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

I recommend that if you haven't done so already, review your performance in 2015. If you haven't been doing these, make it part of your regular practice starting now.

Active Affiliates are vital to your business and setting goals that are related to their activities and growth are absolutely essential. If you haven't been doing that, start doing that as from 2016.

Have a look at your last years goals. Were your goals met? If not why not?
Identify where you did well and capitalize on those - fine tuning them or building even more on them.
Where you did not do well - why not? Can you afford to drop those areas and/or do you need to do more work there. For example if you did not do well in TC Sales, why not? Did you do any advertising? If so, how much? Where? Tracking? Wording of the ads etc...

How active are you in SFI? See if you need to raise you profile within SFI. Set yourself up as the ideal model that your affiliates should follow and duplicate. Tell them and let them see what you are doing. Let them see the badges of achievements you have.

Have a look at the innovations that SFI has come up with and use them.

Signing Bonus - These are linked to Fast Track. You may want to actively use these get your new affiliates off to a good start, motivated and remain active.

Games, Auctions, Contests - Your affiliates are all different and different things appeal to different people. If you haven't been promoting/encouraging.

Are you in the DD program? If you haven't received an invitation from your sponsor and you believe that you can commit to it long term, send him/her a message. Solicit an invitation. Hopefully those inactive affiliates will be helped and motivated by your involvement in the program.

There are many more things that you can do to motivate your affiliate to become active. Its your call really but I would recommend that you use the tools and programs within SFI to do these. Some of these are just awesome.
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I recommend that if you haven't done so already, review your performance in 2015. If you haven't been doing these, make it part of your regular practice starting now.

Active Affiliates are vital to your business and setting goals that are related to their activities and growth are absolutely essential. If you haven't been doing that, start doing that as from 2016.

Have a look at your last years goals. Were your goals met? If not why not?
Identify where you did
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 426

Selling TripleClicks products can bring you quick commission, immediate cash and this seems to be the most favoured approach by those who are new to SFI. This is understandable as we are here to make money, that’s why they joined SFI.

Recruiting and building a team can be slow, time consuming and it takes time to see the fruits of your labour.

This question comes up from time to time and I often compare these approaches to those of a hunter and of a farmer.

The hunter is out there for game, to make a kill. When it makes a kill it feasts but goes hungry when it fails to make a kill. As time goes by the hunter gets tired and older. It gradually fails to find prey. It goes without food for longer and longer periods and eventually it fades away and dies.

Now long before this hunter dies and if he is smart, he may do several things.

He can stop being independent and teach other members of this family/tribe to hunt and provide food for them all, including himself. The advantage here is that he has others to help him and he no longer has to do the hunting all by himself every time.

He can also stop being a hunter and become a farmer. The advantage here is that farming provides a more consistent source of food, not continually having to hunt for prey. The disadvantage is that it takes time to grow crop. He needs to be consistently and patiently tending to his crop for a good harvest.

He can also do both. He can divide his time between hunting and farming, teaching his family/tribe to both hunt and farm. The advantage of course of doing this is that he gets the benefits of both approaches.

If you are selling TripleClicks products only you are being the hunter operating by yourself. You may get your quick kill, your quick commissions when you make a sale but if you stop advertising or slow down, your sales also dry up.

If you are recruiting and building a team only, you are being the farmer. Your crop however will take time to grow and produce for you.

I strongly recommend you do both in order to ‘earn the most money in SFI.’

Not all the PSAs you recruit and sponsor will respond and grow not matter how skillful a farmer you are or how much work you put into them. Not all of them will use the ‘hunting’ skills you teach them no matter how good they are.

The strategy therefore should be to focus mainly on the plants that sprout, those on your ‘Movers List.’ They are your main focus but do not ignore the others. Stay in contact with them. The seeds you have planted may be dormant right now but they can still sprout and give you a good crop.

While you continue to recruit affiliates and promote TripleClicks products, remember you need to ‘teach’ others and encourage them to duplicate what you have done.

This is really what SFI is all about: - Recruit affiliates – generate Sales at TripleClicks – ensure Duplication and you will ‘earn the most money in SFI.’

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Selling TripleClicks products can bring you quick commission, immediate cash and this seems to be the most favoured approach by those who are new to SFI. This is understandable as we are here to make money, that’s why they joined SFI.

Recruiting and building a team can be slow, time consuming and it takes time to see the fruits of your labour.

This question comes up from time to time and I often compare these approaches to those of a hunter and of a farmer.

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

The minimum requirement for EA2:
- Held EA level last month
- Have accumulated 1500 VP by the end of the month

By the end of an affiliate’s 2nd month in SFI, if he had achieved EA the previous month, he would have most likely near exhausted the majority of the readily available VPs at the ‘to-do- list’ tab.

The main sources of VPs now available are sales, games & contests, auction bidding and ASK SC. The only ways they can earn the needed VPs are within SFI. They cannot be earned externally.

In my opinion, the best sources for the needed VPs are TripleClicks sales. Encourage your affiliates to promote TripleClicks products and services. Not only will they earn the VPs from any purchases by their PRMs but they also earn MRPs & Commission. Even if they are unable to make EA2, their experience & earnings (if any) will stand them in good stead for the future.

Regarding what you can do, which are not promoted by SFI, to help them succeed with their sales and reach their EA2 targets – there are many of these:

- Teach them how to run advertising campaigns
- Select what to promote
- Where to advertise
- Help/show them how to build/acquire/ operate websites of their own & how these can be used to facilitate sales
- How to develop a web presence
- Show them how to use the various social sites
- Show them how to start up and operate and online store with the view of having their own EC store at TripleClick

There are many other things you can do but the drive and the focus should be to increase their ability to succeed with more sales resulting in more VPs for their EA2 qualification.

The skills learned can also be used for recruiting PSAs.

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The minimum requirement for EA2:
- Held EA level last month
- Have accumulated 1500 VP by the end of the month

By the end of an affiliate’s 2nd month in SFI, if he had achieved EA the previous month, he would have most likely near exhausted the majority of the readily available VPs at the ‘to-do- list’ tab.

The main sources of VPs now available are sales, games & contests, auction bidding and ASK SC. The only ways they can earn the needed VPs are within
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 426

Learning the major business languages of the world is a very good start – English, Spanish, and French. This however is not possible for most of us. Even learning 1 second language can be quite challenging. It took me years to learn English.

If you consider learning another language for business purposes, I would recommend learning a language of the region where you do most of your business. For example if you do a lot of business in North America, knowing English and French would be a distinct advantage.

SFI has provided us with several means and tools to communicate with those people that do not understand our language. Some of these are:
- Country/Region forum where they can use their own language if they prefer, rather than English.
- A2A. People of the same language can become A2A friends and communicate with each other in their language
- Reassignment. You can reassign people that do not speak your language to others within your team that speak the same language

The focus of the above is to facilitate communication with affiliates, not necessarily from you (sponsor) but via other people within SFI.

If you prefer dealing directly with those who do not speak your language, use the online translators. Prepare your message in English then translate it into the recipients’ language. Translate it back to English to see if it says what you want to send. Once you are satisfied, then send the message in the recipients language.

Ensure that your affiliates are aware that each page of the SFI website can be translated into their preferred language by using the translator at the bottom of each page. Just click and select their language and the whole page will be translated.

You can also send audio messages. Prepare the message in advance and have someone who speaks the recipients’ language record your audio message in that language. Then send the message. Check that your translator’s accent can be easily understood by the recipient.



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Learning the major business languages of the world is a very good start – English, Spanish, and French. This however is not possible for most of us. Even learning 1 second language can be quite challenging. It took me years to learn English.

If you consider learning another language for business purposes, I would recommend learning a language of the region where you do most of your business. For example if you do a lot of business in North America, knowing English and French would
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 426

I would recommend that you do exactly the same as if you were setting up your own store. You will want products that would sell and products that your customers will want to buy again and again.

Depending on your own needs, you may want to promote items of high value with higher profit margins. Repeat purchases are normally lower with these kind of items: bicycles, stereos, computers etc.

On the other hand if you want rapid repeat business, you may want to consider consumable goods--health products, cleaning products, magazine subs etc.

You may even have a combination of both.

Whatever you do, I recommend that you do some research. Have a look at the surveys that have been done about online shopping. Look at the categories of the items that are being purchased the most and how often. You can also find out details about your target customers and formulate your marketing accordingly.

Also have a look at the listed ratings of the products and the ECAs on TripleClicks. The more stars a product/ECA has the more attractive they would be to the customers.

Another point that should not be overlooked are the shipping costs. Obviously if the product is available locally, the shipping costs would be greatly reduced or eliminated altogether. Customers do take into account shipping costs when purchasing online.


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I would recommend that you do exactly the same as if you were setting up your own store. You will want products that would sell and products that your customers will want to buy again and again.

Depending on your own needs, you may want to promote items of high value with higher profit margins. Repeat purchases are normally lower with these kind of items: bicycles, stereos, computers etc.

On the other hand if you want rapid repeat business, you may want to consider consumable
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 426

If you are able to contact him/her by phone, why not pick up the phone and ring and say "Hi Tony, thanks buddy! You are my DD Affiliate!" or words to that effect, sounding very pleased and excited.

You can do the same with any email message, e-card, telegram, smoke signal or whatever!

You are first of all acknowledging that your PSA has accepted your invitation to the DD program and that you are delighted.

You would have been communicating with DDA and he/she is well known to you. He is a worker, going places and you believe him to be a worthy candidate for the program. You must do otherwise you would not have sent out the invitation.

You are going to work even closer together to achieve DTL status for both of you. He/She is going to be more than another PSA on your team. He is going to be a collaborator. So start sharing ideas on how to grow your businesses, help each other formulate plans to achieve DTL.

Remember you are acknowledging his acceptance of your invitation, thanking him for doing so and welcoming him to the program and a new relationship with you. What you say after that depends on what relationship you already have.
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If you are able to contact him/her by phone, why not pick up the phone and ring and say "Hi Tony, thanks buddy! You are my DD Affiliate!" or words to that effect, sounding very pleased and excited.

You can do the same with any email message, e-card, telegram, smoke signal or whatever!

You are first of all acknowledging that your PSA has accepted your invitation to the DD program and that you are delighted.

You would have been communicating with DDA
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 426

The year 2016 has the potential of being SFI's Biggest year.

Why?

This is because we already have a fantastic business structure & system,
we have affiliates and administrators with experience and know how,
we have really great products and services,
we have a fantastic culture and a proud reputation to uphold
and on top of all these on the 1st of January 2016, Gery and his team introduce some amazing innovations!!

Its very very exciting. If you haven't seen them yet, you are missing out! Got to http://news.sfimg.com/2016/01/01/are-you-excited/ click and read about each announcement.

This is one of the very 1st thing that all individual affiliates should do at the beginning of each year - Stay alert for new innovations & learn all about them. You see Gery and his boys and girls have a habit of bringing out these amazing innovations at the beginning of each year. Its becoming a traditions. Long may they continue.

I mention all these things above because individual affiliates can use all these to help SFI have a BIG year in 2016. Its through using what we already have and at the same time taking advantage of the new innovations that would help.

All that remains to be done now is for all of use, all affiliates, to work hard and smart to grow our business. If we all focus on growing our individual business - login daily, action the to-do-lists, recruit and sponsor affiliates, work with your workers especially your DDs, promote TC etc...all these activities will help SFI have a BIG year in 2016 and every year from now on.

LET’S GO BUILD SOMETHING GREAT!





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The year 2016 has the potential of being SFI's Biggest year.

Why?

This is because we already have a fantastic business structure & system,
we have affiliates and administrators with experience and know how,
we have really great products and services,
we have a fantastic culture and a proud reputation to uphold
and on top of all these on the 1st of January 2016, Gery and his team introduce some amazing innovations!!

Its very very exciting.
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 426

The DD program is a fantastic innovation and I believe that it’s going to do great things for SFI. It involves a long term commitment by the sponsor and the PSA to work closely together to achieve DTL.

As I am going to invest a lot of my time with my DD affiliates, I have issued invitations only to those who I believe are worthy candidates and have the makings of Diamond Team Leaders.

After careful consideration, I have selected my DDs based on the following:

- Must be EA2. This demonstrates a certain amount of commitment.
- Must have a Standing Order. This to me already demonstrates a certain amount of commitment to achieve EA each month.
- Must have recruited at least 5 PSAs on his/her team and continuing recruiting
- They must be willing to learn and also to teach their team members.
- They must be communicators. If they do not talk to me chances are they will not talk with their team members. There is no point in them being on the DD program.
- They must demonstrate passion and drive to grow their businesses. If they are achieving EA by simply playing games and nothing else to grow their businesses, they will not be invited to the program.
- They must be consistently active within SFI.
- I take into account: their team activities; Forum/ASK SC participation; SFI badges; VP Streak; EA Streak; Fast Track etc..

My invitations to the Designated Diamonds program are only for those who I assess as having met the majority of the requirements above. They are always found at the ‘Movers’ tab.

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The DD program is a fantastic innovation and I believe that it’s going to do great things for SFI. It involves a long term commitment by the sponsor and the PSA to work closely together to achieve DTL.

As I am going to invest a lot of my time with my DD affiliates, I have issued invitations only to those who I believe are worthy candidates and have the makings of Diamond Team Leaders.

After careful consideration, I have selected my DDs based on the following:

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

If you search through the TripleClicks products you will find a whole lot of products that are suitable for Transfer Buying.

I know the question is focused on consumable products that need to be replaced month after month, but really I say every time you think of buying something, have a look at TripleClicks first. If what you want is a laptop for example, TripleClicks has laptops for sale. If their product & price is competitive with what your local computer shop sell them for, you should consider buying it from TripleClicks. If you do buy from them, that’s transfer buying. You will get your laptop at probably a cheaper price as well as versa points and MRPs. If you buy from the local shop, you will only get your laptop and possibly some discount.

Regarding TC consumable products for transfer buying on monthly basis I would suggest that you 1st have a look at the TripleClicks Food & Beverages department.

At Food & Beverages there’s a whole lot of products that are most suitable for transfer buying. Things that the family uses and consumes every day such as: tea / coffee / sugar / milk / honey/ healthy snacks / supplements / snacks /salt /rice etc.... The list goes on and on....

Under the ‘Health & Wellness’ department you will find such things as: Dietary supplements / weight management products/ dental / detox cleansing etc... The list also goes on and on....

You can also have a look at Magazine Subscriptions, Pet Care and Personal Care & Beauty. There are so many products there that you can buy month after month and can include in your Standing Order.

It really depends on your circumstances and your preferences.

Obviously price and readily availability are major factors to take into account. See if you can purchase what you need from your local ECAs. You may be able to pick up from the ECA and pay no shipping costs or have them delivered at a much cheaper rate then from other ECAs.

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If you search through the TripleClicks products you will find a whole lot of products that are suitable for Transfer Buying.

I know the question is focused on consumable products that need to be replaced month after month, but really I say every time you think of buying something, have a look at TripleClicks first. If what you want is a laptop for example, TripleClicks has laptops for sale. If their product & price is competitive with what your local computer shop sell them for,
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 426

Irrespective of the size of the company you have set your sights on to become ECA, your approach should be exactly the same as in dealing with all sizes and types of businesses.

Professionalism is the word.

Build up your profile and SFI/TCs profile within your local community first.

You want your prospect ECAs to be aware of you and familiar with SFI/TC even before you approach them. Ideally they would be already curious or interested to know about SFI/TC. It would also be ideal if they either know you or have been made aware of your good standing within the community. These should make your task easier.

Prepare yourself.

Make sure that you are well familiar with the ECA program. Ideally you are an ECA yourself and have been for a while experiencing 1st hand how SFI/TripleClicks deal with ECAs and how the program works. Be prepared to answer any of the prospectives questions with authority and certainty.

Make an appointment.

Even if you know the CEO personally, make an appointment. This is not going to be a social call. It’s a business call and making the appointment not only ensures that you do meet in person but also sets the tone of the meeting. This is serious business.

Prepare your presentation.

Work out a strategy of how you are going to approach the subject of the meeting. What you are going to say and how you are going to say it. It is better to be over prepared. Consider slides, power points or similar aids. Rehearse your presentation.
If you believe that showing them your own ECA store would be beneficial, do so.

Meeting date.

On the date of the meeting make sure that you are well dressed and groomed.
Arrive at the appointed time. Do not be late.
Carry yourself well – good deportment and with an air of confidence.
Speak with confidence.
Ensure that the other persons at the meeting would know that they are dealing with a professional who is passionate about his business.

If they are enthusiastic about becoming ECA and want to apply straight away, help them to do so. Strike while the iron is hot.

If they are unable to give you an answer straight away, leave pamphlets with them including your calling card. Give them a day or two to think over it. Follow up with them then offering to answer any questions they may have and assisting them become ECA.

If they say no, thank them for giving up their time to listen to you. Don’t be shy about asking them if they can recommend another business that might benefit from becoming ECA. If they really dislike what you are offering, the might recommend their opposition! That would be a big mistake on their part!

At all times – be professional.

Happy recruiting.

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Irrespective of the size of the company you have set your sights on to become ECA, your approach should be exactly the same as in dealing with all sizes and types of businesses.

Professionalism is the word.

Build up your profile and SFI/TCs profile within your local community first.

You want your prospect ECAs to be aware of you and familiar with SFI/TC even before you approach them. Ideally they would be already curious or interested to know about SFI/TC. It would
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