SPONSOR DO'S & DON'TS


As the sponsor, YOU are the main SFI point person for your Affiliate. Your job is to provide the personal, one-on-one relationship to your Personally Sponsored Affiliates (PSAs) that is so vital to your home-business success. It's vital, therefore, to provide timely communication, quick answers to questions they may have, and offer friendly guidance and support as they progress through SFI and begin to build their own organization.


 Sponsor DO'S:


Sponsor DON'TS:

  • Sponsors shouldn't twist people's arms about "upgrading" or "advancing in rank."
  • Sponsors shouldn't be sloppy and unprofessional in their communications with their team members. Leaders get the details right.
  • Sponsors shouldn't waste time on skeptics and non-motivated people but focus on the workers.


Learn more about being an effective SFI Sponsor at the Training Section. You may also want to check out the following articles:

TEAM LEADER DO'S & DON'TS


Of course, some in your downline might not be as capable and/or active a sponsor as you. If this case, you—as an upline leader—should be ready, willing, and able to fill the void and provide the assistance to affiliates in your downline you didn't directly bring into SFI. Ideally this should be a bottom-up thing; the closest sponsor (i.e., one generation up) should be the first to step in and initiate influence, then next closest, and so on.  


BOTTOM LINE: We don't want you stepping on the toes of the sponsors in your team who are doing a good job. Don't be shy about providing plenty of encouragement and moral support to all your team members, but refrain from actively guiding any non-sponsored affiliates (NSAs) in your team unless asked!


Team Leader DO's:

  • Team leaders should set a good example by maintaining Executive Rank or above.
  • Team leaders should set up and maintain their SFI Leadership Page.
  • Team leaders should promote good, general business guidance and tips to their downline.
  • Team leaders should answer all questions from their downline within 24 hours—sooner if possible.
  • Team leaders should regularly check their My Movers section to identify up and coming leaders and provide encouragement and recognition.


Team Leader DONT's:

  • Team leaders should not do the work of sponsoring non PSAs in their downline.
  • Team leaders should not engage in actions they don't want their downline to emulate; if a team leader is doing nothing, their team will likely do the same: NOTHING.
  • Team leaders aren't sloppy and unprofessional in their communications with team members. Leaders get the details right.


Learn more about being a good team leader in the Leadership and Team Building FAQs. We also encourage you to visit the SFI Forum regularly for tips, advice, and brainstorming sessions with fellow affiliates. 

CO-SPONSOR DO'S & DON'TS


As a co-sponsor, it's CRITICAL that you understand your role with your CSAs. Although you DO have a vested interest in seeing that they do well in SFI, these Affiliates are NOT your prime responsibility. Let their sponsors (those closest to them in the SFI organization) take the lead and provide the direct guidance they need. In short: be reactive with your CSAs, not proactive.  Sure, welcome them and introduce yourself and let them know that you're one of their co-sponsors in SFI. Be sure to let them know you're available to assist them if they have any questions. But don't actively communicate with them with instructions, to-dos, etc. That is the job of their Sponsor, and receiving possibly contradictory information from multiple sources will only confuse and overwhelm an Affiliate and ultimately be counterproductive. Let the person's sponsor do his/her thing!  As a Co-Sponsor, just hang back and be there if directly asked.


Co-Sponsor DO'S:

  • Co-Sponsors should provide encouragement and the general concepts of investing time, money, and effort (without suggesting specific amounts of money) to their CSAs.
  • They should provide recognition and a sense of comradery without engaging in cross soliciting.


Co-Sponsor DON'TS:

  • Co-Sponsors shouldn't promote their own team websites, SFI blogs, social media pages, etc.
  • Co-Sponsors shouldn't promote the buying of PSAs or traffic outside of what SFI offers in these categories.
  • Co-Sponsors shouldn't promote specific traffic exchanges or specific advertising platform sites or other pay-for-services sites. These types of services should rest solely with an affiliate's line of sponsorship.


IMPORTANT! The restrictions outlined above are in place for the benefit of ALL Affiliates in SFI and to provide a robust organization that promotes success for our leaders.  Those who violate these restrictions may be expelled from SFI. See our Affiliate Agreement for more information.


For more information about your role as an SFI Co-Sponsor, see: