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

Before I started SFI I had tried many other Internet marketing companies that looked “Shiny” enough to attract me. All of the companies I was signing up with would either fold up just about the time I was getting the hang of it or I would be excessively pressured into purchasing $500 or more in training programs and videos. And every one of these companies had sign-up fees and mandatory monthly standing orders.

Needless to say I lost a lot of money and I had almost reached the point where I was never going to look at another Internet home business again – I was convinced they all were scams designed to squeeze all the money out of you then dump you when you wallet hit empty.

I knew there had to be Internet companies on the market that were legit so I made a list of the qualifications a company must have before I join up with them. This is that list:

1. The company must have been in business for more than 7 years
2. They must have a good rating with the BBB (Better Business Bureau)
3. They must be free to join.
4. There can be no mandatory standing orders ever required.
5. There must be “residual” commissions built in the compilation plan.
6. Must allow contact and be able to help your own down-line teammates.
7. Must have good communications between members and support division.
8. The company must be able to train their affiliates from the lowest levels up to the professional level at little or no cost.
9. Marketing materials must be free or a low cost to more advanced levels of marketing.
10. Company must have a verity of sell-able products at least over 2 or 3 hundred products

That which is listed above became my guide as to whether or not to join the company. Much to my surprise SFI surpassed my own list with many other features that I have not even mentioned.

Because of this I knew and know that SFI is the real deal and there is none other like it on the market today. You cannot go wrong building your dream income with SFI unless you just don’t even try.

SFI is the REAL DEAL and you can BANK ON IT!!

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Before I started SFI I had tried many other Internet marketing companies that looked “Shiny” enough to attract me. All of the companies I was signing up with would either fold up just about the time I was getting the hang of it or I would be excessively pressured into purchasing $500 or more in training programs and videos. And every one of these companies had sign-up fees and mandatory monthly standing orders.

Needless to say I lost a lot of money and I had almost reached
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

When sharing information about the ECA program it should not make a difference with your approach in different countries or regions. The ECA system is the same no matter where in the world it is set up.

The only thing that will change would be the product line, shipping cost and the method in which customers would pay for their purchases.

It would be a good idea when prospecting for ECAs in Canada, UK and South America and other European countries is to also include information about having a T-Currency exchange license so products can be purchased using their own currency without having to depend on Credit cards or Pay Pal for standing orders.

An ECA using the T-Currency exchange can charge a small percentage for cost involved in the activities with the exchange. This action alone will bring in more customers for the ECA and provide a little more profit.

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When sharing information about the ECA program it should not make a difference with your approach in different countries or regions. The ECA system is the same no matter where in the world it is set up.

The only thing that will change would be the product line, shipping cost and the method in which customers would pay for their purchases.

It would be a good idea when prospecting for ECAs in Canada, UK and South America and other European countries is to also
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

I am what you might call an introvert or to put it in another way a hermit. I was at one time extremely shy and passive. Let’s face the facts – I was point blank afraid to speak to anyone about anything, let alone a business that I am involved with.

I dreaded having to talk to anyone, so in the past, when I was trying to promote my home business that I was involved with at that time, I did everything through automation if it was possible.

Needless to say none of my attempts at building a home business in the past would get very big, most of the time I pulled out after five or six months of trying to find ways of getting around dealing with people face to face.

About 15 years ago (maybe longer) I took the effort to go to some business building classes to learn how to work with people. The first two times that I had to get in front of a group and speak about a subject that was assigned to me I was dropping my notes on the floor and running out of things to say in less than two or three minutes. (How long does it take to read a 3 X 5 card to a group of people?) I ended up graduating in the top three students.

My fear was not based on what I knew as far as information about something. My fear was based on being rejected and not accepted by the people I was talking to. Fear is a strong enemy when building a business of any kind.

What made things worse was that I have a high inferior complex and always took things that people said or did as being against me because I wasn’t good enough to be doing whatever I got involved with.

Now that I have shared where I have been in my life you can kind of see that I know where you are coming from as far as not doing so good on face to face contact. What helped me the most was reading a book called “Purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren. By applying the teaching within this book I was able to have victory over my fears and start winning in the game of life.

The main thing is that you need to have confidence in yourself when talking to others. The best way to do that is to only talk to people about the things that get you excited about SFI and TripleClicks.

If a question is asked – don’t be afraid to tell them that you don’t know the answer – being truthful is better than stumbling around trying to cough up a reply. Tell them that you will find the answer their looking for and that you will get back to them.

In this business you must realize that when they say no, they are not rejecting you – They are stating that they are not interested in what you have to offer at that time.

As a sales person you need to also know that getting people sponsored is a numbers game – By that I mean, everyone you talk to that says no – puts you one step closer to the person that is going to say yes.

Back in the old days of MLM marketing (affiliate Marketing) the team I was with never asked how many people did you sign up today? What was asked was how many NOs did you get?

So build your business by collecting as many no’s per day that you can. The results will help you fine tune your approach to the point where you start collecting your YES’s

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I am what you might call an introvert or to put it in another way a hermit. I was at one time extremely shy and passive. Let’s face the facts – I was point blank afraid to speak to anyone about anything, let alone a business that I am involved with.

I dreaded having to talk to anyone, so in the past, when I was trying to promote my home business that I was involved with at that time, I did everything through automation if it was possible.

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

Both of these actions are very important for the growth of your home business with SFI and TripleClicks.

Depending on where you are at with your own personal business will determine the amount of time spent on sponsoring affiliates for SFI or gathering members for TripleClicks.

In the first few months it is more important to put the majority of your time into sponsoring new affiliates. Your main income will be from “Residual” commissions and bonuses. So it is wiser to start building your team and training up team leaders.

If you are at a more comfortable level and your team is actively duplicating it would be a time to start acquiring PRMs (Personal Referred Members).

Personally I have been concentrating mostly on sponsoring affiliates and helping them to be EAs and at the same time I do a little prospecting for PRMs. I do not actively seek new members. The prospecting for members is a “passive” activity for me.

What I mean by that is I have information on my blog about all the stuff about TripleClicks and the Gift Cards. If I am contacted by a visitor to my blog because of the posted information then I end up gaining a PRM that I didn’t have to advertise for.

I also do this with my Facebook business page (fan page) on this page I am allowed to freely advertise my TripleClicks and SFI links without adverse reactions from Facebook. I have signed up about five members from my Facebook fan page so far.

Instead of putting effort into seeking TripleClicks members – I advertise some of the great products by word of mouth and by sending information that is requested from my blog site. When I make a sale guess what? I have an automatic member for TripleClicks

I have gained more members (PRMs) by selling products than any other way.

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Both of these actions are very important for the growth of your home business with SFI and TripleClicks.

Depending on where you are at with your own personal business will determine the amount of time spent on sponsoring affiliates for SFI or gathering members for TripleClicks.

In the first few months it is more important to put the majority of your time into sponsoring new affiliates. Your main income will be from “Residual” commissions and bonuses. So
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

When a person steps out of the “regular” routine and wants to build a business of their own there will be some family members and close friends who will do everything they can to either get you to quit or to support and encourage you.

If your family members support and encourage your idea then that is great! Keep them informed of all the positive things happing in your SFI and TripleClicks business. Try to slowly work your family members in helping you build your business by handing out fliers or business cards, easy things.

Now if your family members do not support your new adventure with SFI and TripleClicks you will need to be firm in the fact that you know, having your own home business is the way to supplement your income and maybe even earn enough to get totally out of debt.

One thing you do not want to do is to cause a lot of friction within your family, by all means you should come to an agreement between the family members and yourself that will keep the peace.

When I first started SFI over 3 years ago my family members were against the idea and I convinced them to let me try it for 2 months without investing any money. Everyone was happy about that.

What I did during the next 2 months was to purchase a couple of the great products offered by in TripleClicks and shared them with my family members just as a good product I was not investing in the business.

What happened is that one of my family members loved the product and wanted to buy product for themselves. Well that turned on the business building lights in the eyes of my family now they are involved in SFI one way or another.

If you get your family members involved in some of the great products that are listed in TripleClicks you should have no problem in keeping the peace and also gain vital support from your family members.

One other thing to remember is that your success with your new home business does not depend on the support of those in your family or friends. You have the sole responsibility on how successful you are going to be.

When everyone sees just how determined and persistent you are towards your new home business they will be drawn into the passion and join your quest for success.

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When a person steps out of the “regular” routine and wants to build a business of their own there will be some family members and close friends who will do everything they can to either get you to quit or to support and encourage you.

If your family members support and encourage your idea then that is great! Keep them informed of all the positive things happing in your SFI and TripleClicks business. Try to slowly work your family members in helping you build your business
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

If a new affiliate was to compare SFI and TripleClicks with any other Internet marketing company, SFI would win hands down in every category that involves building a successful home based business.

Trying to make SFI more attractive (then what it already is) to our new affiliates could mistakenly be looked at as hype, which could drive them in the opposite direction.

Remember people really don’t join “a company” They join a “purpose” a “cause”, or a “answer” to solve their problems. They join because they could relate to the person that enrolled them mainly because of trust and/or friendship.

One of the reasons that SFI is so great a company is because of what the management of SFI has built over the years to make this company one of the best affiliate marketing companies on the Internet and the management is in a constant stage of improving and enhancing our abilities to earn larger incomes.

What I personally believe will make SFI more attractive to new affiliates is for us to become “Awesome” sponsors. Be the sponsor that every new affiliate would dream about having. Go beyond the norm – take extra steps to ensure that your new affiliates understand the golden opportunity they have just signed up with.

We don’t need to make SFI more attractive (management will do that on their own) – What we really need is SFI “in-rollers” to become real “sponsors”.

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If a new affiliate was to compare SFI and TripleClicks with any other Internet marketing company, SFI would win hands down in every category that involves building a successful home based business.

Trying to make SFI more attractive (then what it already is) to our new affiliates could mistakenly be looked at as hype, which could drive them in the opposite direction.

Remember people really don’t join “a company” They join a “purpose” a “cause”,
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

As you are building your home business with SFI and TripleClicks you will be recruiting new affiliates into your team. The first thing you will need to be able to do is start training your new teammates.

One of the best ways in training your new teammates is by being an example for them to follow. You will find “Lead by Example” included in a lot of the training literature and spoken a lot in the forum posts.

To get your new affiliates off to a good start share with them the steps below.

1. Guide your new affiliates through the Start, SFI Basics, and Launchpad series.

2. Help them to make a decision on the Fast Track system and the New Members Pack within the first 10 days. Share with them the benefits and show them your badge – and tell them how to get it along with the lapel pin.

3. Make sure you explain that earning VP is not the way to make money in SFI. VP is important but the way to make the fastest money is in selling TripleClicks products to receive commissions. If no products are bought or sold no one will earn money.

4. Help them enroll 5 teammates and teach them how to help their 5 affiliates get their five. If everyone in this small group is selling and buying products you and your team will be making money and that is what SFI is all about.

The important part of all of this is that you show your teammates by example that you are doing all that I have listed in the 5 steps above. Don’t expect your teammates to do something that you are not doing yourself.

Lead and train by example is the fastest way to success and it teaches the fundamental principle of duplication – if done right you will take many of your teammates to the top levels right along with you.

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As you are building your home business with SFI and TripleClicks you will be recruiting new affiliates into your team. The first thing you will need to be able to do is start training your new teammates.

One of the best ways in training your new teammates is by being an example for them to follow. You will find “Lead by Example” included in a lot of the training literature and spoken a lot in the forum posts.

To get your new affiliates off to a good
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

When I first started looking for an on-line business to work from my own home I knew that I would have a lot to learn before I would become successful at it. Sometimes I enrolled in a company just to see what kind of training program and support that they offered to help those who have never done Internet Marketing before.

I also enrolled in programs because the person running the ad did a convincing job of how well he/she will help build your business until you were making money, only to find out that those were promises that were attached to some heavy spending conditions.

When I enrolled in SFI the first thing I checked out was the training material and the support systems that were in place at that time. I was amazed at the amount of material that was free, and the 24/7 support given through the forum, ASK SC, Admin and stream.

I knew that SFI had everything I would need to advance to the level of income that I was looking for – Now here’s the key – I did not care if I had a supporting sponsor or not – I just knew that it was possible to reach my dreams on my own if I had to.

Gaining support from your sponsor is fine and it can help you move forward much faster, but in reality it will all boil down to what you are personally willing to do to build a successful business. You need to have a mindset “If it is to be it is up to me.” Don’t put yourself in a position where you have to “rely” on your sponsor or anyone else for the success you want to achieve.

To prove the point that I am making it is easy to go to the forum and read some of the stories when threads were written about “sponsor support” – You will find many affiliates who are very successful in SFI and they have never been contacted by any of their sponsors or up-lines.

My friend the reality of your dreams lies within your will to succeed and the ambition to create the fire in your spirit that drives you to the highest levels of success.

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When I first started looking for an on-line business to work from my own home I knew that I would have a lot to learn before I would become successful at it. Sometimes I enrolled in a company just to see what kind of training program and support that they offered to help those who have never done Internet Marketing before.

I also enrolled in programs because the person running the ad did a convincing job of how well he/she will help build your business until you were making
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

As you are building your SFI business you will more than likely come across affiliate Team Leaders that will recommend that you should communicate with your teammates by using many of the different social networks like Facebook, Linked-in and other social sites.

Personally I have found that the communication networks set up within SFI to be more than adequate to handle the communications between your teammates and yourself. I have been with SFI for over 3 years now and I rarely go outside to other resources to contact my down-line members.

I do let my team know my personal email account so they can contact when they have any questions. I do answer the majority of their questions this way. I like the email account because there is no size limit and I can also add screen shots or images when needed.

But as far as going to and using social networks for communications purposes has not worked to well. Even though I have a Business Page on Facebook set up for SFI and put the link to the page in my team mails for a year no one used it to contact me. When my team get much bigger then I will think about activating the Facebook page again.

Our business is a global business and catching some affiliates in different countries at the right time when using Instant messages or Skype is extremely hard to set up. To make a connection someone is going to have to lose sleep.

In SFI we have our;

• CSA (Co-sponsored Affiliates) mailer
• PSA (Personally Sponsored Affiliates) mailer.
• We have our Genealogy mailer where all kinds of filters can be implemented depending on who you wish to contact.
• There is also our Stream post that can be used to send short messages to a2a friends, PSAs – CSAs or a combination of our entire group.
• We now have many different Ecards that we can send to our teammates
• We also have a instant chat system you can use when you see one of your teammates on line.

As you can see SFI has left nothing to chance. I have never see an Internet Marketing company provide so many ways to communicate with our teammates then what SFI has provided for us.

I would say that a personal email account is all you will need to compliment your SFI communication system with your teammates.

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As you are building your SFI business you will more than likely come across affiliate Team Leaders that will recommend that you should communicate with your teammates by using many of the different social networks like Facebook, Linked-in and other social sites.

Personally I have found that the communication networks set up within SFI to be more than adequate to handle the communications between your teammates and yourself. I have been with SFI for over 3 years now and I rarely
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999

When our new referrals are joining SFI they are automatically gaining the SB (Signing Bonus) of $20 added to their account. Our new affiliate is also informed on how to turn that $20 bonus into $40 or even $100 bonus by joining the “Fast Track” system.

For the next ten days SFI will be informing your new affiliate about the Fast Track system and encouraging them to go for it. As the days go by your affiliate will be notified by SFI as to how many days they have left before they become in-eligible to receive the extra bonuses.

In keeping the above in mind it could be seen as excessive pressure to also receive communications from their sponsors about taking part in the extra bonuses and Fast Track. To much messages on investing time or money within a short period of time can and most likely will run some of your referrals off.

So your good intentions to informing or promoting the extra bonuses which includes joining the Fast Track system could just backfire in your face.

So far I have had three affiliates who enrolled and went for the silver Fast Track without me promoting any of the bonuses about the system. And those who I have carefully informed them about the extra levels of bonuses and Fast Track have so far yielded no responses.

If any notices or promoting is to be done I would say wait till they are on their 6th or 7th day and then just ask them a simple question something like this:

“The extra bonuses and the Fast Track system is available for you if you desire to take part in it – You could help me be a better sponsor and also help SFI if you would give me your honest opinion about the extra bonus incentives.”

If you do not receive a reply – don’t push it any further. If you do receive a reply, no matter if their reply was good or no good – honor there reply with a big thank you note for sharing their important opinions.

Remember we are all building a business as a team which also means building trusting relationships with your referrals. Don’t over promote or push agendas on your teammates that they are not ready to adhere to.

First build trusting relationships then build a business as a team. When this is done even the lowest members of your team will not be hindered from reaching beyond the limits of the sky.

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When our new referrals are joining SFI they are automatically gaining the SB (Signing Bonus) of $20 added to their account. Our new affiliate is also informed on how to turn that $20 bonus into $40 or even $100 bonus by joining the “Fast Track” system.

For the next ten days SFI will be informing your new affiliate about the Fast Track system and encouraging them to go for it. As the days go by your affiliate will be notified by SFI as to how many days they have left before
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