As a sponsor, you are likely to come across two types of affiliates in your team:
1. Recently joined or “newbies”
2. Established (both active and inactive)
“Information overload” resonates more with your new team members. They have just joined SFI and will need guidance where required. Every new team member looks at exactly the same SFI website and its resources but not everyone responds to this information in exactly the same way that SFI says they should. To avoid or minimise information overload, start with the basics and take it step by step: Just let the new affiliate know that they can begin their journey with:
1. START
2. SFI Basics
3. Launchpad
The short video on SFI gives them an insight into what SFI is and it can do for them.
In the absence of a process, it is possible for the affiliate to jump from one topic to another and in the end get nowhere. Your role as a sponsor is to help them and avoid this. If you can build their confidence in the initial steps then you will have planted a seed. As they make progress, they will be ready for other tasks.
In the first stages, always listen to the affiliate and you can always have an idea of what your affiliate is actually doing by looking at his or her Ledger. I have come across many affiliates who have signed up and even logged on and yet still fail to register. Then there are also others who manage to register but choose not to do anything else after that. And still there are those who sign up, log on, register and focus only on doing all the Launchpad lessons in one day. What these examples illustrate is that the first step that one takes is very important but having said that there is always room for correction if only the sponsor and affiliate can communicate.
If the acquisition of information is not structured it can seem overwhelming and deter further progress.
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As a sponsor, you are likely to come across two types of affiliates in your team:
1. Recently joined or “newbies”
2. Established (both active and inactive)
“Information overload” resonates more with your new team members. They have just joined SFI and will need guidance where required. Every new team member looks at exactly the same SFI website and its resources but not everyone responds to this information in exactly the same way that SFI says they should. To
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