What should new affiliates NOT do in their first month?

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, () Top Author Forum Guru 5/15/2014 4:02 pm
Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
In their first month, affiliate shouldn't:

1. Create a habit of using spam marketing
2. Search for PSA's because they haven't yet been fully educated
3. Bid in TC auctions but rather just watch them for a while and then bid when they have learned enough about them.
4. Treat SFI as an experiment and then expect commissions, but rather start planning their work so they invest minimum 4 hours every day of pure advertising, meaning 6 hours all together.
5. Overload themselves
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Scott Laing, Aff (Alberta, CA) Top Author Forum Guru 5/8/2014 11:44 am
Affiliate since: 01/30/2010, Power Rank: 8 | Read Scott's 63 other Ask SC answers
New affiliates should not ignore all the getting started actions and the Launchpad lessons that are provided free of charge.

They should also not forget to check out the SFI Basics tab and all the marketing information that is available to them, especially on how to get started if they are new to network marketing.

And they should not expect to make all kinds of money in their first month. This is learning process; they should not overlook the importance of reading all the
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Hariata Tapiata, Aff (New Zealand) Top Author Forum Guru 5/9/2014 5:48 am
Affiliate since: 10/30/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Hariata's 1 other Ask SC answers
New affiliates should not give up.

They don't know that though.
They also don't know how big or wide sfi is.

Help them not to give up. Watching their ledger allows us as sponsors to guide them to their first 500 vps in that initial 24 hours and then up to 1500vps before the month ends. The darkest time is from month 3 onwards when the easy action points have dissappeared.

Anyway, support them and give yourself another incentive to uphold the system.
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 5/9/2014 6:42 pm
Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
It is important that new affiliates realize that SFI is not a quick get rich scheme. They should NOT expect this business to be easy money. Being successful in SFI takes time, commitment, dedication and persistence.

-The new affiliate must put in the time and effort of earning VP on a daily basis.
-They must be committed to learning everything they can about the business.
-They must be dedicated to advertising and working everyday, as often as possible.
-They must be persistent
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3282 votes
, () Top Author Forum Guru 5/10/2014 6:48 pm
Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
The first month, up to the first three months are always the toughest. Even if it's not SFI. Never Ever Give Up should be the most important thing to learn.

Tomorrow is another day. This too shall pass. Whether it's something good, or bad. That's life. Take this business one step at a time. Learn to make doing the to do list a habit. Once that's down pat; reread the launchpad lessons. Read anything under the training tab. Depending on your schedule make it daily or weekly. Take it one
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Msawenkosi Kwinana, Aff (South Africa) Top Author Forum Guru 5/9/2014 9:38 am
Affiliate since: 03/04/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Msawenkosi's 5 other Ask SC answers
Good day,

My advice is that, do not ignore the instructions given to you.
Secondly don't forget to do your daily, weekly and monthly tasks including your launchpad.
Be teachable, don't act as a "know all" person.
Don't waste your time doing nothing, rather visit some new or all pages of SFI if you can.

I suppose these will do for now.
Thanks for the question.
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Joseph Pierce, Aff (California, US) Top Author Forum Guru 5/8/2014 10:52 am
Affiliate since: 12/07/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Joseph's 16 other Ask SC answers
Hello... This is a great question. I think the biggest thing for new affiliates not to do their first month is to give up and get discouraged. It is our job as sponsors to encourage them, but also not make them feel overwhelmed at the same time. I reward my new PSAs for making FastTrack, making EA, signing up for WAVE3, becoming an A2A member, etc... For the "workers" this seems to encourage them to keep on and not to give up. Once they are active in their second month I then reassign
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3267 votes
Stephen Judge, Aff (United Kingdom) Top Author Forum Guru 5/8/2014 11:48 am
Affiliate since: 09/09/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Stephen's 12 other Ask SC answers
My advice to any new affiliate would be to concentrate on SFI and not to be jumping from one network marketing opportunity to another. I would also advise new affiliates not to be expecting to make their fortune overnight and explain that get rich quick schemes are all fake. This will not be popular with some people reading this, but I would also advise not to play in the auctions, but to study them first. I don't want any new affiliates to be loosing money and then leave, before they even get started.
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3251 votes
, () Top Author Forum Guru 5/12/2014 6:30 pm
Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
Do not skip though all the launchpad leason at once in order to get some fast VP´s, take your time and read them carefully.
Do not expect to get rich in a few weeks, remember Rome was not build in one day.
Do not lean back after earning your EA badge, keep loggin in everyday get your VP´s and read the news.
3251 votes
, () Top Author Forum Guru 5/10/2014 4:17 am
Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
Well, for starters, they probably shouldn't start a land war in Asia. That's pretty much always a bad idea.

Seriously, though, the biggest "don't" *directly* related to SFI relates to the desire to get ahead as quickly as possible. As a result, they "burn themselves out" by rushing through the Launchpad lessons, earning every possible VersaPoint, and buying every sales aid long before they're studied enough to really understand how to pace themselves or even set up
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