Then join us for the Raleigh JV Alert Impact Hookup on Thursday, December 3!
Where:  Tripp’s
3516 Wade Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27607
When:  December 3, 2009, 7-9 PM
It’s the first meeting of the Raleigh area Impact/JV Alert Hookup to provide networking, fun, and a chance to meet others top-level local Internet marketers interested in joint ventures and affiliate relationships.
We’ll mingle [...]

As Michael Jordan says, you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. So identify the rockstar joint ventures you would love to have and approach them. All they can do is ignore you or say no.
One of my clients was looking for speakers and JV partners for an upcoming telesummit and was happily surprised [...]

While JV partners may give you more leeway because of the relationship you have with them, affiliates often won’t. If they see something that could reduce their chances of success, they’ll just move on to another product.

So here are a few things to be mindful of:

No one wants to be your guinea pig–wasting their time [...]

So far, we’ve discussed the difference between joint ventures and affiliates as well as the first two all-too-common mistakes entrepreneurs make when building these types of relationships–forgetting the “what’s in it for me?” and failing to set yourself up for success. Now we have…
Mistake #3 — Giving Them the Wrong Promotional Tools
Just as you [...]

One of the biggest disappointments with joint ventures or affiliate marketing is when a big partner (or any partner, for that matter) doesn’t come through for you. Unfortunately, it’s an all-too-common occurrence.
People forget. Or agree to more email blasts than they can actually do without their subscribers running for the exits. Or sometimes, their own [...]

Last weekend’s Warrior Forum event has me thinking a lot about joint ventures and affiliate marketing these days.
While the words “joint venture” and “affiliate” are often used interchangeably, technically, there IS a difference.
Of course, WHAT that difference is depends on who you ask. I know one marketer who draws the line in the sand based [...]