Many people join SFI without really understanding what it is they are joining. They see an opportunity to make money from home on the internet and it costs nothing to join. That is an appealing idea - make money without going to work and without having to outlay anything to get started. Why wouldn't anyone join?
Then after they join, they wander about the site a bit and discover that the money doesn't actually fall into their laps; they have to DO something first to get any. Some don't even confirm their registration because they decide that this opportunity is not what they thought it was, or that it doesn't suit them.
A few work very hard and flat out for the first few days and make EA in their first month or even day. It is possible to make EA the first time without having to spend a cent or sell anything. However the second month is harder - once all the Launchpad exercises are done and reading the various articles that earn VP, they realise that to maintain EA means buying and or selling. Here is where the hard work starts and where many more people drop out. They don't have the money to pay for a Standing Order, and they aren't inclined to do all the extra study in learning how to market.
Perhaps they have negligent sponsors and co-sponsors who ignore them without offering any help or advice at all. (This is obviously not the reason your or my PSAs drop out!)
Apart from being the best sponsor you can be by offering frequent help and advice as well as motivating with incentives such as competitions and awards for achievements, there is not a lot you can do about it. Keep on writing to them via the team mailer and hope that they will respond. Chances are if they've done nothing, then your efforts will be in vain because they have decided to find something else. As they say, "you can drag a horse to water, but you can't make him drink."
However I send emails to my whole group in the hope that they might just bother to read one of them and respond. To those who ask questions and do respond, answer them as soon as possible so that they are not kept in limbo and try and keep them active. If someone was active for a while and then you see they haven't logged in for a while, send them a friendly note asking how they are - they could be sick or have a sick child or something going on in their lives that is keeping them otherwise occupied. Show them that you care and they may come back.
In the end though you have to be willing to let people go - there is no such thing as a one size fits all business. Hang in there yourself and eventually you will build a team of people who share your vision and work as hard as you do. (I hope!)
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Many people join SFI without really understanding what it is they are joining. They see an opportunity to make money from home on the internet and it costs nothing to join. That is an appealing idea - make money without going to work and without having to outlay anything to get started. Why wouldn't anyone join?
Then after they join, they wander about the site a bit and discover that the money doesn't actually fall into their laps; they have to DO something first to get any. Some don't
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