If you could completely start over with SFI today, knowing what you know now, what would you do differently?

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3283 votes
George Ugboma, Aff (Nigeria) Top Author Forum Guru 7/21/2014 5:53 pm
Affiliate since: 06/23/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read George 's 5 other Ask SC answers
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Starting all over SFI again, whenever I get to the level of becoming a team leader, I will look again upon my second home CSAs as gifts in the rough. Bear in mind they are FREE and all come with
potential. It is a matter of reaching out to them through an email that even though they may have lost
their way or lost heart in SFI it is possible to re-activate those who want to give it another chance.
I send them a simple mailing telling them whatever
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3276 votes
Cacey Taylor, Aff (North carolina, US) Top Author Forum Guru 7/24/2014 3:17 am
Affiliate since: 06/15/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Cacey's 47 other Ask SC answers
I was lucky enough to have signed up with an active and responsive sponsor. My upline is very supportive and helped me to get started. They have really taught me a lot.

The only thing I would have changed was starting earlier. I made fast track the first day but then I did not log-in for about 2 weeks. I was a little overwhelmed at all of the material outlined and thought to myself "I will never get this".

The more I explored the site the more I started to understand
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3274 votes
Nimo Ponifasio, Aff (New Zealand) Top Author Forum Guru 7/22/2014 7:20 am
Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Nimo's 381 other Ask SC answers
I signed up and then did nothing for about a week and when I did activate the account, I had missed out on the chance of Fast Track, missed E365 and was out of contention.

At the beginning, I was so eager to get on with the business that I rushed through the training. I understood it OK but I did not retain the information as a result I discovered later that I had missed some very vital information and strategies I could have used.

Somehow I became hooked onto the auctions
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3272 votes
Joanne Hackney, Aff (Australia) Top Author Forum Guru 7/21/2014 2:15 am
Affiliate since: 07/20/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Joanne 's 3 other Ask SC answers
When I started with SFI I was so cautious. I kept telling myself this is too good to be true. What’s the catch?

The doubt went on for a few months even though I had seen commissions in my account.

Every day I would log in, read a lot, learn a bit more, do my To Do List and Play T-Time. Eventually advertising and getting to the Auctions.

The whole time I was being encouraged by my Sponsor, by A2A Friends and the forum.

At last the penny dropped. I
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3265 votes
Ed Hosmer, Aff (Indiana, US) Top Author Forum Guru 7/21/2014 6:24 am
Affiliate since: 05/09/2010, Power Rank: 100 | Read Ed's 24 other Ask SC answers
This is a question that I have thought about a lot lately.
If I could start all over today and know what I now know I would not delay in getting started. By delaying getting started I lost out on a lot of things assosciated with the E365 program. I would also have studied the training sections better, especially the ones concerning recruitment and training (duplication) and leadership, I lost quite a few team members by not being an effictive leader. Also I would have taken advantage of
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3265 votes
, () Top Author Forum Guru 7/20/2014 12:59 pm
Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
There are 10 steps I would follow
1. Go to this page FIRST and watch the video. It will give you an example of what you will be doing on a daily basis to build your business and some tips on navigating the SFI Affiliate Centre

2. SFI Basics - Important! Read the information on the SFI Basics page but DON'T GO ANY FURTHER into the links on that page just yet. You will come back to that page later. Move on to the Launchpad (see below) and read the 'whys' and 'hows' of SFI and you
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3262 votes
Val King, Aff (Ontario, CA) Top Author Forum Guru 7/20/2014 4:14 pm
Affiliate since: 01/23/2010, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Val's 64 other Ask SC answers
I would not do very much differently.

I advertised 30 ads a day for one year, but I would have started product sales sooner and pushed the ads a bit more than attracting as many affiliates.

Now we have so many incredible products, which was not as established when I began, and my enthusiasm for sales only started in my second year.

Also I believe the best opportunities would be gained by doing more presentations locally, which I did in school gyms for a few months
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3261 votes
Jeannette Gerrard, Aff (District of columbia, US) Top Author Forum Guru 7/25/2014 10:21 pm
Affiliate since: 11/13/2001, Power Rank: 84 | Read Jeannette's 241 other Ask SC answers
I'm not sure if I would do anything differently. When I started in SFI, there were no games, few products, no ECAs, no auctions, and many other things. The only thing I probably would do differently is log in every day and give my full attention to this business. I was attracted to other ventures at times and did not give my full attention to SFI. I remember one month when I didn't get my commission because I did not log in that month. There are really so many incentives here that I really don't
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3261 votes
Steve Johnson, Aff (Mississippi, US) Top Author Forum Guru 7/25/2014 4:09 pm
Affiliate since: 03/20/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Steve's 8 other Ask SC answers
If I could start over with SFI today I think that I would do absolutely nothing different. This is not to say that I was an instant success, (far from it). I don't even have a fast track badge. When I signed up, it was the next day that I figured out how to log in.

I feel that I have made a lot of mistakes along the way and will probably make a lot more, but with each mistake I feel there is a lesson to be learned.

My advice would be not to think of what might have been. The
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3256 votes
Bryan Hammond, Aff (Washington, US) Top Author Forum Guru 7/21/2014 10:56 am
Affiliate since: 02/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Bryan's 47 other Ask SC answers
I think I'd take more time to read and go through the training. I think a lot of us get so excited when first starting out and it's easy to overlook things. I would try to slow down and not do everything as fast as I could.
I wouldn't be so eager to start prospecting as I really did not know enough about SFI to become a sponsor. It's important to have a good understanding of each component of SFI in order to provide the best support for a team. It leaves a negative impression on new folks if
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