Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 428 | Read Nimo's 381 other Ask SC answers

BE AN AWESOME SPONSOR is key.

You cannot stop people from advertising and trying to get your people from joining other programmes.

What you can do is to ensure that your people are sold on SFI.
Be the best sponsor that you could be. Help them to achieve success in SFI as soon as possible. The longer they are with SFI and don't seem to be getting anywhere the more likely they will look at other programmes.

I suspect that most people join SFI for the money and it can be frustrating if they are not getting paid for their work. I suggest that all achievements (successes) whether its monetary or not, within SFI should be acknowledged and celebrated. This is a form of payment or reward.

How to be an awesome sponsor is well laid out at https://www.sfimg.com/Training/AwesomeSponsor. Use those guidelines well and you will retain your team.

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BE AN AWESOME SPONSOR is key.

You cannot stop people from advertising and trying to get your people from joining other programmes.

What you can do is to ensure that your people are sold on SFI.
Be the best sponsor that you could be. Help them to achieve success in SFI as soon as possible. The longer they are with SFI and don't seem to be getting anywhere the more likely they will look at other programmes.

I suspect that most people join SFI for the money
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 277 | Read Kay's 289 other Ask SC answers

The topic of other people preying upon your downline and how to prevent it has several facets.

1) The cross-solicitor uses various come-ons to get others to join outside affiliate businesses. These businesses may look innocent enough, but they will take time, money, and effort away from the SFI business of your downline member, and from your business as his money is siphoned off away from his TC purchases and shares of your co-op, while putting money in the predator's pocket.

These often are SFI affiliates who get private email addresses through being either in a person's up or down line, or are one of their CSAs. Some of them sign up numerous times just to gain more email addresses. They can also be outside of SFI but soliciting through the internet, or from personal contact. Ad sites are often guilty when they are set up as an affiliate program to solicit new advertisers.

2) The cross-liner, knowingly or unknowingly, endangers or undermines the education that you have given your downline through "helping". He usually gains nothing but a good feeling, but he can offer to do work for a price. These often use the private communications of SFI such as a2a, eCards, contact seller, etc.

Prevention of the "attack" is also two-fold.

1) Educate your new affiliates early about the dangers of opening themselves to these predators. Explain the dangers, give examples. Many will ignore you, but don't stop educating.

2) Turn the predators in. When you get one of those emails supposedly from a PSA or CSA or downline, Write to him and ask to be taken off that list. Explain the dangers of his continuing to solicit and suggest that if he didn't send the email or even belong to the group that he change his password. If you get another message from him about the offending opportunity, then turn him in to SFI. If he is sending to you, he may be sending to your downline.

I also scour my groups ECAs and TConnect Pages for hints that they are not honest and send them to the office.
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The topic of other people preying upon your downline and how to prevent it has several facets.

1) The cross-solicitor uses various come-ons to get others to join outside affiliate businesses. These businesses may look innocent enough, but they will take time, money, and effort away from the SFI business of your downline member, and from your business as his money is siphoned off away from his TC purchases and shares of your co-op, while putting money in the predator's pocket.

These
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Affiliate since: 12/21/2013, Power Rank: 2896 | Read Sunildatt's 150 other Ask SC answers

It seems after reading this question that either a) someone from downline has informed the sponsor that they have been approached by other programs to join or b) the downline is not happy with their current growth in SFI and is considering joining others.

In case of a what maximum a sponsor can do is to find out why the downline has got attracted towards the other program. This cannot be done over a2a platform or inside SFI communication channels. The communication has to be personal over personal email or direct communication like phone or a personal meeting.

Once the main reason is known sponsor should remind them about " What others say about SFI" section at the bottom of this page on our afflilate center. If we closely observe the comments made there, most of them people have said that they have tried many such programs before and they have liked SFI. Now the choice remains with the down line to remain in SFI or to explore other programs.

In case of b) Sponsor has to review the growth of downline , ask them probing questions like what they want from SFI and how they can contribute themselves in terms of resources. Check whether the downline has taken actions based on SFI rules of success and remind them that they need to follow the system to get it worked. Else they are not going to be successful in any other program. Sponsor should work with the downline everyday provided the downline is ready to accept the sponsor as a mentor in this business. With close monitoring of the downlines goals, actions , results and by taking corrective actions suggested by the sponsor the downline will understand that SFI works for everyone if it is treated as a real business and the downline is ready to take the OWNERSHIP of SFI business .


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It seems after reading this question that either a) someone from downline has informed the sponsor that they have been approached by other programs to join or b) the downline is not happy with their current growth in SFI and is considering joining others.

In case of a what maximum a sponsor can do is to find out why the downline has got attracted towards the other program. This cannot be done over a2a platform or inside SFI communication channels. The communication has to be personal
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi Felix,

Thanks for asking this question, as many of us have been faced with this situation at one time or another with A2A friends who send random requests then inbox asking for your e-mail address from which they can present you and/or others with opportunities other then SFI. It clearly states within the affiliate agreement that such interaction is strictly prohibited and should be immediately reported as Cross Solicitation.

I would suggest keeping your affiliates informed about the process of reporting Cross Solicitation. You can also inform them of the possible risks of having their email address exploited if they provided it to the wrong source. Ensuring they are aware of potential risks, and the proper procedures to follow when presented with this type of spam will ultimately and hopefully eliminate the possibility of such instances occurring.

I hope this answer was helpful & Good Luck.
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Hi Felix,

Thanks for asking this question, as many of us have been faced with this situation at one time or another with A2A friends who send random requests then inbox asking for your e-mail address from which they can present you and/or others with opportunities other then SFI. It clearly states within the affiliate agreement that such interaction is strictly prohibited and should be immediately reported as Cross Solicitation.

I would suggest keeping your affiliates informed
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

The only possible way to keep your downline from being snatched is to constanlly keep them informed about following:
-advertising another businesses within SFI community is not allowed and if they follow another non-ethical leader, they are in risk of being used against their own interest.
-internet scams are rising,and they can never know for sure whether they are putting themselves in financial risk when they take another offer.
-eaven if they get a legitimate offer,chances are- if they try to commit to doing several online jobs simultainiously,they won't make it and will fail at both.
It is very important to keep them informed from the start,because they will sooner or later be contacted by either another company affiliate or scammers. In terms of your members being snatched outside SFI,you should also inform them that succsess requires serious commitment and that they cant have results if they are bouncing from one company to another. That kind of behaviour is not apreciated in the regular business world either.
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The only possible way to keep your downline from being snatched is to constanlly keep them informed about following:
-advertising another businesses within SFI community is not allowed and if they follow another non-ethical leader, they are in risk of being used against their own interest.
-internet scams are rising,and they can never know for sure whether they are putting themselves in financial risk when they take another offer.
-eaven if they get a legitimate offer,chances are-
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Affiliate since: 08/06/2012, Power Rank: 255 | Read Ronilo's 408 other Ask SC answers

The a2a friends open a door in our SFI downlines to other SFI members outside our organization. It is one of the disadvantage of a2a friends where we are open to cross solicitation.

You can not prevent them because it is an act of the other party which is beyond your control BUT you can defend against them from making negative impact to your downline.

One thing we can do is to warn our downlines that cross-solicitation is prohibited here at SFI. Tell them to report those people who are doing it and they will be properly dealt with by SFI management.

Second, educating our downlines is also one way of protecting them from this prey.

We ourselves should study the different kinds of online earning schemes including its risk. We must be able to identify the scam from real. Once in awhile send these information about scams to your downlines.

Third is we should not do it ourselves, so that we can develop a culture in our SFI organization that cross solicitation is not allowed in SFI. We live by example.
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The a2a friends open a door in our SFI downlines to other SFI members outside our organization. It is one of the disadvantage of a2a friends where we are open to cross solicitation.

You can not prevent them because it is an act of the other party which is beyond your control BUT you can defend against them from making negative impact to your downline.

One thing we can do is to warn our downlines that cross-solicitation is prohibited here at SFI. Tell them to report those
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Affiliate since: 02/12/2013, Power Rank: 1166 | Read Alison's 28 other Ask SC answers

One of the most unfortunate features of business on the internet is that along with attracting legitimate business people, it also attracts scammers, pretenders and individuals who do not wish to follow certain rules. Unfortunately, there is no way for you to keep people from trying to prey on your downline. This concept of cross-solicitation is disallowed here at SFI based on the Affiliate Agreement presented to everyone who joins here and any steps made to disregard this rule should be reported in order to protect the integrity of this program and all honest and hard-working Affiliates.

The best way to tackle this issue is to acknowledge and act on this next statement; you do not have a relationship with these unknown individuals....what you already have is a relationship with your downline. The aim should be to nurture and grow this relationship. Help them to appreciate what a beautiful opportunity SFI is and how to grow their business and income. Become an Awesome Sponsor and show them how to be the same. Communication is the key to building a solid network and if persons are happy and successful where they are, then it is harder for predators to be successful at luring them away.
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One of the most unfortunate features of business on the internet is that along with attracting legitimate business people, it also attracts scammers, pretenders and individuals who do not wish to follow certain rules. Unfortunately, there is no way for you to keep people from trying to prey on your downline. This concept of cross-solicitation is disallowed here at SFI based on the Affiliate Agreement presented to everyone who joins here and any steps made to disregard this rule should be reported
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Affiliate since: 11/08/2012, Power Rank: 73 | Read Johnny's 264 other Ask SC answers

Well my thought on how to take preventive measures to stop people from preying on your downline or cross soliciting as well as convincing them to join other programs will be as follow:

Whenever we come across it the best bet is to highlight it to SFI

https://www.sfimg.com/Input/SubmitCrossSolicit?referrer=search

And always be there to not only touch base and build rapport regularly with your downline but continue to do your best to support , mentor , encourage and offer incentives to spur them .and set an exemplary example .

Be sincere and honest and most important of all Be an awesome sponsor as spelt out at https://www.sfimg.com/Training/AwesomeSponsor.

I guess as long as you have an en excellent relationship and connection and has built up some trust over time it won't be easy for others to prey and sway them away .

All the best and see you at the top soon

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Well my thought on how to take preventive measures to stop people from preying on your downline or cross soliciting as well as convincing them to join other programs will be as follow:

Whenever we come across it the best bet is to highlight it to SFI

https://www.sfimg.com/Input/SubmitCrossSolicit?referrer=search

And always be there to not only touch base and build rapport regularly with your downline but continue to do your best to support , mentor , encourage
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Affiliate since: 12/25/2001, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ken's 60 other Ask SC answers

While we can't control what our downline does in regard to other programs and businesses, we can certainly be a great SFI role model. We have the opportunity to be a role model every time we send out a team message or communicate directly.

For our business to be successful, our downline needs to have confidence in SFI and so in building their own business. Our team messages can present SFI in positive terms using our own experience and the information SFI provides. Pointing out the unique features and free support certainly will put SFI in the better perspective. If a downline member goes elsewhere, our message to them will be a reason to come back when the other opportunities turn out to be less than they expected.
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While we can't control what our downline does in regard to other programs and businesses, we can certainly be a great SFI role model. We have the opportunity to be a role model every time we send out a team message or communicate directly.

For our business to be successful, our downline needs to have confidence in SFI and so in building their own business. Our team messages can present SFI in positive terms using our own experience and the information SFI provides. Pointing out the unique
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Affiliate since: 11/29/2011, Power Rank: 22 | Read Gliceria's 402 other Ask SC answers

Hi, Felix,

How do you prevent people from preying on your downline and convincing them to join other programs?

As we have no control over other people’s actions, we can warn our downlines what to do when they get emails from these people, or they get approached by them personally to convince them to join their business.

We can help them understand the SFI rules about cross-solicitation among members of our team or outside of our team.

With honesty and trust, we can help our downlines put their faith in SFI and not be sidetracked by promises of success of other programs but to concentrate on their own SFI business with its proven integrity and success.

Above all, we can only hope that our downlines have strong ethics, good common sense and intelligence to sort out the trash from treasure.

I hope this helps. Good luck and be vigilant at all times and protect your downlines.





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Hi, Felix,

How do you prevent people from preying on your downline and convincing them to join other programs?

As we have no control over other people’s actions, we can warn our downlines what to do when they get emails from these people, or they get approached by them personally to convince them to join their business.

We can help them understand the SFI rules about cross-solicitation among members of our team or outside of our team.

With honesty and
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