Doing Network Marketing for a Living

You can make a living by working as a network marketer. In order to earn a decent living as a network marketer, you must take the time to promote your products through every avenue possible. You do not necessarily have to stick with promoting to individuals online. You can take your business offline as well. Many network marketers place ads in their local newspaper letting others know what type of products they are selling.

When selling your products online, it is a good idea to have a Web page since you may be able to get customers when you are offline. In order to get customers when you are offline, you will need to have a good domain name that will automatically appear when the customer conducts an Internet search. You can make sure that the domain name that you are choosing is good by entering the keyword at a free keyword tool site. It will let you know how many searches are done daily and monthly.
When you work as a network marketer, you will be paid a commission. Many of the times when you join the network marketing company, they will send you information letting you know how much commission you can receive.

If they would be interested in becoming network marketers, ask your friends and family members. You can place an ad on a free classified ad site letting people know how they can join. Always place a link to your page, so that you will receive credit for referring them.
When it comes to how much time you put into the business, it is up to. Since you want to earn a living as a network marketer, you will need to work at least eight hours a day for five days. As you become more advanced, you can work less and still earn a living.

You can make a living by working as a network marketer. In order to earn a decent living as a network marketer, you must take the time to promote your products through every avenue possible. Many network marketers place ads in their local newspaper letting others know what type of products they are selling.

Since you want to earn a living as a network marketer, you will need to work at least eight hours a day for five days.

What to Focus On When Developing your SFI Business

If you think what is the best action to focus on to build my business the answer on that question is very much depends on you and your goals.I can tell you what is the best actions on what I focus my work. 
1. Build the team 
-with team my job gain stability and my earnings become real 
2. Promote job opportunity with SFI as much as can 
2.1 Promote TripleClicks store 
2.2 Promote Pricebenders auctions and Eager Zebra games 
2.3 Promote W3 
- all of this on number 2 is important for me because this is marketing 
business and we all need customers and customers need products and fun 
so I join this things together. 
3. Open my ECA store and contact another store owners to open their own ECA also as 
my prospects. 
This is my short list of most important actions what I see that is the best for me .Maybe somebody else has some different best actions and for you is good to read also that answer but the most best move is to talk with your sponsor or upline because he/she know what is really best for you because they are succeed and you're in that team. 
- No matter what action you do or who you are if you do it with clean heart,good will, open mind and dream in focus you'll succeed unless your action hurt somebody or somebody's job. 

Also;

The best actions to focus on, and may I add- when building a successful SFI business- is the SFI Basics, especially the Ultra Simple 3-step plan. 

“Focus your attention to your intention.” Anon 

We all joined SFI for different reasons. In order to achieve our goals and reasons for joining, we need to learn how to focus on the SFI Basics. 

What are they? 

1. Start earning money by accumulating VersaPoints. 
2. Increase your earnings by generating sales at TripleClicks.com 
3. Maximise your income with sponsoring and duplication. 
4. Add supplemental income streams (optional) 

Focus your attention to building a team- 

The Ultra-simple 3-step plan is the best action you can focus on- 
1. Become an EA and remain an EA every month. 
2. Recruit 5 Affiliates using the methods recommended in Marketing Center- Marketing Methods. 
3. Teach your 5 Affiliates to do the same 3-steps. 

Focus on accumulating VersaPoints- 

. Never miss a day doing your Daily-To-Do actions. 
. Never forget to do your Weekly actions. 
. Never forget to do your Monthly tasks, never put off setting up a Standing Order to make it easier to become EA and maintain it every month; always set your goals at the start of the month; and never, ever forget to submit your Ratings for your Sponsor/Co-Sponsor/SFI and miss out on earning 10 VP. 

In short, the best actions to focus on are: 

Focus on Sales for earning. 
Focus on Sponsoring for growing. 
Focus on Games for enjoyment and relaxation. 

Focusing on the above will make you healthy, wealthy, and wise. 

How can I increase my earnings with SFI?

You can do a few things. I always find it better to concentrate on your strong points while trying to improve your less strong points. 

1. If you are strong on sales - sell TripleClicks products. Advertise anywhere you 
can - that way you reach strangers and friends alike. Promote transfer buying with 
family and friends - Eg. Unless you have no hair you need shampoo - so why not buy 
it at Triple Clicks and have it delivered to you instead of going to a pharmacy or 
supermarket and standing in a line - and on top of it all - it is a Natural product 
Some of the products are unique and make unique gifts for the person that has it all 

2. If you are strong on recruiting - recruit new affiliates and guide and train them 
to be successful at SFI - remember - if they are making money, so are you. 
3. You can also earn once off payments by recruiting people for Pay-per-action but I 
would not suggest you do a lot of this as it has no long term future income 
potential. 
4. Teach your affiliates / downline to sell, recruit, play games etc and to become EA 
and team leaders - if they do this and they work it is to your advantage - just 
like your efforts and work is to the advantage of your upline. 
5. Look around you and de-clutter. If you did not use it in the last year you probably 
never will - so why let anything sit in your house or garage gathering dust and 
taking up space if you can list it on your T-connect page and sell it? 

Take a tour through SFI's page and have a look - you might find more interesting tips and training to do what you need to do - make money. 

Also you can;
There are several ways to increase your earnings in SFI. The first and obvious are purchases and sales from the TripleClicks store. If purchases are made by your PSAs, then you will earn 45% of the CV. If purchases are made by CSAs then you will earn 15% of the CV. This ads up to a nice sum of money at the end of the month. Even though your CSAs are only bringing you in 15% of the CV, this amount ads up if you have quite a few CSAs in your team. If you are a Team Leader you will receive second home CSAs which is a great boost to your downline team and therefore, to your income. It is a very good incentive to become a Team Leader. 

Many members underestimate just how valuable CSAs can be. I have almost 600 CSAs in my team of which 4% are quite active and another 4% are slowly becoming active. This certainly adds up when they make a purchase. 

As an aside, this is the beauty of having an SBuilder CoOp unit. Some of the incoming members through SBuilder are placed in your SFI team and some are placed in your TripleClicks member team. These TripleClicks members are your members for life so even if they make a purchase months down the track, you still reap the benefits including additional shares in the TripleClicks Executive Pool. If you are a Team Leader you can earn even more shares. 

Another way to increase your earnings is to refer ECAs. The ECA (ecommerce associate) program earns you royalties for life. This can add up to a huge 55% of CV on sales generated. 

Just get a notebook, go through each step slowly and methodically and make sure you have utilised every possible way of earning income. Check your details regularly. Remember to log in every day and attend to all of your daily tasks. Take every opportunity to gain both your sales/purchase VPs and your Action VPs. Now watch your income grow. 

How is SFI different or better than other affiliate programs?

First and foremost, SFI is free to join. You are under no obligation to pay anything. You have one on one personal traing and coaching from personal mentors, you are also provided free personal support & assistance from their forum. You are provided with all the information you need about SFI within it 
- It is a real company NOT an online MLM that you can enroll with and after a while will seize to exist and all your investments, struggle and effort get drained over night 
-It assures you of financial income in two ways: Residual - where you get to earn year after year and Leverage income where you earn through other people's efforts 
- You also have an online store where you have thousands of products to sell and purchase and at very reasonable prices. 
-It provides marketing aids and tools to make marketing simplified for you for you 
-Lots of businesses allow you to market in your own country and perhaps a few others countries, but only SFI, with its TripleClicks subdivisions puts you in over 190 countries and gives you instant access to a marketplace of BILLIONS of consumers. It gives you more than just access. 
-It's compensation plan is unbeaten and you earn in multiple ways 
- It keeps track of your daily progress as a business owner and teaches you to Maintainand keep in constant contact with your SFI Affiliates. 
- It provides you with the necessary training you need to succeed in your business while helping to increase your knowledge base with very educational programs 

Also;
Not all affiliate programs are created equal. There are millions of businesses out there offering deals and commission to affiliates. What makes SFI different or better than other affiliate programs? To find out what makes SFI unique, compare SFI to traditional affiliate programs. 

SFI versus Traditional Affiliate Programs: 

- SFI provides your own personalized website free with maintenance, while traditional affiliate programs may also offer the same but it may not come with extensive tools and resources as SFI to get you started fast. 

- SFI gives you the opportunity to create substantial income giving away free stuff but not with traditional affiliate programs. 

- You can market SFI in almost every country worldwide, which means make money everywhere, while traditional affiliate programs may not offer the same. 

- SFI provides support 24 hours-a-day, seven days a week, traditional affiliate programs may or may not offer the same. 

What should I be doing besides the daily actions on my "To Do List" to build a thriving SFI business?

Once you complete your daily tasks and maintain your Executive Affiliate status each month you can spend your time building a dynamic business and be on your way to success. This can be done in two ways: - 

Duplication 

Build a team of active affiliates through duplication. Advertise on free or paid sites as regularly as ysou can. Use your blog or website to promote SFI. Then teach your team members to do just as you do. Be supportive and maintain open communication. You can create a forum where your SFI team members can find and help one another...and you could help them all. You could even make a private forum for your SFI Team Members only. 

Duplication is the key to success in SFI therefore, you will want to ensure that you use your gateways wisely to draw traffic and have a flow of individuals who would sign up. Ensure that to write articles as fresh content will be invaluable. Make your articles interesting and be consistent in your delivery. 

Sales 

Improve your sales performance by purchasing as many items as possible at your TripleClicks store. Items that you use on a regular basis can be purchased via a standing order. Be aggressive in promoting products to your friends and as they become Personally Referred members build your monthly residual income by encouraging repeat purchases and highlighting interesting discounts. 

Share new products with them. Post interesting items on your blog or website to create interest. Always look for opportunities to generate sales. When you encourage others to buy you can create income for years to come. 

How do you turn affiliates' EMPLOYEE mentality...to a BUSINESS OWNER mentality?

As a Team Leader, I have set a goal to sponsor certain number of new affiliates every month. I have no idea about the background of my newly sign ups. I believe that the majority of them came into network marketing with an “employee mentality”. Understanding the “employee mentality” will give you an advantage on how to build a close relationship with them and turn them around to a “business owner mentality”. 

Identifying the employee mentality: 

- An individual who has been employee all his/her life will expect to be guided, trained, and told what to do and to be followed upon. 

- He/she looks for incentives from his/her sponsor/upline so he/she can get motivated to get things done. No incentive, nothing will be done. 

- If he/she has no contact from his/her sponsor/upline, he/she will most likely give up and quit. 

Identifying the business owner mentality: 

SFI has put into place a structure to educate new SFI affiliates. Beginning from SFI BASICS, Launchpad, Marketing, Power Tools and so on a new affiliate can avail of these invaluable resources for starting and growing his/her SFI business. In network marketing like SFI: 

- You are the boss, you set up your plans and goals for your SFI business and you direct yourself to implement your business strategy. 

- You are your own motivator 

- You are your own incentive system 
Knowing these two types of mentality in network marketing beforehand will help you tremendously in dealing with your affiliates, especially your new ones. 

Here’s how to turn your affiliates with an ‘employee mentality’ to a ‘business owner mentality’: 

- Emphasize to them in the firsthand that as SFI business owner, they should never depend on someone else’s leadership style, involvement, rank or connection to you. 

- They should take full responsibility for their training, motivating and promoting themselves. They should realize that when they rely on their own, any help from sponsor/upline is a bonus in growing their SFI business. As a result, they won’t be let down by those who sponsored them and then take off. 

- Communicate to them clearly as business owners; they are not dependent on what others can do for them, but what they can do for themselves. 

- Finally, encourage them to stand up strong and create their own vision. Don’t wait for someone to tell them what to do. 

Also, you can do the following;

Firstly, when advertising this opportunity, don’t refer to it as a job offer, but as a business opportunity. Prospects must know upfront that they are not applying for a job with a salary and set working hours and a boss, but for a an opportunity to own and manage their own business where they are their own boss and work wherever and whenever they want. You have that freedom, but also the responsibility. 

Secondly, when someone enroll, you as their sponsor, must send them a welcome message, where you explain how the business works and follow that up with more messages, emails, stream posts, newsletters, etc. where you teach them further how this business works. This business work by sponsoring PSA’s and duplication, that meaning teaching your PSA’s to do what you do. But bottom line is that this is a marketing business where you have to sell the business and the products at TripleClicks and teach your PSA’s to do the same. 

Thirdly, be an example. Do all the tasks expected of you as the owner of this business, get as much as possible VP and badges and teach your down-line to do the same. 

Affiliate Center, Getting Started & How to Succeed

Now for you to make money from SFI you have to spend some time and effort on it. As you may have realized, there is no such thing as "something for nothing" or vise-versa.

You have to learn the program, and start setting up your profile and goals, that is a must when you do online business. And just as you would do with an offline physical business, do visit your store/affiliate center daily. With SFI, collect the free versapoints reach Executive Affiliate (minimum of 1500) every month. As soon as you reach Executive Affiliate rank SFI will automatically assign CSAs in your downline, all you need to do to keep them is to maintain a minimum of 1500 versapoints every month. Now to Increase your earning potential, duplicate what you've been doing with more Affiliates, using your gateway link ( https://www.sfimg.com/MyAccount/GatewayList  ).

Here are some links about getting started, with SFI, visit the links below and you'll be guided accordingly;

https://www.sfimg.com/start

https://www.sfimg.com/LaunchPad/

 https://www.sfimg.com/MyAccount/MyReports/VPLedger

https://www.sfimg.com/Home?section=ToDo

http://startresidualincome.blogspot.com/2013/10/collecting-daily-versa-points.html

Here's a video on how to collect your daily free versa points; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIMqd9L3GU8

Your Affiliate Center is your online business center, visiting it every day is like tending to your business pretty much like you would in a physical business. You want to know how your business is doing or if you are on  track to reaching your goals.


And finally, taking the next paragraph into action will bring you success.

Patience, persistence, and a positive focus; I believe that these three qualities are an integral part of success in SFI. SFI, like any business, takes time and hard work in order to reap the benefits. Success is the result of staying positively focused on what can advance your business and following through with appropriate actions to advance your business. It is important to recognize that growth and subsequent success in SFI occurs for those individuals who are willing to invest both time and money into their business. It is important to persevere and to utilize set backs to learn and to propel your business forward. 

Simply put, you have to show up to work everyday and put in the time and effort to succeed. Your business can't and won't grow if you are not taking positive action on a regular basis.