Affiliate since: 01/22/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Fran's 122 other Ask SC answers

Good question Gordana,

I believe it depends on your situation and how you present your new business.

If this is the first time you are working an internet marketing business, your family and friends may be interested in what you are doing. Don't be surprised to find that many you know, have had an experience in marketing.

The positive is: If those you know are looking for extra income and willing to become an affiliate or to check out your TripleClicks website.

The negative is: If your family or friends had a bad experience, had gotten discouraged, or were not successful. They may start trying to discourage you.
Many people don't want others to be successful if they weren't.

I find it easier to sign up strangers by advertising SFI on websites where people are looking for a job or extra money.

As you probably know, many people join SFI just wanting a paycheck like they are working a regular 9 - 5 job. They don't understand or are not willing to work as a business owner.

Being a brick and mortar business owner, I know you must work your business everyday.
No days off, even when the business is closed. There's always something to do like cleaning and stocking!

This is what working your internet business is and how you will become successful.
Also, you can become a 365 Champion too! By the way, you can always take a vacation and take you business with you or go on VP Vacation Mode with SFI. To do this, go to:
https://www.sfimg.com/MyAccount/index?referrer=search

Personally, I only talk about TripleClicks to my family and friends. I give them gift cards to use after they log in.

My best success is telling business owners about TripleClicks and giving them a gift card. Some check out TripleClicks and many don't. This is called being an internet business owner. With business owners, you can always go back and talk about TripleClicks again.
Family and friends may get offensive or want you to work their business for them.

May you do well in your business.

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Good question Gordana,

I believe it depends on your situation and how you present your new business.

If this is the first time you are working an internet marketing business, your family and friends may be interested in what you are doing. Don't be surprised to find that many you know, have had an experience in marketing.

The positive is: If those you know are looking for extra income and willing to become an affiliate or to check out your TripleClicks website.

The
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Andrew's 330 other Ask SC answers

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Why would you not share a business you love, believe in, and are making money with to you family and friends? I mean that would be like owning a restaurant and refusing to hire your sister as a waitress, it makes no sense and is not fair to your family or you.

Strangers can both be easier and harder as they may be easier for you to approach because you don't fear rejection from them the same as you do Uncle Bob or Cousin Sandy, but at the same time they don't know you so they are less apt to be concerned with hurting your feelings and saying no gracefully.

As a business owner you have to face strangers regardless of that risk or your business will never grow.

Usually this type of question is more about self doubt. If you are worried about what your friends and family will think you are not yet as confident as you need to be in your business. Stop the self doubt! SFI is real, ask the BBB, ask then nearly 1 million affiliates, ask any GTL or PTL, this business could not be more real and it pays nicely when you work hard.

Get rid of the self doubt and share your business everywhere.
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Why would you not share a business you love, believe in, and are making money with to you family and friends? I mean that would be like owning a restaurant and refusing to hire your sister as a waitress, it makes no sense and is not fair to your family or you.

Strangers can both be easier and harder as they may be easier for you to approach because you don't fear rejection from them the same as you do Uncle Bob or Cousin Sandy, but at the same time they don't know you
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Affiliate since: 04/08/2016, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read George E.'s 80 other Ask SC answers

Not all family relationships are equal. For one person it could be better to promote SFI and for another not so good. You've heard it said that familiarity breeds contempt. Your family - those closest to you are really good for that. They are often the most equipped to hurl criticisms in your direction and they always know what buttons to push to get you upset. If my family grew in numbers, formed their own nations they would become nations at war.

In my case it would be better to promote SFI to friends and strangers. Not to the exclusion of family. Just not better. You will have to approach each individual based your experience and perception of the individuals you approach. For example I wouldn't promote to an individual that looked like they fell into a fishing tackle box or is wearing saggy pants.

There is no wrong or right answer for one of these being better for promoting SFI. . What it boils down to is for each SFI Affiliate to decide which is better based on his/her experience, perception and circumstances.
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Not all family relationships are equal. For one person it could be better to promote SFI and for another not so good. You've heard it said that familiarity breeds contempt. Your family - those closest to you are really good for that. They are often the most equipped to hurl criticisms in your direction and they always know what buttons to push to get you upset. If my family grew in numbers, formed their own nations they would become nations at war.

In my case it would be better to promote
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Affiliate since: 01/17/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Aida 's 2 other Ask SC answers

HI !

In the beginning I was first recommended to friends and family
but it was not matching items because then all they expect from you something and do not work alone.
They always rely on you and expect that you will be working for them because they're more familiar with the job, just mixed friendship and family ties with the business.

with strangers is easier they immediately realize that this is a job and behave like one.
foreigners and respect, not expect too much from you.

In my team are now all foreigners, and we have a great working relationship and socialize, and all my friends who went to work but have given up after the first month, they say we will do, when do you make money, they are very distrustful and are expecting them to me constantly persuaded that this is the real deal.


But I did not want to waste time I continued to work

So my opinion is that it is better to work with foreigners

Have a nice Day !
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HI !

In the beginning I was first recommended to friends and family
but it was not matching items because then all they expect from you something and do not work alone.
They always rely on you and expect that you will be working for them because they're more familiar with the job, just mixed friendship and family ties with the business.

with strangers is easier they immediately realize that this is a job and behave like one.
foreigners and respect, not expect
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

I tend to avoid friends and family that is always trying to convince me to do something. In building my business I go about it my own way and would mention it in everyday conversations with family and friends. Example - They would ask what are you doing? or what are you up to these days? Then I would reply with oooh, I am working on my new business and having a ball doing so. Some will ask questions which I will answer honestly and some will just say - good luck and enjoy - then I will not offer any more information as they are clearly not interested.

Strangers are just friends you still have to meet. I would not go up to a random person in the street and try to recruit them but if I am at a function or another place where strangers tend to talk to each other (like standing in a queue) they tend to ask questions like - what do you do for a living - and then you tell them and if they are interested (if your enthusiasm is contagious), you give them your card.

Reaching strangers via advertisements can also work - and again, you have to be honest and not lie and you should not bore them.

I prefer strangers because my family and friends are more important to me and I do not want them to avoid me because I am trying to convince them to join SFI.
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I tend to avoid friends and family that is always trying to convince me to do something. In building my business I go about it my own way and would mention it in everyday conversations with family and friends. Example - They would ask what are you doing? or what are you up to these days? Then I would reply with oooh, I am working on my new business and having a ball doing so. Some will ask questions which I will answer honestly and some will just say - good luck and enjoy - then I will not offer
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Affiliate since: 06/05/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Bill's 5 other Ask SC answers

Ahhh the double edged sword...

Many networking and multilevel marketing companies encourage to recruit from your "warm" market. The reasoning is sound; the closer you are to someone the more they trust you. Your business should always be built on trust. In my own personal instant my family and friends have seen my exuberance as something to avoid so they may not trust what I am doing as I have done it so many times.

On the other hand you must define strangers. Salespeople of many products have a reputation of approaching total strangers in order to sell their products. Many people are very leery of this approach as well. But I ask: is advertising via a blog, website or classified ad appealing to a stranger? This is where I have found my greatest success so far.

I feel to approach family and/or friends you should have enjoyed a small amount of success. People love a winner and if you can show a certain amount of success family and friends are more likely to hear you out on how SFI can work for them.
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Ahhh the double edged sword...

Many networking and multilevel marketing companies encourage to recruit from your "warm" market. The reasoning is sound; the closer you are to someone the more they trust you. Your business should always be built on trust. In my own personal instant my family and friends have seen my exuberance as something to avoid so they may not trust what I am doing as I have done it so many times.

On the other hand you must define strangers. Salespeople
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Affiliate since: 05/05/2004, Power Rank: 214 | Read Robertson's 212 other Ask SC answers

The traditional way of recruiting friends and family into online business does not work any more.

We are living in the internet age where social media, classifieds etc. can give you a lot of leads.

The common mistake is to recruit your family and friends. Your friends and family know you for who you are. If you are not a business owner and you approach them they will probably think you are up to something strange.

I prefer to recruit in the cold market. The cold market or strangers have no idea who you are. You have a huge advantage when they are unaware who you are. You have instant credibility with strangers than you do with your family and friends.

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The traditional way of recruiting friends and family into online business does not work any more.

We are living in the internet age where social media, classifieds etc. can give you a lot of leads.

The common mistake is to recruit your family and friends. Your friends and family know you for who you are. If you are not a business owner and you approach them they will probably think you are up to something strange.

I prefer to recruit in the cold market. The cold market
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Affiliate since: 06/15/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Cacey's 47 other Ask SC answers

I am going to take a stand and say friends and family. What better way to generate wealth in this industry than with family and friends. I mean strangers may turn into friends down the road, but with an already network of friends and family who better to work the opportunity with.

One thing I have learned is there is nothing better than communication. Yes SFI has all the tools and marketing methods for complete strangerss to follow and become successful, however, why not make your friends and family successful along with you because the system works! It is easier to communicate with friends and family because they know you. They know when you tell the truth or when your just trying to pull the wool over there eyes.

Also, I think it is easier to motivate friends and family better than complete strangers because they do not know you. But if your becoming successful and friends and family are asking why? Leading them to SFI and helping them duplicating your success would be a great answer.
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I am going to take a stand and say friends and family. What better way to generate wealth in this industry than with family and friends. I mean strangers may turn into friends down the road, but with an already network of friends and family who better to work the opportunity with.

One thing I have learned is there is nothing better than communication. Yes SFI has all the tools and marketing methods for complete strangerss to follow and become successful, however, why not make your friends
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Affiliate since: 12/06/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Elizabeth's 190 other Ask SC answers

When you first start SFI I think it is best to promote to strangers because that gives you a chance to learn and not worry about falling on your rear end. If you get a negative reaction from a stranger and they say something rude guess what it doesn't hurt as much because they don't know you and besides that you will never see them again. Friends and family are the opposite because if something goes wrong well you may lose credibility and trust, and also these are people that know you and you know them so you will keep on seeing them.

When you advertise to friends and family the first thing they will ask is if you are making money, you tell them the truth, you tell them that you just started and that you are trying the business out for free and that you are trying to find out the potentials and how to make money on it and that you are inviting them to give it a try and if it doesn't work for them then they can quit anytime and have nothing to lose.

I mostly promote to strangers and I feel more comfortable doing it online because I fun surfing at the traffic exchanges and I feel relaxed because I don't have to worry about people giving me dirty looks, or I don't have to see how people react because I post my websites, texts and banners and then I assign the credits to see how much traffic I get and I also start earning money.

So this is my message, use strangers for practice and the family members for perfecting what you have learned.

:) so smile, relax and make advertising FUN!!! Also use advertising to make money!!!!
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When you first start SFI I think it is best to promote to strangers because that gives you a chance to learn and not worry about falling on your rear end. If you get a negative reaction from a stranger and they say something rude guess what it doesn't hurt as much because they don't know you and besides that you will never see them again. Friends and family are the opposite because if something goes wrong well you may lose credibility and trust, and also these are people that know you and you know
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Affiliate since: 04/17/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Jitesh Prakash's 19 other Ask SC answers

Frankly the answer is dependent on the networking skills of an individual. For the simple reason, a person who is not able to convince people at home may well be popular away home and will be able to convince more outside his home and vise versa.

However in normal cases its easier and better to promote the SFI to friends and family rather to strangers. A few simple reasons can be put forward on the same.
1) Not a lot of effort required to convince friends and family members, as they would trust you.
2) You may be able to build a bigger team faster, since you can have friends of friends to help you in doing so.
3) The team you build can be stronger since you can be able to share easily.

On the other hand, doing so to strangers can be just the opposite, more over building team becomes a big ask and leads to slow duplication.

cheers
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Frankly the answer is dependent on the networking skills of an individual. For the simple reason, a person who is not able to convince people at home may well be popular away home and will be able to convince more outside his home and vise versa.

However in normal cases its easier and better to promote the SFI to friends and family rather to strangers. A few simple reasons can be put forward on the same.
1) Not a lot of effort required to convince friends and family members, as
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