Hello Ian,
you made me laugh out just now with using "bribe" for this question! :D
Surely, there are different ways to use incentives if oneself has already enough earnings for this.
BRIBE/INCENTIVES
But seriously, a "bribe" normally is given as pre-incentive to do (or not do) something AFTER receiving the bribe. So, in this context: no, it is definitely not wise to give your downline those incentives directly without them having done anything else than just opting in.
As pre-incentive it is better to announce competitions where those incentives can be earned. Your downline will hear it and might engage even more just to get that bonus from you!
Another nice point here: those competitions can be just a few times a year, they don't need to be completely regular. Thus, you can control your investment even on lower earnings.
REWARD
Of course, gift certificates, TCredits and such are good as rewards for any achievement as long as you think that the reward equal their work. Always think which rewards you would choose for one of your affiliate reaching EA and another one becoming TL. For me, it would be Tcredits (up to 10 possible) for EA and gift certificates for TL (evtly combined with TC).
Attention here: Don't discriminate anyone no matter when/where they opted in or how much you talked to them. This system only works if you treat each of your PSAs as equals and are not limited in the incentive counts (ie if you already earn enough money).
HELPING OUT
Another use for those incentives is to help your downline achieving certain goals. This method should only be used on affiliates you have lots of contact with, are eager enough to earn more and can truly achieve their goal with that help.
A good example here is the 10actionVP-missing-to-TL: if this happens to your teammember, 10Tcredits will surely be able to be converted into those action VP via TripleClicks within the day they were recieved. TL saved, teammember happy and you get extra points for him/her.
A bad example would be to give out gift certificates and Tcredits to PSAs you neither had a talk to yet or that weren't really active that month. Your incentive would just make "puff": the other one either doesn't use them or isn't able to use them for good and achieve something through it. Wasted effort and money on your side. in the worst case, that person asks for more and more incentives like that and you end up getting bitten.
It would be another question if you know that person personally (like a dear friend or family), have regular talks, trainings and meetings. In that case, it will be easier for you to estimate his/her true situation and if this gift will really help. But be careful here too, if freebies and money are involved, even a known person can get greedy quite fast.
Last but not least, two tips of mine, whatever incentive methods you may use:
- Limit your investment cost and never cross it
- put together your own system for incentives with help of your budget and review it regularly
Happy sponsoring!
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PS: just from listing those, I noticed my favorite are the competitions :)
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Hello Ian,
you made me laugh out just now with using "bribe" for this question! :D
Surely, there are different ways to use incentives if oneself has already enough earnings for this.
BRIBE/INCENTIVES
But seriously, a "bribe" normally is given as pre-incentive to do (or not do) something AFTER receiving the bribe. So, in this context: no, it is definitely not wise to give your downline those incentives directly without them having done anything else
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