Affiliate since: 03/31/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Tom and Diana's 69 other Ask SC answers

Greed has nothing to do with it. This is business and business has a cost.

It is very important that your PSAs understand that SFI is not a get-rich-quick scheme but is, rather, a real business and real business requires an investment in both time and money.

I try to be very straight forward right from the beginning. Never mince words or beat around the bush. Honesty is always the best policy where business is concerned so since you are the one to lead and mentor the new affiliate never be shy where an explanation of any step of the business is concerned.

And let’s be honest. The cost is not excessive. It’s not the several hundred thousand dollars that most franchises require. It is embarrassingly low cost in comparison to any other opportunity most anyone has ever seen. Be proud to explain how much we receive for very little investment.

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Greed has nothing to do with it. This is business and business has a cost.

It is very important that your PSAs understand that SFI is not a get-rich-quick scheme but is, rather, a real business and real business requires an investment in both time and money.

I try to be very straight forward right from the beginning. Never mince words or beat around the bush. Honesty is always the best policy where business is concerned so since you are the one to lead and mentor the new affiliate
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Affiliate since: 11/29/2011, Power Rank: 101 | Read Gliceria's 402 other Ask SC answers

To motivate your downline to spend money monthly to maintain EA status is to explain the benefits of maintaining EA every month.

It is the first of the Ultra-Simple 3-Step Plan. As soon as your downline has achieved EA status, you discuss the next step- that is to maintain the EA rank.

Depending on your downline's goal and desire to achieve more, and how quickly he/she wants to reach the next level, you can suggest a standing order with 1500 VP will help keep his rank every month.

And discuss the second step which is sponsoring, and mention various ways of getting sign-ups, using the marketing aids and tools, and also getting a share in S-Bulder co-op or PSAs To Go for quick supply of PSAs.

Setting up a standing order and purchasing a share in S-Builder Co-op or PSAs To GO, or from ECAs, will involve a small investments which is necessary if the business is to grow and develop.

If the downline is clear on what has to be done to succeed, his own goal will motivate him to spend monthly not only to maintain EA status but to go further up.


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To motivate your downline to spend money monthly to maintain EA status is to explain the benefits of maintaining EA every month.

It is the first of the Ultra-Simple 3-Step Plan. As soon as your downline has achieved EA status, you discuss the next step- that is to maintain the EA rank.

Depending on your downline's goal and desire to achieve more, and how quickly he/she wants to reach the next level, you can suggest a standing order with 1500 VP will help keep his rank every
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Affiliate since: 11/22/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Allison's 23 other Ask SC answers

Be honest! Big difference. Everyone should be told & hopefully understands that this is a business that WILL require your time & effort AND a little bit of investment money.
While it IS free to join SFI & TC's, and you CAN get a lot of points and go up levels and make money without any money. BUT, it will take much longer and you won't make as much.
Any business upstart has well, upstart costs! Capital! And most new business' are told to expect to be in the red or at the very least barely breaking even for the first 2 years of business.
This being the type of business it is and SFI/TC being so good at what they do, their curve to profit is not as steep. With just a little extra money, you would spend elsewhere, whether buying your things from TC instead of some other store or spending $22 on an Sbuilder Co Op rather than something else that doesn't re pay you at all, this gives you your money back and it's FUN.
With SFI if they spend money everybody including themselves make money. Everyone is scratching everyone else's back.
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Be honest! Big difference. Everyone should be told & hopefully understands that this is a business that WILL require your time & effort AND a little bit of investment money.
While it IS free to join SFI & TC's, and you CAN get a lot of points and go up levels and make money without any money. BUT, it will take much longer and you won't make as much.
Any business upstart has well, upstart costs! Capital! And most new business' are told to expect to be in the red or at the
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Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Derek's 210 other Ask SC answers

The only way to make it sound as if you are greedy to tell them the only reason you want them to be an EA is to improve your income.

While the buying of any goods by your affiliates is going to gain you commission the whole standpoint of SFI is duplication.

You can motivate your affiliates by explaining to them how they are going to increase both their status and financial position.

If you have a standing order for 1500VP or more and you have affiliates that want to progress then explaining to them how you do it is not being greedy. With the new badges your affiliates can see exactly how many VP your standing order is for.

The idea is explaining how the standing order is going to help them and not how it is helping you.

Your affiliates are going to have to do the same to their affiliates. If you want to progress then you need to have affiliates that are going to progress through EA to team leader. How ever they do this you are going to benefit even if it is only the extra VP from them attaining the rank that they reach.


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The only way to make it sound as if you are greedy to tell them the only reason you want them to be an EA is to improve your income.

While the buying of any goods by your affiliates is going to gain you commission the whole standpoint of SFI is duplication.

You can motivate your affiliates by explaining to them how they are going to increase both their status and financial position.

If you have a standing order for 1500VP or more and you have affiliates that want
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Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Nafisa's 286 other Ask SC answers

I wish to share this experience to help others understand how well you can use tact to your advantage when you are communicating with affiliates.

I recently found one of my downlines purchasing a pack of NMP. I felt encouraged that he was taking the initiative to understand the concept of SFI and was following the guidelines set out for him. Within a short period of this first purchase be bought another pack of NMP. I watched his second purchase and then decided to comment.

On many occasions I am usually quick to send out E Cards and Emails to downlines explaining the benefits of having a minimum qualification of EA but as one of my mentor mentioned - "leave them alone". This helps to a degree because it allows the affiliates to make independent decisions without any coercion or pressure from upline members.

Subsequently, I commented that in his $40 purchase of 2 NMP packs, he could also have paid for a Standing Order for less and earn 10% bonus shares on his VPs. There was no indication of reproach for his wrong decision or that he should spend anything extra for a Standing Order. The next step was that he paid for a SO and qualified as a Bronze Team Leader in 5 days of his joining.

It is pointless trying to persuade an affiliate to place a Standing Order, it has to come from him/her - this is when you will know how serious he is in conducting this business.



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I wish to share this experience to help others understand how well you can use tact to your advantage when you are communicating with affiliates.

I recently found one of my downlines purchasing a pack of NMP. I felt encouraged that he was taking the initiative to understand the concept of SFI and was following the guidelines set out for him. Within a short period of this first purchase be bought another pack of NMP. I watched his second purchase and then decided to comment.

On
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 298 | Read Mar's 582 other Ask SC answers

Before you go on mentioning to your downline about spending money monthly in order to maintain their EA status, first consider your example as their Team Leader and how you relate to them.

- Are you setting an example before your downline in regards to your leadership and running your own SFI business?

- Have you been consistently communicating the goal of your SFI organization?

In answering your question, it is important not to focus on spending money but to motivate your downline how to accomplish, achieve short term goals to grow their SFI business. You need to let them know that in joining SFI, they started to become a business owner. Most people, who wanted to become entrepreneurs, experienced having a boss, being told what to do. They need to unlearn the employee mentality and learn truly to become a business owner, only then can they understand and begin to take charge as they venture SFI. As their Team Leader you’re instrumental in bringing them to that level.

As their Team Leader you can help by teaching and training them in getting effective at what they will do in their own SFI business. When they see growth in their SFI business and good results because they have been effective in doing and accomplishing their set goals, they will become motivated and do what it takes to grow more in their SFI business. They will set up Standing Order (SO) to maintain their EA status, log in everyday performing their To-Do List, strive to move up to the next rank, participate in SFI Forum often and become active and valuable assets of SFI community.

How & What to Train On

Here’s how and what I recommend you train your downline on:

•How to establish goals

•How to promote SFI and TripleClicks

•What to say to people when they make phone calls

•How to set appointments

•How to present SFI/TripleClicks to prospects

•Share your experience of effectively sponsoring new affiliates and generating sales at TripleClicks

•How to train their new affiliates

To get your downline to produce and bring more growth, not only to their own SFI business but to your SFI organization as a whole, you need to get them effective in each one of these areas. When they can do each of these things, they will be motivated because they are effective. Hence, you don’t need to mention to them about spending money monthly to invest in their SFI business, they will automatically do it, because they’re motivated.

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Before you go on mentioning to your downline about spending money monthly in order to maintain their EA status, first consider your example as their Team Leader and how you relate to them.

- Are you setting an example before your downline in regards to your leadership and running your own SFI business?

- Have you been consistently communicating the goal of your SFI organization?

In answering your question, it is important not to focus on spending money but to motivate
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Affiliate since: 03/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Raymond's 64 other Ask SC answers

Hi Robert,

This is a great question.

The first thing to keep in mind is not to be too pushy or direct, or your team may very well think that the only reason you want them to establish a standing order is so you can collect the commissions off their purchases.

Of course, it is also important to point out that you need to be honest with them. Let them know that you do, indeed, earn a commission from their monthly standing order purchases, but that that is not the reason for your wanting them to set up standing orders.

As business owners, it is important for them to know and understand that any successful business requires an investment, whether that be time or money, but often, when first starting out, it is both.

Point out the benefits that come with maintaining their EA status. You could also illustrate that by maintaining their EA status with a monthly standing order, they would be freeing up the time that they would normally spend getting 1500 VersaPoints each month. They could then dedicate that time to building their SFI business.
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Hi Robert,

This is a great question.

The first thing to keep in mind is not to be too pushy or direct, or your team may very well think that the only reason you want them to establish a standing order is so you can collect the commissions off their purchases.

Of course, it is also important to point out that you need to be honest with them. Let them know that you do, indeed, earn a commission from their monthly standing order purchases, but that that is not the reason
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Affiliate since: 06/05/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Abe's 168 other Ask SC answers

Well Robert it is not an easy task to motivate some one to
spend money without Sounding greedy, So many of us pushing
our affinities to purchase a standing order as soon as they
joined here and it turned out to be a turn off.

If it is a duplication learn it from SFI itself.

When I go through the 30 days LaunchPad, there is not even
one place that suggest me to purchase or spend money on
anything, It explained to me the Importance and the value
of the business side which psychologically make me think
that I need to take that steps to succeed in my business
and I done it voluntarily on my own.

I will choose this kind of Approach any day than anyone
pushing me to spend money to purchase anything.
I have been here for a little over 8 month and
my Sponsor never once asked me to spend money till this
day, following her example, I have never done it to
my down lines either.

My advice will be to motivate them to go through the LaunhPad
slowly. Most of us rush and finish that thing in 3 or 4 days
without learning anything.

When they do that, and take their time to learn it, that will
motivate them to spend their money without any sells pitch.

All the ingredients we need are right there in the LaunchPad.

And most of all when they are serious about their business they
will do it one way the other on their own.

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Well Robert it is not an easy task to motivate some one to
spend money without Sounding greedy, So many of us pushing
our affinities to purchase a standing order as soon as they
joined here and it turned out to be a turn off.

If it is a duplication learn it from SFI itself.

When I go through the 30 days LaunchPad, there is not even
one place that suggest me to purchase or spend money on
anything, It explained to me the Importance and the value
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

How to maintain your EA2 Status for as low as $17.01 .

If you are still building your TEAM and your GOAL is just to maintain your EA2 Status, here is a way to maintain your EA2 status for less than $20. Note : Once you have at least 3 Active PSA who reach and are maintaining their EA2 status , I recommend placing a standing order to become a BRONZE TEAM LEADER to benefit from the matching VP that you will get from your Downlines .

FIRST MONTH OF USING THIS PLAN :

Required VP for EA2 : 1500 VP

DAILY ACTION :
Daily Task = 11VP/day x 30 = 330VP

MONTHLY ACTION :
Rate your Sponsor = 10VP
Set your monthly Goal = 5VP

WEEKLY ACTION :
Sending Team email = 30VP/wk x 4 = 120VP
Reviewing TC connect Page= 5VP x 4 = 20VP
Posting in Stream Post = 3VP x 4 = 12VP

TOTAL ACTION VP (DAILY, MONTHLY,WEEKLY) = 497 VP

To complete the 1500VP , you purchase 10 (1 TCredit ) from your TC Store.
Cost = 10 x $1.89 = $18.90
You will get 102VP/TCredit x 10 = 1020 VP
You will get 5MRP/TCredit x 10 = 50 MRP

TOTAL VP ( ACTION + SALES ) = 497VP + 1020VP = 1517VP
** You earned the 1500VP for your EA2 status.

ON SUCCEEDING MONTHS :

You will receive 10 FREE TCredits from SFI + the 10 TCredits you purchase you will have 20 TCredits in your TC Account.

Use 13 of your TCredits and participate in a "DOUBLE MRP" auction . You will get 130 MRP's, use the MRP's to buy 1 TCredit (cost=126MRP) so you can get 102VP .

Your VP for the month will be :

Daily, Weekly, Monthly action = 497VP

1TCredit purchased with MRP=102VP

Buy 9 TCredits @ $1.89/TCredit (total cost=$17.01) you will get 918VP

TOTAL VP for the month= 497+102+918 = 1517 VP (EA2 status)
Cost = $17.01

TIPS :
1. The more TCredits you have, the more MRP's you can convert, the more TCredit's your can purchase, the more VP you can get and the lesser your monthly cost . It is a cycle that can help you lessen the cost of maintaining your EA2 status . Participate in the Daily Grand Draw and T-Time contest to have a chance to get more FREE TCredits.

2. Teach your PSA to do this and you will get Direct commission once they purchase the TCredits . You can also use your commission to buy TCredits to maintain your EA2 status or to reach Team Leader Status.

2. Ask your PSA to teach their PSA to duplicate this so you will have an active TEAM of Affiliates . Then it is time for you to work in reaching your TEAM LEADER status to benefit from the matching VP from your active (EA2 & TL ) downlines.

The best tool in our business is "DUPLICATION" . We set a plan that our downlines can easily duplicate and that they can also teach to their downlines . By motivating your downlines to copy what you are doing, you are building a strong Team that will eventually give you your monthly residual income from SFI. . . Do not limit yourself in just becoming an EA2, aim and work hard to become a Platinum Team Leader . As you go up, your downlines will follow you and so as your income from SFI.
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How to maintain your EA2 Status for as low as $17.01 .

If you are still building your TEAM and your GOAL is just to maintain your EA2 Status, here is a way to maintain your EA2 status for less than $20. Note : Once you have at least 3 Active PSA who reach and are maintaining their EA2 status , I recommend placing a standing order to become a BRONZE TEAM LEADER to benefit from the matching VP that you will get from your Downlines .

FIRST MONTH OF USING THIS PLAN :

Required
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Affiliate since: 12/08/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Cassie's 5 other Ask SC answers

You do not have to convince them to spend money. Just convince them to spend their money at TripleClicks. For example, if there is something you spend money on every month, lets say vitamins, try to get the vitamins from TripleClicks instead. I have found that often the items are cheeper and you get more, plus the added bonus of VP and MRP. If you explain this to your downline they maybe more inclined to spend the money. They can also set these items up for standing order, then they will get the products every month and still earn VP to maintain EA status. I have a standing order for TCredits where I get 1,500 VP every month, plus I buy some other items that I would normally buy elsewhere, earning me more VP. I explain all of this to my downline and sometimes they will spend the money.

If that does not work then I try to explain to them what I have earned so far. I am still relatively new to SFI, but I have still earned some money and explaining this to them helps them to see that they need to invest a little bit to earn even more. Eventually I will have earned everything I put into SFI and then some, then I will be able to convince my downline of the importance of spending money at TripleClicks.

I hope this helps, it just takes time and patience that not everyone has. Some people want to earn money immediately and when that doesn't happen they give up without investing time or money.
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You do not have to convince them to spend money. Just convince them to spend their money at TripleClicks. For example, if there is something you spend money on every month, lets say vitamins, try to get the vitamins from TripleClicks instead. I have found that often the items are cheeper and you get more, plus the added bonus of VP and MRP. If you explain this to your downline they maybe more inclined to spend the money. They can also set these items up for standing order, then they will get the
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