Affiliate since: 12/20/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Jeff's 2 other Ask SC answers

I would start by asking them WHY they joined in the first place. This question will help to reveal their wants, needs, aspirations, and dreams.

Some of the top reasons might be that they are looking to make a few extra bucks a month to help supplement their current income, gain financial independence to live a better lifestyle, be home to raise their children themselves.

Try to find the REAL reason! Don't settle for the general reasons like make money or work from home. Find the deep routed reason why they want to make money or work from home.

Once you determine their hot button then ask them, "Why are you giving up on your dream of (insert whatever their dream is)?"

Tell them "SFI is truly the best vehicle to help them get your dream of (insert whatever their dream is)."

Then tell them you will help them create a plan of action and set goals to get their dreams.

Keep in contact with them daily by TeamMail and constantly remind them of their dream.

This will show them that you care and will help develop a trust.

If they still want to give up, either their dream isn't big enough, or there are other circumstances involved. Just remember you are not going to be able help those who will not also help themselves!

Like the ole saying goes..."If you feed a man a fish he'll have ONE meal, but if you teach a man how to fish he'll be able to eat for a lifetime"


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I would start by asking them WHY they joined in the first place. This question will help to reveal their wants, needs, aspirations, and dreams.

Some of the top reasons might be that they are looking to make a few extra bucks a month to help supplement their current income, gain financial independence to live a better lifestyle, be home to raise their children themselves.

Try to find the REAL reason! Don't settle for the general reasons like make money or work from home. Find
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Affiliate since: 03/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Raymond's 64 other Ask SC answers

Hi Bolajoko,

This excellent question has no single correct answer. There are many tools and resources you can bring to bear when trying to inspire your team members to keep going.

These can include, but certainly are not limited to:

- Communication
It is vitally important to maintain continual, positive communication with your team. This allows them to see and realize that you are real and that you care about their success. You can share different tips or advice based on what you have found to work for you, offer congratulations to team members that are striving toward their goals, etc.

- SFI's Rules of Success
Recommend to your discouraged team member that they review the Rules of Success, especially #12 "Winning starts with beginning", #20 "Persist until you win" and #15 "Don't quit". You could even copy and paste those success lessons into your team mailer, sending one a day, with a one or two day delay between each one.

- Be persistent
While you should not focus all your energy into team members who have either already quit or are showing signs of being on the verge of quitting, it is still important that they know that you are there to help and support them, which, of course, all comes back to communication. Often, we do not know what causes our team members to give up. Most times, it is because they feel overwhelmed by the vast amount of information and training SFI offers. However, there are other reasons as well. Perhaps they have fallen ill or just lost a loved one.

- Be a friend before being a mentor
This again ties back to communication, but do not let all your communication just be about SFI. Do not be afraid to get a little personal and tell your team members about who you are, your background, whether you are married with children, etc. Let them know about your likes and dislikes, your hobbies, your goals and your dreams. By allowing your team members to get to know you as a person, they will naturally come to develop a trust in you and will see you as someone who is genuine and sincere.

I could go on as there are many other ways to inspire team members not to give up, but you also have to keep in mind Rule of Success #19 "Some will, some won't. So what?! Someone's waiting! Next!"

I know this was a little long winded, but I hope it helps.
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Hi Bolajoko,

This excellent question has no single correct answer. There are many tools and resources you can bring to bear when trying to inspire your team members to keep going.

These can include, but certainly are not limited to:

- Communication
It is vitally important to maintain continual, positive communication with your team. This allows them to see and realize that you are real and that you care about their success. You can share different tips or
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 241 | Read Kay's 289 other Ask SC answers

First you must determine exactly why he is quitting. Has he lost confidence in you, the business, or himself?

If you feel that he is quitting because you did not live up to his idea of an ideal sponsor, find out where you "failed". Can you rectify it? Do you need to be more human, real? While beginning a relationship at this point may not keep him in, the relationship will cement him in if you can convince him to stay.

Is it the business that is at fault? Is there too much to study? Too many Daily activities? Is he tired of the training and wants to move into the meat of the business? Are his PSAs not working or responding to his emails? Can't he find good places to advertise? He doesn't want to invest any time or money into the business and can't understand why it is standing still?

Or, is he thinking that maybe he can't do it without someone helping him. Or worse yet, that he will never see success.Is he an easy quitter?Or he doesn't think that he has what it takes?

I believe that we must build up the confidences of all those who have always been told that they will never amount to much. Their loved ones have put them in boxes. After they are freed from that, then we must deal with the significant present, the now and why of wanting to quit.

Build up his confidence in you and the business. Stress that every problem has a solution and that you can work together to find that solution. Remind him of some of the wonderful things about this SFI and keep reminding him in the weeks to come. There are enough good things to name three ech week and go on for weeks.

Then give him small directed goals to begin fashioning his business into something that will work. Relax on gathering VP and concentrate on either selling or recruiting, training, and leading.

Here you must step into a leadership position. A follower needs someone to lead him. Surely some will see and do, but many need that extra explanation. I think this may be the toughest part of being a leader.
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First you must determine exactly why he is quitting. Has he lost confidence in you, the business, or himself?

If you feel that he is quitting because you did not live up to his idea of an ideal sponsor, find out where you "failed". Can you rectify it? Do you need to be more human, real? While beginning a relationship at this point may not keep him in, the relationship will cement him in if you can convince him to stay.

Is it the business that is at fault? Is there
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Affiliate since: 07/19/2020, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Oseloka's 38 other Ask SC answers

Thank you for this timely question! Every affiliate must bear in mind that he'll never find anything else that is real and that will last any easier out there. SFI already has a 15 year track record of success. If he's not succeeding, it's not because the system is faulty, but that he's not doing enough of the right things that will bring success. He must also know that those experiencing success now never found it easier. Many of them have been here for years! If they gave up so soon, we won't be celebrating them today.

The first important thing anybody joining an affiliate marketing business must be told is to NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP! Like every real business, the SFI business requires commitment, patience and persistence. It's a team-building business where you make money off the activities of others. Building an active team takes time but once you're able to find those "ACES" to build your business around, the money begins coming and never ceases to! Giving up is easy, majority of those we join do that. The successful ones are the ones who persist. If we persistently keep doing the right things, we'll surely and steadily make progress.

Finally, we have to sadly accept that not everyone is cut out for a business like this. Not all have the patience and are willing to pay the price to succeed. Registering as an SFI affiliate is easy - anybody can do that. It doesn't mean such a one is making the commitment to work the business, so we can only try our best to motivate them. Let's never forget to work with the workers - that is what brings success!

See you at the top!
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Thank you for this timely question! Every affiliate must bear in mind that he'll never find anything else that is real and that will last any easier out there. SFI already has a 15 year track record of success. If he's not succeeding, it's not because the system is faulty, but that he's not doing enough of the right things that will bring success. He must also know that those experiencing success now never found it easier. Many of them have been here for years! If they gave up so soon, we won't be
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Affiliate since: 01/24/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Theodore's 5 other Ask SC answers

It is important to help your affiliate understand the business concept first.

What I have experience is that many people thought that this is a get rich quickly sceme or just an oppertunity to get some easy bucks.

Most people expect others do do the work for them, but everybody wants to benefit at the end of the day.

Let people understand that this is a work and that their must be some kind of commitment to succeed.

See it as something you plant in your garden and you really want it to grow strong and gave you quality fruit that you can enjoy yourself and also share with your family and friends when the fruit is ready to eat.

If you for example plant a advocado tree you have to give it the necessary water, suppliment,e.g to let it grow(by the way it take years to get a advocado tree to come to it's potential to give fruit.

So I think you will give people an idea about this business and you to work on it to be successfull on it.

I think to talk to affiliates who want to quit and give them reasonable explinations will help you convince them to give it a try.

You must make them positive and you can only do it with a positive attitude yourself.

Most important is also to consider the fact that people really struggle financially and some people don't even have the ability and or resources to succeed.

The question which came to mined is. "What will happen if I'm successful to trained and get an affiliate who was ready to quit back on track? How will I help and support that affiliate to do and follow the same tactics and aprouch to get affiliates?


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It is important to help your affiliate understand the business concept first.

What I have experience is that many people thought that this is a get rich quickly sceme or just an oppertunity to get some easy bucks.

Most people expect others do do the work for them, but everybody wants to benefit at the end of the day.

Let people understand that this is a work and that their must be some kind of commitment to succeed.

See it as something you plant in your
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Affiliate since: 08/29/2012, Power Rank: 265 | Read Jacqueline's 83 other Ask SC answers

I would do my very best to find out exactly what the affiliate was having problems with and why they want to give-up.

I would then reassure them that whatever the problem is, may it be money issues, or having problems understanding certain topics or whatever the issue that is causing doubt within the affiliate, that "Don't Worry", we will get over this speed bump in the path of your journey for success "Together".

I would do my very best to find the answers to the problems they might be challenged with and I would help them to resolve the problems together.

I would try to re-enforce some of the positive guidance that will be more encouraging to help them gain and build some of the confidence that sort of got side tracked from a problem that brought forth discouragement.

Hopefully, that working together and supporting the affilate, that they will re-gain the confidence that they started with when first starting their journey with SFI and will learn that no matter what problems might arise, that they did not have to feel alone and that mostly all issues could be solved with just a little bit of work and support.

I hope that this was helpful.
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I would do my very best to find out exactly what the affiliate was having problems with and why they want to give-up.

I would then reassure them that whatever the problem is, may it be money issues, or having problems understanding certain topics or whatever the issue that is causing doubt within the affiliate, that "Don't Worry", we will get over this speed bump in the path of your journey for success "Together".

I would do my very best to find the answers
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 596 | Read Nelia's 25 other Ask SC answers

Hello Bolajoko great question
If one of your team members does not want to continue his or her business you could try to convince them to stay by showing them the benefits of SFI compared to other types of businesses online https://www.sfimg.com/ReviewSIM/SFIComparisonChart.pdf as well as our compensation plan https://www.sfimg.com/Reference/CompPlan then you could also tell them about your success so far with SFI and explain that it takes time and some efforts as well as persistence and dedication to their business, just like a regular bricks and mortar establishment the same apply's to our SFI business if they don't show up everyday how can they expect to see anything in return, the business would not thrive. Please remember what you put into your business is what you will get out of it (no work or efforts = no money) also you could offer them a Tcredit bonus for each month that they decide to stick with it or become EA2. Also you can offer to transfer some of your psa's to them as a way to show that this is a serious business. One other thing you could do is to offer them a share in a co-op that you started(if you have not started one yet why not start one) and add them to it. https://www.sfimg.com/PowerTools/TLCoop

I know it can be hard to convince them to stay with SFI but with a little pressure and a little time and persistence they can be convinced to stay This company (SFI) is the ONLY one that I have found to be legitimate and long term income not just some fly by night scam or ponzi scheme and just explain to him/her that there is no other business out there any where that offers what we get for FREE so no matter how bleak and desperate things might look we have to look towards the long-term (big picture) view and not tunnel vision

hope this has been helpful
see you at the top
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Hello Bolajoko great question
If one of your team members does not want to continue his or her business you could try to convince them to stay by showing them the benefits of SFI compared to other types of businesses online https://www.sfimg.com/ReviewSIM/SFIComparisonChart.pdf as well as our compensation plan https://www.sfimg.com/Reference/CompPlan then you could also tell them about your success so far with SFI and explain that it takes time and some efforts as well as persistence and dedication
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Affiliate since: 09/04/2002, Power Rank: 336 | Read Carl's 74 other Ask SC answers

Bolajoka, this a good question and I'm sure you will get a lot of answers with various opinions on this one.

Trying to convince an affiliate giving up on SFI to continue in the business is indeed a great challenge. The thing you have to realize is that they can quit or opt out anytime.This is a sensitive situation and you have to learn how to handle it tactfully.The best way is to prepare yourself very well, for it is going to happen a lot in this business.

I said that to prepare you for the inevitable. You have to know how to let go.Some have not learned this yet,and can easily get aggravated and down in spirit when an affiliate decides to give up,quit or opt out. SFI handles it very simple and professionally so I would take the same route too.( It's okay and it will be alright).

I would always be encouraging and be there to support them as much as I can.I can lead them to the water, but I can't make them drink it.Sometimes we want the business more for them than they want it for themselves and if they are not willing to follow instructions and make commitments,there is nothing more that you can do.Then,you frustrate yourself by being in a convincing or prodding mode to make them work or do the business which will eventually take a toll on you.

You want to have fun in this business,keep things simple and build unlimited income. Notice how SFI is always improving and adding new changes, making it simple for everyone to easily become successful.

Hope this helps
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Bolajoka, this a good question and I'm sure you will get a lot of answers with various opinions on this one.

Trying to convince an affiliate giving up on SFI to continue in the business is indeed a great challenge. The thing you have to realize is that they can quit or opt out anytime.This is a sensitive situation and you have to learn how to handle it tactfully.The best way is to prepare yourself very well, for it is going to happen a lot in this business.

I said that to prepare
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

I feel , showing your own achievement's is only way.

We have affiliates from different countries ,from different walk of life and with different culture and attitude.

I always add my team members to my Facebook friends list and I always share my and my team's achievements on Facebook.

If someone has decided to quit SFI, it's difficult to convince them at that point of time.But being in my Facebook friend's list and regularly getting updates of my and my team's success stories, slowly they get motivated again and most of them gives a second try to SFI.

In my short span ,it happened quiet a few time and few of my members who gave up earliar are now active and rearing to go for success with SFI.

Have A Nice Day


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I feel , showing your own achievement's is only way.

We have affiliates from different countries ,from different walk of life and with different culture and attitude.

I always add my team members to my Facebook friends list and I always share my and my team's achievements on Facebook.

If someone has decided to quit SFI, it's difficult to convince them at that point of time.But being in my Facebook friend's list and regularly getting updates of my and my team's success
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Affiliate since: 02/22/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Kathryn's 24 other Ask SC answers

There was a person on the forum who was ready to quit. I could tell by what he had written that he didn't understand because he was not really English speaking. He even said his English was not good. I told him that he should get a translator first and see if that helped him because he would be missing out on a lot if he quit. He sent me a message back and told me that he had gotten a translator and now he was excited because he could understand the training.

This is one example, but I think that if you reach out to the person to see the reason that they want to quit and then you address that reason, you may be able to convince the person to stay.

I know this is a short answer, but I feel it is the best advice you can have in this situation because at least you have the person telling you that they are going to quit. That seems to me to be a call for help. So if we find out the reason that they need help then we may be able to help them.
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There was a person on the forum who was ready to quit. I could tell by what he had written that he didn't understand because he was not really English speaking. He even said his English was not good. I told him that he should get a translator first and see if that helped him because he would be missing out on a lot if he quit. He sent me a message back and told me that he had gotten a translator and now he was excited because he could understand the training.

This is one example, but I
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