Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 45 | Read Mar's 582 other Ask SC answers

When joining a business opportunity like SFI, is one year enough to draw a conclusion, whether one is successful or not? How do you measure success? What is your performance metric you are going to use for your evaluation of your SFI business?

Are you seeing your vision while you’re venturing SFI? Or maybe you’re so much focus on the present obstacles that come in your way, which make you feel down?

Those questions I listed above will help you think again and refocus your mind. You should be focusing on your long term goals.

When you joined SFI, did you make a list of your daily, weekly, monthly or yearly goals? Did you have an organized plan in doing your SFI business? Did you set up a strategic plan in managing your time and financial investments? How do you respond to challenges?

What you should do:

- Write down your current strategy in operating your SFI business. This includes the time and budget you have allocated monthly for your SFI business, commissions or downlines if any. From here you’ll be able to see your current standing and find out if your business is growing.

- Since a year is not enough to call your SFI venture a success, you do need to change your strategic plan.

- Implement a change in your strategic plan with your SFI business.

How to implement the change:

- Plan

1. Identifying a need for change; defining the goal of the plan. Write down your daily, monthly and long-term goals and hang them on the wall in front of you when you’re at your computer.

2. Collecting relevant information. Review the SFI Tools and Resources, participate in SFI Forum, ASK SC and read the latest SFI News

3. Analyzing the information, and projecting past and present conditions into the future.
Examine your current strategy in running your SFI business, are you moving forward?

4. Brainstorming and designing alternative strategies to meet the needs.
Share your thoughts to your downlines and uplines, ask questions. Let the whole team knows that we are working altogether towards a common goal, to become successful in achieving our goals.

5. Selecting the best strategy. We all know that in order to move forward, we need to implement the best strategy in duplication process. What tools are needed?

- DO

Implement the selected strategy.

- Check

Monitor and review the implementation.

- ACT

Analyze the results of the CHECK stage, making modifications, if necessary and implementing updates.

How do you translate these four stages to your SFI business? Take your time and go step by step. You can do it. This cycle of four stages is a guide that if is implemented consistently, you will succeed.

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When joining a business opportunity like SFI, is one year enough to draw a conclusion, whether one is successful or not? How do you measure success? What is your performance metric you are going to use for your evaluation of your SFI business?

Are you seeing your vision while you’re venturing SFI? Or maybe you’re so much focus on the present obstacles that come in your way, which make you feel down?

Those questions I listed above will help you think again and refocus your
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Affiliate since: 07/26/2007, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Williams's 638 other Ask SC answers

Congratulations for sticking it out that long. Most affiliates are dead in the water in the first 30 days!! That said, I want to address why you have no success.

1. New to internet marketing and business so there is a tremendous learning curb to over come as the internet is fast paced and dynamic. One major mistake all newbies make is thinking they need to learn everything before they get started. After 8 years in the industry, I've got 20 years worth of information to read and learn! It's not your fault for wanting to know but your sponsor should have set the expectation early on. Learn as you earn - implement what you understand.

2. Lack of proper communication between you and your sponsor. Often your sponsor may be new so in this case the blind can't lead the blind. Common in internet marketing and that's another reason why 98% see no success. If your sponsor is new, it doesn't mean they don't know. Your sponsor should be your first line of communication. Your sponsor is the one person that can help you best because they have a vested interest in your success. If they don't know then ask your up line and that's goes all the way to the top. People are social beings so much is posted on the forum. If your sponsor or direct up line is not available then that's okay. But people abuse the forum and therefore, disconnect from their sponsor and miss out on an valuable source. Remember karma, would you want your team to ignore you?

3. No working plan to achieve your short term and long term goals. If you don't plan deliberately, you will most certainly fail. Your plan should serve you well as to what it is you will do to achieve the goals you set. Nothing is engrave in stone. If your strategy isn't working out for you within the time alloted then it is time to regroup.

So welcome to your regrouping session. I'd advise you to lighten up a bit and implement what you know. A lake must give and receive fresh water to be vibrant and health. When you just taken information without putting out results you become a 'dead sea'.

Reconnect with your sponsor and together formulate a written plan that will help you reach your goals. Fine tune your plans accordingly.
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Congratulations for sticking it out that long. Most affiliates are dead in the water in the first 30 days!! That said, I want to address why you have no success.

1. New to internet marketing and business so there is a tremendous learning curb to over come as the internet is fast paced and dynamic. One major mistake all newbies make is thinking they need to learn everything before they get started. After 8 years in the industry, I've got 20 years worth of information to read and learn!
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Most of us work really, really hard to make good things happen in life. It appears from your question posted on ASK SC you have experienced the same - putting forth hard work to achieve success and yet you have not found it yet.

I would suggest to do the following:

Put all your efforts - what you have done, on paper. Write down what you are doing every day, every week, and every month.

On another piece of paper, write down your goal as to why you joined SFI - what were you hoping from your affiliate membership with SFI.

After you write these take the time to compare and see if your actions are truly doing what your goal is. Often affiliates will run their business as auto-pilot thinking that the business will take care of itself. This is not the case. SFI is a business and as you know, it needs to be managed as a business.

Your action list compared to your goal list should fit each other like a glove on a hand. Success is never achieved when the action list does not match the goal/s list.

All that needs to happen is to keep the business actions that match your goal, tweak the business actions that almost match the goal/s list and completely remove the business actions that do not match the goal/s list at all.

By doing this, you will keep yourself on track. This should be done as often as you can - preferably once per week. The more regular your check-in process to review your actions for alignment with your goals the easier it will be to catch yourself when you are off by a little.

it is the little stuff that does add up - all success simply is the accumulation of things that are said and done. When all your sayings and actions are aligned to your goal- you will see exceptional growth.

Book yourself a half day to review what you have been doing and also ask another fellow business person to review your list to verify your accurate self-reflection.

This will be a challenge to you but in the long run you will be a better and stronger business owner with SFI.


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Most of us work really, really hard to make good things happen in life. It appears from your question posted on ASK SC you have experienced the same - putting forth hard work to achieve success and yet you have not found it yet.

I would suggest to do the following:

Put all your efforts - what you have done, on paper. Write down what you are doing every day, every week, and every month.

On another piece of paper, write down your goal as to why you joined SFI - what
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Affiliate since: 03/22/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Sandra's 23 other Ask SC answers

Many of the top affiliates did not see success after 1 year. Look at year one as your foundation year. It is the year that you spent to get to know the SFI business, get familiar with the system, begin to grow an active downline, getting into the habit of promoting TripleClicks and supporting your store and making your own contribution to the SFI Community through ASK SC and the Forum.

Honestly evaluate how much you put into the business. Answer these questions: Did you log on to your Homepage everyday and do your actions? Did you put into practice transfer buying? In other words, did you buy your phone, detergent, supplements/tablets from TripleClicks? What did you invest in your business? for example, did you have a Standing Order? Did you promote SFI or TripleClicks on social media or free classified or paid advertisements? Did you participate in even 1 unit of S-Builder co-op for the whole year? Did you make use of every opportunity to talk about SFI?

Did you isolate yourself for the year? With whom are you communicating? Are you in touch with your Sponsor or Upline Members? How many friends have you made at a2a and have you asked them for help? How many posts do you have at the Forum.

For year 2 you could try these:
1. Take out a Standing Order to help you reach the rank of EA
2. Learn to be an awesome sponsor by helping the CSAs that you will get each month as an EA
3. Practice transfer buying. Instead of supporting other people's business but your lotions, dishwashing liquid, phones, gifts for friends and family at your own store
4. Send some Gift Cards to family members, friends and associates to grow your PRMs and get sales from your store. I find this strategy to be effective.
5. Get involved in the SFI community and have fun.

All the best

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Many of the top affiliates did not see success after 1 year. Look at year one as your foundation year. It is the year that you spent to get to know the SFI business, get familiar with the system, begin to grow an active downline, getting into the habit of promoting TripleClicks and supporting your store and making your own contribution to the SFI Community through ASK SC and the Forum.

Honestly evaluate how much you put into the business. Answer these questions: Did you log on to your
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Affiliate since: 01/21/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Luis's 44 other Ask SC answers

Firstly as we all know Success does not come over night. Not here at SFI nor in any business out there. It takes time and patience to build up a good business foundation.

Now ask yourself this question. What have you been doing to make and become successful at SFI.

Yes, you been logging in every day and doing your daily, weekly and monthly task's. Is that enough? Just by doing those task's won't make you successful, that's just VP collecting and you staying in the same place without going forward.

Have you been duplicating? Are the adds you placing working and attracting PSA's? If not see where you can make changes to them. Make them them more attractive and tempting to make people want to know more. Remember you earn from your down-line!

Have you been promoting the Tripleclicks Auction Center? Auctions attract a lot of customers to win great products. Selling Tcredit packages is a great way to earn at SFI. You can earn up to $300 a month extra just by selling Tcredit packages.

Promoting the Tripleclicks store to friends and attracting PRM's to the store. There are great marketing methods and aids at the SFI center to help you with this. Use them and the banners. Soon enough you will have your own client base of regular shoppers.

So it all boils down to the amount of effort that you are putting into your business.
Make an effort, put some time into this and soon enough you will be seen results.
You will reap what you sow.

All the best to you





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Firstly as we all know Success does not come over night. Not here at SFI nor in any business out there. It takes time and patience to build up a good business foundation.

Now ask yourself this question. What have you been doing to make and become successful at SFI.

Yes, you been logging in every day and doing your daily, weekly and monthly task's. Is that enough? Just by doing those task's won't make you successful, that's just VP collecting and you staying in the same place
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2013, Power Rank: 531 | Read Nafisa's 286 other Ask SC answers

My friend you need to change your thinking, attitude and believe in yourself. These are my own experiences and I have not completed a year in SFI.

...I came into SFI not expecting miracles in a short span of time. I knew it was going to take a lot of hard work to not only stay in the program but an equally resilient attitude of not giving up.

...If you are already a year old in SFI then you must also now understand the system well in order for you to take your experiences into your 2nd year.

...When you say you have had no success-I would not agree with your viewpoint because look at the amount of learning opportunity you have received. Do you mean to say that you have had no success there too? I doubt it.

...If you are measuring your success by the monetary benefit that you have not yet received, did you understand that you would start earning a four or five figure income immediately? Of course NOT.

...I do not believe that you have given it your all in the 1st year. Persevere into your 2nd year and make it a success. It is in your hands to make your goals a reality and I would not be able to give any further advice because I do not know what your circumstances were in the 1st year that made you not become successful.

...I am sure you will forge ahead and do things differently, improve on your performance in the 2nd year and when you believe that you will become successful, then there is nothing that will stop you from achieving that objective.

...Give yourself 3 years to dig deep into the SFI concept of getting at least 5 active affiliates who will take your business to the next level. I am sure you can start right now to find at least 1 active person-do not say this is not possible.

If you put your mind to it, you can become successful and I am sure your question in the 2nd year will not revolve around "What should I do now", you might say - I have now become STL or PTL, where to next!
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My friend you need to change your thinking, attitude and believe in yourself. These are my own experiences and I have not completed a year in SFI.

...I came into SFI not expecting miracles in a short span of time. I knew it was going to take a lot of hard work to not only stay in the program but an equally resilient attitude of not giving up.

...If you are already a year old in SFI then you must also now understand the system well in order for you to take your experiences
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2013, Power Rank: 2353 | Read Jennie's 147 other Ask SC answers

Time to evaluate what you have achieved. and why you couldn't achieve more. Be realistic.

Did you set goals at the beginning? Did you make a plan of action and write them down?
If you did not, You need to do so now for a year. Write down your goals and publish a business plan for yourself.

If you did set goals:
-Evaluate your achievements
-Modify your plan
-Start taking actions

Whether you set goals or not,use the goals tab to set realistic goals for the success you didn't receive but you desire.

Did you invest enough time, Can you invest more money. Are you building a team? Are you sponsoring?

Set new goals to include areas where you can improve.

-Expand your marketing efforts to include:
-Your own website
-A blog
-Promoting more SFI gateways
-Use niche marketing to increase sales
-Purchasing PSA's to build a team

Are you using Internet marketing or are you marketing locally? Start using both.
These are some actions I believe you can take .


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Time to evaluate what you have achieved. and why you couldn't achieve more. Be realistic.

Did you set goals at the beginning? Did you make a plan of action and write them down?
If you did not, You need to do so now for a year. Write down your goals and publish a business plan for yourself.

If you did set goals:
-Evaluate your achievements
-Modify your plan
-Start taking actions

Whether you set goals or not,use the goals
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Affiliate since: 01/14/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Juanita's 94 other Ask SC answers

What about trying to do things differently or doing the usuals more efficiently.

If you limit yourself to doing the daily, weekly and monthly actions, then success is there but with limitations.

But if you continue to scout for more PSAs (if your downlines have been inactive) and support them to be active affiliates, them there will be progress sooner or later. Be patient my dear.

Also explore the other opportunities to earn - ECA Program, SFIPPA, Tripleclicks opportunities.

Let us not forget the Launchpad #11. Overnight success...NOT!

https://www.sfimg.com/LaunchPad/Day11

That many who have been successful, took time and waited patiently for the blessings that poured in to them.

Lose not the triple Ps - Passion, Patience and Perseverance.

It will pay off.....Just don't give up

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What about trying to do things differently or doing the usuals more efficiently.

If you limit yourself to doing the daily, weekly and monthly actions, then success is there but with limitations.

But if you continue to scout for more PSAs (if your downlines have been inactive) and support them to be active affiliates, them there will be progress sooner or later. Be patient my dear.

Also explore the other opportunities to earn - ECA Program, SFIPPA, Tripleclicks opportunities.
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Affiliate since: 11/18/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Robert's 6 other Ask SC answers

Greetings,
For starters, do not quit. This is a very important question to be asking ourselves and then to others to get some feed-back from affiliates' experiences.

I have to tip my hat to you for getting through your first year--congratulations! You succeeded in getting this far. You have gained valuable knowledge and experience for free-no college degree needed. This would be a time of reflection and assess what you have done so far. We must keep in mind that SFI is a long-term business career and that time is needed to develop a sound business plan of action.

What kind of realistic plan did you implement in your first year, what was working, and what wasn't. Which marketing programs did you do and which one would you like to do but haven't been able to do yet. Do an inventory of your business activities and decide what you will do differently in your second year.

I've been with SFI 8 months now and am still learning, tweaking, applying, and getting a better bird's eye view of what direction my business is heading in and to me, it's a daily learning experience. Perseverance is key. That means we keep going even when things don't look promising.

Read Launch Pad quiz #11 "Overnight Success...Not! and Rules of Success #11 "Have a plan (a realistic plan)" for more tips on how success comes with time and hard work. I hope you'll continue another year and stay in touch with your upline if they're active and keep leaning and trying new ways to move your business ahead. Take care, and all my best


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Greetings,
For starters, do not quit. This is a very important question to be asking ourselves and then to others to get some feed-back from affiliates' experiences.

I have to tip my hat to you for getting through your first year--congratulations! You succeeded in getting this far. You have gained valuable knowledge and experience for free-no college degree needed. This would be a time of reflection and assess what you have done so far. We must keep in mind that SFI is a long-term
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

May I ask by which measure do you determine success? Only financial?

Looking at your profile I notice that you have achieved:

* EA2
* You have been a Daily Grand winner
* You are in the top 50 power rank of your country
* You are in the top 10 power rank of your class
* You have stuck with SFI for one year

I consider each of the above points as achieving some form of success.

I also do notice that you most probably did not log in at the Affiliate Centre every day (30 daily versapoints streak). Had this been a conventional business your success (or the lack thereof) would have been similar. No business can be successful if you do not show up to open the office daily.

You have come to a point where you must make a firm decision:

1. Do I REALLY want to succeed in my SFI business?
2. Am I going to continue working at it as if it is a part-time hobby?

I hope your decision will be number 1.

* Start off by logging in to the SFI Affiliate Centre EVERY DAY and earning the daily, weekly and monthly VP's available!
* Maybe your marketing strategy needs to be adapted.
* Participate in the Forum - you are sure to get some outstanding advice there.
* Do what it takes for another year and compare the results.

I wish you every success in your endeavours.

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May I ask by which measure do you determine success? Only financial?

Looking at your profile I notice that you have achieved:

* EA2
* You have been a Daily Grand winner
* You are in the top 50 power rank of your country
* You are in the top 10 power rank of your class
* You have stuck with SFI for one year

I consider each of the above points as achieving some form of success.

I also do notice
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