From: Janis Bradfield
NEW JERSEY USA
One reason behind non-responsive affiliates could be the powerful spam catchers used by most ISPs. Your Welcome Letter or other e-mails may not be getting through to their intended recipients as a result. (AOL is notorious for preventing ordinary e-mails from getting through, clumping them in with spam.)
Try taking URLs out of the body of your e-mail and put them into an e-mail attachment. When I did that, I was able to get more e-mails through. Another way is to disguise the URL by replacing the punctuation with words, so that the filter cannot recognize it as a Website address and mistake it for spam. For example:
http(colon)//www(dot)name of site(dot)com
This works so long as you explain to your recipient the reason why you have to do this—without using the word "spam"!
One more thing. Lack of response from new Affiliates may just mean more persistence on our part is needed to "woo" them. Keep in touch, e-mailing about once every week or two with an easy-going, upbeat e-mail. Let them know how excited you are to have them on your team, and include a tip about where to find something on the SFI Affiliate site, how to post a classified ad, or some other helpful marketing strategy that has worked for you.
As your new affiliates sense you are serious about helping them get started, they will be much more likely to become serious about taking action as an SFI Affiliate.
Minggu, 30 Mei 2010
How to invest now for future profits
From: John Dilbeck
NORTH CAROLINA USA
I've owned several businesses over the last 30 years, and I've learned what it takes to build a business that earns a profit. So, I understand that I have to invest work, time, and money now in order to get a future, larger return. It doesn't always work, but I've been successful more often than not.
That said, I think it is unrealistic to expect someone with no knowledge of marketing, advertising, and building a business to "get" the SFI opportunity quickly. A great resource for these new business owners (or experienced business owners, for that matter) is Cashflow Quadrant, by Robert Kiyosaki. It helped me.
When I read it a couple of years ago, I started understanding the huge differences between the left side of Kiyosaki's quadrant (employee and self-employed) and the right side of the quadrant (business owner and investor).
Employees and self-employed people trade time for money on a more or less static ratio that only changes if they get a raise, charge more per hour or per project, or find a way to reduce expenses. If you work, you earn a certain amount, generally several dollars per hour.
On the other hand, business owners and investors learn how to concentrate their efforts and money up front, receiving a larger return in the future as their investments are leveraged and compounded.
For example, as the owner of a marketing business run almost entirely online, I'm earning money for things I did last week, last month, and even several years ago, because I invested the time, effort, and money over time in the past. As a result, today I have several income streams that provide 100% of my income, letting me work from a cabin in the mountains about 100 miles from the nearest traffic jam. I really do earn while I sleep!
The patience required to keep building and looking for potential comes from my experience of building and owning past businesses and watching, over time, as my income from my marketing business continues to grow. Without that experience and an ever-changing mindset, I would have bailed out a long time ago because I didn't see the big picture and couldn't understand the potential.
As SFI sponsors, our challenge is to find a way to pass along some of this knowledge and experience to our affiliates who have a dream of building a home business but lack the knowledge and skills to make it happen—joining SFI and promoting EyeEarn comes darn close.
You also have to have faith and hope that your efforts will be rewarded. I decided that my marketing business won't fail. It has to succeed because that is the only outcome I will accept. That gives me the fortitude to weather problems and find ways around obstacles that would have otherwise defeated me several times over the last few years. In fact, I now earn more in one month than I did in my first two years, and it continues to grow. There are occasional downturns and some really horrible months now and then, but overall, the trend is upward.
Most importantly: act on your dream, and pass your enthusiasm on to others!
NORTH CAROLINA USA
I've owned several businesses over the last 30 years, and I've learned what it takes to build a business that earns a profit. So, I understand that I have to invest work, time, and money now in order to get a future, larger return. It doesn't always work, but I've been successful more often than not.
That said, I think it is unrealistic to expect someone with no knowledge of marketing, advertising, and building a business to "get" the SFI opportunity quickly. A great resource for these new business owners (or experienced business owners, for that matter) is Cashflow Quadrant, by Robert Kiyosaki. It helped me.
When I read it a couple of years ago, I started understanding the huge differences between the left side of Kiyosaki's quadrant (employee and self-employed) and the right side of the quadrant (business owner and investor).
Employees and self-employed people trade time for money on a more or less static ratio that only changes if they get a raise, charge more per hour or per project, or find a way to reduce expenses. If you work, you earn a certain amount, generally several dollars per hour.
On the other hand, business owners and investors learn how to concentrate their efforts and money up front, receiving a larger return in the future as their investments are leveraged and compounded.
For example, as the owner of a marketing business run almost entirely online, I'm earning money for things I did last week, last month, and even several years ago, because I invested the time, effort, and money over time in the past. As a result, today I have several income streams that provide 100% of my income, letting me work from a cabin in the mountains about 100 miles from the nearest traffic jam. I really do earn while I sleep!
The patience required to keep building and looking for potential comes from my experience of building and owning past businesses and watching, over time, as my income from my marketing business continues to grow. Without that experience and an ever-changing mindset, I would have bailed out a long time ago because I didn't see the big picture and couldn't understand the potential.
As SFI sponsors, our challenge is to find a way to pass along some of this knowledge and experience to our affiliates who have a dream of building a home business but lack the knowledge and skills to make it happen—joining SFI and promoting EyeEarn comes darn close.
You also have to have faith and hope that your efforts will be rewarded. I decided that my marketing business won't fail. It has to succeed because that is the only outcome I will accept. That gives me the fortitude to weather problems and find ways around obstacles that would have otherwise defeated me several times over the last few years. In fact, I now earn more in one month than I did in my first two years, and it continues to grow. There are occasional downturns and some really horrible months now and then, but overall, the trend is upward.
Most importantly: act on your dream, and pass your enthusiasm on to others!
Rabu, 19 Mei 2010
How to help your new affiliates get started right
From: Paula Suddaby
BRIGG UK
I have no secret to success, and I am willing to share my methods with anyone...One thing I have come to learn pretty quickly is that what you put in your welcome message can make a HUGE difference.
My welcome message is short and sweet. I introduce myself as the new affiliate's sponsor, include a link to the SFI Getting Started page and, most importantly, my e-mail address, and ask the affiliate to contact me. I have found that about one in 20 will reply to me with an e-mail. Once the affiliate actually gets in touch, I don't mention anything about upgrading. Instead, I build a relationship with my affiliates by passing along various important links and working with them to get started right. I also occasionally offer a gift certificate as an incentive to take action.
I feel that working with my affiliates and helping them get started is more important than worrying about whether they are going to upgrade. Once they get started and find out more about SFI, they see the benefits for themselves and often decide to upgrade on their own.
If you are getting no response from your current affiliates, you may want to change your strategies. Take a good look at your welcome message, change your priorities, and concentrate on helping your people get started. Also, join some advertising sites so you can offer your affiliates places to start advertising right away. Remember, many people who join have no experience with anything like SFI, and tips for ad resources, etc. will be very appreciated.
BRIGG UK
I have no secret to success, and I am willing to share my methods with anyone...One thing I have come to learn pretty quickly is that what you put in your welcome message can make a HUGE difference.
My welcome message is short and sweet. I introduce myself as the new affiliate's sponsor, include a link to the SFI Getting Started page and, most importantly, my e-mail address, and ask the affiliate to contact me. I have found that about one in 20 will reply to me with an e-mail. Once the affiliate actually gets in touch, I don't mention anything about upgrading. Instead, I build a relationship with my affiliates by passing along various important links and working with them to get started right. I also occasionally offer a gift certificate as an incentive to take action.
I feel that working with my affiliates and helping them get started is more important than worrying about whether they are going to upgrade. Once they get started and find out more about SFI, they see the benefits for themselves and often decide to upgrade on their own.
If you are getting no response from your current affiliates, you may want to change your strategies. Take a good look at your welcome message, change your priorities, and concentrate on helping your people get started. Also, join some advertising sites so you can offer your affiliates places to start advertising right away. Remember, many people who join have no experience with anything like SFI, and tips for ad resources, etc. will be very appreciated.
Sabtu, 15 Mei 2010
Affiliate Tips
How to advertise your Gateway for free
From: Roy J. Keller
OHIO USA
If money is real tight, there is a "totally" FREE way of advertising your Gateways and drawing affiliates to your downline!
First, create your own blog for free at Blogger.com, Blog.com, or at one of the numerous other free blog hosts on the Internet. Build it with your SFI business as your blog's theme.
Next, sign up as a free member at a manual traffic exchange (such as TrafficSwarm.com, ExchangePilot, or SurfNexus.com). Promote your blog and/or Gateways through your traffic exchange to drive traffic to your SFI Gateways and blog.
By using this method, I have signed up 11 new affiliates this month—and one of those has already become an Executive Affiliate.
I currently use two blogs: one for all my Internet activity and one with just SFI as its theme, with environmental issues as the centralized point. In the past, I have driven traffic to my blog by writing and submitting articles relating to the theme of my blog.
Additionally, I always follow up with my downline at least three to four times per week and when one of my affiliates contacts me, I always reply within 24 hours or less. It is very important to sell yourself to your downline long before you try to sell a program or the idea of upgrading. If your affiliates trust you as a support person they can turn to for help instead of seeing you as just a sales person, they become more responsive sooner, rather than later.
From: Roy J. Keller
OHIO USA
If money is real tight, there is a "totally" FREE way of advertising your Gateways and drawing affiliates to your downline!
First, create your own blog for free at Blogger.com, Blog.com, or at one of the numerous other free blog hosts on the Internet. Build it with your SFI business as your blog's theme.
Next, sign up as a free member at a manual traffic exchange (such as TrafficSwarm.com, ExchangePilot, or SurfNexus.com). Promote your blog and/or Gateways through your traffic exchange to drive traffic to your SFI Gateways and blog.
By using this method, I have signed up 11 new affiliates this month—and one of those has already become an Executive Affiliate.
I currently use two blogs: one for all my Internet activity and one with just SFI as its theme, with environmental issues as the centralized point. In the past, I have driven traffic to my blog by writing and submitting articles relating to the theme of my blog.
Additionally, I always follow up with my downline at least three to four times per week and when one of my affiliates contacts me, I always reply within 24 hours or less. It is very important to sell yourself to your downline long before you try to sell a program or the idea of upgrading. If your affiliates trust you as a support person they can turn to for help instead of seeing you as just a sales person, they become more responsive sooner, rather than later.
Turn 5 Hours a Week into $500 a Month in Extra Income
For more than ten years now, SFI has been showing men and women all over the world how to build highly profitable internet businesses from the comfort of their homes. In fact, our system is so successful that OVER 8000 people join SFI every week!
But here's the really exciting part: In some of the most populous countries in the world (like India and China), the Internet revolution is just beginning. The profit potential is MASSIVE... and we need to expand our affiliate network to fully capitalize.
That's where YOU come in. Join SFI now and we'll directly position you to profit from the explosive growth coming to India, China, and other "on-the-move" countries.
Get Started Absolutely FREE...TODAY!
The opportunity is HUGE. But getting started couldn't be easier. Just fill out our quick registration form and we'll hook you up with everything you need to get started...100% FREE!
Don't wait. Become an SFI affiliate TODAY and start securing your share of our coming global growth.
But here's the really exciting part: In some of the most populous countries in the world (like India and China), the Internet revolution is just beginning. The profit potential is MASSIVE... and we need to expand our affiliate network to fully capitalize.
That's where YOU come in. Join SFI now and we'll directly position you to profit from the explosive growth coming to India, China, and other "on-the-move" countries.
Get Started Absolutely FREE...TODAY!
The opportunity is HUGE. But getting started couldn't be easier. Just fill out our quick registration form and we'll hook you up with everything you need to get started...100% FREE!
Don't wait. Become an SFI affiliate TODAY and start securing your share of our coming global growth.
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