Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 554

You might be able to find a hint why an affiliate stopped after becoming an EA in his/her first month through his/her Affiliate Snapshot.

The Affiliate Snapshot contains the profile section where you can find out the following important information about your affiliate:

- Number one reason for starting a SFI business and if he/she operates another business besides SFI.

- Prior experience before joining SFI; if he/she has ever been involved in a network marketing business.

- His/her business strategy which includes the number of hours allocated for doing SFI, marketing strategy preferences, etc.

- His/her goals which includes his/her expectation of earnings in his/her timeframe, etc.

These are important information which will give you an insight in finding out the reason why SFI is not what your affiliates expected.

The fact that they let you know their expectation will give you a vantage point to expand each item above clearly as you communicate with them. It could be that they’re having difficulties in understanding the SFI Benefits and Compensation Plan or need clarification on SFI BASICS and certain terminologies.

The first step in SFI BASICS could easily be misunderstood, which state that you can start earning money by accumulating VersaPoints and you can immediately begin earning income fromTripleClicks Executive Pool just by scoring VersaPoints for doing simple actions that help you become successful in SFI.

Your affiliates might have misconception thinking that 1500 VP or more will translate to the same amount or more in dollars making SFI a get rich quick scheme.

The fact that they became EA in their first month qualifying for theTripleClicks Executive Pool, might be disappointing for them if they have expected to receive their commission right at the end of their first month but rather will get their commissions on the 10th of their second month. To make it worse the commission amount might not be what they expected and would further discourage them.

In this point you should offer your affiliates a clear explanation by going in details. Give them the “nuts and bolts” as to what it takes to build their SFI businesses and express your willingness to help them in every step of the way.

Acknowledge their “expectation” and offer solid proven facts to clear out any misconceptions about building a business with SFI. Let them know that you’re always available to help them.

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You might be able to find a hint why an affiliate stopped after becoming an EA in his/her first month through his/her Affiliate Snapshot.

The Affiliate Snapshot contains the profile section where you can find out the following important information about your affiliate:

- Number one reason for starting a SFI business and if he/she operates another business besides SFI.

- Prior experience before joining SFI; if he/she has ever been involved in a network marketing business.

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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 554

I recommend "The Only Answer To Success" by Dr. Leonard Coldwell. This book has helped me changed my life, my way of thinking. I never thought about my great potential to achieve success, whether it is about relationship, wealth or health, this book is filled with practical exercises which you can apply in real life!

This book has an energy that can change your life for the full potential you can imagine. If you practice the program written in this book, your life will never be as it was before. You will learn how to take charge of your feelings, your behavior and your energy so you will finally be able to take control over every part of your life. If you have that control then for sure you will succeed in SFI.

It is a powerful manual that can change every facet of your life. It will help you to turn your life and the lives of those around you into an adventure, an experience, a pleasure, and above all the opportunity to be free of the influence and manipulation of others. With the information in this book you have the opportunity to use your unlimited potential every day.


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I recommend "The Only Answer To Success" by Dr. Leonard Coldwell. This book has helped me changed my life, my way of thinking. I never thought about my great potential to achieve success, whether it is about relationship, wealth or health, this book is filled with practical exercises which you can apply in real life!

This book has an energy that can change your life for the full potential you can imagine. If you practice the program written in this book, your life will never
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 554

When thinking about a good financial budget to start with for your SFI business, you need to look at the core business principles of SFI. SFI BASICS provide a solid foundation for your SFI business. As you maintain and abide on your SFI business foundation, you’ll be able to establish a good financial budget for growing your SFI business.

As a SFI business owner, you need to ensure the growth and momentum of your SFI business by following these important steps:

1. Become and maintain your EA status.

Becoming and maintaining your EA status every month must be included in your budget. You are in a real business, you no longer have a boss holding you accountable. Your success is dependent upon you and your actions.

A sustainable business plan should include the Fast-Track membership. By becoming a Fast-Track member, you’re boosting your SFI income for years to come. There are great benefits that come with being a Fast-Track member. It includes 10% bonus shares of TC Executive Pool per month, 250 bonus VP, etc.

If you’re just starting in SFI, a good strategy to implement in becoming a Fast-Track member is by doing the following:

- Complete the five Getting Started actions, which are indicated with JET icons.

- Purchase the New Member Pack (NMP) which costs $20.

You should strategically collect your Getting Started Actions VP accordingly. Most new affiliates collect all their free action VPs in their first month without financial investment to achieve EA, making it difficult for the following month to maintain their EA status. Doing the two steps above to become a Fast-Track member will yield 750 AVP, which is half of the 1500 VP requirement to achieve EA. You can collect the remaining required VP by performing your daily To-Do List and collecting the AVP associated to the next step.

2. Sponsor to build your downline.

Sponsoring should be the focus of your activity and it should occupy a substantial amount in your budget. You should have a marketing plan and a marketing strategy in place for your lead generation if you are to succeed. Your SFI business requires your long term commitment and establishing a sound budget to support the momentum and growth of your SFI business is an important part of a success-driven business practice.

You’ll need to set aside certain amount for your advertising needs. Your financial budget is well spent as you invest in:

- Your domain name, which includes web hosting

- Lead generation tools (SEO, A/B testing platform tool, LinkedIn Advertising suite, Email capturing tool, etc)

- Driving traffic to your website/blog.

There is no faster, more immediate way to get targeted traffic to your website/blog on a consistent basis than with Paid Search Marketing, also known as Pay Per Click. Google AdWords provides the most popular pay per click platform for advertisers looking to get valuable exposure on Google’s search results pages as quickly as possible. Search Engine Optimization and Social Media Marketing both take some ramp up time, which is where Pay Per Click marketing can become extremely valuable.

- Strategic email marketing campaign.

Use an email marketing system that allows you to use professional looking email templates, track the effectiveness of your email campaigns and auto-schedule email messages to be sent at set times in the future. You can sign up for a web-based email marketing services to help you design email newsletters professionally, share them on social networks, integrate with services you already use and track your results.

Conclusion:

It is very important to establish a good financial budget with your SFI business to produce the kind of results you’re looking for. It will require hours of consistent time and effort and certainly a marketing budget to maintain the growth of your SFI business successfully.

There are many ways to market a business these days; however, there are only a few ways now to get the most of your financial budget and for your time. The most cost effective and far reaching methods have been outlined above and should bring a very clear picture for you on what you need to start doing today to market your SFI business smarter.

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When thinking about a good financial budget to start with for your SFI business, you need to look at the core business principles of SFI. SFI BASICS provide a solid foundation for your SFI business. As you maintain and abide on your SFI business foundation, you’ll be able to establish a good financial budget for growing your SFI business.

As a SFI business owner, you need to ensure the growth and momentum of your SFI business by following these important steps:

1. Become and
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 554

In order for you to know which of the two scopes of recruiting is best and why, you should look at the advantages and disadvantages of both offline and online recruiting and how they could be applicable in growing your SFI business.

Knowing the benefits and drawbacks of both online and offline recruiting could help you devise an effective marketing plan and strategy in initiating the growth and expansion of your network. This is very important to understand in forming your basis on how to make the most of your recruiting efforts.

1. Advantages and Disadvantages of Offline Recruiting:

- Offline recruiting methods such as promoting your SFI business to family and friends, buying leads, distributing promotional items like SFI/TC X-Cards, SFI/TC/EZ T-Shirts, etc. are very personal recruiting techniques. These are excellent ways to build relationships in your SFI organization, and that is what network marketing is all about. If you plan on building a long-term, residual income with your SFI business, creating duplication is crucial and offline marketing can be easily duplicated.

- When it comes to offline recruiting, a big part of the process is dealing with rejection, which is one of the downsides of recruiting offline, as most people do not want to deal with rejection. Traditionally a common practice in recruiting offline is, to talk to as many people as possible about your SFI business opportunity. This is another downside to recruiting offline mainly because when you approach it this way, many of the people you speak to will most likely not have an interest in your SFI business opportunity and it could take longer to build your team.

- There is a plenty of debate in the industrial sector right now if the “old traditional methods”, offline techniques still work. Now, the majority of the most successful network marketing businesses of all time have been built offline which proves that there is still some value in these “traditional” methods.

If done right, these “old traditional methods” have proven to still work when it comes to building a successful network marketing business.

2. Advantages and disadvantages Of Online Recruiting:

- Online recruiting reaches a much larger or more targeted audience than other methods do.

- Compared to offline recruiting, using the Internet is a lot more technical and can be intimidating to most people and would slow down your team duplication.

- There is a much larger learning curve when it comes to recruiting online and many people either don’t want to put forth the effort to learn how to effectively recruit online or just don’ t have the time. I think that the network marketers that understand the power & leverage of the Internet and make the effort to learn how to do it properly are absolutely dominating the industry.

- A big benefit when it comes to recruiting online is that you are able to put your SFI business opportunity in front of a larger number of prospects, in a shorter amount of time.

- With the number of searches done daily related to network marketing another big advantage of online recruiting is that your prospects are already searching for an opportunity like the one you have to offer and will be more interested rather than some random stranger if your recruiting offline.

Conclusion:

There are key points you need to keep in mind when it comes to recruiting either online or offline. When you’re recruiting for your SFI business opportunity, it’s best to do what fits your personality. Just because one strategy works for someone else, doesn’t mean it will work for you. You have to focus on doing what works best for you and what matches your personality. Most importantly, you need to focus undistracted on your ultimate goal which is creating duplication in your team.

The best way to create duplication in your team is to understand that everyone you recruit will also have their own distinct style and personality so you will need to make it clear to them the scopes, advantages and disadvantages of online/offline recruiting.

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In order for you to know which of the two scopes of recruiting is best and why, you should look at the advantages and disadvantages of both offline and online recruiting and how they could be applicable in growing your SFI business.

Knowing the benefits and drawbacks of both online and offline recruiting could help you devise an effective marketing plan and strategy in initiating the growth and expansion of your network. This is very important to understand in forming your basis on how
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 554

In your first month as an ECA, here is the list of things to do:

- Upon approval of your ECA application, log in to ECA Center with your ECA ID number and password. Take time to review the content and features of your ECA Center.

- Start setting up your TConnect website. This includes adding your company logo, company profile, ensuring your contact information is correct and so on.

- Before listing your products, you need to comply in submitting your company’s returns policy.

- Sign up in TripleClicks/ECA blog site for important ECA news, tips and training.

- Study the ECA Guidelines, it may take time to become familiar with the list of Dos and Don’ts for selling at TripleClicks, but it is very important to observe them. For more details: https://www.tripleclicks.com/ECA/Guidelines.php

- Review the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) about ECA. It contains important information for operating your ECA store.

List of Don’ts for ECA members:

- Don’t start listing your products without submitting your company’s returns policy.

- Don’t bribe any of your customers just to get a positive review of your products. Product reviews are mixtures of positive and negative. Responding to your customer about item’s shortcomings and resolving the issue is vital for good customer service.

- Don’t include products information that you can’t deliver. This will be deemed as misleading your customers and you’ll end up in bad reputation.

- Don’t post your promotions using a2a or Stream Post. It is prohibited.

- Don’t forget to thank your customers for patronizing your products.

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In your first month as an ECA, here is the list of things to do:

- Upon approval of your ECA application, log in to ECA Center with your ECA ID number and password. Take time to review the content and features of your ECA Center.

- Start setting up your TConnect website. This includes adding your company logo, company profile, ensuring your contact information is correct and so on.

- Before listing your products, you need to comply in submitting your company’s
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 554

Before you can help your PSAs become Team Leaders you should be a Team Leader yourself and should be setting the working habits of a Team Leader.

- You should be logging in everyday so that your Daily VP Streak, All-Time VP Streak and your Monthly EA Streak badges exhibit gold trims.

- You possess a TL badge and always give your best in moving up to higher rank and maintain it thereafter.

- You possess and maintain the Top Enroller, Top Sponsor and S-Builder Co-op badges showing your commitment to expand the growth of your SFI business.

- Your Overall Power Rank, Country Power Rank and Class Power Rank badges demonstrate your ability to earn as many VPs as you can to maintain these badges.

- You’ve been awarded the Leadership Challenge badge for developing a strong active group of your PSAs and you continue to actively participate in this program every season.

- You’re actively involved in maintaining the growth and momentum of your SFI business by acquiring the Gift Card DistributSTAR, ECA Referrals, Fast-Track PSAs and TC Top Seller badges. Furthermore you’re telling to your PSAs/CSAs that you’re serious in your SFI business by sporting a Gold Fast-Track and Standing Order badges.

- You’re socially active in SFI community as evidenced by your Forum Guru/Mod badge and a2a Member badge. You have a sense of belonging and you feel the need to help as many affiliates as you can by contributing regularly to SFI Forum and Ask SC, so that you exhibit in your Affiliate Snapshot the following attractive and friendly badges:

1. “Likes” Badge

2. Ask SC Top Author

3. Ask SC Ratings

- You’re having fun while growing your business. You actively participate in the EZ games garnering such badges as Eager Zebra Card King, Knockout, Goldstreak and Time Machine. Furthermore you take advantage of brand name merchandise at prices far below retail outlets by participating in the Pricebenders Auctions.

The more badges you possess, the more credibility and the higher your reputation among your PSAs/CSAs. Your badges indicate all your actions and achievements and can have a major impact whether your team ultimately delivers results.

What you can do to help your PSAs become Team Leaders?

- Get them engage through your weekly support and training.

You need to spend time to prepare them in learning the skills they need in becoming a Team Leader and for sponsoring.

- Present to them your marketing plan and strategy clearly.

They need to start building their teams. Initially you can recommend S-Builder Co-op while they’re on the Training tab. As they advance, you can recommend to them to start their own Ad Co-op.

- Provide one-on-one support to get an in depth understanding of your affiliates’ journey with SFI.

- Emphasize to them that they need to continually widen their knowledge base in order to prepare themselves for the team leadership role.

- You need to interact with your PSAs as often as possible bringing them latest updates relevant to the development and growth of their SFI businesses.

Team leaders are the cornerstone of your SFI organization. Being a team leader is a challenging assignment but it also carries great rewards, not only from a professional standpoint but also because it can personally be very fulfilling.

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Before you can help your PSAs become Team Leaders you should be a Team Leader yourself and should be setting the working habits of a Team Leader.

- You should be logging in everyday so that your Daily VP Streak, All-Time VP Streak and your Monthly EA Streak badges exhibit gold trims.

- You possess a TL badge and always give your best in moving up to higher rank and maintain it thereafter.

- You possess and maintain the Top Enroller, Top Sponsor and S-Builder Co-op
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 554

Both PRMs and ECAs referral programs are profitable activities. Both systems have been designed to generate sales and maximize your potential earnings.

The potential profitability of both referral programs will be dependent on the following factors:

- Both referral programs can be promoted with traditional and digital marketing method.

- The promotion scheme of both referral programs are also equipped with the latest innovation in marketing strategy and are both success oriented.

- The time spent in promoting both referral programs will define the potential profitability. The more time invested, the higher the chances of achieving the potential profitability of a referral program.

- The level of intensity of PRMs TripleClicks’ products purchases and promotion which include the W3 program referring method of building networks of PRMs will determine significantly the potential profitability.

- Are ECAs products/services offered in demand and attractive to customers? Are they priced competitively?

- The level of intensity of ECAs’ products/services promotion will affect lifetime royalty commissions. This includes ECAs consistency of acquiring new customers to increase their customer base.

- Are you actively promoting ECAs to your downline? Each member of your downline you refer as ECA will increase your potential earnings.

Both referral programs are potentially profitable making it possible to establish a lifetime residual income achieving your long term goal.

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Both PRMs and ECAs referral programs are profitable activities. Both systems have been designed to generate sales and maximize your potential earnings.

The potential profitability of both referral programs will be dependent on the following factors:

- Both referral programs can be promoted with traditional and digital marketing method.

- The promotion scheme of both referral programs are also equipped with the latest innovation in marketing strategy and are both success
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 554

As an ECA, you would like to list your products using the best way of drop shipping method. Before embarking to this one of the most sought e-commerce solution, you’ll need to know the important “basics” of drop shipping.

The basics and how to get started:

- Before contacting suppliers/wholesalers, you’ll need to be aware of the rules and regulations in your region. In the U.S. most suppliers/wholesalers require your EIN number. EIN stands for Employer Identification Number for tax administration and is not intended for participation in any other activities, such as tax lien auction, lotteries, etc. You’ll need to furnish also a copy of your state sales tax and/or resale certificate.

- Find out what products you’d like to drop ship. There are various ways to find drop shipping wholesalers: Contact the manufacturer, Search Google, includes keywords such as wholesale, distributor, reseller, bulk, warehouse, supplier etc.
When employing drop shipping to make a list for your ECA products the best way, consider the following points:

- Products that can be drop shipped will create a lot of competition. Usually this will lead to cutting down the pricing and will diminish your profit margins. In order to compete by not cutting down the price, you’ll need to offer value through top-notch product education. In other words, pick a profitable niche and add value to it.

- Keeping your inventory up-to-date and avoid getting into out-of-stock items. Work with multiple suppliers with overlapping product lines. It's not recommendable to rely on a single supplier. Having two suppliers doubles the likelihood that an item will be in stock and available for shipment.

- Selling products that you don’t see is not easy. You can get product information online from manufacturers’ websites with products specification or you can opt to call your supplier to answer a specific question about a product from your customers.

- Involving a third party will result in more order fulfillment errors, mistakes, and logistical problems. In drop shipping business, occasional mistakes can happen. Suppliers are fairly good about paying to remedy problems, but when they're not, you need to be willing to spend what's necessary to resolve the issue for your customer. Blaming the supplier/manufacturer for order fulfillment will not solve the problem but you’ll be dubbed as unprofessional and your reputation is going to suffer.

In drop shipping, you’ll need to invest in marketing and customer service. Starting is easy and you can leverage other people’s capital without having to invest in thousands on your own. Keeping in mind the steps and important points mentioned above will lead to your own successful ECA store.

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As an ECA, you would like to list your products using the best way of drop shipping method. Before embarking to this one of the most sought e-commerce solution, you’ll need to know the important “basics” of drop shipping.

The basics and how to get started:

- Before contacting suppliers/wholesalers, you’ll need to be aware of the rules and regulations in your region. In the U.S. most suppliers/wholesalers require your EIN number. EIN stands for Employer Identification
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 554

As a Team Leader, getting your team to understand the potential of SFI and TripleClicks is one of the most important foundations of your SFI business. It could be a big challenge and it may take time to accomplish this purpose of passing the knowledge and experience of the full potential of SFI and TripleClicks to your team.

How to get our team understand the full potential of SFI/TripleClicks:

- Increase your knowledge base.
No doubt, you would not have attained the rank of a Team Leader without going through the SFI Tools and Resources. There is a lot to learn and it is a good idea to take a topic one at a time for better comprehension. You need to be equipped with the knowledge and experience about SFI/TripleClicks, so you can share them to your team.

- Establish close relationship.
If you want to get the attention of your downlines and build a solid team, you must first understand where they’re coming from. You need to get to know them. Your success of establishing close relationship within your team will depend on how you communicate with them. Follow the tips of effective communication when interacting with them as I have mentioned earlier on one of the Ask SC questions. This includes responding to their request by emphasizing what you can do to help meet them, follow through and do what you say you’ll do, focus on issues, not personalities, when discussing work matters with your team and so on.

- Emphasize SFI BASICS and Launchpad lessons
SFI BASICS and Launchpad are the core of SFI and TripleClicks. As a Team Leader, it is very important to direct your affiliates to SFI BASICS and Launchpad as they begin their venture. It is about leading them to the very first step of their journey. One would not be able to grasp the full potential of SFI/TripleClicks without going through these core concepts of SFI/TripleClicks.

By keeping the points I mentioned above, you can get your team to understand the potential of SFI and TripleClicks.

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As a Team Leader, getting your team to understand the potential of SFI and TripleClicks is one of the most important foundations of your SFI business. It could be a big challenge and it may take time to accomplish this purpose of passing the knowledge and experience of the full potential of SFI and TripleClicks to your team.

How to get our team understand the full potential of SFI/TripleClicks:

- Increase your knowledge base.
No doubt, you would not have attained the rank
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 554

In order to have the most cost effective way to increase your chances of success with SFI, you must consider the following important factors that can greatly affect your success with SFI:

- Are you logging in everyday? A day missed will cost you 11 VP. This is a very important part of your venture, if you are to succeed. There’s a lot of information that you need to know, understanding and applying what you learn each day will help you to go forward one step at a time. Success begins with one step. You’re investing time to gain a solid foundation of your SFI know-how such as SFI BASICS, LAUNCHPAD, and The Rules of Success and so on. You’ll need your wide knowledge base in supporting your new affiliates.

- Maintain your EA2 level every month by accumulating 1500 VP. Ask yourself how much can you afford every month to maintain EA2? When choosing an eligible item for your SO, consider an item with reasonable price and a higher VP which will help you to fulfill at least the minimum required sales VP for moving up to BTL.

- Set your goal of sponsoring new affiliates every month. You need to start advertising to sponsor new affiliates. Start applying what you learned from SFI Tools and Resources. In your Training tab, you have very valuable training articles in sponsoring affiliates, combining with the Marketing methods; you’ll be setting up your own Ad Co-op to grow your team. Depending on your marketing budget and your consistency of support, determination and commitment, you’re setting up process of duplication.

Only you can find out and decide the most cost effective way to increase your chances of success with SFI. What most cost effective for me may not be applicable to you and your success depends also on your time investment.

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In order to have the most cost effective way to increase your chances of success with SFI, you must consider the following important factors that can greatly affect your success with SFI:

- Are you logging in everyday? A day missed will cost you 11 VP. This is a very important part of your venture, if you are to succeed. There’s a lot of information that you need to know, understanding and applying what you learn each day will help you to go forward one step at a time. Success begins
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