Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Wayne's 236 other Ask SC answers

While looking at this question and thinking about it a while, I can see a small problem (mistake) that a lot of affiliates are making.

Think of the word “convince” meaning – “To bring to a recognition of the truth of a thing by argument or proof - to overcome by argument or proof.” (New Century Dictionary; copyright 1927).

The mistake that some affiliates are making is in thinking that we (The sponsor or co-sponsor) are responsible for “convincing” our down-lines the benefits of SFI and TripleClicks enough to get them motivated into working the program.

May I say this: (speaking to myself also) We as sponsors are not in some kind of business where we should or need to be trying to convince anyone to join or be active. It really isn’t in our power to convince anyone of anything.

Why is this? Because it is known that for someone to take on something new the “convincing” must take place within their own mind and spirit. That is why it is taught so much in SFI and TripleClicks to “be an example” for your down-line to follow.

Now I need to say that the PSAs (Personally Sponsored Affiliates) and CSAs (Co-Sponsored Affiliates) will have to “convince” themselves through what they see and what they are learning/reading to become active.

Once they convince themselves that SFI and TripleClicks will work for them it will be much harder to shake them free of their new convictions. They like me, will be in harmony with their soul and spirit thereby almost nothing will be able to change that.

So I say relax and don’t clutter your business advancements with worry about how to convince others to do what you do. Just continue to build your business and stay super positive and be the best example of patience, persistence and perseverance that they ever saw.

“Walk the talk” and the ones who wake up to reality will follow or they will get out of the way.

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While looking at this question and thinking about it a while, I can see a small problem (mistake) that a lot of affiliates are making.

Think of the word “convince” meaning – “To bring to a recognition of the truth of a thing by argument or proof - to overcome by argument or proof.” (New Century Dictionary; copyright 1927).

The mistake that some affiliates are making is in thinking that we (The sponsor or co-sponsor) are responsible for “convincing”
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Affiliate since: 10/03/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Jovana's 11 other Ask SC answers

Hello. Although SFI has some great advantages , it is hard to convince some people to work .

For me there are two bigger reasons why some people won't work . And of course there are the smaller ones such as lack of time etc.

As to the first reason . I noticed with advertising on Facebook that there are many ads that offered big money overnight without doing well almost nothing . Unfortunately there is still a large number of people who will believe in it and go for the easy money instead of working here and actually earn something. Those are mostly those who just register and go, they do not even attempt.

Second reason is that today there are so many scams and people are suspicious and they find it difficult to believe that in general there is a legitimate site. Even though we work and earn on a legitimate site.

Hope this helps.
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Hello. Although SFI has some great advantages , it is hard to convince some people to work .

For me there are two bigger reasons why some people won't work . And of course there are the smaller ones such as lack of time etc.

As to the first reason . I noticed with advertising on Facebook that there are many ads that offered big money overnight without doing well almost nothing . Unfortunately there is still a large number of people who will believe in it and go for the easy
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Affiliate since: 12/05/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Sharon's 8 other Ask SC answers

There are three groups of people that join the site (1) people who are thinking about maybe, one day, starting a home based business so they want to check out what our program is about, how much it costs, what it all entails, 'for future reference' (I was one of those 11 years ago!) (2) Tire kickers who want to know if membership is free where does he money come from to pay commissions and bonuses etc. They are fully prepared to be sceptical and pessimistic and when they are exposed to all of the information and realize that they are actually expected to operate in their own interests and invest a little money too, they decide that SFI is not for them. The #(3) group are like you and I. We signed up ready to get to work from the minute we verified our accounts and logged on for the first time. People who are determined to put their best effort and energy into making a successful run at whatever we decide to become a part of.

Don't let those "affiliates" discourage you or distract your focus. They aren't/weren't ready to get to work and you don't need anyone who wants to profit from you doing all of the hard work for them. Those affiliates that are ready to take this opportunity seriously and who aren't terrified at the very thought of a little hard work, stand out amongst the slurry of non-starters, whiners, and those who want to be left out or left behind. They stand tall as all of the weak, weak minded, weak willed, or weak excuse maker non risk taker individuals melt like snow in spring and flow all around you on their way down stream rather than down line. Those who want this, with whom you have important ideas, dreams, and visions in common, will be standing firm in the stream right next to you as the rest wash away.

Commonly around 1% of free affiliates will take action and move up to even the first executive tier. That number is a bit higher here on SFI but if you are averaging more than 1% and especially if you are finding the rate motivated, intelligent, teachable, with a healthy positive attitude. focus instead on what you can do with and for those people rather than those who will not take actuon no matter what you do or say.
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There are three groups of people that join the site (1) people who are thinking about maybe, one day, starting a home based business so they want to check out what our program is about, how much it costs, what it all entails, 'for future reference' (I was one of those 11 years ago!) (2) Tire kickers who want to know if membership is free where does he money come from to pay commissions and bonuses etc. They are fully prepared to be sceptical and pessimistic and when they are exposed to all of the
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Affiliate since: 08/16/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Vijayan's 63 other Ask SC answers

This is what SFI thought me..

It is difficult to convince your PSAs and CSAs to work the business despite all its advantages.

Why? People who join an opportunity and then sit back without putting forth the effort are what the industry labels "lookie-loos" or "tire kickers." They walk around the system, check it out, form their opinions, and come to their premature—and often incorrect—conclusions.

And that's OK. After all, it's human nature to want to check something out before jumping right into it. What's NOT OK is when these same people fail to consider there's a better way. They don't stick around long enough to understand and learn about the opportunity sitting right in front of their faces. They then go off on their own without ever realizing that there are literally hundreds of people who have been where they are and who can show them exactly what to do and how to succeed.

They make the BIG mistake of never trying out SFI for themselves, of never following the pattern, the plan, the path already laid out and marked for them. They never commit themselves to success or the SFI home-business system. They don't do their small part. And what happens? They come to the incorrect believe that SFI can't do anything for them. Or, they simply sit back and watch, waiting for others to do it all for them.

Either way, they fail!

Hope it helps!!
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This is what SFI thought me..

It is difficult to convince your PSAs and CSAs to work the business despite all its advantages.

Why? People who join an opportunity and then sit back without putting forth the effort are what the industry labels "lookie-loos" or "tire kickers." They walk around the system, check it out, form their opinions, and come to their premature—and often incorrect—conclusions.

And that's OK. After all, it's human nature
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Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Lazar's 69 other Ask SC answers

First of all,you don't need to "convince" people about this."Convincing" is,as I see that word,applying some kind of force against one's attitude.And where you apply force against someone...I see no good at it.You rather need to EXPLAIN them what it is about.


The reasons why PSAs and CSAs are not interested in SFI might be:


1. they don't understand what are you talking about.
You might telling them that's important to log in every day to SFI,to collect VPs,to advertise themselves,to go EA (or even higher - team leader),to build their team...but they don't understand it at all.They have zero experience in multi-level-marketing jobs,they know almost nothing about it.They don't have that big picture how they will succeed in this business.

What do you do?

Go from the start.before explaining them SFI basics (that blue button on the top right corner of the screen) explain them the basics of network marketing.I won't go for it now,'cause it will too much now,so ask someone from your uppline for short instructions about it.


2. they understand,just they have their own opinion about it.
Someone else,who didn't succeed in this business,already made their head full of wrong sayings what is this (that it's a lie,it's a scam,it's a trick).

What do you do?

Try to find out what is the problem.What opinion they have about SFI.Try to discuss it.Not to convince them,but,again,to explain them.Step by step,one by one.
Note that you will have to be quite well prepared for it.Which means that you need to have appropriate answers to all their questions.But without "masking" things.


3. they understand everything,but they still say "no".
They are clear about this idea and concept,but still...they are not interested and they refuse to take part in it.

What do you do?

Well,here's not exactly much that you can do,unfortunately...the reasons might be unconfidence in oneself,in "powers" of self,the negative approach to success in life (heavy depression),they are afraid,and so on.Building self-confidence of those persons might give some results.


One of the reason might be also language barrier.
You know,when you are poor in English,and you come to a web-site where all is in the language that you don't know/don't understand...some just turn away.But that problem is now at least somehow fixed with Google translate.


Again,don't convince people,try to explain them in a nice manner.
You will get more sympathy,believe me.
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First of all,you don't need to "convince" people about this."Convincing" is,as I see that word,applying some kind of force against one's attitude.And where you apply force against someone...I see no good at it.You rather need to EXPLAIN them what it is about.


The reasons why PSAs and CSAs are not interested in SFI might be:


1. they don't understand what are you talking about.
You might telling them that's important to log in every day to
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Affiliate since: 08/25/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Oluwasegun's 61 other Ask SC answers

You must understand that:

1. Many are selfish, they want to acquire without working for it.
2. Many are afraid of online business.
3. Many are slow in learning.
4. Many are not good with computer.
5. You cannot force them to drink water.
6. Many are after platform where they will get rich quick
7. Understanding differs.
8. Many are illiterate.
9. Many are not the patient type and SFI require a lot of patience.
10. Many found reading boredom. So they found SFI difficult.

So many reasons why it's difficult to convince PSAs and CSAs of SFI despite it's goodies. What I will suggest is, make use of the rules of success in SFI, don't get work out because of unserious people, look for the workers and work with them.
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You must understand that:

1. Many are selfish, they want to acquire without working for it.
2. Many are afraid of online business.
3. Many are slow in learning.
4. Many are not good with computer.
5. You cannot force them to drink water.
6. Many are after platform where they will get rich quick
7. Understanding differs.
8. Many are illiterate.
9. Many are not the patient type and SFI require a lot of patience.
10. Many found reading boredom.
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Affiliate since: 01/14/2013, Power Rank: 586 | Read Sule's 287 other Ask SC answers

It is difficult to convince your PSAs and CSAs to work SFI business because they are all human beings with various degrees of motivation. Even though as your question states it is difficult, that does not mean it is impossible to convince them to work the business. Many affiliates do succeed in convincing their PSAs and CSAs to work SFI business but with various degrees of success.

Even at that, despite all its advantages, it is difficult to convince your PSAs and CSAs to work SFI business because of the following reasons.

1. Human beings are motivated differently and for different reasons.
2. SFI as a business is a bit complicated for new PSAs and CSAs at the beginning.
3. Many PSAs and CSAs do not really believe in the benefits in working SFI business as prescribed.
4. The returns in SFI as a business are more long-term based than short term.
5. Many people have been scammed online by various get-rich-quick schemes so many have become very wary of any online business.
6. Your PSAs and CSAs are your business partners and not your employees so there is a limit to what you can convince them to do.
7. Your PSAs and CSAs are internet entrepreneurs like you are and some may actually know SFI business more than you do.
8. Your relationship with your PSAs and CSAs is more interpersonal than personal. That makes it pretty difficult to convince them to do what you want.
9. Your PSAs and CSAs have unrestricted access to information in SFI and they take most of their decisions based on this information.
10. Many of them may not trust you enough to do all you want.
11. Every business owner takes full responsibility for taking all the major decisions which affect his/her business.
12. Human beings as of habit do not like to be told what to do particularly as it affects their businesses.

From the above and very many other reasons too numerous to mention here, it is easy to discern why despite all its advantages, it is difficult to convince your PSAs and CSAs to work SFI business.

Best of luck!!!



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It is difficult to convince your PSAs and CSAs to work SFI business because they are all human beings with various degrees of motivation. Even though as your question states it is difficult, that does not mean it is impossible to convince them to work the business. Many affiliates do succeed in convincing their PSAs and CSAs to work SFI business but with various degrees of success.

Even at that, despite all its advantages, it is difficult to convince your PSAs and CSAs to work SFI business
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Affiliate since: 10/07/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Alvin's 86 other Ask SC answers

There is something we must keep in mind when promoting the SFI business both offline and online. The question which will keep us from wasting our time is;

1) "Are you looking for something to do online with your computer or smartphone that will help supplement your income?"

2) "Do you find yourself with a lot of extra time, and nothing to do?"

3) "If you were sure about making extra money online would you be interested?"

4) "How much extra time do you have when you which you could find something profitable or valuable to do?"

5) Do you think you could spend time everyday logging in and doing simple tasks daily without missing any days on your own without a boss?

6) "How many hours do you think you could put in on a daily basis?"

7) Can you tell me anything that might get in your way, or anything you are not equipped with that you would need to help you do this business online and offline?

These are questions that many do not focus on when promoting the SFI/TrpleClicks business. Asking questions of this sort will help us all pinpoint, or separate the serious from the tire-kickers.

Another fact we must hold in mind is most people think all they have to do is join, and get a website, and customers will come to their website and make purchases. It is not certain to them regarding how much effort advertising online, and marketing business products and services takes much effort.

Explaining these facts early on will help eliminate this problem with inactivity. We must take the time to express this very well, and in some cases if offline invite our prospective customer over, or have them go with us to a meeting, or canvasing mission in the neighborhood a few times.

These tactics will keep us from making wrong choices, because if a person is really serious they will be there with you every time they are invited.

Another issue we fail to recognize is our own determination and persistence is not going to be mirrored by most. Our longing to become successful must not supersede reality.

Not taking the time building stronger relationships is mostly the cause of this problem. This is also the reason we will likely have weaker teams.

Relationship building is the best option to effectively communicate the business opportunity, and only when the interest level of our future customer is at a level of trust and confidence of the offer, and our ability to win them over honestly.

It takes longer, and much more time is necessary to properly build up this level of confidence and trust in our prospective customers.

Understanding this will keep us from wasting time, and also teach us to pace ourselves while making determinations for selecting our new team members.
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There is something we must keep in mind when promoting the SFI business both offline and online. The question which will keep us from wasting our time is;

1) "Are you looking for something to do online with your computer or smartphone that will help supplement your income?"

2) "Do you find yourself with a lot of extra time, and nothing to do?"

3) "If you were sure about making extra money online would you be interested?"

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Affiliate since: 11/14/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read VIVEK KUMAR A's 129 other Ask SC answers

I and you know about the advantages as we have moved on with all apprehensions we had, but look at the following realistic understandings.

Firstly, a new affiliate has not yet discovered about it.

Secondly, they want quick buck at no extra efforts, so they do not read text and go through the site properly as they should to increase their understanding.

Thirdly, some fringe sites promises a lot and delivers nothing. Hence a doubt that persists in the mind is not easy to overcome and build trust after all it is their hard earned money and valuable time they need to invest first to get the returns.

Fourthly, majority of people joining have the cash crunch, hence they are looking for such options. They are either unemployed or not able to realize their needs.

Fifthly, there is a human tendency to be followers and we would follow when we see somebody in near vicinity being successful and want a face to face sharing of experience which most of the time lacks here.

This is not all and there would be many more reasons.

Keeping these reasons in mind we need to make them realize that there are no shortcuts to success where ever you go and whatever you do.

You need to read the text > follow guidelines > have trust on the basis of acquired knowledge (by reading and understanding it)> follow your instinct and take a leap forward.

I am for sure, if they understand it properly they would not require to be convinced to go ahead with it. They would do it themselves with little help that as sponsor we should be ready to provide timely and instantaneously as they require it.

Hope this would help all affiliates who want to realize their dreams through SFI.

It is a great opportunity knocking, don't miss it.

Good Luck!

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I and you know about the advantages as we have moved on with all apprehensions we had, but look at the following realistic understandings.

Firstly, a new affiliate has not yet discovered about it.

Secondly, they want quick buck at no extra efforts, so they do not read text and go through the site properly as they should to increase their understanding.

Thirdly, some fringe sites promises a lot and delivers nothing. Hence a doubt that persists in the mind is not easy
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Affiliate since: 11/23/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

Unfortunately there are many people who expect to get great rewards without much effort. They are serial opportunity seekers and jump from one opportunity to the other. Once they’ve joined, they expect to sit back and see money pouring in.

When that doesn’t happen they are off looking for the Next Big Thing….

Although SFI has everything a motivated person needs to build a very successful business, these people don’t care. It involves commitment and work from their side and that is simply not what they want to do.

Sadly the majority of people we have in our teams belong to this group. No amount of motivation will change them and you'll never convince them to work either.

When you get the motivated, serious person in your team you’ll find that you don’t have to push or try to convince him or her. They realize what it takes and will just do it! Cherish these team members and work with them to build your business.

I think that is why it is difficult to convince your PSAs and CSAs to work the business despite all its advantages.

My advice? Don't try to convince anyone. Work with the workers and you will build your business slowly but surely.

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Unfortunately there are many people who expect to get great rewards without much effort. They are serial opportunity seekers and jump from one opportunity to the other. Once they’ve joined, they expect to sit back and see money pouring in.

When that doesn’t happen they are off looking for the Next Big Thing….

Although SFI has everything a motivated person needs to build a very successful business, these people don’t care. It involves commitment and work from their
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