Hello Aaron and to all SFI affiliates,
I beg to disagree on those who say that this question is irrelevant, like someone suggested in the forum some days ago. There is a saying that ''Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches''
Yes, it is true that SFI is a global business and that all you need is just a computer and an internet connection. It is not a secret that people like myself who live in Africa and other third world countries faces tougher challenges. Challenges that you will not appreciate, if you have never been to some of the countries in Africa in particular and most of the third world countries in general.
I will prefer not to dwell on the problems affiliates in Africa face for fear of sounding too boring but will rather dwell on how an affiliate from Africa can overcome the present challenges to becoming successful in SFI.
1. First, you have to have the mindset that SFI is a business and it is for the long term.
2. Get familiar with all the tools and resources that SFI has to offer. If you have to be a
football coach you will have to know how to play the game.
3. Learn to use the internet as much as you can as this will help in building your SFI
business. This is important if you consider the high level of illiteracy in Africa.
4. Make friends with successful African affiliates and those near you using the A2A tool.
5. You should consider opening an ECA. There are lots of items that people need here which
you can tap into. Much of my gains have come from my ECA. Note that you will have to
deliver in other to continue to be in business as an ECA.
6. Try to get your Payoneer master card as quickly as possible. This you can do by enrolling
affiliates using the SFIPPA program most especially. You can use other gateways as well
but enrolling through the SFIPPA made it faster for me to accumulate my initial $20 which
i used to apply for my Payoneer master card.
7. While waiting for your Payoneer master card, you can make use of the recently introduced
Local Pay by SFI. Local Pay though expensive has made life a little easier for affiliates
from Africa.
8. Learn how to use Pricebenders auction to quicken your SFI business. By winning PSAs, CSAs
and S-Builder CooP and other items, you can become successful quicker.
9. You have to duplicate and increase your downlines. Coupled with duplication, you have to
learn to be an awesome sponsor. This you can do with several tools found here on SFI
10. Off course you have to log in to your SFI homepage everyday, i won't overemphasize that.
For the almost one year i have been here, i have never failed to log in to my homepage.
You too can do that if you are committed.
11. SFI has provided all the tools that you will need to be successful. All that is needed of
you is to read them. You won't be successful with SFI, if you do not love to read. So
read, read and read!
12. When you log in everyday without fail to your homepage, do not forget to visit the forum.
That is one place where i have gotten the most answers to my questions.
I can go on and on. In the long run, it does not matter if you live in Africa or not. I know we have a lot of challenges but if you can just look beyond those challenges and be committed to SFI, i bet that you will be successful.
I wish you luck in your SFI business but know that luck comes to those who are well prepared for it.
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