Hello, Sharon Early!
Yes.
An emphatic yes!
It is very much worthwhile to engage with our new PSAs on a personal level to make them feel welcome, appreciated and motivated.
A. Personalized welcome messages and e-Cards will go a long way in creating that fuzzy feeling which will draw a new sign-up to log-in again, explore the business further, start working, or ask questions if needs be.
When I am expecting new sign-ups, I like to watch both my email notifications and my SFI Affiliate Center for new messages announcing of sign-ups.
Often, I catch the new affiliate still online and I send them an SFI IM to welcome them and to draw their attention to an upcoming email with tips to help them navigate SFI and progress rapidly.
B. Sometimes though, it is not always possible to send such personalized communications
When we are getting large numbers of sign-ups, often more than 10 at the same time, within few minutes, it may be very difficult to give that personal touch.
As your question points out, we want to make an effort to know the affiliate at a personal level and use our knowledge to make him/her feel welcome.
The first obstacle is that in some cases, we do not have that much personal information in the new affiliate's profile.
The second obstacle is the lack of time, especially when we are dealing with large numbers of PSAs. In such circumstances, I choose to be selective, piking up only those affiliate who have show some form an tangible interest, such as (i) confirming their emails, (ii) score a thresh-hold of actions points, and or (iii) sending me their profiles. For those I like to make a special effort to send both an e-Card and a personalized message, drawing on their personal information as well as tips based on their first activity.
C. For the remainder, those new sign-ups who have had no activity, or who have not confirmed their emails, it might bewiser and a better use of our time to limit ourselves to a Team mail message, sent to all those who registered that same day.
We can select them easily though our Genealogy filters
D. For this latter group of new sign-ups, we will be well advised to keep in mind an SFI sponsoring "Golden Rule": Work with those who work"
It may not be very beneficial to spend too much time going through a profile that has little data and of an affiliate who is not showing any kind of activity which might demonstrate their interest.
When we follow these guidelines, we will likely build excellent working relationships with our new affiliates who show some level of eagerness without too much wasting our time.
Good luck to you and to everybody else.
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Hello, Sharon Early!
Yes.
An emphatic yes!
It is very much worthwhile to engage with our new PSAs on a personal level to make them feel welcome, appreciated and motivated.
A. Personalized welcome messages and e-Cards will go a long way in creating that fuzzy feeling which will draw a new sign-up to log-in again, explore the business further, start working, or ask questions if needs be.
When I am expecting new sign-ups, I like to watch both
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