Affiliate since: 10/28/2009, Power Rank: 438 | Read Hal's 14 other Ask SC answers

When we're talking to people about SFI who have the money to invest into their business but indicate they don't have the time for the business, there is a way to qualify their objection. Handling the "time" objection doesn't have to cause us to begin looking elsewhere...right away.

First of all, my experience has shown that people who are TRULY busy know how to manage their time and will prioritize activities and projects that really are important. So, what I discovered is that there are two step process we need to engage when dealing with the "time" issue. This two step process will qualify your prospect (or disqualify them) while likely turning the time objection of a truly busy person into their reason to join!

The first area that should be covered deals with the credibility or legitimacy of the opportunity. Busy people have time for activities and projects that are worth while. It's possible (if not likely) that the SFI opportunity may be "just another" business scheme. It is important to expand on the stability of SFI as a legal American company and upon particular success stories within the SFI community. Again, this is important because of the opportunity is dismissed by your "time objective" prospect as not being able to produce anything significant for the time (and money) invested--they'll pass. It is important for you to get them to define what's significant to them in terms of a financial return (in other words--find out what sort of income amount they're interested in). This will also indicate to you WHICH success stories to share. Again, by you bringing credibility to the opportunity by sharing what you know you'll get past this first step.

The second area of engagement deals with the time issue itself. Qualify yourself and the opportunity. By presenting a couple of key questions you will open up the possibilities to this prospect.

QUESTIONS:
Suggestion 1: "Aside from the time, do you see any other reason why you couldn't do this to earn the xxxxx dollars (per month/year) you mentioned?"
**If they start giving you other excuses chances are they're not really serious about the income discussion you've had with them and they don't qualify. You can move on.

Suggestion 2: "If I can show you how I we can take care of the time problem, do you see any reason why you wouldn't want to develop that income (specify it) we talked about?"
**Be prepared to commit to show how TIME LEVERAGING works. Be prepared to illustrate as well as explain it. I make it a point to explain to them that most people TRADE hours for dollars. This business engages the process of time leveraging where they can MULTIPLY their time for dollars. I further explain that they must know "time is money" and since we are multiplying time or "hours" the dollars will multiply as well.
I then ask them if they have anyway other way that they could make time work FOR THEM in this way!

Be prepared to let them know that while there is some time that they'll need to give this, be sure to commit your own time to helping them in areas they may not have the time (perhaps in helping some of their PSAs getting started, advertising co-ops, etc.). With regards to the hour or so needed for their SFI dailies and some communication that they'll need to put in, I assert to them that an hour a day is certainly worth earning xxxxx dollars per month that they said they're interested in earning.

At this point you'll sponsor them. IF they're honest about the time issue. We need to remember that we have an opportunity for them. And remember, if they're "too busy," they simply have a time management problem--and the discussion outline I shared with you will handle that objection and make it their reason to join.


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When we're talking to people about SFI who have the money to invest into their business but indicate they don't have the time for the business, there is a way to qualify their objection. Handling the "time" objection doesn't have to cause us to begin looking elsewhere...right away.

First of all, my experience has shown that people who are TRULY busy know how to manage their time and will prioritize activities and projects that really are important. So, what I discovered is that
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Affiliate since: 10/22/2002, Power Rank: 331 | Read Douglas's 6 other Ask SC answers

To build a income takes time, but building your downline by setting a Standing Order for 125 TC Earns your 1500 SVP To Earn your Monthly EA. Starting with your second Month as a EA2, You will earn 2 CSA's but you must Login to claim them on your Alerts Page by the end of each Month.

You can build your Rank higher by earning your Daily Actions every day. This is what is needed to help advance to a Team Leader position BTL.
You need a Min. of 2000 SVP, Sales Volume Points + 1000 AVP Action Volume Points to reach the BTL Rank.

With the Rank of BTL, You will earn a Share of reassignments of CSA's.
This helps build your Team and Income.
You will earn commission income only from your CSA's + Matching VP if they reach the EA2 Rank and you also reach the BTL in that same Month.

You must also start with a lower time investment, but it will more than likly limit your team growth and income.
If you want your SFI Team to learn what to do, You must be there to show a good working example. To lead by Example by supporting and teaching your SFI Team.

Investing time will also build your work experience with SFI.
Spending time learning how to work with SFI will pay of in the long run!
Pace yourself for growth with time and experience = Future Income and growth of your SFI Business.

Good Luck with your SFI Business.

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To build a income takes time, but building your downline by setting a Standing Order for 125 TC Earns your 1500 SVP To Earn your Monthly EA. Starting with your second Month as a EA2, You will earn 2 CSA's but you must Login to claim them on your Alerts Page by the end of each Month.

You can build your Rank higher by earning your Daily Actions every day. This is what is needed to help advance to a Team Leader position BTL.
You need a Min. of 2000 SVP, Sales Volume Points + 1000 AVP
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi Farouk Ishiaku

This is a very interesting question.

The best part of your question is that these people want to get involved. That is what we need from our down line.

Talking about time.Every person can make time.Time is important in any business may it be the stone and mortar business where you have to be there from 8.00 am to 5.00 pm different in other parts of the world or if you are doing night shifts.

Nobody has time because everyone is busy doing one thing or another.

But there is a phrase that we have in any professional institute that is TIME MANAGEMENT
People never have time but if they organize their time they can do what they want to do. It's very simple. In SFI they just need at the minimum say 1 hour to do their daily to-do-list.

And Since they have money to invest:

* They can set up a SO to maintain their status.
* They can purchase websites with the URL embedded in it and advertise their business on paid sites.
* They can purchase from TripleClicks and gain MRPs and VP's
* They can even help their downline who may not be so financially secure ( be a little charitable)
* As they help their downline they'll become successful with their downline.
* They can set up a webinar training about SFI Business.

As long as they keep their focus on SFI they will grow. Focus is very important running from one online business to another doesn't help them nor their team.

Probably the first thing that puts most affiliates off is all the reading and training materials they need to complete, as they register at SFI. Most people may think that this business is very time consuming but it is not really. Once they learn how to get about doing the actual they may spend as little as 1 hour and the rest will be done by the money invested in your business...building your team.

Hope I have been of help.

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Hi Farouk Ishiaku

This is a very interesting question.

The best part of your question is that these people want to get involved. That is what we need from our down line.

Talking about time.Every person can make time.Time is important in any business may it be the stone and mortar business where you have to be there from 8.00 am to 5.00 pm different in other parts of the world or if you are doing night shifts.

Nobody has time because everyone is busy doing
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Affiliate since: 03/28/2011, Power Rank: 301 | Read Shamsina's 138 other Ask SC answers

The best way to help these people is to make them understand how SFI works.

What I mean is, these people have the money, but before they start putting money into SFI and expect to get double or triple back in the next month, they need to understand SFI first.

Just by putting money in doesn't guarantee returns. Because TripleClicks is our backbone and sales need to be made. And I said SALES not PURCHASES. Putting money in would guarantee you EA rank which guarantees you a share in the TripleClicks Executive Pool. But to earn more you will need to work on the other income streams SFI has established for us which are:

1) Direct Commissions
2) Co Sponsor Commissions
3) ECA Royalties

And to earn even more, you need to move up the rank, ie rach BTL, STL, etc. The higher rank means more matching VPs for more shares of the TripleClicks Executive Pool. And this means time and effort to:

1) Advertise and build a team
2) Teach and support your team to build their own team.

Once you have your foundation strongly built, then only you can sit back and relax and see the money roll in with your minimum investment of a monthly Standing Order.
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The best way to help these people is to make them understand how SFI works.

What I mean is, these people have the money, but before they start putting money into SFI and expect to get double or triple back in the next month, they need to understand SFI first.

Just by putting money in doesn't guarantee returns. Because TripleClicks is our backbone and sales need to be made. And I said SALES not PURCHASES. Putting money in would guarantee you EA rank which guarantees you a share
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 44 | Read Mar's 582 other Ask SC answers

SFI is a networking business and getting involved in it means you’re going to be dealing with people. In networking business like SFI, you’ll need to expand your network to become profitable.

Why it is not recommendable for people who have the means to invest financially but not time to get involved in SFI?

- The core foundation of SFI is duplication. If you have the financial means, you can easily maintain the EA status and can also do recruiting by purchasing PSAs through TripleClicks, ECAs, but having no time, how are you going to teach the same steps (SFI BASICS) to your PSAs?

- How are you going to get in touch and follow up your new PSAs without time? It takes time to cultivate good relationship with your affiliates. Your affiliates will need your constant support and encouragement. They’ll be looking at you as you lead them.

- When your SFI business begins to grow, how would you provide leadership and ongoing support to your growing team having no time as you continually purchase PSASs?

- The path to success of your SFI business comes from correctly following the SFI BASICS, but without you investing the time to teach your affiliates in duplicating these same three steps, how are they going to succeed?

In order to help people effectively that want to get involved with SFI who have the means to invest financially, you need to find out from them their goals. You need to ask them what they want. Find out what they enjoy doing and from there you might be able to gather more information. Perhaps they are fun of playing games and like to shop online looking for antiques and collectibles, electronics, travel, etc.

You can introduce them to TripleClicks to sign up and they become your PRMs. You can enumerate to them the numerous benefits of being TripleClicks members.

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SFI is a networking business and getting involved in it means you’re going to be dealing with people. In networking business like SFI, you’ll need to expand your network to become profitable.

Why it is not recommendable for people who have the means to invest financially but not time to get involved in SFI?

- The core foundation of SFI is duplication. If you have the financial means, you can easily maintain the EA status and can also do recruiting by purchasing PSAs through
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Wayne's 236 other Ask SC answers

It is hard to imagine that someone wants to invest in a business but don’t have the time to get involved. SFI and TripleClicks is not an investment firm which does the work for you. In this kind of business you must devote some daily time to make it work.

You can suggest to your prospect that they can purchase PSAs (Personally Sponsored Affiliates) through TripleClicks and set up a standing order for units of S-Builder. These two items will drastically reduce the amount of time needed to building a business because there will be no need to spend time advertising for affiliates.

Your prospect can set up SO (Standing Order) for acquiring the needed sales VP (Versa Points) to maintain the rank of EA so they can receive CSAs (Co-sponsored Affiliates) and be able to keep them because of the SO for 1,500 VP.

Your prospect should be informed that they will only get the maximum ROI (Return On Investment) if he/she is participating in on-site activities because this is the only way to reach the higher levels of income where the matching Versa Points kicks in.

Your prospect could be told that if they really wanted a better ROI then the bare basic activities would only take about a half hour a day. And if they cannot see spending that small amount of time daily then they are not really interested in starting a home based business of their own.

Always remember:

SFI does not have the time to build your prospects business.
TripleClicks does not have the time to build your prospects business.
And you as their sponsor do not have the time to build your prospects business.

Finally I say; After explaining to them the above information go ahead and sign them up and let them invest all they want – They only have to do what they want to do – there are no demands on how much time they have to put in.

I have a feeling that after a while of investing money they will want to begin to invest some time also. And somehow they will find a way to do that.

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It is hard to imagine that someone wants to invest in a business but don’t have the time to get involved. SFI and TripleClicks is not an investment firm which does the work for you. In this kind of business you must devote some daily time to make it work.

You can suggest to your prospect that they can purchase PSAs (Personally Sponsored Affiliates) through TripleClicks and set up a standing order for units of S-Builder. These two items will drastically reduce the amount of time
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Affiliate since: 04/24/2014, Power Rank: 146 | Read Sameer's 74 other Ask SC answers

Hi Farouk

Although it is a rare case where people do not have time to do work for SFI but have money to invest. Generally the opposite is true. People have time but do not have money to even buy their Standing Order. Anyway let us assume you have few affiliates under you who cannot spare time, but can afford to invest money.

I have the following suggestions/ways to help them to succeed them:

Ask them how much money can they spare for their SFI business? Tell them you are ready to work for them if they only buy:

1. Standing Order for 125 Tcredits

2. 2 Units of S-Builder

3. 30 TripleClicks (Digital) Gift Cards

One more thing (although it may sound illegal) is you need to know their SFI & TC Login & Password details to work for them. These details would be required for anyone who decides to work for them. It is entirely their wish they hire you to work for them or someone else.

If they do not have time for SFI, there is no other way to help them. Someone else has to work instead of them. In SFI one needs to carry out Daily, Weekly & Monthly actions to score VPs. Take part in auctions. Play Eager Zebra Games. So hiring some one to work is a must.



Hope it helps

Cheers & Have a Nice Day !!

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Hi Farouk

Although it is a rare case where people do not have time to do work for SFI but have money to invest. Generally the opposite is true. People have time but do not have money to even buy their Standing Order. Anyway let us assume you have few affiliates under you who cannot spare time, but can afford to invest money.

I have the following suggestions/ways to help them to succeed them:

Ask them how much money can they spare for their SFI business? Tell them
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Affiliate since: 08/06/2012, Power Rank: 255 | Read Ronilo's 408 other Ask SC answers

There are two things that can be considered as success factors in SFI and both of these can be done with money and less time.

1. Finding affiliates.

Without affiliates it's quite impossible to earn and be successful in SFI. The good news is you can do this faster and easier if you have money.

If you have money, what you need to do you buy affiliates from Tripleclicks and set-up paid ads on different ads sites like PTC websites.

2. Earning Versa Points to get and maintain a rank.

You have to maintain at least an Executive Affiliate (EA) rank in order to have a share in the executive pool. This rank is based on the number of versa points you earn.

You earn this points automatically if you set a Standing Order (SO) that gives you 1500 VP. You can do this automatically if you have money.

Your little time then can be spend to read important information or probably enjoy bidding at Pricebender's auction.
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There are two things that can be considered as success factors in SFI and both of these can be done with money and less time.

1. Finding affiliates.

Without affiliates it's quite impossible to earn and be successful in SFI. The good news is you can do this faster and easier if you have money.

If you have money, what you need to do you buy affiliates from Tripleclicks and set-up paid ads on different ads sites like PTC websites.

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

The greatest investment required in an online income opportunity business like SFI is TIME, so it beats my imagination how someone will want to do this without having time. Money is not all it takes to successfully build a business in SFI because there are several areas where personal attention is needed.

For example you may want to build a team, guide and assist team members or do advertisements, read useful materials on SFI website to up your skills and news update in order to be up to date with current developments in SFI. So how will you go about this without having the time or why do you think 2 people with the same financial resources invest in the same type of business, but where one succeeds and the other fails? You can see that money alone does not bring success.

However, for somebody without the time I will be frank with him to say I will not have much to help with as it may mean my doing the job for him which is senseless and again you as the sponsor may have difficulty assisting him as he may not have the time to read your messages or interact with you on any other platform. In any case, as a sponsor I will not advise you to be redundant or hopeless in the situation because you can still assist in some ways like?

1. Help him to be very active in the SFIPPA programme which will not require much of his time and seize any available opportunity to guide him on how.

2. Ask him to elect a beneficiary who will have time where possible e.g. wife, child, sister, brother to run the affairs on his behalf.

3. Encourage him to crave his indulgence for some while to build a team of very few active PSA (3-5) and use the reassignment tool to place other incoming PSAs under them and assist him in this regard, on advertising and co-opting strategy. You should try to device other means to reach him for this guidance where appropriate.

4. You can also guide and assist him to use the influence of his money to do sales at TC on a big scale where he can earn commission and VP.
5. Very important to guide him on setting up his own website to promote his SFI/TC business and to use appropriate auto responder tools to make up for his lack of time.

6. You can also assist by reassigning some of your active PSAs to his downline in order to beef up his Team Support AVP because standing order alone may not get him to the point where he will earn from VP Match.

7. You can mostly help in guiding his own team which is from your Gen 2 downwards by direct communication with them because he will be successful if his team is.
Note that I did not specifically mention standing order as a line item above, but it may be necessary when necessary, that is where some of the income he may potentially earn is threatened by his lack of upward mobility (rank).

To conclude, one must realise that you cannot put an online income business like SFI on a complete autopilot with financial investment, in fact it makes no sense anyway, so at some point it will be inevitable to invest a reasonable time in it even when you think you are seeing success, because success itself is just a journey and not a destination.



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The greatest investment required in an online income opportunity business like SFI is TIME, so it beats my imagination how someone will want to do this without having time. Money is not all it takes to successfully build a business in SFI because there are several areas where personal attention is needed.

For example you may want to build a team, guide and assist team members or do advertisements, read useful materials on SFI website to up your skills and news update in order to be up
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 785 | Read Andrew's 330 other Ask SC answers

If you don't have much time but can afford to invest $50-$200 a month you can be generating a solid income in as little as 6 months.

On $50 a month you can secure a standing order for 100 tcredits to use in auctions and online games or to purchase advertising and promotional materials and a share of the S-Builder Advertising Co-Op so your team will steadily grow by 3-6 new affiliates per month.

The ideal budget for building success in my opinion is to invest in the following.

Yearly cost : Domain Name $11

Monthly Cost: 20 - 50 Guaranteed Sign-ups via PSA-to-Go $69 to $139 a month.

Hosting for your own blog. $5 per month.

Autoresponder to handle weekly newsletter $20 a month.

Articles written for your blog - 4 per month x $5 to $15 each

This scenario will provide instant growth at a rate that will often convert to 1-2 new active PSA per month while developing a professional system that will eventually allow you to recruit 50 PSA per month without purchasing co-op shares or PSA-to-Go.

You will still need to have time each day, under 1 hour to handle support for your team, and you will need to add received articles to your blog at least once per week. You are also well served to advertise good for sale on TripleClicks by creating or having created product reviews that include your affiliate links for the products you offer and then advertising them using Pay Per Click and Search Engine Marketing.

A great product to get a decent ROI and build a lasting income on is TripleClicks Advanced Liquid Nutrition. This vitamin and herbal elixir helps with a wide range of health issues for a fraction of the cost of other supplements and since it is a consumable the average satisfied customer will place it on standing order to receive a monthly supply. One bottle serves one adult for 30 days so a husband and wife will order 2 bottles a month making for a tidy little sale for you that becomes a steady income.

The best part about adding TripleClicks product promotion to your focus is that every sold item to a regular non affiliate member will pass the sales versa points directly to you, helping you make rank faster and giving you more shares of TripleClicks profits through the Executive Bonus Pool.

Hope this is the information you were looking for.


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If you don't have much time but can afford to invest $50-$200 a month you can be generating a solid income in as little as 6 months.

On $50 a month you can secure a standing order for 100 tcredits to use in auctions and online games or to purchase advertising and promotional materials and a share of the S-Builder Advertising Co-Op so your team will steadily grow by 3-6 new affiliates per month.

The ideal budget for building success in my opinion is to invest in the following.

Yearly
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