Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 272

Gift Cards were designed for one purpose and that was to be tolls for you when you are referring TripleClicks customers.There is a lot written on the use of these cards, online, offline, warm, market, cold market.

SFI and TC are separate entities. They have different purposes. SFI uses TC as a basis for its monetary income. TC is complete unto its own self. The Gift Cards introduce people to this gigantic global shopping mall with the Member Listings acting as the flea market in the parking lot.

If you try to use then for introducing SFI, then you would be confusing your prospects. They may even accuse you of pushing a bait and switch scam.

We are not given addresses of our PRMs so we can only contact those we know. Choose your prospects wisely. Who would you want as affiliates and who for a customer base? Get and keep as many contact informations as you can for future use. But don't try to add SFI too soon. .

Be satisfied having two separate teams with two purposes. In addition to handing out Gift Cards, refer some into the Wave 3 program and have them refer for you.

If you try to
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Gift Cards were designed for one purpose and that was to be tolls for you when you are referring TripleClicks customers.There is a lot written on the use of these cards, online, offline, warm, market, cold market.

SFI and TC are separate entities. They have different purposes. SFI uses TC as a basis for its monetary income. TC is complete unto its own self. The Gift Cards introduce people to this gigantic global shopping mall with the Member Listings acting as the flea market in the parking
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 272

You can not ensue that your affiliates do anything.

They have to be interested in the outcome of reading everything.
They have to really want to work SFI.
They have to set aside the time to do the reading.
They may not even be reading your communications.

Start by assuming that they are reading what you send them and they are just not responding. If you want a hint of who is reading your mail, make a mistake in something minor and send a "please excuse the error" letter. That seems to stir some of them.

Keep your notes short and easy to read. Keeping positive is a must. No one wants to follow a grump and no one wants to be involved with a failure. There is a positive in every negative. Find it before you begin to write.

Many people resist reading so you must show them what they will gain from reading everything.The crew at SFI/TC have too much to do already than spending more time sending out junk. Everything has a purpose both on the SFI web site and in it's mailings.Show that you respect the Corporate Team, that they work hard to ensue our success as long as we do our part.Explain the need to read the News Alerts, Newsletters, etc.

Reading and comprehending takes time. Most people do not have that already in their daily schedule. The new ones may need instruction on how to make time for SFI.

Many affiliates are not fully sold on the company or their own ability to make it work. You must tell them what is so great about SFI, working at home, online business, and leveraging time and investments. Be respectful. We have many ASK SC questions to help you with this

They may or may not read your mailings, but keep sending them out. Write 4 to 6 of this type of letter and send them out routinely. I send them out to all with less than 500 VP. That catches the newbies, the quitters, and the undecided. It doesn't really matter if they get a letter twice. They didn't get what you were saying the first or second time. Just be sure they are quality, easy to understand letters. You will have a new group of affiliates, PSA and CSA that you will be adding to your mailing list.

Always write like you expect they are reading.
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You can not ensue that your affiliates do anything.

They have to be interested in the outcome of reading everything.
They have to really want to work SFI.
They have to set aside the time to do the reading.
They may not even be reading your communications.

Start by assuming that they are reading what you send them and they are just not responding. If you want a hint of who is reading your mail, make a mistake in something minor and send a "please excuse
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 272

Promoting a product and choosing it for your own use is not one and the same action.When you choose an item to buy, you have a purpose for that item in mind. When you choose an item to promote, you are looking for an item that will meet several needs.

Promoting is advertising, plain and simple. When you bring an item to someone's attention, you tell him what, when, and for whom to buy it. Since there are literally tens of thousands of TC items to choose from, you must make some strict choices about what to advertise.

Many holidays call for gift giving. The next major one is the Christian Easter, which is actually a 40+ day season. Since it is a religious holiday, it is appropriate for religious gifts to be given. But also it is a time of renewal, spring, and uplifting gifts like clothing, body enhancements are popular. Jewelry is also popular at this time.

When you are choosing which gifts to promote, remember the purpose for promotion. That would be to make money by sales of TC products and through referring new PRMs. Choose items to promote that are attractive to your ad readers in both the physical sense and in value of cost and shipping expense.

You also want to choose a product that will make it worth your time to place the ad and that will supply a good commission either in one sale at a time, or in many small sales lumped together. Remember the cost of your ad in time and fee is the same no matter how big or little your commission is. Go for the better.

Remember, too, that it takes good timing for a good holiday ad campaign. Start early enough to run your ad several times and to let your customer order early enough for it to be shipped.

The new collections option is one great way to expand the usefulness of your ads.
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Promoting a product and choosing it for your own use is not one and the same action.When you choose an item to buy, you have a purpose for that item in mind. When you choose an item to promote, you are looking for an item that will meet several needs.

Promoting is advertising, plain and simple. When you bring an item to someone's attention, you tell him what, when, and for whom to buy it. Since there are literally tens of thousands of TC items to choose from, you must make some strict
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 272

Reviving inactive affiliates is something that takes perseverance, tact, and creativity. The word "reviving"tells us that the affiliate was once active in SFI to some extent. This person quit for one reason or other.

Let's disregard those who HAD to quit, like they are near death, or their spouse threatened disaster if they don't quit. And leet's look at the reasons most people go dormant.

1. They don't get the difference between a job and one's own business.
2. They don't have patience to give the business time to build.
3. They think the business will build itself, or the sponsor will do it.
4. They think they can do it without any type of investment.
5. They've heard of too many scams.
6. They skip the training or just never see the big picture.
7. They aren't sold on doing what is needed.
8. They aren't sold on SFI.
9. They don't have a big enough need or dream to bother with all this.

These are what you need to address when you are looking to revive an ex-mover. He's been in. He thinks he knows all he needs to know. It either won't work for him or it didn't work for him (in the short time and effort he gave it).

You are equipped. You have a need, a dream, and goals. You've seen the big picture, the whole enchilada. You know what you need to do. Write the letters, send the encouragement, reshape his thinking. Get him to understand what being a business owner is. He can do it. So can you.
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Reviving inactive affiliates is something that takes perseverance, tact, and creativity. The word "reviving"tells us that the affiliate was once active in SFI to some extent. This person quit for one reason or other.

Let's disregard those who HAD to quit, like they are near death, or their spouse threatened disaster if they don't quit. And leet's look at the reasons most people go dormant.

1. They don't get the difference between a job and one's own business.
2.
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 272

This question leans towards those who do personal, face to face recruiting. They have the bigger chance of evoking interest in joining us in SFI. Whether the prospect is an established friend, a relative, or a cold contact, you must get to know some things about him. What does he like too do with his time? What does he want that he can't get in his present situation? Does he have a pressing need that would make his life easier?

When you find the answers to his hot buttons, then mold your presentation to his wants and needs. SFI is very flexible. And it can solve the many short-comings of our day to day lives. Help him to discover the short term and long term goals that can be met by doing this business. STell him about your journey in SFI and how it is progressing towards your dreams.

Those that know you better have been watching your progression and already have an opinion formed about SFI. Have you given them a good reason to follow you?


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This question leans towards those who do personal, face to face recruiting. They have the bigger chance of evoking interest in joining us in SFI. Whether the prospect is an established friend, a relative, or a cold contact, you must get to know some things about him. What does he like too do with his time? What does he want that he can't get in his present situation? Does he have a pressing need that would make his life easier?

When you find the answers to his hot buttons, then mold your
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 272

When thinking about spending money on your SFI business, you must remember that the money spent on items that you are buying as gifts and household use can not be considered as money spent on your SFI business (no matter how much your spouse disagrees). This is transfer buying and no matter that the credit card says it went to SFI, it is still personal expense.

So, looking at your budget, you must determine just how must you dare to put toward building your SFI business. Each month this amount might vary, and after awhile you can add your commissions, etc.

In the beginning, you will do well to buy business tools such as cards, brochures, TC stationery, hats, shirts, car magnets, Gift Cards, PSA incentives and rewards, and other items. Buying 60, 100, or 125 TCredits is an option and you can earn 60 extra VP by playing one game and bidding once each day of the month.

As you get your business organized, you will be doing more and more advertising. You can do this for free or by buying into ad sites such as classified sites, newspaper ads or inserts, SBuilders Co-op, PSAs To Go.

As your team begins to blossom, you will want to spend more time and money in their edification by sponsoring contests, adding rewards for jobs well done, and reassigning PSAs that are active.

Whether it is time or money, you will be spending more on advertising than anything else. It is the coal for a steam train, the grass for a dairy cow, the wind for the wave.

How to decide what to advertise depends on the dynamics of your team and your commissions.
Advertising SFI builds your team. Advertising TripleClicks builds your income whether you showcase products, PriceBenders, EagerZebra games, Wave3, or just TCMembership.




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When thinking about spending money on your SFI business, you must remember that the money spent on items that you are buying as gifts and household use can not be considered as money spent on your SFI business (no matter how much your spouse disagrees). This is transfer buying and no matter that the credit card says it went to SFI, it is still personal expense.

So, looking at your budget, you must determine just how must you dare to put toward building your SFI business. Each month this
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 272

Since the Designated Diamond program is new, none of us can write from pure experience, though we can base our answers on experience. Since the DD program is based on already active PSAs, we have only two types of PSAs to consider: the new ones who have not yet proven their talents, and those who have been in long enough to have proven their strengths.

The strengths and abilities include but are not limited to willingness to read, learn, follow directions, communication, ability and willingness to invest time and money. Also patience, perseverance, and the real desire to succeed are important.

The DD program limits our number of invitations and acceptances so we must be careful to whom we send and invite. New PSAs should have to prove their worth by doing what they should be doing for several months. They also need to demonstrate that they understand both SFI and the DD program.This waiting period gives the sponsor and PSA time to form a relationship and to exchange questions and answers.

I do not think it unreasonable to let a new PSA know he is being considered and groomed to become a DD.

The older, active PSA has had more time to develope his business personality, his team and his knowledge. How far has he come? The sponsor already has an idea about his future success. Will that PSA be a help or hindrance to the sponsor and his own race to Diamond.

I am not saying that a sponsor give up on those who are not DDs, but that the focus now is to work with the workers towards the goal of the Plan, and to let the others to come to realize what they need to do. The sponsor will continue to send out team mail and to answer question, and to occasionally send personal help and encouragement. But the majority of his work will be to help build and train the teams of hss DDs.
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Since the Designated Diamond program is new, none of us can write from pure experience, though we can base our answers on experience. Since the DD program is based on already active PSAs, we have only two types of PSAs to consider: the new ones who have not yet proven their talents, and those who have been in long enough to have proven their strengths.

The strengths and abilities include but are not limited to willingness to read, learn, follow directions, communication, ability and willingness
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 272

How much money can be made with SFI is not the question and should not be the answer. It is against SFI's rules to reveal your income. And it can bring an unexpected reaction from your prospect.

Instead, first make sure he understands what it is that we do at SFI to make money. Show him The Plan, the Compensation Plan, and then the Earnings Calculator. Ask him how many PSAs he thinks he could recruit in a month. Don't let him get wild. Keep the number low. Then plug them into the Calculator. Now is the best time to explain that many recruits will fail to do the work but some will.

Add the next month and then a third month. Tell him that is why you are interested in this business. Explain about time and money leveraging and the freedom to do business anywhere in the world at any time of the day, or from anywhere you have internet connection.

Then ask him if he thinks he can make enough money for it to be worth his time and effort.
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How much money can be made with SFI is not the question and should not be the answer. It is against SFI's rules to reveal your income. And it can bring an unexpected reaction from your prospect.

Instead, first make sure he understands what it is that we do at SFI to make money. Show him The Plan, the Compensation Plan, and then the Earnings Calculator. Ask him how many PSAs he thinks he could recruit in a month. Don't let him get wild. Keep the number low. Then plug them into the Calculator.
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 272

If you always do what you've always done, you'll always have what you've always had. I am sorry, I don't remember who said this. But it is about the wisest statement I have ever heard.

Some of us have come to SFI from other similar businesses. Some of us may be experts at this sort of thing and may not have anything change in our life because we became affiliates of SFI.

But many of us are new to this type of business. We have much to learn both in regards to doing this sort of business, and in becoming a business owner, free of having a boss and set hours.

I have learned to set goals. My goals up to the time I signed up for SFI was "to live until I die." I didn't have to work hard to achieve that goal. Or so I think. I'm still alive. But now I have to know what needs to be done in order to reach each goal and to end up with enough income to not have to balance the check-book.

Not only do I have to know the path, I have to walk it, progress from step to step. I can see progress. Enough to know that if I work harder, it will come sooner.

I have become more self assured, but still need to work on that. I know what needs to be said to prospects, but I get tongue-tied when I talk. But I have progressed from leaving Gift Cards on tables to talking to the prospect as I hand them the card.

I expect that the opportunity that SFI has given me will shape my character such that people will know that I am knowledgeable in this field and will supply an income that will carry me far into my husband's retirement.
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If you always do what you've always done, you'll always have what you've always had. I am sorry, I don't remember who said this. But it is about the wisest statement I have ever heard.

Some of us have come to SFI from other similar businesses. Some of us may be experts at this sort of thing and may not have anything change in our life because we became affiliates of SFI.

But many of us are new to this type of business. We have much to learn both in regards to doing this sort
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 272

Because the ultimate retirement from any business in life is death, you should begin tthe process of preparation immediately or as soon as you have faith in the SFI opportunity.

Because per the Affiliate Agreement, SFI will not supply the password to any spouse of a deceased affiliate. You must leave you account information where it can be found. Include the SFI urls, Your ID#, password, Sponsor and co-sponsor contact information, and tell how to contact the Corporation. Discuss all of this with your family members.


As SFI is not very tiring I'm not sure that most retirees will want to give up entirely on working their SFI businesses until the time comes that they are totally unfit or unwell, or mentally disabled.Seniors need something to do. They need a purpose. SFI can be done from a wheel chair or hospital bed.

It is wise, though, to begin preparing the eventual hand-over. Who will take on you business? One child or more? Will you split it into parts?

My plan, I'm nearly 66, is to sign-up my children and grandchildren as they come of age to be my PSAs, teach them the business, etc. and watch and see who is the Diamond. To that one, I will give my second best branch. I will keep my best sub-team to the end.

As each family member shows promise, I will begin slowly to reassign all of my PSAs. This will leave me with a Generation 1 that consists of my family members, my best PSA and any new PSAs who have not yet been trained. This will take most of the ream care to my few PSAs.I will still be a Team Leader and it will still be my team. But I know my work will go on.

As things firm up I can then reassign all PSAs to one of my relatives, or I can leave them as parallel teams under my sponsor.

I have not studied what I need to do if I should approach the Diamond status. I then would need to retain all PSAs who are headed for PTL themselves and alter the plans for transfer of my business.


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Because the ultimate retirement from any business in life is death, you should begin tthe process of preparation immediately or as soon as you have faith in the SFI opportunity.

Because per the Affiliate Agreement, SFI will not supply the password to any spouse of a deceased affiliate. You must leave you account information where it can be found. Include the SFI urls, Your ID#, password, Sponsor and co-sponsor contact information, and tell how to contact the Corporation. Discuss all of
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