Just got this question about finding joint venture partners.
Since this is such a hot topic (and a great way to build businesses) I thought you might find my answer to his question helpful in setting up your own deals.
Here goes:
QUESTION: I am brand new to copywriting and the Internet and wanted to know if you had any advice on setting up joint ventures with other marketers?
BEN: As a matter of fact, yes.
Although it’s not “my” advice — it’s my friend David Dutton’s.
David bills himself as the “most connected” man on the Internet.
He’s done deals with everyone from the legendary Jim Straw, Willie Crawford, Joe Vitale and David Frey… to Phil Pfister (the World’s Strongest Man) and even Jessie Conners — star of the Donald Trump’s, “The Apprentice.”
Here is an excerpt from an interview I did with David showing one of the ways he uses to penetrate the “inner circles” of marketers with big lists and influence:
DAVID: Yeah, now I try now to only contact people that I’m fans of. It works, I’m getting an endorsement in a major newsletter next week, and I’m going to show you how I did it.
I’m a fan of a guy named Dr. Andy Williams. I heard about him about a year or two ago. He has a software called Keyword Results Analyzer. I do keyword research for people to help them get rankings really high in Google, and Yahoo, and all that. I used his software to filter keywords. Basically I’m just a big fan of it.
I wanted an endorsement in his newsletter, so you know what I did? I opened up Camtasia which is a screen capture software where it captures my computer screen, and I filmed and I put an audio to the video. Basically, I opened up the software, show people how I use it, and show them the results of a travel site I own, and just how I’m such a fan of Dr. Andy Williams.
I put it on YouTube, which is free. I went to his support desk I filled out a support desk with the subject line, “KRA success story.” I just said, “Hey, Andy I just want to let you know I did a case study about my success with your software and its right here on YouTube so everybody can see it. And it gets ranked in Google, blah, blah, the whole nine yards.”
Well, what did I do? Did I try to pitch him anything? No. Did I try to sell him anything? No, I didn’t do anything, but give value. He said, “Hey, great idea, love the video. I’m going to mention you in my newsletter next week.”
Pretty cool, eh?
This is something anyone can do — no matter what niche you’re in.
And you can read the rest of David’s interview (with even MORE hot tips like this) free at:
Ben
P.S. I have been kicking around the idea of doing another interview with David Dutton.
This time I’d like to get your questions about who you would most like to connect with — online or offline. Then David, in “hot seat” fashion, will give you the exact actions to take to hook up with whoever that person is.
Is that something you’d be interested in?
Dave is a master at connecting with people.
And if there’s enough demand, I think I can get him to do a special call like this.
So if you’d like to connect with someone of power and influence — like a major Internet marketer, local politician, celebrity, potential client, etc — email me who you want to connect with and your biggest challenge in doing so at:
