Affiliate since: 09/22/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi Mary,

To be able to answer your question accurately, it is important to know whether you mean that active people suddenly Opt-out or that you mean that people who were active before just stop being active.

If affiliates suddenly Opt-out there is not much you can do, because you are not permitted to contact them anymore.

However, if it is a case of people who were active before and suddenly stop being active, then this is a different matter. In this case I would simply send them an e-mail asking them what the reason why they stopped working, and whether there is anything you can help them with. Without knowing the reason why, it is virtually impossible to address the issue. If you ask 5 affiliates why they suddenly have stopped working and they all give you the same reason, there may be a structural problem you could address.

You can only deal with a problem when you know its root, otherwise you may find yourself just scratching the surface of the problem and risk falling back into the same issue over and over again.

I hope that this is of some help to you.

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Hi Mary,

To be able to answer your question accurately, it is important to know whether you mean that active people suddenly Opt-out or that you mean that people who were active before just stop being active.

If affiliates suddenly Opt-out there is not much you can do, because you are not permitted to contact them anymore.

However, if it is a case of people who were active before and suddenly stop being active, then this is a different matter. In this case I would
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Affiliate since: 09/22/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

For me personally I find the question - “What are your goals in life and how are you planning on achieving these?” an important one.
Depending on the prospect’s answer, I can determine whether offering him the SFI business opportunity, will help him achieve the goals he has mentioned. If this is the case, then I can tell the prospect about SFI.

I tell him about:
- The fun things in SFI like Eager Zebra Games
- The hard things like getting motivated/working affiliates
- The good things like the wealth of information available to All SFI Affiliates on running your online business, Online Marketing etc. etc.
- About the Free signup fee
- But…I will also tell the prospect about the fact that, if anyone is serious about running SFI as a business, they usually will decide to invest some money at some point. However, they will do this at their own pace.

Further in reply to your question - different people have different approaches as to how they go about this, but the above would be my personal approach. I always think about how I would like to be approached and apply this to others.

I will not try and sell SFI, but I hope that by telling him about my own experience with SFI , the prospect will decide in his own time whether or not, he wants to be part of it.
If, after listening to all the pros and cons, the prospect decides to join of his own accord, then I would say that you have a serious candidate here ?

I hope that this is useful to you

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For me personally I find the question - “What are your goals in life and how are you planning on achieving these?” an important one.
Depending on the prospect’s answer, I can determine whether offering him the SFI business opportunity, will help him achieve the goals he has mentioned. If this is the case, then I can tell the prospect about SFI.

I tell him about:
- The fun things in SFI like Eager Zebra Games
- The hard things like getting motivated/working affiliates
- The
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Affiliate since: 09/22/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

This is a very valid question!

How do you start a conversation with someone whom you do not know?

I am sure that everyone has their own approach, but when I initiate an online chat I start introducing myself. Even though they may see this, I still tell them my name and tell them that I am their (Co-) Sponsor. I tell them that I am happy to catch them online and that I just wanted to take the opportunity to say a quick hello. Further, I ask them how they are experiencing SFI so far and also ask them whether there is anything I can help them with.

I always like to keep the introduction light and airy, so that people do not feel uncomfortable. This way you have more chance to connect, I find.

I have noticed at times that people are not very willing to chat. I believe that this mostly happens when someone does not feel comfortable writing in a foreign language.
If I notice this then I shall let it rest. I then proceed to end the chat by saying once again that if there is anything I can help them with, that they should not hesitate to get in touch and leave them my e-mail address.

You see… if people do not feel comfortable writing in a foreign language it is more difficult to chat than to send an e-mail. With an e-mail they have more time to think and use google translate if necessary.

I hope that this helps you along ?


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This is a very valid question!

How do you start a conversation with someone whom you do not know?

I am sure that everyone has their own approach, but when I initiate an online chat I start introducing myself. Even though they may see this, I still tell them my name and tell them that I am their (Co-) Sponsor. I tell them that I am happy to catch them online and that I just wanted to take the opportunity to say a quick hello. Further, I ask them how they are experiencing SFI
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Affiliate since: 09/22/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

I have read many good answers over the past days.

Everyone is in a different situation so what works for one person does not work for the other.

Myself I prefer to save up as many MRPs as possible and I always use those MRPs to buy extra PSAs. This way I invest in the growth of my team, which in turn enables me to support my team, by having enough PSAs to reassign to my team members who are workers as a reward for their hard work.

I mainly bid in Double MRP auctions for CSAs and/or PSAs or anything that will be useful to grow my team.

However, as I wrote before, everyone is in a different situation and should follow whatever he or she thinks will work best for them.

I hope that this is of some use to you :-)

To your success!
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I have read many good answers over the past days.

Everyone is in a different situation so what works for one person does not work for the other.

Myself I prefer to save up as many MRPs as possible and I always use those MRPs to buy extra PSAs. This way I invest in the growth of my team, which in turn enables me to support my team, by having enough PSAs to reassign to my team members who are workers as a reward for their hard work.

I mainly bid in Double MRP auctions
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Affiliate since: 09/22/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

This varies from person to person, it is a very personal choice and very much depends on your financial situation as well.

For someone who does not have much money to spend, I would tend to say that you would do best to utilize it on getting PSAs. Apart from any people you may recruit personally, there are a number of good ECAs you can purchase signups from. After all… to start generating any income as an affiliate you are going to have to build a team except if you become an ECA as well, in which case you can generate income from your sales.

-The TCredits can of course be used to participate in auctions. With some luck, you may winn more PSAs in one auction than you would have been able to afford to buy in three or four months. However, if you lose the auction you will have lost your TCredits, lost money that you probably cannot afford to lose and also be left without the PSAs you so desperately need to build your team.
-The positive things you are left with when participating in auctions are: the action VPs, up to 500 VP a month, and the MRPs you will collect for taking part in the auctions. Of course, once you have collected enough MRPs you can still choose to buy some PSAs with these.

The above views are my personal views of course and it does not mean to say that these are right or wrong for othe. In fact I believe that a combination of both options would be ideal, if your budget allows it. In the end, what you do with your TCredits is what you feel most comfortable about!

Good luck! I hope this will help you a little with your decision ?

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This varies from person to person, it is a very personal choice and very much depends on your financial situation as well.

For someone who does not have much money to spend, I would tend to say that you would do best to utilize it on getting PSAs. Apart from any people you may recruit personally, there are a number of good ECAs you can purchase signups from. After all… to start generating any income as an affiliate you are going to have to build a team except if you become an ECA as
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Affiliate since: 09/22/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

I believe that this varies from one situation to another. For instance, if I have personally recruited someone by talking to him or her, explaining all about SFI and this person decides to join, then I would send him or her an individual welcome letter. However, I often buy signups from an ECA and consequently get over a hundred people in a very short period time, here I decide to send them all a welcome letter in a group mailing.

You can personalize it somewhat by using ~FIRSTNAME~ in your message, but keep the information in the letter standard. After all, they all have to know the same things when they start off.

I hope that this is of some help :-)


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I believe that this varies from one situation to another. For instance, if I have personally recruited someone by talking to him or her, explaining all about SFI and this person decides to join, then I would send him or her an individual welcome letter. However, I often buy signups from an ECA and consequently get over a hundred people in a very short period time, here I decide to send them all a welcome letter in a group mailing.

You can personalize it somewhat by using ~FIRSTNAME~ in
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Affiliate since: 09/22/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

Why do you have to make a choice? In my opinion you should target both, because it is not about what someone is, "retired"or "homemakers", but about the person's character and situation: ambitious, frame of mind, financial status,computer literate etc. etc

Give both retired people and homemakers their well deserved chance to become part of Your Team!

Good luck!