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Is Intimidation Holding your Online Business Down?
December 1st, 2007 | 5 comments** We’re here in Germany and finally settled in. It was my 9th (or so) flight to Germany and by far the worst (a 9 month old is MUCH different than a 4 month old,) but it’s over now, along with the jet lag 
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How many times have you heard someone mention the power of networking and/or Joint Ventures? Many I’d imagine. The reason why is because obviously there is power in numbers and the more people you know, the more potential exposure you have.
The problem that arises for many marketers is a feeling of intimidation. No matter what you think of your own product, blog, ideas etc, you may worry what the “big guys” would think of it, so you don’t even bother proposing a JV.
If this is you, you’re not alone. I had the same train of thought for the longest time. It wasn’t until my first big product was promoted by a well-known and trusted marketer that I started to get the confidence to go out and contact others of the same caliber.
There will always be some who think their sh** don’t stink and to those, let them believe that. They can continue to enjoy their ego and I’ll be just fine leaving them out of my network!
However, there are MANY who are successful and have no problem replying to your emails and giving you their thoughts on whatever it is you are inquiring about.
Not all will accept your proposals. This doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re arrogant or anything else. In many cases they are just too busy. If this is the case don’t worry about it. Contact others. It only takes one big promo to get your product, blog or whatever it is you’re promoting out to the masses.
When it comes down to it, what do you have to lose? You don’t know what they’ll say if you don’t try!
I’ll be diving into how to properly contact big marketers for JV proposals in the last part of the ebook guide, which you’ll be seeing part 2 of in the next day or two.
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1st December, 2007 at 6:03 pm
I have no experience with JVs, and probably won’t…so feel free to ignore my two cents’ worth. But the products of those partnerships pretty much always leave me with an upset stomach…regurgitated techniques and manipulations. I’m not sure how many of these folks I’d want to partner with, even if I had a product to pump (I don’t and won’t).
I do think the concept of teaming up with others is pretty cool, though…and I’d like to see more people doing that…where they have differing talents, but interests in common. There are an awful lot of sites out there that seem to exist mostly as islands…and bloggers that are just out there preaching to an audience of 5 or less. There are so many amazing things that could be accomplished online, if people would team up in areas like: writing, programming, promotion, concept development, etc. Very few people have the chops to “do it all” for themselves. Most of us “major” in one area and just kind of fudge it the rest of the way.
That’s probably outside the realm of the kind of JVs you’ll be talking about…but I can see a lot more potential for value creation with that kind of thing than I can just getting a bunch of “venture buds” to hit up their mailing list to push a new ebook.
Anyway…I look forward to your post on the topic.
2nd December, 2007 at 5:39 am
That’s a good one. I’ll remember to keep this in mind. I’m sure with enough effort everything will work out well.
3rd December, 2007 at 3:10 pm
Chuck,
The only thing I don’t really like about some of the big players is the fact that the sole purpose of their newsletters are to promote. Most do not provide good info. They are just a means to make sales.
However, I write products that provide value. I want to:
1. Teach others something.
2. Make money
So, even if I don’t approve of the way they run their newsletters, I’m still able to achieve #1 and #2 by talking them into promoting my ebook to their list.
btw, I would never ignore your 2 cents
If everyone agreed with everything life would be boring. I actually appreciate your way of digging into things and adding your opinion of things.
7th December, 2007 at 12:56 am
I just read this post ( I know a few days late, sorry) when it hit me, ‘this is me!’ I always feel intimidated by the whole Network Marketing thing. I am probably the most well read and knowledgeable person out there (joke!) but I have yet to DO something with all this knowledge. My fear is that some one has already done it , is doing it now, or it will be a project that collects nothing more than dust. Now I think, “hang on a minute”, everyone who ever started in this internet online business did NOT come born with a click-able mouse in their hand. They had to learn just like I did, and just get it out there. So thank you, this is exactly what I am going to do. If at the end of the day I get some one else off their butt like you have done for me, it will have been worth it
8th January, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I could understand Chuck Brown’s intentions,where he tries to focus on the integrity of online business rather than prefer making quick money.Earning money is also about doing something useful for us and also to all those around us.