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

As you are building your SFI business you will more than likely come across affiliate Team Leaders that will recommend that you should communicate with your teammates by using many of the different social networks like Facebook, Linked-in and other social sites.

Personally I have found that the communication networks set up within SFI to be more than adequate to handle the communications between your teammates and yourself. I have been with SFI for over 3 years now and I rarely go outside to other resources to contact my down-line members.

I do let my team know my personal email account so they can contact when they have any questions. I do answer the majority of their questions this way. I like the email account because there is no size limit and I can also add screen shots or images when needed.

But as far as going to and using social networks for communications purposes has not worked to well. Even though I have a Business Page on Facebook set up for SFI and put the link to the page in my team mails for a year no one used it to contact me. When my team get much bigger then I will think about activating the Facebook page again.

Our business is a global business and catching some affiliates in different countries at the right time when using Instant messages or Skype is extremely hard to set up. To make a connection someone is going to have to lose sleep.

In SFI we have our;

• CSA (Co-sponsored Affiliates) mailer
• PSA (Personally Sponsored Affiliates) mailer.
• We have our Genealogy mailer where all kinds of filters can be implemented depending on who you wish to contact.
• There is also our Stream post that can be used to send short messages to a2a friends, PSAs – CSAs or a combination of our entire group.
• We now have many different Ecards that we can send to our teammates
• We also have a instant chat system you can use when you see one of your teammates on line.

As you can see SFI has left nothing to chance. I have never see an Internet Marketing company provide so many ways to communicate with our teammates then what SFI has provided for us.

I would say that a personal email account is all you will need to compliment your SFI communication system with your teammates.

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As you are building your SFI business you will more than likely come across affiliate Team Leaders that will recommend that you should communicate with your teammates by using many of the different social networks like Facebook, Linked-in and other social sites.

Personally I have found that the communication networks set up within SFI to be more than adequate to handle the communications between your teammates and yourself. I have been with SFI for over 3 years now and I rarely
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 426 | Read Nimo's 381 other Ask SC answers

Yes you are missing out.

As you rightly say, SFI has great ways of communicating with your team but these are limited mainly to the SFI environment only. Why limit yourself?

I would suspect that all your team members do not limit themselves just to SFI. Those team members who you did not physically approach and recruit somehow found you and SFI. They would have been surfing the internet and most likely social sites and they came across your ads or SFI ads. In other words they are already on FaceBook, WhatsApp, Skype, Twitter, LinkedIn etc..

Not all people who sign up to SFI go to the SFI site after doing so. Not all affiliates visit the SFI site regularly, Not all check their emails regularly. You therefore need to communicate with your team in any way you can.

I would therefore encourage you not to limit your communication with them to the SFI ways only. Use outside resources also, especially with those who are inactive team members. You don't have to 'preach' SFI especially if on social sites. Simply make regular contact and subtly remind them about SFI.

If you are able to 'private message' them, do so. Remind them of how great SFI is and again offer your help.
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Yes you are missing out.

As you rightly say, SFI has great ways of communicating with your team but these are limited mainly to the SFI environment only. Why limit yourself?

I would suspect that all your team members do not limit themselves just to SFI. Those team members who you did not physically approach and recruit somehow found you and SFI. They would have been surfing the internet and most likely social sites and they came across your ads or SFI ads. In other
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Affiliate since: 08/29/2013, Power Rank: 306 | Read Gilbert's 79 other Ask SC answers

SFI has great ways to communicate with your team, but am I missing out by not using outside resources too like email, Facebook Messenger, WhatsAPP, etc?

May I suggest that we shouldn’t get caught up in the technology BUT remember that the principle task we wish to achieve is to COMMUNICATE effectively with a team member. It’s not important what technology we use. What IS important is that what WORKS best for each team member.

A communication method is not going to work unless both your team member and yourself are comfortable using it. So we need to find the best ways to communicate with a team member.

SFI’s methods are great but they do not work unless the team member logs in. When we receive a new team member the only outside communication address we are given is their email address. So that is the first “outside” address I use to try and communicate with them.

It also suits me to use email. It is my preferred method because I use it all the time. I can get messages either on my computer or smartphone. It is written so I can go back and re-read it later. Email also allows me to send attachments and website links etc too.

In summary find what method works for that person and use that method. I would suggest also that we try and keep it as simple as possible.

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SFI has great ways to communicate with your team, but am I missing out by not using outside resources too like email, Facebook Messenger, WhatsAPP, etc?

May I suggest that we shouldn’t get caught up in the technology BUT remember that the principle task we wish to achieve is to COMMUNICATE effectively with a team member. It’s not important what technology we use. What IS important is that what WORKS best for each team member.

A communication method is not going to work
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 45 | Read Mar's 582 other Ask SC answers

SFI has provided all affiliates excellent communication tools for venturing SFI. Do you feel that you’re missing out by not using outside resources such as, email, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, etc.?

To answer your question, consider how your entire SFI organization communicates to find out if you’re really missing out on other outside available resources means of communication.

Here’s what you can do:

- Analyze how your team communicates with you. You can effectively communicate with them if you know your team members’ preference of their means of communication.

- Develop a strategy on how you can effectively communicate with your team members by selecting the right channel to deliver your message, so that you can make that vital connection – a connection that will produce a positive outcome for those involved.

- When sending group messages to train and support your team members, it is best to use PSA/CSA Mailer or Genealogy Group Mailer.

- If you’re offering one-on-one support, it is perhaps more preferable to use email to add your personal touch and keep the confidentiality with your affiliate. Generally email can reach mass audience fast, consistent and simple to use, reaches the recipient directly and good for information awareness or instruction. With email you can use the subject box to get across your key message and you can control access to mass distribution list.

- If you’re organizing for a live team meetings, think of Skype or Google Hangout. This will offer you the opportunity to have discussion, feedback, questioning and ideas. Furthermore, you can facilitate a lively and interactive session to help build understanding and involvement.

- Text messaging such as WhatsApp or Viber is good for reaching remote team members, for crisis communication, to direct your affiliates to further sources of information. Nowadays mobile phones are widely used, so be prepared to capitalize on the advantages of using this channel of communication.

Conclusion:
Only you should know if you’re really missing out on the outside resources of available means of communication after evaluating how your team members connect with you. It is a question of strategy, of how you can effectively communicate with your affiliates using the right channel of communication to get the results of what you’re aiming for.


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SFI has provided all affiliates excellent communication tools for venturing SFI. Do you feel that you’re missing out by not using outside resources such as, email, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, etc.?

To answer your question, consider how your entire SFI organization communicates to find out if you’re really missing out on other outside available resources means of communication.

Here’s what you can do:

- Analyze how your team communicates with you. You can
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Affiliate since: 04/24/2014, Power Rank: 145 | Read Sameer's 74 other Ask SC answers

Yes, and No Crystal

1. You are missing a lot. But let’s see what SFI has for us because to communicate with our teammates. Everybody in this world cannot afford to have a Smart Phone.

2. As you yourself admitted SFI has a great way of communication with your PSAs and CSAs. SFI has the following facilities in-built for our communication:

(a) E-Cards
(b) Personal Messages (PM)
(c) Weekly messaging to PSAs & CSAs
(d) Genealogy to target the specific groups

3. Of course, you can add yourself among the others who are missing these ways of communications like Facebook, What’s Up etc. But you can compensate it by using email messages. Emails are the best source of communicating only with active PSAs and CSAs.

4. Moreover, the number of most active PSAs and CSAs generally does not exceeds 10 or 15. Therefore, it is easy to send them motivational or instructional messages as an attachment to a mail message that can be sent as a Group Message to all the active PSAs and CSAs.

5. In conclusion, do not consider yourself as missing something but on the contrary find the alternative method of communication. I myself, do not possess any Smart Phone yet. Never think negative. Be positive and work hard with persistence. You will surely succeed in all your endeavors.

Hope it helps
Have a Great day!

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Yes, and No Crystal

1. You are missing a lot. But let’s see what SFI has for us because to communicate with our teammates. Everybody in this world cannot afford to have a Smart Phone.

2. As you yourself admitted SFI has a great way of communication with your PSAs and CSAs. SFI has the following facilities in-built for our communication:

(a) E-Cards
(b) Personal Messages (PM)
(c) Weekly messaging to PSAs & CSAs
(d)
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2013, Power Rank: 2351 | Read Jennie's 147 other Ask SC answers

Remember your affiliates will be receiving messages from a Sponsor, a Co-sponsor and from SFI Admin; you do not want to overload them with too many messages or unnecessary ones.

As to whether you are missing out by not using extra resources, the answer is "May be not."

If your PSA's are receiving your messages or SFI tools are working for you, those at SFI should be enough.

If you are unable to reach them using the communication tools at SFI, and you know that they need your help, then you could miss out if not using outside communication channels to reach them.

You may wish to try the different forms of communication and see which ones bring you better results.

If you have a large active downlne you can benefit from outside communication resources such as:
-Facebook
-Google+ Circles and Hangouts
-Skype
-Webinars


You can miss out if you have not invited them to join you there.

Hope this helps.
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Remember your affiliates will be receiving messages from a Sponsor, a Co-sponsor and from SFI Admin; you do not want to overload them with too many messages or unnecessary ones.

As to whether you are missing out by not using extra resources, the answer is "May be not."

If your PSA's are receiving your messages or SFI tools are working for you, those at SFI should be enough.

If you are unable to reach them using the communication tools at SFI, and
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Communication is not a one method approach - as you have noted in your question. As stated in your question, there are many ways and so may cause affilaites to feel like there needs to be more than what is being used.

I would say that it is entirely up to you to use which method is a fit for your business model with SFI. If you are an avid blogger then you may wish to use a blog to communicate with your team regularly. If you are quick to respond to e-mails, Team Mail messages - then this will be the way you want to go.

It is important to consider what is a fit to what you are comfortable with and which mode (may be more than 1) that you have a routine in place that enables you to be an effective communicator with your team.

The answer is simply going to be based on what you are comfortable with and what you feel you are a master at doing. Do not try to use a method that is cumbersome and uncomfortable for you as this will be then harder for you to keep up then will not be effective for you to communicate with others.

Effective communication is what you are striving for so be sure to reflect on what you are comfortable with and what you know you can keep up as a regular routine to communicate with your team members.

The less stressed you are the better you will be with timely and effective communication tactics for you and your team.

Happy Connecting!
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Communication is not a one method approach - as you have noted in your question. As stated in your question, there are many ways and so may cause affilaites to feel like there needs to be more than what is being used.

I would say that it is entirely up to you to use which method is a fit for your business model with SFI. If you are an avid blogger then you may wish to use a blog to communicate with your team regularly. If you are quick to respond to e-mails, Team Mail messages - then this
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

For effective, professional and result oriented communications, most of our business building needs are met with SFI' s resources and tools. The various components of the Team mail (Genealogy, PSA and CSA mailers), the E-cards, the internal message system, the SFI IM chat, the stream posts and the Leadership page, are all highly suitable for our business objectives.

Furthermore, SFI offers the opportunity to use external communication resources. Email between sponsors and PSAs/CSAs is available. We also are advised to list our phone numbers, our Skype and/or AIM contacts, our Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn IDs.

Facebook and LinkedIn groups as well as Google hangouts can be effective in providing additional training on duplication and support. Posting there may have similar results as using the SFI Leadership page.

Any need assessment of additional communications resources should be based on evidence of tangible increased effectiveness.

If we realize that some affiliates do not respond to the SFI traditional communication tools, we may, then, look for other alternatives. The goal is to have have positive results: get our team members active and see their businesses grow.

There are also questions of personal preferences. If a sponsor and their team member enjoy using a particular internet app and agree to communicate through it for business reasons, there may not be any harm in doing so, provided that SFI communication guidelines and rules are observed.
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For effective, professional and result oriented communications, most of our business building needs are met with SFI' s resources and tools. The various components of the Team mail (Genealogy, PSA and CSA mailers), the E-cards, the internal message system, the SFI IM chat, the stream posts and the Leadership page, are all highly suitable for our business objectives.

Furthermore, SFI offers the opportunity to use external communication resources. Email between sponsors and PSAs/CSAs is
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Affiliate since: 01/01/2015, Power Rank: 653 | Read Gyanendra's 56 other Ask SC answers

SFI has great ways to communicate with your team, but am I missing out by not using outside resources too like email, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, etc.?

That's a very good question because almost everybody uses these outside communication nowadays. These are very effective means of communications for recruiting new PSAs. In my case almost 90 % of my PSAs have come through Facebook, Whatsapp or through emails. After recruiting PSAs I guide them mostly through Facebook Messenger or Whatsapp. I have even used my personal phone to communicate with them. This makes them understand SFI faster and they become active instantly.

In my case my sponsor used to communicate with me through group mails only which delayed my getting active very late. Being in network marketing industry I wanted to know how to sponsor new people but there was so much information overload that I wasn't able to concentrate on any one topic and I didn't know how to get started. Had she been communicating with me through those outside resources I would have become active fast. So I use all outside resources like Facebook Messenger and Whatsapp etc to communicate with my downlines. In my welcome letter I make it a point to include my Facebook ID and Whatsapp contact details and asking them to contact me immediately if they don't understand any aspect of SFI business.

Yes I can say that you will be definitely missing out if you don't use outside resources.

So I greatly recommend the use of these so called outside resources and build a network of highly active PSAs fast.

All the best to you.

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SFI has great ways to communicate with your team, but am I missing out by not using outside resources too like email, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, etc.?

That's a very good question because almost everybody uses these outside communication nowadays. These are very effective means of communications for recruiting new PSAs. In my case almost 90 % of my PSAs have come through Facebook, Whatsapp or through emails. After recruiting PSAs I guide them mostly through Facebook Messenger or Whatsapp.
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Affiliate since: 10/28/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Alma's 21 other Ask SC answers

Support groups on social networks (like Facebook or G+) could be effective.

For example, if you organize Facebook Support group, these are some benefits:

- Community can be motivating - When my sponsor added me to the support group I had been amazed how many people are there.

- This is very effective way to lead by example - I was not interested in games, until I saw how many people are bragging about T-Time winning.

- Team work is fantastic - If I am not online, all the people from my downline could get instant help from other leaders from my sponsor's downline. This is very important if you go global (because of the time differences).

- All new affiliates are overwhelmed with information. You could set up some first day instructions, just to point them out the most important things. You can also share tips for advertising, etc.

- Friendships and bonds with people are much stronger this way.

Possible problems:
- Sometimes can be hard to convince people that Support group is business only, and that they should take it seriously.

- When group becomes big enough, you will need some help to monitor activities.

Good luck!
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Support groups on social networks (like Facebook or G+) could be effective.

For example, if you organize Facebook Support group, these are some benefits:

- Community can be motivating - When my sponsor added me to the support group I had been amazed how many people are there.

- This is very effective way to lead by example - I was not interested in games, until I saw how many people are bragging about T-Time winning.

- Team work is fantastic - If I am
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