I just won another auction!

I just won another auction! Ten new team members, who I will see arrive within a couple of days. It took jus 12 bids and cost me $ 3.74. Normally PSAS to go come at almost $4 apiece (and most of them never get active or are active a few days and then drop out.) So you can bet I am very happy!
How I did it? Just noticed that every time someone was bidding it was someone different (no "buck" sitting on it). Got a couple of bids in the nick of time, but won it finally. What a surprise when it actually happened!

Have a look: WOW!!!

Nowadays I realize that I can bid on any item; if I can't get it sent to  me I can use the gift certificate value and get some other product from TripleClicks, or I can get TCredits instead. The only thing is you have to find an auction that is not hot. You need to have some time to observe the action and decide on the right one. This new one I won manually, without using AutoBid.

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Winning auctions

Penny auctions
This was not one of my New year's resolutions, but I have started being more active at the auctions and using the tools provided and that actually got me 2 wins so far! I won 20 TCredits for under a dollar and 10 Personally SPonsored Affiliates for $1.74, which were delivered to me within 3 days and one of them is active. Pretty cool!



So how do you win an auction? You need to sit and watch how it is going for a while. The mini-auctions, for TCredits or 3 PSAs and so on,  usually do not take very long, maybe 15-20 minutes, whereas the more popular items can take more than 20 hours. It is not much use to bid when someone is using Autobid, you will just use up your credits. You can see that because there is bidding going on but the same name is always the highest. That will be someone who is on Autobid and until he runs through the max amount of TCredits he has set (nunber of bids) you are basically wasting your bids. Once you see that the name has changed this probably means that he has run out and you can go in. Of course the risk is that if everybody thinks so the Autobidder will win, and in fact, this is often the case.

One possibility is to become an Autobidder yourself. This works, but you can also run yourself out of TCredits/bids in record time if there is a second Autobidder or if the item is very popular. Out of five times I have tried, 2 auctions ended before my set price was reached and so none of my bids were used. Two cost me a lot of bids but I was overbid by others and one I won. The other one I won I did not use Autobid but bid manually. That is the other option; just spend a lot of time watching and bidding strategically.



The great thing with these auctions is of course the incredible prices.
Check out the link below which will lead you to the currently live auctions:
Incredible auctions

Check out the "Latest winners" button and you'll not want to wait to get started.
Many items go for less than a dollar. Imagine getting a $200 Ipad, toolkit, smartphone or Cloudbook for between $15 and $25, where they often end up, but even as low as a few dollars sometimes. Even if you are not living in the States, an item that can't be shipped can be exchanged for a gift certificate, TCredits or nowadays you can even resell it as a Super Deal. Basically any item is therefore worth bidding on, if it seems the auction is not hot. I always look for auctions that are not dominated by one name, and where the ones bidding seem to be people who are just putting in one daily bid to get the extra VP. If it already has had "Going once, going twice" a couple of times it probably is going towards its end (not necessarily however!).
Check out the newest superdeal which will certainly be a bestseller:

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New Year's resolution: what am I going to do to be more successful selling online

Happy New Year! May 2017 be your best year yet!

I generally do not make New Year's resolutions. If I decide I need to change something in my life, I do it on the spot. Why wait till next Monday, or next Year, to start doing something that will improve your life? Because generally you make resolutions because you want to improve your well-being and happiness, right? Even if it is in the long run.

But I have first made a review of what I have done so far in this business enterprise, because that is what it is, and come to the conclusion that it is not growing very fast because I am simply not doing very much. One of the problems I have, which I think most people will recognize, is that I am spreading myself too thin. I have my work, I have my family, I have SFI, and I have a lot of small and big things that I need to spend time on, and then there are the things that I feel I must do and do not get around to, such as applying for a better job, doing research for my-to-start-new-company, trying to find an agent for my book (I wrote a thriller, in English, but haven't found anyone who wants to publish it yet, whereas there is so much junk being published, it is unfair), writing more often, and selling my second-hand stuff. I just do not find the time.

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So in order to improve my business here are my resolutions, for better or for worse (seven is my lucky number, so maybe it will help) :

1. Make my book an e-book and sell it via SFI (yes, I can do that);
2. Finding new ECA prospects online in Sweden;
3. Making good marketing materials for said prospects;
4. Finding a couple of hours a week to just sit and advertise;
5. Invest in building out my team by buying traffic, by bidding more on auctions (I actually bid seriously on 5 auctions this week; 2 were over before my program kicked in, two I lost, but I also won one auction: 10 new affiliates) instead of hoarding my TCredits (which expire after a year anyway);
6. Finding someone back home to search for ECAs there (more mom & pop stores than in Sweden);
7. Find some good products to start selling via SFI, in other words, becoming an ECA myself.

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It will be interesting to see what I have actually achieved after a year!

About patience, perseverance and earning commissions selling online successfully

I just needed to post this because I have just received my October commissions. Yes, the money that  I earned. Maybe it will help you who reads this.




I have tried out a number of online programs and never before had any success with it. When I started at SFI I decided to give it a year, since I actually read all the training and instructions which you get for free and quickly learned it was not a Get Rich Quick Scheme.

After a year I had made about as much money as two months' worth of standing order, I had reinvested whatever I earned in the business and I was on the verge of giving up. However I decided I had not tried all possible approaches and I was receiving a steady stream of signups from this blog that you are reading now. So I decided to give it another year. And lo and behold! In the exact month that I was 1 year at SFI I got this fantastic email: "Your commissions over the month August". For the first time I had actually made and received money.



Since then I have received such an email EVERY MONTH and the amount is higher every month. Seriously, do you think I am giving up now? Of course not.

If you are thinking of signing up, do me a favor and give it at least a year. If you do not have half an hour a day to put into your new business don't even start. Yes, I know, signing up is free and so it never hurts. But do take it seriously if you do it at all.


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Successful online marketing: the power of duplication

Hi!

As I mentioned in an earlier post, the crux of the matter in online selling is of course selling products. The point is, not everyone is good at that. Personally I am not very good at it and I know it. But there is another solution and this is where I have found SFI to be very helpful. As an affiliate I can gather a team under me, and when they are selling products, I earn a small share of the profit. As a matter of fact when I did an analysis not so long ago of where I make the most money it is actually from commissions that my team is earning. I have tried advertising and though I have compiled a list of free advertising sites that work, it is not my main income.


My team currently consists of almost 300 PSAs and CSAs (Personally Sponsored Affiliates and Co-sponsored affiliates). I have about twice as many CSAs as PSAs, which makes the revenue from both roughly equal because I get a smaller share of the CSA commissions. So how do you get a team?



1. I have obtained a number through personal recruitment: sometimes I go to the local job center and hand out folders; people coming there are usually looking for a job. This gives me around 10 interested prospects per invested hour and only costs time.

2. Then I get new signups from this blog and a website I have about SFI. Apart from "normal" traffic I now and then buy traffic from one of the E-commerce Associates at TripleClicks. I can even use my TCredits and Member Reward Points (these I gather by being active on the website, so basically this means I can buy free traffic) to buy traffic. If I buy traffic outright I earn Versapoints. If I use TCredits or MRPs I don't.

3. You can actually buy signups at TripleClicks, these are obtained through SFI's own advertisements, but there are also a number of ECAs that obtain and sell their own signups through advertising. The cost of these is generally between $1 and $2.50 per signup. But since the chance that they are actually active is not so great, I find it more cost-effective to buy traffic. Over the past year the cost per new signup on average has been around 40 cents for me.

4. Many people obtain new affiliates through the social media. I am not at all good at that, but others are. Especially on Facebook, I understand. Some also involve their family and friends. This is actually a good strategy as there is a greater chance that they will be active.



5. A good strategy is to win PSAs and CSAs at auctions. You need to have the time to sit and observe the auctions. I know one in my upline who regularly wins new affiliates this way (apart from laptops and other gadgets).

5. There is a traffic exchange that I use on which I advertise for free. I have to watch ads for 15 seconds and then I get credits. Once I have enough credits I can place an advertisement myself. The disadvantage is that most people do like me: they only watch the banners to get credits. However, they are obviously interested in making money online, and since the program is free, they might give it a try. This Traffic Exchange gives me the occasional signup.

6. And then there is the obvious other possibility: advertising, on websites as well as on Google communities, in your local supermarket and gym and anywhere there is a bulletin board. And advertising on TV, radio, in papers etc.

Making money by marketing the Christmas season

If you have just started or are curious about working online from home and want to know how to be successful I have a few tips for you. I am an affiliate at SFI (Strong Future International) and one of the ways I make money is by using the special times of the year: Valentine, Christmas, Mother's day etc. All the tips here are actually usable for any special occasion.



* Start preparing early for the upcoming holiday season; in November many people will already have done their shopping to avoid long lines. Start now.

* Put product reviews on your blogs of products that you yourself or people you know have bought at TripleClicks (but make sure that they are honest reviews!) and put these on your blogs and your social media. To give you an example: I have just bought this item at TripleClicks as a gift. If I buy this here in Sweden where I live I could never get any watch for under 20 US$. So I am actually saving money by buying it at TripleClicks, which is of course why I did it. 

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* Make Top-10 Christmas Gift lists, link these to Amazon and TripleClicks products and publish them on the social media and your blog(s) and website(s).




* Search TripleClicks for special Christmas deals and advertise these.  

* Leave brochures for fitness products at the gym or put any interesting product up on the bulletin board at your local store. 

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* Advertise online. I have a list of more than 4000 free advertising website, and if you sign up up via this blog you will become a member of my team and I will share this list with you for free. 

Many people are wondering what to buy for their nearest and dearest this year. People are also getting more used to buying online. Give them options and remind them that shopping online is convenient, safe, and may even be cheaper than the regular store.

All the best in building your business!

Making money by working from home: the power of advertising

The single way the big earners at SFI make money ( I know this from the forum, where all kinds of topics are discussed, particularly how to increase sales and make more money) is ADVERTISING. Having said that, how do you advertise and particularly, where?

Everyone has their own favorites. One of my upline works with Autoresponders.This is a system in which you set up a landing page offering something for free. The visitor has to fill in an email address in order to receive this. The Autoresponder then sends a number of emails/letters which you have prepared yourself to this email address, I think it can be up to 25, and of course offers the information about whatever aspect of SFI you want to promote. Research has shown that a person on average has to see a message 7 times before reacting to it.

Many work with the social media. For this, you have to be active in the social media and have a rapport with your followers. You recommend something and they might buy it. This involves your "warm market" or the people that you already know. It does not work for me because I am not in the least active in the social media normally. SFI has many free banners available that you can use in the social media such as these:


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What I do work with if I have the time is free advertising websites. There are many of these. You can google "free advertising" or do as I did, bought a list of free advertising websites. It cost me nothing because  I used the Member Reward Points that I automatically collect when I do my daily activities on the website. I have even used these to buy physical products which I then review on my blog about health and fitness, TopCat's TopFit , and promote if they are good.

I have been going through the list that I have and only a few % are really active and usable. If you would become a member of my team by joining SFI for free, I will share this whittled-down active list with you; most people would be willing to pay for such a list. Most sites carry advertisements for a month and then you have to renew them. But all are for free, so if you have no reactions it has only cost you a little time. Do remember to use Key Track Codes so you  know which of your advertisements is successful. There is a feature for that on the SFI website. No other program offers so many free training and marketing tools. At least not that I have seen.

Then there is real life advertising: in magazines, radio, tv; these generally cost. What I find useful is hanging up brochures in gyms, at supermarkets and other public areas where it is allowed.
SFI has many printable brochures for products (the website even generates these for you); example:

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This is the banner, but the website can generate a printable flyer as well.  SFI has more than 10,000 products to choose from in all possible categories, so there will always be something of interest to whatever place you think of advertising. Then there are splash pages and e-cards and car magnets.

What I haven't tried yet but am going to, is concentrating on the garage sale that TripleClicks is running. I and every other affiliate can freely advertise our secondhand stuff. This would be interesting to people holding garage sales and people selling secondhand stuff, right?

So if you have a local advertising site in say, Newby, Oklahoma you can look for the garage sale department if there is one. Once people are online to sell, they will have a look at the other stuff SFI and TripleClicks are offering and maybe become interested in the auctions, the games or selling TC products.

Good luck!