The most overrated activity is earning VP. VP is pushed at the beginning as a means to get the affiliate into the Executive Pool so that they will earn money, however, we all know that these early earnings are minute in comparison to what will come if we work the business. This is really more for learning to work a business and build it up.
There is a lot of information available on the SFI site ob a daily basis, so encouraging affiliates to come here and explore the site daily is important, but often affiliates concentrate on the VP they can earn as an alternative to actually learning to run their business as a business.
We can't make money if we don't have sales of some kind, but that doesn't necessarily mean that we have to sell products or services of our own. The reason to connect with ECAs at TripleClicks is to help to promote their products, bringing more income for them as well as ourselves. If we have items that we want to sell or if we want to market our business online, then this is a plus.
The most underrated activity is Ask SC. Most people come to Ask SC so that they can earn VP and entries into the Daily Grand. It is one of the activities on the Homepage.
There have been complaints that answers are either shown to us more than once or there is a lot of copying going on. I agree. I don't like the system of advising the author. There is a place for that, though. What bothers me the most is the (mostly) Americans who say that it is supposed to be in English and so if it isn't they automatically mark it no. This is actually quite unfair to everyone else in the world and it reflects a poor attitude of us Americans. Who says that everything has to be in English? Yes, there is a translator here to translate pages to other languages for our foreign affiliates, but I have often told them to get a translator. The reason for this is because I feel that when an answer is posted in their language it is because they are using the translator and have written their answer in their language and then when they post it the answer doesn't get translated back to English. Therefore, if they have a translator not on SFI and they write an answer or a question, they will translate the answer to appear here.
I would rather see some kind of rating system that doesn't put down or discourage someone for grammatical errors or spelling errors. Answers should be rated on the value of the content. Is it fair to condemn a man because of one small mistake when the overall content of his character or his life is not bad? Is no one allowed to make a mistake or omit something? And what about telling someone that their answer is too short. There was a question here that asked how would you describe SFI in one sentence. When I did that I got many Advice answers that my answer was too short. I answered in one sentence, which is what was asked for. If I am asked what I do and I tell you and you don't think the answer is long enough, that is your problem. I have told you what I do.
Overall I think we forget that Ask SC is an extension of the Forum. We are teaching our PSAs and CSAs that the forum is a wonderful place to search for help if they can't get help from their sponsor or other upline.
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The most overrated activity is earning VP. VP is pushed at the beginning as a means to get the affiliate into the Executive Pool so that they will earn money, however, we all know that these early earnings are minute in comparison to what will come if we work the business. This is really more for learning to work a business and build it up.
There is a lot of information available on the SFI site ob a daily basis, so encouraging affiliates to come here and explore the site daily is important,
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