Communication is VITAL With SFI Platform

 

In a previous lesson, we discussed Leveraged Income, and how it is one of the secrets of building real wealth. Well, here's a secret about that secret: 

Great communication is one of the major keys to developing Leveraged Income.

Why?  Communication is how you build relationships with your affiliates and teach them how to become successful in SFI. It's also how you create the powerful "duplication" factor in your business. And that manifests itself in...Leveraged Income!

As an SFI Affiliate, you have a whole suite of robust and feature-laden communication tools at your fingertips. We've highlighted some of the most popular of these resources below. Use some or all to engage in effective and meaningful relationship building with your affiliates from anywhere in the world.

Getting started

FIRST, be sure to set up a Welcome Message for your new affiliates (get step-by-step directions here).

Once your Welcome Message is set up, all your new affiliates will see a linked alert to your welcome message as soon as they log in at the SFI Affiliate Center for the first time. This is an easy, automatic way to get off to a great start with your affiliates.

Next, it's time to develop regular outgoing communications with your team.  We recommend reaching out to your affiliates at least once a week using one or more of the following FREE tools described below:

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Icebreakers

Engage your new PSAs directly with an SFI Icebreaker. Just click the link to your PSA's Affiliate Snapshot (look for this link in your New PSA Notification emails). Then click the handshake icon located behind your PSA's name to initiate the Icebreaker. IMPORTANT! Icebreakers are ONLY available during a new affiliate's first 30 days in SFI, so don't wait too long to use this tool!

When you initiate an Icebreaker, your new PSA will see a popup window (like the one below) with a concise, friendly message from you—along with your name, rank, and account photo—the next time they log in to the Affiliate Center.

Your PSA can only close this popup in one of four ways:

1. If you both are currently online and logged in to the Affiliate Center, your PSA can respond with a, “Yes, let’s chat now”; the system will launch SFI Messenger automatically so you can both communicate.

2. Your PSA can schedule a chat with you at a later time.

3. Your new Affiliate can request that your conversation be moved from chat to email. 

4. He or she can defer to a future, unspecified time.

Learn more about your Icebreakers tool.

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TeamMail

Use SFI TeamMail to quickly and easily send messages to individual team members. You can open TeamMail by clicking one of the small envelope icons you'll see in:

    ✔ Your Genealogy

    ✔ Affiliate Snapshots

    ✔ Your Stream tab

    ✔ Your My Movers tab

When you click the envelope icon associated with the person you want to contact, a TeamMail screen will pop up. It will be pre-addressed to the affiliate, so all you have to do is compose your message and click Send. You can also attach images. Your message will be instantly delivered and appear in your recipient’s SFI Inbox (and sent to their registered email account too, if on file).  Quick, simple, and easy!

Learn more about using TeamMail HERE.

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Genealogy Group Mailer

Unlike Team Mail, the Genealogy Group Mailer lets Executive Affiliates and Team Leaders send messages to an entire group—or any group subset you choose—with just a couple clicks. What's more, unlike 3rd-party group mailers, SFI's Genealogy Group Mailer automatically maintains your mailing list, eliminating bad email addresses, opted-out recipients, etc. 

To use, simply select a group from your Genealogy report you want your message to go to. For example, you can use your Genealogy's filters to create a subset of all PSAs who have joined within the last 30 days, affiliates who have not yet earned 1500 VP, all team members who have logged in to the SFI Affiliate Center at least once in the last month...it's up to you. Your Genealogy contains dozens of filters (see image, right) you can use to drill down in your organization and create the exact subset of affiliates you want. See the Genealogy Tutorial & User Guide to learn more. 

Once you've got your group created, click the "Send an e-mail/TeamMail to this group" link. Then, enter your message in the group mailer popup window, and click the button to send a preview message to SFI for review and approval. NOTE: the approval process typically takes a few hours after submission. 

TIP: Need ideas for newsletters? Click HERE. 

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PSA Mailer

Think of your PSA Mailer as a Genealogy Group Mailer shortcut with no rank requirements to use. It's specifically set up to let you quickly and easily send newsletters, training, tips, and other messages to ALL your PSAs. Just click the Send A Message button on the PSA Mailer main page to bring up the group mailer popup window and enter your message. The PSA Mailer will automatically exclude bad email addresses and opted-out affiliates and—like the Genealogy mailer—send all messages to SFI for review and approval.

TIP: Need ideas for newsletters? Click HERE for samples and excerpts you can use in your own mailings.

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Starter Incentives

Encourage select people in your team to take action in exchange for Rewardical Tokens! Using your SFI Starter Incentives tool, you can offer rewards to your team members for: 

✔ Engaging in a live chat after sign up

✔ Sending you an e-mail message

✔ Verifying their email address

✔ Making a purchase

✔ Subscribing to ECommergy

✔ Placing a bid at an Astro Auction. 

To set up a Starter Incentive, go to your Starter Incentives Manager, and select the Starter Incentive(s) you want. Then, choose the number of Rewardicals you want to award when each of your affiliates takes the Starter Incentive action. Your incentive will go into effect immediately and will pop up when your PSAs log in at the Affiliate Center.

Learn more about Starter Incentives.

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Stream

This fun and easy tool is a great way to send quick messages and keep in touch with your entire team. Just go to your Stream Tab, enter your post, and click Submit (see image below). You can post news, general tips & advice, inspirational/motivational messages, recognizing achievements of Team Members, and more.  Similar to Twitter (without having to gather followers!), Stream is limited to 500 characters per post and can include images. Your posts appear on the Stream Tabs of all your team members, who can like, reply, or repost.  

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Live Chat

Chat with other Affiliates in real-time using our exclusive, free SFI Instant Messaging (SFIM) service. To access, look for the Chat Status "bubble" icon located in the far right column for each name in your Genealogy Report (and other places at the Affiliate Center, too, such as at the SFI Forum). If the bubble icon is green, the Affiliate is online now. Just click the bubble to bring up a popup window and initiate a chat.

When someone initiates a chat with you, the bubble icon button in the Affiliate Center header will turn color and bounce to let you know. Just click it to respond. You can also initiate chats with members of your team by clicking the chat bubble icon in your Affiliate Center header:

TIP 1: For a super quick and easy way to see everyone in your team who's online now, go to your Genealogy, and select the "Online now" QuickFilter.  

TIP 2: You can also access live chat with members of your UPLINE (your sponsor, co-sponsor, and upline Team Leaders) by clicking the bubble icons located behind their names on your Upline Team page. 

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E-Cards

SFI E-Cards are fun, little digital “greeting cards” designed for sending to your team members.  SFI E-Cards provide an unlimited number of ways to welcome, inform, congratulate, thank, and recognize your team members.  

You can choose from among a wide variety of cards—some colorful, some funny, some a bit silly, and some beautiful. There are E-Cards that automatically personalize themselves with your recipients’ SFI account photo, as well as cards for "special situations," such as an affiliate who has stopped logging in at the Affiliate Center. You can use any of our E-Cards you like, completely free (limit 200 per day).  Get more information about using E-Cards HERE.

TIP: You can also send E-Cards directly from your Genealogy, via the Communications tab. In the "Send E-Card" column, select the type of E-Card you want to send from the dropdown menu for the affiliate of your choice, and click the "Send" button.

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Private Forum

As a Team Leader, you can put the power of a full-featured SFI private forum to work for you, and invite your team members to discuss advertising sources, strategies, game plans, contests, marketing ideas, your team co-ops, and more.   

Setting up your private forum is super simple. If you’re a Team Leader, you will see the following panel at the forum:

Simply click the “Create” button. Your private forum will immediately be created and appear near the bottom of your SFI Forum index. Next, create a thread at your new private forum and send your team the URL to promote participation. NOTE: A Stream post is a great way to send your forum thread URLs to your downline.

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A SPECIAL NOTE

You may be new to the business.  Or, you may feel you don't know how to lead, train, or teach anyone. Or, your team members may ask questions you don't know the answer to. That's okay!  Just be honest.  If you don't know, tell your affiliate. Then help them try to find the answer. As you gain experience, you will learn and grow into the leadership role over time. After all, all the training your affiliates really need is at the SFI Affiliate Center and in our resources like these LaunchPad Lessons.  

What you must never do is allow your affiliates to think their sponsor (you) is uncaring by not reaching out to them. If you do that—if you do not communicate with your affiliates—success will be much, much harder to attain. If you want to become successful, you must communicate, and you must build relationships with your team members! 

Thank you!!!

Gain "starting capital" and become more confide with SFI

 

As a NEW affiliate here, you would often hear that there is NO mandatory spending in SFI. And that you CAN gain something valuable even $ in commission without any investment, with a bit of effort.

3 very important terms to learn and keep in mind
- TCredits
- Rewardical Tokens ( RT )
- Versa Points ( VP )

At the screen top, below your picture, you would see how many you have

TCredits are valuable digital tokens, that we here use as a business building tool. We use them on Eager Zebra games, Price Bender Auctions with a ZINGO game, and on Astro Auctions. That way we mainly get Rewardical Tokens, but as well Versa Points and Games lifelines as constellation prizes on Astro Auctions. You can even use TCredits to build your TEAM, to pay with TCredits for PSAs from ECA stores who sell PSA on TripleClicks, often for very cheap because they have some special deals from time to time.

Rewardical tokens are MONEY because they can be directly exchanged for $ commission, the rate is 690 RT per $1 in commission.

Versa Points we need to collect every month from zero to our desired amount till the end of the month depends on the rank we want to achieve in the current month.

So, the main "tool" to accumulate everything else, Rewardicals - that means $ commission, and Versa Points - higher rank, are TCredits. They can be purchased but some can be won for FREE!

You would likely get a tip to try T-TIME as a way to gain some TCredits for FREE! You open your WIN IT TAB and at the WIN IT TAB page bottom you would see a note about T-TIME and a blue text Submit your entry RIGHT NOW to click and enter into T-TIME. Entry takes just 35-40 seconds! Doesn't cost you anything.

Every hour 35 people would get 2 TCredits for FREE. If you don't win this hour you can try the next hour, a maximum of 18 times daily, or until you win 2 TCredits that day.

I did one test, is it realistic to really get 2 TCredits for free? Test show it is! In the last few days, I've won every day!



So I have won 2 TCredits every day in August!

Note that INBOX TIME shows August 2nd I've won 2 times. However, we are limited to one T-TIME win per SFI day. In other words, TIME ZONE in INBOX is my local time zone, there is a difference of 7 hours between Serbia and Nebraska. Per SFI time that was August 1st and August 2nd, but in my time zone, both wins are on August 2nd.


HOW TO WIN T-TIME EVERY DAY?

It is based on pure luck, there is no guarantee that you would win, but, common sense tells me - The more I try the higher chance I would win.

On average I win if I try 12 times daily. Rare I win with just 2 or 3 entries daily, almost never. Also, it happened in the past that I tried 15 times and still no win, but that's also rare. So try 10 or more times daily, use your phone that you can bring with you everywhere, it doesn't cost you anything to try, it is not time-consuming, you can do that while on public transport, relax, etc.

Some gain even 40 TCredits for FREE monthly!

But the real VALUE of T-TIME is - this will help you understand TCredits and the whole SFI better, and later understand WHY buying TCredits pack is actually VERY business-wise!

No one here forces any sort of buying, if you get a tip from one of your uplines that it is advisable to do so, that really IS. But I highly suggest to first win some TCredits for FREE, see how it goes, USE them on PriceBenders ZINGO to gain some Rewardical Tokens, or on Astro Auctions to get seme cool constellation prizes, before you buy any TCredits.

New people sometimes wrongly believe if they buy some TCredits pack that is enough to expect some earnings. NO! You need to USE them wisely and only when you can expect some earnings. And it really doesn't matter did you bought them or won them for FREE.

So first LEARN to use TCredits. Winsome on T-TIME first, and get a first-hand experience of WHAT they are, and how to use them for your benefit. That way you would really understand why often people talk about the great business value of for example 125 TCredits pack on Auto-Delivery for $36.25 and WHY that is actually far from $36.25 real spend because a great part of that you can get back!

If you check 125 TCredits pack reviews by people who purchased that pack you would see more than 20.000 reviews almost 5*, so that should tell you there is something good in that.

But first, win some TCredits for free on T-TIME, and USE that free TCredits to get your feet wet, and later decide would you take advantage of 125 TCredits or any other TCredits pack. It's realistic to win IF you try 10+ times daily, doesn't cost you anything, and doesn't waste much of your precious time really.

Thank you!!!

The Big Funnel of The SFI Platform

 

The Big Funnel

As you become more and more proficient at attracting and sponsoring new affiliates, it's important that you understand this:

IT'S A NUMBERS GAME.  Always has been and always will be.

What do we mean by that? Think of your SFI business as a big funnel. At the big end of the funnel, you're putting in new affiliates that you've sponsored.  

The MAJORITY will, unfortunately, turn out to be "tire-kickers" or people looking for something for nothing. That's okay! There are millions of them in the world and if you're out there advertising, you're going to attract your share. You must accept that this is NORMAL and not let it bother you. Some will, some won't. So what?! Someone's waiting! Next! 

Those who emerge from the small end of your funnel, however, are the people who "get" SFI, who see the big picture and want to participate seriously.

These are your future leaders—your "go-getters" who can explode your income. SFI pays lucrative Leveraged Income to you on the activity of those affiliates you have personally sponsored (PSAs).

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It only takes a few...

But what's REALLY amazing is how few of these go-getters you actually need!  

Check this out:

With SFI's 50% Direct Commissions, you can advance all the way to the top in SFI–Diamond Team Leader–and be in profit with as little as just three PSAs! (Get started right now with these free sponsoring tools.)

For example:

Let's say you've purchased a $29.97 premium subscription for our flagship product, ECommergy. If  just one of your Personally Sponsored Affiliates (PSAs) opts for an ECommergy subscription as well, you can earn about $11 a month in Direct Commissions and Executive Pool shares. Your commissions can climb to over $20 a month if a second PSA subscribes to ECommergy. And you'll be earning a profit at over $30 a month with a total of just three PSAs following your example!

But your SFI earnings can go FAR beyond just getting into profit mode!

Can you personally develop just ONE new Executive Affiliate (EA) a week who will maintain his or her EA rank every month? Can you teach JUST TWO OTHERS to do the same? If so, after just one year you could be earning at least $600 a month ($7,200 a year)! After just two years, you could be earning over $1,200 a month ($14,400 a year)! 

Of course, you can earn MUCH, MUCH MORE. We haven't even included the many bonuses you can get in the examples above! Plus, you and your downline may develop many more EAs. And that's the beauty of your SFI business! There are no ceilings. You can earn a little spending cash, or you can earn the kind of money that would make a hedge fund manager envious.

Best of all, you can do it completely from your home or while you travel, working only the hours you want. No commute. No suit. And YOU are the boss!

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How to Make Strong Team Building With SFI Business

 

Team Building

It doesn’t matter how intelligent, rich, energetic, or dynamic you are—you are still limited to a 24-hour day. Team building lets you overcome this limitation. With a solid team of affiliates in your downline, you can essentially have dozens, hundreds, even thousands of people ALL working indirectly on your behalf during those same 24 hours, generating income for you as a percentage of everything they earn!

Team building also helps build security for your business. Why? In most traditional businesses, becoming ill or taking a vacation could cost you customers and most, if not all, of your income because your company's success relies on your being there. Building a team of independent business people helps you create total financial freedom for yourself. We call this leveraged income. It means you no longer have all your eggs in one basket. Rather, because each person on your team has a vested interest in continuing and building his or her own businesses, your income is not totally dependent upon YOU. It can continue, even grow, indefinitely, with or without you!

Now read the above paragraphs again, and make sure it sinks in. This is one of THE most important things you'll ever learn at SFI:

Build a team, and you'll build success!  

Don't EVER forget this. Always keep team building a high priority. 

Not sure how? We can help.

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How To Know Power Ranking & Leaderboards with SFI Platform

 

Power Ranking & Leaderboards

Everyone loves recognition for their hard work and efforts. And we've got SEVERAL Leaderboards available to tout a variety of achievements of SFI movers and shakers and encourage up-and-coming leaders. 

Located at the Leaders section of the SFI Affiliate Center, leaderboards can give you and your team tons of bragging rights! They also help give you an idea of where you, your sponsor, your upline team leaders, and other SFI Affiliates stand relative to other Affiliates. NOTE: As we launch new initiatives, improvements, contests, and other program enhancements, we also occasionally create relevant leaderboards to highlight Affiliate successes in new and exciting areas of their businesses. 

Currently, the SFI Affiliate Center features the following leaderboards:

Top Sponsors Leaderboard—SFI's sponsors who have garnered the best ratings from their PSAs to date. 

Power Rank Leaderboard—SFI's top affiliates ranked by overall Power Rank, Country Rank, and Class Rank. You can view all affiliates in the top 50, 100, or 200 and/or sort this list by your class, your country, your PSAs, or your sponsor/Upline TLs. 

TIP! Don't see yourself listed in the top 200? Stop by your Scoreboard tab for your current Power Rank. You can also see how you rank among all active Affiliates in your country, among active Affiliates in your class (those affiliates who joined SFI the same day you did), and among ALL active SFI Affiliates around the world–your Overall Power Rank. Remember, the more VP you accumulate, the higher your Power Ranks can go!

VersaPoints Leaderboard—This month's top VersaPoints scorers.

VersaPoints Streak Leaderboard—SFI Affiliates ranked by the number of consecutive days they've earned 10 VP or more.

Country Leaderboard—SFI's top affiliates by country, based on total VersaPoints to date—as well as a listing of the countries with the most active affiliates. Click a country to see all the leaders in that country.

E365 Leaderboard—A list of SFI Affiliates in your "class" (all those who joined SFI the same day you did), showing the average VP of your class and whether you fall above or below this average for each one of the six rounds of the E365 contest.

SFI Badge Quest Leaderboard—A list of the top 200 of all Badge Quest players for the month.

Opti-Build Leaderboard—A list of top participants in the Opti-Build program.

Leadership Challenge—The Leadership Challenge is a monthly contest for all SFI affiliates interested in developing a strong, active group.

TIP: If you see one of your own PSAs/CSAs, your sponsor, or one of your upline team leaders listed, send them a TeamMail message or E-Card to congratulate them! 

In summary, by competing with your fellow Affiliates successfully, your achievements earn you coveted placements on one or more of SFI Leaderboards. In addition to increasing your earning power, your accomplishments will earn you a variety of cool badges to show off to your prospects and your team. And that will help designate YOU as a leader worth duplicating!

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