One of the best ways to answer your questions is by going through your affiliate’s journey with SFI. It is best describe through your affiliate’s itinerary of his/her SFI journey.
Here are the stages of your affiliates’ major struggle/challenges:
1. Upon signing up most affiliates struggle in getting started.
Most people joining network marketing business are first timers in my downline. They come from an environment of being told what to do most of their lives. This is a big part of a challenge – they need to learn to see the big picture of making decision for themselves. When they signed up to SFI, they’re not aware of the concept of being an entrepreneur. There’s a major need for them to learn and understand the concept of becoming a SFI business owner.
To get them started, I send them my welcome letter, containing a short introduction of myself and clear instructions of what they need to focus on to get them established plus the five most important basics identification of owning a SFI business:
- Getting familiar with SFI BASICS and LAUNCHPAD
- Confirming their registration
- Whitelisting
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- Completing their Affiliate Profile
- Sending their SFI Commitment Message to sponsor and
- Uploading their photos
In my first weekly support message, I’ll do a follow-up about SFI BASICS and LAUNCHPAD to make sure they understand the core foundation of SFI. Furthermore, I would recommend to them the Fast-Track membership to kick-start the growth of their SFI businesses.
2. It’s a big challenge to maintain EA status on the second month of being an affiliate.
The tendency of most affiliates is collecting VPs as much as they can in their first month to earn big commission. They don’t have a clear strategy on how to utilize their Getting Started actions AVPs for more important need as they progress in their journey. They have a misconception of equating more VPs = more commission when they’re just getting started. They’ll get disappointed when they receive their first commission far below their expectation.
To correct this, I’ll direct them to the Scoreboard displaying the “My Earnings” with Compensation Type, Description and Earnings. I’ll make sure that I go through each item such as Direct Commission, TC Executive Pool, Co-Sponsor Commissions, ECA Referral Program, etc. Explaining to them clearly about these important terminologies will clear them up and put them back to the right track.
I emphasize to them the importance of logging in everyday performing their To-Do List to collect the maximal AVPs/month to help them out in making up the required 1500 VP for maintaining EA status. When they attained EA in their first month, I reassigned affiliates to make use of the weekly actions of sending group support messages and earned them 30 AVP. I’ll let them know the easiest way to re-qualify to EA2 is by investing in TCredits with 1500 VP. With the TCredits, they’ll get introduced with the key elements of TripleClicks EZ games, Pricebenders auction, etc.
3. Most affiliates struggle in recruiting to start building their team.
This is a crucial stage of every affiliate in his/her journey with SFI. An affiliate might be able to maintain EA2 status for a couple of months but without starting to build his/her team for some reasons such as, lack of time or cant’ afford to invest in starting their own ad co-op, etc, he/she will soon get disappointed leading him/her to inactivity.
To help them out, I recommend them to focus on their Marketing and Training tabs - they contain invaluable information for marketing their SFI businesses. I’ll do a regular follow-up to make sure they understand every aspect covered under these tabs. I also set up contests to create excitement offering reward/incentive such as TC Gift Certificates, share of S-Builder Co-op, etc.
Conclusion:
At one point all affiliates may face major struggle or challenges to maintain the momentum and growth of owning their SFI businesses, but no one can take away your determination and commitment of achieving your long term goal other than you.
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