Affiliate since: 09/10/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ryan's 58 other Ask SC answers

The best solution to this problem that many of us face, is to keep recruiting new affiliates on an on-going basis.

Many people join SFI because it's free and they want to see if it can meet their specific needs and goals. There is no way that we or they can know that before they join.

So keep promoting SFI, TripleClicks and all the fun things this business keeps adding to the list. Based on the law of averages you will keep building on the number who join and stay, because SFI meets their aspirations.

In my view, it is easier and more efficient to keep recruiting new people than to try to convince those who are inactive or sign out, to reconnect. Just keep keeping on with the ones that WANT TO STAY and build a successful future together.

My very best to you.


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The best solution to this problem that many of us face, is to keep recruiting new affiliates on an on-going basis.

Many people join SFI because it's free and they want to see if it can meet their specific needs and goals. There is no way that we or they can know that before they join.

So keep promoting SFI, TripleClicks and all the fun things this business keeps adding to the list. Based on the law of averages you will keep building on the number who join and stay, because SFI
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Affiliate since: 06/15/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Cacey's 47 other Ask SC answers

This is an obstacle that all SFI members have with their downline unfortunately. I think if you keep working with your already active affiliates by:

Creating Contests
Reassigning Affiliates to your Strong Members
Paying Half of their S-Builder Co-op Subscriptions

This should help reduce your inactivity count by creating an atmosphere of activity that will allow your members to stay active with incentives for doing so.

Don't be afraid to reach out to inactive members who have not opted out of SFI completely. Send them a personal email or instant message if they have gmail, yahoo, etc. Let them know your available to help them reach their goals. Find out why they quit or didn't begin in the first place.

For those special recruits who were active previously but decided to not sign in anymore, I would offer them a gift certificate to help jump-start their business again. Let them know of any contests or promotions you offer that they might have missed.

And always let them know your ready, willing, and able to help them with any questions they may have... Even for things un-related about SFI and making money. Try to develop a long-lasting friendship that lasts a lifetime and make some on-going residual income TOGETHER FOREVER.
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This is an obstacle that all SFI members have with their downline unfortunately. I think if you keep working with your already active affiliates by:

Creating Contests
Reassigning Affiliates to your Strong Members
Paying Half of their S-Builder Co-op Subscriptions

This should help reduce your inactivity count by creating an atmosphere of activity that will allow your members to stay active with incentives for doing so.

Don't be afraid to reach out to inactive
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Affiliate since: 01/14/2013, Power Rank: 501 | Read Sule's 287 other Ask SC answers

This is a very cute question because I believe it affects all affiliates to the best of my knowledge. Having said that let me straight away refer you to SFI Success Rule 4 which simply states…”Work with the workers.” It goes further to expatiate, “Way too many people focus on QUANTITY. They sponsor dozens; even hundreds of affiliates–which is great–but it is ultimately QUALITY that is the real key. Once you've found or developed 3-5 topnotch affiliates, you're going to see a lot of great things happen with your commission check. How do you develop quality affiliates? It's real simple: WORK WITH THE WORKERS!” Take these statements to heart instead of feeling down because some of your affiliates have decided to quit.

Read all SFI literature/training/sponsoring tools and implement what they advise you to do to keep your affiliates. If you have done so and all in your powers to make your affiliates stay active and they choose to quit, do not despair. You also do not need to unduly blame yourself. Many affiliates decide to quit for many and varied reasons which may have nothing to do with you as their sponsor. Just find a way to “work with the workers” and you will be ok. Lead by example and let your enthusiasm permeate downline with your routine communications. That way, your business will continue to forge ahead even if some of your affiliates choose to quit. That is the best advice I can give you now.

Good luck!

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This is a very cute question because I believe it affects all affiliates to the best of my knowledge. Having said that let me straight away refer you to SFI Success Rule 4 which simply states…”Work with the workers.” It goes further to expatiate, “Way too many people focus on QUANTITY. They sponsor dozens; even hundreds of affiliates–which is great–but it is ultimately QUALITY that is the real key. Once you've found or developed 3-5 topnotch affiliates, you're going to see a lot of great
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi Mary
I don't think you are doing anything wrong. People are just not as motivated as you are. I wanted to quit a few times. Thing is I got so hooked on SFI I cannot live without it. I love doing the to do list and other things.
My sponsor dissappeared and I got a new sponsor. It is now at least four months and I still have not had any contact with him.
On the other hand my co-sponsor is just briliant. He send my one news letter every week and sometimes encouragement letters when he see I am a bit down on points. He ia always helping me and giving advice when I ask him.
Don't dispare keep on doing waht you do the workers will stay because they are committed.
Hope this will help.
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Hi Mary
I don't think you are doing anything wrong. People are just not as motivated as you are. I wanted to quit a few times. Thing is I got so hooked on SFI I cannot live without it. I love doing the to do list and other things.
My sponsor dissappeared and I got a new sponsor. It is now at least four months and I still have not had any contact with him.
On the other hand my co-sponsor is just briliant. He send my one news letter every week and sometimes encouragement letters
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Affiliate since: 04/28/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Milana's 2 other Ask SC answers

Dear Mary,

Sooner or later we all face the same problem, so here is what I have done and since than the results are much better:

1. Send them FB request for friendship as it would be much easier to communicate as they probably stopped checking their emails and logging into their SFI office, but for sure are logging to their FB accounts. In that way you will be in contact easily.
2. Organize a support group/chat on FB for your most active PSAs or even downline no matter the generation as people would interact and support each other there and develop a team spirit.
3. Be there for them showing what you have discovered or achieved and encourage them to try the same.
4. Everybody likes when they are acknowledged for their success so praise them for all their achievements, even the smallest. My support group and chat are named Dragons, and I am making personalized congratulation cards for all my PSA with the picture of them and their VP Ledger + dragon photo and they love it as much as I am doing it. I made an album of these photos in our support group so even the new members can see it and they want to have the same.
5. Always send them GC for their achievement, weather it is a TC or $ as it will pays you back.
6. Always congratulate them in public, for example on your FB wall and tag them so their friends can see it. They will feel special when someone else outside SFI family congratulate them and ask them what they did and they would continue with their performance.
7. Tell them that they are winners already and encourage them to believe in themselves and their goals. Help them to feel like winners.

I hope that experience I just shared will help you and the others reading it and I wish you and everyone else GREAT SUCCESS!

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Dear Mary,

Sooner or later we all face the same problem, so here is what I have done and since than the results are much better:

1. Send them FB request for friendship as it would be much easier to communicate as they probably stopped checking their emails and logging into their SFI office, but for sure are logging to their FB accounts. In that way you will be in contact easily.
2. Organize a support group/chat on FB for your most active PSAs or even downline no matter
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Affiliate since: 07/21/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Sanjeev's 10 other Ask SC answers

Its an important question, you have asked, most of us also have such an experience. The means of ‘Duplication’ is what you are, create a clone of yours, simple what quality, knowledge, experience, traits, business attitude and patience you have, the same is perfectly transfer or create in your ‘Duplication.’
Now we come to the point that the affiliates who were doing nice, good/ giving perfect performance, then what happened; persuade them to ‘Quit? We must discuss the problem, they face and sort out them logically, clear and try to make them understand the concept of the business.
In my views, its mistake/ mislead of ours when we referring/ introducing someone, the business opportunity given by SFI. We simply told that it’s a great, free business and people motivated to join, they do what we say- how to be a ’Fast Tracker’, easy way to become EA; from where they secure VPs; we often advice them to do log in daily, complete the given assignment in ‘To-do-list’ and other ‘Red tabs’ to secure VPs, go to alerts and vote on ‘Ask Sc’ for free entry to ‘Daily Grand’, these are our preferences to educate them, we never told them why it is necessary and what is the actual concept of the business which make them clear how to stay at SFI?
When we personally sponsored or we get them from SFI as CSAs, we only concentrate them giving welcome, greeting and tips, as I have discussed above but we knowingly and unknowingly we never tell them what will be their next step when they qualify as an EA, we think, they we automatically understand after taking their training successfully but we avoid that only in that time they are only focusing how to collect VPs and get the next status, we should simultaneously discuss that there are so many status in SFI as EA, BTL,STL,GTL and PTL and let them understand the differences between the level taking ‘Compensation Plan’. AS the difference come to understand, the change in mentality occur automatically, every concept will be clear why they are here and for success what they have to do?
Most of the people ‘Quit’ due to investment because they were told its quite free and when they realize that investment is necessary, they think they were cheated; if we when introducing this opportunity, we must discussed that I want to start some business, open some store or showroom, is there required any investment, infrastructure, products and other necessary staffs and requirement? How much investment is required open a showroom with 5 to 10 products of different category?
And now tell them what SFI is providing, how much investment is required, how much product you sell? Etc., this will lead them to mature this opportunity not only to join but to success.
As a leader, sponsor, its our duty to educate them honestly, so they join SFI not only for joining and experience or learning or to get mislead or misunderstand the concept of business at SFI but to success, established themselves as an entrepreneurs.
May it will help you, its my personal views.
Regards and thanks.


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Its an important question, you have asked, most of us also have such an experience. The means of ‘Duplication’ is what you are, create a clone of yours, simple what quality, knowledge, experience, traits, business attitude and patience you have, the same is perfectly transfer or create in your ‘Duplication.’
Now we come to the point that the affiliates who were doing nice, good/ giving perfect performance, then what happened; persuade them to ‘Quit? We must discuss the problem, they
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Affiliate since: 01/10/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Neville's 4 other Ask SC answers

Hi there

First you need to ascertain why they became inactive.

Perhaps they used to manage their SFI from a work PC connected to the internet and they lost their job and do not have constant internet access anymore? Or maybe they didn't reach their EA status again and lost all the CSA's and benefits and gave up? Maybe they're just on holiday and didn't enable their vacation mode.

Contact them directly and ask what the scenario is. Help them with a workaround to the scenario. Also entice them if possible with gift cards. Either way, initiate communication either via direct email or even E-cards. Once you know what the situation is, you can doctor it accordingly.

Don't count out the possibility that you did something wrong...own up to it and apologize and offer to allocate them to another member if they prefer that. If you notice that they all give the same reason then it might be something you're doing wrong...change the way you are doing things and review the awesome sponsoring tips to ensure you're not missing out somewhere.

Best of luck!
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Hi there

First you need to ascertain why they became inactive.

Perhaps they used to manage their SFI from a work PC connected to the internet and they lost their job and do not have constant internet access anymore? Or maybe they didn't reach their EA status again and lost all the CSA's and benefits and gave up? Maybe they're just on holiday and didn't enable their vacation mode.

Contact them directly and ask what the scenario is. Help them with a workaround to the
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Affiliate since: 09/28/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read JOHNSON's 7 other Ask SC answers

We all we experience this it could be now or later.

You need to understand that when an affiliate expectation is not materializing gradually the passion he once possess at the beginning begins to wane.

If you are going to keep him active then motivation is a key factor here.

Team mail isn't enough.

You must be aware of his challenges by asking him.

It could be the area of meeting up with the standing order.

You have a part to play.

A little $5 gift card monthly is a great motivator. With the little token plus his daily actions he would be able to maintain his EA monthly.

What you must do find a great way to support the affiliates.
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We all we experience this it could be now or later.

You need to understand that when an affiliate expectation is not materializing gradually the passion he once possess at the beginning begins to wane.

If you are going to keep him active then motivation is a key factor here.

Team mail isn't enough.

You must be aware of his challenges by asking him.

It could be the area of meeting up with the standing order.

You have a part to play.

A
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Affiliate since: 05/24/2017, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Forex's 136 other Ask SC answers

One thing that I have noticed is that the more I lose people, I previously got frustrated. I would get all "bent out of shape." It previously bothered me to no end to see that I actually had people who were leaving my team.

As I continued in the SFI business a little longer, I realized that when people left, they weren't leaving me, they were leaving this opportunity. They weren't doing harm to me, they were simply not fully convinced that this is where they needed to be.

This, I realized, was actually doing me a favor. Now, I didn't have to worry about if they needed more help, or more assistance, or whatever. At least now, I knew where they stood - on the opposite side of the fence.
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One thing that I have noticed is that the more I lose people, I previously got frustrated. I would get all "bent out of shape." It previously bothered me to no end to see that I actually had people who were leaving my team.

As I continued in the SFI business a little longer, I realized that when people left, they weren't leaving me, they were leaving this opportunity. They weren't doing harm to me, they were simply not fully convinced that this is where they needed to be.

This,
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Affiliate since: 06/21/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Rhona 's 7 other Ask SC answers

Not to fret, not to worry. While some would see this as a problem, for me, it is only an illusion. On the other hand, to look at this as just part of the process, which in reality - it is, makes it just that, and shouldn't be a problem at all.

Like combing the beaches for the perfect shell or beauties we're looking for, we go through a similar search on SFI. Being a business owner who has just opened shop, (I, for one), we start searching for the right "business- employees" - in this case, our team-mates, so to speak. Since we are not requiring a CV , or a resume from the applicant, or listing them for a scheduled interview, there is no way of knowing how these "job seekers" will respond.

Similarly, they have no idea what your business is all about, so they simply sign up to find out on their own, or out of curiosity too, perhaps, (like myself), to learn more about your business themselves as they go along.

If they "feel" this is the "job" they seek and desire, passionately, with all their heart - after a day/couple days/ a week or two, then you're in luck - you've hit a gem! If they decide even while below the green line, or 2, 3, 6 months later that this is not what they want or what they're looking for, then fine. Its simply a matter of choice. Everyone is born with this birth-right , so whatever reasons or decisions, be it yours , mine or theirs -should all be equally respected.

Move on to the next and continue "combing the beach" by methods mentioned here. Being fairly new to this myself, my limited advice will be - to bid or purchase PSAs/ CSAs to go, set up more SBuilders if one can afford, round up more friends , contacts , prospects, etc., plus many other ways I'm sure our more experienced Affiliates could add and better advice us on. And just like any lucky business owner, eventually and in due time, you will find a team of the perfect business partners with a mind set congruent to yours.

So, what's the problem with that? We shouldn't always insist or complain when things are not going our way. Instead, relax, think positive, do the best you can, and learn to go with the flow. After all, everything comes in its own perfect time.
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Not to fret, not to worry. While some would see this as a problem, for me, it is only an illusion. On the other hand, to look at this as just part of the process, which in reality - it is, makes it just that, and shouldn't be a problem at all.

Like combing the beaches for the perfect shell or beauties we're looking for, we go through a similar search on SFI. Being a business owner who has just opened shop, (I, for one), we start searching for the right "business- employees"
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