When starting out in SFI, is it better to invest in advertising or in an EA-qualifying purchase?

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William Tozer, Aff (Alberta, CA) Top Author Forum Guru 2/22/2015 8:19 pm
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EA status is the key to SFI success!
You can invest in advertising while gaining VP towards your EA status in many ways:
Purchase PSA'a or even CSA's directly!
purchase "hits" form one of our ECA's
purchase S-Builder shares
use your T-Credits or awarded MRP to make your purchases.
a single T-Credit purchase won't get you much leverage but you can use the 102 vp to get to that magic 1500
or you can purchase a larger T-Credit pack and gain even more MRP
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 2/18/2015 8:51 pm
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When starting out in SFI, I think you should take your time to do some learning first. As soon as you get the hand of what SFI is all about, then investing should be a major consideration.

I think your investment money should be equally divided between EA qualifying purchases and advertising. Both of these avenues of business building are just as important as each other.

Consider using PSAs to Go as a form of advertising and investing in this aspect of your business
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Ma leticia Rael, Aff (Philippines) Top Author Forum Guru 2/20/2015 11:57 am
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When starting out in SFI, the best is to treat SFI as your own home-based global business online. How would you treat a grocery or coffee shop business, if you are the business owner? You will both invest in start-up capital and in advertising your coffee shop, right? Otherwise, you have items for sale on the shelves but no customers to buy them.

You also do the same with your SFI business. In your first 10 days, your first investment is $20. You buy the New Member Pack (NMP) and become
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Rob Simpson, Aff (Texas, US) Top Author Forum Guru 2/16/2015 9:02 pm
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Hi Ana!

It really depends on how you want to grow your business, but I believe the best investment is in the EA-qualifying purchase. This is because the greatest opportunity for income comes through sponsoring and duplication and, once a team leader, the matching VP shares of the Executive Pool for all of those in your downline. In order to get any of that at all - even just to get YOUR piece of the Executive Pool, you need to be EA. So it's very important to get EA as soon as
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Raymond Weber, Aff (British columbia, CA) Top Author Forum Guru 2/24/2015 12:07 am
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Hi Ana,

This is an excellent question, though not such an easy one to answer as both are important, and indeed, I would highly recommend both if your budget allowed.

But were I started over and had to choose, then without any hesitation, I would set myself up to quality for and remain qualified for EA status. This ensure that you have access to multiple income streams so that you can start earning a return on your investment while you are learning about building a team and being
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Gliceria Pritchard, Aff (Australia) Top Author Forum Guru 2/19/2015 11:01 am
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When starting out in SFI there are two things you need to consider if you are serious about building a successful SFI business.

You have a better start in SFI if you combine your investments in advertising for PSAs and in EA-qualifying purchases.

You invest in advertising to have PSAs to build a team. If you can do this, you stand a good chance of finding Workers early on, and help you with your plans and strategies.

At the same time you want to ensure that you
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 2/17/2015 3:50 am
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Obviously, every answer to this question will be someone's personal opinion!

I think it's better to invest in an EA qualifying purchase, and here is why ...

Becoming EA (and then going on to become a Team Leader) is an important part of progressing in the SFI business. If you're going to encourage your new PSAs to maintain EA rank, you need to first lead by example, and that means being an EA yourself.

The simplest way to guarantee your EA rank every month is to
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James Rankin, Aff (Australia) Top Author Forum Guru 2/21/2015 1:15 am
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To make an income in SFI you have to be EA2 at least to even start making a small profit and do not expect to make an income fast as it all takes time.
But I see no reason why you cannot do both at the same time.
In the first month you can qualify EA just by completing your initial training, so I would recommend that you advertise your business with all the funds that you have available or purchase PSA's to go or PSA;s from other source with any money you have available.
Don’t forget
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Olusola Idowu-Agida, Aff (Nigeria) Top Author Forum Guru 2/17/2015 9:25 am
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Advertising as an Affiliate is one of the major activities that generates income in SFI. EA is a minimum rank any serious Affiliate should maintain. Actually, becoming an EA as well as advertising should not be mutually exclusive. They suppose to go pari passu, that is hand in hand (together).

To be able to arrive at a conclusion, let's briefly consider the benefits of being an Executive Affiliate especially Executive Affiliate 2 (EA2):


1. Earning from TripleClicks Executive
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Ronelle Tharp, Aff (Florida, US) Top Author Forum Guru 2/16/2015 9:59 pm
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First, I believe I would be sure to buy a New Member Pack (NMP) - which carries an automatic EA qualifying 1500VPs - within my first 10 days with SFI. During this time you will learn about the value of NMP as well as about the value of a Standing Order (SO).

Among other things, NMP will give you some benefits that will last your entire career with SFI, even though it is a one-time purchase at the $20US price. SO is an easy way to maintain your EA2 status (minimum qualifying purchase
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