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How can I use SFI's hit tracking to make my promotions more effective?

10743 votes

Alexander Kuklin, Aff (Hungary) 2/10/2014 4:56 am

Affiliate since: 10/06/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
Keycodes, yes, very practical.

I just tell you about a very simple additional method to check whether particular site is efficient with your particular ad or not. This is a little different indicator, as it shows not where your sign-ups come from, but where the interest is raised at all. It is called Click-Through-Rate (CTR) and is proportion of clicks on your ad compared to the number of shows.

Most Traffic Exchanges and Mailers show it automatically, so you can get an idea
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What is the best and most valuable use for my personal SFI Website?

7594 votes

Alexander Kuklin, Aff (Hungary) 3/12/2014 3:34 am

Affiliate since: 10/06/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
Frankly speaking, use of your own SFI site for promotion instead of just helping your downline is suboptimal.
Main reason: in this case you don't use the funnel principle. It says you should offer variety of products, not just one. People like to feel they make decisions. If you promote just one article, the choice is to buy or not to buy. The answer will be mostly NO! If you use funnel principle, the choice is WHAT to buy. All or most other products may be connected with SFI somehow, e.g. as
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Would it be beneficial to create separate forums and do web seminars about SFI in languages other than English?

6022 votes

Alexander Kuklin, Aff (Hungary) 3/4/2014 9:01 am

Affiliate since: 10/06/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
Separate language forums are not a new idea - they are quite common on PTC sites.
The language barrier problem is also quite real. I myself have a CSA who used to be inactive till I accidentally addressed her in her own language I master quite well. Now she is enthusiastic and everything.
So yes, these things could be useful.

But... always these buts.
1) As someone already mentioned, SFI is international company and the most international language now is English. If tomorrow
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How should I advise my ECAs on which products they should sell and what prices they should charge?

5968 votes

Alexander Kuklin, Aff (Hungary) 3/4/2014 8:02 am

Affiliate since: 10/06/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
If you are ECA yourself, you just share your experience.

The real question is what if you are not. In that case it is not realistic you can be their mentor in all fields.

What you can do, is to browse through TripleClicks and compare the ideas of your sponsored ECA with the overall offers in TC. That applies to offer format, discount offers and prices of similar products being sold by other ECA-s.

I actually had a negative experience with a new ECA I connected with.
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What is the best way to begin a new month in SFI and achieve success?

5240 votes

Alexander Kuklin, Aff (Hungary) 4/2/2014 9:32 am

Affiliate since: 10/06/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
First of all, I think this question is concerning mostly EA-s with no stable team yet. Other groups, both newbies and TL-s, do not really depend on the beginning of month, they have their specific circumstances, very individual in each case.

So I answer just as EA2 striving for more but not there yet.

Do all the scheduled VP tasks you can, as always. But! Do not do anything specific inside of SFI until you do not know where you stand. Wait for your regular 10 TC plus eventual
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What are the best ways to stay in contact with PSAs and CSAs and how often is best?

5093 votes

Alexander Kuklin, Aff (Hungary) 1/14/2014 2:56 am

Affiliate since: 10/06/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
It depends. When you are forwarding generally applicable recipes to your whole team, 1 time a week is enough - and do not repeat things SFI tells anyway, say something not so evident. But when you notice anyone in your team makes things in suboptimal way, you have to intervene and give him right tip immediately, no matter how much you communicate. If he/she listens, carry on like that. If not, switch to 1-week communication too and let him/her follow own ways, whether they are good or bad.

Hope
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What is your advice to those who want to pursue this business but have limited time to invest into it?

5076 votes

Alexander Kuklin, Aff (Hungary) 1/14/2014 3:24 am

Affiliate since: 10/06/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
Sorry to say, I would advise them not to run any business, or run business where they can buy time with lots of money - provided they have that. SFI may be run on tight budget, but not on tight time limit. You have to build a team here and communicate with them. If you have no time for that, don't even dream of SFI.
They may choose some solo business instead where they can buy upgrades and rent/buy referrals outright, maybe this way 15 minutes/day could be enough, but they still have to manage
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How far should sponsors go to help their affiliates move forward, is there a point you should not go beyond?

4613 votes

Alexander Kuklin, Aff (Hungary) 2/22/2014 3:13 am

Affiliate since: 10/06/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
All Affiliats should clearly see - that is their business, not their sponsor's. If they do nothing, they get nothing, regardless of what the sponsors do.
If they do nothing and get something, this is the point where you convey very wrong message to them, ruining their own career first of all.

Your task is not to do their job for them, but to show them how they can manage by themselves. They may get stuck at the start, overwhelmed by too much info they receive from SFI. You have to
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Why is it important to have a good SFI account photo? And what makes a good photo?

4400 votes

Alexander Kuklin, Aff (Hungary) 2/22/2014 1:56 am

Affiliate since: 10/06/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
Let me be devil's advocate again. I am internet marketer for several years, SFI is only meant to be the top of this structure. I have to say that in PTC and Traffic Exchanges/Mailers world use of fancy avatars is quite accepted and normal practice. I myself have a well-known avatar and I easily recognize others from theirs. Avatar can express anything sometimes even better than the photo.
Still taking my own example, my avatar makes it clear I am deadly serious about internet business. My photo
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What is the best way to help my PSAs understand SFI?

4321 votes

Alexander Kuklin, Aff (Hungary) 3/24/2014 1:05 pm

Affiliate since: 10/06/2013, Power Rank: 99999999
Do not forget SFI itself sends their own messages about that. Do not duplicate them and do not overwhelm your downline by throwing heaps of info on them at the very beginning. You will scare them away. So first message should probably contain only two essential points:
- Who you are and that you are here to help.
- How to make the Fast Track in optimal way and why - this one is important because of its urgency. They have 24 hours only and some time may have passed already. Furthermore,
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