How do I get new, anxious-to-earn-NOW affiliates to understand that it takes time to develop a successful business?

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4563 votes
George McBride, GB (Thailand) Top Author Forum Guru 7/29/2014 10:32 pm
Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 55 | Read George's 87 other Ask SC answers
I encourage the anxious to earn to start listing products in TripleClicks. This creates a couple positive skills in my affiliate.

1. He knows what TripleClicks is and how it works.
2. He knows how to obtain TCredits, winning them in T-time or PTP or buying them.
3. He learns how to list and can use that knowledge to help others come to TripleClicks as an ECA or individual PRM listing products.
4. He makes a sale and that is exciting for anyone.
5. He earns fast money
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4562 votes
Lureita Worth, Aff (Georgia, US) Top Author Forum Guru 7/30/2014 5:51 am
Affiliate since: 08/16/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Lureita's 23 other Ask SC answers
First, be thankful that they are communicating with you. So many of our new affiliates never reach out to you to let you know what they are thinking, so you can't help them.

You have to explain to them that this business is the real deal, it's not an overnight get rich sheme. Depending on how much time and investment they have for their new business will be a big factor in how quickly they are able to grow and earn. Have them read their LaunchPad lessons and recognize all the different
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4534 votes
Juanita Saet, Aff (Philippines) Top Author Forum Guru 7/29/2014 8:04 pm
Affiliate since: 01/14/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Juanita's 94 other Ask SC answers
This is the usual reaction of new SFI affiliates - so anxious to earn NOW. I guess most of us had the same feeling, until we get to understand that we have to do many things before earning and that is LEARNING.

Share your own experiences on how you built your team, your business and yourself as well.

SFI is not only an earning opportunity but also a LEARNING opportunity to develop oneself slowly towards success.

Constant communication with them and guiding them
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4525 votes
Ronelle Tharp, Aff (Florida, US) Top Author Forum Guru 7/25/2014 9:20 pm
Affiliate since: 10/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ronelle's 268 other Ask SC answers
Help them to get their Fast Tracker Badge, plus attendant VPs, and earn those total 1500 for the first month. Then explain to them the need to slow down, only do dailies for balance of month, save some of the easy VPs for next month. This is first part of your action plan for NOW affiliates.

Now is the hard part. It is important to make these new, anxious eager beavers understand the necessity - requirement - to go through all the learning steps (Basics, LaunchPad, "Training"
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4518 votes
Gliceria Pritchard, PB (Australia) Top Author Forum Guru 7/26/2014 3:14 pm
Affiliate since: 11/29/2011, Power Rank: 21 | Read Gliceria's 402 other Ask SC answers
To answer your question, I would direct my new affiliates to read and review the LaunchPad lessons, especially Day 6 - Central to your Success, and Day 11 - Overnight Success - NOT!

Some new affiliates upon joining usually do and finish all the 30 lessons in one go, thereby earning themselves a 200 VP bonus and Fast Track Badge. Then they do the other tasks to earn points, and in the process have forgotten all the 30 lessons as they begin to struggle to understand what SFI is and how it
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4511 votes
Robertson Dsilva, Aff (Singapore) Top Author Forum Guru 7/30/2014 11:36 pm
Affiliate since: 05/05/2004, Power Rank: 915 | Read Robertson's 212 other Ask SC answers
Some reality checks need to be done with new affiliates.

If they start on a business and expect to earn from day one or during the first month, it does not always happen. It is possible to earn good money in a short period of time but for the majority of people it takes time.

This is not a get-rich-quick scheme. If you are expecting to earn thousands of dollars during the first couple of months then you are going to feel disappointed.

You must be prepared to make
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4500 votes
Andrew Anderson, Aff (Arizona, US) Top Author Forum Guru 7/31/2014 2:01 am
Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 783 | Read Andrew's 330 other Ask SC answers
The first thing to do is cool their jets.

Plain and simple, they need a wake-up call, and a good way to do that is find some articles and reviews showing how people have been continually burned by get rich quick offers that turn out to be scams for the owners fast profits not the members.

Then show them how SFI started before all these failed businesses and is still here and will still be here when the next wave of collapses rob people of thousands of dollars and years of their
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4486 votes
Edib Ridic, Aff (Slovenia) Top Author Forum Guru 7/29/2014 4:28 am
Affiliate since: 12/14/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Edib's 10 other Ask SC answers
It is essential to approach your new affiliates with the fact that SFI is a real business and also a long term business plan. You will not be able to earn quick money from next day or week after join SFI. Yes there are also way to earn quick with SFI but mostly it is focus on building your long term business.

When you go to a school, college, you have to cover a course of many years of education. You have to be qualifying yourself first to get certificate after completion of the course.
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4461 votes
Zeljko Husanovic, Aff (Netherlands) Top Author Forum Guru 7/31/2014 8:01 pm
Affiliate since: 06/22/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Zeljko's 6 other Ask SC answers

Before bombarding them with precious information, I would first feel them out. Try and find out in what kind of living situation they are. Get a bit personal. What kind of experience do they have, do they speak for example good English?
Try to see if they could invest from start.
Depending on the answer... You have to be prepared to make them understand the possibilities and the amount of work effort is needed to succeed in SFI.
After you explained to them what can be achieved,
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4450 votes
Jessa & Jerry Verbo-Cook, Aff (Philippines) Top Author Forum Guru 8/1/2014 1:33 am
Affiliate since: 05/31/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Jessa & Jerry's 25 other Ask SC answers
When I am confronted with this situation, I tell them that they are earning every time they get a Versa Point and then ask them what business they know of that does not have a large investment that must be made before ANY income is produced.
I know of none. Even if you want to sell newspapers or magazines, you must FIRST BUY THEM!
When you sign up for SFI, you immediately have a store with nearly 100,000 products you can sell. When you open a store of nearly any kind, you
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