Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 785 | Read Andrew's 330 other Ask SC answers

It's not difficult when you look at the industry and compare SFI to what happens elsewhere.

With other companies more of the details are listed on the outside of the site. There are often newsletters and free reports you can sign up for to get more information before joining etc.. SFI however you have to actually join the program to get access to the same types of information so we actually convert more total sign ups than you do with other programs because they join as a lead and are considered a referral at a point they wouldn't be in another program.

Because they are here looking for more information they will often read the first few e-mails, and maybe log in and read a few pages and then decide if they wish to go forward with SFI. In other programs where they are only counted as a lead instead of a referral these people who are checking things out and gathering information would not be visible to you.

Our perception is a lot of inactive accounts compared to other programs we have been in but in reality I have a couple hundred referrals in the same time frame it would take to get a 3rd of that in most other systems.

Because of SFI's design I get added opportunity to expose my leads to the business with stories of my own achievements and solid information about the company they joined. I am not dependent on a canned automated response to convert these prospects into working PSA, so it's now in my court to get them interested, and fired up to grow their business.

SFI has too much history, too much success, and too much training for us to not convert a great number of these prospects into workers, we just have to learn to ignore the thought of the people on our mailing list and focus on the ones who are listening, who are showing signs of life.

Have a very Happy New Year!
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It's not difficult when you look at the industry and compare SFI to what happens elsewhere.

With other companies more of the details are listed on the outside of the site. There are often newsletters and free reports you can sign up for to get more information before joining etc.. SFI however you have to actually join the program to get access to the same types of information so we actually convert more total sign ups than you do with other programs because they join as a lead and are
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Affiliate since: 09/25/2012, Power Rank: 129 | Read GT's 63 other Ask SC answers

Hello, Manohar:

The big reason why it is difficult to convince your PSAs and CSAs to work the SFI business is because the majority of people are looking for a free ride without expense or personal effort.

Some may disagree with me, but I say that it is in our nature as humans to be lazy: we are constantly looking for the greatest value at the least expense. That is what drives and inspires some people to discover or invent new things or new ways to do things - to make things "easier" for us.

There is a down side to that drive as well. Sneaky marketers know that people are basically lazy and are looking for the "easy" way, so they make promises and declarations in their sales material and presentations, making it "sound" like THEIR business opportunity is easy, involves little or no expense, and requires little or no effort. That is simply unrealistic and untrue. But...so many people fall for it!

So the reason why it is difficult to convince your team members to work the SFI is business is because first, many of them are looking for the easy way; and second, the false promises made by other business opportunities cause your team members to falsely believe that SFI is "hard" to do. It is not hard. It just takes time and effort. That is true with ALL opportunities no matter what the promoters may tell you.

For many affiliates, once they get experience with other opportunities, they often come back to SFI with a fresh perspective on how great it really is!

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Hello, Manohar:

The big reason why it is difficult to convince your PSAs and CSAs to work the SFI business is because the majority of people are looking for a free ride without expense or personal effort.

Some may disagree with me, but I say that it is in our nature as humans to be lazy: we are constantly looking for the greatest value at the least expense. That is what drives and inspires some people to discover or invent new things or new ways to do things - to make things
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 428 | Read Nimo's 381 other Ask SC answers

I believe that all of us who sign up to SFI have one thing in common. We all want financial benefits. How quickly, how much and how badly we want it varies from person to person. These are the major factors that influence our approach to SFI.

Those who want quick money will get in there and work away. These are the folks who race in and collect all the available VP very quickly. They may reach BTL in the 1st month and then expect big pay outs at the end of the month. They tend to fade away after the 1st month and are very hard to encourage to work the business after that. They may even opt-out altogether after that.

Unfortunately many online businesses are being promoted as easy money with little to do, promising riches overnight. This is not reality and people who sign up to SFI with this mentality soon find that it is not a get rich quick business and therefore don't work the business despite all its advantages.

Further to those, we all sign up free of charge. We therefore have not invested into the business and really we have nothing to loose if we don't do anything with it. This is why I am a great fan of the latest Fast Track requirement to make a small financial investment early in their SFI career.

I also believe that one of the biggest reasons why they do not work the business is because they have not fully realised the great benefits their SFI businesses have to offer. If only they fully realise the potential of this business, I am certain they will work their business every day and at every spare moment they have.

This is where the sponsors play a vital part, opening the eyes of their team members to what SFI offers.
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I believe that all of us who sign up to SFI have one thing in common. We all want financial benefits. How quickly, how much and how badly we want it varies from person to person. These are the major factors that influence our approach to SFI.

Those who want quick money will get in there and work away. These are the folks who race in and collect all the available VP very quickly. They may reach BTL in the 1st month and then expect big pay outs at the end of the month. They tend to fade
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Affiliate since: 02/16/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Philippus's 100 other Ask SC answers

Some authors say it’s not our responsibility as sponsors to “convince” our PSA’s and CSA’s to work the business. Although I don’t disagree completely, I can’t just merely agree with that. We have a responsibility to communicate all the benefits and advantages of working this business to our PSA’s and CSA’s as well as how to gain those benefits and advantages. We have to show them the light, so as to speak.

But, and it’s a big but, is it really in our power to convince everyone who signup to work this business. I think this is where about everyone agrees. You can bring a horse to the water, you can even force it’s head down to the water, but you can’t make it drink. You must make it thirsty for that water first and then it will drink by itself.

The best way to make an affiliate thirsty for success in this business is to be an example. It’s actually the only way. Do what you expect them to do, first, and earn the badges. Be successful yourself, and show it. Then you’ll be able to convince even the biggest critique. But that’s where most of us sit with a problem. We can be in this business for months and still earn very little (I’m here nearly 1 year and earn about $3 per month, but will keep on until I succeed; Know it’s close; Didn’t know much about marketing or online marketing, but learning). If you don’t have much more than badges to show, you won’t convince anyone who doesn't want to be convinced.

Here's the reasons why the next 2 groups can’t be convinced:
1. The most obvious reason is that they fall in that 97% of the population that will never reach their full potential (Of all people only 3% is destined to be truly successful and rich). This 97% is also the same group that signup because they think it’s a get-rich-over-night-scheme (doesn't exist in the real world, but they don’t know it and never will). They want instant gratification without doing anything to achieve it. They just signup and do nothing further. They are not the right candidates and will just waste your time.
2. The next group may be people who have burned their fingers with businesses that look similar to the untrained eye, but are scams. They are very difficult to convince, and will only be convinced if you show them that you already make money. Then they’ll jump in with both feet, because they are opportunists, but most of the time they will only work for a while and then stop, because it’s still hard work. You have to invest time and effort and sometimes money and because they may have lost some money before on scams, they won’t put everything in again.Actually they also kind of fit in the 97% group.
These two groups fall into the category of whom Mr Gary Carstens talk in SFI’s Rules of Success – “Some will, Some won’t,So what? Someone’s waiting! Next!”

The next few groups may not start working from the start, but it’s possible to convince them:
1. They may not have knowledge about Internet Marketing or Affiliate Marketing.
2. They may not understand how SFI works.
3. They may not know how to advertise or use SFI’s marketing methods and aids.
4. They may not have any funds to invest.
5. They may not have enough time to invest.
6. They may not have a website or know how to get one.
7. They may not know how to start and maintain a Blog.
8. Etc.
These affiliates just need training, guidance and a little TLC. Be an awesome sponsor for them and you will win them over. Obstacles are just stepping stones. Help them overcome them and you’ll have a loyal friend for life.

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Some authors say it’s not our responsibility as sponsors to “convince” our PSA’s and CSA’s to work the business. Although I don’t disagree completely, I can’t just merely agree with that. We have a responsibility to communicate all the benefits and advantages of working this business to our PSA’s and CSA’s as well as how to gain those benefits and advantages. We have to show them the light, so as to speak.

But, and it’s a big but, is it really in our power to convince
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Affiliate since: 06/08/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Emmanuel's 49 other Ask SC answers

Yes, I agree with your observation.
In my opinion, the reasons behind this hesitance to build up their business involvement with SFI are the following:
1.) Most of those who join SFI expect quick results to earn money in a short period of time.
2.) By nature, people are hesitant to invest their hard-earned money with some business ventures like SFI that won’t ensure return of their investments.
3.) Most don’t have online marketing experience prior to joining SFI.
4.) Most PSAs and CSAs don’t have the luxury of time to read everything that has been written in SFI website to help them understand the opportunities offered by SFI.
5.) Most PSAs and CSAs lack the financial capabilities in placing standing orders to hasten their progress of business success in SFI.
6.) Most of them don’t believe in the old adage in business that money is required to earn money. Although time, efforts, patience and perseverance are required in a business environment, infusing money to your business would ensure progress and success. There is no business that does not require financial support to prosper.
It is hoped that the above explain why it is difficult to have PSAs and CSAs pursue their SFI business involvement to a greater height.


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Yes, I agree with your observation.
In my opinion, the reasons behind this hesitance to build up their business involvement with SFI are the following:
1.) Most of those who join SFI expect quick results to earn money in a short period of time.
2.) By nature, people are hesitant to invest their hard-earned money with some business ventures like SFI that won’t ensure return of their investments.
3.) Most don’t have online marketing experience prior to joining SFI.
4.) Most
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Affiliate since: 02/21/2018, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Khandokar's 4 other Ask SC answers

It is very common that we recruit many PSA and also get assigned
as a co-sponsor for many CSA in SFI, but not every members stay active
and make VP every day despite of the advantages of SFI Business. And there
are some reasons behind this of-course.

First of all the members who joined under you as a PSA or put under your
team as a CSA , they all have joined by finding an advertisement or safe mail
may be, and they all have different interest of-course.

Let say, some of them were exactly looking for the same opportunity that
are available in SFI. But other may just joined as a curiosity as the landing
page of SFI draw attention to them. So you must agree that the person who had
interest will definitely will be active here and you will need very little
effort to encourage them. And the other people will be active or may not active.
As they joined by curiosity. And when you will motivate and explain them about
SFI business then they may become active if it matches with the opportunity that
they thought and may not active if they thought something else when found SFI.

Last of all, some people are new-bi in the internet and does not have
internet access at home & they surf internet occasionally. And some people
do not have proper skill. And some people do not speak English well. And they
often try different stuff online without knowing much about that.
so if you got some of those kind of people under you then they obviously
will not able to response to your call. And that is not your fault , and not that
SFI is not good enough to go for, not even the fault of those people as they
have some barrier, lack of capacity and that is why they are not ready
to make their income stream with SFI.

But as the things keep changing so you should keep mailing them through
Genealogy or CSA mailing system as you can mail them with just one click.
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It is very common that we recruit many PSA and also get assigned
as a co-sponsor for many CSA in SFI, but not every members stay active
and make VP every day despite of the advantages of SFI Business. And there
are some reasons behind this of-course.

First of all the members who joined under you as a PSA or put under your
team as a CSA , they all have joined by finding an advertisement or safe mail
may be, and they all have different interest of-course.

Let
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Affiliate since: 08/06/2012, Power Rank: 255 | Read Ronilo's 408 other Ask SC answers

I would like to start with a positive note:

Our PSAs and CSAs' act of signing up with SFI indicates that there is a motive for them to the business and earn.

Nevertheless I would say that there two kinds of earnings that motivated our PSAs and CSAs to sign up.
1) They signed up from paid-to-sign up websites.
2) They really want to earn from SFI.

We can not really convince those that signed up from paid-to-sign-up websites because they already get paid when they signed up. They don't care what kind of program they joined.

Our concern however are those PSAs and CSAs who signed up to earn from SFI but decided to quit or not to continue when they log in to SFI.

Here are some reasons why its difficult for us to convince them to work the business despite all the advantages.

1. They see it as complicated - they can not understand the system. This is the reason why, we as sponsor should learn how to simplify every part of SFI business model.

2. They understand but they don't want the process of building up the business, they want quick and easy money.

3. They understand but they have no the capacity to buy from the internet.

4. They understand but they don't know or do not like to marketing.

5. They understand but they don't have time.

So our first objective is to engage them in a conversation so that we will know their reasons why they are not working their SFI business and help them.
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I would like to start with a positive note:

Our PSAs and CSAs' act of signing up with SFI indicates that there is a motive for them to the business and earn.

Nevertheless I would say that there two kinds of earnings that motivated our PSAs and CSAs to sign up.
1) They signed up from paid-to-sign up websites.
2) They really want to earn from SFI.

We can not really convince those that signed up from paid-to-sign-up websites because they already get paid
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Affiliate since: 08/30/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ben's 16 other Ask SC answers

Hi Manohar

Any affiliate is a person on its own. None of us got the same interest, same outlook, same visions, same drive and so fourth. Due to above some people will see the SFI business different as we see it and have different ideas and expectations.

If a person joined for the following reasons its going to be hard to convince him or her.
- Want to become rich overnight
- Want results, but not willing to work for it
- No passion to make it work
- Not a go-getter
- Not willing to invest in the business
- Don't want to take ownership

There are more factors but above are the most common. If an affiliate show any of above its going to be very difficult to convince him/her.

But please dont give up on him. He will most probably go out and try other venues and eventually he will realize that there are no better program than SFI. And then I think you will strike gold in that person.

To sum it up: None of us think or react the same. We all got our own free will. The mind is very powerful and we can assist the affiliate and feed him with trust and knowledge but we cant flick a finger and change his/her mind overnight.

So, never give up and keep on motivating those affiliates

Hope above will help
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Hi Manohar

Any affiliate is a person on its own. None of us got the same interest, same outlook, same visions, same drive and so fourth. Due to above some people will see the SFI business different as we see it and have different ideas and expectations.

If a person joined for the following reasons its going to be hard to convince him or her.
- Want to become rich overnight
- Want results, but not willing to work for it
- No passion to make it work
- Not a
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

People sign up with SFI for various reasons, from curiosity to a desire to make money quickly, only to find out how much there is to learn and how much effort might be required--as you know, this is *not* a "get rich quick scheme." Some may even sign up with SFI through one of those websites that pay a bounty for sign-ups--doing so gets them a nickel toward their payout goals, and once they've signed up, they have no interest in continuing--this is one of the reasons I'm reluctant to pay for a package of affiliates (the service offering them may be using one of these websites to fill their "guaranteed affiliates package," but it often results in those sign-ups being apathetic and inactive). Because anyone can get involved with no initial investment, the affiliates have no need to recover their initial expense, which means they come in with no initial commitment to succeed.

Because of this, one of my upline team leaders gives the program a rather daunting 97% attrition rate, which means that for every hundred people who sign up under him, he expects ninety-seven to be gone before reaching their second month as Executive Affiliate. It's his goal to duplicate his knowledge in the remaining three. However, this does mean that within three months of steadily bringing in 100 affiliates every month, he can expect at least six to duplicate his process, which means he has done what few do: he has achieved--and EXCEEDED--all three goals of the Ultra-Simple Plan, and he is well on his way toward a lifetime of success through the SFI affiliate program. That's pretty good for three months' work.
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People sign up with SFI for various reasons, from curiosity to a desire to make money quickly, only to find out how much there is to learn and how much effort might be required--as you know, this is *not* a "get rich quick scheme." Some may even sign up with SFI through one of those websites that pay a bounty for sign-ups--doing so gets them a nickel toward their payout goals, and once they've signed up, they have no interest in continuing--this is one of the reasons I'm reluctant to pay
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Affiliate since: 03/15/2013, Power Rank: 1232 | Read John's 50 other Ask SC answers

There are a several reasons affiliates are inactive:

Some sign up, look around for thirty seconds, realize they have to actually do something, log-out and never come back.

Some either don't understand SFI or simply don't want to take the time to try.

Some sign-up looking for a get rich quick scheme and then realize this might take some time and effort/investment. (They will probably never find that pie-in-the-sky they are looking for.)

Some sign-up for SFI and sign-up for a lot of other things at once, and the emails get lost in a ton of e-mail.

My advice- keep pushing forward my friends! There will be many that are not willing to learn SFI yet, but keep advertising and talking with people about SFI & TripleClicks, and you will find your workers.

To Our Success!
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There are a several reasons affiliates are inactive:

Some sign up, look around for thirty seconds, realize they have to actually do something, log-out and never come back.

Some either don't understand SFI or simply don't want to take the time to try.

Some sign-up looking for a get rich quick scheme and then realize this might take some time and effort/investment. (They will probably never find that pie-in-the-sky they are looking for.)

Some sign-up for
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