Maintaining traction and boosting momentum in your group is really the same here on the Internet as it is in Real Life. People need to feel like they belong and that they are getting something out of anything in which they are participating. There are three main actions you can take to assure this:
1) Elicit information: Know how they're doing, what they're doing, what they're interested in doing, and keep the lines of communication open. If they close, you will lose that momentum.
2) With those lines of communication open, the next step is to have group activities. These can be SFI-related, like training and/or contests, or they can be off-site, like participating in teleconferences over Skype or even playing any number of internet games together. The stronger your connections with your team, the more you can assure their connection with SFI.
3) Offer incentives. In my case, because I do editing and graphic design, I can put my services at their disposal, I can proofread and check their listings, and I can design art and copy based upon their interests, within SFI and TripleClicks or aside from it. I've even made business cards for my affiliates as they progress. This costs me nothing but a little time, and it makes sure they know that they are worth my time. If you're good with crafts, you can make things for them, either for their use or to give them something to sell on TripleClicks. You can offer them Gift Certificates or TCredits, and those will also encourage them. Only you know what you're capable of giving.
The most important thing you can do is KEEP IN CONTACT. If you fail to do that, chances are you will lose them... and even if they stay with SFI, they're not likely to rate you highly.
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Maintaining traction and boosting momentum in your group is really the same here on the Internet as it is in Real Life. People need to feel like they belong and that they are getting something out of anything in which they are participating. There are three main actions you can take to assure this:
1) Elicit information: Know how they're doing, what they're doing, what they're interested in doing, and keep the lines of communication open. If they close, you will lose that momentum.
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