Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 426

Have a look at your 'gift list,' family members, friends, work colleagues, sports and classmates, contacts - all the people that you know.

Ask yourself - Taking into account their family situations, sporting activities, etc, - what would they like to receive or give away as gifts?

Having identified what they are likely to be interested in as gifts, go to TripleClicks and search for those items.

Send messages to them suggesting that they have a look at TripleClicks highlighting the products they are likely to be interested in. To help them and to encourage them to go to TripleClicks, I would also give them a Gift Card each.

Do not spam. This is targeted advertising and we are only talking about contacting those people we know well.

As for all the other people in the whole wide world, now that you have done your research regarding likely items that people might want as gifts during this season, promote those items as widely and as often as possible.

The other point to remember is that at this time of the year, a lot of businesses are arranging ‘end of year’ functions for their staff. Most businesses give their staff some small gifts as tokens of appreciation for their work during the year. I would suggest that you identify likely suitable gifts and approach those arranging the functions. You never know, you may get a large order of small items with small commissions but they all add up. If you do really well, they might do the same thing next year or throughout the year.

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Have a look at your 'gift list,' family members, friends, work colleagues, sports and classmates, contacts - all the people that you know.

Ask yourself - Taking into account their family situations, sporting activities, etc, - what would they like to receive or give away as gifts?

Having identified what they are likely to be interested in as gifts, go to TripleClicks and search for those items.

Send messages to them suggesting that they have a look at TripleClicks
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 426

In brief, I would say - spend the most of your money on Duplication.

This is what I try to do and I recommend you do the same. Why? Because “Duplication = Compensation” (money). Surely you would have seen this formula in the Leadership Challenge blog!

SFI recognises that growing our teams and getting our team members to duplicate our efforts is the best way of growing our businesses. It’s the best way of ensuring we make money. That is why the leadership challenge is there, to encourage members to practise duplication.

I would recommend that you spend the bulk of your efforts and most of your budget on as many activities, as you are able to, that go towards duplication:

a) Recruiting Affiliates. - Purchasing advertising, running recruiting coops, purchasing PSAs from TC, establishing and maintaining websites, blogs etc... \

b) Sponsoring Affiliates. - Being a good role model & participating in all SFI/TC activities- leading by example, setting up a Standing Order and qualifying for EA early in the month, running team contests, providing incentives, encouraging and rewarding active team members with gift certificates, reassignments etc...

c) You can also advertise TC products. Any purchases by you PRMs will not only give you VPs and MRPs but will also provided more funds in the form of commission to help you fund your recruiting and sponsoring efforts.

How much money you allocate to each area is your decision of course but that is how I would work out my budget, with most of the money allocated to duplication activities.

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In brief, I would say - spend the most of your money on Duplication.

This is what I try to do and I recommend you do the same. Why? Because “Duplication = Compensation” (money). Surely you would have seen this formula in the Leadership Challenge blog!

SFI recognises that growing our teams and getting our team members to duplicate our efforts is the best way of growing our businesses. It’s the best way of ensuring we make money. That is why the leadership challenge
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 426

Preparation for your retirement from SFI can commence anytime you want. There is no age requirement for retirement.

I personally enjoy SFI and will probably keep on doing it as long as I am able to. Having said that, if I win millions at the lottery tomorrow, I would most likely be gone tomorrow!! Lol!!!

Seriously, if you want to start preparing for you retirement from SFI and you want to continue receiving the benefits of your work here at SFI these are the main things you should start doing now:

1. Work very hard growing & developing your team of affiliates, growing your number of active and loyal PRMs, referring as many ECAs as possible and helping them make their business profitable. Become an ECA yourself if you can.

2. Become a Diamond Team Leader.

3. Because your SFI business can be bequeathed to a member of your family, I would suggest you identify who that person will eventually be. Introduce him/her to the business and get him to work alongside you learning the business. You want someone to manage your business during your retirement and then eventually take over as the sole owner.

These are the broad strategic steps to take into account.

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Preparation for your retirement from SFI can commence anytime you want. There is no age requirement for retirement.

I personally enjoy SFI and will probably keep on doing it as long as I am able to. Having said that, if I win millions at the lottery tomorrow, I would most likely be gone tomorrow!! Lol!!!

Seriously, if you want to start preparing for you retirement from SFI and you want to continue receiving the benefits of your work here at SFI these are the main things
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 426

I think it is quite natural for a prospect to want to know if he/she can make money in SFI.

If you are a successful SFI Affiliate and you are making money in SFI, you can simply show the prospect a copy of you earning records if you want to. That will certainly prove that there is money to be made in SFI.

If you do not want to show your earning records, there are other ways:

a) Show and explain the Compensation Plan - https://www.sfimg.com/Reference/CompPlan - The income streams within SFI in particular Direct Commission, Executive Pool, Duplication with Matching VPs

b) Go to this link https://www.sfimg.com/saying.html and select the relevant Testimonials that affirm that there is money to be made in SFI

c) Use the SFI Compensation Plan Earnings Calculator to demonstrate to your prospect the earning potentials within SFI https://www.sfimg.com/PopUp/EarningsCalculator

d) Show your prospect the Global Growth Report – the number of people joining, the rate they are joining and where from. SFI has been doing this for over 18 years and it has an impeccable business reputation. All these would not happen if Affiliates were not making money in SFI.

e) If you are able to, show the number of affiliates that have been with SFI for a very long time – say more than 5 years. Would they have stayed around that long if there were no money to be made?

f) You can also show your prospect the chart comparing SFI with similar businesses at https://www.sfimg.com/ReviewSIM/SFIComparisonChart.pdf

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I think it is quite natural for a prospect to want to know if he/she can make money in SFI.

If you are a successful SFI Affiliate and you are making money in SFI, you can simply show the prospect a copy of you earning records if you want to. That will certainly prove that there is money to be made in SFI.

If you do not want to show your earning records, there are other ways:

a) Show and explain the Compensation Plan - https://www.sfimg.com/Reference/CompPlan - The
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 426

A good message would be brief and to the point.

"Hi team

CSAs earn you money and here's great news for you.

If you want to to earn 10, 20, 30 or more new, income-boosting CSAs every month, go to https://www.sfimg.com/Support/Solution?id=216357&referrer=search and read all about it.

After reading about it contact me and we'll work out a strategy of how you can earn those CSAs.

Cheers
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The onus is really on the PSA. I have brought the matter to their attention, told them where to find the information and have offered my help.
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A good message would be brief and to the point.

"Hi team

CSAs earn you money and here's great news for you.

If you want to to earn 10, 20, 30 or more new, income-boosting CSAs every month, go to https://www.sfimg.com/Support/Solution?id=216357&referrer=search and read all about it.

After reading about it contact me and we'll work out a strategy of how you can earn those CSAs.

Cheers
.........................."

The
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 426

The Fast-Track Extension program does not apply to those who are in their 10 days period after joining SFI.

Those new affiliates by virtue of being new members automatically have the opportunity of becoming Fast Track. I would promote Fast Track with all its benefits to them including the opportunity of increasing their Signing Bonus.

I would not mention the Fast-Track Extension program at all to them. The reason why is because that program is only for those who have missed being Fast Track in that 10 day period. I do not want them thinking that there is no urgency to become Fast Track now as they can always become one later. Well that ‘later’ may never arrive and I want them to seize that opportunity now.

I would strongly recommend that you do not mention the extension program at all to your new affiliates.

To me, it is the wise and serious affiliates who become Fast Track within that 10 day period. They are likely to be my future Diamonds.

Having said that, many people for various reasons and through no fault of their own such as lack of funds, not fully understanding Fast Track, family circumstances etc.. miss out becoming Fast Track within that time period. That’s where the Fast Track Extension program comes in

Here’s a tip:

Do not simply issue the extension to affiliates who are not Fast Track.
Identify those who are likely to benefit from the extension program and are likely to take it up. Contact them.
Explain to them what Fast Track is and what the Fast Track Extension program involves. Make sure they fully understand the fact that this is their last opportunity to be Fast Track and that they have 72 hours to complete it.
If they want to become Fast Track, get them to complete the ‘to-do-list’ requirements first and confirm that they will be able to meet the $20 purchase requirement.
Once these have been done, then and only then issue the extension.

Things can go wrong and you want to minimise the chances of them missing out on Fast Track again. The extension will also cost you 1 TCredit.

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The Fast-Track Extension program does not apply to those who are in their 10 days period after joining SFI.

Those new affiliates by virtue of being new members automatically have the opportunity of becoming Fast Track. I would promote Fast Track with all its benefits to them including the opportunity of increasing their Signing Bonus.

I would not mention the Fast-Track Extension program at all to them. The reason why is because that program is only for those who have missed
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 426

There are many ways of learning to be a good Team Leader.

The SFI Rules of Success at https://www.sfimg.com/ROS/Index?referrer=search is a great place to start if you want to be a good Team Leader.

Go and have another read of the rules now and every now and then go back and have another read to refresh and to refocus. The rules are all about being a successful business owner in SFI and I believe that if you want to be successful in SFI you need to become a Team Leader.
To ensure financial security and to earn a huge income we need to progress beyond Affiliate and EA levels and become a Team Leader.

While all the SFI Rules of Success are applicable to becoming a good Team Leader, I particularly like the following ones:

- Rule 3: Lead by example. Your team look up to you and will follow your example. Exhibit good business practices & do what you preach.

- Rule 6: You succeed only if they succeed. Your team should be your focus. You want them to be successful because if they are successful, you business will naturally be successful.

- Rule 8: Leaders are readers. This statement is often quoted and it is quite true! If you don’t read you don’t learn SFI and the business well, you cannot keep up with developments within SFI and the business world, how then can you lead your people, train them, motivate and inspire them? Leaders need to read.

You can also learn to be a good Team Leader by:

- Learning 'How to be an Awesome Sponsor' at https://www.sfimg.com/Support/Solution?id=191295 Don’t just read the Dos and Don’ts, put what you read in practice.

- Modelling yourself on others. Have a look at the successful Team Leaders in SFI, those who are DTLs and those you can consistently find on the Leadership Boards. Study their leadership style and what they do. Try them out yourself. You might even contact them and ask them for their help and guidance. Your sponsor, co-sponsor and upline can be great source of inspiration and learning.

- Participating in The Forum, Ask SC, and even consulting your A2A friends. Learn what have worked for other Team Leaders and try them out yourself. They might work, the might not but what you are doing is practicing being a good Team Leader. You are taking the initiative, you are trying out things for the benefit of your team.

- How about doing some research on the internet and following some of the successful entrepreneurs. They are successful leaders.

There are many ways to learn but I believe that what I have stated above are the most important ones.

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There are many ways of learning to be a good Team Leader.

The SFI Rules of Success at https://www.sfimg.com/ROS/Index?referrer=search is a great place to start if you want to be a good Team Leader.

Go and have another read of the rules now and every now and then go back and have another read to refresh and to refocus. The rules are all about being a successful business owner in SFI and I believe that if you want to be successful in SFI you need to become a Team Leader.
To
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 426

Brainstorming is a great tool for collecting ideas/information from your team.
The focus would be to come up with ideas that would help your team grow their businesses, that would benefit your SFI team.

Using this tool has many benefits including:

- Develops team unity and spirit
- Brainstorm ideas are formulated into a plan
- Team members, because they contributed & the ideas are theirs, will have ownership and more commitment to the team plan or goals
- Can encourage members to be more active in SFI in putting the formulated plan into action
- As the Team Leader, carrying out a brainstorming session, will help you identify your future team leaders from those who participate. Future DD affiliates?

How you go about conducting your brainstorming session depends on how you communicate with your team. Obviously your team need to know what your want to do and are willing to take part.

You can send out questionnaires for your team to complete online
You can have online 'seminars'
You can have conference calls on such medias a Skype etc..
Use whatever means that can enable as many members of your team as possible to participate.

Whatever ideas your team 'brainstorm' need to be recorded then analysed and formulated into a plan.

To keep this a team activity, I would suggest that you form a small team of say 3-4 from those
who took part in the session. Let everybody know who this team members are and that they are going to use the ideas/information gathered to come up with a plan for the whole team. Your DD Affiliates would be the ideal people to be part of this planning team.

Implement the plan they come up with.

At the end of any specified period, review and analyse the plan for any expected outcome - growth/development. Let everyone know the outcome so far and what the next step/phase is going to be.

Your DD Affiliates, with your leadership & using the brainstorming technique, can be the driving force behind building your SFI team.



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Brainstorming is a great tool for collecting ideas/information from your team.
The focus would be to come up with ideas that would help your team grow their businesses, that would benefit your SFI team.

Using this tool has many benefits including:

- Develops team unity and spirit
- Brainstorm ideas are formulated into a plan
- Team members, because they contributed & the ideas are theirs, will have ownership and more commitment to the team plan or goals
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 426

The innovations announced 1st January this year are in my opinion absolutely fantastic. The Milestone Shares and the DD program are simply the best!

Check them out / have another read of the innovations:

Milestone Shares - http://news.sfimg.com/2016/01/01/new-for-2016-milestone-shares/

Designated Diamonds - http://news.sfimg.com/2016/01/01/new-for-2016-designated-diamonds-program/

The Biz Quiz - http://news.sfimg.com/2016/01/01/new-for-2016-the-biz-quiz/

Simplified VersaPoints rules - http://news.sfimg.com/2016/01/01/new-simpler-versapoints-rules/

More VersaPoints opportunities - http://news.sfimg.com/2016/01/01/more-versapoint-opportunities/

The focus is clearly BUILDING SOMETHING GREAT - building the SFI business and its people.

Through the DD program, the Team Leaders and their invited DDs commit to each other to work together to achieve DTL both for the sponsor & for the invitee. This 'working together' will naturally boost the growth of both parties businesses. The team members businesses will grow and naturally, the sponsors business will also grow. My business will grow.

The VP rules have been simplified and now there is more opportunities to earn more VPs. The opportunity to become EA and beyond have been increased.

The Milestone Shares is another great development. They are incentives to progress through the ranks. The shares are very generous and with the increased opportunities to earn VP, the possibility of earning a large number of share while working towards your milestone rank is quite appealing, quite an incentive. These are available to all affiliates and these will certainly help make their and my business grow.

I love the BizQuiz and I enter it every day. Its the chance to win cash and also its fun looking for the answers while developing our knowledge of SFI. Knowledge gives us the know how, skills and confidence which help us in growing our businesses.
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The innovations announced 1st January this year are in my opinion absolutely fantastic. The Milestone Shares and the DD program are simply the best!

Check them out / have another read of the innovations:

Milestone Shares - http://news.sfimg.com/2016/01/01/new-for-2016-milestone-shares/

Designated Diamonds - http://news.sfimg.com/2016/01/01/new-for-2016-designated-diamonds-program/

The Biz Quiz - http://news.sfimg.com/2016/01/01/new-for-2016-the-biz-quiz/

Simplified
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 426

Set up proper communications with your new PSAs right from the word ‘Go’

As soon as you receive notification from SFI of a new PSA, immediately have a look at his/her profile. Learn a little about the new PSA.

If the person is online, make contact straight away. Say welcome, say who you are, say good to have you on board, welcome and that you are sending him/her some brief details of what to do from now on. Make sure you do what you say you would do.

If the person is not online, send a welcome letter.

Emphasize right from the beginning that you are there for them and that they can approach you with any problems they have regarding SFI.
You want your new PSAs to feel welcomed, to feel that SFI is not so daunting, that you are someone they can work with and that if they need help they can always come to you.
The content and tone of your welcome letter and all your other messages from now on must reflect these.

In my leadership page, I have a brief summary of who I am. I direct all my PSAs to that page and invite them to read and find out a little bit about me. I believe this is important, they should know something about their sponsors.

If you have team contests and incentives invited your new PSAs to take part in them straight away.

Always try to confirm as early as possible the best contact for the new PSAs. Try also to find out their preferred language and also point out to them that each SFI page can be translated. I have found that many PSAs put down English as their primary language but soon it becomes evident that they are struggling with the English language.

Having set this up at the start of the relationship, you now need to maintain it.

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Set up proper communications with your new PSAs right from the word ‘Go’

As soon as you receive notification from SFI of a new PSA, immediately have a look at his/her profile. Learn a little about the new PSA.

If the person is online, make contact straight away. Say welcome, say who you are, say good to have you on board, welcome and that you are sending him/her some brief details of what to do from now on. Make sure you do what you say you would do.

If the
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