Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Well based on the question and my comprehension of the answers provided in the training section, I'm going to go with the PSA mailer.

Why?

1. 30 VP's awarded weekly for using the PSA mailer to send a GROUP message to ALL or select PSA'S, CSA'S etc.
(EA status ONLY)

2. Assuming your affiliates have "Whitelisted" SFI in their personal email accounts, mail you send through the PSA mailer should get through to your affiliates personal email.

3. Duplication- This training is provided already, not only for our information but also for our use. We don't have to make this anymore challenging than it needs to be.

Finally, if there should be any reason why you need to communicate to your affiliates ANYTHING that SHOULD NOT be said through the PSA mailer, OR, the PSA mailer goes down, you should then use personal email.

Thanks again and happy building!

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Well based on the question and my comprehension of the answers provided in the training section, I'm going to go with the PSA mailer.

Why?

1. 30 VP's awarded weekly for using the PSA mailer to send a GROUP message to ALL or select PSA'S, CSA'S etc.
(EA status ONLY)

2. Assuming your affiliates have "Whitelisted" SFI in their personal email accounts, mail you send through the PSA mailer should get through to your affiliates personal email.

3.
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Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Derek's 210 other Ask SC answers

Both methods have both advantages and disadvantages.

With email you may not copy the address correctly, or perhaps they have given a false address or they themselves have put a typo in the email address. Their inbox may be full. They may have a spam catcher that sends you a reply to confirm. (This usually only has to be done once per address.)

If you are sending many emails this can be very time consuming.

With the PSA mailer it should go to both their email inbox and the SFI team mail inbox. Again if it is a false or incorrect address then you have to rely on them logging in to get the message.

With the new restrictions on the number of emails you can send you may want to consider a mix of both when it comes to contacting CSAs.
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Both methods have both advantages and disadvantages.

With email you may not copy the address correctly, or perhaps they have given a false address or they themselves have put a typo in the email address. Their inbox may be full. They may have a spam catcher that sends you a reply to confirm. (This usually only has to be done once per address.)

If you are sending many emails this can be very time consuming.

With the PSA mailer it should go to both their email inbox
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Affiliate since: 01/11/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Jo-Marie's 17 other Ask SC answers

Here is my opinion, it may be different for other Team Leaders.
I prefer using SFI's PSA MAILER - it provides you Actionpoints, as well as a safety net : you don't overstep boundaries.
The new PSA are left with the choice whether to communicate personally or within SFI.

Many new affiliates are overwhelmed at beginning and you as Team Leader want to determine which affiliate is Eager and Serious to succeed. The ones who reply through personal mail, I found to be serious achievers.

Personal mail may be reported as Spam if you bombard a new affiliate.

Once a Affiliate replies to your PSA Mailer, you can ask him/her if they prefer PSA Mail or rather a more personal mail via direct email.

Hope it gave you more insight.
And good luck on Your Team Building.

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Here is my opinion, it may be different for other Team Leaders.
I prefer using SFI's PSA MAILER - it provides you Actionpoints, as well as a safety net : you don't overstep boundaries.
The new PSA are left with the choice whether to communicate personally or within SFI.

Many new affiliates are overwhelmed at beginning and you as Team Leader want to determine which affiliate is Eager and Serious to succeed. The ones who reply through personal mail, I found to be serious achievers.

Personal
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi,
If you compare between PSA mailer and Direct mail, it is always better to use the PSA mailer.

The main advantages are listed below.
1. You need not maintain a seperate list of affiliate mail addresses.
2. You need not check everytime before mailing, whether any of them has opted out. Mailing opted out members is not allowed in SFI.
3. Any PSA of yours if donot want to receive your mails in future, they will be able to do so by chosing the option that appears below the mailers.
4. You will be able to manage your time in other tasks for building your team.
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Hi,
If you compare between PSA mailer and Direct mail, it is always better to use the PSA mailer.

The main advantages are listed below.
1. You need not maintain a seperate list of affiliate mail addresses.
2. You need not check everytime before mailing, whether any of them has opted out. Mailing opted out members is not allowed in SFI.
3. Any PSA of yours if donot want to receive your mails in future, they will be able to do so by chosing the option that appears below
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Affiliate since: 01/14/2013, Power Rank: 129 | Read David's 10 other Ask SC answers

Although there are advantages and disadvantages to both, I think contacting your PSAs via their email address is better in the long run. Here are a couple reasons why . . .

1. You can personalise and customise your message to communicate the resources and helpful advice they need. Each PSA is unique in terms of personality, skill level, time availability, and finances. The more you treat them as unique individuals, the better you are going to be able to help them build their business.

2. It shows PSAs that you value them. Often PSAs are new to SFI’s business model that insists on real work, real sales and real achievement. Self doubts, feelings of inferiority, being alone and frustration can be eased through the personal, direct contact of a friendly, helpful sponsor.
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Although there are advantages and disadvantages to both, I think contacting your PSAs via their email address is better in the long run. Here are a couple reasons why . . .

1. You can personalise and customise your message to communicate the resources and helpful advice they need. Each PSA is unique in terms of personality, skill level, time availability, and finances. The more you treat them as unique individuals, the better you are going to be able to help them build their business.

2.
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

I tend to use a combination of both methods--direct e-mail and PSA Mailer (or, more often, the Genealogy tool)--depending on what my goals are. If I'm looking to broadcast a message to everyone under me simultaneously, like announcing a contest or an incentive, that will go out via the PSA mailer (or Genealogy tool) because I want them knowing that I'm contacting everyone at the same time. Direct content via e-mail is all about more personalized communication, and when I reach out that way, it's for a more tailored, individual reason, like when someone needs direct guidance.
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I tend to use a combination of both methods--direct e-mail and PSA Mailer (or, more often, the Genealogy tool)--depending on what my goals are. If I'm looking to broadcast a message to everyone under me simultaneously, like announcing a contest or an incentive, that will go out via the PSA mailer (or Genealogy tool) because I want them knowing that I'm contacting everyone at the same time. Direct content via e-mail is all about more personalized communication, and when I reach out that way, it's
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Affiliate since: 11/18/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Victor's 3 other Ask SC answers

Hello
Both are OK. Through PSA mailer you can contact all your PSA's at a time and trigger them to action based on what you want them to work on, the same message
applies to all of them and the advantage is that you will receive 30 VP weekly for doing that.

But the direct mailer or sending via personal email is also good especially from time to time as the message will address the needs of a particular PSA, and so this message will be directed to a particular person.


Regards
Hope this will help.
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Hello
Both are OK. Through PSA mailer you can contact all your PSA's at a time and trigger them to action based on what you want them to work on, the same message
applies to all of them and the advantage is that you will receive 30 VP weekly for doing that.

But the direct mailer or sending via personal email is also good especially from time to time as the message will address the needs of a particular PSA, and so this message will be directed to a particular person.


Regards
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Affiliate since: 07/16/2008, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Olusola's 92 other Ask SC answers

In answering, "Which is better and why...to contact my PSAs through SFI (e.g. PSA Mailer) or directly via their email address?": the point of contact and the circumstances of contact determine the suitability of either using SFI Mailer or direct Email address.

To start with, there is a Welcome Letter that should be sent to a New PSA. When Affiliates sign up in SFI, SFI itself sends them a Welcome Message. However, it is most important that the Sponsor sends his/her personal Message to the new PSA welcoming them to the scheme and pledging to assist them. I believe since SFI has sent their own Welcome Message through the system; sending another Welcome Message through SFI may seem to the new PSA as auto response. Using Sponsor's Email id to send Welcome mail to their Email id shows you are an individual, not machine; and thus start the process of bonding between the PSA and the Sponsor. (But, if you sponsor in tens and hundreds, you may not have option than to send them a group mail).

SFI PSA mailer is great. A good Sponsor should send periodic follow up and Training mails to his/her PSAs at least weekly. It would be cumbersome to send individual mails to a group of 50,100, 200 or more PSAs individually. In this case, the PSA Mailer is a better alternative. Apart from the ease of use, you also get the weekly 30 Action VersaPoints for it. It has another advantage that apart from delivery to Email ids, it is stored in their SFI Message Center; so if they miss one, they cannot miss the other.

But, there are instances the PSA needs peculiar attention or has asked for clarification of some aspects of the opportunity, it is most appropriate to reply or explain things through their Email id. Also, most of us have our Email on the go. With our Smartphones we can easily access our mails without having to log in every time. Contacting PSAs through their Email ids allow you to quickly receive their mails and responds quickly unlike waiting till you log on to SFI Affiliate Center; and then click on messages, before you could respond to them.

Finally, contacting them through their Email id gives you the opportunity of easily connecting them on their social networks like facebook, twitter, google+ etc. The social media platform easily associates you together because there has been communication with mails between you, especially when you are on gmail. You could leverage these social media to train them further and thus help attract some of their friends to join them and ultimately your bigger team.

In summary, both the SFI PSA Mailer and Email id communication are good and suitable depending on the time, circumstances and purpose of the communications.

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In answering, "Which is better and why...to contact my PSAs through SFI (e.g. PSA Mailer) or directly via their email address?": the point of contact and the circumstances of contact determine the suitability of either using SFI Mailer or direct Email address.

To start with, there is a Welcome Letter that should be sent to a New PSA. When Affiliates sign up in SFI, SFI itself sends them a Welcome Message. However, it is most important that the Sponsor sends his/her personal Message
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Affiliate since: 01/13/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Khalida's 21 other Ask SC answers

Hello Rania


Both were good, I think not too important issue whether we contact through PSA mailer or directly to their email.The most important is to make them understand that we care and always ready to help when they encounter problems in running business in SFI.
In other words, the contents of our email that's more important.

There are times I send email directly to their email address,I did it when I feel need to an intense approach, this thing I had ever experienced when one of my team members who argued that the CSA that we get from SFI is just the trick.I think this is very serious and should be straightened out completely, in that moment I contact him directly via his email address.First I thought to chat with him via Skype, but I cancel, because I want to give a long explanation without interruptions from him, at the end of the email I give him a chance to refute my opinion if he think I am wrong.I was lucky, in the end he could understand my explain and no longer think the CSA is just trick.


That's the reason why I say both are good, just select that suit your needs.


Regards,

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Hello Rania


Both were good, I think not too important issue whether we contact through PSA mailer or directly to their email.The most important is to make them understand that we care and always ready to help when they encounter problems in running business in SFI.
In other words, the contents of our email that's more important.

There are times I send email directly to their email address,I did it when I feel need to an intense approach, this thing I had ever experienced
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Affiliate since: 02/01/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Fay's 30 other Ask SC answers

It is indeed better to contact your PSAs through SFI because:
1. Your mail will be sent to their SFI inbox and their personal email account simultaneously.

2. If their email address is fake, then SFI will not send your message their.

3. Response are screened through SFI preventing offensive messages.

4. You can easily report an abuse.

5. Overall, it is safer.