How can we get across to our affiliates that investing minor (at least) amounts of money into SFI is smart?

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Zdravko Lukovski, Aff (Macedonia) Top Author Forum Guru 12/4/2013 6:21 am
Affiliate since: 10/16/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Zdravko's 4 other Ask SC answers
Hello,

In my opinion, first thing that we must be clear about is that this is NOT a job
for salary. We are not working for our fixed salary at the end of the month,
but rather we are building a business. Ask your PSAs, if they can name only
one, just 1 successful businessman that has built a successful company without
any investments? There is no such business...Period... They must understand
that what we are doing here, is "investing today"(Both Time
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Velma Prince, Aff (United Kingdom) Top Author Forum Guru 12/2/2013 7:29 pm
Affiliate since: 05/16/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Velma's 12 other Ask SC answers
I personally believe that when going into any business, you have to think of investing CASH. If there was a way where anyone can start a business without cash upfront, even if it is a loan, then we all might have had traditional businesses functioning every where.

Even though its free to join SFI, every wise person would know that to be successful, there must be a COST. Practically, investing of your TIME is of utmost importance, but without putting in some money into starting that business,
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 12/4/2013 3:00 am
Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
Hello,

Here is my answer. I'm sure just about everybody knows the infamous words "You reap what you sow." What you put into this business is basically what you get out of the business. The more effort and investment you put into this business, the more you are going to get out of this business.

The first thing would be to start with the "Wave 3 Membership." It is only a one time fee of $1.95. Immediately you get 5 Free Monthly T-Credits as well as 50 free
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GT Bulmer, Aff (Alberta, CA) Top Author Forum Guru 12/4/2013 12:53 am
Affiliate since: 09/25/2012, Power Rank: 163 | Read GT's 63 other Ask SC answers
Personally, I try to impress on my team members that they can build this business the slow way or the fast way and it all depends on how serious and determined they are to succeed.

The slow way is by using only free methods. They take time and sometimes a whole lot of energy and effort. Usually, many affiliates who do it this way get frustrated or lose their focus and start drifting away to other things.

On the other hand, you can accelerate your progress by investing small
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 12/4/2013 7:14 pm
Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
I think that there are a few keys to properly and effectively communicate this to our Affiliates.

It is important to explain how even a small monetary investment will benefit THEM. You don't want to come off as if you are simply trying to sell things to your Affiliate or just get them to spend money. You must explain the BENEFITS and ADVANTAGES that they can and will directly receive make a minor investment.

Secondly, I think it can be of great value to share the ways in which
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Forex Preacher, Aff (Texas, US) Top Author Forum Guru 12/3/2013 11:26 am
Affiliate since: 05/24/2017, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Forex's 136 other Ask SC answers
I usually "flat out" let my PSA's know that I believe 100% in SFI and have been quite successful in this business. I let them know that it is just like ANY OTHER BUSINESS! In any business that is worth having, you will NOT be able to just cruise along without any type of financial obligations.

I remind them that to open a McDonald's store, you must pay $250,000 just to come into the franchise (and you haven't even gotten a store yet). To open a local business, you need to buy/rent
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Williams Ford, Aff (Georgia, US) Top Author Forum Guru 12/3/2013 12:53 am
Affiliate since: 07/02/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Williams's 638 other Ask SC answers
The simplest way to explain anything is to be straight to the point. When it comes to investing money into SFI most have a misconception. It is the misconception centered about the "no obligation to buy" policy. Let's get it straight. You don't ever have to purchase anything if you don't want to. You can just do without. Right?

However, if you want to maintain EA over the long term you will either have to invest in a transfer buy or create an active network. A large inactive
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4835 votes
Ljiljana Boskovic, Aff (Serbia) Top Author Forum Guru 12/3/2013 1:38 pm
Affiliate since: 11/09/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ljiljana's 12 other Ask SC answers
Sometimes we spend, and sometimes we invest.

To simply explain it to a member of your team ask him/her some questions:
What are you spending on? What are you investing in? How do you decide?
To spend means to exchange value for a product or service. You spend on what gets spent.
But, you invest on what develops into even more value.

You're the owner, right? You have your online office, websites, your team you work with, your online store,... taking your business,
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Sridhar KV, Aff (India) Top Author Forum Guru 12/3/2013 12:53 am
Affiliate since: 09/12/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Sridhar's 5 other Ask SC answers
First of all we should tell them the importance of investing the amounts in SFI because many affiliates do not know about this when they come into the business. The amount that they could afford to invest is the next important thing. We can guide them to start with a 100TC standing order which costs only $29 and will earn them 1200VPs. For maintaining the EA level they need 1500VPs, so they can earn balance 300VPs from daily, weekly actions. If they are unable to afford this much, they can buy 1TC
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 12/3/2013 1:14 am
Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999
I tell my team mates that this is their business. And most businesses require either a lot of work, or a a lot of money. But with SFI's business model you can stay free and work hard or invest and work smart. And it doesn't have to be a lot of money. Most startups cost you thousands, like a McDonald's franchise for instance. But with SFI you can start earning very quickly for free in your first month, then it gets a little harder your second, and you'll need to either refer a lot of people or invest
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