Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

If you are actively building your SFI business, you will be attempting to keep in contact with your teammates. However, there is a situation that is not to pleasant and that is most of your teammates will not respond to your sent messages.

I know a lot of new affiliates wonder if they are doing something wrong because no one is responding to their stream post or weekly team mails. This is very understandable especially to those who have never worked a marketing plan like SFI where team work is essential (extremely important).

There are a few things you do need to consider when sending messages to your team.

One of them would be to make sure that you are not “demanding” that your affiliates do something. You are not a military leader nor their boss always keep in mind that your teammates are business partners – business partners work together – they don’t rule each other.

Another thing to consider would be if you are sending the same information over and over again. This makes your messages predictable and boring. You need fresh good content in each and every message you send whether you are using stream or weekly mails.

The things I do to get the most responses from my team are:

1. Keep my messages short – but very informative.

2. I always try be very positive and motivating with the content I am using.

3. I do not use copied information from SFI – they already are receiving that – I cover the same information but put it in my everyday words and experiences.

4. I do my best to keep my content centered on their accomplishments instead of mine. Lift them up – “If you blow your personal horn in public you just make a big noise – If you blow their horn in public you make devoted partners.” (my quote)

5. I try to end my messages (team mails) asking for suggestions and or comments to help build good team work between all the members.

6. Finally, I always encourage my teammates to contact me for ANY reason or for ANY kind of help and assistance that they may need.

By slowly learning to incorporate the above six methods in sending messages to my teammates the response rate has increased dramatically over the last couple of years.

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If you are actively building your SFI business, you will be attempting to keep in contact with your teammates. However, there is a situation that is not to pleasant and that is most of your teammates will not respond to your sent messages.

I know a lot of new affiliates wonder if they are doing something wrong because no one is responding to their stream post or weekly team mails. This is very understandable especially to those who have never worked a marketing plan like
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

I have been in SFI now for a little over 2 years and I have almost always had at least one share of S-Builder Co-op every month.

To purchase a single share without placing on a Standing order it will cost you $24 USD per share, but if placed on a SO (standing order) it will cost you only $22 a month. Which will cost about .72 per day. I do not know of any advertising paid or free that will cost you only .72 per day.

My personal time is too valuable to lose on free ad sources so I must rely on paid advertising and in knowing the massive advertising that is done through S-Builder I wouldn’t be able to find a better source for acquiring sign-ups.

The best way to make it profitable would be to put at least two S-Builder shares on a standing order. By doing this it becomes cheaper than advertising “outside” SFI. And this will give you a continuous stream of new affiliates coming in every month.

Set up a co-op with your team and everyone pitches in and purchase 5 or more shares – run the new sign-ups through your personal co-op manager this way everyone benefits and so do you – If your affiliates are sponsoring new people they are going into your team and you also reap rewards and income from the same affiliates.

The above actions listed is the best way to profit from S-Builder because it saves you time, money and effort because the S-Builder co-op and your co-op manager does all the work for you. Time saved is money earned!

Another benefit is that using S-Builder is profitable is it is easy to duplicate. New affiliates that are new to the on-line marketing that do not know how to advertise can start building their down-line immediately.

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I have been in SFI now for a little over 2 years and I have almost always had at least one share of S-Builder Co-op every month.

To purchase a single share without placing on a Standing order it will cost you $24 USD per share, but if placed on a SO (standing order) it will cost you only $22 a month. Which will cost about .72 per day. I do not know of any advertising paid or free that will cost you only .72 per day.

My personal time is too valuable
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

One of the nice things about SFI and TripleClicks is that you can start earning money every month without investing a dime. All you need to do is start selling some of the 90,000 different products. You will receive 45% of the commission value on each product sold.

Now if you, like most of the affiliates who have joined SFI, did so to make a regular income that can be depended on, then you will have to invest in growing your team of working affiliates.

This will take time and investment of finances as well. The amount of both will totally depend on your present circumstances. How much time can you devote to running ads in free sites or social networks and personal blogs? How much money can you invest to pay for ads or to purchase PSAs (Personally Sponsored Affiliates).

You need to allocate a budget for your time as to how much time is spent on working your “to-do” list and in reading forum, stream and newsletters. I spend about 2 hours a day just working on the SFI site.

You will also need to set aside a workable budget for expenses in building your business. The cost of a SO (Standing Order), purchasing PSAs or services for your website or blog.

To just invest time or money in SFI and expect to start earning an income every month is not going to happen that easily. There are affiliates who have invested both for a long time and have not yet advanced enough to make a good monthly income.

The key is investing quality time – doing the things that will positively enhance your chances of success. Time that is well spent will bring faster results than just spending time on the site.

On the money end of things, you will have to invest in ways that are beneficial in creating duplication within your team – that is the fastest way to start earning a good monthly income.

You are the only one who really knows how much money and time you can invest in your new business with SFI and TripleClicks. So your first move would be to create a budget for both that you can easily work within the beginning stages. As time goes on you can adjust your commitments (Time and money budgets) to suit the level that you want to proceed at.

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One of the nice things about SFI and TripleClicks is that you can start earning money every month without investing a dime. All you need to do is start selling some of the 90,000 different products. You will receive 45% of the commission value on each product sold.

Now if you, like most of the affiliates who have joined SFI, did so to make a regular income that can be depended on, then you will have to invest in growing your team of working affiliates.

This
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

Let me answer that with a small question – What do you think if your team doesn’t know about the new Fast-Track and they find out about it later when it is too late to doing anything about it?

In other words it does not matter how they will take the information – what matters is that they have the same opportunity to get involved as everyone else does.

I am excited about the new Fast-Track system so it is easy to share with others without “putting them off” If you are having trouble on how to explain it simply state : “Look what SFI is doing for all the new affiliates – (Then copy and paste the fact page information as the content of your letter use this link: http://news.sfimg.com/2014/10/07/introducing-fast-track-2-0/ ) and then end your notice with excitement for them.

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Let me answer that with a small question – What do you think if your team doesn’t know about the new Fast-Track and they find out about it later when it is too late to doing anything about it?

In other words it does not matter how they will take the information – what matters is that they have the same opportunity to get involved as everyone else does.

I am excited about the new Fast-Track system so it is easy to share with others without “putting
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

It is good to remember that the rules state there can be only one SFI account per household – that means anyone living with you in the same house cannot be an affiliate in SFI. Family members that live outside the compounds of your home can join as affiliates with SFI.

With that being said; our “live in family members” can help us personally with the building of our SFI and TripleClicks business.

Remember that the SFI account holder in the family is the one who should be logging in and taking care of the daily, weekly and monthly actions that need to be done on site with SFI and TripleClicks. SFI frowns on anyone signing in other than the account holder.

You can however have family members hand out fliers, share information with their friends about TripleClicks products and games.

Your family members can do on-line advertising for you while you are busy doing something else. Just teach them how to place the ads – give them the script and the URL to use and what sites to run the ads on.

You can give your spouse/family member a pack of 30 Gift Cards to hand out when they go shopping or any other in town activities. Teach them to gather the recipient’s contact information so you can post it in the Gift Card tracking chart.

There are countless ways in which to involve your family members in your home business, the main thing is don’t delegate a job to someone who really does not want to do it. You must first gain their trust in the fact that what they are doing will benefit the entire family.

You can give out incentives to family members who are finishing the task that you have given them. If you are doing this your family members will be asking you all the time “What can I do now for SFI.”

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It is good to remember that the rules state there can be only one SFI account per household – that means anyone living with you in the same house cannot be an affiliate in SFI. Family members that live outside the compounds of your home can join as affiliates with SFI.

With that being said; our “live in family members” can help us personally with the building of our SFI and TripleClicks business.

Remember that the SFI account holder in the family is the
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

As a Team Leader in SFI you will get a few new teammates that will ask you, “When can I expect to start earning money or? Or what do I have to do to earn money quickly?”

The best answer that can be given to your new affiliates is; you can start earning money from the very first day of being enrolled in SFI and it can be done without spending a dime. Find a product in TripleClicks that you like and that you know a few other friends or relatives would like and sell them the products.

What I mentioned above is the fastest way to start earning money but to build a good monthly “income” it is going to take a little time to get it started. And this monthly income is best acquired through what we call “Team Building.”

What must be realized is that building a team does take a lot of hard and consistent work. And it is not going to happen overnight or within the first 6 months or more. A good solid income has been built by SFI affiliates within 2 to 5 years.

There are a lot of factors that control how fast you can build a substantial income.

• How much time can you commit to building your team?
• How much money can you invest to get things moving quicker?
• How good are you at motivating people to “duplicate” what you are doing?
• How fast can you learn new things?
• How much passion and determination can you generate to reach your goals?
• Are you willing to stick it out say 2 or 3 years for fanatical freedom?

This list can go on and on – the real determining factor is how bad do you want to achieve your dream income?

The controls are in your hands. It is up to you to use them to the best ability you have, you don’t have to go it alone – up-line, support, a2a friends and the forum will help you in any way that is needed.

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As a Team Leader in SFI you will get a few new teammates that will ask you, “When can I expect to start earning money or? Or what do I have to do to earn money quickly?”

The best answer that can be given to your new affiliates is; you can start earning money from the very first day of being enrolled in SFI and it can be done without spending a dime. Find a product in TripleClicks that you like and that you know a few other friends or relatives would like and sell them
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

During the times when you are prospecting for SFI you are going to run into times when your passion is on fire for SFI but you only have a short time to share your home business with someone.

You will need to learn some super power packed short messages to give to someone while you are handing them a business card or a flier. These short messages are known in the sales field as an “elevator pitch.”

One of the things about an elevator pitch is that it must get your prospect’s curiosity enough to want to check out your offer or to contact you for more information. You are not trying to “sell” the prospect anything you only want them to go to your web site, blog or contact you directly.

Once you have exchanged names with each other you can ask them:

“Do you know anyone who would like a free extra income source from the comforts of their own home?”

Most people will tell you yes – that’s when you hand them your card and say something like this;

“There is a lot of money to be made here and I want to help others to get some of it.”

Don’t say anything more – it is now time to leave this prospect and move on to the next. As you can see I covered some big words in my little script.

“Free”
“Income source”
“Work from home”
“A lot of money to be made”
“Helping others make money”

Of course use whatever you can think of saying – be creative and excited when sharing. The above script has been working for me very well. On a good day I can give out 50 of my business cards – out of that I will gain up to 7 to 12 responses.

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During the times when you are prospecting for SFI you are going to run into times when your passion is on fire for SFI but you only have a short time to share your home business with someone.

You will need to learn some super power packed short messages to give to someone while you are handing them a business card or a flier. These short messages are known in the sales field as an “elevator pitch.”

One of the things about an elevator pitch is that it must
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

One of the great marketing tools that have been made available to all SFI affiliates is the TripleClicks gift cards. These cards have a $12 value (6 TCredits and 100 MRP [Member Reward Points]).

By giving out the TripleClicks gift cards properly you can gain new PRMs (Personally Referred Members) that you will draw commissions on their purchases for long as you remain a member of SFI and of course as long as your referral continues to purchase.

When your cards are accepted – as you give them to your referral, collect their contact information before leaving them. The reason for this is once they become a member of TripleClicks (which must be done to redeem the Gift Card) you will not have access to your referrals email address or any other information.

If you are giving the TripleClicks Gift Card on-line then have them fill out a form with their name and email address before issuing them the redeem code that comes with the electronic cards. Again this is done because once they log in as a PRM with TripleClicks you will not have access to their contact information.

Now as far as getting your PRM excited over SFI at the same time you are giving them a gift card is not a very good idea. This is why –

I did just that for a person I met in a store, by the time that person got home he decided to go on line and visit the URL I gave him on my SFI business card. He signed up as an affiliate.

Later that same day he tried to use his TripleClicks Gift Card and it was denied because he was an affiliate in SFI and affiliates cannot use the cards. At that time the person decided to opt-out – the reason he gave was that this was a scam. This was two years ago and I have never seen that person again nor was I collecting their contact information at that time – I learned the hard way. Now you don’t have to go through the same thing.

Give your new PRMs some slack time before contacting them about SFI – That is if you have their permission to contact them. Ask them what they redeemed their card on, if they haven’t redeemed it yet make some game suggestions or tell them other ways to use the TCredits. Follow up a few days later.

After your first follow up at that time it would be OK to share a little about SFI and being an affiliate in your team – But in reality I must say this:

When prospecting with TripleClicks Gift Cards you are trying to build your group of purchasing members as they purchase you gain their VP and the commissions. The same as though they were your down-line affiliates. A strong group of customers purchasing product or playing games and attending the auctions can be very profitable and you don’t have to train them or babysit them as they continue to be involved – What can be better?!

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One of the great marketing tools that have been made available to all SFI affiliates is the TripleClicks gift cards. These cards have a $12 value (6 TCredits and 100 MRP [Member Reward Points]).

By giving out the TripleClicks gift cards properly you can gain new PRMs (Personally Referred Members) that you will draw commissions on their purchases for long as you remain a member of SFI and of course as long as your referral continues to purchase.

When your cards
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

Retirement – That used to be the American dream, work hard for 20 to 30 years and then retire on your pension from where you worked all your life or at least retire on the money you have saved during your working years.

One of the main problems that people are facing is that retirement from a regular 9 to 5 job doesn’t bring enough income to enjoy life as a retired person. As a matter of fact you may not even be able to think of retiring until it is mandatory for health reasons or your company no longer needs you.

I have learned that most retired people end up withering away because they have not planned their retirement and so they have nothing to do except to grow older. What a sad fate for those who have worked hard all their life.

I personally am retired, I have worked regular 9 to 5 jobs putting in 15 years here and 13 years there and a few more years in other odd jobs. None of those jobs gave me enough money to retire on. And like many people, I did not plan for the time when I was forced to retire because of medical reasons.

And at this present moment in time I am on Social Security, which by the way is not enough to enjoy life on as a matter of fact the income from Social Security is not enough income to even live a normal life.

That is why I joined SFI over 3 years ago. I know that I will be able to earn enough income to once again enjoy living instead of just existing. SFI gives my life more meaning and purpose – I am free to do as I please and to earn as much income as I want. I have set my heart on a monthly 5 figure income which I know is possible for me to reach.

Will I ever retire from SFI? Good question, Glad you asked. More than likely I will never retire from SFI. I may reach a point where I scale things down a little so I can go on some great vacations and stuff like that. But I will continue SFI and TripleClicks business because I love working it and being a part of something that is becoming the greatest marketing system on the planet.

At the same time I am preparing for the time when I can no longer work my home business. I am doing that by teaching and training a close relative (daughter) on how to successfully keep the business that I am building in a money making venture.

The best time to start preparing for when you pull out of SFI (if ever) is right at this moment. Do not wait for a better time there won’t be one. Get a relative that is close to you and sponsor them on your front line. When the time is right turn your SFI and TripleClicks business over to your selected relative or spouse.

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Retirement – That used to be the American dream, work hard for 20 to 30 years and then retire on your pension from where you worked all your life or at least retire on the money you have saved during your working years.

One of the main problems that people are facing is that retirement from a regular 9 to 5 job doesn’t bring enough income to enjoy life as a retired person. As a matter of fact you may not even be able to think of retiring until it is mandatory for health
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

There will be a lot of people shopping on-line during this upcoming holiday season and to get a part of the action I would say we need to be advertising like we have never done before.

We need to get “gift” ideas out on the net now! The more products you can advertise the more chances you will have of gaining some of the holiday on-line customers.

This is the time of the year where people are knowingly going to spend money and you want them to spend it on what you have to offer.

Taking the above into account, our ads need to be centered on giving your prospect the best solutions for their gift buying. Things like:

• Shop from the comforts of your home.
• Shop 24 hours a day no need to fight long lines and traffic rush.
• Have your gifts delivered directly to the recipient’s front door.
• Shop with us and earn bonus points for FREE gifts.

It would also be good if you personally were to do “Transfer buying” with the gifts to your loved ones. Instead of giving the retail stores your hard earned money buy them from TripleClicks and ship them directly to your loved ones.

Now send your loved ones a nice Christmas card informing them that a gift just for them is coming in the mail. Also send them a Gift Card from TripleClicks as an added bonus.

You can also send to your friends, family and co-workers a invitation to join as a member in your TripleClicks store and when you receive notice that they joined then you can send them a Gift Certificate. People like being able to choose their own gifts.

All you need is a little creative imagination and I believe that you will be able to come up with some great ways to promote TripleClicks products and services during the upcoming seasons and throughout the year.

Giving is fun – Just do lots of it through TripleClicks.

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There will be a lot of people shopping on-line during this upcoming holiday season and to get a part of the action I would say we need to be advertising like we have never done before.

We need to get “gift” ideas out on the net now! The more products you can advertise the more chances you will have of gaining some of the holiday on-line customers.

This is the time of the year where people are knowingly going to spend money and you want them to spend it
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