Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 8 | Read Beverly's 79 other Ask SC answers

There are many different ways to engage your Affiliates on one or more of the huge number social media sites:

1. First and foremost, explain the rules, especially for Facebook. Every SFI affiliate needs to know that certain gateways, if used too often will get us all blocked from using ours on Facebook too. I've found that it's mainly the ones for SFI, not TripleClicks that lead to problems. If you use your own blog site, website, or the "Share-it" Buttons on SFI and TripleClicks you'll be safe.

2. Explore the sheer multitude of sites, other than Facebook and Twitter, for a larger audience. Invite your acquaintances, friends, family etc. to join you. There are also business groups on Facebook that you can join that allow you to do advertising.

3. Let your affiliates know what sites you are on, give them the url address, and ask them to join you (like or follow you.)

4. Ask your affiliates what sites they are on. Like and/or follow them and make comments on their site if they allow you to. Always ask for permission to do so.

5. Explain to your affiliates the "Share-it" buttons, where they are and how they can use them to promote their business. Share a personal story that was successful. The "Share-it" buttons are safe to use, although with Twitter, there may be too many words, so you'll need to shorten it down. On Facebook you should add a personal note. It's a great way to get free advertising. You can let your friends know when a special auction is on or something you have had success with, to name a few.

6. If you have a large team, you could start a special Facebook page exclusively for your PSAs. They can go there to learn, ask questions, and get to know each other.

7. Tumblr is a good social media site where all your comments can automatically be posted on your blog or website, if you have one.

8. You can set up your own blog for free on Word Press and Blogger etc. Use key words and links that lead your reader to your TC Store, SFI and TripleClicks. You can also use your blog for your group and offer contests, encouragements and special information.

The sky is the limit using social media today. Use it to your advantage!
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There are many different ways to engage your Affiliates on one or more of the huge number social media sites:

1. First and foremost, explain the rules, especially for Facebook. Every SFI affiliate needs to know that certain gateways, if used too often will get us all blocked from using ours on Facebook too. I've found that it's mainly the ones for SFI, not TripleClicks that lead to problems. If you use your own blog site, website, or the "Share-it" Buttons on SFI and TripleClicks
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi Ben,

Facebook and other social media sites can be great platforms to interact with your downline and recruit new PSAs.

You could start by setting up a group page and inviting all of your PSAs and CSAs to join in and share their experiences. Forming a group will help to create the team spirit you need to get the members helping each other.

Another great tool that Facebook offers is the Fanpage. I have seen people set up fan pages and go out soliciting for likes without creating good content. This will not look good for any serious prospects out there. I suggest that you provide good content in your posts. Ask questions at the end of your post to get your audience to interact.

Try not to plaster SFI links all over the page. If you type SFI into Facebook, I bet you find dozens of pages full of referral links and Pricebender links. The trick is to build a relationship with your audience. After all this is a social media site. Find articles about making money or other small business related articles and post about it. Have a quote of the day (good content).

Fanpages have a section at the top for applications, likes, photos and videos. Use this section to place all your SFI and TripleClicks ads. This is a good way to get free advertising on Facebook and you will not be blocked for 'spammy content.' You can also create links back to your application box.

I hope you find this helpful and I look forward to seeing your name in the top performers sometime.
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Hi Ben,

Facebook and other social media sites can be great platforms to interact with your downline and recruit new PSAs.

You could start by setting up a group page and inviting all of your PSAs and CSAs to join in and share their experiences. Forming a group will help to create the team spirit you need to get the members helping each other.

Another great tool that Facebook offers is the Fanpage. I have seen people set up fan pages and go out soliciting for likes
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Affiliate since: 08/06/2012, Power Rank: 255 | Read Ronilo's 408 other Ask SC answers

This is a very good question because although the communication facilities inside SFI is sufficient for you to engage your affiliates to a conversation but there is a need to augment communication at SFI with social media sites.

One reason is, communication will not be only between you and your affiliates (which is the case of communication inside SFI)but among your affiliates as well.

Another reason is, some of your affiliates may not ne logging in to their SFI account, therefore can not read your messages but are using Facebook.

Here's the way to to further engage them in social media site like Facebook.

1) Of course you must have your Facebook account first.

2) Find your affiliates in Facebook using search bar and typing either their name or email address. Note that you get the email addresses of your PSA and CSA from your SFI account.

3) Invite them as friend.

4) Create a group in Facebook and add those PSA and CSA who are already your friend.

5) You do regular posting in your group and always tag one or two of your affiliates. Tag different names on different post.

6) Always answer their comments and if you see them online try to chat with them. be always ready to help specially if they have questions.

I have my own group in Facebook where many of my affiliates are members. I discuss with them some strategies and tips which I studied. I make my group open and sometimes i get sign-ups from that my post also.
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This is a very good question because although the communication facilities inside SFI is sufficient for you to engage your affiliates to a conversation but there is a need to augment communication at SFI with social media sites.

One reason is, communication will not be only between you and your affiliates (which is the case of communication inside SFI)but among your affiliates as well.

Another reason is, some of your affiliates may not ne logging in to their SFI account, therefore
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Affiliate since: 02/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Bryan's 47 other Ask SC answers

There are many ways to accomplish this. Most social media sites allow you to create a business page along with your personal page. To fully take advantage of everything social media sites have to offer, you should create a separate page for your business.

Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest, StumbleUpon and Twitter are all a must for every serious business owner. There are many other sites, but at a minimum I would recommend these.

It's important to create a business page on these for several reasons, but the biggest reason is to not annoy your friends. No one likes to be constantly "sold" to, so having a separate business page will not have your friends feeling like all you're doing is shoving products down their throat.

It's important to keep all of your social sites updated regularly. If you post something new on one site, make sure they all get updated. Make sure to keep your posts short and to the point. Social media sites are not the medium for outlandish posts that read more like a book. Save that content for your website. Use the social media sites to drive traffic back to your site by raising the curiosity level of your followers. Ask questions to your followers and get them to respond by offering discounts, freebies or information relevant to their needs.

Allow your affiliates to post content on your behalf at these sites. Make them feel engaged in the business and not just another follower. Most sites will allow you to set moderators who can post content, media and create links. By offering your sites to your affiliates in this manner, they will become much more engaged in the big picture, which is your SFI business. Even if it does not lead to direct sales, you're teaching your affiliates how to become involved in an SFI business and not just sit back and follow.
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There are many ways to accomplish this. Most social media sites allow you to create a business page along with your personal page. To fully take advantage of everything social media sites have to offer, you should create a separate page for your business.

Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest, StumbleUpon and Twitter are all a must for every serious business owner. There are many other sites, but at a minimum I would recommend these.

It's important to create a business page
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Since social networking sites attract a large number of people and they are excellent places to find potential PSA's or TripleClicks customers. You need to first follow a proven system of finding people through these sites which will eventually cause interest in your team members. The best approach is to simply make friends with people. Get them to like you and to trust you. It takes time, but in time you will be able to attract people to SFI that you can sponsor. Don't be extreme in your approach and don't push yourself on anyone. Put out enough information to create interest and let them bite the hook so to speak. If they are interested they will ask questions, simply be there to answer them.

Remember to add value also in what you are offering. With a ton and a half of work at home opportunities online yours can seem like just another scam in some people's eyes. Make yours unique and don't offer a work at home opportunity. It's too cliche. Be creative, one idea is to explain it as a retirement plan that allows people to retire on a full time income. Don't use the common terms and phrases that everyone has already heard because it can cause you to lose some people with that approach. Keep it fresh and keep it new so you gain people's interest.

Once you have perfected your method your team will become interested also and want to learn how social media can improve their success. You are their mentor, so be ready to teach them because it will attribute to your success also. Not only will you be finding people, but your team as well will be finding people and everything they do leads to more success for you.

Use your time wisely and effectively. Don't be hasty or needy because that will be projected as you approach people. Have the attitude that you have something they are seeking and you are there to offer it to those who are worthy. One of the greatest problems are the number of people who join SFI with the attitude they will get a paycheck next week just by logging in. I recommend that you quality people first, seek out those who will work and really want a legitimate opportunity.
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Since social networking sites attract a large number of people and they are excellent places to find potential PSA's or TripleClicks customers. You need to first follow a proven system of finding people through these sites which will eventually cause interest in your team members. The best approach is to simply make friends with people. Get them to like you and to trust you. It takes time, but in time you will be able to attract people to SFI that you can sponsor. Don't be extreme in your approach
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

First and foremost, due to the amount of links and messages posted on Facebook about SFI, all links that go directly to SFI have been blocked. So what I would do is either have your own domain name for your SFI gateway and use that on Facebook, or I would promote TripleClicks (particularly their ECA program) on Facebook. With Facebook you can make your own page or group that people can search for and sign up. This way, you can communicate with people who are already looking for a way to look money from home, and immediately start informing them on how TripleClicks can benefit them. Use banners and ads on your FB page to lend an official look to your page. Also, make sure that you don't make any promises, just tell them your personal experience with the site. In this way, you won't give them any grandiose ideas and then when they join up they aren't expecting to have cash flow overnight. I personally believe that false promises and poor results is what got SFI links banned from Facebook in the first place, other than the fact that at one time it was spammed like crazy.

Another thing I would do is expand on this idea. There are hundreds of social media sites, and millions if not billions of forums on the internet. With the social media sites I would use stuff like Instagram, Vine, Twitter, Tumblr, Google+, and many more. Searching for Top 50 social media sites in a search engine wouldn't be a bad idea. Make sure that you don't make so many accounts that it is hard to keep all of them running. Having 5 good, consistently updated social sites is better than having 20 of them that are only subpar.

And finally, with forums, make sure that you are following the forum rules. They all have guidelines that are spelled out clearly. Also, like I mentioned before, there are a lot of them. Searching for forums that have subject material that corresponds with making money or working from home are a good place to start. You can also find massive, more general forums that cover a wide variety of topics. These are usually divided up into subforums. Find the subforum that goes along with your topic and make a few posts. But again, make sure you don't spam it up. And make sure that you are active in any forums that you join. No one is going believe you if you're posting about a way to make money from home and you've only got two or three total forum posts. They are going to think you are a bot or just a scammer.

Hope this helps. Good luck to everyone!
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First and foremost, due to the amount of links and messages posted on Facebook about SFI, all links that go directly to SFI have been blocked. So what I would do is either have your own domain name for your SFI gateway and use that on Facebook, or I would promote TripleClicks (particularly their ECA program) on Facebook. With Facebook you can make your own page or group that people can search for and sign up. This way, you can communicate with people who are already looking for a way to look money
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Facebook is GREAT for this kind of business!! I use it non-stop.

1.For one you have to be friends with them so they can see what you post.
2.You can use your wall to post updates and inspirational messages or maybe even advertise something but don't overdo it.2-3 advertisement posts per week are enough.Otherwise they will stop following you on FB.Same is with your non SFI friends.
3.Create a page that you will devote it to SFI and TC promotions,updates and certain contests that you may hold.
4.Create a group where you and your members ( also their members and members of those members and so on) can share thoughts,experiences,ask a questions or congratulate to each other.
5.Add them (and you join as well)to many ,many, MANY advertising groups where they can look for members as well as to advertise products from TripleCLicks. PLEASE NOTE :that not all groups allow MLM posts or online sales so read carefully the section "ABOUT" in the group.Also many links from SFI are blocked so if they make personal blog,or if they have a domain and website they can use it for that purpose )
6.And lastly you can advertise with FB
https://www.facebook.com/advertising
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Facebook is GREAT for this kind of business!! I use it non-stop.

1.For one you have to be friends with them so they can see what you post.
2.You can use your wall to post updates and inspirational messages or maybe even advertise something but don't overdo it.2-3 advertisement posts per week are enough.Otherwise they will stop following you on FB.Same is with your non SFI friends.
3.Create a page that you will devote it to SFI and TC promotions,updates and certain contests that
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Affiliate since: 07/26/2007, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Williams's 638 other Ask SC answers

To engage your SFI affiliates on social media sites like Facebook you should start a group and create a fan page. I have both. I try to interact with my constituents at a few times per week. With a heavy work load, this can be challenging to say the least. Never the less to maximize your social media experience you should post as often as you can and avoid posting only affiliate links. Remember that social media sites are first of all social.

Create social content using tags and hash marks to make your content searchable. Post things about yourself, local news of interest, world events, things you like, celebrity news and the like and mix in a promo every 5 to 8 posts. Optimal social sharing is achieved by posting consistently and as often as possible.

Secondly, these are media outlets. People love to listen to music, and watch videos. I have a you tube channel and I subscribe to a music channel. Share the videos and music you love and build a following. The key is consistency and frequency.

Putting all of this together gives you a dynamite way to connect with your affiliates as well as prospect for others. When you can connect with other people's interests, and culture then you truly create the most dynamic social engagement. People like people who like what they like. Don't be afraid of liking someone else's page or retweeting someone else's tweet on twitter. To do so will only inhibit the very thing that you are trying to achieve through your social media outlets and that is engagement with your audience. So have fun tweeting and retweeting; liking and posting on other peoples wall and achieve not only the goal of engagement but also the goal of creating a huge and loyal following.
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To engage your SFI affiliates on social media sites like Facebook you should start a group and create a fan page. I have both. I try to interact with my constituents at a few times per week. With a heavy work load, this can be challenging to say the least. Never the less to maximize your social media experience you should post as often as you can and avoid posting only affiliate links. Remember that social media sites are first of all social.

Create social content using tags and
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 44 | Read Mar's 582 other Ask SC answers

Engaging in social media like Faecebook could be beneficial or may not be to supplement SFI available channel of communication.

By using Facebook, you can communicate among your affiliates, who have Facebook accounts. Do your affiliates have time to spend in such sites like Facebook, twitter and so on? Remember time is money.

To engage your SFI affiliates on social media sites like Facebook you should start a group and create a fan page. How much time you will spend for doing this? To interact with them at a few times per week, this can be challenging. You have to post as often as you can to maximize your social media experience, is it worth your time? Remember that social media sites are first of all social in nature, not business.

Why not master the tools and resources available through SFI and become successful, knowing how and when to use them.
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Engaging in social media like Faecebook could be beneficial or may not be to supplement SFI available channel of communication.

By using Facebook, you can communicate among your affiliates, who have Facebook accounts. Do your affiliates have time to spend in such sites like Facebook, twitter and so on? Remember time is money.

To engage your SFI affiliates on social media sites like Facebook you should start a group and create a fan page. How much time you will spend for doing
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

If they already have a facebook account, they have the opportunity to like the SFI and TripleClicks pages, which only takes a minute. But what I did was to set up a page for SFI called SFI Community. Everyone is welcome to post there, but mainly it's to help SFI members and give them a forum to post their hopes, dreams and aspirations while on the path to success.

For that matter, they can post their problems and get answers.

The only problem I see with doing this is it's hard to wrangle a lot of people, so unless you have a "mastermind" group of just a few affiliates and help them to achieve success first, giving them the keys they need, like SFI Basics, and show them how to attain and maintain EA status or above, doing things like Facebook and Conferences will be more of a distraction, and may even frustrate them.

So please make sure that your "newbies" aren't being led away from SFI to the time consuming facebook and conferences and all the other things that take time away from SFI. Newbies need basic information and not to be bombarded with distractions.

Also SFI has everything they need already. Let them learn first. Teach them to use the "start" button and it will give them the "milk" they need. Once they let you know they're ready for "meat", give them more advanced techniques. But only when they're steadily moving up in rank. Don't reinvent the wheel. It's already running like a well oiled machine.
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If they already have a facebook account, they have the opportunity to like the SFI and TripleClicks pages, which only takes a minute. But what I did was to set up a page for SFI called SFI Community. Everyone is welcome to post there, but mainly it's to help SFI members and give them a forum to post their hopes, dreams and aspirations while on the path to success.

For that matter, they can post their problems and get answers.

The only problem I see with doing this is it's hard
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