Affiliate since: 11/04/2014, Power Rank: 275 | Read Fel's 32 other Ask SC answers

The best way to communicate with one's down line is from any of the following:

1. Team Mail. This method of communication is usually done during the reassignment of an Affiliate and other succeeding dissemination of information to the said Affiliate by the Sponsor/Team Leader. It is also being done here when there is a detailed explanation of a particular topic or issue/s;

2. SFI Instant Messaging System. This method of communication is usually done in an instant, by clicking the send message box of a particular Affiliates genealogy, and typing the message at the bottom of the screen of the SFI IM chat box;

3. Stream post. This method of communication is purposely made as a matter of announcement or message posting in the stream post page of the Sponsor/Team Leader's SFI homepage, for the Affiliates under him/her to be notified of such post.

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The best way to communicate with one's down line is from any of the following:

1. Team Mail. This method of communication is usually done during the reassignment of an Affiliate and other succeeding dissemination of information to the said Affiliate by the Sponsor/Team Leader. It is also being done here when there is a detailed explanation of a particular topic or issue/s;

2. SFI Instant Messaging System. This method of communication is usually done in an instant, by clicking
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Affiliate since: 05/01/2018, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Djordje's 1 other Ask SC answers

Hi Everybody...!
BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE :
A newsgroup is a great way to promote teamwork. It enables your team members to help each other. A Newsgroup sets your team apart and makes it seem special.

Use your weekly newsletter to promote your newsgroup and encourage your team members to take advantage of the newsgroup. Have a section of your newsletter devoted to your newsgroup.

You can set up a free Newsgroup at Yahoo, Google and MSN

A Forum is similar to a newsgroup. A Forum has more features then a newsgroup and can be used in addition to or instead of a News Group.

A Blog can be used to compliment your newsletter. Your blog is an additional way to keep in contact with your Team and show them you care. Make it a point to have a Quick Tips or Tools you can post once or twice a week in your blog. The Blog is also a great place to post timely updates. You should also post your weekly newsletter in your blog as an easy way for your team members to see previous newsletters. Encourage your team members to start their own blogs and even offer to link to team member blogs

A contest is a Great way to motivate your downline. Offer something of value, free Leads, An E-Book, Ad Co-Op Shares or even paying their membership fee for a month or more.
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Hi Everybody...!
BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE :
A newsgroup is a great way to promote teamwork. It enables your team members to help each other. A Newsgroup sets your team apart and makes it seem special.

Use your weekly newsletter to promote your newsgroup and encourage your team members to take advantage of the newsgroup. Have a section of your newsletter devoted to your newsgroup.

You can set up a free Newsgroup at Yahoo, Google and MSN

A Forum is similar
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Affiliate since: 01/29/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Louisa's 12 other Ask SC answers

Hello Augustine,

This is a very good question because we all know that 99% of SFI Team Leaders face the problems of not getting responses from their downlines.

I know a lot of people would say to utilize the PSA and CSA messenger or the Team mail but I humbly disagree with that.

Truth is, the PSA and CSA mailers are good. They are the best option SFI can provide for us right now. However as an awesome sponsor and team leader I think the best way to communicate with your downline is to have a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP with them.

I learned this from my Co-sponsor and it has been very very helpful. You can go about it in the following way.

- When your new PSA joins SFI, send a mail to him/her welcoming them to your team.
- When he/she has confirmed his/her registration and is 'ready to go', you can now utilize the following PERSONAL methods of communication which from research has been proven to be more effective considering that a lot of people do not regularly check their emails.

1) Facebook
2) BBM (Blackberry Messenger)
3) Google+
4) Skype
5) Twitter
6) LinkedIn etc.
7) Whatsapp

Note: You could still send team mails via the PSA and CSA mailers but the above mentioned methods should be thoroughly taken into consideration and utilized. If your PSA or CSA is not attached to any of the social media packages, encourage them to create an account for one or more while still keeping in touch via mails.

On the other hand, for a few that would not mind handing their personal contact numbers to you, you can keep in touch with them by calling. This is only going further to prove what an awesome sponsor you are, always ready and available to tackle issues your downline members might have.

I hope I helped.
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Hello Augustine,

This is a very good question because we all know that 99% of SFI Team Leaders face the problems of not getting responses from their downlines.

I know a lot of people would say to utilize the PSA and CSA messenger or the Team mail but I humbly disagree with that.

Truth is, the PSA and CSA mailers are good. They are the best option SFI can provide for us right now. However as an awesome sponsor and team leader I think the best way to communicate with
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 75 | Read Aina's 157 other Ask SC answers

Communication is always the key to your success in any business.
Within SFI, tools like Stream, Genealogy PSA/CSA/Team Mailers made available for you to use. When we were notified of new member in our team, we should respond immediately or within 24 hours at least, by sending them our welcome letter.

Samples of these welcome letters are also available within SFI. It is up to the individual to make use all these tools to communicate with our new team member. Get them from Tips section.

The most effective I believed is instant messages (IM), another platform provided by SFI. Not only our own downlines, we can also help our CSAs and a2a friends in need of help. We should use it to maximise our touch base with our new members especially. For out of the box information, we should read related topics at Forum daily, so we should inform our newbies how to get to Forum, to read, ask question or contribute to the Forum community by giving our very own answers.

Outside SFI, we have Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest e-mail and Skype to keep in touch. Skype will have the capability of video conference, so use it for group discussion. Webminars by Team Leaders is another great way to train your team. Considering the time difference and SFI is having millions of affiliates from all over the world, assigning specific time to suit specific group/country for the webminars is a way forward.

As you communicate, consider the following:

1) Be clear about what you want to express. What do you most want your downlines to understand. Convey only the core and significant, deliver it with clarity and thorough checks with correct and current information.

2) Sometimes, tact and good manners matters too. But please, don’t let good manners inhibit you from telling the truth. Dishonest communication will lead to loss of integrity and relationships will suffer. You do not want to happen within your team. Learn to develop tact and be compassionate in your truthfulness.

3) Diversity & common ground. We have different kind of team members from all over the world. Learn the art of integrating diverse viewpoints by identifying the common ground. Identify the interest of the person you’re speaking with so as to find the shared purpose, perspective, motivator or values. This is essential for rapport and consensus building.

4) Lastly, responsibility. Don’t blame others if they are not hearing you. Take responsibility to re-communicate to ensure that you’ve been properly heard.

Summarizing, communication within SFI or using external resources will be measured by looking at your active affiliates. Take responsibility not only for what you say but also for how you’re heard. Re-format your ideas if necessary.

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Communication is always the key to your success in any business.
Within SFI, tools like Stream, Genealogy PSA/CSA/Team Mailers made available for you to use. When we were notified of new member in our team, we should respond immediately or within 24 hours at least, by sending them our welcome letter.

Samples of these welcome letters are also available within SFI. It is up to the individual to make use all these tools to communicate with our new team member. Get them from Tips
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Affiliate since: 09/17/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Cristina's 13 other Ask SC answers

Hi,
In my opinion you should use all the possible ways you have to communicate with your downline.
You have the Team Mailer, PSA Mailer, CSA Mailer, Genealogy Mailer which I consider the best. Don't send only weekly mails, send every time you have to transmit a message, you need to encourage your PSAs and CSAs.
You also can use the chat here on SFI's page, you can send private emails as you have your team mates mails in their profiles, use the phone ( if they completed the phone numbers in their profiles), and you can also use Facebook, Twitter, if they completed these in their profile page.
Personally I think the best way to communicate with your new PSAs is , first , to send welcome e-cards when they join the team, then you send them the group team e-mails with tips and advice encouraging at the same time, with your details ( phone number, email address, your link to the leadership page), then you contact through telephone or through messenger the ones who show their interest in the business and are active.You should not lose any occasion to keep in touch with your team, be opened and tell them all the time you want and can help them, ask them what they need, how could you help them.
Thus I hope that I was of help :).

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Hi,
In my opinion you should use all the possible ways you have to communicate with your downline.
You have the Team Mailer, PSA Mailer, CSA Mailer, Genealogy Mailer which I consider the best. Don't send only weekly mails, send every time you have to transmit a message, you need to encourage your PSAs and CSAs.
You also can use the chat here on SFI's page, you can send private emails as you have your team mates mails in their profiles, use the phone ( if they completed
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Thanks for this question.

SFI has developed & provided very many powerful tools through we which we can communicate with our down line easily.

1. Group Mailer System - Through this we can send our mails to many of our PSAs and CSAs
through a single click. The advantage here is, the mail is not only sent to their SFI ids but also to
their personal ids which they will receive if they are genuine.

This way, we can ensure that our mail reaches them,

2. Stream - This can be very effective to send short messages that are of informative in nature. The
messages can be read by all our team members, without fail, upon logging in to their
SFI Account.

3. Movers - When we log in to our SFI Account if we notice a green mark adjacent to any of our
Team Member's name in the Movers, we can understand that person is on line. We can at once
try to initiate a dialog through the "SFI Chat System".

4. Affiliate Snap Shot - This helps us to send E-Cards to any of our Team Members covering
Tips, Congratulations, Thanks, etc, Truly, these cards are amazing tools to motivate and
inspire our Team Members.

Apart from these, where it is economical we can use the phone facilities including Whatsap,
Skype, etc:

1. To speak; (video chat is wonderful)
2. To send short messages
3. We can create Face Book Groups for our affiliates so that response can be quick;
4. Personal visit to our team members if they reside in our local area, at regular intervals,
will be quite result oriented.

Conclusion:

These are some of the best methods which I use frequently to stay connected with my team Members. Speak to them over phone as and when possible/required will help a lot in building good rapport and relationship which are quite essential to grow and succeed.



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Thanks for this question.

SFI has developed & provided very many powerful tools through we which we can communicate with our down line easily.

1. Group Mailer System - Through this we can send our mails to many of our PSAs and CSAs
through a single click. The advantage here is, the mail is not only sent to their SFI ids but also to
their personal ids which they will receive if they are genuine.

This way, we can ensure that our mail reaches
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2013, Power Rank: 2353 | Read Jennie's 147 other Ask SC answers

You will be communicating with affiliates who are workers and are active as well as those who are not active. You will be communicating with those who need help and those who do not.

Try the various ways and use the channel that is most responsive. Remember that inactive ones and those who sign in occasionally may only get your emails.

Start with a welcome eCard on sign up to develop a working relationship. Follow with a welcome letter soon after.

You can send your letters through an external email service . When using an external email service they can whitelist your email address easily and place you as a contact person.

Using the team mail once per week goes without saying, You need the VersaPoints as well. I will use it for everyone.

Use the chat for 1: 1 communication with active affiliates. This will help you develop a close relationship with them.

Your leadership page is a professional profile page about you, but your affiliate must be active to access it. It will be of no benefit if they don't sign in. Keep it updated. you never know who will visit.

ECards are good for special occasions, and can be effective with inactive affiliates as well.

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You will be communicating with affiliates who are workers and are active as well as those who are not active. You will be communicating with those who need help and those who do not.

Try the various ways and use the channel that is most responsive. Remember that inactive ones and those who sign in occasionally may only get your emails.

Start with a welcome eCard on sign up to develop a working relationship. Follow with a welcome letter soon after.

You
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Affiliate since: 08/29/2013, Power Rank: 308 | Read Gilbert's 79 other Ask SC answers

What is the best way to communicate with your downline?

This is what I do.

My basic communication is to use the general communication tools provided by SFI to send a message to my whole team (PSAs and CSAs) or to a group of them through the TeamMail and Stream Post facilities available to us in SFI.

I use TeamMail for such things as my welcome emails, my weekly group chats and for special information messages that I want to share with a group – such as a great Forum post or a SFI News item. The great thing about a TeamMail is that they are also sent to your team members private email address – so they receive them even if they don’t log into SFI (provided their email address is valid and whitelisted, of course).

Are these successful? Do any of my team even read them? It’s very hard to say because I get very little response from any of my team to anything I write. Even though in each communication I encourage them to ask for help if they have any questions or are confused about anything. But I have been encouraged to hear from one or two of my team who are workers that they do find these helpful and that they sometimes share my material.

I try to make these group mailings practical. The information I share in my weekly group chats is mainly divided into two areas: –

1. How to help those who have no funds to invest in SFI get started. Such things as planning a budget, transfer buying, selling to others, exploring the products and services in TripleClicks and particularly those from ECAs in their own country, and how to save so that you can invest in SFI, and what you need to be able to work your SFI business.

2. How to progress through SFI to EA, BTL and STL especially in month two and beyond. Here I am encouraging them to become a “Power User” in SFI – such things as: - what best to invest in and how to use the SFI system to your best advantage.

I also write at least three Stream Posts each week and sometimes more. Stream posts are great for short tips, notices, advice and encouragement. Each post is limited to a maximum of 340 characters. That is always a challenge to me and I have to rewrite each Stream post several times to be able to say what I want to say within that limit. Often I do my three Stream posts each week on the same day and all on the same topic – part 1, part 2, part 3 etc. Again, very rarely do I get a comment back from any of these.

And the third way in which I can reach a group of affiliates (and in this case it is not only my team) is with a Forum question or answer, and when I write an answer to a ASK SC question – but only if they read them, of course. Still, I mention this here, because I do think these are also great group communication tools.

They also increase your credibility within the SFI community – becoming a Forum Guru, displaying the “Like” badge, and being a “Top Author”, winning some VP for submitting one of the “top 10 highest rated answers”. These all contribute to your standing within the SFI community and hopefully your team will take more notice of what you say to them because of that.

But I use the Forum and ASK SC mainly for training purposes: –

- Firstly for myself, because when I prepare an answer I learn a lot about the topic, and
- Secondly for my team. These become training materials that I can post on my Leadership Page, enclose in my TeamMails or use to answer specific questions.

So those are the general communication tools with which I communicate with all or a group of my team. But for specific advice to one of my team I write to them individually.

I would usually start with an E-Card. That is good. If they respond I also get a copy in my private email and I can then respond by private email too. Personally I like using our private email addresses to communicate. You have a record of all the communication and you can attach things to the emails, which you can’t do in SFI.

A third way is the “chat” function in SFI. You can access this through the “send message” button on an affiliate’s “snapshot” page. In fact I have found that best for talking live with an affiliate when they are on-line. It’s immediate and very direct. Great for discussing a particular issue or problem and for giving specific training about something.

I don’t use the telephone because my budget doesn’t stretch that far. But I do use all the other forms of communication I have mentioned here.

Really, at the end of the day, the best way to communicate with your team is whatever is most effective at the time and that works for you both. That will vary depending on circumstances but we can be so grateful that SFI offers us such a variety of free ways to communicate. Really SFI is an exceptional business platform!

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What is the best way to communicate with your downline?

This is what I do.

My basic communication is to use the general communication tools provided by SFI to send a message to my whole team (PSAs and CSAs) or to a group of them through the TeamMail and Stream Post facilities available to us in SFI.

I use TeamMail for such things as my welcome emails, my weekly group chats and for special information messages that I want to share with a group – such as a great
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 428 | Read Nimo's 381 other Ask SC answers

The very best way to communicate with you downline is of course speaking with them in person on a one-to- one basis if possible.

If possible connect with those downline members who live in your vicinity and develop a personal relationship with them. You can send all the emails, texts etc.. you want but nothing beats meeting them in person, 'eyeball to eyeball' as my old boss used to say.

If you are unable to do this, the next best way to communicate is by such means as Skype and the like. Again this is one-to-one but you are not physically in their presence - at least they can see you in person and hear what you are saying.

These are the ideals but as we all know this is not always possible. SFI has provided several means of communicating with our team members - chat, email, group mail, stream etc.. We should use them. We can also make contact with them by phone where their phone numbers have been provided. Contacting by phone however can be expensive, and we are running a business here!

I regularly use stream and group mail for connecting with all my team members or groups of them all at once. For communicating with a member on a one-to-one basis I use emails and e-cards. They seem to work for me.
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The very best way to communicate with you downline is of course speaking with them in person on a one-to- one basis if possible.

If possible connect with those downline members who live in your vicinity and develop a personal relationship with them. You can send all the emails, texts etc.. you want but nothing beats meeting them in person, 'eyeball to eyeball' as my old boss used to say.

If you are unable to do this, the next best way to communicate is by such means as Skype
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Affiliate since: 07/08/2018, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ufuomaoghene's 238 other Ask SC answers

Good day Augustine,

First and foremost, there are different ways i use to keep in contact with my downlines which are-
1. Through our Genealogy, we can send a team mail sharing ideas and tips.
2. Through Facebook and other social media website they belong to at an agreed time by both parties involved.
3. Through SFI chat
4. By the use of Skype as one gets to talk one-one with the affiliate and would be able to give immediate advise and feedback regarding SFI and its products.
5. Through stream posts.
6. By sending them, E cards.
7. By sending them Emails to their personal email address.

There are all important tools which you can use at any time to communicate with your downline and would advise not to limit yourself to just one but all.

Do hope i was of help to you.
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Good day Augustine,

First and foremost, there are different ways i use to keep in contact with my downlines which are-
1. Through our Genealogy, we can send a team mail sharing ideas and tips.
2. Through Facebook and other social media website they belong to at an agreed time by both parties involved.
3. Through SFI chat
4. By the use of Skype as one gets to talk one-one with the affiliate and would be able to give immediate advise and feedback regarding SFI and its
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