Affiliate since: 07/07/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

I say both are important. You might be standing at a bus, streetcar or subway stop (I live in downtown Toronto, Canada; we have all three) and you might end up in a conversation. Time to talk about SFI and TripleClicks.

If I have to choose one, I choose globally on the Internet because of exposure and Internet accessibility.

I searched online right before I started to answer your question. 40% of the world's population has an Internet connection; 60% of the Internet connections have mobile access; and 34% of cell phone users are online with their phones. (Yup, I'm one of them; I work on my smartphone.) Those are competitive numbers to play with versus getting local, up close and personal with people. A lot less people.

Sure, you might be able to walk up to 12 people, talk until you're blue in the face and sign them all up. How much time and effort did it take? You can contact individuals or mass market on the Internet.

The choice is yours in the end. If you don't want to be personal and local, I think globally on the Internet is the ticket.
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I say both are important. You might be standing at a bus, streetcar or subway stop (I live in downtown Toronto, Canada; we have all three) and you might end up in a conversation. Time to talk about SFI and TripleClicks.

If I have to choose one, I choose globally on the Internet because of exposure and Internet accessibility.

I searched online right before I started to answer your question. 40% of the world's population has an Internet connection; 60% of the Internet connections
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Affiliate since: 07/07/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi Deniece,

When I was in grade 7, about 12-years-old, I had one heck of a time in front of people. I wasn't shy, I was self-conscious. I took an acting class and it was my turn to go up front and role play. I bombed. I told my acting teacher, "I can't do it, they're all looking at me." My teacher replied, "Of course they are, you're performing."

So I became a performer. I danced in front of the mirror and family friends alike. I performed like a class clown everywhere; I just had fun and let loose. I came up with my imitations of a chicken and a penguin; I did them in malls to make people laugh.

That is my advice, Deniece, just become a performer when you talk with people. Relax, be animated, get excited, talk with your hands. With a big smile and a wink make an offer: "If you sign up, I'll show you how I do a chicken or a penguin. You pick."

When I became a performer at a young age, it set the stage for my future. My sense of humour has gotten me through some extremely tough times. Looking back, acting class was a plus, not the doom it seemed then, given what I became.

If you aren't ready to let loose and clown around in front of people yet, you might want to try what I did: Talking to myself then role playing in front of a mirror. (I felt stupid at first so I did a lot of laughing but I stuck with it.)

Now, you wonder? I'm 55 and I have spoken in front of large audiences. (I made jokes even then.) It can be done.

All the best. Good luck!
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Hi Deniece,

When I was in grade 7, about 12-years-old, I had one heck of a time in front of people. I wasn't shy, I was self-conscious. I took an acting class and it was my turn to go up front and role play. I bombed. I told my acting teacher, "I can't do it, they're all looking at me." My teacher replied, "Of course they are, you're performing."

So I became a performer. I danced in front of the mirror and family friends alike. I performed like a class clown
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Affiliate since: 07/07/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi Shumirai,

To have good content you need good ideas. Anything good that pops into your head; memorize it or write it down right away. Create a paragraph.

I use two basics for my newsletters:

1) I am helpful and I offer help;
2) I give many tips as a result of my experiences in SFI

I remind affiliates of the resources that are available to them, what to see and use on their SFI Homepage(s), how to get the most VP and what kind, new programs I have tried, badges they can earn and how (and that I have mine), advertising, visitors packages...You name it.

The possibilities are endless. Just start writing, it'll come. I hope I've helped you somehow. :-)

All the best.
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Hi Shumirai,

To have good content you need good ideas. Anything good that pops into your head; memorize it or write it down right away. Create a paragraph.

I use two basics for my newsletters:

1) I am helpful and I offer help;
2) I give many tips as a result of my experiences in SFI

I remind affiliates of the resources that are available to them, what to see and use on their SFI Homepage(s), how to get the most VP and what kind, new programs I have
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Affiliate since: 07/07/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi Waldemar,

Personally, I don't think you should choose between sponsoring and getting TripleClicks members. In order to have a thriving SFI business you need to have both. I try for both myself.

While sponsoring affiliates can, and quite possibly will, grow your team, you stand to earn commissions from both PSAs (Personally Sponsored Affiliates) and your TripleClicks PRMs (Personally Referred Members.)

By having both you can have a growing team, TripleClicks members and probably more money in your pocket.

When you promote your Gateways, promote both. It might take awhile, maybe not, but I get results. I am also one to use a lot of visitors/traffic packages from an ECA I think highly of.

I hope that helps you. All the best.
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Hi Waldemar,

Personally, I don't think you should choose between sponsoring and getting TripleClicks members. In order to have a thriving SFI business you need to have both. I try for both myself.

While sponsoring affiliates can, and quite possibly will, grow your team, you stand to earn commissions from both PSAs (Personally Sponsored Affiliates) and your TripleClicks PRMs (Personally Referred Members.)

By having both you can have a growing team, TripleClicks members
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Affiliate since: 07/07/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi Romeo,

The biggest thing that got me started was that I saw it, I got confused and I got curious. When I spent 2.5 years in "computer college", as I call it, I was always seeing what did what. An instructor called me "Tinkerbell", "Tinkie for short. To this day I'm curious.

With respect to my Genealogy, I just clicking on links and buttons to see what they did. Once I became familiar with the features like being able to see Affiliate Snapshots and VP Ledgers or do what I like to do, transfer Tcredits, it got easier. And fun!

If I have one trick, I would have to say it's being able to Quick Filter. Being able to Quick Filter - whoever thought of that deserves a medal! Choose any criteria - Generation, even a join date, sort in ascending or descending...Your results show. Amazing! And you can save your Quick Filter. How cool is that?

All the best.
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Hi Romeo,

The biggest thing that got me started was that I saw it, I got confused and I got curious. When I spent 2.5 years in "computer college", as I call it, I was always seeing what did what. An instructor called me "Tinkerbell", "Tinkie for short. To this day I'm curious.

With respect to my Genealogy, I just clicking on links and buttons to see what they did. Once I became familiar with the features like being able to see Affiliate Snapshots and
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Affiliate since: 07/07/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi Faranak,

I think it would save you a lot of time and effort if you would try to get active team members to purchase. Active members are serious members; if they buy from TripleClicks, they are very serious, I think.

Explain the benefits of purchasing from TripleClicks, that they can buy i.e. visitors/traffic packages at low or reasonable prices (I always have packages on the go) and they earn sales VP (SVP) for purchasing. Add that there are many payment options, usually ones like PayPal, Tcredits and MRP (Member Rewards Points.)

Don't forget to set an example by buying from TC yourself! (And it's good for SFI.)

All the best.
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Hi Faranak,

I think it would save you a lot of time and effort if you would try to get active team members to purchase. Active members are serious members; if they buy from TripleClicks, they are very serious, I think.

Explain the benefits of purchasing from TripleClicks, that they can buy i.e. visitors/traffic packages at low or reasonable prices (I always have packages on the go) and they earn sales VP (SVP) for purchasing. Add that there are many payment options, usually
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Affiliate since: 07/07/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi Emma,

I think you have to try to be reasonable when you're helping your team. Try to set limits. That's my advice because, oh man, I learned the hard way.

Oxymoron: I am one of one of the worst kind of a giver. I give of myself, I give from myself. I have given my last money to people whom I thought needed it more when I needed it. I give nice things to both nice and ungrateful people because I love to give and it feels great.

When it comes to helping people, well, tell me what I can do. I'll find a way to help you...and then some. Hey, if I help you once, that's good enough for me, I will help you for life. Get me out of bed at 3:11 a.m., it will be alright. What do you need?

I have tried to have limits. My problem? I care too much. I want the very best for everyone.

In SFI I get to help people so I love that. Someone on my team needed help, I helped and the "help nightmare" just skyrocketed from there. I didn't mind at first, I was helping. I very much minded that my team member ignored my guidance and refused to do anything once I "more guided, less helped."

In my case, helping was doing (for.)

Once I stopped helping the team member 50 million times a week and I started guiding him more, well, "they" stopped working and responding. Just dropped off like a dead leaf falls off of a tree, never to show up again. Despite my trying to bring the team member back, nothing worked anymore.

I was surprised "they" never offered to give me their password so I could log in, earn their own VP. :-)

I always guide from the beginning but now, when I help, I start guiding more and helping less (for myself, doing less for my team member.) It makes them learn more by doing it and it saves me from being a worse doormat. (Hey! I'm working on it.)

I think, looking back on it when I was asked for help, given that I helped my team member way too much (frankly, "up the wazoo"), what would've worked was 50-50. Half help, half guidance to start, then wean "them" off of the help because I was doing it for the team member. Now, I help, I help you to teach them and if they're trying.

It was a long road but I learned from it. I hope I have helped you somehow.

All the best.

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Hi Emma,

I think you have to try to be reasonable when you're helping your team. Try to set limits. That's my advice because, oh man, I learned the hard way.

Oxymoron: I am one of one of the worst kind of a giver. I give of myself, I give from myself. I have given my last money to people whom I thought needed it more when I needed it. I give nice things to both nice and ungrateful people because I love to give and it feels great.

When it comes to helping people, well,
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Affiliate since: 07/07/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi! What I suggest is that you follow your heart. Go with your interests and find TripleClicks products you like and/or have bought. (Buy a TripleClicks product, get 25 VP when you do a review.) Search TripleClicks for products.

What I like to do is go to my To-Do List, under Daily Actions check out the latest items at TripleClicks. Then I click on the SFI Affiliates tab and write down the link with my SFI ID so I can promote the product.

I hope that helps you.

Affiliate since: 07/07/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi Zagorka,

When I joined SFI last summer of 2014, I became a Fast Track Member in no time flat. (The VP for doing so sure didn't hurt either.) I got my $36.25USD Tcredits 125 Pack Standing Order and my TC 1500 VP SO badge...

Anyway, when Fast-Track 2.0 program came alive, I became a Gold Fast-Track Member due to my 1,500 VP SO. (And I received a new, shiny badge.)

What does being a Gold Fast-Track Member mean to me? I like looking at the gold jets on my Scoreboard tab. ( I'm joking...sort of.) I love looking at my earned VP more now; I know I am getting 10% bonus shares in the TripleClicks Executive Pool.

I live on a budget, I know the value of a dollar and every bit helps. (You might pay for a cup of coffee what I pay for 3 small loaves of good bread...or 2 and a chocolate bar!)

When I see "Gold Fast-Track", I feel honoured to have the highest badge and determination that I let nothing stand in my way when I'm on a mission. This month I requalified for Bronze Team Leader then, before I knew it, I qualified as a Silver Team Leader. All I had spent was the $36.25USD for my Gold Fast-Track SO; the rest I mostly earned or won as little was awarded. It was what I did with my Tcredits from the SO that got me started.

When I see or think of my Gold Fast-Track Member status, I know how hard I fight to keep it and my other SFI business money in the budget every month. January was tough at the start - the holidays and I wasn't getting a disability cheque for another 4 weeks. (The cheques were out 2 weeks early in December, therefore, 6 weeks between cheques.)

I reduced my SO of wanted and unwanted items, kept just one. I wasn't giving that one up. If nothing else, I would be an EA2. Here I am, a STL.

Yes, it is very important to be a Fast-Track Member within the first 10 days of joining SFI. The full benefits are at this link:

https://www.sfimg.com/FT

The 10% bonus shares are based on your earned VP, monthly, and they add up. Well, I think they do. They buy extra good chocolate if you get enough. :-)

I hope I've inspired you. Take care.


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Hi Zagorka,

When I joined SFI last summer of 2014, I became a Fast Track Member in no time flat. (The VP for doing so sure didn't hurt either.) I got my $36.25USD Tcredits 125 Pack Standing Order and my TC 1500 VP SO badge...

Anyway, when Fast-Track 2.0 program came alive, I became a Gold Fast-Track Member due to my 1,500 VP SO. (And I received a new, shiny badge.)

What does being a Gold Fast-Track Member mean to me? I like looking at the gold jets on my Scoreboard
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Affiliate since: 07/07/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi Adebayo,

Right now I work on my smartphone. I have a plan to buy a certain laptop from TripleClicks in the New Year.

I took two lengthy computer programs years ago when I was in "computer college." I still use my skills whenever it's possible to do so.

One thing I do just for fun is I make spreadsheets in Excel.

When I get my new laptop I will make a page for each site I advertise on, list all of the keycodes, record the hits and enter a formula to add up the hits per keycode and month. I will also make a page or pages listing all sites and all numbers so that I have them all at a glance.

It might seem like a lot of work but, for myself, it would be fun. I love to create, I love to play with numbers and I would have handy spreadsheets.

Just an idea for you. I hope it helps!

All the best.
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Hi Adebayo,

Right now I work on my smartphone. I have a plan to buy a certain laptop from TripleClicks in the New Year.

I took two lengthy computer programs years ago when I was in "computer college." I still use my skills whenever it's possible to do so.

One thing I do just for fun is I make spreadsheets in Excel.

When I get my new laptop I will make a page for each site I advertise on, list all of the keycodes, record the hits and enter a formula
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