Affiliate since: 08/29/2023, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Osaro's 206 other Ask SC answers

Like they say do not do to others what you will not like others do to you, so put yourself in the shoes of the prospect and begin to examine what may turn you off in similar circumstance. However, the following turn offs should be avoided because the sales person is always perceived with skepticism:

1. Be very sincere in your description of the program and desist from giving the impression that it is a get rich quick business.

2. Make it simple and avoid information overload to avoid scaring your prospect with complexities.

3. Be careful not to leave an impression that this is a Punzi scheme or Pyramid scheme, where cash flow is not created.

4. Do not show hesitation in answering his question or responding to his concerns as it may be misconstrued as hiding something.

5. Avoid telling him much about himself, but about the business and your journey here so far.

6. Not a good strategy to tell your prospect he does not need any help to succeed.

7. Do not tell your prospect you know what he needs or what suits him, because he may not even know himself, just do the selling and let him make the decision.

Selling is telling, so go tell it professionally as indicated above and hope this will be useful.
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Like they say do not do to others what you will not like others do to you, so put yourself in the shoes of the prospect and begin to examine what may turn you off in similar circumstance. However, the following turn offs should be avoided because the sales person is always perceived with skepticism:

1. Be very sincere in your description of the program and desist from giving the impression that it is a get rich quick business.

2. Make it simple and avoid information overload
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Affiliate since: 08/06/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ronilo's 408 other Ask SC answers

Each one of us has a "TURN-OFF" point. But there are general turn off points that we can name of that we should avoid.

1. Do not be pushy - It is not a culture in SFI to push someone. In fact in all that we do in SFI are voluntary. We buy happily and eagerly on our own. So, even in talking to our prospects, let's start that culture of not pushing someone.

2. Do not present SFI with unrealistic promises - Explain the process truthfully. How they can earn and what they should do to earn. Do not present SFI as "too good to be true" like, you can earn $5,000 in three months. It's possible but unrealistic.

3. Do not present SFI as Too complicated - Many affiliates quit SFI because they think that SFI is complicated. Make a summary of what is SFI business model. Make a summary of the sources of Income in SFI. Then make a summary of the the task that they should do in order to earn those money. Always let them feel that they will never go wrong because you are there to guide them.


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Each one of us has a "TURN-OFF" point. But there are general turn off points that we can name of that we should avoid.

1. Do not be pushy - It is not a culture in SFI to push someone. In fact in all that we do in SFI are voluntary. We buy happily and eagerly on our own. So, even in talking to our prospects, let's start that culture of not pushing someone.

2. Do not present SFI with unrealistic promises - Explain the process truthfully. How they can earn and what they
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hello John. You should not try to encourage your team to buy anything. This is a huge turnoff.

Have you ever signed up to some website to find more information and then find your email inbox bombarded with email trying to get you either to buy something or to upgrade your account. I am sure most of have gone though this at one time or another. There is no need with SFI.

The best thing to do with prospective team members is to show them what you are doing. Print out some of the things you have achieved and at the foot of the page of each achievement, set out how you got there.

If you give your prospects a small home made brochure on your achievements, detail all your links and gateways and set out different ways to reach each target, I am sure this will be appreciated and you will get some signed up team members from your efforts.

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Hello John. You should not try to encourage your team to buy anything. This is a huge turnoff.

Have you ever signed up to some website to find more information and then find your email inbox bombarded with email trying to get you either to buy something or to upgrade your account. I am sure most of have gone though this at one time or another. There is no need with SFI.

The best thing to do with prospective team members is to show them what you are doing.
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Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Derek's 210 other Ask SC answers

You will find different people will be turned off by different things, and while you want to recruit as many active affiliates as you can you need to tell them the truth from the outset.

While you may not want to discuss your income with them you will need to tell them how long it was before you broke even, and how much longer it was before you were showing a profit.

We should always be telling our affiliates this is not a get rich quick scheme and to make money they are going to have to work to get it. SFI is not a free ride it is a genuine business opportunity, the emphasis on opportunity. You are given all the tools and training you need to build a profitable business, but it wont come to be profitable if you are not putting in the work effort.

Speaking from my own experience I think some people are put off by the fact they will need to recruit their own downlines. But when you explain to them the training and the methods by which they can get affiliates they seem to be more satisfied.

Some people don't like the idea of face to face selling, so let them know they don't have to do that.
You really cannot afford to be economical with the truth as you will only end up getting yourself a bad name in the industry.

I would rather have 5 affiliates join me who have all the facts before them than I would have 500 join me on falsehoods or direct lies.

If a prospect is going to be turned off by something in SFI and you decide not to mention that, it may backfire on you when that affiliate learns the truth.
Do you really want affiliates that think there is something wrong with SFI, or something they don't want to take part in. They are very unlikely to ever become an active affiliate, so avoiding something won't help when they find the truth.

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You will find different people will be turned off by different things, and while you want to recruit as many active affiliates as you can you need to tell them the truth from the outset.

While you may not want to discuss your income with them you will need to tell them how long it was before you broke even, and how much longer it was before you were showing a profit.

We should always be telling our affiliates this is not a get rich quick scheme and to make money they are going
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Affiliate since: 07/02/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Williams's 638 other Ask SC answers

Here are 5 things you should avoid when talking about SFI to your prospects.

1. Don't do all of the talking. Listen and watch for clues from your prospects. If they are interested in what you are saying they will show some sign.

2. Share a story or experience you've had with SFI instead of trying to get them to join the business. People love stories. If you tell your friends when you see them, join this business with me and you can make money in your spare time. The first thing they are going to ask you is. . . Are you making money with this? If you are silent for 1 second because you don't know how to answer this question they will assume that you are not; therefore, why are you asking me to join?

3. Don't fake it. They can tell.

4. Dont' make any promises that you can not keep. Join me today and I'll help you make 15000 dollars a month!

5. Don't be a know-it-all. Keep your presentation short and sweet. Telling them every single thing about SFI give them no room for questions. You want them to have questions so peak their curiosity and leave after you give them your card to check out the site!
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Here are 5 things you should avoid when talking about SFI to your prospects.

1. Don't do all of the talking. Listen and watch for clues from your prospects. If they are interested in what you are saying they will show some sign.

2. Share a story or experience you've had with SFI instead of trying to get them to join the business. People love stories. If you tell your friends when you see them, join this business with me and you can make money in your spare time. The
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Andrew's 330 other Ask SC answers

I don't know of any fact that is a turn off.

SFI is a great program and the aspects of it appeal to serious online business owners. Nothing about the program should be hidden or played down because it's not the quantity of sign-ups that matters but the quality of them.

Here is what happens if you try to deceive or hand pick information about a program from your prospects.

# They learn the truth once they have signed up.
# They stop trusting you. They stop trusting SFI.
# They leave.
# They tell friends why they left.

So why not be honest and save yourself months of e-mailing the wrong person, hoping they change their mind? Most wont, and the ripple effect could hurt your long term reputation and cause you to lose as many as 20 quality prospects for every 1 prospect you alienate.

We are not a used car.

Don't drop in stop leak and downplay the slip in the transmission. It will come back to bite you in a big way. SFI has powerful selling points. We offer a Affiliate program for over 5,000 online merchants and over 95,000 different products from over 190 countries with local options just about anywhere in the world today.

The prospect has to understand that they have to successfully promote the sale of goods to generate commissions. They need to understand that if they can create sales and refer others who they will teach to generate sales, they will be able to leverage their efforts and generate limitless income.

Where other affiliate programs such as Clickbank, force the affiliate to go it alone and generate 100% of their sales, at SFI they have the ability to build a team and profit from their sales as well. When the Clickbank affiliate get's stuck around $30,000 to $100,000 in commissions a year, their SFI business will continue to grow viral and almost on autopilot.

They need to understand that while the program is free with no upgrade required they will need to invest time and money into promoting their business and it will take them a minimum 3-6 months before they start to see a return on their investment and could be 2-3 years before they reach their goals, but that is what they will get no matter what program they join.

None of these is a reason to not join SFI and if it is for them, they wouldn't be happy here.
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I don't know of any fact that is a turn off.

SFI is a great program and the aspects of it appeal to serious online business owners. Nothing about the program should be hidden or played down because it's not the quantity of sign-ups that matters but the quality of them.

Here is what happens if you try to deceive or hand pick information about a program from your prospects.

# They learn the truth once they have signed up.
# They stop trusting you. They stop trusting
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Wayne's 236 other Ask SC answers

One of the biggest turn-offs is to talk too much. Keep your approach speeches short with just enough information to get their curiosity juices flowing.

If your prospect wants a little more information than give them a card with your URL link on it and suggest they check it out and then tell your prospect that you will contact them again the next day to answer any questions they might have (make sure you get their contact information).

Another big turn-off is when you are explaining SFI or TripleClicks is to talk about what you are doing and how you are using so & so. Look, your prospect needs and wants to know what SFI can do for him/her and their family.

This may sound strange but I found it to be a turn off when I told people it is free to join and free training. Let them see that for themselves when they check out your URL – they may come back to you and get excited about the fact it will cost nothing to give it a try. I also found out that some of the prospects that checked out my URL went ahead and signed up and I found out about it the next day.

Another thing to avoid is to talk about commitment - don’t be telling prospects that if they log-in every day and do so and so they could get wealthy. When you said “log-in every day” you lost your prospect and by saying something about getting wealthy their “anti-scam guard” kicks in.

Here is something to remember – your prospect will be watching you and listening to you as you explain SFI to them. During that process your prospect is going to do a little day dreaming as to “can I do this?” So the simpler you can make your approach the easier it will be to copy.

It can’t get any easier than that; talk a little – give them a card – get their contact information - answer simple questions and sign them up.

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One of the biggest turn-offs is to talk too much. Keep your approach speeches short with just enough information to get their curiosity juices flowing.

If your prospect wants a little more information than give them a card with your URL link on it and suggest they check it out and then tell your prospect that you will contact them again the next day to answer any questions they might have (make sure you get their contact information).

Another big turn-off
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 298 | Read Mar's 582 other Ask SC answers

Your choice of words matters when prospecting about SFI. Would you see any difference between these two statements if you were to be a prospect?

1. SFI is the best online business opportunity ever in the world today.

2. SFI is one of the best online business opportunities in the world today.

How you are perceived when you tell prospects you are in the best of all networking business opportunities, which is SFI?

If every affiliate made the claim best, it’s just arguing the position of best as strategy to engage prospects. There is the possibility that this strategy will backfire and most of the time without even knowing it. Instead of attracting prospects you’re driving them away.

Unless a scientific study was conducted that analyzed every aspect of your SFI business you’re representing, how can you make a representation that your business is the best? You may be able to utter the word “best,” but your prospects aren’t buying it. Being passionate about your SFI business is not the same as making statements with no proof.

How to position yourself

If you want to engage prospects, don’t argue “best,” but rather position “different.” You can mention the SFI Facts and Figures to emphasize the difference from all other online networking businesses.

If you doubt that arguing “best” is a flawed prospecting strategy, try it with a professional marketing agency and watch the reaction. My prediction is that you will receive an eye roll followed by a deep sigh of frustration.

If you haven’t already done so, read the “Compare SFI To Other Business Opportunities” (https://www.sfimg.com/ReviewSIM/SFIComparisonChart.pdf) and find differentiators. But don’t stop there. When you find them, take the time to write down why it is relevant to a prospect. The “different” argument beats “best” every time. Try it, and you will see for yourself.

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Your choice of words matters when prospecting about SFI. Would you see any difference between these two statements if you were to be a prospect?

1. SFI is the best online business opportunity ever in the world today.

2. SFI is one of the best online business opportunities in the world today.

How you are perceived when you tell prospects you are in the best of all networking business opportunities, which is SFI?

If every affiliate made the claim best, it’s
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Affiliate since: 11/10/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Aleksandra's 27 other Ask SC answers

No matter how silly this answer might be, you should avoid telling lies, but at the same time, you should definitely avoid large portions of truth. For example, your new PSA should be aware of the fact that he should come to SFI each and every day. But during the first week or so, it would be too much to explain in details just how much he should work. For somebody who has never done any online business, too many details would sound over demanding and even impossible to accomplish. Let him learn about SFI first, and then tell him what to do every day to attract new customers.

Another thing that may be a major turn-off is the fact that there are people who cannot imagine themselves as serious marketers or promoters, talking to others and persuading them to join the team. To those who oppose to the fact that team building needs continuous advertising and attracting customers, it may be more appealing to turn to advertising other SFI products and services, such as promoting TripleClicks and its products and ECAs, as well as promoting Eager Zebra games.

I wish you success.


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No matter how silly this answer might be, you should avoid telling lies, but at the same time, you should definitely avoid large portions of truth. For example, your new PSA should be aware of the fact that he should come to SFI each and every day. But during the first week or so, it would be too much to explain in details just how much he should work. For somebody who has never done any online business, too many details would sound over demanding and even impossible to accomplish. Let him learn
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Affiliate since: 03/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Raymond's 64 other Ask SC answers

Honestly, and this is based solely upon my experience, I feel the biggest turn-off is to overly emphasize the fact that SFI is free to join and free forever, and then start talking about things like standing orders and such.

Most prospects will view this as highly contradictory and your "window of trust" have be shattered as they are sitting there thinking "He just told me SFI is free to join and comes without any obligation, but now he has just told me that to really be successful, I need to pay for a monthly standing order."

It is important to give your prospects enough information so that they are able to make the decision to join, but not so much that it leaves them overwhelmed and confused.
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Honestly, and this is based solely upon my experience, I feel the biggest turn-off is to overly emphasize the fact that SFI is free to join and free forever, and then start talking about things like standing orders and such.

Most prospects will view this as highly contradictory and your "window of trust" have be shattered as they are sitting there thinking "He just told me SFI is free to join and comes without any obligation, but now he has just told me that to really be
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