Thank you for the information and tips Yaro, it will certainly help those of us wanting to take our business to the next level by using joint ventures to connect with potential partners.

Have a great day

John

Andy

I have done a few JV’s in my time and from my experience if you are going in cold, you have to do a lot of convincing that you are genuine and are the real deal.

As you say, getting to know someone first is probably the best way of developing a good JV relationship, or even being introduced to a great contact through a friend.

However, JV promotions and deals are a great way to promote ANY product in any market or niche not just internet marketing so all business owners must dedicate time to building their own lead/customer base and doing joint promotions with other business owners in similar niches and markets.
Grant

Relationships take time and as you have said and others have commented its all about them.

Your favourite topic in the whole wide world is yourself.
But once we have talked lots about ourselves and found out what is in it for us, then we start to think what can we give back. And that ends in great relationships giving and taking.

Everyone just remember Givers Gain the more you give the more you get

Carl

I will be pursuing jv partners this year for my new product that I am creating so I am glad I read this post! It should help me quite a bit!

Have a great day!

David

I can certainly understand your frustration. I’ve experienced this quite a few times in my copywriting business. It’s a similar scenario – I’ll write a piece for a client, and a week later I get a response saying, “Well, I showed this to some people, and they think___ is wrong with it.”

Here’s a few tips from a guy in the trenches:

1) Unless the person specifically names the people who made the comments, you really don’t know about the credentials/experience/education of those people. I don’t usually do this, but I pressed one particularly difficult client by asking, “Whom exactly did you show this to, and what credentials do they have?” I found out that the client showed it to his sister, his girlfriend, and his freelance programmer – none of whom knew anything about copywriting.

I don’t say this to be dismissive, but unless I know who is critiquing my work and why they have the expertise to do so, I don’t take it too seriously.

2) Most people don’t understand the nuances of copyrights, and feel it is their right to show it to whomever they please. Unless they pay or otherwise compensate you for it with the express intention of “transfer of rights”, you still own it. But most people don’t know that. Unless you specifically state that the recipient doesn’t have the right to disseminate the work, there’s not much you can do.

3) Objectively evaluate the criticisms. Many will be useless and unfounded, but every now and again, you will find a helpful hint that can help you improve your work. If you find one, consider it a “gift” from someone who didn’t even realize s/he was helping you out.

I hope this helps. As an internet marketer, a copywriter, and a published author, I’ve experienced plenty of rejection, and not all of it cordial or professional. I don’t think you’re being “thin-skinned”, but you do have to adopt constructive ways of dealing with these types of experiences. Even the thickest-skinned people need to develop survival techniques.

To Your Success,

Lee

Send me an email supportATblogmastermind.com and I’ll direct you through to Adam and Alen personally so they can sort this problem out for you.

About 5 of the 400 people or so who have taken up the $1 trial via my referral are reporting similar problems to what you talk about. I expect it’s a combination of the rapid success of niche profit classroom (they broke 1200 members in a matter of weeks) causing technical errors and communication issues.

So far Adam or Alen have sorted every problem out personally via email for me when I ask.

Yaro

I followed your advice last week and took the $1 trial to their program. I didn’t get much time to play around but I thought what I did see was pretty good. I did not cancel, and planned to let them bill me for a few months to see how it went.

As of yesterday I can no longer log in. Upon my log in attempt, I was redirected to another “special” $1 “deal” sales page. I created a support ticket and still have heard nothing.

Now today when I try to log in, I get an “Invalid Log In” page. Nowhere did I get an email with new instructions nor did I get a redirect to a page with instructions to re-enter my billing details. (By the way, my credit card is valid and in good standing. Used it today.)

It was my understanding that unless I canceled (which I didn’t) I would be billed automatically. So why am I locked out and why can’t these guys answer their support tickets?

“When you send your people to someone, you want to know they are going to be looked after – it’s your reputation on the line too.”

I’ve read some of your posting and watched a few videos from you over the past months. All great.

Your insights are fantastic because they are so simple and true. It can be easy to get so involved in our own projects that we forget about the person we are approaching.

Building a relationship, providing value and being consistent in the quality of our work is the best sales pitch of all.

Thanks!

I’d say that it’s important to look for and connect with someone who possess the strengths that are your weaknesses and visa-versa. That type of partnership always works best!

Someday I will return the favor.