Affiliate since: 07/30/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Christian Geopete's 11 other Ask SC answers

It's really so sad and disappointing whenever you are trying to reach out for your sponsor and yet, you will get no response from them. I actually experienced that situation wherein I really wanted to seek some advice with regards on how to perform better with SFI during my first two months. Sadly, my sponsor didn't had a chance to reply.

So as an affiliate experiencing this kind of situation, I would personally suggest to:
1. Read and study the SFI Basic, LaunchPad, and Forum. There are sufficient amount of informationnthere that could help you run the business on your own. You just have to understand every single bit of information there and learn to apply them in your SFI business.
2. If your sponsor doesn't communicate with you, just ignore it. Just think that s/he including you, have Uplines (and Co-Sponsors) that could surely help you based on their experiences in the business. Just send them message/emails/Team Chats whatever would suit you, for sure someone if not all of them would get the attention you need.
3. Your a2a friends would be a great help for you in terms of advises and encouragement, so start communicating.
4. And last but not the least, visit the Forum. There are a lot of SFI members, mostly who has been in the business for years, could help you on your queries and all.

I am in my 5th month with SFI now and still learning from my own experience. I have gathered some strategies and been learning to apply them everytime.. I am also in a tight budget but then its only a matter on how you apply small resources to gain bigger results. PATIENCE and PERSEVERANCE are the keys to succeed here.

Hope this would help...

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It's really so sad and disappointing whenever you are trying to reach out for your sponsor and yet, you will get no response from them. I actually experienced that situation wherein I really wanted to seek some advice with regards on how to perform better with SFI during my first two months. Sadly, my sponsor didn't had a chance to reply.

So as an affiliate experiencing this kind of situation, I would personally suggest to:
1. Read and study the SFI Basic, LaunchPad, and Forum. There
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Affiliate since: 03/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Lily's 21 other Ask SC answers

I've been with SFI for 10 months and I'm a successful affiliate. My badges are great. My team is great. My outlook is great.
But, I haven't had *any* constructive support from my sponsor or co-sponsor.

You don't have to have a pro-active, supportive sponsor to be successful in SFI, but good friends are worth their weight in gold!

When you need encouragement - talk with your a2a friends.
When you need to discuss something - use the Forum.
When you need clarification - contact your upline Team Leaders.
When you don't understand - use SFI's Support system; it's full of FAQs (frequently asked questions).

There are heaps of us who will support, guide, encourage and congratulate you on your SFI journey. The key is - make contact.

I wish you all the very, very best!
Here's to a great future.
Here's to great communication.

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I've been with SFI for 10 months and I'm a successful affiliate. My badges are great. My team is great. My outlook is great.
But, I haven't had *any* constructive support from my sponsor or co-sponsor.

You don't have to have a pro-active, supportive sponsor to be successful in SFI, but good friends are worth their weight in gold!

When you need encouragement - talk with your a2a friends.
When you need to discuss something - use the Forum.
When you need clarification
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Affiliate since: 07/02/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Williams's 638 other Ask SC answers

If you have a non-responsive sponsor, then you should be all the more determined to succeed. Here are a few other ways you can get the needed support that you need:

1. SFI Forum - They is a ton of posts about most everything you will encounter in SFI already there for you to explore. Just login go to the forum and search by category or key terms. 99% of the time I promise some else has faced the same difficulty and received great feedback. The forum proves to be faster than support in some cases.

2. Ask SC - Since its inception, the Ask SC resource has become a database of information about issues facing affiliates just like you. You can search by topic or key term. Use the resource.

3. A2A connections - There are 100s of well versed affiliates in SFI. It is easy to reach out to them because they are on the leaderboard pages. The worse thing that could possibly happen is that you connect with an affiliate who already supports 10s of thousands of affiliates. So you may not get an immediate response but many are here because they enjoy helping others succeed.

4. Co-Sponsor - Co-sponsors are sponsor too. Maybe you have a good one if your sponsor turns out to be unreachable.

5. Support and upline leadership - sometimes support and upline leadership may be the hardest to reach because they support so many. So please allow up to 48 hours for a response from support or an upline leader. Depending on the circumstances you may find that you will get a much quicker response. But please remember, SFI is a global business with 1 corporate office and your upline sponsors 10s of 1000s of affiliates. They have problems too but your concerns are their concerns and I am certain you can get the help you need for 1 of these five sources.
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If you have a non-responsive sponsor, then you should be all the more determined to succeed. Here are a few other ways you can get the needed support that you need:

1. SFI Forum - They is a ton of posts about most everything you will encounter in SFI already there for you to explore. Just login go to the forum and search by category or key terms. 99% of the time I promise some else has faced the same difficulty and received great feedback. The forum proves to be faster than support
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Affiliate since: 02/05/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Anna's 40 other Ask SC answers

Non-responsive Sponsor: I surmise majority of SFI affiliates can relate to this question.

I have a non-responsive sponsor. I have been an affiliate since 02/2013. At the start, I made a few attempts to contact my sponsor. When I received no responses, I stopped and looked elsewhere. I chose to move forward and build my business despite him. I figured I signed on to SFI for myself, not for my sponsor. Initially, it irked me he benefits from my efforts, when he never responded to my inquiries/needs. I realized I could stifle my growth and chose to not advance in SFI so he would not benefit from my work, but this would only hurt me.

So, I chose to go forward. How did I do this? I read the lessons provided by SFI. I sought out other SFI affiliates; affiliates who were willing to assist me with my inquiries and answered my questions. I read Forum posts and participated in Ask SC. I found by reading and rating Ask SC answers, I learned about areas I needed growth in SFI. The Forum is a great place to search out help, if the subject you are looking for is not posted, you can place your own question. I also find by answering other affiliates questions it makes me more determined to learn and be of assistance to others, just as many SFI affiliates have been towards me, with the exception of my non-responsive sponsor.

Another helpful area I have found is a2a friends. When I began SFI, I had no concept of online advertising. Thanks to my a2a friends this changed. My greatest help came through an up-line affiliate. I am in her third level. I took a chance to respond to one of her emails, after no response from my sponsor. Thankfully, she responded. She continues to help me grow my business. Truthfully, I rather she be my direct sponsor, but alas, I do not have a say in this.

I also find using SFI and TripleClicks Support to be helpful. When I had some difficulties with TripleClicks orders or Pricebender Auctions and there had been a time I was not receiving points for one of the tabs on SFI; I found when I place support tickets in to the sites, they responded in a timely manner.

So, despite a non-responsive sponsor, affiliates have a chance to build their business. They simply need to make a choice. Do they want to build their own business? It is their choices of what they will do with their own business and go forward seeking out the tools, individuals, and means which will help them get to their desired destiny (goal) regardless of a non-responsive sponsor!
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Non-responsive Sponsor: I surmise majority of SFI affiliates can relate to this question.

I have a non-responsive sponsor. I have been an affiliate since 02/2013. At the start, I made a few attempts to contact my sponsor. When I received no responses, I stopped and looked elsewhere. I chose to move forward and build my business despite him. I figured I signed on to SFI for myself, not for my sponsor. Initially, it irked me he benefits from my efforts, when he never responded to
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

While good and exemplary leadership in any organization and business is a big plus please take heed that your success does not necessarily depend on your sponsor. I personally am a testimony to that. I felt like an orphan left alone but you know what? Challenge and controversy is very good. It helps you grow and over come obstacles.

HOW DID I OVERCOME IT

1. An Honest Rating of my sponsor
I put this as first because if your sponsor was deliberately ignoring your call for help then it might be a good idea to wake him up a little bit by giving your honest rating of him. It also helps you determine whether you can get help from him/her or look else where. This woke him up a little but for a while.

2. Reach Out to Your Up line
If your sponsor has completely failed to comply chances are you still have a good up line or cosponsor that is willing to help out. I had thought my up line would be the last person to reach out to for help because he was a PTL but I was wrong. He actually gave me his Skype I.D and I had the longest Skype call discussing about ECA tips and how to make it fast. I am so grateful to him

3. Make good use of your Successful A2A friends
Without a shadow of a doubt many of my a2a friends have been VERY VERY supportive. I wish I could put them to the spot light here but I guess policy does not allow it. When I was lost with a bunch of questions overwhelming me, these wonderful friends from a2a came to the rescue and I will forever be grateful to them for their support

4. Make use of the Forum
That's right! It took me a while to get to the forum but once I did after a2a friends suggested. My oh my! I am not just hooked but have learned so so much from the Forum. Someone in the forum once said that the BEST sponsor is the Forum and I could never agree any less.

5. Make Use of SFI success tools. Resources such as success has rules-follow them, the training area, Ask sc etc
The benefits are HUGE! Please remember that leaders are readers. I know so because I see it. All the guys whose success I have studied over time have been very successful because there's always something that they know about that you don't. Information is knowledge and knowledge is POWER and power can bring sweet success indeed

6. Make MEANINGFUL use of Support
I could never over emphasize the Importance of good support in any organization. One of the best support desks I have come across online is the SFI support. These guys are so incredible. Their support is impeccable and I can testify to that. There's not a single issue or question that I submitted that was not addressed. So make MEANINGFUL use of the support desk. Please ask questions that you know only support can address.

7. This last Option is not recommended but if you think you REALLY MUST then you can alternatively opt out of SFI for six months then come back and sign up under a sponsor of your own choosing. You would have to write to your current sponsor first and ask him/her to release you. I almost did that BUT I am so glad I didn't. My most valuable asset is TIME and I am not gonna waste it because my sponsor is not helping. The little money I have invested in the business already would have gone to waste had I opted out. I am GLAD I stayed and I AM NO QUITTER.

Best Success Wishes Ahead and A HAPPY NEW PROSPEROUS YEAR

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While good and exemplary leadership in any organization and business is a big plus please take heed that your success does not necessarily depend on your sponsor. I personally am a testimony to that. I felt like an orphan left alone but you know what? Challenge and controversy is very good. It helps you grow and over come obstacles.

HOW DID I OVERCOME IT

1. An Honest Rating of my sponsor
I put this as first because if your sponsor was deliberately ignoring your call for
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Affiliate since: 11/13/2001, Power Rank: 84 | Read Jeannette's 241 other Ask SC answers

First of all, I would say that we, as SFI affiliates, should always be supportive of upline and downline. Never be judgmental. You don't know what is going on with your sponsor at the moment. If your sponsor is ill or going through a family emergency, that could be a very good reason why there is no response. It would be good if a sponsor would at least write a couple lines to say that there is a challenge at that moment and that he/she will get back to you at some point. However, your sponsor may not have access to a computer or iPhone or other device at the moment.

I would advise that you check out the Support Area, try reaching your other upline members, your co-sponsor, your A2A friends or communicate at the Forum. We are all here to help. And remember to read, read and read some more. All the answers you will ever need are there. Also, remember that you can ask Gery. He has always been responsive.

I have never seen a business like this, where people are so willing to respond and help each other. I have never seen anything like this, where training is so abundant. keep moving on with this business, whether your sponsor responds or not. Only you can really work this business with others. If you give up, you fail; and you are the one responsible, not anyone else.
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First of all, I would say that we, as SFI affiliates, should always be supportive of upline and downline. Never be judgmental. You don't know what is going on with your sponsor at the moment. If your sponsor is ill or going through a family emergency, that could be a very good reason why there is no response. It would be good if a sponsor would at least write a couple lines to say that there is a challenge at that moment and that he/she will get back to you at some point. However, your sponsor
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Affiliate since: 09/05/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Erasmia's 9 other Ask SC answers

As a new affiliate, hearing from your sponsor or receiving mail and support is great!
The big picture painted shows that there are people who care and promote SFI.

For all my fellow affiliates who are interested and are eager to learn and proceed, they do have tall the learning and teaching materials at hand, such as
- SFI BASICS
- SFI RULES OF SUCCESS
- LAUNCHPAD LESSONS to get started with..

At one stage I was despondent, and needed guidance from my Sponsor. I mailed him to ask how I could proceed, and his answer to me was to take it easy and slow.
That was not the answer I was looking for, so I got stuck into working my way up. I was determined not to work slow.
I did have a wonderful Co-Sponsor with whom we had our weekly Skype meeting, and he directed me to follow my VP Ledger and to follow up on which actions I needed to complete to gain more VersaPoints.
My Co-Sponsor encouraged me too to grow in rank, of which I am truly grateful.
I would suggest to all my fellow affiliates follow all the answers to the questions of the ASK SC tab., where you can find so many answers to your own queries you may have.
One more thing that encourages me to carry on and grow and be strong in SFI is to read our affiliates Testimonials.
AND, it gives me so much joy, when going through our daily TO DO LIST , to CONGRATULATE.all my fellow affiliates on achieving their new status, E365, newest fast tracker, EA, BTL, STL, PTL, this encourages me so much, because I think of the day that my name will appear too, and I will be congratulated by my fellow affiliates too.
I hope this will help you to persevere with drive, enthusiasm and perseverance in your way to the top!




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As a new affiliate, hearing from your sponsor or receiving mail and support is great!
The big picture painted shows that there are people who care and promote SFI.

For all my fellow affiliates who are interested and are eager to learn and proceed, they do have tall the learning and teaching materials at hand, such as
- SFI BASICS
- SFI RULES OF SUCCESS
- LAUNCHPAD LESSONS to get started with..

At one stage I was despondent, and needed guidance from my
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Affiliate since: 08/03/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Rachel's 6 other Ask SC answers

Aloha,
First of all it's a pity if a sponsor is non-responsive! I have had a great experience with mine. Second is it just the immediate sponsor, co - sponsor or is it the whole up - line who is unresponsive?

But this business is your business so you have to work around the negative and make it positive for you.

1. If you have a co - sponsor reach out to that co - sponsor

2. You have an up - line which provides other's who can be great resources reach out to them.

3. Use a2a for people who can help you.

4. If you were referred to this business by a friend or family member try contacting them.

5. Most importantly do not repeat the actions of a unresponsive sponsor.

Lastly don't get discouraged, build a network that you will be proud of and be an awesome sponsor. Set a great example and show yourself how to succeed even though there may be some short comings. Every business has their downside and I think a nun responsive sponsor is a downside but only a minor setback that you are able to work around.

I wish you luck, and hope that you are able to overcome this. SFI is a great tool to helping you achieve your financial dreams.

If you look at your up line you will find thee is more than one person that you may contact, I hope somewhere along that line of people one of them will be responsive.


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Aloha,
First of all it's a pity if a sponsor is non-responsive! I have had a great experience with mine. Second is it just the immediate sponsor, co - sponsor or is it the whole up - line who is unresponsive?

But this business is your business so you have to work around the negative and make it positive for you.

1. If you have a co - sponsor reach out to that co - sponsor

2. You have an up - line which provides other's who can be great resources reach out
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 299 | Read Mar's 582 other Ask SC answers

Unfortunately, having a sponsor who doesn’t response to downlines is a common occurrence in SFI community. We know that communication is a very important part in building a relationship within a team, so what can an affiliate do in this regard?

1. Log in to your homepage and participate in SFI Forum.
If you have questions, you can search for answers or simply post your queries. The majority of affiliates are ready to help. SFI Forum is a great resource for knowledge shared by experienced members to help especially new affiliates in guiding them in their journey with SFI.

2. Join a2a
Register as an a2a member and network with other SFI members. Go to your Leaders tab and browse in Top Sponsors, Power Rankings, VersaPoints, VP Streak, Country Leaders, sections and do your search of most active affiliates. Send a2a friendship requests. In your a2a friends’ list, simply use a2a friend finder to search in your local area experienced affiliates and establish relationship with them. With a2a, you can create buddy lists, find a mentor, brainstorm and share tips and ideas, and discuss SFI News, share successful marketing strategies and form local SFI support groups.

3. Make use of Ask SC
This is a great resource for advancing your business. Most likely you can find answers to your questions here. Currently there are 15490 answers to 284 business-boosting questions. This is a compilation of knowledge from SFI members based on their experience. Just type your subject to “Search Questions” field.

By making use of these resources, you’ll be able to overcome challenges and move on to achieve your goals.

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Unfortunately, having a sponsor who doesn’t response to downlines is a common occurrence in SFI community. We know that communication is a very important part in building a relationship within a team, so what can an affiliate do in this regard?

1. Log in to your homepage and participate in SFI Forum.
If you have questions, you can search for answers or simply post your queries. The majority of affiliates are ready to help. SFI Forum is a great resource for knowledge shared by experienced
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hello,

That's a good question.

Basically the role of the sponsor is to help his or her recruited Personally Sponsored Affiliates on his or her team. Their job is to see to it that their PSAs reach the maximum of their business 100% through. If the PSA doesn't have a responsive sponsor though, it's not considered a total loss. That should definitely motivate the PSA more to achieve success in this SFI business and not to get discouraged.

There are plenty of other ways for an affiliate to achieve success:

1. Look at the "SFI Basics" Tab to help you get started. This should always be the first place to get started in SFI.

2. Click the gray "Start" Tab to watch the video of how to get you started. The video shows the President of this SFI company explaining to you himself what to do in order to help get you started.

3. Click the green "Launchpad" Tab to also get you started too. You can never go wrong with this. There are 30 Lessons each equipped with 15 Versapoints at the end of them, but you don't have to learn them all in one day. They teach you how to grow a successful business. Answer the mini quizzes at the end of each "Launchpad Lesson."

4. Look at the "Tips" tab on the SFI Home Screen. They offer the "Tip of the day," "Affiliate Best Tips of the day," and motivational quotes. They're considered "pick-me-ups" in this case.

5. Look at the "A2A" tab. There are over millions of affiliates here in this SFI business and anyone here would definitely be glad to help you out. Just send them a message and they shall be happy to help you. Remember that when you help someone, you will also help out yourself too.

6. Look at this "ASK SC" tab and the questions that are listed here. There are millions of answers to many different questions that shall help you solve your problems. You can either look at the answers, or even post a questions and get a ton of answers on it and have a field day as to which ones will help you the most. I'd say all of them are superb answers.

7. Look at your "Training" Tab on the SFI Affiliate Center Screen. They have a whoooole bunch of training information for you to learn. Don't try to learn it all at once though. Take it small steps at a time.

8. They should contact their "Co-Sponsor" if their "real" sponsor is not there to help at the time. The role of the co-sponsor is the similarly the same as the sponsor. The only difference is that the co-sponsor is like a "subsitute teacher" filling in for the "real sponsor." Co-Sponsor should be there for help if a PSA member needs it.

9. They should click on "My Acct" on the SFI Home Screen and then click on "My Upline" to see their uplines if the Sponsor and Co-Sponsor are not there at the time. They should also see if they have "Best Tips" filled in on the Co-Sponsor's Leadership Page.

10. They should post their question in the SFI Forum and watch how fast they get an answer. Make sure to click the "Notify me when a reply is posted" button, so you can get an email of when someone has replied to your post. This forum is a golden tool to use and is a 24/7 support from affiliates all over here.

11. Read the F.A.Qs within the "Training" tab. They have a whole heap list of questions answered nook and cranny about this business.

I could go on and on and on about this, but I hope all of this has helped to answer your question. Take this advice and never give up in SFI. You will make it!
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Hello,

That's a good question.

Basically the role of the sponsor is to help his or her recruited Personally Sponsored Affiliates on his or her team. Their job is to see to it that their PSAs reach the maximum of their business 100% through. If the PSA doesn't have a responsive sponsor though, it's not considered a total loss. That should definitely motivate the PSA more to achieve success in this SFI business and not to get discouraged.

There are plenty of other ways
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