Affiliate since: 09/21/2014, Power Rank: 1637

A weekly news letter is for every member in your team whether they are newbie or seasoned! Therefor, the content should be interesting and useful for everyone.

The content may include sales, marketing, sponsoring or advertising tips; an inspirational or motivational story, etc.

You can search http://news.sfimg.com/ for important announcements that may be skipped by your team members. Further, quote some interesting Forum Posts and its replies or Ask SC Q&A links, etc.

You can announce periodical meetings/get-together and competitions or contests to encourage your Team.

Always think out of the box. Create original, useful and interesting contents. It'll receive well by your team members.

All the best!


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A weekly news letter is for every member in your team whether they are newbie or seasoned! Therefor, the content should be interesting and useful for everyone.

The content may include sales, marketing, sponsoring or advertising tips; an inspirational or motivational story, etc.

You can search http://news.sfimg.com/ for important announcements that may be skipped by your team members. Further, quote some interesting Forum Posts and its replies or Ask SC Q&A links, etc.

You
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Affiliate since: 09/21/2014, Power Rank: 1637

SFI is truly a global opportunity. However, I recommend that you promote SFI and TC locally first. After you gained more experience in sponsoring & leadership; a few active PSAs and PSM in your team to sustain your business, then go globally via the Internet.
Initially you can approach people well known to you and understand you like friends, relatives, etc. Because you feel more comfortable to approach, present and convince them. They also feel the same and they know that you are there to clear their doubts and if they face any difficulty, they know that you are there to help them. Moreover, you can work as a group and reach out to your friend’s friends and acquaintances easily. It’s easy to work with real people and get the results in real time.
You can sign up more people via Internet but it’s difficult to convince them to get motivated and work as a team. In short, the conversion rate is lower than the first method, i.e. warm marketing.
Comparing the two methods, the Internet promotion require more time and investment but the quality conversion rate is lower than the warm marketing method.

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SFI is truly a global opportunity. However, I recommend that you promote SFI and TC locally first. After you gained more experience in sponsoring & leadership; a few active PSAs and PSM in your team to sustain your business, then go globally via the Internet.
Initially you can approach people well known to you and understand you like friends, relatives, etc. Because you feel more comfortable to approach, present and convince them. They also feel the same and they know that you are there
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Affiliate since: 09/21/2014, Power Rank: 1637

Most of us are not comfortable to approach unknown people to present business opportunities like SFI. The remedy to this phobia is approach one of your close friend. If you can convince him/her and he/she joined your team, you both work together. Most of us are feel better and confident if someone is beside us to support while approaching strangers.

You can also invite small group of friends and relatives to your home for a get-together and present the opportunity casually. Gradually you get enough confidence to approach total strangers.

The above methods help break the mental barrier and made you more confident.

All the best!

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Most of us are not comfortable to approach unknown people to present business opportunities like SFI. The remedy to this phobia is approach one of your close friend. If you can convince him/her and he/she joined your team, you both work together. Most of us are feel better and confident if someone is beside us to support while approaching strangers.

You can also invite small group of friends and relatives to your home for a get-together and present the opportunity casually. Gradually
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Affiliate since: 09/21/2014, Power Rank: 1637

New Member Pack (NMP) is one of the best product to give a flaring boost to our business but we cannot force anyone to buy it within the stipulated time span of 10 days. The only solution is that while advertising; give a hint to the prospect that they must ready to invest at least $20 initially to get started.

After they joined your team, send a gentle reminder showing the benefits of the NMP, the deadline and the link to the product page. If they see the advantages by themselves, most probably they buy at least one NMP.

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New Member Pack (NMP) is one of the best product to give a flaring boost to our business but we cannot force anyone to buy it within the stipulated time span of 10 days. The only solution is that while advertising; give a hint to the prospect that they must ready to invest at least $20 initially to get started.

After they joined your team, send a gentle reminder showing the benefits of the NMP, the deadline and the link to the product page. If they see the advantages by themselves, most
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Affiliate since: 09/21/2014, Power Rank: 1637

Our support solution says: "For those you designate as a2a friends, you’ll be able to engage in one-on-one communications via SFI’s TeamMail messaging system and SFI Instant Messaging. Mostly, those who you designate as your a2a friends should be those whom you have developed a true and valuable relationship with. If your relationship is only semi-valuable, just follow them instead (you can always make them an a2a friend later)."

So it's vital to choose the 10 a2a friends wisely. I chose them based on the following criteria:

01. Their Leadership Rank
02. Their Forum activities
03. Their Country and Languages they speak other than English
04. Their willingness to help the newbies
05. Their Daily VP Streak
06. Their Ask SC answers and its ratings
07. Special recognition awarded to them by SFI, such as Forum Guru and Forum Mod.
08. Their membership duration with SFI

The Leadership Rank:

An affiliate with a Leadership Rank (BTL and above) is best because, they know about SFI program more than an affiliate. We can count on their experience as and when needed.

Their Forum Activities:

I keenly observed their activities in the Forum. Are they actively participate in the Forum in a daily basis? Did they sufficiently gave answer for a question asked?, etc. If they are very active and helpful, they can surely help us a2a friends! They have some spare time for these activities. Therefore, the chances are high that they help us with our questions occasionally.


Their Country, Language And Time Zone:

Ours is a global business and we all belongs to different Time Zones. If we choose our friends from a single country or a couple of countries, there may be a situation arise that we need an urgent advice or help from them. If their Time Zone difference is greater, we'll not get timely help.

Therefore, I chose my friends from different Time Zones (from different countries). So that, I assure there's always one of my friend online or they are able to respond my queries within a couple of hours.

Besides this, if our a2a friends are from different countries they usually speak different languages other than English. Whenever one of my PSA/CSA from other language speaking country need a quick help in their native language for a better understanding; any one of my a2a friend is there to help. In short, my best 10 is a cross-section of the World!

Their Willingness To Help The Newbies:

By observing their forum posts, we can understand their willingness to help newbies as well as, experienced affiliates. How they encourage new members? Are they provide their answers or advise for (sometimes) silly questions? Are they patiently communicate with difficult or illegible questions? These are some factors I checked before choosing my best 10.

Their Daily VP Streak:

This is one of the main and important criteria in my selection process. I chose people with daily login history and with a Daily VP Streak of 150 days or more. There's no use in selecting people who rarely visit their affiliate center. You'll not get any help from them.

Their Ask SC Answers And Its Ratings:

I thoroughly checked their profile for the Top Author Badge and the Votes they accumulated. Then I read their Ask SC answers for clarity, their knowledge about the subject, etc.

Special Recognition Awarded To Them By SFI:

Special recognition awarded to them by SFI, such as Forum Guru and Forum Moderator are another parameter I checked. These recognitions shows at a glance that their contributions to the SFI community is outstanding. So that I gave preference to such people.

Their Membership Duration With SFI:

This is another factor I did not compromised when selecting my best 10. If their standing with SFI is a long one, I am for sure that they are serious with their SFI Business and they are not quitters!

I chose my best a2a friends based on the above factors and I'm satisfied with my selection so far. I laid out the main criteria for my selection and you can add other factors suitable for you.
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Our support solution says: "For those you designate as a2a friends, you’ll be able to engage in one-on-one communications via SFI’s TeamMail messaging system and SFI Instant Messaging. Mostly, those who you designate as your a2a friends should be those whom you have developed a true and valuable relationship with. If your relationship is only semi-valuable, just follow them instead (you can always make them an a2a friend later)."

So it's vital to choose the 10 a2a
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Affiliate since: 09/21/2014, Power Rank: 1637

The best way to track your ads to know which one are providing best results/better conversion is add a key code in the link.
For example, if you have two blogs and you want to know from which of them you get more hits just place two different key codes in those links associated with each blogs.
For the first blog:
http://www.sfi4.com/SFIID.8888/FREE
For the second blog:
http://www.sfi4.com/SFIID.9999/FREE

Then you can trace the hit record here:https://www.sfimg.com/PowerTools/HitTracking?referrer=search

You'll then see your Key Codes referred to within incoming PSA and PRM Notifications and also in the "KC" column within your Genealogy, providing you immediate feedback on the effectiveness of your ads. In other words, by embedding different Key Codes into your various advertising efforts, you can easily and quickly identify where your results are coming from-which ad sources are pulling, and which ad sources are not.Use different Key Codes for different media and different links.
Avoid using the following Key Codes:-

1101 for affiliates from S-Builder.
1104 for PSAs To Go/PSAs won at Auctions
1200 for affiliates who were not referred to SFI by anyone.
1300 for TripleClicks members via the TC Tell-A-Friend feature.
These are reserved for the use of the above services.

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The best way to track your ads to know which one are providing best results/better conversion is add a key code in the link.
For example, if you have two blogs and you want to know from which of them you get more hits just place two different key codes in those links associated with each blogs.
For the first blog:
http://www.sfi4.com/SFIID.8888/FREE
For the second blog:
http://www.sfi4.com/SFIID.9999/FREE

Then you can trace the hit record here:https://www.sfimg.com/PowerTools/HitTracking?referrer=search

You'll
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Affiliate since: 09/21/2014, Power Rank: 1637

Do not compel your downline to purchase anything or spend money monthly to maintain EA status. Instead give them advice about how they can obtain VPs necessary to maintain their Rank each month by different possible ways; such as selling products from TC, promoting ECA, referring PRMs,Sponsoring PSAs and help them to EA2 level, etc. Say that it is difficult at first but, possible if they have the knack and plenty of time to spare and willing to work hard!

Then explain your past experience with the program when you are a fresher like them. Your struggle to maintain the rank each month before you placing a Standing Order (for a minimum of 1500 VP). A brief explanation of the progress you make thereafter! Then gently reveal to them that you are not expecting them to followed suit (you). But you suggest a better and worry-free way to maintain EA status each month.
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Do not compel your downline to purchase anything or spend money monthly to maintain EA status. Instead give them advice about how they can obtain VPs necessary to maintain their Rank each month by different possible ways; such as selling products from TC, promoting ECA, referring PRMs,Sponsoring PSAs and help them to EA2 level, etc. Say that it is difficult at first but, possible if they have the knack and plenty of time to spare and willing to work hard!

Then explain your past experience
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Affiliate since: 09/21/2014, Power Rank: 1637

The first and foremost thing for generating SFI signups from a PPC ad is using good keywords that are relevant to SFI's business model and common search queries used by people searching a business opportunity. An expert SEO can help you in this matter.

The next important aspect is the websites or PPC sites you choose for your ads. There's widespread click fraud and abuse by webmasters. If you are not choosing a best and reliable advertising partner, you loose your hard earned money quickly without any quality signups.To avoid this, you must select an advertising partner with credibility such as Google. They are more reliable to generating quality signups using their state-of-the art automated software system to safeguard the interest of the advertiser against abusive clicks by competitors or corrupt web developers.

And finally, your ad should be of an effective one to generate interest to the viewer. It should be limited to a maximum of 2-3 lines and can be read and grasp the essence of the content under 10 seconds.
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The first and foremost thing for generating SFI signups from a PPC ad is using good keywords that are relevant to SFI's business model and common search queries used by people searching a business opportunity. An expert SEO can help you in this matter.

The next important aspect is the websites or PPC sites you choose for your ads. There's widespread click fraud and abuse by webmasters. If you are not choosing a best and reliable advertising partner, you loose your hard earned money quickly
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Affiliate since: 09/21/2014, Power Rank: 1637

In your PSA/CSA mailer, explain about the ECA Program in brief, the benefits of becoming an ECA by themselves and sponsoring ECAs. If they are interested to start an ECA store, invite them to visit your own ECA store for a look (Provide your ECA Store's link).

Explain that as a member of your team, they can also promote your store or individual product to earn 45% CV and valuable VP, too. Ask them to check if they are interested in any of the products listed at present. If no, suggest some products they need or planning to buy soon to help you procure and list it in your store. Say that you are thankful to them if they provide suggestions to improve your store.
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In your PSA/CSA mailer, explain about the ECA Program in brief, the benefits of becoming an ECA by themselves and sponsoring ECAs. If they are interested to start an ECA store, invite them to visit your own ECA store for a look (Provide your ECA Store's link).

Explain that as a member of your team, they can also promote your store or individual product to earn 45% CV and valuable VP, too. Ask them to check if they are interested in any of the products listed at present. If no, suggest
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Affiliate since: 09/21/2014, Power Rank: 1637

First of all print some Business Cards with your photo, contact informations and Gateway Links or your own Domain Link in it. Then handover one to your prospect. Surely they take a look at it and ask you about what are you doing. Here you explain to them that you are an 'Independent Business Owner of SFI'. Then briefly explain about the duties as an affiliate. If they are curious about it and ask you more questions, politely ask them to visit the link and if you need any help in future, feel free to contact you in any mode of the communication medium you provide in your Business Card.

For explaining your relationship with TripleClicks; say that is your 'Mega Online Store' with around a million products and services. Ask them to visit the site for a glimpse of the products and services. Please do not forget to mention about the Pricebenders Auctions and Gaming Portal.
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First of all print some Business Cards with your photo, contact informations and Gateway Links or your own Domain Link in it. Then handover one to your prospect. Surely they take a look at it and ask you about what are you doing. Here you explain to them that you are an 'Independent Business Owner of SFI'. Then briefly explain about the duties as an affiliate. If they are curious about it and ask you more questions, politely ask them to visit the link and if you need any help in future, feel free
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