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

1. Enter free or paid classified ads in all your local papers that highlight a product you are selling. Local business is often the easiest to get.
2. Become an avid Twitter and Social media presenter. Talk about a product a day mixed in with other tweets and posts. Build your social media following by googling #(product you are promoting) and see what your competitors are doing.
3. Start a fan page on Facebook, and transfer your followers to your fan page.
4. Use the # procedure to find groups and prospects, then join them as a follower.
5. Get a list of free classifieds and banner ad places and put up 10 or 15 a day using different products
6. Join TE's if you have products that might be of interest there.
7. Use Craig's list, placing ads in as many different cities as you can.
8. Get a web site and do a blog a day about a specific product you are currently promoting.
9. Copy your TC sales page to a blog and transfer the pictures and info to your real TC page for purchases.
10. Be sure you are using a lot of pictures and ideas about how to use your products.
11. Automate your social media and other advertising as much as possible with an autoresponder or other software.
12. Work smart and not hard by tracking all of your ads, tweets and posts using tracking codes.



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1. Enter free or paid classified ads in all your local papers that highlight a product you are selling. Local business is often the easiest to get.
2. Become an avid Twitter and Social media presenter. Talk about a product a day mixed in with other tweets and posts. Build your social media following by googling #(product you are promoting) and see what your competitors are doing.
3. Start a fan page on Facebook, and transfer your followers to your fan page.
4. Use the # procedure to
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Affiliate since: 02/25/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Achmat's 7 other Ask SC answers

Social Media is extremely powerful for marketing. Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook are the top platforms for business marketing and many still do not know this fact or even how to use them to market business.

My approach to using these platforms are without paying for ads on these platforms.

Create a business Facebook page, the page allows you to schedule posts for a long time ahead. This way you are able to save time on having to send out posts everyday.

With Twitter you can use an app called Buffer to schedule Tweets.

For those that are willing to spend some cash to save time one of the best software to schedule on social media platforms are Hootsuite. ( With one click you can post to all social media platforms at the same time ).

P.S Remember people simply do not want to see your ads on every tweet or post it will annoy them.

So I will share something I learnt along the way - Infinity 3-2-1 strategy

3 : Give value (i.e educate and share knowledge about your niche)

2: Engage (i.e sincerely get to know prospects, they are human and if you really show you care instead of saying you do, you would not have to sell anything. They will WANT to join your team. Remember its a life long relationship you intend building. Connect with people.

1: Assumptive close ( A sales technique, after getting your prospect to say YES many times in a conversation while getting to know them, the final YES to join will flow easy.

It will help to know all the basics of SFI so that when questions arise you are able to answer confidently.

Do not forget to mention the benefits and features of being an ECA this will entice them even more.

Finally, position yourself as expert in your field ( This means learn all there is to know before offering advice. Also learn how to overcome objections ).

My personal favourite is, before using social media create a blog then use the social media to firstly refer them to your blog. When at your blog tell your story and this is how they will connect with you. Give some positive detail about SFI.

Have your ECA links all over your blog. 3 blog articles per week should suffice.

Continue this and with time and patience your business will explode.



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Social Media is extremely powerful for marketing. Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook are the top platforms for business marketing and many still do not know this fact or even how to use them to market business.

My approach to using these platforms are without paying for ads on these platforms.

Create a business Facebook page, the page allows you to schedule posts for a long time ahead. This way you are able to save time on having to send out posts everyday.

With Twitter
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Affiliate since: 05/10/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Wayne's 236 other Ask SC answers

One of the income streams in SFI is having your own ECA (E-Commerce Affiliate) in TripleClicks. This is where you can offer products to affiliates and Members that are connected to SFI and TripleClicks.

There are many things that you must consider when putting in an ECA. Of course you will need products that are in demand (or create the demand) and then you will have to make the price of your products within a good marketing range to bring quality products at affordable prices. You will also have to consider the shipping cost and if you are going to sell products locally or globally.

Having said that and keeping the above in mind: Your main focus will need to be on marketing your ECA daily.

There are hundreds of ways to promote your ECA to the public and it would take too much time and space to list ways that this can be done. The main point is that you advertise (market) you ECA or single products in your ECA every day.

Get yourself a blog or website and set it up using the domain name of your ECA. Then use all the advertising methods that you are comfortable with using the URL of your blog or website in your advertising campaigns.

In order to build a good habit for advertising you need to set a specific time for getting on-line (or off-line) daily. Maintain this daily activity until it becomes a natural habit for you to be advertising (It takes about 20 to 30 days to become habit forming).

Promote as much as you can and as often as you can – be consistent in your advertising remember it is taught that a person reading your ads will have to see your ad around 7 or 8 times before making a decision on whether or not to purchase from you.

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One of the income streams in SFI is having your own ECA (E-Commerce Affiliate) in TripleClicks. This is where you can offer products to affiliates and Members that are connected to SFI and TripleClicks.

There are many things that you must consider when putting in an ECA. Of course you will need products that are in demand (or create the demand) and then you will have to make the price of your products within a good marketing range to bring quality products at affordable prices.
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 45 | Read Mar's 582 other Ask SC answers

If you’re looking for daily marketing habits to implement and grow your TripleClicks (TC) ECA business, why not start from the Marketing center? You can learn and apply the traditional marketing methods as well as the digital marketing methods and start developing your daily marketing habits.

Before developing your daily marketing habits, you must take into consideration the following sure-fire ways of steering the growth of your ECA business:

- Identify your target audience.

Know your customer/prospects so that you can tailor relevant messages, offers and content to them, taking into consideration the media preference of your audience throughout an entire lifecycle.

- Creating relevant content that will optimized your customer/prospect experience.

- Selecting the appropriate channels for delivery including Email and/or Direct Mail.

- Utilizing the appropriate marketing materials found at the Marketing center for the selected channels.

- Develop a very clear and focused insight into why a prospective customer would patronize your ECA business.

Specifically, what is the core need that your product or service will meet? Is it to help your customers get through the day more easily? Do their job more efficiently? Be respected and admired by friends? Your offering should be designed to meet customer needs better than the competition.

Both traditional and digital marketing methods can be useful in promoting your ECA business. The key is to strike a balance between the two methods. The bottom line is making the right allocation of your marketing funds by properly understanding your target market and the pros and cons of each type of marketing.

Here are daily habits for marketing your ECA business in social media:

- Increase your leads by providing solutions to problems regularly.

When you regularly solve problems and answer questions for your prospects, you not only foster trust, but you also set yourself up as an expert in your niche. If you’re in Facebook, a sure-fire way to create engagement on your Facebook page is to offer regularly your expertise and insight. Encourage your fans to ask questions and be quick in responding with valuable responses; you’ll be amazed to turn your fans into loyal followers and customers.

- Attract highly targeted prospects by creating a resource center.

Create a resource center on your Facebook page for supporting your fans/customers/prospects. Keep this resource link up-to-date and full of valuable information continually. In creating your resource center, ask this question: What information related to your niche do your fans, prospects and customers want to know? To set yourself apart from your competition and keep your fans coming back for more, create a resource page as a custom link on your Facebook page. By doing so, you can provide updated, useful content to your growing audience on an ongoing basis.

- Comment on other people’s posts 3-5 times a day.
Your comments can start real conversations that build relationships. Make it a habit to spend at least 10 minutes a day reading posts from your fans and peers and leaving insightful comments on their profiles and pages. By stepping outside of your own Facebook page, and spending time on other pages and profiles, you let your fans and peers know that you truly do care about them.

- Track your social media activity.

Taking the time to check your Facebook activity is essential to growing your fan base and keeping your momentum going. You can track the following metrics on a weekly basis:

1. Number of total fans

2. Number of new fans

3. Fan growth from previous week

4. Number of weekly Actives

5. Actives growth from previous week

You’ll find the above stats on your Facebook Insights. By tracking your weekly metrics, you will soon see what’s working and what you might need to tweak, depending on the high and low metrics in your tracking document.

- Always post fresh content

If you want to get the most reach from your content, make sure that your content educates, entertains and empowers your fans. This will spark their interest and keep them coming back for more.

You can also, publish everything you have in as many places as possible. By doing this, you’ll be seen by as many potential prospects as possible. While Facebook is extremely powerful, don’t forget to spread your content out and use Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and of course, your blog.

You can also monitor what others are publishing. If you see something that would be valuable to your audience, publish that content (and make sure to give them credit for it!). Third-party publishing is a great way to continue to add value for your fans without having to create all the content.

- Share other people’s valuable blog posts, useful articles and other valuable content

On a weekly basis, take the time to identify great third-party content and share it with your social media community. This goodwill gesture will go a long way with your fans and peers.

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If you’re looking for daily marketing habits to implement and grow your TripleClicks (TC) ECA business, why not start from the Marketing center? You can learn and apply the traditional marketing methods as well as the digital marketing methods and start developing your daily marketing habits.

Before developing your daily marketing habits, you must take into consideration the following sure-fire ways of steering the growth of your ECA business:

- Identify your target audience.
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

If you don't have a blog already I recommend getting one. If you can get your own domain and install wordpress I recommend doing that. However, if you cannot afford that you can settle for one of the free ones online. Add posts to it regularly and keep it updated with valuable information. One of the keys is to add value to what you bring.

You can categorize each marketing genre on your blog so you can do add posts for PSA's in one category, ECA's in another category and so forth. Keep it organized and easy to navigate.

If you prefer having a website you can do that instead. The same guidelines apply. Keep it updated and relevant. Use photos of products and things like that. Not too many and not too little. You want to catch the eye of your audience and capture their interest.

Use the ECA banners provided by SFI on your site. Explain how it will benefit the reader.

You can also use gift cards. These are one of the easiest ways to bring people to Tripleclicks. Who can refuse a free gift card? When they register they will see all the things they can buy and they will receive invitations from SFI to upgrade to affiliate.

Because we are here to earn money, we need to sell products. To do that we need customers.

You can place the link to your ECA portal on your website. Use the banners SFI provides also. Remember to key code them so you know where your customers are coming from. Even if you bring a PRM (Personally Referred Member) and they don't buy from you, as long as they buy on Tripleclicks you still earn money. You can also separate this, invite PRM's on one area of your site and then on another area focus on your ECA store.

The beauty of SFI is that we are not charged money every month for being an ECA like some sites do when you have an online store with them. You have the power of the internet at your finger tips and you can utilize all the tools that SFI provides.

To your success!
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If you don't have a blog already I recommend getting one. If you can get your own domain and install wordpress I recommend doing that. However, if you cannot afford that you can settle for one of the free ones online. Add posts to it regularly and keep it updated with valuable information. One of the keys is to add value to what you bring.

You can categorize each marketing genre on your blog so you can do add posts for PSA's in one category, ECA's in another category and so forth. Keep
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Affiliate since: 10/04/2014, Power Rank: 3128 | Read Mohammed's 69 other Ask SC answers

The habits to implement daily to grow ones TripeClicks business are:

1. Visiting the ECA center daily
2. Advertising your product links on different advertising platforms (free and paid)
3. Send e-mail to 5-10 acquittances daily promoting your TC store
4. Share flyers or cards, with your TC link , to local stores and coffee shops in your neighborhood
5. Invite 2-5 friends, relatives or colleagues to your store daily
6. Check your mail, at least twice daily, to be able to act promptly to your correspondence
7. Check your product displayed daily with a view to see what your clients will be seeing and reading when they visit.

These are some of the daily marketing habits you can implement to grow ones TripeClicks business.
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The habits to implement daily to grow ones TripeClicks business are:

1. Visiting the ECA center daily
2. Advertising your product links on different advertising platforms (free and paid)
3. Send e-mail to 5-10 acquittances daily promoting your TC store
4. Share flyers or cards, with your TC link , to local stores and coffee shops in your neighborhood
5. Invite 2-5 friends, relatives or colleagues to your store daily
6. Check your mail, at least twice daily, to
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 54 | Read George's 87 other Ask SC answers

Because you placed this question under "Being an ECA" I will assume you want to grow your sales in your ECA. This is what I have done.

1. Develop and reach out so as to make as many connections as possible with SFI affiliates. The more connections you have the more people who receive your weekly ECA newsletter.

2. Send out a weekly newsletter from your ECA back office. Promote new products listed. Promote bottom price point products for review. SFI Affiliates are always looking for new products to try inexpensively and then receive the 25 AVP for the review.

3. Provide tools that affiliates can use to promote your products. I make Banner ads, email ads and email campaigns that an SFI affiliate can use to easily promote my products. For example I have built an email Campaign that an SFI affiliate can use in conjunction with the $12.00 gift card. When a person requests the gift card they will in turn receive a series of emails on my ECA products. These emails will be customized to the SFI ID of the affiliate promoting my products, so that affiliate gets commissions for every sale.

4. Constantly teach in your newsletter how an affiliate can make money promoting your product and how he can attract buyers to your products.

Affiliates marketing my products is the real power of SFI. Yet most ECAs are just trying to sell their products to affiliates instead of training this massive sales force.
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Because you placed this question under "Being an ECA" I will assume you want to grow your sales in your ECA. This is what I have done.

1. Develop and reach out so as to make as many connections as possible with SFI affiliates. The more connections you have the more people who receive your weekly ECA newsletter.

2. Send out a weekly newsletter from your ECA back office. Promote new products listed. Promote bottom price point products for review. SFI Affiliates are always
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Affiliate since: 07/26/2007, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Williams's 638 other Ask SC answers

What are some daily marketing habits I can implement to grow my TripleClicks (ECA) business?

I love this question because I was an ECA and I believe I was on of the best. I did market higher ticket items so these products sell a bit slower but for me they are the most profitable. Really growing your ECA means that you need to have a central product theme, broad range of products in that theme, and excellent customer service.

I don't believe you can effectively do all products like a larger discount store. The cash outlay need to do this is much higher and you are probably going to have more losers than winners when it comes to product categories. So what I did was to build my ECA around one hot product theme like electronics. Then you need to offer a broad range of products in that category. Some low range, mid range and higher products work great when they are all in the same category. For example, a Lenovo laptop is going to be more expensive than a Dell. So I would offer a power Dell laptop at a considerably lower price point than the Lenovo. But you might think I wouldn't sell the Lenovo. Actually the opposite is true because price is not the only consideration in the buying process. If the prospect is looking for a status symbol in a notebook then a Lenovo is just what they are going to buy or even an Apple which cost even more! But for the personal more concerned about functionality and practically, the Dell may be a good choice because the prospect would save 100s of dollars over the Apple. Purchases are a matter of preference more than price. It's difficult to wrap your mind around this sometimes as the more expensive items cost more to stock. Profit margin has to balance with customer needs and that's how you sell anything.

As the saying is "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" customer experience is the same way. Every ECA should set out to provide the best customer experience possible but not at the expense of the business. Speedy delivery, excellent feedback, no hassle returns policy, and variety all play a major role in customer experience. However, the rating is in the power of the customer. Do all you can to get a favorable rating. It will only serve to better your customer service skills. I lost money on a few items to save the customer service experience. Image and reputation matters. So once they is lost know that you might as well close the ECA! Be courteous, polite, and available. Then after all of that sometimes you will get an unfavorable rating! Don't let that bother you as long as you did everything you could do.

Finally, having a subdomain has some advantages. That is you benefit from all the top level domain traffic that you don't have to pay for. So merely being on TripleClicks will bring traffic to your ECA (hint! ;) ) Then if you want to use all of the marketing tools available to create custom banners to sell products and attract members that's all the better. Definitely promote your own ECA and maximize every opportunity to share on social networks. Keep accurate records and get your own domain so that you can promote your own brand - YOU! To recap:

1. High demand products centered on a theme.
2. Excellent customer service - returns policy, feedback, warranty, etc.
3. Do your own marketing as well as get your own domain.
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What are some daily marketing habits I can implement to grow my TripleClicks (ECA) business?

I love this question because I was an ECA and I believe I was on of the best. I did market higher ticket items so these products sell a bit slower but for me they are the most profitable. Really growing your ECA means that you need to have a central product theme, broad range of products in that theme, and excellent customer service.

I don't believe you can effectively do all products
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Affiliate since: 12/18/2011, Power Rank: 63 | Read Manohar's 240 other Ask SC answers

Hello Susanna

Earlier when I use to advertise, I use to concentrate on only getting new affiliates realizing little that the main income is generated from the sales on tripleclicks or ECA program.

Now, early morning I make it a point to advertise my ECA link or links of my favourite ECAs including the links of featured ECA on:

1. Safelist Adverising (at least two good products everyday)

2. Through Traffic Exchanges for 40-45 minutes having uploaded ECA proucts on my websites used in TE Programs.

3. I also have made my habit to advertise Deal of the Day & tripleclicks products (latest) on Facebook,Twitter & Linkedin.

4. I also advertise the ECA links on other Social Media like Myspace, APSense, Digg and Vine etc to promote various good products from various ECA of my country and from all around the world.

5. I have developed the habit of advertising ECA products on these sources twice a day. Once in the morning and then at night before sleeping.

Hope it helps
Have a wonderful time.

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Hello Susanna

Earlier when I use to advertise, I use to concentrate on only getting new affiliates realizing little that the main income is generated from the sales on tripleclicks or ECA program.

Now, early morning I make it a point to advertise my ECA link or links of my favourite ECAs including the links of featured ECA on:

1. Safelist Adverising (at least two good products everyday)

2. Through Traffic Exchanges for 40-45 minutes having uploaded
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Thanks for this question.

I studied so many articles on this subject by visiting many Blogs and Web sites and I am giving below some of the best tips I gathered which I follow to this date:

1. Start fresh every day. No point in thinking about what happened or not happened yesterday. Today
is a new day. Think with the spirit to move on. Attitude makes the difference.

2. Create your own Blog and keep introducing your products - stage by stage. Say how your product
is different from those that are available in the market. Keep providing useful tips & information.

3. Have an agenda and schedule to meet people every day.

4. Prepare and use your own Business Cards. Use them appropriately based on the occasions.

5. Think out of the box and have an on going list of creative ideas to promote your business.

6. Keep reading variety of books on similar business by well known authors. This will keep you
motivated.

7. Try and create your own FaceBook Page, Twitter profile, Pinterest & Instagram Profile.

8. Make your own Google+ Page;

9. Join Google+communities of similar business & be a regular contributor;

10. Use all these social media to create your own fan/followers;

11. Create and keep sending your own E-Mail News Letters to all your Friends, relatives, family
Members, colleagues, etc.

12. If you have already built a customer base then request them for Referrals.

13. Join LinkedIn and create a referral network with other professionals there;

14. Request your existing customers to provide Testimonials;

15. Conduct local events for your neighbors and friends & introduce your products & services;
Make them understand your sincere interest & how you can help them with quality products at
affordable prices;

16. Explain to them about Garage Sales & say that you can help them for early disposal and
quick cash income;

17. Keep advertising in local News Papers, Magazines, Local Cable Television Network;

18. Visit Professional Colleges & say that you can help students with an opportunity to become
business owners;

19. Create your own Flyers and keep issuing them by visiting Beach/Malls/Restaurants/Post & Tele-
graph Offices/Insurance Office/Employment Exchange;

20. Discuss & place flyers in your local Grocery Shops/Petrol Bunks;

21. Create your own Video and place it in You Tube;

22. Submit blogs on your Stores to large Web Sites;

23. Use your contacts with local News Paper reporters and place a Press Release;

24. Try & conduct On line Webinar/Work Shop, etc;

25. Always begin your day with a feeling that you are going to change some one's life style with
your products and services.

26, Above all, be sincere and honest in your Marketing approach. Accept criticism with an open
mind & use them to improve yourself continuously.

Conclusion:

Please try and implement any and all of these Marketing Habits & I can assure you that you will be able to see marked improvement in your ECA Business Growth quickly.


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Thanks for this question.

I studied so many articles on this subject by visiting many Blogs and Web sites and I am giving below some of the best tips I gathered which I follow to this date:

1. Start fresh every day. No point in thinking about what happened or not happened yesterday. Today
is a new day. Think with the spirit to move on. Attitude makes the difference.

2. Create your own Blog and keep introducing your products - stage by stage. Say how your
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