When seeking out and creating joint ventures you should keep a few things in mind. Following are tips to help you set up and maintain an effective affiliate program in your joint venture.

Joint Venture Tip #1: You should have an affiliate manager program set up before you take part in a joint venture. Kick Start Cart is an excellent program to use.

Joint Venture Tip #2: Place all your digital products on http://www.clickbank.com. Why? Clickbank has an established affiliate program that makes it simple to create joint ventures.

Joint Venture Tip #3: If you are offering a digital product to affiliates then you might want to be more generous to the affiliate. This means that you offer 70% commission to the affiliate while you take the remaining 30% commission. Normally, a joint venture has a split of 50/50 for the commission. However, for digital products the 70/30 split will bring in higher quality and more motivated affiliates.

Joint Venture Tip #4: Bribe joint venture parties to become your affiliate. A joint venture partnership needs to be beneficial for both parties involved. Therefore, you need to make your offering attractive to an affiliate. What is in it for them? In certain situations you can offer a 100% commission to affiliates. This may seem crazy, but it is a long term strategy. The 100% commission will motivate affiliates to heavily promote and sell your product. You won’t make the commission at that time, but you will bring in a quality subscriber list which you can promote to and make money off of in the future.

Joint Venture Tip #5: Find an affiliate program that is easy for BOTH you and the affiliate. You want to make it as easy possible for an affiliate to partner with you. You should provide the content for the Google Adwords advertisements, emails, banners, etc. for the affiliates. Have the content all ready to go so the affiliate can simply take your information and plug it into their strategy.

Joint Venture Tip #6: Sign up for affiliate programs to find out how they manage their affiliate program. You don’t necessarily have to sell anything for them. You just want to model their strategy if it is lucrative. Success leaves clues. Use these clues to your benefit. A great affiliate program to check at is http://www.promotematt.com/.

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Firstly, simply make use of search engines! All you have to do is to type in your niche into the search box and press 'enter'. You will then be able to find out which sites have the most powerful online presence. What do you do next?

Simple: contact the site owners and ask if they would be interested in setting up a joint venture with you ! Be on the lookout for authority blogs. Owners of blogs are usually more community-oriented and friendly, and thus more receptive to joint venture requests.

Secondly, we have forums. Just do a search on the search engines for 'your niche + forums' to find forums that discuss topics on products you have. When you see what people are looking for and what problems they are having with the products they are using, you get a better knowledge of the market you are in. In most forums, there are usually a few very active individuals with hundreds of posts.

These are usually the people who have a lot of influential power in the market. I'm sure you know what to do from this point!

Lastly, make use of communities and groups. Simply go to groups.google.com or groups.yahoo.com to find communities related to your market. Here, not only can you find influential site owners and bloggers, you can also easily establish your own credibility and have people come knocking on your doors for joint venture requests . A truly win-win situation!

With so many ways of finding joint venture partners online, you no longer have an excuse. So get moving!

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Almost any marketer already knows how a joint venture basically works. However, very few people apply it properly to their business. If you do it creatively, you will build a strong list of new leads.

Isn't that the goal?

As soon as you have used your joint venture to generate your warm list of prospective clients, you can market to them every way you know how.

Specifically speaking, my office works in the mortgage industry. For those of us in this industry, the term joint venture immediately conjures images of working with real estat agents.

But, remember, the joint venture must be applied creatively. Although marketing to and with agents can be an excellent source of income, the creative JV ideas go way beyond that.

My office learned this principle out of necessity. We sell owner builder construction loans nationwide. When you work in the owner builder niche (owner builder loans are simply mortgages for people who want to build without hiring a licensed general contractor), it becomes tougher to joint venture with any one real estate office.

Therefore, we decided to sell our owner builder product through joint ventures with businesses that have nothing to do with real estate or mortgages.

It doesn't matter what industry you work in. The concept will be the same for you. We sell owner builder financing. You might sell leather shoes. The concepts won't change.

The first step is to take a look around your town and see who has customers. At first, just compile a list of any businesses with a potentially large customer list.

Step two will be to narrow that list and apply your niche to it. Our niche is owner builder construction loans - your niche can be anything you like. Just make sure you work within a niche in whatever industry you are in. I'll explain.

Let's say you work in the mortgage industry, and you decide your niche is the Move Up buyer market. Your customers are those people who own their first home and are now looking to upgrade to a larger home to accommodate their needs for a larger family or their desires for a bit more luxury.

Now, you have made a list of as many local businesses as possible. Hopefully, that list includes restaurants, carpet cleaners, pet stores, and virtually any other retail business you can think of.

Approach the owners of these businesses with your proposition, remembering that you should offer something of value to the business owner, as well as get something of value in return.

My favorite idea is working with smart restaurant owners. They must be smart enough to maintain a mailing list of their customers. And, the really smart ones keep information, such as birthdays and anniversaries - just like you should be doing.

When you narrow your list down to the businesses that you want to approach, you must present your idea to the owner. The concept is pretty simple. You will ask the business owner to include an endorsement of your business (along with a coupon or offer) in his next mailing. And, you will return the favor for him in your next mail piece.

Using the restaurant example, the restaurant owner may send a monthly newsletter to his patrons. In that newsletter is a separately inserted letter from the owner saying how wonderful you are and what a great offer is enclosed. This letter will need to vary depending on how well you know the owner, but in any case, you should write it for him.

Don't be shy. Pump yourself up as a reputable, reliable expert at helping families move into a new, larger home (or whatever your proposition is for your specific niche). For example, in my office's case, we make a point to offer owner builder construction financing that requires no general contractor, no site supervisor, and no down payment. In your case, simply make sure you have a niche product and a unique selling proposition that makes you stand out from your competitors.

The included offer should be something that gets the recipient to respond to you, thereby adding their name to your pool of leads.

On the flip side, when a restaurant gives a free meal gift certificate to someone for their birthday, they can count on the fact that they will bring other, paying, customers with them. In fact, many people celebrate their birthday with a group. In the end, the restaurant makes plenty of money on that "free" meal, plus they earn the chance to win over a new regular customer.

For this reason, you should be able to get a free certificate to give to your customers on their birthday. At the very least, you should be able to negotiate a very steep discount for a certificate (pay about 35-45 cents on the dollar, which is about the cost of the actual food sold in the restaurant, if it is a fairly nice place - which it should be if you are doing this campaign!!). If the restaurant owner is not willing to give you the certificate or a steep discount, you are likely not dealing with a smart restaurant owner. Remember, you want to find smart business owners with whom to JV.

If you don't have a birthday list (which you need to get), enclose a certificate or coupon with your monthly newsletter.

You should be able to find one or more restaurants in your town that serve good food, have a nice atmosphere, and have an owner who understands the power of this type of joint venture concept.

Do your homework, be creative and you will end up developing some good JV relationships.

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Chris Esposito provides owner-builder construction financing nationwide through his Owner Builder 101 program. Visit www.OwnerBuilder101.com to get all the information you need to be a successful owner-builder, saving tens of thousands on your next home. Or call Owner Builder 101 at (877) 876-3688.

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Joint ventures are a great way of using the assets of another company to build your own list of leads and customers, even in the online world. But, just like offline marketing, you need to do it correctly or risk wasting your time and money - not to mention burning any relationships with other companies that initially agreed to work with you.

Here are a few tips for joint venture marketing that will drive increased traffic to your websites and generate more online leads:

1. The money is in the lists. That's a common marketing saying. It means that you can create a lot of income if you maintain a list of clients and potential clients. One simple joint venture technique is to agree to send an email to your list of clients to promote another company's services. In exchange, that company will send an email to their list.

For example, imagine you provide construction loans to owner builders. You should have a list of past clients as well as new potential customers. You could agree to send your owner builders a promotion for a local furniture store that provides discount pricing. The furniture store would send a list to its customers to promote your owner builder loans.

This relationship would work well, because owner builders are looking to save money by avoiding the costs of hiring a general contractor. A discount furniture store will not only save money for owner builders, but furniture is something that almost everyone needs when moving into a new home. This makes for a great joint venture relationship.

As an owner builder loan company or a furniture store owner, you can reach an entirely new audience. This principle, of course, works the same no matter what industry you are in.

The key is working with a company that maintains a good list. You want to work with a company that regularly emails useful information to their list, so the customers will trust their advice when they recommend your company.

2. If you maintain a website with useful articles about your specific industry, you have a perfect joint venture opportunity. You can submit articles about your product or service to another joint venture partner. They will post your articles on their website to link back to your site. (And, of course, you will return the favor.)

Going back to the owner builder loan example, you can send your furniture store buddy a series of articles all about the advantages of owner builder construction loans. And, vice versa. It's a great way to swap content on a website.

Just make sure the content is useful and relevant. And, try not to come on too strong with the sales copy. Remember, it's an article that is supposed to be useful content for someone to read. If you do it properly, anyone interested in your owner builder construction loans will click on the link back to your site to learn more.

Plus, you've now established yourself as an expert in owner builder loans. Once the customer is at your site, you can then provide all the full information they will need and generate a new lead to add to your list.

3. Similarly, online joint venture marketing can involve the trading of interviews. How does this work?

Imagine you are still peddling your owner builder construction loans. The discount furniture store, which specializes in saving money for people, could interview you and post the audio file on their website.

Not only will it get the word out there about your service, but it will again establish you as the expert in owner builder financing. Once you are the expert, you won't have to work so hard to sell people on your services. They will already want to work with you.

And, of course, in true joint venture fashion, you will do the same for the furniture store. In fact, you should be happy to do it, because it will be a useful service to your owner builder customers.

So, you can see that finding a mutually beneficial joint venture is a pretty useful way to generate new leads, even in the online world. There are lots of ways to make it work for you.

And, of course, you don't have to sell furniture or owner builder construction loans. It doesn't matter what industry you work in. Joint venture marketing will work if you do it properly. Offline or online.

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Chris Esposito works with owner builders to provide construction loans that do not require a general contractor. To find out more about owner builder loans and saving money without hiring a GC, go to www.OwnerBuilder101.com , or call Owner Builder 101 at (877) 876-3688.

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1. The industry or industries you're targeting.

Be sure you are comfortable dealing with that industry, that it fits your public profile and values system, that it is aligned with your Mission Statement and identity, branding and business relationships. For example, you probably wouldn't want to get involved in the sex industry. You might want to avoid contentious or controversial areas like politics, religion or tax shelters. Also, have enough information or access to information about that industry before diving in.

2. The deal.

If you're good at Joint Ventures you can remove all the cost and risk. Don't think a contract is going to protect you, by the way - it's only as good as the people behind it. Triangulating deals (setting up a deal between two other parties and taking a piece of the profits) usually removes risk and cost if correctly set up. Make sure tracking and monitoring is in place and use the expertise of trusted others. Create a Memorandum of understanding that clearly defines the terms and options in the deal.

3. The people.

This is the most important part of any Joint Venture. Check them out - do your due diligence and research. Get references, do police and credit checks, even use a private detective if necessary. All that glitters is not gold and people claim some amazing things that are simply not true. Get specific information and avoid being bowled over by their charisma and sales abilities. Confidence tricksters use greed and ego to hoodwink their victims. Check them out. If they don't have any money, be careful; desperate people tend to do desperate things. Don't buy their stories. Look for a track record. If they're over eager and urgent, step back. Consider applying for Membership in the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum - our elite members are carefully screened.

4. Education.

The more you learn, the more you can earn. We use Joint Venture Bootcamps and seminars, TeleClasses and JV Audits to educate and update people on Joint Ventures. Again, be careful who you're learning from. Unless the person teaching you has a personal success track record, they don't have the right to teach. Look for support, practicality and watch out for the "up sell" lurking in the shadows. Ongoing education in today's changing world will complete your research cycle.

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This method of raising funds is also a great way to get some fresh minds looking at your business idea. Venture capital investment companies have been investing in great ideas for many years and know how to turn great concepts into reality.

Do not approach a venture capital company if all you are seeking is money to clear your existing debts. They will not be interested! They are also not interested in providing funds so that you can buy your dream car or luxury house.

They are in the business of providing funds so that they can make money for themselves with the funds they provide you to assist your growth. Got the idea?

A well researched and carefully crafted business plan will definitely help you. How are you going to use their money? They will want to see it being used for growth, sales, marketing and creating value for them. They will not be happy if you use their funds to make a beautiful office! Remove any expenses that are not critical for growth and show them how you can generate profits and a return from their investment.

When a venture capitalist firm looks at your idea, they are also examining you. Millions of people have great ideas and to be honest, the majority of these people do not have a clue how to execute a plan.

If they like your idea, then they will want to get to know you in detail. What are your work ethics like? Why should they back you over the hundreds of other people that are competing with you for their money? Remember that they are most likely to be seeking a brilliant person with a great idea that can deliver them a "home run."

It also costs a lot of time and money presenting your idea to venture capitalists! They do not give anybody any money at the first meeting. In fact they might even meet you a dozen times only to completely reject your idea at the end! Be prepared for this and possibly try out your business plan with a more than one firm at the same time.

The costs will not be that much greater to present your case to two different companies at the same time! Remember that you are also dealing with personalities and one wrong word and they will kick you out before you can count to ten. I never said that it was going to be easy, did I?

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