Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 302 | Read Mar's 582 other Ask SC answers

When communicating with your downlines and staying contact with them, you can avail with the following methods available in SFI:

1. Team Mail: This method is fast and effective in staying contact with your PSAs?CSAs. When they log in, they can check and respond to your messages. It is also suited for contacting your PSAs/CSAs individually.

2. PSA Mailer/CSA Mailer: You can use these mailers specifically for sending messages correspondingly tailored to your PSAs or CSAs.

3. Genealogy Group Mailer: Use this method to send messages to your team. This means of communication is very effective in guiding your whole team, laying out the team's plans and goals.

4. SFIMG: Instant Messaging is good for instant conversation with your PSAs or CSAs. Their presence online is indicated through the yellow bubble.

5. Email: Copy of your messages from your Genealogy Group Mailer will also be sent to each of your team members. You can also send messages to each of your PSAs/CSAs emails.

Using these available methods to stay in contact with your downlines appropriately will help greatly in the process of building a team with close relationship. As a Team Leader, you can make a list of things necessary to promote duplication of leaders in your team. You can prioritize in your list, when to send the messages.
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When communicating with your downlines and staying contact with them, you can avail with the following methods available in SFI:

1. Team Mail: This method is fast and effective in staying contact with your PSAs?CSAs. When they log in, they can check and respond to your messages. It is also suited for contacting your PSAs/CSAs individually.

2. PSA Mailer/CSA Mailer: You can use these mailers specifically for sending messages correspondingly tailored to your PSAs or CSAs.

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Affiliate since: 10/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ronelle's 268 other Ask SC answers

The easiest way would be with the mailers, under the Power Tools tab on Home page. I would recommend using the appropriate mailer for each group rather than the more generic team mailer.

Also would advise individually direct emailing your best Movers, encouraging them in their efforts with congratulation-type messages.

Initially, I would say group mailings no more than twice per week.

Movers, email them on an as-needed basis. If they are doing well, maybe only once a week. Be sure to email those who have attained the next rank, regardless of when you last wrote them.

Movers who aren't moving so well, two, maybe three times per week, encouraging them to keep going, mention some other way to make VPs, make it a point to let them know they can email you directly if there's some problem they are having.

Sometimes, just play it by ear as to when to email someone, and which way.


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The easiest way would be with the mailers, under the Power Tools tab on Home page. I would recommend using the appropriate mailer for each group rather than the more generic team mailer.

Also would advise individually direct emailing your best Movers, encouraging them in their efforts with congratulation-type messages.

Initially, I would say group mailings no more than twice per week.

Movers, email them on an as-needed basis. If they are doing well, maybe only once
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

There are all kinds of different ways of staying in touch, but the first contact should be through e-mail if possible. Although some of your PSAs and CSAs may be too intimidated or have other reasons not to include their real e-mail address when they sign up, so it's pretty much impossible to contact them unless they come on the site and log in. Also with some it's impossible to know if they're receiving your e-mails because they just don't respond no matter what you do.

Don't let this discourage you though. Try doing a search for their name on Facebook or Skype and if they have an account, it should come up. Then you can try adding them as a friend and just send them a friendly note letting them know that you're their sponsor/cosponsor and they may add you.

Once you've made the initial contact with them, look at their VP ledger and see what kind of activity, if any, they have. Then suggest that they do the getting started actions, and if they're not sure how to proceed, or act as if they need more help, just guide them to the start, SFI basics, Launchpad, and SFI Rules of Success.

After they start doing well on their own, I would keep it to no more than once every two or three days in the stream, and once a week team mail. Also keep in touch through chat on Facebook and skype or Twitter as needed or if you catch them online and want to, you can send them a chat request and just say hello and ask if they need any help.

It's always a good idea to keep the lines of communication open to all your team mates, but for those who need the most help, be there for them as often as you can and keep them motivated and encouraged. Just don't bombard them with so much that they get overwhelmed, which would defeat the purpose.
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There are all kinds of different ways of staying in touch, but the first contact should be through e-mail if possible. Although some of your PSAs and CSAs may be too intimidated or have other reasons not to include their real e-mail address when they sign up, so it's pretty much impossible to contact them unless they come on the site and log in. Also with some it's impossible to know if they're receiving your e-mails because they just don't respond no matter what you do.

Don't let this
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Affiliate since: 07/17/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read TBR's 49 other Ask SC answers

Hi Eva Schaal,


There are many ways to stay in connect with your PSA's and CSA's.

1. Team Mail (Genaology)
Regularly send your team mail and support to your PSA's and CSA's twice or thries a week. It help you to get your downline Active.

2. SFI Chat.
If your downline are online then made a conversation on SFIMG chat and help and give them advice and motivation.

3. Stream Post
You may also give a notes and tips on your Stream post everyday. It will also stay you connected with your downline.

4. Facebook/Twitter
You may add your downlines as a friend and followers in FB and Twitter. You may post a regular updates of SFI and TC.

5. Skype and etc.,

Hope it Helps.
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Hi Eva Schaal,


There are many ways to stay in connect with your PSA's and CSA's.

1. Team Mail (Genaology)
Regularly send your team mail and support to your PSA's and CSA's twice or thries a week. It help you to get your downline Active.

2. SFI Chat.
If your downline are online then made a conversation on SFIMG chat and help and give them advice and motivation.

3. Stream Post
You may also give a notes and tips on your
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Affiliate since: 10/05/2011, Power Rank: 305 | Read Francis's 105 other Ask SC answers

Hello and thank you for your question.

To communicate with your PSAs or CSAs, one can use the following methods:

1. PSA mailer, CSA mailer or Genealogy group mailer
2. Stream function
3. Direct email
4. Social networking sites, newsletters or blogs.

The best method to use depends largely on the type of message to be addressed to the affiliates. Method 1 is good as a means of supporting and encouraging your affiliates on a weekly basis. The stream function can be used to update your affiliates on developments, once every three days, while direct email contact is essential if a particular affiliate needs individual attention. Some affiliates maybe following you on facebook or twitter in which case they may send messages to you through these social networking sites and you have to respond if they do. Having said that I think the methods already provided by SFI are sufficient for contacting your PSAs or CSAs.

I hope this helps.
Good luck.

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Hello and thank you for your question.

To communicate with your PSAs or CSAs, one can use the following methods:

1. PSA mailer, CSA mailer or Genealogy group mailer
2. Stream function
3. Direct email
4. Social networking sites, newsletters or blogs.

The best method to use depends largely on the type of message to be addressed to the affiliates. Method 1 is good as a means of supporting and encouraging your affiliates on a weekly basis. The stream function
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Affiliate since: 09/06/2011, Power Rank: 3 | Read BABU's 113 other Ask SC answers

This question requires only a small answer but I will tell you in an elaborate but in a simple way so that everyone will understand the importance of communication.

I always follow the following ways to get in touch with my PSAs and CSAs and I found, those ways are really useful for me and effective too.

1) Send them regular motivating mails at least once in a week.
2) Compliment them on their each and every step of success.
3) Mention your winners’ name in your stream posts and make it visible for others to follow their path.
4) Send them mails even to their personal mail box.
5) Invite them to Facebook or other social networking sites to interact more.
6) Invite them to have a word with you regularly on Skype or any other media.

I am sure, if you can follow all these measures, your PSAs and CSAs will have immense confidence in your abilities and beliefs which can make a remarkable difference in their approach too.

Constant communication is a powerful tool to attain Success. Words are only painted fire, a look is the fire itself. You can change your world by changing your words, remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.

Wish you good luck.

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This question requires only a small answer but I will tell you in an elaborate but in a simple way so that everyone will understand the importance of communication.

I always follow the following ways to get in touch with my PSAs and CSAs and I found, those ways are really useful for me and effective too.

1) Send them regular motivating mails at least once in a week.
2) Compliment them on their each and every step of success.
3) Mention your winners’ name in your
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Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Nafisa's 286 other Ask SC answers

As I have grown in SFI, I think I have, the number of PSAs/CSAs on my list have increased significantly. To manage them and keep in touch, I have found these methods useful....

a) The Genealogy is a highly effective especially as you can filter the PSAs/CSAs into various categories such as performing, non-performing or your movers, those who joined recently and much more.....

b) The other option is skype. I give out my skype ID in the regular emails I send out.
Communication must be two-way and it is important that your PSAs & CSAs have their own easy way to get in touch with you.

c) I provide my telephone contact and questions from the PSAs/CSAs are handled immediately through various mobile applications.

To answer your second part on the frequency of contact-I react on the performance(s) of the PSAs/CSAs. After sending out one mail a week as required in the Things To Do List, I monitor progress of my Affiliates and in some weeks can communicate 3 or 4 times or more.
It depends on what I wish to share with the Affiliates but I believe that there is no particular yardstick with which I measure how often I should be in touch. If the Affiliates are in my country, I could be talking to them on a daily basis. This will also depend on the kind queries they have.

I believe that you can communicate as often as you think it is constructive to produce the results that you desire to take your TEAM forward. You must however use your discretion so that the PSAs/CSAs do not consider your communication, a bore! What you say in the emails also matters.....

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As I have grown in SFI, I think I have, the number of PSAs/CSAs on my list have increased significantly. To manage them and keep in touch, I have found these methods useful....

a) The Genealogy is a highly effective especially as you can filter the PSAs/CSAs into various categories such as performing, non-performing or your movers, those who joined recently and much more.....

b) The other option is skype. I give out my skype ID in the regular emails I send out.
Communication
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Affiliate since: 05/29/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Anirban 's 24 other Ask SC answers

Hi Eva,

There are a number of ways to stay in contact with PSA's and CSA's described below:

# Whenever a new PSA/CSA joins your team you should send a proper welcome message explaining the basic structure of SFI and how to get started.

# You should follow with a "Daily task tips" after the previous mail, which would explain their daily proceedings along with other features.

# You should send weekly newsletters containing, weekly points available, new updates, opportunities, blogs etc.

# You should be regularly encouraging and recognizing the ones who've qualified to any level(EA/TL) or won something.

# You should arrange regular contests, make them aware of the benefits regularly and provide the prizes within time. This will encourage them and spread a positive energy.

# If you receive 2nd home CSA's who're already with SFI for some time but not active now. You should emphasize over encouraging them and try to know the reason why they left and offer them every possible kind of assistance.

# If your PSA's/CSA's are inactive for almost a year and their affiliate-ship about to be cancelled, try to motivate them. Explain that there is no cost or purchase requirements to remain an SFI affiliate. Encourage all your affiliates to work at their own pace. After all, it's their business and all we ask is that they log in at the Affiliate Center (www.sfimg.com) at least once a year.

# Most importantly whenever anyone of your PSA's/CSA's ask for any kind of help(small/big), don't ignore and try your level best to assist him/her as soon as possible.

# Finally I'd like to say that you can't really determine that how often is best. Once you start getting response from your downline in the form of mail replies or actions followed, be regular with them(movers).

There can be a lot of other ways as well depending upon the situation, so always try to be innovative and try to come up with something new. Be patient, helpful and dedicated to your team and you'll see the result.

Best of luck with your SFI business!
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Hi Eva,

There are a number of ways to stay in contact with PSA's and CSA's described below:

# Whenever a new PSA/CSA joins your team you should send a proper welcome message explaining the basic structure of SFI and how to get started.

# You should follow with a "Daily task tips" after the previous mail, which would explain their daily proceedings along with other features.

# You should send weekly newsletters containing, weekly points available,
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Affiliate since: 04/08/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Robert's 47 other Ask SC answers

In my opinion there are no worse or better ways to contact your affiliates, but I'd rather use Group/Genealogy Mailer instead of writing to each of them separately unless you have a real movers and workers that you would contact in person. Generally, however, the group mailer is the best option here in my opinion.

How often? It depends on what you want to communicate. I, for example, have a series of 9 training letters so far and still writing new ones. I send the first letter (the welcome letter) almost simultaneously with my automated welcome message and I stress that it is a personal message from me. Then I sent the next three letters, explaining basics, within the first week of my Affiliates' joining SFI. The remaining 5 letters are sent once a week and so will be the new letters I am preparing now.

Unfortunately, SFI does not provide an autoresponder functionality and you can't schedule the transmission, so I wrote to all my affiliates that because of lack of the autoresponder feature they are going to get the same letters over and over again each month for which I am sorry. Nobody objected :)

Of course, I also reply ASAP to any questions or problems my Affiliates ask me about.

That's it. The rule of the thumb is not to bombard your Affiliates with a letter after letter since there is no need to do so. Once a week is just enough.

I would also advise to copy your letters onto your blog on your leadership page and put a short not in each of the letter you send: "If you missed the previous training letters, please have a look at my blog on my Leadership Page at (URL) where you'll find the whole series".
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In my opinion there are no worse or better ways to contact your affiliates, but I'd rather use Group/Genealogy Mailer instead of writing to each of them separately unless you have a real movers and workers that you would contact in person. Generally, however, the group mailer is the best option here in my opinion.

How often? It depends on what you want to communicate. I, for example, have a series of 9 training letters so far and still writing new ones. I send the first letter (the welcome
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Affiliate since: 07/09/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Liliana's 18 other Ask SC answers

Here are my thoughts on this:

I consider email the best way to stay in touch with your team. You can put your thoughts in writing, review them and hit send. Plus, you can email a group of affiliates at the same time.

How often? No more than once a week for the first month after them joining. They receive one message a day from SFI (Launchpad) and more than a weekly email from you, offering support, may be overwhelming for the new affiliates.
After the first month I recommend the weekly newsletter and occasional emails to encourage the ones I feel are slipping away, to congratulate the ones are achieving success, and, of course, to respond to any questions I receive from my team.

No matter how often you contact them it's important to be honest, professional and show them you care about their success.

To our success!


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Here are my thoughts on this:

I consider email the best way to stay in touch with your team. You can put your thoughts in writing, review them and hit send. Plus, you can email a group of affiliates at the same time.

How often? No more than once a week for the first month after them joining. They receive one message a day from SFI (Launchpad) and more than a weekly email from you, offering support, may be overwhelming for the new affiliates.
After the first month I recommend
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