Hi there
The day I have a large active team the 1st thing I will do is the happy dance.
Serious now. I do not have a large active team yet but I know where there is a will their will be a way. My team went from one active affiliate to 5 active members very quickly and I had to adjust - but it was not that hard.
1. Make sure your weekly letter to your entire team is QUALITY. Use it to teach them
what you want them to do. You movers will also see this and follow your
instructions. I use a specific format.
a. New at SFI - here I give them a short summary of what is new at SFI - like
the JOIN MY TEAM gateway. You can also insert links to lead them to the page
where they can find more information.
b. Recognition - here I recognise and congratulate everybody by name if they
achieved a goal in the past week. Even wishing them a happy birthday or
anniversary (if you know it)
c. Tutorial. here I pick one topic every week and discuss it. I do not copy and
paste the information from a SFI page. I summarise it in my own words and
explain it as complete and as simple as I can without drowning them in
information. I also place a link or tell them where to find more
information if they need it.
d. I end of my mail by once again inviting them to contact me and giving them my
e-mail. I also encourage them to visit my leadership page and leave me a
team mail. I wish them a good week. At the bottom of my mails I also always
insert one or more of my gateways.
2. Allow your team to lead your personal interactions - encourage the team in your
weekly letters to contact you should they have questions or need more guidance.
When they take you up on your invitation - react as soon as possible.
When you answer a PSA's question and SAVE your answer because another affiliate
might ask you the same question a week or a year later. This way you build up
your own library of questions and answers and that means you can give your team
the attention they want and need. At 1st you will have to type out every answer
but later you can use answers you used before and just personalise or adapt it to
fit the affiliate you are dealing with at that moment.
3. Make sure you do not miss your teams achievements. When they achieve something
make a big deal of it. Send them an e-card, mention it in your newsletter, your
stream post and the FORUM's recognition section. You can use all of these or just
one or two - like the e-card (private) and the Forum (public)
4. Remember your team are made up of unique individuals. Some may work and be
motivated simply by your weekly newsletter or by their own wish to succeed. Others
may be a little more demanding and will need personal contact more often. They
will not all need attention at the same time which will lesson the demand on your
time.
5. Should the same question keep on popping up it might be a good idea to make one
of your weekly letters about that question.
Enjoy your big active team - it means you are doing something right.
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