Should we recruit our family members into SFI? Good idea or not?

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Tshidi Botshelo-Rankoa, Aff (Botswana) Top Author Forum Guru 9/20/2013 5:44 pm
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This is an interesting and at the same time challenging question.This is my attempt in responding to it the best way i possibly can:
1. I believe family and friends form part of your warm market and therefore are accessible to you; especially if you have seen the good benefits of being in SFI marketing and want them to benefit from it the same way and improve their standard of living as well.
2. You will be bound by family and friendship ties to support them extensively and/or push them
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5068 votes
Jeannette Gerrard, Aff (District of columbia, US) Top Author Forum Guru 9/22/2013 5:20 pm
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I think we shouldn't think we are recruiting people into SFI. We are sponsoring them. So sponsoring anyone in SFI is a good thing, as long as the person does not live at the same address. You and your spouse would more than likely have one account together if you were both in SFI. Just abide by the rules and policies and you will be fine. It's like anything else. If family members want to join, it's just like sponsoring anyone else in the business who would be supportive of your business and
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Diogo Linhares, Aff (Portugal) Top Author Forum Guru 9/20/2013 7:14 pm
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Hi Pavle Tancic!

I have seen that some people are saying that SFI PSA recruiting within Family is not a "Good idea", and I dont really understand why is that. Family are great PSA´s for me, they are people that you can trust and viceversa (it´s not always the case, but most of the time it is). I´m not saying that all of your family will recieve it with arms wide open and be as accepting of an online business as yourself, because in the end, family or not, everyone has got
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5057 votes
Ester Maupa, Aff (East Timor) Top Author Forum Guru 9/29/2013 5:03 pm
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Good question. I would say it all depends on the relations.If you have tense, strained and struggling relations with your family, it may not be a good idea, however you can be strategic if you wish to help your family with the new gold mine(SFI) you have just discovered.

By being strategic I mean check your timing and approach, many good ideas have been taken as nonsense simply because they were brought up when there is a crisis or when the prospective members are going through challenges-where
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5051 votes
Rawle Williams, Aff (United Kingdom) Top Author Forum Guru 9/29/2013 8:51 pm
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This is a great question.
I think recruiting family members into SFI is a very good idea if you love your family. Because you are giving them an opportunity to make money and also as a family you can build a business empire.
Together every one will benefit and it is a win/win situation.
As a family you will be able to encourage each other.
I see all positives in this scenario.
Each family member will buy what they want and when they want to too.
They will be able to
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5042 votes
Ronilo Saguit, Aff (Philippines) Top Author Forum Guru 9/21/2013 12:07 pm
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It is always a good idea to recruit anybody, including your family members to SFI. But you must know first the technical requirements. It is not allow to use the same IP and physical address for two or more accounts.

Your family members most probably will use same internet connection, please don't because it will jeopardize your own SFI account. So be sure that you are using different IP address and physical address. If you really want to use same internet connection you must ask permission
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5034 votes
, () Top Author Forum Guru 9/23/2013 12:44 pm
Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
If you're talking about family members outside of your own household,
this is a great idea. But it's against the rules to have more than one
household member per account.

Your "outside the household" family can be a major asset, or they can
be a major liability. It depends on whether or not you're contacted
them about any opportunity in the past. Sometimes they have issues with
trusting you, depending on your past relationships.

If you
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5033 votes
John Beattie, Aff (New hampshire, US) Top Author Forum Guru 9/22/2013 5:26 am
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This business is for anyone!!! "Knowing a person" should never disqualify him or her as someone to recruit. As a matter of fact, there is no one you should disqualify as a possible recruit.

However, I will say this about your warm market...or those individuals with whom are your family members and peers...you will be more successful at recruiting them if you are truly working your business.

A great example is E-Commerce Associates (ECA). Taking the time necessary
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5032 votes
Ilagi Agi, Aff (Papua New Guinea) Top Author Forum Guru 9/24/2013 1:37 am
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As in everything in life, there are advantages and disadvantages of recruiting our family members into SFI.
Generally, it is a good idea to recruit family members into SFI as you will be readily available to guide and lead them as they will feel free to talk to you anytime. Also, it will be good for everyone to see our own family members succeed and improve their standard of living as well.
However, we should also be careful on which family member we should recruit as you will already
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5023 votes
, () Top Author Forum Guru 9/21/2013 1:57 pm
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It is a good idea, especially because you will have easy communication with your family, and you will be able to support them in many ways which you maybe couldn't with affiliates from other countries.

But, you must be careful when inviting your family members into SFI, because of 6. point of our Affiliate Agreement, which says:

"6. A maximum of ONE affiliate per household is allowed. However, you may apply to be granted an exception for children or other relative(s).
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