Affiliate since: 01/22/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Fides's 2 other Ask SC answers

I'd say you should try to recruit everyone. Language is not a barrier because this is a global business with lots of language-related tools to help each and every one of us understand and succeed.

To limit your recruitment to english speakers will harm the growth of your SFI business as can be seen on the table below. Observe the biggest native speaking people in the world. These are people that you will miss out on if you limit your recruit to English speakers only.


George H. J. Weber's report on the number of total speakers of the top languages

Language Native speakers Secondary speakers Total
Chinese 1,100 million 15 million (not a significant difference)
English 330 million 150 million 480 million
Spanish 300 million 15 million 315 million
Russian 155 million 125 million 280 million
French 80 million 190 million 270 million
Hindi/Urdu 250 million ? ?
Arabic 200 million 20 million 220 million
Brazilian Portuguese 160 million 30 million 190 million
Bengali 180 million ? ?
Japanese 110 million 10 million 120 million
Punjabi 90 million ? ?
German 100 million 10 million 110 million
Javanese 80 million ? ?


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I'd say you should try to recruit everyone. Language is not a barrier because this is a global business with lots of language-related tools to help each and every one of us understand and succeed.

To limit your recruitment to english speakers will harm the growth of your SFI business as can be seen on the table below. Observe the biggest native speaking people in the world. These are people that you will miss out on if you limit your recruit to English speakers only.


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Affiliate since: 04/05/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Alison's 38 other Ask SC answers

I think that depends on whether you are using the Internet or face to face methods to recruit.

Either way, your main focus is to try to find serious SFI affiliates, and they are less than 5% of sign ups for most of us. As far as I know, this average is across the board and doesn't really vary by country or language, so when you find an active, eager affiliate I would nurture them with every bit of experience and skill that you have, regardless of language! If they want to succeed there are translation tools and other ways you can use to help and encourage them and there are many good answers here already that can help.

If you are using face to face methods to recruit then unless you are already in a cross cultural situation yourself then most of your prospects are likely to be English speaking or will speak your own language if you don't speak English as your first language. In other words you will have a natural affinity with them which will make it easier!

If you are using Internet based methods, for example your own website or blog, or SFI tools like s-builder co-op or PSAs to go, then you will have no control over who signs up into your team, but again, if you find a worker, work with them regardless of language!

As for whether you should concentrate on trying to recruit non-English speakers/readers or not I think that is up to you. It can take more time and effort to work with someone from a different culture and language but as I said before if they are a keen worker they will be worth the extra effort!

I hope that helps in your decision!

All the best success to you!



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I think that depends on whether you are using the Internet or face to face methods to recruit.

Either way, your main focus is to try to find serious SFI affiliates, and they are less than 5% of sign ups for most of us. As far as I know, this average is across the board and doesn't really vary by country or language, so when you find an active, eager affiliate I would nurture them with every bit of experience and skill that you have, regardless of language! If they want to succeed there
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Andrew's 330 other Ask SC answers

Recruiting people from all walks of life is advised. You can learn new methods and technology to support your new referrals, what you can not do is determine who will be a success in your organization based on their language skills.

Now here is the reality.

When you recruit people globally you will need to focus more on culture than language as most countries have taught English as a second language for a couple decades now and even a member who list another language as primary may speak enough English to meet you half way but because of this communications issue you might find that certain phrases and actions don't translate as well as the words do.

You can upset people in many places in Asia for example by being too aggressive. I have this issue and have sometimes offended our Indian friends and even the French in Europe. You may also run into preexisting bias, many governments for example put out propaganda that has people hating the United States based on what they see in the media. They assume all people in the U.S. fit the stereotype cast of us on their local news accurate or not. Being aware of this can help you guide how you present information which will go a long way in establishing trust.
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Recruiting people from all walks of life is advised. You can learn new methods and technology to support your new referrals, what you can not do is determine who will be a success in your organization based on their language skills.

Now here is the reality.

When you recruit people globally you will need to focus more on culture than language as most countries have taught English as a second language for a couple decades now and even a member who list another language as primary
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Affiliate since: 03/06/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Betty 's 4 other Ask SC answers

You should recruit non-English speakers/readers to SFI because language is not a barrier in SFI.

At the bottom of each page on the right side corner, there is language translator that can be used by non-English speakers or readers. There are many people who are already members to SFI and there are no complaints about the language translator that is in place. Recruit all human-beings who are over the age of 18 years irrespective of their place of origin or language.

Affiliate since: 02/07/2015, Power Rank: 99999999

Regardless of whether they were familiar with the English language, anyone who has Internet access has access to the translator google! Many people who deal successfully with this business have minimal knowledge of the English language, I think we need to recruit such people.
Over time and through SFI affiliate learn English language

Affiliate since: 09/25/2020, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Prince's 92 other Ask SC answers

You should recruit affiliates whether or not they can speak English. We have gone and grown way ahead of this barrier that we now have translating tools in Google and in SFI. We recognize the fact that the lingua franca in SFI is English but then it is a global business meant for every household in the world and nobody should be desenfranchised from the full benefits as a result of race, language or location.