My twelfth week at SFI

Millionaires often say how proud they were to earn their first dollar, Well, I am also very proud to have earned my first dollar last month… my second dollar this month… and probably my third dollar next month. At this rate I will become a millionaire somewhere in the next century, I should live that long. Ha, ha!

It is nearly the end of the month and I almost have enough points to maintain my Bronze Team Leader status. Almost! After calculating all the points I can accumulate from now until the end of the month, I am still missing nearly 200 points. 

How am I going to do it? I have no idea! If I don’t make it I'll just go and sulk in the corner… just kidding! The worse that can happen is that I won’t be able to keep my Second-Home CSAs. Not that they were doing me much good anyway since none of them are active.

But still, I would love to keep my Team Leader Status. Well, I'm ever the optimist, and there are still four more days to go until the end of the month… will I make it?

I’ll let you know next week!

PS Did I tell you I won an auction? Oh right, I did! I’m still on cloud nine and will remain there until I win my next auction. Chuckle, chuckle!

I won! I won my first Pricebenders penny auction!

Last night I was jumping around for joy! Why? I won my first Pricebenders Penny Auction! 

Black & Decker CHV1510 Dustbuster 15.6-Volt Cordless Cyclonic Hand Vacuum & 50 TCredits
Retails at: $111.02

Winning bid:
$15.19
Auction ended: 2013-10-20 22:07:26 CST
Auction ID: 24152

Winner: Moira D

So not only did I win the hand vacuum, but also 50 TCredits to use in my next auction.

Of course I tossed and turned all night... I just couldn't sleep. Too much excitement I guess. My husband says he's glad I didn't win the lotto... who knows what the excitement of THAT would have caused ha ha!

Anyway, I just wanted you guys to know that I passed another hurdle at SFI & TripleClicks. If I can win an auction, anyone can.

I discovered the Song of the Month Contest!

My Eleventh Week at SFI

I am richer in Second Home CSAs (they’ve been abandoned by their original sponsors I suppose) because I became Bronze Team Leader. It wasn’t really in my plans to reach this rank so fast because I do not have an active team to maintain it. However, since I am here I will do my best, as long as I can do it without going over my –very lean- monthly budget.

Unfortunately, none of the second home CSAs are active although one or two did stir for a few seconds when they received my welcome message. I guess that’s all I can hope for and to a degree it felt quite motivating to get some kind of reaction.

I also have almost 50 new PSAs some of which show a little promise. I was able to acquire double the amount of PSAs I had planned on getting, because my wonderful co-sponsor gave me a Gift Certificate for reaching Bronze Team Leader rank. It also coincided with my birthday, so it was doubly exciting for me. Thank you again Luis!

Two of my new PSAs speak French so I am happy to start practicing my French again. Poor souls, my spoken French is SO much better than my written French! I hope this newborn communication with them will spur them on to work, learn and succeed at SFI.

This week I redesigned and added text to my website hoping that this will improve my attempts to promote SFI and TripleClicks. For those of you who are curious or just want to give some positive feed-back my site is: www.moirasmoneymakingmoves.weebly.com

In the “Online Store” section of my website, I added something I had grossly overlooked: the TripleClicks Song of the Month contest. That is a very bad mistake on my part because I am surrounded by musicians: my husband is a musician and has his own band; many bands play at his beach club; many more bands play at other bars in Playa del Carmen and many more in Cancun. Duh!!!!!

How could I have overlooked such an important addition to my marketing campaign! This is such a great opportunity for artists who have original songs because they are exposed to hundreds of thousands of people all around the world who will listen and vote for their favorite song. Oh well, better late than never, right?

By the way, I still log in to SFI every day: I do ALL of my Daily, Weekly and Monthly actions, I rate 30 answers in the ASK SC section and I faithfully visit the Forum: they are all important sources of good information and I would be lost without them. Hint, hint for my new PSAs, CSAs and second home CSAs when they decide to come back and/or log in.

Well, I think that is all for now. See you next week!

My tenth week at SFI: the carrot without the stick

When I started out at SFI, I just followed directions without really understanding what I was doing and why I was doing it.

Once you've registered you are asked to fill out a questionnaire about why you want to earn an extra income; what you would do if you had money to spare; what your short, medium and long-term goals are. Since I wasn’t prepared for these types of questions, I simply put down anything that came to mind to get past the questionnaire and onto the site. I was curious and wanted to see what I was getting myself into.

After watching the SFI Basics video presentation they directed me to my home page to start working on my personal To-Do list. This is a list that awards points for each action you take. In less than an hour I had already made over 500 points, which got me onto the ‘Fast Track’ and earned me 200 extra points. By then I was motivated enough to continue because I was already half way to the next rank.

It's been 10 weeks and I've come to realize that there’s a method to their ‘madness’: I call it 'the carrot without the stick'. Those daily, weekly and monthly actions are basic business practices. SFI has cleverly devised ways for people with no business experience to acquire good work habits and discipline by rewarding them for doing everyday tasks. That way, they stay focused on building their businesses and are able to 'Earn while they Learn'.

Now that I have my own Affiliates, I've found that many don’t like to answer the questionnaire because they feel it’s an invasion of privacy. But it’s not. It’s a way for them to start focusing on “why” they decided to register in the first place.

Nevertheless, most of them just want to know “where is the money?” I answer them that this is not a get-rich-quick deal and that if they want to earn real money without putting a little elbow grease into it, this is definitely not for them.

Starting any business is hard work. At least this one doesn’t cost anything to set up, and there is no limit to the amount of money you can earn if you invest enough time and effort into reading all the training material they provide for free. But most important of all, unlike many other sites, they don’t pressure you to buy anything, they don’t bombard you with unsolicited mails, and they have really knowledgeable people willing to help you get ahead.

That’s all for now folks! See you next week.

Visit my website for more details about SFI & Triple Clicks

moirasmoneymakingmoves.weebly.com

NINTH WEEK AT SFI - Frustrate? Ya Think?!

I can't believe this is my ninth week at SFI! I have learned a lot about internet marketing but am still a newbie... there is so much more to learn!

It can be overwhelming sometimes, especially when trying my hand at free advertising online: it is 'da pits' if you get my drift.

I will get the hang of it sooner or later, but in the meantime, I am going through the most varied of sensations and moods: from exhilarated to depressed; from motivated to downright wanting to chuck it all; from focused to irritated and even infuriated. That's when I get up from my computer and do something totally unrelated, like watering my plants, until I cool down.

As you can see, the frustration is there BUT... once I eat something and smoke a couple of cigarettes, I am usually ready to get back on that darned horse. I am nothing if not perseverant... or stubborn.

That's all for now!

PS One good piece of news: If you need to sell all that unwanted junk cluttering up your garage and closets, and don't have the time to do it, I can help you! Just register for free at Triple Clicks and sell your stuff online. List your first item for free. It's on me! 

An online business is not for everyone!

MY EIGHTH WEEK AT SFI

I’m… wait for it… $1.51 dollars richer than last month!

I am starting my third month at SFI not much richer in the monetary sense, but much, much richer in knowledge and clarity of purpose.

I realize now that this is not for everyone! If you get ants in your pants from sitting at your computer more than 10 or 15 minutes; if you are absolutely computer illiterate and can’t even find the on/off button on your computer; or if you can’t find the time to dedicate 1 or 2 hours a day to learn how to acquire good work habits, find new ways to build up your SFI team or promote products from your Triple Clicks online store, then this is definitely not for you!

Like any regular business, at SFI you need to invest time and effort if you want to learn how to make money. They teach you and guide you but at the end of the day, it’s up to you to apply what you learn. No one can do it for you. You just have to keep focused on your ultimate goal: TO MAKE MORE MONEY!!!!!!

I’m off to read some more about free online advertising. See you next week!

Don't forget to visit my website if you want to know more about what I am doing to make money!   moirasmoneymakingmoves.weebly.com