MrOverDeliver

Strategic Partners. 

Ok, so now you know one of the “secrets” that many of
today’s marketers use in their business. Strategic partners
is hardly a secret or a new idea. However, so many people
come on to the internet convinced that this is a great way
to make “loads” of money from home, all by themselves.  And
while it’s true that some people HAVE done it on their own,
this is more the exception than the rule.

Ask any of today’s successful marketers what they feel is
one important key to achieving success on the internet,
most will include interaction with others, such as
partnerships, mastermind groups, joint ventures and even
affiliates.

But I can hear your question. I get it almost daily, and
have asked it myself. “I am unknown. How do I get the
guru’s to look at my offers/JV with me/answer my emails/etc.”

Well, here’s your answer to that: Don’t ask them.  There’s
really no need. Why?

Aside from the fact that most won’t see your emails, unless
they have met you (that’s a whole other article…). But
the reality is that there are so many marketers out there
that fly under the radar, but have a mailing list, and are
actually looking for JV’s to do.

You can find these marketers in many ways - visit popular
marketing forums, join one of those JV networks, go to a
live event, etc. Introduce yourself, offer something first
such as help with a problem they may be having.

You need to remember that the internet isn’t just a network
of computers. It’s people. The emails you send out are read
by people. So to expect to do it all on your own is being
short sighted.

Once you have made your first strategic partner, it snowballs
from there. Let me give you an example:

From my days as a web host, one of my remaining clients and
also a friend is Helene Solinga. She sent me an email
telling me that someone she knew wanted an intro to me.
Enter John Hostler, aka the Inernet Renegade. Connection.

We trade emails and have become friends. He finds out I
know Liz Tomey (also from my hosting days) and I set up an
intro. Connection. They are now doing projects together, and
John now writes her copy.

See one of their partnership sites here:

http://www.mroverdeliver.com/MrHos

Here’s another: On a popular marketing forum, a thread is
posted looking for people in the NY area (where I am from)
to get together for lunch. I attend, there’s 10 people. One
of those is Fabio Marciano, my current partner on the
Butterfly Riches site we launched in September. Connection.

Here’s another: Last year I attended an event in Phoenix.
I met James Grandstaff at this event and we became friends.
When I launched MrOverDeliver in March, ‘06 he was one of
the two partners that launched with me. Incidentally Liz was
the other. Connection.

Now, James and I are working on another project together
which will launch next month.

One more… I recently requested some beta testers for a new
piece of software I am working on. One of the testers turned
out to be Nick Bulka, a programmer. He recommended some
changes. We chatted and worked out a deal and now we are
partnered up on a few upcoming projects.

I could go on with more examples. But you get the idea. By
now, you should realize that strategic partnerships can be
with anyone. You don’t HAVE to have a well-known marketer
to get your projects off the ground, or build your list, etc.

It simply takes being proactive. Meeting people either in
person (best), by phone or by email. Don’t be afraid to ask
the people you DO know for an intro to someone they know.

To date, this has been my biggest profit maker since I have
been on line. Time for you to make some connections too.

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Michael Ambrosio - Developer and Internet Entreprenuer
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