Affiliate since: 10/28/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Yes, it definitely does! Having said that, I am not sure of your question. Why and how would you approach prospective ECAs from other countries/regions? Thru your downline?

Fine, in that case as in any other business you need to complete that very important basic step, RESEARCH.

* You need to decide on your target audience.
* For this you need to find out the demographics of the country/region.
* A basic requirement would be the need and affordability of the product you plan on providing. * You need to figure out the cost of distribution.
* You need to figure out the logistics of end-to-end service.
* Duties and other taxes, and laws involved with regard to reaching the product to the final consumer.
* You need to price the product appropriately.
* An advertising plan/medium is a must.

All this may seem exhaustive, but do not loose heart. All this info can be got thru the net. The GDP of each and every country is a place to start. Comparative pricing also could be obtained.

This is what I can think of right now. Look at it as a baby you are nurturing to adulthood. It needs the utmost genuine care and support. And, yes a lot of patience. Nothing comes easy!

Good luck.
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Yes, it definitely does! Having said that, I am not sure of your question. Why and how would you approach prospective ECAs from other countries/regions? Thru your downline?

Fine, in that case as in any other business you need to complete that very important basic step, RESEARCH.

* You need to decide on your target audience.
* For this you need to find out the demographics of the country/region.
* A basic requirement would be the need and affordability of the product
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Affiliate since: 10/28/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Hello Emma,

Let me share my experience with you. I am very new to SFI. Just over 2 months. I got my first PSA recently. This person does not speak good English. I speak his language. Since then I have been on FB, WhatsApp and telephone with him. He is a slow learner. I need to repeat most of the stuff to him. Further, he uses an internet cafe in the small town he lives in to communicate. We are from India.

Sometimes, I feel I am overwhelmed. So what do I do? Do I give up on him. Initially I was over-enthusiastic and did his initial work for him as we were online. Now, it seems to me he is over-dependent on me.

What I am trying to say is we "should" judge the person quickly to decide the amount of time and the extent of efforts we put in for such persons. Now I have only a few downline members to handle. I will drown if I continue to spend this amount of time on all. So where do we draw the line and how?

I now find that multiple chats on FB is a nice medium to get down to effectively handle such situations. We should not give up on such persons.

After all "we can take a horse to the water, we cannot make it drink". SO what I find effective now is to guide them initially then when they seem to become overly dependent, I tell snapshot tasks and follow up on them. I question them as to the whys and keep track. This way I am able to gauge their interest and proceed accordingly.

So my take on your question is Yes, there is definitely a limit to the amount of help we provide. However, "there should be no limit to our availability to hear and guide them in their problem areas".

Cheers.
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Hello Emma,

Let me share my experience with you. I am very new to SFI. Just over 2 months. I got my first PSA recently. This person does not speak good English. I speak his language. Since then I have been on FB, WhatsApp and telephone with him. He is a slow learner. I need to repeat most of the stuff to him. Further, he uses an internet cafe in the small town he lives in to communicate. We are from India.

Sometimes, I feel I am overwhelmed. So what do I do? Do I give up on
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Affiliate since: 10/28/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

A difficult question that!

Human beings being fallible (capable of making a mistake), we have to very careful here. What is a turn-off for one may not be a turn-off for another. It is therefore imperative that we gauge the prospect accurately. The best way here would be to listen. At the beginning, you could ask him some basic questions to explore his likes and dis-likes, get to know about his expectations in life, his attitude to family, his willingness to put in a bit of extra effort, his willingness to contribute to his success, is he a team player or self-centered.

Once you are armed with this knowledge there is no limit to the questions you could ask. Following this rule, difficult as it may sound, is a sure fire way to being effective in your approach in prospect prospecting.

You should, as a first step, list out a series of questions to ask. Questions could be direct as also exploratory. However, they should not end up you talking more. We need to obtain his trust and bring out his thoughts.

Examples:

1) Instead of "What is your aim in life", you could say "To be frank with you, I always chased money. I thought money would bring me happiness. However, today I feel the path one chooses to make money is more important. I should enjoy the whole process. What would you say?"

2) Instead of asking "How much would you be able to invest", you could say "Looking back at my success, I realized that there is no free way to make money. If one has money to buy plain bread. He buys plain bread. However, if one wants to buy a cinnamon role, one needs more money. Basically, money makes money. You need to water a plant to make it grow".

There are millions of ways to re-phrase questions. It is always beneficial when you provide a face to establish your conviction. Providing live examples is the best. You are your best advertisement.

In conclusion, I strongly believe there is no turn-off in prospective. Think of it as wooing a women. Or think of it as giving that demure feminine glance, fluttering eyelids.

Having said that, in the event you feel you have hit a sour spot, all you need to say is "What I meant is ....." and extricate yourself and seamlessly move on to a more appropriate topic. Quickly.

That my friend is my take on your question.
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A difficult question that!

Human beings being fallible (capable of making a mistake), we have to very careful here. What is a turn-off for one may not be a turn-off for another. It is therefore imperative that we gauge the prospect accurately. The best way here would be to listen. At the beginning, you could ask him some basic questions to explore his likes and dis-likes, get to know about his expectations in life, his attitude to family, his willingness to put in a bit of extra effort,
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Affiliate since: 10/28/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Hello Nkwekiti,

I can understand your apprehension. What you need to ask yourself first is "Why did I join SFI". Your expectations from SFI will be reinforced if you figure out these reasons.
All of us join to make money. But do we give ourselves a time-frame to realize our dream? Nothing is obtained overnight. If you joined SFI to become an overnight sensation, forget it. Do not invest anymore in SFI. SFI is huge global family of like minded individuals out to support each other in making individual success a reality. It is a platform which provides you with all the tools to chart a success story. All for Free.

Which other net-based organization has this? When the "going gets good, the good get going". But the going cannot get good without a bit of effort, tangible and intangible. You cannot pass an exam without preparing. And to prepare you need the books/info. Now you can either buy the books (investment in money) or borrow them (this will depend on the availability).

Therefore, investing with time alone will also reach you your goals, but slower. But, if you invest with money, it would be faster. Finding the balance between the two would be the goal to realize ones dreams effectively and efficiently.

SFI provides a proven platform, as numerous testimonials justify, for anyone to succeed. Once one understands the workings. Once one realizes the wealth of info and tools provided for free.
So my friend, SFI is an opportunity to grab and invest according to ones goals. But inverst you must.

I do hope. this helps.

Best of luck.
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Hello Nkwekiti,

I can understand your apprehension. What you need to ask yourself first is "Why did I join SFI". Your expectations from SFI will be reinforced if you figure out these reasons.
All of us join to make money. But do we give ourselves a time-frame to realize our dream? Nothing is obtained overnight. If you joined SFI to become an overnight sensation, forget it. Do not invest anymore in SFI. SFI is huge global family of like minded individuals out to support each
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Affiliate since: 10/28/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Cheer up Manohar...

This is my take on your question:

1) We cannot club PSAs and CSAs together. The are two entirely different products, if I may call them that.

2) PSAs have to be further classified into Personally Acquired and Obtained (bought in PriceBender/SOs). Personally acquired PSAs are controllable. In that most often we are responsible in them signing up. So here we need to be careful and know their expectations before signing them up. Whereas those obtained are as good as CSAs. They may or may not be productive.

3) CSAs come to us as rewards and we can only hope they react to our communications.

4) We need to further roughly classify PSAs and CSAs into groups based on age and country. Now this is a problem as we do not know this and we can only go by their photos, if provided. This is important as different categories of individuals have different expectations. It may be easier to get a retired person active than a youth. Our communications has also to be different for each group.

5) The internet has so many options available today that people are wary of signing up. Too many con-jobs going on. Even testimonial can be bought. Therefore, it becomes all the more important for us to use the best medium off communication possible. Here using Skype or any video based contact would be the best. One-on-One. Difficult as it may be, this would be the best, initially. You could try group video conferencing. Here again you will have to set different timing for different regions.

On the whole it is hit-or-miss game. You win some you loose some.

These are the points which come to my mind. Hope it helps. It is difficult, but not impossible. Depends on how far are we willing to go?
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Cheer up Manohar...

This is my take on your question:

1) We cannot club PSAs and CSAs together. The are two entirely different products, if I may call them that.

2) PSAs have to be further classified into Personally Acquired and Obtained (bought in PriceBender/SOs). Personally acquired PSAs are controllable. In that most often we are responsible in them signing up. So here we need to be careful and know their expectations before signing them up. Whereas those obtained
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Affiliate since: 10/28/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

What I do:

1) I have downloaded my Genealogy List
2) Sorted according to country.
3) Input the time differential.
4) Created Groups in gmail country-wise.
5) Send according to time of Affiliate country.

Suggestion:

With the new gmail InBox, one can schedule the send later feature per one's requirement.

Remember, you need to do the above steps only once. Then it is only a matter of adding on new sign-ups.

Best Wishes

Affiliate since: 10/28/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

My limited experience at SFI against my accomplished experience in analysis necessitates a basic look into human thought.

Its fine sponsoring 100s of PSAs. But do you have it in you to boost the morale and keep each of them feel exclusive. Are you upto allocating time to each of them. Team Mails are fine and hunky-dory, but will they serve your purpose? That is the question. It is not an easy job to keep track of the pathway of each PSA. Unless, unless, one has a foolproof system in place to track and grade each of the PSAs.
It all boils down to personal touch.

Developing EAs is cost-effective and very rewarding, in the long run. It is like "One in hand is better than two in the bush". EAs are already ready to go. They know the ways of SFI. Therefore, they are in a better position to "sow seeds" of futuristic goals. Also, this would be a way to boost their morale and fine tune their skills, as also make them feel the power of SFI behind them.

Its a two-fold benefit here. Like "little drops make an ocean".

Finally, its upto you to decide on your abilities to separate the stars from the constellation.


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My limited experience at SFI against my accomplished experience in analysis necessitates a basic look into human thought.

Its fine sponsoring 100s of PSAs. But do you have it in you to boost the morale and keep each of them feel exclusive. Are you upto allocating time to each of them. Team Mails are fine and hunky-dory, but will they serve your purpose? That is the question. It is not an easy job to keep track of the pathway of each PSA. Unless, unless, one has a foolproof system in place
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Affiliate since: 10/28/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Adversity brings out the best in individuals. As the saying goes "When the going gets tough the tough get going".

It may seem like blindness. But the fact is that accessibility never stopped the Romans! Although the Affiliate Center is the fulcrum, the basic foresight requires an Affiliate to plan for adversity. One needs to download all the tools required to one's computer or upload to the cloud. Basically, all the required tools need to be independent of "Mama".

Once you have all this in place and bagged, all one needs is to go ahead and communicate as usual. One-on-One meetings could be arranged. Flyers could be used in discreet ways to reach a pre-selected audience...

Being in the ex-halted company of a professional family of experts, providing ample tools to market, should be no excuse for inaccessibility. Communicate, Communicate, Communicate. One=on-One, telephonical-ly, personally, or even bill-boarding is the way to overcome such obstacles.
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Adversity brings out the best in individuals. As the saying goes "When the going gets tough the tough get going".

It may seem like blindness. But the fact is that accessibility never stopped the Romans! Although the Affiliate Center is the fulcrum, the basic foresight requires an Affiliate to plan for adversity. One needs to download all the tools required to one's computer or upload to the cloud. Basically, all the required tools need to be independent of "Mama".

Once
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Affiliate since: 10/28/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

When one is new to SFI playing EZ games is advisable. Low cost, Low gains. Keeps the adrenalin flowing smoothly. Pricebender Auctions is another realm altogether. It requires a lot of analysis and foresight. It needs a lot of concentration and commitment in the ongoing bids. One needs to check out the current bidders, research the antecedents of such products one is bidding for and most important it needs a sense of acute touch!

I would any day go for Pricebender Auctions.