Affiliate since: 11/29/2011, Power Rank: 22 | Read Gliceria's 402 other Ask SC answers

With the New Year’s day announcement of the 5 new programs by Gery Carson, it is exciting to think of the future.

The Designated Diamonds Program is the one that will make a huge impact on my business in 2016,

With the $200 Signing Bonus and a new prestigious Diamond Badge, there will be a new commitment from those invited, and so a new commitment from me as well to increase the level of my support for them in a multiyear period. This is a very serious commitment from both PSA and me as their sponsor. I will happily go the extra mile to help my team grow and reach the top.

The other new programs such as Milestone Shares. The Biz Quiz, Simplified VersaPoints rules and More VersaPoints opportunities are fantastic additions that will surely boost the growth and productivity of my business and those of my team in 2016.

It's early days yet, but already I can feel the excitement and energy of my team, especially from those who happily accepted the DD invitations to Grow Something Big this year!



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With the New Year’s day announcement of the 5 new programs by Gery Carson, it is exciting to think of the future.

The Designated Diamonds Program is the one that will make a huge impact on my business in 2016,

With the $200 Signing Bonus and a new prestigious Diamond Badge, there will be a new commitment from those invited, and so a new commitment from me as well to increase the level of my support for them in a multiyear period. This is a very serious commitment from both
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 275 | Read Kay's 289 other Ask SC answers

Since this is all new for all of us, we can not answer from experience. So I will tell what my expectations will be.

Depending how each of us as sponsors views these changes, they can either help build our businesses, or add fuel to their downfall. Obviously what we have to do is grab onto the changes with a positive attitude and spend time understanding them so that we can advise and encourage our teams.

The signing bonuses, if we learn to use them in our advertising, will bring in many more recruits that will log in to see what they are all about. We must be ready to address this in our welcome letters. The more new PSAs who log in after signing, the better chance of having them continue to log in.

As they log in, they will read about the other incentives Our pre-written, copy and paste, letter about the next level of incentives, drawings, and competitions should excite some of them to pursue the chase. Those will be the ones you will see on you Movers List.

You can work with them and move them into the perseverance that they need to build their businesses. These are the ones who will take advantage of the Designated Diamond offer, and the Milestone Shares.

My team will grow with more advertising, mine and my affiliates'. I have a few whom I will nominate for DD, but I expect to nominate more in the next 6 months. With new focus and new goals, I expect that my team will fill out before I take it to a higher level.

With proper planning, wise leadership, and good communication, a business can noy help but increase with our new programs.
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Since this is all new for all of us, we can not answer from experience. So I will tell what my expectations will be.

Depending how each of us as sponsors views these changes, they can either help build our businesses, or add fuel to their downfall. Obviously what we have to do is grab onto the changes with a positive attitude and spend time understanding them so that we can advise and encourage our teams.

The signing bonuses, if we learn to use them in our advertising, will
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Affiliate since: 04/24/2014, Power Rank: 145 | Read Sameer's 74 other Ask SC answers

Hello Loretta

First of all let’s see what are the changes that have been made after Jan 1, 2016. Then we will be able to find out how they will make our business grow. Here are the changes that were made:

Milestone Shares
Designated Diamonds
The Biz Quiz
Simplified VersaPoints rules
More VersaPoints opportunities

1. Milestone Shares

Effective today, January 1st, 2016, for every 10 personal VP you earn, you also earn up to 18 bonus shares of the TripleClicks Executive Pool that will be paid to you upon reaching the milestones of SFI’s five Team Leader ranks!…which are:

EA will get 10, BTL will get 12, STL will get 14 and PTL will get 18 milestone shares for every 10 personal VP earned.

SFI wants Milestone Shares to provide a significant and meaningful bonus–commensurate to the effort invested to earn them. However, it’s also vital that the TripleClicks Executive Pool not become rewarding only to some but not to others. Therefore, quarterly, the quantity of Milestone Shares award per 10 VP may be adjusted up or down (with the rate increase or decrease effective starting with the new quarter).

These Milestone Shares earned would expire after one year.

2. DESIGNATED DIAMONDS

SFI has provided us with an opportunity to invite our good moving affiliates to become our Designated Diamonds. On invitation, they would be given $200 as bonus spread over a period of 18 months. This is a great incentive for each Designated Diamond affiliate. It would compel them to be at least an EA every month thereby helping them to retain their CSAs and grow their SFI business.

3. Biz Quiz

In addition to award $ 50 to the winners of Biz Quiz, it also helps in enhancing the knowledge base of an affiliates who tries to answer the Biz Quiz.

4. SIMPLIFIED VERSA POINT RULE.

Earlier we had to earn Sales Versa Points and Action Versa points. Now it has been simplified, the affiliate has to just accumulate the required Versa Points either through purchases or through actions. The SFI business has been simplified.



5. MORE VERSA POINTS OPPORTUNITIES

Effective immediately, SFI has significantly increased the limits on VersaPoints that can be earned at TripleClicks.

You can now earn, every month:

Up to 1000 VersaPoints for Pricebenders bidding (1 VP/bid)
Up to 500 VersaPoints for playing Eager Zebra games (1 VP/TCredit used*)
Up to 100 VersaPoints for TC Music downloads (1 VP/song)
Up to 100 VersaPoints for Member Listings (1 VP/listing)

Altogether, that’s 750 extra VersaPoints you can now earn monthly!

In this way the these changes would help grow your SFI business by leaps and bounds.



Hope it helps

Have a Great Day
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Hello Loretta

First of all let’s see what are the changes that have been made after Jan 1, 2016. Then we will be able to find out how they will make our business grow. Here are the changes that were made:

Milestone Shares
Designated Diamonds
The Biz Quiz
Simplified VersaPoints rules
More VersaPoints opportunities

1. Milestone Shares

Effective today, January 1st, 2016, for every 10 personal VP you earn, you also
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Thanks for this question.

What are all the New announcements/changes we all had effective 1.1.2016? Just to recollect:

1. Requirement to meet the Leadership Status like 1 First level EA2 for BTL, 2 First Level BTL for STL, and so on.
2. Milestone Shares
3. Designated Diamonds
4. The Biz Quiz
5. Simplified VersaPoints rules
6. More VersaPoints opportunities

Leadership Requirement:

Earlier there was always opportunities to "Buy Leadership" status and becoming a Leader was quite easy without having a team of active down lines.

With the new announcement, one has to focus on Team Building in order to grow as Leaders. The new affiliates will be given due attention by their sponsors and hence it is quite possible for them to learn many things quickly and grow. When they grow, naturally the Sponsors also grow.

Milestone Shares:

What does it mean? For every 10 personal VP you earn, you also earn up to 18 bonus shares of the TripleClicks Executive Pool that will be paid to you upon reaching the milestones of SFI’s five Team Leader ranks!

It can propel any committed member to work and reach one level to the next Team Leader status. If one has a strong and active Team, the team members will also be impressed by the growth of their Team Leader and they will also try & emulate their Leaders. This is a very good advantage & inspiring factor for all aspiring members to grow more and earn more.

Designated Diamond:

The Designated Diamonds (DD) program is directly aligned with THE PLAN–which prescribes identifying five serious PSAs and working together towards the mutual goal of becoming a Diamond Team Leader.

The Sponsor identifies the future prospect Diamond Leaders in the Team & designates them with an intention to grow bigger. Its a commitment from the Sponsor towards the Team's growth and in turn the Designated Diamond commits to grow step by step & reach the Diamond Leadership status over a period of committed time.

SFI also commits itself to compensate both the Sponsor & the Designated Diamond by investing $200 into each of your DDs to help them and you build a great business!

This will in growing our business more in 2016!

Biz Quiz:

Gery clearly explained in Rule 8 of SFI Rules of Success that a Leader has to be a Reader first. Without reading something that helps in growing your business, on a daily basis, one can not succeed here.

Biz Quiz make us to go back to the basics and read many things about this Business in order to find the correct answer for a question that will be posted every day. Winning answering correctly, you have the opportunity to earn $ 50 in Daily Crown which will be added to your Signing Bonus.

When the business is fully understood through reading and up dating with information, your foundation remains strong and with a strong foundation, you can boldly approach any one to forge business partnerships through Team Building, etc.

Simplified VersaPoint Rules:

Earlier it was mandatory that one has to have specific number of ActionVersaPoints every month along with specific Sales VersaPoints in order to become/retain one's Team Leader status. It has since been modified that :All points are now simply VersaPoints! ".

One has many options to fulfill the Leadership VersaPoint Requirements. It will help in planning and gathering the VersaPoints without exerting undue pressure on oneself. One can focus on the Team with sufficient time so that every one can grow together.

More VersaPoint Opportunities:

SFI has increased the limits on VersaPoints that can be earned at TripleClicks by participating in Pricebender Auctions, Playing EZ Games, downloading TC Music and Member Listing. 750 additional VersaPoints can be earned by doing these activities. In fact, every TCredit spent will earn One VersaPoint now.

This will take the pressure off of the aspiring as well as the existing Team Leaders to a great extent since they need not worry about meeting the Action VersaPoint requirement any more!

Conclusion:

The bottom line is: Through all these announcements:

- Enough encouragement is provided;
- Adequate and equal opportunities are given;
- Everything is made crystal clear

by SFI Management. It is now up to us to understand, apply and create wealth for ourselves and our Team Members. It may look challenging but not so tough to comply with and grow NOW.







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Thanks for this question.

What are all the New announcements/changes we all had effective 1.1.2016? Just to recollect:

1. Requirement to meet the Leadership Status like 1 First level EA2 for BTL, 2 First Level BTL for STL, and so on.
2. Milestone Shares
3. Designated Diamonds
4. The Biz Quiz
5. Simplified VersaPoints rules
6. More VersaPoints opportunities

Leadership Requirement:

Earlier there was always opportunities to "Buy
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2013, Power Rank: 528 | Read Nafisa's 286 other Ask SC answers

These are my observations about the changes especially the Designated Diamond initiative. It is clear that they are meant to:-

a) Help the affiliates reach leadership levels starting with becoming a BTL

b) Highlight the importance of having an active down line

c) More active team members means a better commission cheque which means more available funds to invest in your business.

d) It encourages those leaders who have an active team to move higher up and make a commitment to achieve Diamond Team Leader.

e) It gives incentives to prospective affiliates to see the SFI as a lucrative alternative income stream and join the scheme

f) The changes support the business idea to have active affiliates which is the core concept of this business.

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These are my observations about the changes especially the Designated Diamond initiative. It is clear that they are meant to:-

a) Help the affiliates reach leadership levels starting with becoming a BTL

b) Highlight the importance of having an active down line

c) More active team members means a better commission cheque which means more available funds to invest in your business.

d) It encourages those leaders who have an active team to move higher
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Affiliate since: 10/04/2014, Power Rank: 3127 | Read Mohammed's 69 other Ask SC answers

The changes will boost my SFI business in the following ways:

1. The sign-up bonus will make me have more active affiliates in my team. Last year, many people I recruited couldn't work because of earning questions. Now, when the question comes up, I simply answer "get the first $20 for a start." This is an indication that the new recruit wants to work.

2. The new Milestone Shares is now making my team members to sit up. They see it as an income doubler. I look forward to seeing many of my team climbing the ladder which is growth for my SFI business also. Adding Milestone Shares to marching VP, that's cool cash.
3. The Diamond Designate package will also drive my team members to focus on sponsoring and duplication. As we all team up to work together, this will grow my SFI business faster than I was thinking in December 2015.

My business will grow with the announcements of January 1st and benefit many people around me too.

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The changes will boost my SFI business in the following ways:

1. The sign-up bonus will make me have more active affiliates in my team. Last year, many people I recruited couldn't work because of earning questions. Now, when the question comes up, I simply answer "get the first $20 for a start." This is an indication that the new recruit wants to work.

2. The new Milestone Shares is now making my team members to sit up. They see it as an income doubler. I look forward
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Affiliate since: 06/09/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Olufolake 's 206 other Ask SC answers

I was so excited when i saw the announcement because it was another avenue to explore new marketing and business strategies.
First, i was excited when my sponsor invited me to be one of her top 20 DDs. It brought great joy to me because it paid off on my hardwork in building my business and in my requalification every month, adding 3% to my commission every month till the $200 signing bonus is completed and that is for the space of 5 years. Wow!
Second, it gave me the opportunity to replan my dream and make it better. I'd the intention of working towards being a STL at the end of the year even before the DD invitation came. This gave me even more room to make my dream come true.
Third, is the simpler versapoints. Now i can qualify as a Team Leader without any purchases as far as i can accumulate the total number of my vp and the qualification of first level EA2, or BTL, GTL, STL or PTL.
This makes becoming a Team Leader much easier for me, thus increasing my team and my income.
Fourth is the Milestone shares. It gave me the boost to create a motivation for me to earn.
Even as i write, am contemplating becoming a BTL as soon as possible and at the same time to accumulate enough vp or shares before i become one. This enlarges my take home in the Tripleclicks Executive Pool.
The January 1 announcement is a big leap fold for growing my business.
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I was so excited when i saw the announcement because it was another avenue to explore new marketing and business strategies.
First, i was excited when my sponsor invited me to be one of her top 20 DDs. It brought great joy to me because it paid off on my hardwork in building my business and in my requalification every month, adding 3% to my commission every month till the $200 signing bonus is completed and that is for the space of 5 years. Wow!
Second, it gave me the opportunity to replan
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Affiliate since: 02/03/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Emilio's 29 other Ask SC answers

You may still be polishing off the last of the champagne and eggnog, but we’re already one week into the new year. It’s time to wake up from the food coma and get serious about growing your business in 2016.

Problem is, there are a million things you can do to grow your online business. You can write more content, better content, improve SEO, hire more employees, start an Instagram promotion, boost social sharing, do a publicity stunt, use PPC advertising, guest blogging, or get better at email marketing. There are so many things you can do, but what should you do?

1. Fix Where You’re the Worst - Growing a business doesn’t happen from any single activity, it happens when you’re continually getting better and optimizing your business to deliver the best possible experience. Doing this requires shifting your thinking away from one-off tactics, and instead focusing on lifting conversion rates throughout the lifecycle.

The places where you will have the biggest impact are the areas in which you are currently the worst. You can’t just be good at turning strangers into visitors, you have to turn those visitors into users or customers, then turn those customers into repeat buyers. If you’re underperforming in one of these areas, your whole business will suffer.

2. Test and Measure - Once you know your weak spot, it’s time for the fun stuff – testing new tactics and measuring the results. Remember: you don’t have to have all the answers up front. Just make sure you’re always trying new things and learning what works!

I wish you great year!


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You may still be polishing off the last of the champagne and eggnog, but we’re already one week into the new year. It’s time to wake up from the food coma and get serious about growing your business in 2016.

Problem is, there are a million things you can do to grow your online business. You can write more content, better content, improve SEO, hire more employees, start an Instagram promotion, boost social sharing, do a publicity stunt, use PPC advertising, guest blogging, or get better
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

We always worked in teams but I don't think everybody worked together as a team. In life we need people and support and sometimes even help. Teamwork help to keep us strong when we feel we are not getting anywhere.

Two heads are better than one - right? Now imagine what a whole team can accomplish if they work to help and support each other.

If I can achieve my goals and become a team leader with the help of my Sponsor, I can in turn help my affiliates to do the same.

The sign-up bonus will see a few crazy people joining because they think they are going to score a $100 (or more) just by joining and as soon as they find out they have to work for it they will disappear, but it will also be an incentive for realistic honest people to join and work to get that money - that means your team is growing and so is your business.

On your own it can be very difficult to make it - with a team behind you it becomes easier.
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We always worked in teams but I don't think everybody worked together as a team. In life we need people and support and sometimes even help. Teamwork help to keep us strong when we feel we are not getting anywhere.

Two heads are better than one - right? Now imagine what a whole team can accomplish if they work to help and support each other.

If I can achieve my goals and become a team leader with the help of my Sponsor, I can in turn help my affiliates to do the
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Affiliate since: 12/01/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ivana's 172 other Ask SC answers

Changes in 2016 in SFI lot. One better than the other.
Now you can get each month:

Up to 1000 VersaPoints for aspiring Pricebenders (1 VP / bid)
500 VersaPoints Eager to play games Zebra (1 VP / TCredit use *)
100 VersaPoints TC Music Downloads (1 VP / song)
100 VersaPoints Member Listings (1 VP / track)
Altogether it is 750 more VersaPoints now you can earn per month!

Versa Points do not proliferate on the action and AVS, but Jobs are united and you can get your shop to gain the necessary points in Triple Clicks buying and selling.

Diamonds new program! also you can get a badge

Up to 10 invitations can be issued if you EA2
Up to 12 invitations can be issued if you BTL
Up to 14 invitations can be issued if you have STL
Up to 16 invitations can be issued if you GTL
Up to 20 invitations can be issued if you PTL

Milestone Shares!
Milestone Shares 10 10 VP if your position is affiliate or EA
Milestone Shares 12 10 VP if your position is BTL
Milestone Shares 14 10 VP if your position is STL
Milestone Shares 16 10 VP if your position is GTL
Milestone Shares 18 10 VP if your position is PTL

Ror fun increment The Biz Quiz!

You will raise your IQ SFI every day to help you grow your business and your monthly salary! You can also get another badge

Top perfectly read and study in New SFI and in the Forum
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Changes in 2016 in SFI lot. One better than the other.
Now you can get each month:

Up to 1000 VersaPoints for aspiring Pricebenders (1 VP / bid)
500 VersaPoints Eager to play games Zebra (1 VP / TCredit use *)
100 VersaPoints TC Music Downloads (1 VP / song)
100 VersaPoints Member Listings (1 VP / track)
Altogether it is 750 more VersaPoints now you can earn per month!

Versa Points do not proliferate on the action and AVS, but Jobs are united and you
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