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

Thanks for this question.

First of all, let's try to understand SFI Rules of Success:

1. Become & Remain an EA every month;
2. Develop 5 Strong & Active PSAs;
3. Help them to repeat the above.

If we follow these continuously, we will certainly build a successful business.

But is it that much simpler & easier? Honestly, Not.

Through ads. I received more than 300 Sign Ups about 7 months ago. None logged in till now.
Through other means I received 50 Sign Ups. None is active currently. This is one side of the coin. The other side, I have more than 400 CSAs. Just 5 of them are active; and 2 of them keep growing month after month.

All these point to few facts:

1. You have to keep sponsoring affiliates every month;
2. There is no guarantee on the number of people who will remain committed for a long time;
3. When the process of introducing affiliates is repeated it ensures at least we have people
to communicate with;
4. They may remain dormant for many months;
5. At some point of time, because of our consistent follow up and constant encouragement,
surely some will emerge stronger;

Conclusion:

a. Keep sponsoring as much people as possible regularly;
b. Motivate them with systematic communication;
c. Inspire them with your performance & incentives;
d. Remain hopeful to build a strong team keeping SFI Rules of Success as the foundation;
e. Please visit Gery's SFI Rules of Success immediately to understand things better.





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Thanks for this question.

First of all, let's try to understand SFI Rules of Success:

1. Become & Remain an EA every month;
2. Develop 5 Strong & Active PSAs;
3. Help them to repeat the above.

If we follow these continuously, we will certainly build a successful business.

But is it that much simpler & easier? Honestly, Not.

Through ads. I received more than 300 Sign Ups about 7 months ago. None logged in till now.
Through
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Affiliate since: 02/16/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Russell's 68 other Ask SC answers

Alvin;

I don't budget my participation in SFI in terms of how many persons I need to sponsor because the odds of finding good affiliates are not so easily predictable. Suppose the chances of finding an active affiliate in a PSA togo package might be 1-25 then you could need one 50 pack per month to have 2 being active. But either one or both of those could become inactive after 1 month.

You might have better success with an affiliate you've sponsored yourself or attracted personally with a postcard/lapel pin/flyer but it's difficult to predict the ratio of quality versus tire-kickers. And even of those it's impossible to know who will duplicate and who will not. The answer to your question then would be 'as many as you can'. But will that be enough either?

What I'm saying here is that determining a specific number is not only extremely untrustworthy but it could also be counterproductive to your motivation. If the numbers don't turn out to match your expectations in a given month, will your disappointment quell your efforts in the next?

I suggest that instead of aiming for a specific number of affiliates, you might target how much you are willing to spend instead and be happy when the returned affiliates exceed your anticipation in a given month. Keep firmly in mind that success in SFI will take time and patience over the long term to achieve. Having a magic number in your mind could lead to disappointment if/when in a month, you fail to achieve it.

Budget money for investing in affiliates;

1. Money for buying PSA packages from SFO and/or PSA packages from ECA. (I personally find the ECA ones slightly cheaper and of somewhat better quality but this is only from my own limited experience.

2. Money in T-Credits to buy PSA in auctions but also getting bonus ones in Spin/Win while also getting Vpoints just from bidding.

3 Money spent for gift cards and advertizing flyers/cards.

4. Investing in S-Builder. (I personally really recommend these as they seem to build up a residual effect of ongoing affiliates.)

I've said this before and i doubtlessly will many times again. 'Success WILL come to you if you are willing to wait for it while you're also working for it'.

Cheers




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Alvin;

I don't budget my participation in SFI in terms of how many persons I need to sponsor because the odds of finding good affiliates are not so easily predictable. Suppose the chances of finding an active affiliate in a PSA togo package might be 1-25 then you could need one 50 pack per month to have 2 being active. But either one or both of those could become inactive after 1 month.

You might have better success with an affiliate you've sponsored yourself or attracted personally
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Affiliate since: 02/21/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Oladimeji's 9 other Ask SC answers

You can sponsor as many affiliates as possible,but the question is how many of them are active monthly? SFI recommendation is for you to have 5 active affiliates who will go ahead and duplicate your efforts in multiple generations as the case may be.

You may sponsor 50 affiliates in a month and realize that not even one of them is active.This also brings to the front burner the source of getting affiliates because i feel certain sources of sponsoring affiliates are more effective in the long run than the other.

In essence,work towards sponsoring as many affiliates as possible on a monthly basis and ensure at least two of them are duplication your efforts.You never can tell which affiliate will be active or not at the outset but as time goes on the activities of these affiliates will serve as a pointer as to which affiliate is active or not.

In addition,you need to pay attention to the source of getting affiliates because from my experience you find more business minded and active affiliates from a particular advertising campaign than the other.

Sponsoring affiliates is an essential business building process in SFI.So sponsor as many affiliates as possible monthly and ensure at least two of them are active.

Thank you.


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You can sponsor as many affiliates as possible,but the question is how many of them are active monthly? SFI recommendation is for you to have 5 active affiliates who will go ahead and duplicate your efforts in multiple generations as the case may be.

You may sponsor 50 affiliates in a month and realize that not even one of them is active.This also brings to the front burner the source of getting affiliates because i feel certain sources of sponsoring affiliates are more effective in the
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Affiliate since: 01/04/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read David's 87 other Ask SC answers

"How many affiliates do I need to sponsor each month to build a successful business?"

In my opinion; it's not how many you sponsor, it's the quality of your team members that you sponsor.

To put a monthly number to this would be very difficult. You could have 1 team member that is dedicated out of 10 or it could be 1 out of 100.

If you are providing your team members with ample guidance, advice and encouragement then you are doing your due diligence. At this point, it is up to your team member to be active and committed to building their business and team.

Our goal is to get to 5 PSA's that continually reach EA then strive to climb the ladder to BTL, STL and so on. This is what will help gain the commissions that we are looking for.

Hope this is helpful. Wish you the best of success.



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"How many affiliates do I need to sponsor each month to build a successful business?"

In my opinion; it's not how many you sponsor, it's the quality of your team members that you sponsor.

To put a monthly number to this would be very difficult. You could have 1 team member that is dedicated out of 10 or it could be 1 out of 100.

If you are providing your team members with ample guidance, advice and encouragement then you are doing your due diligence. At
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Affiliate since: 05/06/2013, Power Rank: 2199 | Read Lawal's 156 other Ask SC answers

Asking about how many affiliate one can sponsor each month, how about how much do you want your income to be by the end of the month?

I believe one of the Launch pad says "there is no ceiling to how much you can make with SFI". If so I believe every month I have to sponsor as many as possible to first build my team and then have a successful business.

You need to know that the larger the active affiliates you have the more successful you business will be. You shouldn't be satisfy with sponsoring few when you have more rooms to train and sponsor more affiliates. Yes the PLAN says at least 5PSAs that will become EA but not to quit sponsoring once you have them. Remember, if you sponsor 100 PSAs today there is no 100% assurance that you still have them around after first month.because most affiliates find it difficult to continues when they are faced with gathering the 1500VP problem.

Now I asked how do you want your monthly income look like? Check this out

Each time an SFI affiliate that you have personally sponsored–OR a TC member that you have personally referred–places an order at TripleClicks.com, you earn 45% of the CV.

Each time an SFI affiliate that you have co-sponsored places an order at TripleClicks.com, you earn 15% of the CV.

Make referrals to the TripleClicks E-Commerce Associate (ECA) Program and earn VersaPoints and lucrative royalties for life! When you refer companies that sell products to your ECA Gateway. For each that becomes an approved ECA, you'll earn 10% of the CV on all of their sales at TripleClicks.com. Plus, you'll earn an immediate 100 VP when your ECA generates their first $10 or more in sales.

Now am asking you again, how many affiliates do you need to sponsor to have successful business? I guess as much as you can. Keep sponsoring, have DTLs, PTLs, GTLs, STLs, BTLs, EAs and Affiliates, they can never be too much. I see many become PTL in there first month, have as many as you can then start thinking of what to do with them.

I hope this helps a bit, thanks for asking. Cheers
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Asking about how many affiliate one can sponsor each month, how about how much do you want your income to be by the end of the month?

I believe one of the Launch pad says "there is no ceiling to how much you can make with SFI". If so I believe every month I have to sponsor as many as possible to first build my team and then have a successful business.

You need to know that the larger the active affiliates you have the more successful you business will be. You shouldn't
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Affiliate since: 04/10/2014, Power Rank: 165 | Read John's 41 other Ask SC answers

Technically 1 affiliate a month who is actively trying to build an SFI business and does what you do and whose downlines follow suit, would be sufficient. After 12 months you would have 77 affiliates qualifying EA2 or better going down 12 levels and 1 EA on level 1. This would generate enough VP to make you and at least 5 first line affiliates, Platinum team Leaders, thus making you a Diamond Team Leader.

This is technically possible but to achieve this, statistically you would need to sponsor 100 PSA's a month or more. If you know personally the PSAs you are sponsoring, you may be able to achieve better than 1% really active PSAs but if you are relying on advertising for recruitment, your success rate may be as little as 0.1% or even less. And your active PSAs would have to sponsor at the same rate for you to achieve the success in the paragraph above.

Because you have no way of telling how active your PSAs will be, or how active their PSAs will be and so on, in practice you need to sponsor as many PSA's every month as you can and when an active one shows up, work with him/her as if your Diamond TL depended on it because it does.


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Technically 1 affiliate a month who is actively trying to build an SFI business and does what you do and whose downlines follow suit, would be sufficient. After 12 months you would have 77 affiliates qualifying EA2 or better going down 12 levels and 1 EA on level 1. This would generate enough VP to make you and at least 5 first line affiliates, Platinum team Leaders, thus making you a Diamond Team Leader.

This is technically possible but to achieve this, statistically you would need to
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Affiliate since: 11/14/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read VIVEK KUMAR A's 129 other Ask SC answers

This reminds me of the SFI Rules of success, Rule no.4 “Work with the workers” see www.sfimg.com/ROS/ROSWorkWithWorkers. If we read it, it would be clearly understood that it is not the numbers (Quantity) that would determine your success rather the Quality.

Having said so, the continuity in sponsoring affiliates each month would provide you the opportunity to find the quality in affiliates that is desired to grow and make your business successful.

Any number would be less if the quality does not exist. Whereas, one EA2 with sincere duplication each month can also be enough to take you to the level of success and income you look forward to.

Therefore, I quote from Rules of Success, Rule 4, “Keep sponsoring affiliates, work with your workers, and success will happen”.

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This reminds me of the SFI Rules of success, Rule no.4 “Work with the workers” see www.sfimg.com/ROS/ROSWorkWithWorkers. If we read it, it would be clearly understood that it is not the numbers (Quantity) that would determine your success rather the Quality.

Having said so, the continuity in sponsoring affiliates each month would provide you the opportunity to find the quality in affiliates that is desired to grow and make your business successful.

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

Being enrolled in an Internet Marketing company as an affiliate you will soon realize that the only way to be truly successful is to have a strong team of affiliates on your front line (1st level).

This in turn means you will need to be actively sponsoring (enrolling) new people and training them to become leaders that are building up their own strong team of affiliates.

With the marketing plan SFI has it is recommended to have at least 5 affiliates on your front line that are workers who are really trying for success.

Because of all the variables that go along with Internet Marketing you will have to sponsor quite a few affiliates because it is known that only 1% to 3% will be true workers. In knowing this there really is no way to determine just how many affiliates you will have to enroll and sponsor each month.

Your successful business isn’t based on how many you should enroll each month but determined by how many affiliates you can train to accomplish duplication within your team.

If you trained just one affiliate a month to copy what you are doing, within a year you would be making a substantial income.

Enrolling the “numbers” will not fill your wallet with success.

Sponsoring and mentoring Team Leaders within you group fills Everybody’s wallets including yours!

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Being enrolled in an Internet Marketing company as an affiliate you will soon realize that the only way to be truly successful is to have a strong team of affiliates on your front line (1st level).

This in turn means you will need to be actively sponsoring (enrolling) new people and training them to become leaders that are building up their own strong team of affiliates.

With the marketing plan SFI has it is recommended to have at least 5 affiliates on your
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 44 | Read Mar's 582 other Ask SC answers

In answering your question, I would like to clarify what can be considered a successful business. Would you consider your SFI business successful when it generates a significant, full-time income? Are you in this mindset? It is important to know what your mindset does in regards to building a successful business.

Your perception determines the way you do business. Your mindset determines your business mission, its vision, your business culture and your work ethics. Why did you start a business? What is your primary aim of building a business? These are two important questions you must answer because the answers will determine if you will succeed or fail.

Most people start a business because they believe building a business is the fastest way to make money and get rich. Some start a business because they want to be their own boss and do things their own way; while others start a business just to pay themselves a decent check monthly. While making money from your business is a good idea, you must never forget that your primary aim should be to provide value and take care of your affiliates. Your affiliates are also your customers.

How many affiliates do you need to sponsor each month to build a successful business?

- This is difficult to tell. Rather than setting the exact number of affiliates to sponsor each month, find and develop your topnotch affiliates in your team. The Genealogy and Affiliate Manager are two powerful tools for identifying them. Don’t get caught up in spending your time focusing on the quantity of sponsoring affiliates.

- Once you’ve found your topnotch affiliates, focus on giving them your full support.

- Teach and train them to duplicate your efforts.

- As you keep sponsoring affiliates, you’ll have to stay sharp focus on finding your top guns (workers).

-Don’t ignore your topnotch affiliates, your workers; they’re the key to building a successful SFI business. You need to do all what you can to support them and staying connected to them.

Keep expanding your network. You’ll eventually find more top performers to develop. Your success depends on them.








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In answering your question, I would like to clarify what can be considered a successful business. Would you consider your SFI business successful when it generates a significant, full-time income? Are you in this mindset? It is important to know what your mindset does in regards to building a successful business.

Your perception determines the way you do business. Your mindset determines your business mission, its vision, your business culture and your work ethics. Why did you start a
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi Alvin!

For anyone who has been enough time in SFI, your question will be immediately suggested in his head the keyword you've omitted: "active". But for a newcomer or someone who has not yet clear how the system works, the truth is that your approach leads to a common confusion: members and active members aren't the same.

That said, and went on, I will proceed with my answer to your question. Quoting you:

"How many affiliates do I need to sponsor each month to build a successful business?"

My answer will be: As many as it takes to get AT LEAST 1 active member per month. Or, at least, as many as you can afford to try to reach that goal.

Only 1? Really?
Yes, in my opinion, get 1 active PSA each month is already a challenge. And, if you archive it, you're more than on track to success. Some time ago I read in the forum something that illustrates perfectly that: the famous Power of One. Review it without delay if you are curious about their potential.

Greetings!
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Hi Alvin!

For anyone who has been enough time in SFI, your question will be immediately suggested in his head the keyword you've omitted: "active". But for a newcomer or someone who has not yet clear how the system works, the truth is that your approach leads to a common confusion: members and active members aren't the same.

That said, and went on, I will proceed with my answer to your question. Quoting you:

"How many affiliates do I need to sponsor
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