Affiliate since: 05/06/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

Unless one is repeating the same information all the time he/she contacts the team, I would not say that there is no too much when it comes to SFI. We all need to be encouraged, reminded, and walked with daily. A good leader is one who takes his/her time to make sure that he is on top of what is happening in his/her team and one can do this by contacting the team members regularly.

We forget even after reading some of the things that we are required to do, the leader by writing or availing information often to members. Yesterday I was reminded by my leader about how to earn more versa points and I found this information very refreshing.
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Unless one is repeating the same information all the time he/she contacts the team, I would not say that there is no too much when it comes to SFI. We all need to be encouraged, reminded, and walked with daily. A good leader is one who takes his/her time to make sure that he is on top of what is happening in his/her team and one can do this by contacting the team members regularly.

We forget even after reading some of the things that we are required to do, the leader by writing or availing
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Affiliate since: 03/26/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read M Shashidhar 's 11 other Ask SC answers

Very Interesting Question. This question may be analysed as below:

As a team leader you need to help / make them (new affiliates) understand, what is SFI & its Business strategies etc. which details/information's you are providing through your welcome letter and other individual own ideas, which one might have planned to treat new team members. Here normally you will explain how to start / proceed & earn VP, Fast Track etc. This is not too much in my opinion. If you go on explaining Duplication, ECA Programme, TConnect page. TrippleClicks etc. in the beginning it self, then for new affiliates i strongly feel its too much.

However SFI team mails are approaching affiliates on regular intervals for providing training with LAUNCHPAD lessons, E365 contest reminders, recaps etc. which is sufficient to encourage, motivate as well as to give thorough knowledge about SFI during initial stage..

On the other hand if your team members are very active, hard working and contacting you (Team Leader) frequently with various issues to learn and understand, then, you have to respond to them, & focus on the particular issue/question to Help.& satisfy. Here if you contact your team members through frequent team mails, then i think you are justifying yourself as an Awesome leader & its not too much.

This is my analysis to the question & hope i have tried my level best to give satisfactory answer.

Thank you all.

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Very Interesting Question. This question may be analysed as below:

As a team leader you need to help / make them (new affiliates) understand, what is SFI & its Business strategies etc. which details/information's you are providing through your welcome letter and other individual own ideas, which one might have planned to treat new team members. Here normally you will explain how to start / proceed & earn VP, Fast Track etc. This is not too much in my opinion. If you go on explaining
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

In my personal opinion every good sponsor should be sending out at a minimum, one team mail message each week. This shows their downline that they care and are just as much involved as they are in building their business.

To address the immediate question "how much is too much" one has to ask, how serious do we want our downlines to be? Anybody who joined SFI and is 100% serious about building a strong successful business won't be turned off by emails intended to assist them in their efforts. Most people who use email at work receive countless emails a day, it's just part of conducting business.

On the other hand if a sponsor is sending out emails daily to their downline and all they are doing is telling them to buy stuff from TripleClicks and set up a standing order, then this becomes too much and is serving no purpose whatsoever.

The key here is to understand it depends on the quality of communications. If a sponsor is sending good training mails on a daily basis, but they are truly helping their downline, then this in my opinion is fine.

Sponsors need to understand that there is no right answer to this question, because it all depends on what you are contacting your downline about.
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In my personal opinion every good sponsor should be sending out at a minimum, one team mail message each week. This shows their downline that they care and are just as much involved as they are in building their business.

To address the immediate question "how much is too much" one has to ask, how serious do we want our downlines to be? Anybody who joined SFI and is 100% serious about building a strong successful business won't be turned off by emails intended to assist them
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Affiliate since: 06/28/2012, Power Rank: 13 | Read Sanjeev's 34 other Ask SC answers

When you wake up every morning & see your family, pause for a minute
and think about having asked this question here.

Does coming face to face with your family members seem "too much" to
you, ever ? i really do not think you even need to answer this one.

A simple reminder like "Have You Finished Your Daily Actions ?" to an
inactive member might be as nice a way to STAY INVOLVED as any other.
And, it might just be enough to encourage the member who is dithering
into becoming the next team-leader from within your team.

However, SFI has ( knowingly or unknowingly ) devised an excellent way
to let you know "how much is too much":

When you send out a message using the Genealogy Mail, 3 corresponding
messages land up in your email inbox with a copy in your message box at
SFI too [ i use gmail & trust you do as well ].
Develop a habit of "filing away" ONE from your email while deleting the
other three messages every time that you log in to your SFI system.
Now, IF this filing and deleting process starts to appear too cumbersome
to you... i believe you get the hint !

All said and done, you can ask yourself this "one question" BEFORE your
finger presses the "send" button:

If i was the recipient of this message, and it was coming from my upline
at SFI, how would i react ?
One's own judgement - the thing that is often called "gut feeling" - can
be the most vital clue when looking for an authentic reply to your query.

Believe me, no other person can advise you better... than your Own Self.



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When you wake up every morning & see your family, pause for a minute
and think about having asked this question here.

Does coming face to face with your family members seem "too much" to
you, ever ? i really do not think you even need to answer this one.

A simple reminder like "Have You Finished Your Daily Actions ?" to an
inactive member might be as nice a way to STAY INVOLVED as any other.
And, it might just be enough to encourage
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Affiliate since: 07/02/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Anil's 13 other Ask SC answers

Answer to this question will differ from person to person and situation to situation,still i'll try to put up my opinion as follows:

1) In case of newly joined Affiliates---Welcome them to your team with a short message
asking him whether he needs your support right now or he is comfortable in getting
started. Don't forget to ask him to contact you in future in case of need.Wait till
he responds, and when he contacts you, extend the support needed or resolve the
query raised.
2) In case of old Affiliates---Try to Respond as soon as possible, because he might
have contacted you in urgent need or he may be in short of time and your timely
support may help him to reach his target for the month and even retain his title for
the month.

Make sure to provide the required and relevant information only and any suggestion to the concerned matter only to be given.

Providing too much and irrelevant information will puzzle him and he may become apprehensive of approaching you for help in future. So be careful in communicating with your down line.

Hope it will help to resolve your query.
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Answer to this question will differ from person to person and situation to situation,still i'll try to put up my opinion as follows:

1) In case of newly joined Affiliates---Welcome them to your team with a short message
asking him whether he needs your support right now or he is comfortable in getting
started. Don't forget to ask him to contact you in future in case of need.Wait till
he responds, and when he contacts you, extend the support needed or resolve the

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Affiliate since: 02/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Samantha's 1 other Ask SC answers

I think that depends on the individual members of your downline.

Some people prefer to read and be left alone to get on with it using their own strategies, others prefer a much more tutored style of sponsor.

In my opinion, remind people that you are there if required and you should be able to tell from the response (or lack of one) what sort of person they are. That way you don't spam people who prefer to work alone, and the people who want a more guided format will respond to you and let you know when they need direction.

Treat everyone as an individual rather than a number and you are bound to have optimum success with them.
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I think that depends on the individual members of your downline.

Some people prefer to read and be left alone to get on with it using their own strategies, others prefer a much more tutored style of sponsor.

In my opinion, remind people that you are there if required and you should be able to tell from the response (or lack of one) what sort of person they are. That way you don't spam people who prefer to work alone, and the people who want a more guided format will respond
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Affiliate since: 04/20/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Lori's 2 other Ask SC answers

I don't think you can make too much contact when it comes to your downline. In fact, if a new affiliate is truly ready to build this business (or any business for that matter), they will probably be contacting you! Once I joined SFI, I was constantly contacting my sponsor and co-sponsor with questions I couldn't find the answers too or things I didn't understand. Actually, it probably took me a few days since I was a little unsure of what I signed up for in the beginning. As soon as I realized how great this opportunity could be, I felt like I was bugging my sponsors! :) I'm probably lucky they are such great sponsors. In my opinion, new affiliates who are hungry for this opportunity will also be hungry for communication with their upline, as I have been.

Even in a daily "9-5" job, when you want to move forward, work hard, and promote, you generally want your employer to communicate with you. Not necessarily by just giving verbal praise or rewards, but by you giving tips and more information on how you can further yourself in your job, become a better employee, and eventually develop into an amazing leader!

Another thing to think about: a new affiliate could be three generations down from you, but might not have support from his/her personal sponsor. It could be for various reasons, maybe even reasons beyond their sponsor's control. You may not know what communication they're receiving from their sponsor, especially if the sponsor is a couple of Gen's away from you and doesn't communicate with you. This is why I send a weekly newsletter to my entire team - PSAs, CSAs, and all the generations SFI allows me to contact :) This way, my team hears from me at least once a week. I include the following things:

1. A quick congrats to the team for their hard work
2. The number of new PSAs that joined our team
3. Team recognition (even if it's just an affiliate who won 2 free T-Credits in the T-Time drawing)
4. Some kind of theme or new information SFI is promoting (one newsletter was called "What's Your Focus?" and encouraged my affiliates to think about where they are putting their time...training, advertising opportunity, advertising sales, etc.)
5. Maybe a challenge for the week or an incentive I'm offering.
6. My "signature" and after that, a tip for the week (kind of like the P.S. added to the end of a letter).

I also send separate emails periodically; to all PSAs, to all CSAs, or even just to an individual or two, if I have some important or helpful info to share that might apply only to them. Some people end up getting a few emails from me per week, but I know they all get at least one. If I see a yellow bubble for one of my downline members, I might send a quick message to let them know I'm online for a bit and they can let me know if they need anything.

Again, it all comes down to the hunger. If they are truly ready, they will hunger for your support - even if they aren't Fast Trackers, or even if it takes them a year to come around. Some may never ask for support, but that might not mean they aren't reading your messages. Keep those lines of communication open by contacting your entire downline as often as you feel it is needed to disperse important info, recognize achievement, and offer support or encouragement!
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I don't think you can make too much contact when it comes to your downline. In fact, if a new affiliate is truly ready to build this business (or any business for that matter), they will probably be contacting you! Once I joined SFI, I was constantly contacting my sponsor and co-sponsor with questions I couldn't find the answers too or things I didn't understand. Actually, it probably took me a few days since I was a little unsure of what I signed up for in the beginning. As soon as I realized how
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Affiliate since: 08/26/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Dr Sudhanshu's 155 other Ask SC answers

A good question with high importance. No one in mail box wants so much mail in a short time. That makes them overwhelming and spamming.

1. Sending a group mail once in a week is fine with real tips not only for points.People open there mails in SFI to see a great news, so if you send your mails many time, they just dnt want to go through the similar content.

2. Post as long as you can stream post. if people really like reading your messages they will certainly read it in stream post.

3. Try to make groups of your affiliates by taking their personal registered email ID. In this way you can separate your real workers and contact them carefully

hope it helps
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A good question with high importance. No one in mail box wants so much mail in a short time. That makes them overwhelming and spamming.

1. Sending a group mail once in a week is fine with real tips not only for points.People open there mails in SFI to see a great news, so if you send your mails many time, they just dnt want to go through the similar content.

2. Post as long as you can stream post. if people really like reading your messages they will certainly read it in stream
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Affiliate since: 04/28/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

Very Good Question & i would like to explain the answer this way:

If you thoroughly look at the Special features of "Strong Future International" Internet Company, i.e. SFI, It has got its own style of encouraging / create feel good effect for the new members, during joining to SFI with Unique training programme's : (a)Start - (b)SFI Basics - (c)Launchpad. Along with this, regular team mails reminders, recaps, etc. which is more than sufficient to understand about SFI & Business strategies.

I feel your 'Welcome to SFI' mail will be an additional motivation for a new member. (just to give support, say, i am here to take care of you & help you if required).

Whatever information exceeding (from the above) for new team members is no doubt "TOO MUCH".

Thank you All.
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Very Good Question & i would like to explain the answer this way:

If you thoroughly look at the Special features of "Strong Future International" Internet Company, i.e. SFI, It has got its own style of encouraging / create feel good effect for the new members, during joining to SFI with Unique training programme's : (a)Start - (b)SFI Basics - (c)Launchpad. Along with this, regular team mails reminders, recaps, etc. which is more than sufficient to understand about SFI &
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Affiliate since: 12/18/2011, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Manohar's 240 other Ask SC answers

"How much is too much when contacting your team or downline?"
In opinion, too much contacting should not be a problem whereas too less contacting can be termed as a problem. Let us assume you contact every day. You may not get reply to all your mails. Therefore you need to keep sending mails till he/she reads your. Your downline/team may not open their email boxes for days together. Therefore it becomes all the more important to get in touch with them through emails. But you can access email ids of your personally sponsored members and Co Sponsored Affiliates only.

Now let’s take the case of second, third, fourth etc. generation members. You cannot communicate with them through their email ids. Here you would require to use PM functionality. Where you can introduce yourself and communicate and offer your help. In my opinion, you need keep trying to contact all your team/dowline till you establish connection with all of them. Once the channel is opened, you can decide the frequency of contacting depending upon the level of understanding of each member. Some members need less guidance, others may need more.

If a person is quite experienced in SFI you can contact him/her once a week. If someone needs more help, contacting him with tips even everyday should not be considered as too much. So too much contacting for one individual may not be too much for another member. I hope my answer make some sense and it helps.

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"How much is too much when contacting your team or downline?"
In opinion, too much contacting should not be a problem whereas too less contacting can be termed as a problem. Let us assume you contact every day. You may not get reply to all your mails. Therefore you need to keep sending mails till he/she reads your. Your downline/team may not open their email boxes for days together. Therefore it becomes all the more important to get in touch with them through emails. But you
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