Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Dear Aaron,

I'm 100% that every affiliate who is somewhat perseverant and determinated can have success with SFI; whatever the country he(she)lives.

First, because we're mostly working with Internet. It means that we can connect with almost the entire world. And so, even if you have difficulties to find new affiliates, TripleClicks consumers or ECAs in your own country, you can prospect at the moment in over 190 countries.

Second, I strongly believe that one affiliate's success doesn't depend on parameters such as the economical situation of his (her) own country, how many people are living in that country, the language he (she) is speaking...but much more on this affiliate's goals (short term as much as long term goals) and his (her) determination to achieve those goals.

I can take my own country as an example. I'm French. And, even if France is one of the 10 richest countries in the world, at the moment, my country has not a great position on the Country Leaders board and has a few seriously active affiliates. In fact most of african and asian countries are doing much better that my own country. There are a few reasons for that:
-we aren’t good with foreign languages. So I think that as soon as french people see that it's all in English, they just run away as fast as they can :):):)
-we don't know much about affiliation's system (or multi level marketing). So they get also easily suspicious about SFI.

What I try to prove with this example is that you'll certainly have much more determination and willingness that a lot of people in my own country which is a privileged country.

Now I'm over with the theory (sorry for writing such a long answer!!!). And there are a few tips that I can give you:

1. write down your goals (short and long term goals). And as soon as you're somewhat discouraged, read them again to get some strength back. Every single person on this planet has dreams. But if you want some of your dreams to come true, you need to fix yourself goals and turn them into actions.

2. become an "a2a" member and get in contact with affiliates living in Africa like you. So you'll certainly have the opportunity to share experience and to find solutions about issues specific to the area or the country you're living in.

3. if your affiliate don’t speak English, try to translate your welcome message in their own language (I usually use Google’s translator) then send them a mail to explain them how to use the translation’s tool provided by SFI and also other translation’s tools that can be found. Explain them also the importance of becoming an “a2a” member so that they can exchange with people who speak the same language as they do. Indeed, a lot of persons seem never coming back on SFI and never starting to collect some VP, just because they don’t understand what it’s written. So it’s quite important to let them know that there’s always a way to communicate with them if you don’t speak the same language.

4. communicate with your CSAs as much as with your PSAs because you never know if your CSAs’ sponsor is doing is job well or not. And if you want to build a strong and united team, communication is ESSENTIAL.

5. and of course, promote TripleClicks as much as SFI. I don’t know if websites such as TripleClicks exist in your country. But in my country, there are many many websites like TripleClicks. And they all earn millions of dollars every year. But the difference between them and Tripleclicks is the boss of those companies doesn’t share the profits with his employees. And so the only person who gets rich is the boss !!!

I hope my answer will help you and help other affiliates who could feel like they don’t live in the right country to be successful with SFI.

Wish you all a lot of fun and success with SFI.

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Dear Aaron,

I'm 100% that every affiliate who is somewhat perseverant and determinated can have success with SFI; whatever the country he(she)lives.

First, because we're mostly working with Internet. It means that we can connect with almost the entire world. And so, even if you have difficulties to find new affiliates, TripleClicks consumers or ECAs in your own country, you can prospect at the moment in over 190 countries.

Second, I strongly believe that one affiliate's
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Affiliate since: 04/24/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Puneet's 4 other Ask SC answers

It is a very valid question. And i can totally understand your concern.

The first thing that is intimidating is the conversion of dollars to your local currency. The moment you think of buying anything, you realize that the conversion rates are so high that you get scared. But whenevr that happens, please remember that when you earn, your income will also be calculated in USD. So eventually thimgs will work out in your favor on that feont.

Secondly, I would say that you are luckyto be based in Africa. You are at the heart of a big potential market. Look around you. There will be so many people you can actually help by introducing them to SFI.

Get in touch with local manufacturers. People who make local products. Get them to sign up as ECAs. That way they can market and sell their goods to more people than they could have ever imagined.

Speak to people. There must be a lot of people who must be looking to do something that gives them a better standard of living. And i'm sure there will be a lot of hard working people like you. Sign them up as your PSAs. You can also work as a team and do the marketing together.

Places like africa have a lot more potential than other more developed countries. Because the need for a better living is also higher. So go out. Make the best use of this opportunity.

Cheers and best of luck.
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It is a very valid question. And i can totally understand your concern.

The first thing that is intimidating is the conversion of dollars to your local currency. The moment you think of buying anything, you realize that the conversion rates are so high that you get scared. But whenevr that happens, please remember that when you earn, your income will also be calculated in USD. So eventually thimgs will work out in your favor on that feont.

Secondly, I would say that you are
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Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Robert's 47 other Ask SC answers

Dear Aaron,

As you've probably noticed, SFI is a global organization so your origin has nothing to do with your success. There are people from all over the world and many of them are successful.

What I would suggest is that you start with the basics first - fill in your profile, goals, whitelist SFI e-mail, and all those basic actions that make your profile look professional.

Then, you must commit yourself to working with SFI, to building your business organization, i.e. sponsor new affiliates, work with them, and teach them to do the same with their affiliates. Sounds simple, but may require much time and effort, and some money investment if you want to build your downline faster.

In order to be included in the earnings, you need to reach the Executive Affiliate rank and keep it at all times. An easy task at the beginning, a more difficult one later on. However, setting up a Standing Order for TripleClicks item that is rewarede with 1500 VPs is just enough.

You may also hear from others that you have to buy from TripleClicks store, participate in Pricebenders auctions and so on. This may, of course, be a part of your strategy, but let me point out that SFI is basically a MLM busines. The idea of MLM business, then, is not to buy and sell, but to build your organization as many levels deep as possible. You are responsible for building your first level and teaching them to build their first level and teach their first level to... and so on. Therefore, your primary goal should be sponsoring new affiliates and in that respect TripleClicks store comes in very handy.

The above advice could be summed up in three words: Automate And Duplicate. If you can set a budget of ca. $55 dollars a month you can automate retaining your EA rank and getting new affiliates every month (15 - 25). Having saved time on that, you can devote yourself to duplication, i.e. teaching your affiliates to do exactly what you do. That's the shortest way to success.

A word of warning, though. If you have been spoiled by many get-rich-quick schemes out there which (of course) didn't work for you, SFI may not be for you. The success here DOES NOT come overnight and you have to set your perspective to months if not years. But if you can appreciate every penny you earn, if you can greet every new affiliate with hope, and if you can commit yourself to learn and teach at the same time - you're on the right track to success and the success will come.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you!
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Dear Aaron,

As you've probably noticed, SFI is a global organization so your origin has nothing to do with your success. There are people from all over the world and many of them are successful.

What I would suggest is that you start with the basics first - fill in your profile, goals, whitelist SFI e-mail, and all those basic actions that make your profile look professional.

Then, you must commit yourself to working with SFI, to building your business organization,
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Affiliate since: 06/11/2013, Power Rank: 587 | Read Maree's 55 other Ask SC answers

Start with baby steps that will generate into monster leaps. Each day by studying one specific topic, you will gain a wealth of knowledge. Remembering to take notes. Creating quite the snowball effect. Growing larger day by day, month by month, year by year.
SFI have covered all the issues.
If you do not have a paypal account or master card check out your LocalPay TCurrency provider in your local area. You can organise a way to purchase Tcredits with them.

Spend some time reading. At the top left click hotspots. Scroll down and study links.
At the top right click the grey box on Monday and study. Then click the Blue box on Tuesday and study. Then Wednesday click the green box and study.
Take notes that you feel will help you.
I suggest each day to choose a different topic to study.

Most important Click above A2A: Sign up then fill in the form below to connect with local members in your area. Start up a Coffee group.Support group etc
Where it says Search 101,440 a2a Members Below this you will see country. Click the drop down box and select where you live. Then at the right click FIND FRIENDS

Most important when you receive emails that members have accepted your request. Make sure to log in and reply to them. At the bottom left click friends then send them a friendly welcome.
My Tip. I keep a note of the last member I replied to. This way I know who I have and who I have not replied to. I get lots of requests plus I send a lot of requests.

Make sure to read all your Launch pad emails. Participate daily with the 2 do list and you are on your way.

I achieve great results from New Zealand. So really it is of no importance where you are situated in the world. It is the mind set and attitude you display, that will make you successful


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Start with baby steps that will generate into monster leaps. Each day by studying one specific topic, you will gain a wealth of knowledge. Remembering to take notes. Creating quite the snowball effect. Growing larger day by day, month by month, year by year.
SFI have covered all the issues.
If you do not have a paypal account or master card check out your LocalPay TCurrency provider in your local area. You can organise a way to purchase Tcredits with them.

Spend some time reading.
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Affiliate since: 01/30/2010, Power Rank: 8 | Read Scott's 63 other Ask SC answers

Hi. First off, the only way anyone can become successful in SFI is if they do all the daily, weekly and monthy tasks from your homepage. Second, make sure you do all the reading on the Launchpad lessons and Rules of Success. This is true for any affiliate from anywhere in the world.

Living in Africa can have some challenges, as I have seen from some forum postings, and from my own PSA's. I suggest the following for you:

1. Click on Leaders on the menu bar, and then Country Leaders.

2. On the right hand side of the page, click on your home country. That will bring up a list of affiliates from your country, starting with the one with the most VP.

3. Click on the affiliates name and ask them to be an a2a friend. Once they accept you, then you can begin to ask them questions as to how they became successful in SFI. If you have any special issues with problems in your country, they should be able to answer them better than someone else not from that country.

I wish you great success in SFI!
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Hi. First off, the only way anyone can become successful in SFI is if they do all the daily, weekly and monthy tasks from your homepage. Second, make sure you do all the reading on the Launchpad lessons and Rules of Success. This is true for any affiliate from anywhere in the world.

Living in Africa can have some challenges, as I have seen from some forum postings, and from my own PSA's. I suggest the following for you:

1. Click on Leaders on the menu bar, and then Country
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Affiliate since: 07/02/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Williams's 638 other Ask SC answers

The way you become successful in SFI is to start where you are. Starting can be the biggest part of your challenge because we all a been preconditioned by our circumstances to a certain degree. Nevertheless, you control the degree of the conditions. You are not a product of your environment you can impact it and change it to meet your needs and goals.

Many affiliates live in places where the economy may be poor or indifferent toward a global market place but that does not negate the fact that a global economy exists. You as well as everyone that registers in SFI have the same tools and resources available to you as are available to the number 1 affiliate in Africa.

So, that's where you start - right there in Africa. No more excuses. Reach out and try to bridge an alliance with the number affiliate in Africa to find out what they did to help them. If that fizzles out then use what you have.

If you have no money, the leverage your time to learn from your sponsor and up line leaders. Ask them how they got started in SFI. If they are non-responsive then go to an A2A friend. Find out how they got started. Can't find a friend? Then go to the forum and research all the many posts on how to get started.

If you don't have a backhoe to dig a 1 mile ditch, get started with the shovel in your hand. Peradventure, the right someone will come along and ask what are you doing? Then you tell them that you are digging a 1 mile ditch with a shovel. Then they may tell you hey man you should use a backhoe for this job - I know a guy who has one and he will dig this ditch for you in no time.

But if you sit and say I'm in Africa I can't do this. No one notices or cares. It is by doing that you get noticed and by doing will you attract the help that you need. So start where you are and use what's in your hand. Be it the affiliate center resources or an A2A affiliate, neither will do you any good until you make up in your mind to get up and do what is required to achieve success.
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The way you become successful in SFI is to start where you are. Starting can be the biggest part of your challenge because we all a been preconditioned by our circumstances to a certain degree. Nevertheless, you control the degree of the conditions. You are not a product of your environment you can impact it and change it to meet your needs and goals.

Many affiliates live in places where the economy may be poor or indifferent toward a global market place but that does not negate the
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Affiliate since: 11/03/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Anthony's 11 other Ask SC answers

I do not live in Africa. I am from Europe and I live in the USA. And I might prefer to live in Brazil! However, I think I have gleaned something useful from other people's answers to this question:

Most of them are wrong!

Many people have answered, "SFI is global, the same advice applies anywhere." But in fact, the world, even the world as seen through the Internet, is large and complicated and every one of the 200 or so countries has unique characteristics.

A better way to ask this question might be "How do I best take advantage/overcome the hurdles, of the country I live in?"

Now the answers become more useful.

First: Make intensive use of a2a. The a2a page each day will recommend possible contacts in your own country. Connect with them, especially the high-ranking ones. Discuss how they overcome barriers and take advantage of the opportunities your country provides.

Second: You need to become expert in the efforts SFI is making to overcome currency barriers. Learn all you can about LocalPay and TCurrency as it applies in your country. If you can possible use a Payoneer card, you should.

Third: Make sure you understand SFI rules about multiple affiliates in the same household. Definitions of "family" and "household" vary from culture to culture. SFI limits in-household recruitment and advises having one family member as the affiliate with others supporting his/her business, perhaps through TripleClicks membership.

Fourth: Look carefully at the ECA program. In some cultures entrepreneurs are greatly respected. Having your own ECA business may enhance your status and perhaps help to recruit SFI affiliates. Make sure you observe, as far as possible, your local patterns of "business-to-business" behavior, but remember, even if it is a 'normal' part of some local cultures, the practice of bribery in any form is always wrong!

Fifth: Be very careful about clear messaging. Make sure that "I will sponsor you" is NOT interpreted as "I will pay your way". On the other hand, make sure you understand how the sense of obligation sometimes operates in other countries your affiliates come from, and make sure you are a good mentor.

Finally: Yes, pay attention to all the universal, non-culture-specific advice about how to succeed in SFI!

And finally finally, if you look at the growth charts each day, you will see that SFI has very successful affiliates in EVERY country, even yours!
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I do not live in Africa. I am from Europe and I live in the USA. And I might prefer to live in Brazil! However, I think I have gleaned something useful from other people's answers to this question:

Most of them are wrong!

Many people have answered, "SFI is global, the same advice applies anywhere." But in fact, the world, even the world as seen through the Internet, is large and complicated and every one of the 200 or so countries has unique characteristics.

A
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Affiliate since: 08/29/2012, Power Rank: 263 | Read Jacqueline's 83 other Ask SC answers

Hello All,

I don't think that it matters where you live in order to become successful with SFI.

I think that if you treat SFI like your business and work your business every single day, you will become successful.

I think it matters more on how much you are willing to work your business in order to become successful.

SFI provides all of the training. The same training that everyone from all over the globe are using each and everyday to become successful.

SFI provides so many support systems that any type of questions that you need assistance with, you will find an answer.

To help you and assist you with any type of problems that might arise while working your SFI business you have the following to reach out to:

24 hour Support @ https://www.sfimg.com/Contact/

You have your Sponsor and your Co-Sponsor

You have your Upline

You can make some a2a Friends that you can reach out to from your country @ https://www.sfimg.com/Home?tab=a2a

You can go through the Country Leaders and look for associates in Africa who are doing very well and ask them to be their a2a Friend @ https://www.sfimg.com/Leaders/Country?country=ZA

You can go through the Top Sponsors and ask them to be their a2a Friends @ https://www.sfimg.com/Leaders/Sponsors

You have Ask SC, which is loaded with all types of questions and answers about all types of information.

You have the Forum, which you can get really quick answers from other members for just about any questions that you might have @ https://www.sfimg.com/forum

So, with all of this type of support that is available to anyone from anywhere in the world, there should be no reason not to be successful if you work SFI.

Keep on Aiming High and Dreaming Big!

Thank you for reading.


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Hello All,

I don't think that it matters where you live in order to become successful with SFI.

I think that if you treat SFI like your business and work your business every single day, you will become successful.

I think it matters more on how much you are willing to work your business in order to become successful.

SFI provides all of the training. The same training that everyone from all over the globe are using each and everyday to become successful.

SFI
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Affiliate since: 05/02/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Nsikak's 10 other Ask SC answers

That is a very salient question. As an African too, I know its peculiarities. Some procedures that apply in other countries , may not be applicable there. This being so , you have to modify certain things to suit your environment in terms of the following:
1). Approach to sign up will depend on the beliefs and culture of the people
2).You need to embark on enlightenment campaign on your people so that they understand what you are doing is not at variance to their culture but add to improve their welfare.
3) You need to breakdown certain terms in a way they might understand
4)Internet and source of electricity might also be what you might grapple with . You might set up a café or liaise with or invite a proprietor of a café into SFI so that his or her shop will be an ECA .such places will help other affiliates with no computer or power source to go there to work out their daily TO-DO task
5) Most importantly ,Live by example .
Good luck

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That is a very salient question. As an African too, I know its peculiarities. Some procedures that apply in other countries , may not be applicable there. This being so , you have to modify certain things to suit your environment in terms of the following:
1). Approach to sign up will depend on the beliefs and culture of the people
2).You need to embark on enlightenment campaign on your people so that they understand what you are doing is not at variance to their culture but add
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Affiliate since: 11/17/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Neha's 18 other Ask SC answers

Your living in Africa or anywhere else does not make any difference.
The rules of success are same everywhere.It is not an offline business or a store that sells only in a particular place.
You advertise somewhere & the affiliates come from any place in the world.
Follow the rules of success & you will win.
Infact because the level of income is less in your part of the world,there will be more persons interested in earning a regular income. The scope is more there.
You must have heard of the story of two salesmen of shoes sent to an island.
The first one sent a message that no one wears shoes so there is no scope for selling any shoes.
The second one sent the message that this is a goldmine.There is lot of scope because no body wears shoes & so there is no competition from anyother company.We are the first and we can sell a lot.
So my friend, go ahead & be like the second salesman.
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Your living in Africa or anywhere else does not make any difference.
The rules of success are same everywhere.It is not an offline business or a store that sells only in a particular place.
You advertise somewhere & the affiliates come from any place in the world.
Follow the rules of success & you will win.
Infact because the level of income is less in your part of the world,there will be more persons interested in earning a regular income. The scope is more there.
You
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