Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 428

For me, the main purpose of the 'Welcome Letter' is to welcome my new team member.

I want to make the new members feel appreciated and know that we would be working together and that they can count on me to help then grow their businesses.

That's the main focus of my letter and yes I also give out tips:

- I point them to the direction of the Affiliate Center and for them to go to the 'Start' button, click on it and go from there.
- I refer them to the Fast Track link, pointing out the time limit of 10 days.
- I make mention of the Translator at each page to translate them to their preferred language if necessary
- I direct them to My Leadership page
- I also advice them to work at a pace that suits them and not to allow the volume of new information overwhelm them.

These would be simple statements with links allowing them to visit, read and explore the links at their own pace. I could give them more but I want them to read my letter. A larger letter might frighten them away!

I finish up with a promise that we would talk again in the very near future and that I would have more information for them but in the meantime if they have any questions contact me.




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For me, the main purpose of the 'Welcome Letter' is to welcome my new team member.

I want to make the new members feel appreciated and know that we would be working together and that they can count on me to help then grow their businesses.

That's the main focus of my letter and yes I also give out tips:

- I point them to the direction of the Affiliate Center and for them to go to the 'Start' button, click on it and go from there.
- I refer them to the
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 428

You need to promote the importance communication by being the best communicator you can be.

I know its not very encouraging when no one talks to you. I fully understand the frustration many of the sponsors suffer. Many of us send out streams, newsletters, e-cards, emails, chats etc and even try to connect with affiliates on social sites etc.. but still many do not respond. Whatever we do we should not give up. Communication if you like, is the lifeblood of the business. We have no choice but to keep on persevering otherwise our businesses will not grow.

Keep on connecting with your affiliates and urging them to respond to your messages.

I often include in my stream messages and newsletters activities that my affiliates are invited to action in the hope that they will respond. eg 'Let me know your thoughts on this' 'How did you find it?' 'How about some feed back on this' etc..

Every message also includes a reminder that I am here to help and they only have to message me. I often get responses from my workers The silent majority unfortunately remain silent!

Every time you receive a message from one of your affiliates, respond immediately especially if they are online. Be excited about getting a message. Some affiliates feel that they are intruding and probably had to swallow their pride or work up the courage to ask for your help. Do assure them that they are not intruding and that you are genuinely pleased to hear from them

If the respond needs to be a lengthy one, acknowledge the message briefly and say that you will come back with a more substantial answer. Give a timeframe as to when this will happen and make sure you keep that promise. I often receive messages that require research etc on chat. I often tell them to check their email as I will be responding to them via email.

If you dont know the answer to their question say that you will find out the answer. If you feel that they could have found out the answer themselves, dont fob them off and dont just give them a link where they can find the answer. Give them a brief answer and guide them to the link where they can find out more information. Show them how to find information at the SFI site. Ideally they should feel pleased that they have contacted you for help, that this was a pleasant experience and that they will ask again in the future. They are going to continue communicating with you.

I make a point of responding to all messages within 24 hrs. I also make the point of following up with my affiliates within 48 hrs of my message to see how they found it etc..

The main point I am making here is that I believe that the best way of getting your affiliates to understand the importance of communication in SFI is to be an active and an encouraging communicator yourself.





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You need to promote the importance communication by being the best communicator you can be.

I know its not very encouraging when no one talks to you. I fully understand the frustration many of the sponsors suffer. Many of us send out streams, newsletters, e-cards, emails, chats etc and even try to connect with affiliates on social sites etc.. but still many do not respond. Whatever we do we should not give up. Communication if you like, is the lifeblood of the business. We have no
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 428

That word 'convincing' in my mind indicates that pressure is being applied to the prospects to join SFI and that is unfortunate. We are not selling them a product that they can purchase and then leave and may not want it again. We are in fact inviting them to enter into a partnership with us to build up our businesses. We are going to enter into a win/win relationship.

In order for this relationship to work, the prospective affiliate must clearly understand this - can see that he/she will benefit from the relationship - willingly and happily sign up as an affiliate knowing the facts of the business. Therefore the statements you make must be focused on addressing these matters.

Don't tell lies, don't colour or exaggerate the facts - doing this may damage future relationships with the prospect or worse still ruin yours and SFI's reputation.

I would tell them at least the following:

1. This is basically a sales business trading online and conducted by affiliates
2. Our core roles as SFI affiliates as sales of TripleClicks products and services and recruitment of TC Members and SFI Affiliates.
3. New affiliates are assigned a sponsor/mentor who will help and guide the new members to grow their businesses to be come successful. The affiliate and the sponsor need to work together.
4. The affiliates will receive free training. They will also have the potential to earn while they are training. So even if they have had no previous experience in this kind of business they should succeed.
5. All the products for sale are supplied. All the affiliate has to do is promote the products and services. The reception of orders, payments, packaging etc.. are all handled for them.
6. There are no mandatory financial outlays. There are no entry fees or upgrades. The business is totally free to enter and free to leave, just simply opt out if they want to.
7. Explain to them the affiliate/sponsor relationship if necessary.
8. Your can also present the prospect with the SFI Facts - years on the business, number of affiliates etc....

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That word 'convincing' in my mind indicates that pressure is being applied to the prospects to join SFI and that is unfortunate. We are not selling them a product that they can purchase and then leave and may not want it again. We are in fact inviting them to enter into a partnership with us to build up our businesses. We are going to enter into a win/win relationship.

In order for this relationship to work, the prospective affiliate must clearly understand this - can see that he/she
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 428

I believe that the new CSA Exchange is a quite a good innovation and you should put some of your CSAs in it.

The focus is to encourage those inactive CSAs to become active and also those CSAs that log in now and then to become more committed to SFI.

Put simply, you select and place your inactive CSAs from countries other than yours in the pool and they are exchanged with CSAs from your country who other co sponsors have put in the pool. Those CSAs will of course also be inactive, otherwise their co sponsors would not have put them in the exchange pool in the 1st place.

The hope is that people from your country would respond better to you as their co sponsor as you would be a lot more compatible with them and communication should be a lot easier with such matters as language, culture, local issues etc.. Its early days yet but I believe that it should work.

In my case however, I was too slow off the mark. I come from a small country and there are not very many of us in SFI and I suspect that all the available CSAs in the pool from my country have already been swapped. I put a small number of CSAs in the pool last week and they are all still sitting there!

I say yes. Use the CSA Exchange and put CSAs in it.

You will of course only select the inactive ones to put into the pool and keep the good CSAs for yourself. If they are working fine and are responding to your sponsoring activities, leave them alone. Select the inactives from other countries especially those who are not responding to you, struggling with English and you do not speak their language.

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I believe that the new CSA Exchange is a quite a good innovation and you should put some of your CSAs in it.

The focus is to encourage those inactive CSAs to become active and also those CSAs that log in now and then to become more committed to SFI.

Put simply, you select and place your inactive CSAs from countries other than yours in the pool and they are exchanged with CSAs from your country who other co sponsors have put in the pool. Those CSAs will of course also be inactive,
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 428

This happens to all the affiliates regardless of their level or rank. The VP total for the month resets at 0 at the beginning of the month and we all have to re qualify for our respective ranks or higher.

The reason for this is because your benefits for the month of, say July, are based on the number of VPs you earned in July. If we do not reset at 0 in the beginning of August and add the July VPs to the August VPs it means that the affiliate will benefit twice on the July VPs. This obviously has a cumulative effect month after month and paying out on previous months VPs is both not fair or sustainable.

You will however notice that your monthly VPs are not totally ignored. They are added to calculate you standing in Leaderboards.
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This happens to all the affiliates regardless of their level or rank. The VP total for the month resets at 0 at the beginning of the month and we all have to re qualify for our respective ranks or higher.

The reason for this is because your benefits for the month of, say July, are based on the number of VPs you earned in July. If we do not reset at 0 in the beginning of August and add the July VPs to the August VPs it means that the affiliate will benefit twice on the July VPs. This
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 428

Use the testimonials to back up what you are claiming in your advertising.

If in your ad you are promoting the fact that SFI is the real deal as a money making opportunity, select a testimonial that affirms that and include that in your ad. If you are focusing on the free training or the simplicity of SFI or the great support or whatever aspect of SFI you want to put infront of your prospective PSA, again select testimonials that focuses on those aspects.

Through your ad you have already caught the attention of your prospective. The interest is already there. Now you have to convert that interest into a sign-up. This is where the testimonials come in handy. They help to remove any doubt the prospective might have and sign up.

Do remember to refer them to the website at https://www.sfimg.com/saying.html for them to read some more testimonials - of what other people are saying about SFI.

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Use the testimonials to back up what you are claiming in your advertising.

If in your ad you are promoting the fact that SFI is the real deal as a money making opportunity, select a testimonial that affirms that and include that in your ad. If you are focusing on the free training or the simplicity of SFI or the great support or whatever aspect of SFI you want to put infront of your prospective PSA, again select testimonials that focuses on those aspects.

Through your
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 428

Login to the SFI website every day. That's the very 1st habit to develop.

Even if you are tired, have been travelling; have spent hour’s in-front of the computer at the office, login to the SFI site. If you are going home from work or going to work and travelling on the train, bus etc., if you are able to login using cell phone, laptop, tablets etc..while on route.

You are running a business and you need to turn up for work every day to work your business, to train your staff and to promote your business, developing and growing it. If you only login when you feel like or when you remember, you are deluding yourself. SFI is not your business, it’s a hobby.

Always remember the SFI Basics:
- Earn money by accumulating VPs
- Increase earnings by generating sales at TripleClicks
- Maximize income with sponsoring and duplication
- Supplementary income streams (optional)

Focus on the 1st 3 items and make this a habit.
If you keep these in mind at all the times, all your other actions will naturally follow if you want to achieve your goals and if you want your business to continually grow.

Our core role as affiliates is to promote TripleClicks with its products and service and also to recruit and sponsor SFI affiliates. In other words – Sales & Promotions & Sponsoring. Continually focusing on these and carrying out these roles to the very best of our abilities will ensure that our SFI businesses will continue to grow.

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Login to the SFI website every day. That's the very 1st habit to develop.

Even if you are tired, have been travelling; have spent hour’s in-front of the computer at the office, login to the SFI site. If you are going home from work or going to work and travelling on the train, bus etc., if you are able to login using cell phone, laptop, tablets etc..while on route.

You are running a business and you need to turn up for work every day to work your business, to train your
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 428

There are no boundaries to be overstepped.

You and your CSAs sponsors have one other major thing in common, other than the CSAs, you all want the affiliates (PSA/CSA) to succeed and do well in SFI.

You want them to do well with their recruiting, sponsoring and growing their teams. You want them to affect sales, you want them to progress up the ranks etc... In other words, you want nothing but the best for them.

Why? Because when they do well - you do well!

So dont hold back and be the very best sponsor you can. Sure, the sponsor reaps more benefits from the CSAs activities then you do, but they have the prime responsibilities to that affiliate and they also recruited him/her.

So be a good co-sponsor - No, be an awesome co-sponsor. Go to https://www.sfimg.com/Support/Solution?id=191295 and follow the advise given there.

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There are no boundaries to be overstepped.

You and your CSAs sponsors have one other major thing in common, other than the CSAs, you all want the affiliates (PSA/CSA) to succeed and do well in SFI.

You want them to do well with their recruiting, sponsoring and growing their teams. You want them to affect sales, you want them to progress up the ranks etc... In other words, you want nothing but the best for them.

Why? Because when they do well - you do well!

So
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 428

I would explain it this way:

At TripleClicks, the ECAs run their own stores: loading and updating product photos & prices, packaging and filling customers order, run special product deals/sales, admin & research etc similar to other retail businesses.

The ECAs however need to comply with SFI (TripleClicks) requirements which are clearly spelt out. These include such things as - what cannot be sold, return & refund policy requirements, etc..

SFI provides the following:

- Free platform for an online store. ECAs don't pay until they have made a sale.
- Free websites to help them promote and run their businesses.
- Free IT backup/maintenance for websites
- TripleClicks have over 4 million members - all potential customers for the ECAs
- SFI have over a million affiliates who are also TC members. As well as being potential customers, they will also promote and sell the ECAs products.
- TC also promotes ECAs and their products to the SFI affiliates
- TC also has an important role in the event of a sale. The customer places the order with and pays the money to TripleClicks. TC advises the ECA of the order. The ECA then fills and have the customers order delivered. TC will then release the funds to the ECA less TC's payment.

When talking to potential ECAs remember to mention all of the above.

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I would explain it this way:

At TripleClicks, the ECAs run their own stores: loading and updating product photos & prices, packaging and filling customers order, run special product deals/sales, admin & research etc similar to other retail businesses.

The ECAs however need to comply with SFI (TripleClicks) requirements which are clearly spelt out. These include such things as - what cannot be sold, return & refund policy requirements, etc..

SFI provides
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 428

I consider spending your TCredits on the Pricebender Auctions in order to build up your business, the way to go. It would be a very wise decision to spend your TCredits bidding at the auctions.

Why the auctions?

Well, have a look at the items that are regularly put up for auction:

You have PSAs and CSAs; you have various packages of TCredits up for auction; TCredit subscription for 3 & 6 months; Custom Prestige Domain; S Builder coop units; SFI Gift Cards; Electronics such as tablets, laptops etc...

All these products can help you build up the number of people in your affiliate team. You can also use them to sponsor your team members, rewarding them for their efforts, encouraging and providing incentives for them to do well.

Now have a look at the standard price of these items at TripleClicks and then compare them with the prices these items were won at the auctions. You will have to agree that they were all won at bargain prices. Those items which are perhaps normally out of your reach because they are too expensive for you can be won at the auctions – using your TCredits of course.

I strongly recommend that you bid for those items that are useful to you for building up your business.

If you want to bid and win those items such as vacuum cleaners, coffee makers etc.. that are not for business building, that’s fine also. The TCredits are yours and you can spend them as you want.

Remember, even if you do not win the items that you are bidding for, you still come away a winner.

Every time you bid spending 1 TCredit you actually earn 1 x Action VP and a bonus 1 x AVP (Max of 500 bonus AVP per month). You also collect 5 MRP per bid or 10 MPR for certain designated auctions.

For every 10 bids, you also get the chance to Spin & Win PSAs.

You can of course spend your TCredits to purchase items directly from TripleClicks, you can use them to encourage new affiliates to start via the TCredits Welcome program, reward team members with them etc.. but for the reasons mentioned above I believe that spending your TCredits at the auctions is the best way of using them to build up your business.

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I consider spending your TCredits on the Pricebender Auctions in order to build up your business, the way to go. It would be a very wise decision to spend your TCredits bidding at the auctions.

Why the auctions?

Well, have a look at the items that are regularly put up for auction:

You have PSAs and CSAs; you have various packages of TCredits up for auction; TCredit subscription for 3 & 6 months; Custom Prestige Domain; S Builder coop units; SFI Gift Cards; Electronics
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