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When I am asked by a prospect what my role in SFI is, what should my answer be?

6785 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 8/21/2014 4:33 pm

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
What do you think your role in SFI is?

My role is salesman, trainer, recruiter, friend and confidant.

It really depends on what you think your role is or what in SFI you are promoting.

I believe your role in SFI should be similar to mine.

You want to sell TripleClicks products.
You want to recruit more affiliates and TC members.
You need to be able to help those you have recruited and also you need to offer them the correct advice and training.
You
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What's the best answer to give to SFI prospects who ask, how does it work...and what do you do?

6784 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 8/13/2014 6:02 am

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
First of all tell them the truth. It is no good telling them you only work half an hour a day when you are spending time sending adverts, reading Ask SC and reading the latest forum questions. Tell them how much time you spend on SFI and then tell them what you consider to be the minimum time they need to spend if they are going to have a successful business.

Tell them about all the free training that is available for them to learn how to work the business at their own pace. You can also
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How do you ensure that the TCards you send out are used...and what do you do when they are not?

6762 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 8/3/2014 6:00 pm

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
I work a lot with JV giveaways and free items. I offer the gift cards as a bonus for downloading my free gift. When I do this I automatically get their email address as they have to contact me at an email list I use just for the gift cards. When they sign up to my list I send them the gift card along with my TC link so the card can be honoured.

I usually give them 60 days to use the card. I do send them emails in the meantime reminding them of how long they have to use the cards. This
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Which is the best SFI Gateway to use...and why?

6657 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 8/3/2014 5:59 pm

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
The best gateway to use will be dependent on which of the SFI products you are focussing on.

You have a choice of three different pages for SFI. Using any one of them would be good but you may want to pick a specific page if you had a target audience in mind. You would then use the page most appropriate to your target market

With TripleClicks you have the choice of going to the main home page, the PriceBenders page or a free sample listing page. So again you have three pages
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What's the biggest turn-off that I should avoid talking about to prospects for SFI?

6585 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 12/6/2014 6:52 pm

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
You will find different people will be turned off by different things, and while you want to recruit as many active affiliates as you can you need to tell them the truth from the outset.

While you may not want to discuss your income with them you will need to tell them how long it was before you broke even, and how much longer it was before you were showing a profit.

We should always be telling our affiliates this is not a get rich quick scheme and to make money they are going
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I keep losing people that were active previously. What do I do?

6581 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 8/13/2014 6:06 am

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
Can they afford to maintain EA? If not show them where they can earn within SFI.

This is a business and as such some investment is necessary even if it is only their time. Time is money 'so they say' so spending time building your business is a necessity.

Try to get your affiliates to interact with you by asking them questions. Ask things like why did they join SFI and what their expectations were. If they reply you could well be able to get them back with you by pointing out
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Which is better for a fairly new ECA? Limit shipping to my region while my business grows or ship internationally from the start?

6581 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 9/9/2014 12:55 pm

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
This will depend on several factors.

First the size and weight of the package may make it uneconomical to send to other countries.

Second If the country it is being sent to has the item as a taxable item this may make it uneconomical.

There are many things to take into consideration when sending items to other countries. You may even be thinking of sending items that cannot be sent to some countries.

If you look at some of the items on TripleClicks you
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What are the best ways to track my ads to know which are providing the best results?

6577 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 12/6/2014 6:54 pm

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
SFI has its own tracker that you can use. You can put a 1 to 4 figure number in your gateway. This way your signups are shown in your genealogy in the KC(key code) column. Providing you use a different key code for each of your ads you will know which ad is giving the best return.

You can also use a commercial tracking service.

There are many advertising tracking services available both free and paid. You may find a free one that covers your needs, but the ones I have come across
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How do you turn affiliates' EMPLOYEE mentality...to a BUSINESS OWNER mentality?

6517 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 8/13/2014 6:01 am

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
I think the best way to do this is to impress on your affiliates the fact that it is their business. Whatever they do in this business is up to them (within certain guidelines).

They have their own store already filled with products, to which they can add some of their own, ready to sell. Nobody is going to tell them how or when to sell them. This decision is down to them.

They are their own boss working within a frame that has proved to be successful for the past 16 years.

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what are the benefits of Member Listings at TripleClicks and what are your best tips for successful listings?

6503 votes

Derek Barrington, Aff (United Kingdom) 8/13/2014 6:04 am

Affiliate since: 02/24/2014, Power Rank: 99999999
As member listings are only for second hand or used items I would only consider items in very good or excellent conditions for listing.

The major benefit of member listings is you are getting rid of items you no longer want or use, and rather than filling a land fill site with useable items you are allowing others the benefit of the use of those items.

The best tips for selling are:
1. An accurate and full description(you have 700 words in total).
2. Good clear photographs
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