questions, entering the various contests and finding new a2a friends in my area. Once that is finished I will read different parts of the training again to brush up. I have various avenues of advertisement that I use and I will start advertising for about an hour. All of this takes me about 2--2 1/2 hours per day. Numerous times through the day I will come back and check my messages and play the games (seldom do I win but it is fun). So in conclusion I probably spend about 4-5 hrs daily with SFI/TripleClicks. More if necessary. I enjoy the time that I spend here so it is no problem.
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How much time should you invest is up to you, but I personally spend about one to one and a half hours each morning doing the daily TO-DO-LIST, answering questions, entering the various contests and finding new a2a friends in my area. Once that is finished I will read different parts of the training again to brush up. I have various avenues of advertisement that I use and I will start advertising for about an hour. All of this takes me about 2--2 1/2 hours per day. Numerous times through the
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1/25/2015 1:24 pm