This might have been said but I'll say it again...
"you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink"
What I have been doing is pointing to the importance of reaching and maintaining EA2 rank and encourage purchasing an SO to ensure you qualify for each month. So far, it doesn't seem like any of my PSA's are listening to that advice. I guess many want to continue to grow their SFI business without financially investing. I suggest to them opting to no financial investment is the long and hard way to growing your SFI business and let them know it's rather difficult to maintain your EA rank without purchasing an SO.
Sure you can suggest to your PSA's to keep their VP's to 1500 VP's every month but I found it really simple to reach BTL rank my first month and acheive BTL rank my second month. Not sure if that will be the case every month but if you can reach BTL rank your first month then great! Then again, I had PSA's my first month so if you don't have PSA's your first month there really is no point reaching a BTL rank other than the fact that having that many VP's every month would help you to reach the top 10 in your class. Currently I stand in the top 10 of my class and am an E365 finalist. You want to strive to becoming at least the top 10 in your class. I suggest to my PSA's the more badges they earn the more established their SFI business will be and the higher their rank the more ways they can earn an income through SFI and then direct them to the benefit chart which lays out what each rank can earn.
I also point out to my PSA's the 3 step plan and send them a link to watch a video explaining the 3 step plan while suggestion if they want to build a strong and profitable business, have an entrepreneurial mind set, and are serious about SFI they should consider the 3 step plan.
In this way you not only prepare your affiliates for their second month but hopefully by their second month you've given your affiliates an overall picture of what to expect with SFI that will encourage them long after their second month and actually prepare them for their first year of SFI. Some will take time to build their SFI and not want to financially invest their first month. You also want to prepare your affiliates for a long road and hard work up ahead so that they continue for at least their first year and hopefully by their second year they'll gain more understanding and will make the choice to continue. I suggest to each affiliate that building your SFI is much the same as building a small business that is part of a franchise. Most people starting up a small business will spend thousands of dollars and will re-evaluate their financial investment after two to three years before deciding whether or not the investment of their time and finances was worth it. Then at least they'll get the idea that SFI is a business not a hobby.
That said, you can prepare each and every one of your affiliates but truth is, most people really don't want to listen or even hear you or take your advise they want to learn the hard way. You want to prepare your affiliates for their second month and even for their first year but you don't want to create a bunch of affiliates dependent upon you that leads to you doing the work that your affiliates should be doing. I always tell my affiliates to send me a message if they have any questions or concerns or need assistance. Usually if they send me a message they really want to make their SFI business work and some may think they have a better way then what I have suggested, ok that's fine especially if you see they have developed their own unique plan and have found ways that works for them and are utilizing their creativity. That's awesome! But they have to be willing to learn the business and do the work of study themselves.
Meanwhile our role is to guide, to encourage, to inspire ...
less
This might have been said but I'll say it again...
"you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink"
What I have been doing is pointing to the importance of reaching and maintaining EA2 rank and encourage purchasing an SO to ensure you qualify for each month. So far, it doesn't seem like any of my PSA's are listening to that advice. I guess many want to continue to grow their SFI business without financially investing. I suggest to them opting to no
...
more
