Affiliate since: 07/03/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Gilbert's 79 other Ask SC answers

As a new affiliate, how much should I invest in SFI to start earning money every month?

Let me be as practical as possible in answering this question. First, the theory.

1. You actually start to earn a commission in SFI from day one, just by earning VersaPoints (VP) by doing the actions available to you; see the complete list on your To-Do Tab on your SFI Homepage: -

https://www.sfimg.com/Home?tab=to-do_list

Note all the different types of actions you can do to earn VP.

2. But your commissions are not paid to you until you have accumulated at least 1,500 VP for the month. Once you have earned 1,500 VP each month you will also become an Executive Affiliate (EA). So you need to ensure that you earn at least 1,500 VP each and every month.

This point is not highlighted clearly in SFI. Perhaps the easiest way to find this out is to go to the “Compensation Plan”, see: -

https://www.sfimg.com/Reference/CompPlan#3

At the bottom of this page you will find “11 Reasons Why The SFI Comp Plan Rocks.” Read point #5 carefully: -

“5. Qualify for EVERY type of compensation with as little as 1500 VP a month!”

3. Commissions are paid monthly for the previous month into your “My SFI Commissions” account, see: -

https://www.sfimg.com/MyAccount/CommissionsIndex

4. But, if you don’t earn at least 1,500 VP each month, you will loose any accumulated commissions in your account. This is clearly stated as point #34 in your Affiliate Agreement, see: -

https://www.sfimg.com/Support/Solution?catid=26444&id=66887

5. Hence you need to earn at least 1,500 VP each month to be paid a commission and retain it.

6. How do you do this?
I recommend that you earn at least 1,500 VP each month through your own actions (including sales and purchases) so that you are not relying on the activity of your team. If you are relying on your team members’ activity and none of them do enough in a particular month for you to earn 1,500 VP then you will loose any accumulated commissions. This can happen for a number of reasons, so protect yourself. Make it your personal goal to earn 1,500 VP yourself each month.

7. The cheapest was to do this is to purchase one pack of 100 TCredits each month. This will cost you $29.00 (on Standing Order) and give you 1,200 VP. And you can easily earn the remaining 300 VP from doing the daily, weekly and monthly actions on your “To-Do List”.

8. But also please realize this: - There are “No purchase requirements...ever!” Please refer to reason #2 of the “11 Reasons Why The SFI Comp Plan Rocks.”

No, you can earn a commission each month by marketing SFI products to people. If they just want to purchase the product they will sign up as your Personally Referred Member (PRM), also known as a TC Member, and just purchase whatever products they wish from TripleClicks.

If you sign them up as an AFFILIATE they will be become your Personally Sponsor Affiliate (PSA) and you will earn a Direct Commission from any purchases they make at TripleClicks of 45% of the Commission Value (CV) of the product.

Similarly when any of your Co-Sponsored Affiliates (CSAs) purchase a product from TripleClicks you will receive a Co-Sponsor Commission of 15% of the CV of the product.

9. Let me give you an example. Let’s say you are interested in marketing Eager Zebra (EZ) Games. Your prospects will need to purchase TCredits to play these games. So you should begin to market TCredits to them.

Say a person purchases a pack of 200 TCredits (a TripleClicks Member must buy this quantity to get the special price of $0.29 each). It will cost them $64.00.

And you will earn a direct commission of $9.96 (or $8.86 if on Standing Order). You will receive this about the 11th day of the following month. And you will be able to reinvest this back into SFI or spend it on anything you wish.

You would also have earned 1,661 VersaPoints (VP). This is enough to make you an Executive Affiliate (EA) for the month.

Hence to retain your rank as EA2 every month you only need to sell one pack 200 TCredits each month.

Do you get the idea? You can do this calculation for any product in TripleClicks.

10. My experience. I have been in SFI for over two years and I have received a commission every single month. THE SFI SYSTEM WORKS! Some months it has been very small. When I have only been able to earn about 1,500 VP my commission for the month was as little as $0.66.

11. Briefly, the above is the theory. What do I recommend? I think you are a serious SFI business builder, so I will tell you what I do.

I strive to have the minimum rank of Team Leader each month. These begin at Bronze Team Leader (BTL), which requires that I earn a minimum 3,000 VP each month. (There is also the requirement to have one EA2 in my team.)

I do this because I wish to receive the additional benefits of BTL, which include Matching VP and one share of “Second Home CSAs”.

Hence I earn 3,000 VP each month from my personal activity. Again the easiest and cheapest way to do this is to purchase two packs of 125 TCredits. This will cost you $72.50 and give you 3,000 VP.

This then allows me to concentrate of team building. It also means all the ACTION VP I earn during the month, and the VP and TCredits I win during the month, help me move towards the next rank - Silver Team Leader (STL), which requires 4,000 VP.

Summary: Briefly, the above is the way to start earning money in SFI. But, of course, the “Sky's the limit!” SFI has HUGE potential and if you are serious about building a successful SFI business as quickly as possible then I suggest you invest as much as you can afford each month in SFI.

Your investment will include products you will consume yourself (transfer buying); products for use in SFI, such as TCredits to play games and bid in the auctions etc; products and services from TripleClicks that will assist you to grow your business and train your team, such as e-books, websites, PSAs etc; and a marketing budget. Your marketing budget will depend on what type of marketing you wish to do.

Of course, you will be wise to evaluate the benefits each component of your SFI budget generates and make adjustments accordingly.

Finally, may I just say this; when I had a “bricks and mortar” business (physical office) I was paying in excess of $1,000.00 per month in rent, electricity, telephones, advertising, and other business expenses. So, I am prepared to also invest a similar amount in my SFI business. At the moment I am not working and so can’t do this. So I just invest as much as I can afford to each month. And, of one thing I am certain – what money I can invest in SFI will generate more profit and residual value than if I invested the same amount in a “bricks and mortar” business.

SFI IS MY BUSINESS VEHICLE OF CHOICE!

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As a new affiliate, how much should I invest in SFI to start earning money every month?

Let me be as practical as possible in answering this question. First, the theory.

1. You actually start to earn a commission in SFI from day one, just by earning VersaPoints (VP) by doing the actions available to you; see the complete list on your To-Do Tab on your SFI Homepage: -

https://www.sfimg.com/Home?tab=to-do_list

Note all the different types of actions you can
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Affiliate since: 03/14/2009, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Cal Warren's 108 other Ask SC answers

Let's keep things real, everyone!

The amount you should invest in SFI must be a "two-fold" investment of time and money.

Your Investment of Time:
Speaking for myself, it's every single day I'm physically able. My longest "VP Streak" was 379 days. I am now on another streak of 275 to this date. I've learned that time is truly one of your GREATEST assets. A sincere investment of time (meaning a productive investment) is how you develop yourself in the "all round" knowledge of SFI Marketing.. such as in team building through advertising and product knowledge.

Your Investment of Money:
Again, from personal experience.. the amount of money will depend on what you can personally afford without causing a distraction towards your overall GOALS. For example, using your mortgage or rent money to finance your Standing Order.. Issuance of Gift-Certificates to new MRPs.. paying for Advertising.. etc., without having a "in-hand and viable plan" to successfully make-up that mortgage or rent payment so it doesn't become problematic and a distraction to you overtime!

In Summery:
Whatever your investment is.. be smart and make it work best for you.
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Let's keep things real, everyone!

The amount you should invest in SFI must be a "two-fold" investment of time and money.

Your Investment of Time:
Speaking for myself, it's every single day I'm physically able. My longest "VP Streak" was 379 days. I am now on another streak of 275 to this date. I've learned that time is truly one of your GREATEST assets. A sincere investment of time (meaning a productive investment) is how you develop yourself in the
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Affiliate since: 06/01/2011, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Victoria's 124 other Ask SC answers

Hello!

Well, at first you should decide how much money you can spend per month for Your Business. From my experience I invest every month $45.25 for SO and I earn half of it.

There are also other options:
- $36.25 for 125 Tcredits pack - you immediately become EA with this /1500 VP/
- $29 for 100 Tcredits pack - you receive 1200 VP and you're close enough to EA
- $24 fof S-BUilder- Co - it gives you 280 VP

You can also invest no money, but you need to work up to 10 hours daily for promotion and earn money from sales that you or your team make.

But the best way is to have SO for at least 1200 VP and when you reach EA status you Earn for sure money.
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Hello!

Well, at first you should decide how much money you can spend per month for Your Business. From my experience I invest every month $45.25 for SO and I earn half of it.

There are also other options:
- $36.25 for 125 Tcredits pack - you immediately become EA with this /1500 VP/
- $29 for 100 Tcredits pack - you receive 1200 VP and you're close enough to EA
- $24 fof S-BUilder- Co - it gives you 280 VP

You can also invest no money, but you need
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Andrew's 330 other Ask SC answers

As much as you can without hurting yourself.

SFI is free to join but the fact is the more you invest of time and money the faster you will see a return on that investment. We have several affiliates who have found that secret and compounded it to build beautiful incomes.

Not only should one invest available pennies, nickles, dimes, quarters, dollars etc.. they should take any earnings for the first 3 years and invest those as well because your investment will grow and you'll find the income will grow too. Never stop investing and don't stop growing the investment until you have met your financial goals. If you want to earn $5,000 a month keep investing like someone who wants $5,000 a month, heck invest like someone who wants $10,000 a month as well.

The secret is what you invest in.

The big thing with anything at SFI is TripleClicks sales. Not one penny is earned with no sales into the system so learning to promote products and groups of products people love is vital to your business. It is also the fastest path to profits and that means increasing your investment to sell even more next month.

Add in promotions to recruit ECA or E-commerce Associates to sell on TripleClicks. This stream of income is often last attacked because 10% doesn't sound like a big deal when you get 45% for PRM and PSA purchases, but it really is when 1 million plus affiliates are promoting these ECA and one ECA could make 200 sales a month while you refer only 5 sales a month and that 10% could be hundreds while your direct commissions are around $50 to $60.

Third thought is in growing your team.

This sounds funny as 90% of the affiliates you meet are doing the opposite but the fact is you need to learn to sell before you can teach PSA how to sell. You must learn to refer ECA before you can expect them to tap into this vast wealth builder. Once you can teach them invest 1/3 of your growing investment into acquiring PSA, whether you use PSA To Go or a ECA run co-op, or advertise on your own you will need a ton of referrals to find 5 active ones and help them learn and grow their teams as well.

As your investment grows in cash terms it can grow in time involved as well so learn to shave minutes and take a phone or tablet everywhere to work on your business when you have spare minutes. Doing laundry? Use the tablet or phone to work your business while clothes are washing and drying. On lunch break? Perfect time to check e-mails or post a quick classified ad. Invest the time it takes to reach $5,000 a month and it will happen regardless of the amount of money you can pour in.

This advice is something every business start up professional will give you, wealth coaches teach this for hundreds of dollars a month, it is the rich dad formula of Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki and it will help you too.
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As much as you can without hurting yourself.

SFI is free to join but the fact is the more you invest of time and money the faster you will see a return on that investment. We have several affiliates who have found that secret and compounded it to build beautiful incomes.

Not only should one invest available pennies, nickles, dimes, quarters, dollars etc.. they should take any earnings for the first 3 years and invest those as well because your investment will grow and you'll
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Affiliate since: 03/31/2016, Power Rank: 99999999

TIME is your most important asset to invest in SFI to start earning money every month.

EVERY DAY: COMPLETE YOUR TO-DO LIST.

WORK ON YOUR LAUNCHPAD UNTIL COMPLETED.

REVIEW LAUNCHPAD DAILY.

UPDATE YOUR GOALS.

PLAY EZ GAMES TO WIN A FRIEND CHALLENGE LINK.

PLAY T-TIME ONCE EVERY HOUR (AT THE BOTTOM OF GAMES PAGE)

POST THE FRIEND CHALLENGE LINK TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS.

BID ON AUCTIONS!

DO THE SFI BIZ QUIZ TO INCREASE YOUR KNOWLEDGE.

POST FREE MARKETING AIDS.

READ EVERYTHING IN THE TRAINING TAB.

MONEY is a liability but necessary to invest in SFI to start earning money every month.

SET UP A STANDING ORDER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF 1500VP. Check out the standing order page for more information. It will give you prices for whatever you choose to order. This will increase your sign-on bonus.

Before spending a lot of money on anything, remember to bid on the auctions. When you win an auction, you can buy the item you won with your MRP'S (member reward points). Items you can bid on but are not conclusive are: TCredits, PCA'S, CSA'S, Prestige Domain, TC gift cards & more!



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TIME is your most important asset to invest in SFI to start earning money every month.

EVERY DAY: COMPLETE YOUR TO-DO LIST.

WORK ON YOUR LAUNCHPAD UNTIL COMPLETED.

REVIEW LAUNCHPAD DAILY.

UPDATE YOUR GOALS.

PLAY EZ GAMES TO WIN A FRIEND CHALLENGE LINK.

PLAY T-TIME ONCE EVERY HOUR (AT THE BOTTOM OF GAMES PAGE)


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Affiliate since: 12/25/2001, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ken's 60 other Ask SC answers

You actually start earning before you have invested any money yourself in SFI. As soon as you earn 1 VersaPoint (VP) you have earned a share in the Executive Profit Pool. You will be able to receive any income earned when you generate at least 1500 Sales VP in one month time.

The first step is to reach at least 1500 VP every month. If you can invest enough money in purchases or a Standing Order that produces 1500 VP, that is a reliable way to accomplish that first step. Many Affiliates don't realize that if you sign up a PRM who makes purchases, the Sales VP will be credited to you. When you sponsor PSAs, you earn commission from their purchases and matching VP when you reach EA each month.

If you have an advertising budget, you can advertise for PRMs, for PSAs, and promote any product at TripleClicks. You also have the option to use free methods of advertising. It takes about $36 each month for a 1500 VP Standing Order. Your available budget for business will then be how much you can invest for growth in your business. Many people will start experiencing growth when they have sponsored at least 100 new sign ups. With paid advertising it is possible to reach that number of sign ups with a budget of $150 to $200. However, it is possible to recruit PSAs and PRMs through personal or warm maketing, and often in social media that can bring in active sign ups with hardly any monetary investment.

So, we all learn from experience how much and how to invest in SFI to have a monthly income. Reaching the 1500 VP per month is basic. Growing a team of PSAs or TripleClicks customers (PRMs) is the process that will build a strong business.

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You actually start earning before you have invested any money yourself in SFI. As soon as you earn 1 VersaPoint (VP) you have earned a share in the Executive Profit Pool. You will be able to receive any income earned when you generate at least 1500 Sales VP in one month time.

The first step is to reach at least 1500 VP every month. If you can invest enough money in purchases or a Standing Order that produces 1500 VP, that is a reliable way to accomplish that first step. Many Affiliates
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 634 | Read George's 87 other Ask SC answers

I think this may not be that well received but this is what I did.

When I came to SFI I invested More than I could afford. Why? Because I was not joining a gym or buy dinner or getting a new car. I was starting a real business. Real businesses require real investment. I squeezed every penny out of every resource I had to launch my new business.

If I showed you a graph my bank account balance it is down to zero the month I joined SFI.

What did that investment do? I was in a position, I had to earn. Quitting, Losing, Failing were not options.

I had to make sales. I set sales goals recruitment goals. I did not quit until I achieved these goals. What were they? An example, I walked the street entering small retail shops until I had a new ECA. Up at 8 on the street until 5 shop after shop after shop. I needed to sign up an ECA.

I did not read if I wanted to or had time to, I needed to read and understand all I could inside and outside SFI. I read many, many blogs. Began building a library of helpful information to help my affiliates.

There is more of course, but this is not answering the question. I did my due diligence, then I invested all I had both financially and timewise. And Failure was not an option.

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I think this may not be that well received but this is what I did.

When I came to SFI I invested More than I could afford. Why? Because I was not joining a gym or buy dinner or getting a new car. I was starting a real business. Real businesses require real investment. I squeezed every penny out of every resource I had to launch my new business.

If I showed you a graph my bank account balance it is down to zero the month I joined SFI.

What did that investment do?
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Affiliate since: 04/07/2023, Power Rank: 99999999

If you are serious about starting a Home Business, SFI offers income opportunity for life
Working a little each day, being serious and motivated, you can earn Big Income per month
By doing these simple 5 things:

1. Reach EA2 status or Team Leader status and maintain it every month.

Even if , your First Month objectives are to ;
1. Qualify for the Fast Track Bonus
2. Qualify for the contest Entrepreneur 365
3. Earn 1500 Versapoints= Become EA
You need to maintain it every month

2. Make a Standing order to maintain EA2 status:

Placing a Standing order sometimes causes fear to new affiliates and causes them to quit. To remove this fear, just think it this way
A 125 TCredits package will cost an affiliate $36.25 every month which means you are only spending around $1.21 everyday.
Thinking about it as $1.21 daily expenses rather than a $36.25 monthly expenses is a lot better although the amount is the same

3. Finding or buying PSA’s:

The simple fact is that we don’t need hundreds of PSA’s in order to earn a big income in SFI. The simple fact is that we only need 5 active PSA’s in order to earn big income in SFI . If this 5 PSA’s make Standing order (125 TCredits @ $36.25), you will get a total direct commission of $39.75 . This means that your $1.21 daily expenses is already covered and you have a profit of $3.50 per month. By providing support to your 5 active affiliates and encouraging them to “DUPLICATE” You can get this BIG INCOME. By doing these, You can easily reach BTL status by applying the SIMPLE PLAN presented below.
By Converting this matching VP into shares from TC Executive Pool will give you a big Income and Take note that it only started from 5 PSA’s.




4. Join S Builder-Coop:

S-Builder is our new, international, multi-channel advertising co-op available to all SFI affiliates, giving you the ability to accelerate your path to success by purchasing shares. Just as a small fire produces little heat, small actions produce small results. With S-Builder, you can turn up the heat as hot as you want and propel your business forward.

5. Join PRICEBENDERS™ Penny Auctions:
These will allow you to bid on and win hot, name brand products for a fraction of the retail price (typically more than 90% off)! Every auction starts at just one cent, with the price going up by just one cent more for each bid placed. The result is usually a jaw-dropping low price (see recent examples below)!

Thanks and Good lucky.

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If you are serious about starting a Home Business, SFI offers income opportunity for life
Working a little each day, being serious and motivated, you can earn Big Income per month
By doing these simple 5 things:

1. Reach EA2 status or Team Leader status and maintain it every month.

Even if , your First Month objectives are to ;
1. Qualify for the Fast Track Bonus
2. Qualify for the contest Entrepreneur 365
3. Earn 1500 Versapoints= Become EA

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

One of the nice things about SFI and TripleClicks is that you can start earning money every month without investing a dime. All you need to do is start selling some of the 90,000 different products. You will receive 45% of the commission value on each product sold.

Now if you, like most of the affiliates who have joined SFI, did so to make a regular income that can be depended on, then you will have to invest in growing your team of working affiliates.

This will take time and investment of finances as well. The amount of both will totally depend on your present circumstances. How much time can you devote to running ads in free sites or social networks and personal blogs? How much money can you invest to pay for ads or to purchase PSAs (Personally Sponsored Affiliates).

You need to allocate a budget for your time as to how much time is spent on working your “to-do” list and in reading forum, stream and newsletters. I spend about 2 hours a day just working on the SFI site.

You will also need to set aside a workable budget for expenses in building your business. The cost of a SO (Standing Order), purchasing PSAs or services for your website or blog.

To just invest time or money in SFI and expect to start earning an income every month is not going to happen that easily. There are affiliates who have invested both for a long time and have not yet advanced enough to make a good monthly income.

The key is investing quality time – doing the things that will positively enhance your chances of success. Time that is well spent will bring faster results than just spending time on the site.

On the money end of things, you will have to invest in ways that are beneficial in creating duplication within your team – that is the fastest way to start earning a good monthly income.

You are the only one who really knows how much money and time you can invest in your new business with SFI and TripleClicks. So your first move would be to create a budget for both that you can easily work within the beginning stages. As time goes on you can adjust your commitments (Time and money budgets) to suit the level that you want to proceed at.

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One of the nice things about SFI and TripleClicks is that you can start earning money every month without investing a dime. All you need to do is start selling some of the 90,000 different products. You will receive 45% of the commission value on each product sold.

Now if you, like most of the affiliates who have joined SFI, did so to make a regular income that can be depended on, then you will have to invest in growing your team of working affiliates.

This
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Affiliate since: 07/08/2018, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ufuomaoghene's 238 other Ask SC answers

As a new affiliate, I would always advice that they read their SFI basic first, understand information and then take action. The training manual is simple, straightforward and detailed showing a step by step information on their path to success. If they have done that, as Sponsors, our job is alot easier and it makes it better for us to approach and guide them on how to start earning immediately.

From my experience, with the Signing Bonus which of course has been a great incentive for some affiliates in my team to get started to earn. I will send them a mail informing them about the NMP pack. The New Member Pack comes loaded with EVERYTHING they need to get their Tripleclicks membership off to a powerful start. Such benefits purchasing the NMP pack includes:-

* 50 mighty TCredits
* 200 Member Rewards Points
* 10 Eager Zebra Express "tokens"
* PLUS...A FREE BONUS: 30 free entries in the TripleClicks Daily
Crown drawing.

The value of this New Member Pack is $70.50. But as a new TC Member, they can get it for just $20 (a $50.50 savings) which of course is a fantastic offer.

With them purchasing the NMP pack, they immediately become Gold Fast Track Members. I also would advice that they complete the five Fast-Track actions in the Getting Started section of their To-Do List (look for the green or red JET icons). It should be noted that Jets will not be displayed if they have already completed the associated actions or they have past the 10-day Fast-Track eligibility window. With the combination of 500 versa points in the get started section within 24 hours window entitles them to a 250 bonus versa point, 3 CSA from the CSA rewards for 1 year provided they maintain their EA status.

Other benefits includes :-
1. Them receiving 10% bonus shares from the Tripleclicks Executive Pool based on their versa points and marching versa points if they become Team Leaders
2. Exclusive Fast-Track Member badge on their Homepage
3. Their names and photo added to SFI Fast-Track Wall of Fame.
3. Fast-Track Member certificate–suitable for framing.
4. Exclusive Fast-Track Member Lapel Pin.

This is just the first stage and any new affiliate taking this step, is taking actions to become successful with proper guidance.

The next phase is for them to have a Monthly Standing order of 125 t credits at $36.25, S builder co op at $22 and Unlimited PSA to Go at $1.99 ($19.90 for 10 PSAs) for the Unlimited PSA to Go. This amounts to $78.15 monthly. The S builder and PSA to Go are effective tools for building a team especially if you are not too good in marketing.

Alternatively, if you are good in online/offline marketing, you can just order a unit of s builder co op for at least 3 months with your 125 t credits pack for $58.25 combined with your other mode of advertising to get more PSAs. This is a fair deal for any new affiliate in the 2nd month as you are guaranteed EA monthly with your purchase of 125 t credits. With the 125 t credits, we can still advice that they still bid for s builder packs, psas or csas at the auctions to get more affiliates on their team.

The final stage is for them to know the SFI Compensation Plan which they can read up with this link https://www.sfimg.com/Reference/CompPlan so that they can set their goals monthly and aim high to achieve it. By so doing and them getting a residual income, they will not relent in working harder and advicing their downlines to duplicate their actions.

My advice for the first month, the new affiliate should spend $20 to purchase the NMP pack within the first 10 days of joining SFI and subsequent months, spend between $60-$80 initially, then they can reduce the amount as the month progresses and have a team of active affiliates.

In summary, any new affiliate joining should be a goal getter, determined to achieve certain parameters, build/groom a crop of active affiliates and these active affiliates duplicate their action to explode their earning opportunites.
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As a new affiliate, I would always advice that they read their SFI basic first, understand information and then take action. The training manual is simple, straightforward and detailed showing a step by step information on their path to success. If they have done that, as Sponsors, our job is alot easier and it makes it better for us to approach and guide them on how to start earning immediately.

From my experience, with the Signing Bonus which of course has been a great incentive for
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