Friday, February 27, 2015

Using Your Affiliate's Profile to Help Him or Her Get Started and Succeed in SFI

You can use a PSA's Profile to help them get off to a great start by reviewing their answers to their profile questions. For example, if they answered the question of how many hours they are willing to devote to SFI with 20 or more, than there is a good chance they are serious about achieving success. And if you see that they have experience in marketing and leadership roles, this would indicate that they have a good idea about what they are getting into. Now, with this information you can give them specific information about SFI. BY, specific, I mean links to marketing tools and more advance methods. 

Now, if on the other hand you read a profile of the exact opposite, where they have little or no marketing skills or are just very new to the internet, you will want to take them by the hand, so to speak. You will want to guide them step by step for the first month. Keeping in touch often and keep an eye on how they are doing by reviewing their Versa Ledger. And than proceeding from there. 

Profiles are a great source of information to you. Carefully read through them to understand the individual and see what they are interested in and what they want to achieve. You will be able to guide them better with specifics and thus, they will be more successful with SFI. 

Also;

Unfortunately most affiliates when they join up put the barest of information down and as a sponsor you have very little to go on with at the start. Thats one of the reasons why I encourage all PSAs to complete their profile & confirm their registrations as early as possible. 

One of the first things I look for is the PSA's primary language and make a note of it if its not English. I always bear this in mind when sending them tips etc. However quite often even that is missing, so regardless of which country the PSA is from I always point out to them that the SFI pages/information can be translated with Google Translator at the bottom of the pages. 

Communication is vital between the sponsor and the PSA if he/she is to get off to a good start in SFI. It is also very important that the PSA understand what he/she reads in the Launchpad lessons and other parts of SFI. 

The PSAs will always struggle with the business if they do not understand the business. 

The other areas of their profiles I always check are: 
- their business and advertising experience and preferences 
- how much time they plan to spend on the business and if these are likely to change 
- if they intend to invest any monies in the business - the amount is an indicator of their wealth and seriousness about the business. 

I use these bits of information to help them with their training/coaching etc.. For example those with business and advertising experience, I encourage them straight away more so than others to start promoting SFI/TripleClicks - Point out the advantages of a Standing Order more so with those with money - Encourage daily log ins etc.. Those who are operating physical stores are encouraged and pointed towards ECA. 

The information on the Affiliates' Profiles are important tools for getting them off to a good start and should be used whenever possible. Encourage the affiliates to complete them as early as possible. Thats why its one of the Fast Track requirements. 

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