How To Joint Venture With The Gurus

Joint ventures (JV) are a great way of leveraging expertise, experience, resources and even funding. When it comes to your business a JV can be really effective if done right, as Ash Trivedi describes:

One of the best methods for getting the word out about your product and making a lot of sales in a short amount of time is with Joint Ventures.

These joint ventures or "JV's" can take-on many different forms. Some are as simple as promoting each other's newsletters, while others may be more complex partnerships with cross-promoting of complimentary products.

Joint Ventures are a powerful tool for expanding business in many areas. So, what is stopping 'you' from using this technique to expand your business?

For many new marketers, starting a JV can be a frightening task, especially when it comes to contacting other marketers.

Too often, many marketers appear to be "spamming," when they are really just seeking other JV partners. There is a correct way about finding joint venture partners and getting them to say yes to your proposal. Here's a few tips to get you started right away.

Don't use a template style letter and email all potential partners with that letter. Take the time to visit their site and make personal comments about it in your proposal. Let your future J.V. partner know that you have taken the time to contact him/her personally.

There are joint venture networks out there that can save you a lot of time emailing and not get you accused of spam. You could visit sites like J.V Gold.com and www.jvAlert.com/invite.aspx?id=2133 (that site requires an invite, so I've given you one in that link)

So now you've got access to a massive network of heavy hitters and guru marketers. What you need to do is write the best proposal possible and really over deliver for your partners. This will make your proposal stand out over everyone else's. Here's a few tips you can use;

If you have a product or service, let your J.V. partners have it for free. Let them know that as J.V. partners they can have your product for a free review. Without offering them a free review you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who is willing to endorse a product to their list which may have taken them years to build a relationship with.

Just by giving your product away for free to a couple of people you open up the gates for thousands of potential customers.
If you have an affiliate program in place, offer your potential partners a higher commission rate rather than simply paying the standard affiliate rate. Make them feel special.

Lastly, don't give up. If you can't for whatever reason join a joint venture network and you have to go emailing future partners one by one, this can get very tiring. Especially when all you may keep hearing is "no" or you get no reply at all. Well, just remember that you may have heard 100 "no's", but it only takes one "yes" from a heavy hitter to sky rocket your profits. Be patient and it will happen.

Author Bio

Ash Trivedi is an online marketer who's created partnerships with multi-national companies and small businesses alike. Visit www.ash-trivedi.com/Mike.html for an opportunity to J.V. with the gurus guru Mike G. as a gift from Ash.

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7 Great Reasons You Should Be Publishing On LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a great platform for business to business (B2B) sharing and has a different etiquette to other social media platforms. Effie Cinanni takes us through how and why you could be using it for your business

LinkedIn Marketing for Small Business

LinkedIn Marketing for Small Business is becoming increasingly popular because it is a fast growing platform and the world's largest professional network with hundreds of millions of users. Posting regular, valuable content on Linkedln helps to create trust between you and your connections and helps you to be seen as an expert in your field. Why does this matter? Well, those that are perceived as experts in their field are able to command higher rates and generate more business and wouldn't we all like that!

7 Reasons To Publish Content On LinkedIn

1. It helps keep you top of mind within your LinkedIn network.
2. Your content provides more value to your network. For instance, posts offering free advice, tips or information on industry trends are often useful or valuable to your network.
3. It allows you to share your expertise, insights, technical or industry knowledge with a broader audience.
4. It helps to amplify your blog content to a wider audience and can help drive traffic back to your website, but be sure to use URL links within your posts to help people navigate back to your website.
5. It helps position you as a thought leader in your industry.
6. It can help build your business profile. How? Well if you've won an award lately, worked with a high profile client, gotten some great press, share a post about it. All these things help create 'social proof' or 'evidence' that can help you to secure future sales.
7. Your network can share your LinkedIn post and this opens up your content to a wider audience.

When thinking about LinkedIn Marketing and more specifically the types of posts you should write, remember to ask yourself;

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  What do I want to be known for?
• What sorts of challenges and desires do my ideal customers have?
• Then write your posts using key messages that show you understand these challenges, or desires and that you can help provide a good solution.

Following this strategy with help you to better connect with your target customers and build rapport.

LinkedIn Marketing - Build Your Network

LinkedIn has a powerful built-in search function hat you can use to help you identify new contacts. The main question you should answer is - who are the professionals and potential customers you'd like to connect to? Once you have defined your ideal connections, use the search function and LinkedIn filters to locate connections based on items such as job title, industry and location.

When you 'connect' with someone on LinkedIn make sure you add a note to personalise your request. It is very important to personalise your connection requests, try to use a message that shows the context and the relevance of connecting. For instance, comment on why it might be a good idea to connect, perhaps you are in complimentary industries. Maybe you found a recent post that they wrote interesting, or you might mention something that you have in common. Referring to shared contacts within your networks is also a good place to start, as we are more likely to connect with people we have common connections with.

Get started today, start posting valuable content and growing your network.

Effie Cinanni is Founder and Director of Small Chilli Marketing a Melbourne based consulting firm specialising in small business marketing and communications. She is an Associate Member of the Australian Marketing Institute and a Certified Practising Marketer (CPM) with almost 20 years of marketing experience. Effie has provided actionable advice and assistance to small businesses across Australia, helping them to create and grow profitable and meaningful businesses.

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