14 Points you ABSOLUTELY Should Know to Succeed in SFI

1. Don't wait for everything to be exactly right to start...THERE WILL NEVER BE A "PERFECT" TIME! Start now, with whatever you have. The things you need will come to you as you work toward your goal.

2. Though SFI is one of the few businesses where you can earn while you learn, think of your first six months primarily as a training period. Don't expect large earnings until after you've educated yourself. 

3. Don't give your affiliates unrealistic expectations.

4. Don't be derailed by "perfection paralysis." Realize that you won't be able to do everything perfectly. Do the best job you can, then move on to the next project. Keep learning and keep moving ahead.

5. Read books (such as Napoleon Hill's classic, "Think And Grow Rich") that will convince you how powerful your mind really is. Develop the tremendous potential in you (that we all have) that has never been tapped!

6. Always present yourself and your business in a professional and ethical manner.

7. Stick to the facts. Don't exaggerate the opportunity.

8. Realize that "rejection" is natural. For every 20 people you contact, expect 19 "no's" for every "yes." You may very well do better than that, but expect 19 rejections. This way, the rejections won't bother you because you expect them. Also, realize that they're not rejecting YOU—they're simply rejecting an idea. Just keep moving ahead. Be persistent, ignore the rejections, and you'll get more than enough "yes's" to build a highly successful business.

9. Have FUN! People can't resist someone having fun. Make your business so much fun that others will flock to you to join you.

10. Ask for people's opinion on the opportunity. It's a good way to determine what objections they might have to joining and also allows you the chance to overcome those objections.

11. Don't place a few ads or contact a few people and expect the money to start rolling in. Expect to work your business consistently for two to three years before seeing a really substantial income.

12. Ask for referrals. Ask, "Do you know anyone who might be looking to earn some extra money?"

13. Build a list of contacts. Add to it daily.

14. Don't become obsessed with sponsoring a "heavy hitter." Instead, learn how to become a heavy hitter yourself.

More Awesome Tips

For even more success tips, see these and other SFI Getting Started and Sponsoring Affiliates training articles:

* LAUNCHPAD Lessons
* Be An Awesome Sponsor
* Rules Of Success
* Introduce Yourself!
* Your Role in SFI - Being A Sponsor: What It Means

Article Source: SFI Blog Forum Time-Tested Tips

Creative Influencer Marketing Tactic: Sponsoring a Podcast

 Sponsoring a podcast is another very effective influencer marketing technique. Podcasts have become mainstream entertainment, with influencers and YouTube stars joining the ranks of those producing this immersive audio medium. Advertising breakthroughs are a common option for sponsorships, or the episode could organically mention a product or service as part of the topic. For instance, a parenting podcast can be focused on outings with baby sponsored by a stroller brand.  One great influencer marketing technique no doubt!

Marketing experts have since discovered that the podcast listener tends to spend more at the grocery store on a weekly basis than the average shopper. That by all accounts is a very interesting discovery. This is because this audience typically spends more, getting your message in front of these consumers is a must. If you sponsor a podcast, you are inevitably getting the attention of persons who spend more in grocery stores not just as mere visitors but active shoppers. That does a lot for the brand you are promoting.

Best Strategy to Manage Your PSAs in SFI Business

It is certainly a better goal to teach a smaller numbers of affiliates to remain EAs every month and to teach others to be EAs than to sponsor hundreds of new PSAs every year with enormous time and resources and most of who will turn out inactive anyway. In that wise, you can adopt what SFI calls a 3-step plan for success. Here is how the strategy works:

1. You become an Executive Affiliate, EA and remain an EA every month.

2. You recruit 5 Affiliates using every convenient marketing method.

3. You teach your 5 Affiliates to do these same 3 steps.

That’s it! You can earn a full-time income or more with this 3-step plan. This is certainly better and easier to do than to embark on sponsoring hundreds of new PSAs every year with plenty of time and resources and most will end up inactive. 

How to Get Maximum Benefits of Being an SFI Affiliate

A very topical issue! This is essentially what every new affiliate thinks about as soon as they become affiliates in SFI. The answer is very simple. Just go through the launchpad, take the quiz, follow the rules and be diligent in your business. You will be ok. To get maximum benefits, just do the following:

1. Start earning money by accumulating VersaPoints.
2. Increase your earning by generating sales at TripleClicks.
3. Maximize your income with sponsoring and duplication.
4. Find a way to add supplemental income streams. 


 
HOW DOES IT WORK?

1. Earning VersaPoints
One of the reasons why SFI is so successful is because it's so easy to get started. In fact, you can immediately begin earning income from the TripleClicks Executive Pool just by scoring VersaPoints for doing simple actions that help you become successful in SFI.
Each time you complete an action on your SFI To-Do List, you instantly earn the points attached to that action. Some actions are worth 10 points, some 20 points, some as much as 150 points.
So, your first objective in SFI is to earn as many VersaPoints as you can each month. The more VP you score, the higher your rank and the more you can earn from the TripleClicks Executive Pool. You can also receive a share of the big, companywide pool with a minimum of just 1500 VP a month.

2. Generating sales at TripleClicks.
Each time someone you've told about TripleClicks or SFI buys something at TripleClicks.com, you earn a sweet 45% CV Direct Commission! PLUS, you also earn all the VersaPoints on the order too if they are not an SFI affiliate!

 
And how great is this: SFI takes care of all order processing, payments, product shipments, and customer service (including live chat) for you–all at no cost to you! And if all that wasn't enough, you can keep earning those big 45% commissions every time they buy something at TripleClicks.com–for life!

Scoring VersaPoints and generating sales at TripleClicks.com are a great way to start earning money with SFI, but if you want to create a major monthly income stream, you must employ sponsoring and duplication.

3. Maximizing your income with sponsoring and duplication.
Anyone can get someone to sign up free as an affiliate, and even earn some 45% Direct Commissions via TripleClicks sales, but if you stop there, you'll be leaving the big bucks for someone else.
The KEY to creating a major income in SFI is by learning to lead and grow a TEAM of active SFI affiliates. As a Team Leader, you'll turn on one of the most lucrative components of the SFI compensation plan which is VersaPoints Matching.

4. Finding a way to add supplemental income streams.
If you want to earn even more, you can add up to three additional income streams: 

 

A) Co-sponsor SFI affiliates and add monthly 15% commissions (and matching VersaPoints too).
B) Refer ECAs (E-Commerce Associates) to TripleClicks and you can earn upfront VersaPoints and lucrative cash royalties for life! Simply refer companies that sell products to your ECA Gateway. For each that becomes an approved ECA, you can earn VP and 10% of the CV on all of their sales at TripleClicks.com–for life! Plus, you'll earn an immediate 100 VP when your ECA lists their first product.
C) SFI's Pay-Per-Action (SFIPPA) program allows you to act as an advertiser for SFI and earn supplemental income by getting others to take actions such as filling out forms. Earn up to $12 per action.

Here is a toast to your success in SFI business. Best wishes.

Why it is Better to Pursue PSAs Instead of CSAs

Anytime, any day in SFI business, I believe it is better to pursue PSAs instead of CSAs for the following reasons:

1. As a sponsor, you get higher commissions value (CV) percentage of 45% compared to only 15% from CSAs.
2. That translates to 3 times more residual incomes from PSAs than CSAs.
3. PSAs help to deepen your downline with which you can earn matching VP on 12 levels deep depending on the rank you get to monthly.
4. Every affiliate gets PSAs by conscious and deliberate marketing efforts whereas CSAs are allocated to you by SFI or purchased at auctions.
5. For that reason, any time you do not make EA per month, you lose all your CSAs whereas your PSAs are life-time assets as business partners even if you perpetually remain simply as an affiliate.
6. What matters in a final analysis is “activity.” Active CSAs are better than inactive PSAs for reasons of SFI peculiarities as a business. The bottom line is to earn commissions from both your PSAs and CSAs. Any of them which brings in more commissions should be preferred by any serious business person. On balance however, PSAs are capable of giving you more commissions ontransactions but they must be sufficiently active to do so. That makes PSAs better to pursue than CSAs.

How to Stand Out From the Crowd in SFI Business

Yes indeed! Thousands of affiliates are doing practically the same things in SFI but with varying results. According to Zig Ziglar, “Successful people do not do different things. They do things differently.” That is why they are successful. So it is in SFI. In SFI, thousands affiliates do the same things to promote their businesses. The affiliates who stand out are those who manage to do these things differently. That is how we all get varying and various results in our businesses as SFI affiliates. 

 
To stand out in SFI, you must find a very personal and result-oriented way to do the following in the business and with the business.

1. Advertising.
2. Products promotion.
3. Sponsoring.
4. Mentoring.
5. Associating.
6. Socializing.
7. Reading.
8. Communicating.
9. Planning.
10. Executing.
11. Evaluating.
12. Goals-setting.

You will agree with me that these are the major things thousands of SFI affiliates do in SFI on daily basis. You will stand out if you manage to find the best ways to do all these and more things differently. The results you are getting will speak eloquently for you and these results will make you to stand out amongst thousands of your peers.

Best wishes.