Getting the most from your up-and-coming leaders is about quality, not quantity…and the power of duplication.

Many SFI affiliates sponsor dozens, even hundreds of affiliates and never see great success.

WHY?

The fact is, you don’t need to sponsor tons of affiliates to be successful. Rather, you simply need to sponsor a handful of good people who DUPLICATE what you do.

Yes, regularly sponsoring new affiliates is very important, but it should not be 100% of what you do. At least 50% of your time and effort should be spent working with those who you’ve already sponsored, teaching them how to do what you do.

Have you ever said to yourself, “Gee, if I just had a few people just like me!”?

Indeed, this is the key. And the way you “clone” yourself is by identifying your affiliates who show serious interest and then working with them any way you can to get them fully engaged and active.

How do you identify these future leaders? You can start by contacting every affiliate you sponsor who completes the Affiliate Profile. You can identify these future go-getters by looking in your Genealogy.

So what should you say to the affiliates you’ve identified? A very simple and direct message would work nicely; something like this:

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Dear John,

In reviewing my reports of active affiliates in my group, I noticed your name.

John, one of the most important things I do is help develop future leaders in my group. The fact is, I can only be successful if the affiliates I sponsor are successful. Therefore, I make myself available in any way I can to help support those in my group who I believe have potential.

If you are serious about building a successful and profitable business with SFI, please let me know. There are many ways I can help you so let me hear from you, and we’ll get started.

Sincerely,

Your Name
Your contact information

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IMPORTANT TIP: Even the most well-written message will do you no good if it never arrives in your affiliate’s e-mail inbox. Make sure your welcome letters and other messages don’t fall prey to the various spam filters used by all e-mail hosts. These filters typically identify words (especially if used repeatedly in an e-mail) they deem likely used in spam. Fortunately, there are numerous free online tools you can use to help ensure your messages don’t get flagged as spam and instead reach your recipient’s inbox as intended. For maximum effectiveness, we recommend you check each of your messages using two or more of these checkers:

* Glock Apps
* Litmus
* Mail-Tester
* ISnotSPAM

For more tips and ideas generating duplication, see this Support page.

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“Personal leadership must come from the inside out. You cannot wait for someone else to push you; you must motivate yourself through goal setting.”
—Paul J. Meyer

“If you do not consciously decide ahead of time where you are going, you may very easily end up somewhere else.”
—Laurence J. Peter

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”
—Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.”
—Denis Watley

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”
—Anatole France

“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”
—Epictetus

“Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I’ll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I’ll give you a stock clerk.”
—J.C. Penney

“You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.”
—Yogi Berra

“A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration.”
—Kurt Lewin

“The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.”
—Oprah Winfrey

“The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be buried deeply in his subconscious mind and is thus enabled, thanks to its generative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of time and with a minimum of physical effort. Just pursue the thought unceasingly. Step by step you will achieve realization, for all your faculties and powers become directed to that end.”
—Claude M. Bristol

“Failure is not in an unsuccess goal, but in having no goal to reach.”
—Benjamin Mays

“The purpose of goals is to focus our attention. The mind will not reach toward achievement until it has clear objectives. The magic begins when we set goals. It is then that the switch is turned on, the current begins to flow, and the power to accomplish becomes a reality.”
—”The Best of Success,” by Wynn Davis

“The most important thing about goals is having one.”
—Geoffry F. Abert

Until input (thought) is linked to a goal (purpose) there can be no intelligent accomplishment.
– Paul G. Thomas

You will now have a starting place and a destination, and you will be able to determine what it will cost you to get there…You will be going someplace.
– H. Stanley Judd

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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.

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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

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The SFI Affiliate Center is absolutely FULL of tips and ideas! Here are 10 links you absolutely should bookmark NOW and revisit often:

1. The LAUNCHPAD LESSON series: https://www.sfimg.com/LaunchPad/

2. Your Affiliate TO-DO LIST: https://www.sfimg.com/Home/ToDoList

3. SFI FORUM: https://www.sfimg.com/forum

4. SFI SUPPORT DESK / KNOWLEDGE BASE: https://www.sfimg.com/Support/

5. SFI NEWS@THE SFI FORUM: https://www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=23

6. SFI RULES OF SUCCESS: https://www.sfimg.com/Training/

7. BE AN AWESOME SPONSOR: https://www.sfimg.com/Training/AwesomeSponsor

8. TRAINING LIBRARY: https://www.sfimg.com/Training/

9. The TIPS tab on your homepage: https://www.sfimg.com/Home?tab=tips

10. ASK GERY@THE SFI FORUM: https://www.sfimg.com/forum/threads?forum_id=29

You can also click on the names of hundreds of our top affiliates on our Leaderboards to read their best tips.

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Using Google Translate, affiliates can translate pretty much any page at the SFI Affiliate Center and Tripleclicks store into his or her chosen language.

For the general SFI Affiliate Center (www.sfimg.com), just select the language you want the site to be translated into from the footer on any page at the Affiliate Center.

For LaunchPad, click the Translate button, and select your language from the pulldown menu.

You can also get more information about language translation at SFI in this Ask Gery article.

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Have some of your affiliates blocked your messages? Don’t let it get you down. Rather, use it as a “teaching moment” to become a better communicator and team leader!

Start by regularly accessing your Block List. In the light gray box on the page, you’ll see the statistics of those who have blocked YOU. Click the “See reasons for blocks” link to view the reasons these affiliates decided to block you, paying particular attention to frequent and repeated complaints. Then, keep those reasons in the forefront of your mind when creating team newsletters and other communications to your affiliates.

For example, before you send out a mailing to a large group of people, check to see if anyone has blocked you and the reasons given. Depending on this feedback, you MAY need to change your tone, leave certain topics out, or improve your writing in some fashion to reduce future affiliates blocking you.

That said, do NOT get hung up on a few people opting out and complaining about your messages. You will never please everyone, and it is a recipe for lifetime unhappiness to try! But if your opt-out numbers are significant (percentage-wise), you should definitely take heed. The last thing you want to be doing is turning off your team with inappropriate messages. So DO listen to the feedback and take action when it’s warranted.

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Your SFI Affiliate Center home page provides you with a wealth of information about the latest SFI news, notices, and statistics; your own to-do list, daily business tips, streaming posts from you and your team members; and much more! It’s truly your one-stop SFI business summary. Consequently, finding your way around this resource is a vital part of your success. Following are some tips to help you navigate your SFI Affiliate Center:

1. To quickly return to your homepage page from anywhere at the Affiliate Center, just click the SFI Logo in the header.

2. Not sure where to find something at the Affiliate Center? Use the Sitemap (located in the footer of every page). Tip within a tip: Use your browser’s webpage search (e.g. for Safari, it’s Command-F) to quickly find whatever you’re looking for on the Sitemap.

3. Quickly get to popular places like the Genealogy, the Forum, Support, and the VP Ledger by using Hot Spots menu (designated by a flame icon) found in the main menu bar.

4. To view and learn from Affiliate Manager Snapshots of affiliates on leaderboards, winner’s lists, etc., just click their name.

5. Quick jump to any Zing Network site (TripleClicks, Rewardicals, Localvantia, Eager Zebra, Astro Auctions)—and be automatically logged in—by clicking on the Zing lightening bolt logo in the right side of the main menu bar.

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