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Start at the bottom. And this means starting
out as an affiliate for their product first. Promote
it hard, make some sales. And make sure you thank them
for providing a great product for your list.

You don’t need to suggest a JV there and then but make
sure they remember you. Thats one of the first step in
building a relationship. Starting at the bottom also
means going after the ‘lower-tier’ marketer. Not the
Ewen Chias, the Micheal Cheneys or the Jason James.

Start off with the lower-level marketers first and
establish close ties with them.

Building relationships. When approaching ‘cold’
JV partners, I always have these questions in mind.

“Who are you?”, “What do you want?”,”Whats in it for me?”
“So?, why should I bother?”. (Pretty much like trying to sell
a prospect your product) I try to have these questions
answered before even emailing them and I learnt that my
first ‘cold’ emails should never contain a JV offer.

Remember if you’re Sincere, people can sense it, even in
your emails. Treat them as how you would your ‘offline friends’
(you do have those right? :p) and don’t contact them only
if you’ve a JV offer to give.

I drop by my partners’ inbox quite often with just a
‘Hey hows it going line’. Relationships should
be an end by itself and not a means to an end.

Yours friends are my friends and my friends are your friends.

Research your potential partner I receive JV requests
(and have ever made the mistake of doing that too! ) addressed
to ‘Chris’, ‘Cody’, ‘Kelvin’. Basically, names that are not my
name. I usually reply them because I get the kick out of seeing
them salvage the situation. LOL.

This is a guaranteed killer. Google your potential partners,
find out what sites they have, what they have done, whom they
have JV-ed with before.

Patience, patience, patience If you’re ever feeling
doubtful if you should contact that guy because you don’t
think you’re ‘good enough’ or ‘established enough’ then DON’T!

If you’re going to approach someone, make sure you believe
in yourself and you go in full of conviction, confidence and
with the right purpose. (building relationships first, JVs
second) Much like chatting up a girl, I’m sure that they will
respond better to a confident(not arrogant) and self assured
guy rather then one with sweaty palms and doubtful looks.

Right ladies?

Also, remember - your life, your business does not hinges on
just ONE JV partner! If you’ve tried your best ethically and
have given your best go but don’t see results with one particular
person - MOVE ON!

There’s many others out there.

Don’t dwell and don’t put yourself down! (”Man, I’m not going
get anyone to JV with me”)

Look, I started with NO partners and I did ALL the things one
should never do when approaching JV partners when I first
started out. So its ok to make mistakes.

But its important that you do the necessary course correction
as you move on

I hope you enjoyed reading this post!

Dylan ‘JV-Lovin’ Loh