Awarding CSA's to each EA and just a little less to those that are in the top 300 is a fairer reward. I myself am in the top 300 each month but I think changing more CSA's to more EA's is better for SFI overall. Perhaps this will keep more people staying EA's and advancing to a higher rank.
Stefana Petre - 14 years ago
Buna.Sunt noua in aceasta afacere ,mai am foarte multe de invatat,imi place competitia.Pastati-l asa cum este acum.,pentru a oferi stimulentul necesar depunerii efortului de a avea succes in aceasta afacere.
Mohammad Naushad Alam - 14 years ago
I think committed and serious CSA's must be awarded to the EA, otherwise its embarrassing.
I am so happy that you are asking that question because i have been keep up my status of EA,Status since 12/14/2010.It would be great to have EA's awards of 50 CSA's month and still keep the same amount of 50 CSA's rewarded to the top 300 affiliates because that is what i did in the month of ,September was keep my EA's status and i was in the top 300 VP'sfor the month and then i spend more money to win a auction for another 50 CAS's for september. Because it will give more affiliates a great oppertunity to stay at EA's status and they will have to spend more money to get in the top 300 vp's to get moreCAS's also.It will give more affiliates a chance jump start there business right away on the fastract and will keep them there.And at the same time ,Sfi will exploded in sales and keep everybody happy.
Daniel Gervais TCHAMBA - 15 years ago
Je crois sincèrement qu'il faut plus encourager les EA à évoluer pour atteindre le niveau des 300 en les attribuant beaucoup plus de point maintenant.
CSAs by definition means co-sponsored affiliate, which makes the assumption that these affiliates will receive quality support from the sponsor & the co-sponsor. I have found that while attrition is too high to realize any permanent gain, it would be to the advantage of SFI and affiliates at large if ALL CSAs were awarded to the top 300. Why? It's simple . . . they are the movers and shakers of SFI! The top 300 know what it take to make it in SFI and will definitely be of more assistance to their downlines than awarding EA's to affiliates. Lead by example and let's go platinum!
Pervez Alam - 15 years ago
You should not reduce the incentive to Top 300 Leaders.They must be provided CSAs.
Dayo - 15 years ago
Of couse,it is just that Sfi is just the best.
irene namazzi - 15 years ago
I like the idea yes and it makes you to work hard to get to the next level and the points as well.
Bob Moore - 15 years ago
I like the idea of giving EAs, maybe starting their second month, CSAs on a VP basis. In other words, 1500VPs - 2 EAs, 2000VPs - 5 EAs, 2500VPs - 10EAs up to a max of 15EAs. But, you should not reduce the incentive to Top 300 Leaders. I am guessing the average mover ratio for Assigned CSAs is about 1.5% or so. That is a lot of CSAs you need to acquire to get a responsive team for the investment affiliate members have to make to acquire VPs to stay in the top 300. Maybe, the additional CSAs needed to pursue this idea, can be available by reducing the numbers that are auctioned off, but, do not eliminate the auctions.
I support William Siong's thoughts with exception to item (1), many of us in the top 300 are far from the Top and are still building our downline vigoreously. Our incentive is the CSA growth to our downline. I would not like to see it reduced.
I have an added suggestion, how about makeing 2 S-Builder Co-Ops available at a reduced price to gain promotional money?
Bottom line, this is a good idea. Keeping Affiliates motivated to earn and maintain an EA status is key to their success and the success of SFI.
Quite frankly, EA's are the building blocks of the SFI biz. NO EA's = No $$$. ANYTHING that ENCOURAGES a new affiliate to BECOME AND MAINTAIN EA status should be used to it's fullest. For the first time in a long time SFI rewards new EA's "just for becoming and maintaining EA status". The Exec pool is the return of a great idea and EA motivator. The award of CSA's is equally a great idea and EA motivator.
IMHO, at least increase the number of CSA's awarded to EA's, perhaps on a sliding scale based on the number of months they have maintained EA status (ie increased after third straight month and then again every three months thereafter).
Since dropping EA for one month would drop all existing CSA's and force a "restart" for gaining new ones, this would create great incentive to maintain EA status.
Yes this might "use up" all available CSA's and leave none for the "top 300". Well the T300 represent less than 1% of all SFI affiliates; as such they should get a much more powerful reward for their efforts than a few CSA's.
I've seen a few recommendations above that make sense. I especially like the shares of S-builder for the T300, perhaps by breathing new life into some of these "old" organizations they might become better participants in SFI's future.
I don't think that any amount of TCredits will get the attention of the T300 as most of them are already making far more a month than could be "gifted" them in TCredits without bankrupting SFI.
I'll also add that for me personally, I'd find shares of S-builder more valuable to both EA's and the T300. As a final suggestion I'd award all or most of the CSA's to EA's and every 3 months of EA status gets a free share of S-builder for the next month. Award the T300 with x shares of S-builder.
vincent lumumba - 15 years ago
I think to my opinion that the top 300 VP award should be more than that of EAs and the CSAs because is a stage of seriousness in the business, but we should not discriminate the upcoming CSAs because without them the company cannot grow.So increase the CSAs incentives to motivate the to the next stage.
HS - 15 years ago
Both EAs and VP top 300 are deserved for awarding CSA; However; being in the top 300 VP is not easy to achieve on the top 300 either; Top VP 300 should be more awarded ; more incentive Awarding TripleClick Credits like 100 TC or more should be considered;
Christina Pierce - 15 years ago
It is very hard to stay in the Top 300 and the whole reason I strive to do it is for the CSA's, as well as the badge on my info page. Awarding TripleClick Credits would not be as much of an incentive, because it is not sustainable and will not help me to build my downline in the overall grand scheme of things.
That being said another incentive might be to give more CSA's to EA's and give S-Builder to Top 300 instead. Just a suggestion.
Well, it's good to give more CSA to EA, but what will be the motivation there for me to be in VP Top 300? If you decide to give more CSA to EA then to VP Top 300, think about some way to motivate better the people, who are trying hard to be in VP Top 300. It's really hard to be in Top and costs so much money. Think of a way to compensate fair those, who invest money to be in VP Top 300. Tcredits 100 or 200 pack is good, but still you can give for example more active CSA to those in VP Top 300 or at least some EA for a second month. Something like that. Otherside why should I try to be in VP Top 300 if there is nothing different to be an EA?
Venkatesha Munivenkatachari - 15 years ago
I think it would be good to EVENLY divided the CSA's between the TOP 300 and EA's. But I would suggest to give something else as an addition to be given to TOP 300. As some of my friends have suggested 100 or 200 TCREDIT's for TOP 300 would be good.
Rob B - 15 years ago
I think EA's should get more CSA's per month. It would be another incentive for people in my downline to become and stay EA's. But also give some to the top 300, because they must be working hard to be in that group.
Whatever you do, it looks like most people think EA's should get more than 2 CSAs per month.
Mare'le - 15 years ago
Keeping it the way it is sounds great but still it would be even more better if both all CSA's & EA's can be awarded too.
I think those who voted to keep it like it is are very selfish. The idea is to promote your EAs and to encourage them the best that we can. Giving them the CSAs is very encouraging AND may keep an EA working who is falling by the wayside.
I applaud anyone who achieved the Top 300 or the Executive Affiliate, it proves that they are wanting to do the business.
The practice now is that the Top300 gets 50 x CSAs whilst the EA gets 2 ( i don't remember seeing it though ) and I think it should be change for the following reasons :
1. Those who are in the Top300 already have a structure created and simply need to build more or strengthen it.
2. The EA are newbies who are evaluating, experimenting or truly wants to do the business and giving them at least 5 to 10 CSAs will DEFINITELY motivate them to do more.
The only CHALLENGES that need to overcome: A majority of these CSAs are signups who may be curious about the business opportunity that SFI offers and some of them DO NOT even bother to Confirm their Subscription Link nor do they re-login for a second time ( the Prominent 150VPs is a tell-tale sign)...
and when they are assigned to the "Newly" promoted EA, the dropout rate will be very discouraging!
As the Top300 might have been through this scenario before, they are already immune to it. They may not even bother as they would already have a strong structure going into their business BUT to the EA ( who are still at their infant stage, it may seems a total failure )
SUGGESTION:
a. SFI should ensure that those CSAs who are about to be distributed to the Top300 or EA have already CONFIRMED their Optin and would have already signup the first time.
b. There should be a provision for any Team Leader ( EA & Above ) to DELETE those "Non-working" CSAs or PSAs from their Genealogy ( as they deem fit ) and these "misfits" are consolidated into a Reserve Pool having the lowest priority for re-allocation in the future.
When these changes are made, I strongly believed that the SFI Opportunity will be even more enticing to the public.
William Siong
Chris Jones - 15 years ago
I have to add one thing in regards to Kay's post above my previous post.
Kay, please understand that the TCredits being purchased in order to win those CSA auctions is a big part of commissions being made at this point. If you do away with the CSA auctions, you are also doing away with many TCredit packages that you could have sold to those who want to bid in those CSA auctions to build their team. Don't cut into everyone's profits to support the top 300, that would be a step in the WRONG direction!
Chris Jones - 15 years ago
VP Top 300 is a nice spot to be in and the CSA rewards are nice. Although, what SFI needs most is more EA's every month in order to build a much stronger network overall. By rewarding more CSA's to EA's you give more than 300 members incentive to remain EA or above. You can maintain top 300 status with a good team beneath you, but how do you get that team and keep it? By giving more to the little guys to help them grow as well. Top 300 should be made up of mainly team leaders as it is, who are already getting more with the matching VP. Give the EA's more reason to remain EA and they will, and with it a bigger and stronger team for everyone.
Kay Byers - 15 years ago
The comments above about how hard it is to become EA and Top 300 are wrong. It just takes the will to spend money to buy enough VP to make it. That's what the Standing Order is touted for, assuring that your get EA. Top 300 can also be bought, you just have to buy more.
The CSAs are my main reason for achieving Top 300. But too many of the new affiliates are auctioned off as CSAs. I think that should stop and give us all a chance at some that have not had time to cool down. Old CSAs are not a reward for either new EAs or Top 300. We should be able to volunteer to take the apparently dead CSAs and foster them along without much hope of compensation. And have a crop of enthusiastic, active SFI beginners as a reward.
Did any of your PSAs or CSAs who were given the 750 VP even log in, let along become active with that incentive? Why expect a dormant CSA to become active just because he was reassigned?
I think that if an EA is given CSAs, they shold be brand new affiliates, someone who may be a winner. Maybe increase them up to 5 each. And I think the auctions selling CSAs should stop and those CSAs be given to the Top 300. And an inactive CSA adoption program be started.
Minimol John - 15 years ago
Hard work deserves to be rewarded. It takes hard work to achieve and maintain EA status. I think rewarding EAs with more CSAs would be a great . Award more CSAs to EAs as this will motivate them to maintain their EA status each month. I believe it will even be more meaningful and beneficial especially to the new and inexperienced EAs who are still struggling to build their downlines. It's not easy to be among the VP Top 300 , it takes a lot of work and perseverance as well as a good will. Due to this reason, motivate the top 300. It is very important. Hence, you may consider offering more CSAs to your VP Top 300 than those to EAs.
Georgina Petersen - 15 years ago
I suggest that more CSAs should be given to EAs. This will boost there business and similtaneously the Top Leaders will gain as well, as most of us have uplines that are almost constantly in the Top 300. This will give a bigger boost to maintain our EA status.
The facts in SFI are: work, perseverance and thinking in the long run. When it is important to maintain EA status. This work should be rewarded. Giving more ADS that EA is a big boost. EA is not easy to maintain and even harder to be among the Top 300 incentives should be higher.
Alojz
I agree with those who believe EA should be rewarded for the effort with enough CSAs to motivate them to keep the status, BUT I strongly believe that TOP 300 should be rewarded as well.
As some have said, Tcredits would help TOP 300 achievers to motivate their downline, if they want to, and yet they achiever him/herself would want to maintain some good standard!
I have tasted top 300, you can't easily get me off it easily lol!...If I get rewarded for it, it gives me more reason to die for it hehehe!!!
Marlene Kaiser - 15 years ago
I agree with those that think CSA's should be awarded to the EA's and the top 300 rewarded differently. Tcredits would allow the top 300 to reward their people with Tcredits that didn't cost them much so you'd have them trying to motivate their downline better with Tcredits or use gift certificates and that would increase the motivation too. It would not only come from SFI, but from the top 300 unless they are selfish and use the Tcredits to win more auctions. With gift certificates, they wouldn't dominate the auctions and would still have an incentive. Another thing you could do would be to use CSA's as an incentive to purchase. You could award 1 or 2 CSA's to everyone who received a certain percentage of their EA quota in purchases from Triple Clicks, and that would increase the purchases from Triple Clicks as well as use the CSA's to the companies' advantage and not reward the top 300 as much. I notice that their are some people on the top who have been there for years collecting money and doing very little. Some in my upline haven't received as many badges as they should. You could reward them with CSA's for working toward more badges. I resent someone sitting at the top because of longevity and not doing the work that is required of the rest of us. This decreases motivation in their downline. It appears that if you just do the minimum and hang on, you can reach the top and sit there collecting money from the efforts of those below you. You can motivate the new people by requiring more from those collecting from their efforts. I notice that you have done that with requiring leadership pages, but that is only a token.
Nadarajan - 15 years ago
EA to EA2 is the period when freshers need a lot of advice, guidance to put their lessons into practice . EA s will be encouraged and motivated like the 30 days lessons.
Barbara Gruner - 15 years ago
I think EAs and top 300 should both have a chance with more CSAs. Both groups put a lot of effort into working their SFI business.
Efe Okolobah - 15 years ago
The idea behind the awards is to encourage affiliates to aim high and dream big. but going by numbers, i want to belief more EA's are produced than just 300 top VP's earners for the month. So in my opinion it is better to maintain the status quo or better still increase the incentives for EA's more than what its is now. Remembeer affiliates business is all about numbers.
Award more CSAs to EAs and less to VP Top 300 is a good startup incentive.
So many of the new affiliates need to see 1500 points rewarded, however, I believe it should be limited to their first full month in SFI. By then they need more incentive(top300).
Ben A. - 15 years ago
In my opinion, the reassignment of all available CSA's should be as follows:
to first-time EA's, reassign 10% as a reward for becoming EA
to EA2 reassign 50% as a reward for remaining EA
to Top 300 reassign 40% PLUS: some other incentive, such as TCredits, MRP's or even cash awards. Another incentive for top 300 could be entitlement to FREE SHIPPING on TC purchases.
omoregbe mishael - 15 years ago
though i am not yet an EA nor am i among the 300vp earners i think it is good to reward those who have work tirelessly and acheive sucess any who want to get this benefit should work as there is no limitation in sfi this has been my courage and i know one day i will get there
Masood Awan - 15 years ago
In my opinion all available CSA's should be distributed among EA2 or EA's. VP Top 300 should be awarded either by Cash, TCredits or MRP's.
Keddy - 15 years ago
Award more CSAs to EAs as this will motivate them to maintain their EA status each month. I believe it will even be more meaningful and beneficial especially to the new and inexperienced EAs who are still struggling building their downlines.
Annette Hird - 15 years ago
I agree with the majority of the comments. Giving some more CSAs to EAs would encourage them to remain at EA status every month. To do his after the first month requires a little investment in triple clicks products which benefits everyone and is possible for most to achieve.
I think it would be great to have some activity from a lot of affiliates rather than wait for that shining star who may never appear.
As an EA and needing a larger downline that actually does some work, I like the following option; * Awarding more to EAs would be effective. The reason is that every EA would receive a larger number of CSAs...and since you must MAINTAIN the rank of EA to keep the CSAs you receive, you would likely see more affiliates in your downline remaining as EAs each month.
MarieJ. - 15 years ago
Assign some more to EA each month could be a tremendous incentive to advance in the business, especially would keep motivated in the beginning.
samuel okiror - 15 years ago
everyone must grow, but also benefit from that extra zeal they put into what they love doing fulltime. As it's now, there's more reason to reward those that long to be up there, like all of us want to. Let's just keep on pushing and im sure, we'll arrive there.
Lucian Cazac - 15 years ago
I was inthe Top 300 VP on August. I receive from SFI 50 CSA as a recognition of my work, but all of these 50 CSA are not log in the Affiliate Center for 1 month ago.
So that what can I do with these CSA if even I lost my time to contact nobody answer me.
Henry - 15 years ago
I think EA2's should be rewarded most of the CSA's because this will motivate them to
remain at least EA each month. Building an SFI business is a long term proposition and
there needs to be more incentive and help to continue over the long stretch. My top upline
is in the top 300 continually and I don't see any communication or help from that person.
You shouldn't be able to just sit there and get more and more CSA's without doing anything while most of the CSA's are being added to you and helping to keep you in the 300. That is the way I see. There should be an incentive and reward of CSA's for those in the 300 and /or some other rewards, however also.
Richard Burger - 15 years ago
I can see giving more to EA's also like making it 5 a month instead of 2 a month
and rest to top 300 because there earning it also.
Awarding more CSAs to EAs would help keep them motivated to stick with the program
Val King - 15 years ago
Leave it as it is. If getting to EA is so hard imagine how much harder it is to achieve Top 300.
This takes work and having people aspire to this is the key. It encourages more purchasing and after all isn't that what SFI is about. Sell sell sell ... So achieving top 300 should be a goal well rewarded and it will push the level higher and higher as the new people see this opportunity.
This will be the people who have the "stuff" to grow SFI to it's full potential.
Kirk - 15 years ago
In general, it seems that CSA's for first time EA's are not really much more than window dressing that give newcomers a feeling of building a downline as well as a "hook" to try to get them to become EA2 in the following month. This is a good thing as long as nobody thinks they are going to make a bunch of money off of their CSA's.
I feel that the key is to motivate EA2's. A new EA is just the beginning (mostly accomplished by just doing actions), but becoming an EA2 requires some economic (buy/sell) activity and is actually the real objective.
Certainly top 300 should receive lots of credit for achieving this but there are other ways to reward them that they will appreciate, such as TC credits. On the other hand building the teams of EA's by giving them more CSA's is much more important in the long run, for the benifit of them and SFI. This is a great question put out by SFI and it shows what a great organizations SFI is and has been for a long time now. Keep up the great work!! Thanks!!
It's not easy to be among the VP Top 300 , it takes a lot of work and perseverance as well as a good will. for this reason, I don't think that it's a good idea to put EA's and the Top 300VP on the same footing.
You may decide to offer more CSA's to your EA's but you'll have to consider offering more to your VP Top 300.
Hard work deserves to be rewarded. It takes hard work to achieve and maintain EA status. I think rewarding EAs with more CSAs would be a great incentive for basics to achieve and maintain at least an EA status.
Jeanette Gerrard - 15 years ago
I think affiliates should be rewarded for the top 300 and becoming an EA. It's unfortunate that because of fraud people cannot be paid for the first month as EA or higher. It's very hard to make a decision here.
In this business people have to be motivated my opinion is
sharing more CO-SPONSOR with your EAs makes sense.
Thank you..
Candy Rumfelt - 15 years ago
I think awarding more CSAs to EAs would help keep them motivated to stick with the program.
Rob Denizac - 15 years ago
I agree...motivating
EAs to maintain their ranks is more important in the long run,
Certainly continue to reward top 300s...but make sure new affiliates
have a very strong motivation to achieve EA...In their 1st month if possible.
David Hosford - 15 years ago
I think that all EA should receive the CO-Sponsor Affiliates and the top 300 should be rewarded with different incentive. Suggestion only but how about 100 Tripleclicks credits.
This would give people incentive to strive for the top at the same time everyone is building
SFI and Tripleclick.
William Moore - 15 years ago
Awarding CSA's to each EA and just a little less to those that are in the top 300 is a fairer reward. I myself am in the top 300 each month but I think changing more CSA's to more EA's is better for SFI overall. Perhaps this will keep more people staying EA's and advancing to a higher rank.
Awarding CSA's to each EA and just a little less to those that are in the top 300 is a fairer reward. I myself am in the top 300 each month but I think changing more CSA's to more EA's is better for SFI overall. Perhaps this will keep more people staying EA's and advancing to a higher rank.
Buna.Sunt noua in aceasta afacere ,mai am foarte multe de invatat,imi place competitia.Pastati-l asa cum este acum.,pentru a oferi stimulentul necesar depunerii efortului de a avea succes in aceasta afacere.
I think committed and serious CSA's must be awarded to the EA, otherwise its embarrassing.
I am so happy that you are asking that question because i have been keep up my status of EA,Status since 12/14/2010.It would be great to have EA's awards of 50 CSA's month and still keep the same amount of 50 CSA's rewarded to the top 300 affiliates because that is what i did in the month of ,September was keep my EA's status and i was in the top 300 VP'sfor the month and then i spend more money to win a auction for another 50 CAS's for september. Because it will give more affiliates a great oppertunity to stay at EA's status and they will have to spend more money to get in the top 300 vp's to get moreCAS's also.It will give more affiliates a chance jump start there business right away on the fastract and will keep them there.And at the same time ,Sfi will exploded in sales and keep everybody happy.
Je crois sincèrement qu'il faut plus encourager les EA à évoluer pour atteindre le niveau des 300 en les attribuant beaucoup plus de point maintenant.
Merci,
Daniel
CSAs by definition means co-sponsored affiliate, which makes the assumption that these affiliates will receive quality support from the sponsor & the co-sponsor. I have found that while attrition is too high to realize any permanent gain, it would be to the advantage of SFI and affiliates at large if ALL CSAs were awarded to the top 300. Why? It's simple . . . they are the movers and shakers of SFI! The top 300 know what it take to make it in SFI and will definitely be of more assistance to their downlines than awarding EA's to affiliates. Lead by example and let's go platinum!
You should not reduce the incentive to Top 300 Leaders.They must be provided CSAs.
Of couse,it is just that Sfi is just the best.
I like the idea yes and it makes you to work hard to get to the next level and the points as well.
I like the idea of giving EAs, maybe starting their second month, CSAs on a VP basis. In other words, 1500VPs - 2 EAs, 2000VPs - 5 EAs, 2500VPs - 10EAs up to a max of 15EAs. But, you should not reduce the incentive to Top 300 Leaders. I am guessing the average mover ratio for Assigned CSAs is about 1.5% or so. That is a lot of CSAs you need to acquire to get a responsive team for the investment affiliate members have to make to acquire VPs to stay in the top 300. Maybe, the additional CSAs needed to pursue this idea, can be available by reducing the numbers that are auctioned off, but, do not eliminate the auctions.
I support William Siong's thoughts with exception to item (1), many of us in the top 300 are far from the Top and are still building our downline vigoreously. Our incentive is the CSA growth to our downline. I would not like to see it reduced.
I have an added suggestion, how about makeing 2 S-Builder Co-Ops available at a reduced price to gain promotional money?
Bottom line, this is a good idea. Keeping Affiliates motivated to earn and maintain an EA status is key to their success and the success of SFI.
Quite frankly, EA's are the building blocks of the SFI biz. NO EA's = No $$$. ANYTHING that ENCOURAGES a new affiliate to BECOME AND MAINTAIN EA status should be used to it's fullest. For the first time in a long time SFI rewards new EA's "just for becoming and maintaining EA status". The Exec pool is the return of a great idea and EA motivator. The award of CSA's is equally a great idea and EA motivator.
IMHO, at least increase the number of CSA's awarded to EA's, perhaps on a sliding scale based on the number of months they have maintained EA status (ie increased after third straight month and then again every three months thereafter).
Since dropping EA for one month would drop all existing CSA's and force a "restart" for gaining new ones, this would create great incentive to maintain EA status.
Yes this might "use up" all available CSA's and leave none for the "top 300". Well the T300 represent less than 1% of all SFI affiliates; as such they should get a much more powerful reward for their efforts than a few CSA's.
I've seen a few recommendations above that make sense. I especially like the shares of S-builder for the T300, perhaps by breathing new life into some of these "old" organizations they might become better participants in SFI's future.
I don't think that any amount of TCredits will get the attention of the T300 as most of them are already making far more a month than could be "gifted" them in TCredits without bankrupting SFI.
I'll also add that for me personally, I'd find shares of S-builder more valuable to both EA's and the T300. As a final suggestion I'd award all or most of the CSA's to EA's and every 3 months of EA status gets a free share of S-builder for the next month. Award the T300 with x shares of S-builder.
I think to my opinion that the top 300 VP award should be more than that of EAs and the CSAs because is a stage of seriousness in the business, but we should not discriminate the upcoming CSAs because without them the company cannot grow.So increase the CSAs incentives to motivate the to the next stage.
Both EAs and VP top 300 are deserved for awarding CSA; However; being in the top 300 VP is not easy to achieve on the top 300 either; Top VP 300 should be more awarded ; more incentive Awarding TripleClick Credits like 100 TC or more should be considered;
It is very hard to stay in the Top 300 and the whole reason I strive to do it is for the CSA's, as well as the badge on my info page. Awarding TripleClick Credits would not be as much of an incentive, because it is not sustainable and will not help me to build my downline in the overall grand scheme of things.
That being said another incentive might be to give more CSA's to EA's and give S-Builder to Top 300 instead. Just a suggestion.
I chose #2 because EA's should get more and but there should also be an award/benefit for reaching the Top 300 VP Leaderboard.
EA1 need an incentive to become EA2. I'm assuming the EA1 who don't become EA2 will lose their CSA's and they will go to their sponsor.
Well, it's good to give more CSA to EA, but what will be the motivation there for me to be in VP Top 300? If you decide to give more CSA to EA then to VP Top 300, think about some way to motivate better the people, who are trying hard to be in VP Top 300. It's really hard to be in Top and costs so much money. Think of a way to compensate fair those, who invest money to be in VP Top 300. Tcredits 100 or 200 pack is good, but still you can give for example more active CSA to those in VP Top 300 or at least some EA for a second month. Something like that. Otherside why should I try to be in VP Top 300 if there is nothing different to be an EA?
I think it would be good to EVENLY divided the CSA's between the TOP 300 and EA's. But I would suggest to give something else as an addition to be given to TOP 300. As some of my friends have suggested 100 or 200 TCREDIT's for TOP 300 would be good.
I think EA's should get more CSA's per month. It would be another incentive for people in my downline to become and stay EA's. But also give some to the top 300, because they must be working hard to be in that group.
Whatever you do, it looks like most people think EA's should get more than 2 CSAs per month.
Keeping it the way it is sounds great but still it would be even more better if both all CSA's & EA's can be awarded too.
I think those who voted to keep it like it is are very selfish. The idea is to promote your EAs and to encourage them the best that we can. Giving them the CSAs is very encouraging AND may keep an EA working who is falling by the wayside.
I applaud anyone who achieved the Top 300 or the Executive Affiliate, it proves that they are wanting to do the business.
The practice now is that the Top300 gets 50 x CSAs whilst the EA gets 2 ( i don't remember seeing it though ) and I think it should be change for the following reasons :
1. Those who are in the Top300 already have a structure created and simply need to build more or strengthen it.
2. The EA are newbies who are evaluating, experimenting or truly wants to do the business and giving them at least 5 to 10 CSAs will DEFINITELY motivate them to do more.
The only CHALLENGES that need to overcome: A majority of these CSAs are signups who may be curious about the business opportunity that SFI offers and some of them DO NOT even bother to Confirm their Subscription Link nor do they re-login for a second time ( the Prominent 150VPs is a tell-tale sign)...
and when they are assigned to the "Newly" promoted EA, the dropout rate will be very discouraging!
As the Top300 might have been through this scenario before, they are already immune to it. They may not even bother as they would already have a strong structure going into their business BUT to the EA ( who are still at their infant stage, it may seems a total failure )
SUGGESTION:
a. SFI should ensure that those CSAs who are about to be distributed to the Top300 or EA have already CONFIRMED their Optin and would have already signup the first time.
b. There should be a provision for any Team Leader ( EA & Above ) to DELETE those "Non-working" CSAs or PSAs from their Genealogy ( as they deem fit ) and these "misfits" are consolidated into a Reserve Pool having the lowest priority for re-allocation in the future.
When these changes are made, I strongly believed that the SFI Opportunity will be even more enticing to the public.
William Siong
I have to add one thing in regards to Kay's post above my previous post.
Kay, please understand that the TCredits being purchased in order to win those CSA auctions is a big part of commissions being made at this point. If you do away with the CSA auctions, you are also doing away with many TCredit packages that you could have sold to those who want to bid in those CSA auctions to build their team. Don't cut into everyone's profits to support the top 300, that would be a step in the WRONG direction!
VP Top 300 is a nice spot to be in and the CSA rewards are nice. Although, what SFI needs most is more EA's every month in order to build a much stronger network overall. By rewarding more CSA's to EA's you give more than 300 members incentive to remain EA or above. You can maintain top 300 status with a good team beneath you, but how do you get that team and keep it? By giving more to the little guys to help them grow as well. Top 300 should be made up of mainly team leaders as it is, who are already getting more with the matching VP. Give the EA's more reason to remain EA and they will, and with it a bigger and stronger team for everyone.
The comments above about how hard it is to become EA and Top 300 are wrong. It just takes the will to spend money to buy enough VP to make it. That's what the Standing Order is touted for, assuring that your get EA. Top 300 can also be bought, you just have to buy more.
The CSAs are my main reason for achieving Top 300. But too many of the new affiliates are auctioned off as CSAs. I think that should stop and give us all a chance at some that have not had time to cool down. Old CSAs are not a reward for either new EAs or Top 300. We should be able to volunteer to take the apparently dead CSAs and foster them along without much hope of compensation. And have a crop of enthusiastic, active SFI beginners as a reward.
Did any of your PSAs or CSAs who were given the 750 VP even log in, let along become active with that incentive? Why expect a dormant CSA to become active just because he was reassigned?
I think that if an EA is given CSAs, they shold be brand new affiliates, someone who may be a winner. Maybe increase them up to 5 each. And I think the auctions selling CSAs should stop and those CSAs be given to the Top 300. And an inactive CSA adoption program be started.
Hard work deserves to be rewarded. It takes hard work to achieve and maintain EA status. I think rewarding EAs with more CSAs would be a great . Award more CSAs to EAs as this will motivate them to maintain their EA status each month. I believe it will even be more meaningful and beneficial especially to the new and inexperienced EAs who are still struggling to build their downlines. It's not easy to be among the VP Top 300 , it takes a lot of work and perseverance as well as a good will. Due to this reason, motivate the top 300. It is very important. Hence, you may consider offering more CSAs to your VP Top 300 than those to EAs.
I suggest that more CSAs should be given to EAs. This will boost there business and similtaneously the Top Leaders will gain as well, as most of us have uplines that are almost constantly in the Top 300. This will give a bigger boost to maintain our EA status.
The facts in SFI are: work, perseverance and thinking in the long run. When it is important to maintain EA status. This work should be rewarded. Giving more ADS that EA is a big boost. EA is not easy to maintain and even harder to be among the Top 300 incentives should be higher.
Alojz
I agree with those who believe EA should be rewarded for the effort with enough CSAs to motivate them to keep the status, BUT I strongly believe that TOP 300 should be rewarded as well.
As some have said, Tcredits would help TOP 300 achievers to motivate their downline, if they want to, and yet they achiever him/herself would want to maintain some good standard!
I have tasted top 300, you can't easily get me off it easily lol!...If I get rewarded for it, it gives me more reason to die for it hehehe!!!
I agree with those that think CSA's should be awarded to the EA's and the top 300 rewarded differently. Tcredits would allow the top 300 to reward their people with Tcredits that didn't cost them much so you'd have them trying to motivate their downline better with Tcredits or use gift certificates and that would increase the motivation too. It would not only come from SFI, but from the top 300 unless they are selfish and use the Tcredits to win more auctions. With gift certificates, they wouldn't dominate the auctions and would still have an incentive. Another thing you could do would be to use CSA's as an incentive to purchase. You could award 1 or 2 CSA's to everyone who received a certain percentage of their EA quota in purchases from Triple Clicks, and that would increase the purchases from Triple Clicks as well as use the CSA's to the companies' advantage and not reward the top 300 as much. I notice that their are some people on the top who have been there for years collecting money and doing very little. Some in my upline haven't received as many badges as they should. You could reward them with CSA's for working toward more badges. I resent someone sitting at the top because of longevity and not doing the work that is required of the rest of us. This decreases motivation in their downline. It appears that if you just do the minimum and hang on, you can reach the top and sit there collecting money from the efforts of those below you. You can motivate the new people by requiring more from those collecting from their efforts. I notice that you have done that with requiring leadership pages, but that is only a token.
EA to EA2 is the period when freshers need a lot of advice, guidance to put their lessons into practice . EA s will be encouraged and motivated like the 30 days lessons.
I think EAs and top 300 should both have a chance with more CSAs. Both groups put a lot of effort into working their SFI business.
The idea behind the awards is to encourage affiliates to aim high and dream big. but going by numbers, i want to belief more EA's are produced than just 300 top VP's earners for the month. So in my opinion it is better to maintain the status quo or better still increase the incentives for EA's more than what its is now. Remembeer affiliates business is all about numbers.
Award more CSAs to EAs and less to VP Top 300 is a good startup incentive.
So many of the new affiliates need to see 1500 points rewarded, however, I believe it should be limited to their first full month in SFI. By then they need more incentive(top300).
In my opinion, the reassignment of all available CSA's should be as follows:
to first-time EA's, reassign 10% as a reward for becoming EA
to EA2 reassign 50% as a reward for remaining EA
to Top 300 reassign 40% PLUS: some other incentive, such as TCredits, MRP's or even cash awards. Another incentive for top 300 could be entitlement to FREE SHIPPING on TC purchases.
though i am not yet an EA nor am i among the 300vp earners i think it is good to reward those who have work tirelessly and acheive sucess any who want to get this benefit should work as there is no limitation in sfi this has been my courage and i know one day i will get there
In my opinion all available CSA's should be distributed among EA2 or EA's. VP Top 300 should be awarded either by Cash, TCredits or MRP's.
Award more CSAs to EAs as this will motivate them to maintain their EA status each month. I believe it will even be more meaningful and beneficial especially to the new and inexperienced EAs who are still struggling building their downlines.
I agree with the majority of the comments. Giving some more CSAs to EAs would encourage them to remain at EA status every month. To do his after the first month requires a little investment in triple clicks products which benefits everyone and is possible for most to achieve.
I think it would be great to have some activity from a lot of affiliates rather than wait for that shining star who may never appear.
As an EA and needing a larger downline that actually does some work, I like the following option; * Awarding more to EAs would be effective. The reason is that every EA would receive a larger number of CSAs...and since you must MAINTAIN the rank of EA to keep the CSAs you receive, you would likely see more affiliates in your downline remaining as EAs each month.
Assign some more to EA each month could be a tremendous incentive to advance in the business, especially would keep motivated in the beginning.
everyone must grow, but also benefit from that extra zeal they put into what they love doing fulltime. As it's now, there's more reason to reward those that long to be up there, like all of us want to. Let's just keep on pushing and im sure, we'll arrive there.
I was inthe Top 300 VP on August. I receive from SFI 50 CSA as a recognition of my work, but all of these 50 CSA are not log in the Affiliate Center for 1 month ago.
So that what can I do with these CSA if even I lost my time to contact nobody answer me.
I think EA2's should be rewarded most of the CSA's because this will motivate them to
remain at least EA each month. Building an SFI business is a long term proposition and
there needs to be more incentive and help to continue over the long stretch. My top upline
is in the top 300 continually and I don't see any communication or help from that person.
You shouldn't be able to just sit there and get more and more CSA's without doing anything while most of the CSA's are being added to you and helping to keep you in the 300. That is the way I see. There should be an incentive and reward of CSA's for those in the 300 and /or some other rewards, however also.
I can see giving more to EA's also like making it 5 a month instead of 2 a month
and rest to top 300 because there earning it also.
Awarding more CSAs to EAs would help keep them motivated to stick with the program
Leave it as it is. If getting to EA is so hard imagine how much harder it is to achieve Top 300.
This takes work and having people aspire to this is the key. It encourages more purchasing and after all isn't that what SFI is about. Sell sell sell ... So achieving top 300 should be a goal well rewarded and it will push the level higher and higher as the new people see this opportunity.
This will be the people who have the "stuff" to grow SFI to it's full potential.
In general, it seems that CSA's for first time EA's are not really much more than window dressing that give newcomers a feeling of building a downline as well as a "hook" to try to get them to become EA2 in the following month. This is a good thing as long as nobody thinks they are going to make a bunch of money off of their CSA's.
I feel that the key is to motivate EA2's. A new EA is just the beginning (mostly accomplished by just doing actions), but becoming an EA2 requires some economic (buy/sell) activity and is actually the real objective.
Certainly top 300 should receive lots of credit for achieving this but there are other ways to reward them that they will appreciate, such as TC credits. On the other hand building the teams of EA's by giving them more CSA's is much more important in the long run, for the benifit of them and SFI. This is a great question put out by SFI and it shows what a great organizations SFI is and has been for a long time now. Keep up the great work!! Thanks!!
It's not easy to be among the VP Top 300 , it takes a lot of work and perseverance as well as a good will. for this reason, I don't think that it's a good idea to put EA's and the Top 300VP on the same footing.
You may decide to offer more CSA's to your EA's but you'll have to consider offering more to your VP Top 300.
Hard work deserves to be rewarded. It takes hard work to achieve and maintain EA status. I think rewarding EAs with more CSAs would be a great incentive for basics to achieve and maintain at least an EA status.
I think affiliates should be rewarded for the top 300 and becoming an EA. It's unfortunate that because of fraud people cannot be paid for the first month as EA or higher. It's very hard to make a decision here.
In this business people have to be motivated my opinion is
sharing more CO-SPONSOR with your EAs makes sense.
Thank you..
I think awarding more CSAs to EAs would help keep them motivated to stick with the program.
I agree...motivating
EAs to maintain their ranks is more important in the long run,
Certainly continue to reward top 300s...but make sure new affiliates
have a very strong motivation to achieve EA...In their 1st month if possible.
I think that all EA should receive the CO-Sponsor Affiliates and the top 300 should be rewarded with different incentive. Suggestion only but how about 100 Tripleclicks credits.
This would give people incentive to strive for the top at the same time everyone is building
SFI and Tripleclick.
Awarding CSA's to each EA and just a little less to those that are in the top 300 is a fairer reward. I myself am in the top 300 each month but I think changing more CSA's to more EA's is better for SFI overall. Perhaps this will keep more people staying EA's and advancing to a higher rank.