I Love Joint Ventures and So Should You. Are You Ready To Be Loved Back?

Internet marketing is an easy business to get into but creating a consistent income and sustainable business requires planning, patience and a long-term point of view. One of the key ingredients is identifying like-minded people who share your values and are committed to helping you grow your business as you help them grow theirs. When people come together to co-develop a product, enter into a marketing agreement or co-op advertise, tremendous leverage takes place and everyone especially your customers benefit in the long-term.

These types of relationships are often identified as “Joint Ventures” or JVs and I love them having utilized them to make quantum leaps in my business over the years. Effective joint venture partnerships when done properly can be more powerful than list building, paid advertising, social media and many other non-personal types of marketing.

I want to give you a few key points to consider when creating joint ventures in addition to a few mistakes you should avoid to ensure your joint ventures produce the results you are seeking. Follow these guidelines and you too will be empowered to develop lifelong friendships, high trust partnerships, deliver tremendous value to your customers, and advance your business to the next level.

What is the Traffic Exchange Summit?

Have you heard of the Traffic Exchange Summit? If you haven’t and assuming you are somehow connected to the traffic exchange industry as an owner, advertiser, or surfer – you soon will. The summit was born out of a desire among a large group of traffic exchange enthusiast to find ways to improve our industry and move traffic exchanges into a position of broader acceptance across the entire Internet marking and online advertising niches.

I wanted to provide you with a complete introduction and invite you to join in this effort. These is a role for anyone who uses traffic exchanges and overtime, I believe that this movement will produce real results for everyone involved and support the industry as a whole.

Here is an interview that was conducted by William Brant for Affiliate Funnel, I was asked to participate as a guest for a recent Affiliate Funnel Training webcast and we focused exclusively on the Traffic Exchange Summit and the funny and random way in which it was started.

Perry Belcher R.I.P.

Perry Belcher effectively retired from Internet marketing in 2009, yet that which he and Ryan Diess created during their collaboration has continued to impact marketers around the world. I have spent much of the past few weeks evaluating what worked in my business in 2010 and what needs more of my attention. In addition to completing the standard analysis, where did my traffic come, what is the profile of the customers I attracted, which marketing efforts provided the best results, etc., I also looked at a few intangibles.

I looked back to see what training programs I was able to gain the most value from and which provided me with actionable content that resulted in moving my business forward. I was actually a little surprised by how much I gained from re-listening to “Automatic Daily Income” and “Getting Money From Google,” I purchased both of these courses a longtime ago and found them worth coming back to again and again.

I also gained alot from my personal interactions with Perry Belcher – I interviewed him for my Internet Business Blueprint podcast on the eve of his final product launch with Ryan Diess in 2009. During the lead up to that program, I had a couple of great telephone conversations with Perry from which I gleaned several golden nuggets on marketing and social media. The lessons from those conversations contained principles that I still teach today.

Here is a Recording of the “Perry Belcher Unplugged” Interview

Live Personal Mentorship with James Holmes

I have experimented over the past few months with weekly live coaching sessions in an effort to find the best solution for assisting those who are not in a paid coaching relationship with me, but still need help building their businesses. After trying a few different platforms and time schedules, I have settled on using a “virtual office” model.

The virtual office model provides for two open hours per week where you can casually drop into my web conference room and get my personal assistance with your business. This is a “free” coaching model and I welcome you to bring your challenges to these sessions as this will be an open forum, not a structured presentation or webinar.

By following the instructions below, you will be able to join me in my virtual office and speak with me directly. I will also be able to share resources with you, discuss ideas and help you sort through any business challenges you may have.

My virtual office hours are Monday mornings from 10:00 to 11:00 AM EST and Friday mornings from 10:00 to 11:00 AM EST. I also can schedule a complimentary private :20 private consultation for one on one training.

S.W.A.T. Traffic Exchange Final Lifetime Membership Offer!

As you may know, I recently purchased S.W.A.T. Traffic Exchange from Jon Olson and I have been busy putting a number of changes in place, which our members will have access to beginning January 1, 2011 – just a few days away.

In a few of days, I will be removing the life-time membership option because the new and improved S.W.A.T. Traffic will deliver so much value that providing a life-time membership is like giving away the farm – it is just too valuable. Those who are lucky enough to have secured their life-time membership will be blown away by what they receive month to month and they will never have to pay another dime to get all of the benefits!

So, the bottom-line is that $67 for life was just too little to charge and I am taking it off the market and will provide an annual membership option instead. The good news is that you still have time to grab a life-time membership for a one payment for life!

Here is what you will get:

Worldprofit Dealer Meeting Featuring James Holmes: How to Re-Purpose Dr. Jeffrey Lant’s Article Content

Worldprofit has become a central part of my business funnel both as a primary income stream and as a platform for automated traffic and SEO tools that have literally exploded my business over the past six months. Beyond receiving exceptional vaule for my monthly Worldprofit Platinum Package subscription, I have developed a significant personal mentoring relationship with Dr. Jeffrey Lant, CEO and co-founder.

During this private dealers meeting I had an opportunity to share the methods I use to re-purpose Dr. Lant’s articles into blog post, hub content, audio recordings, link wheel content, and other viral traffic funnels. I have spent the past several months perfecting my tactics and was honored to be invited by Dr. Lant to share these strategies with the members. George Kosch another company founder recorded the session and has made it available to the public – I wanted to share the video with you. (Video)

William Brant Interviews James Holmes for Affiliate Funnel Members Training

James Holmes, Internet Marketer, Blogger, Podcaster, Worldprofit Mentor, and owner of S.W.A.T. Traffic Exchange is interviewed for Affiliate Funnel.

I recently had the opportunity to sit down for an extensive interview with William Brant, the author of “13 Deadly List Building Tragedies” and “13 Deadly TE Tragedies” – both are excellent viral e-books that I definitely recommend (Tip: William offer a free membership and download by following links).

In addition to creating his own products, William also provides training for affiliate marketers at Affiliate Funnel. I am used to interviewing others for my podcast but this time the tables where turned as I was the one being interviewed. I really enjoyed Williams questions and I wanted to share the interview here.

The Automated Sales Funnel Part 4: Converting Free Information Seekers Into Buyers

This is a recording of “The Saturday Morning Coffee Call” on the topic of how to convert free information seekers into buyers within your automated sales funnel. In addition to our discussion about conversions, I also shared a very important lesson on how to sow seed that will produce in your business and your life.

If you missed the preceding three lessons be sure to go back and listen to those as well. They provide a solid foundation concerning funded proposals and sales funnels. Keep in mind that each session builds towards a overall understanding of how to put this model to use in your business to ensure your long-term success.

The Automated Sales Funnel Part 3: Ethical Bribes

This is a recording of “The Saturday Morning Coffee Call” on the topic of how to create a high quality series of ethical bribes to attract qualified prospects into your sales funnel. What is an ethical bribe and how to you deliver value through a free opt-in gift or low cost offer.

If you missed the first two lessons be sure to go back and listen to those as well. You will want to have a complete understanding of how this list building and front-end sales model works. Lessons one and two will provide you with a solid foundation and ensure that you do not skip any critical steps in the process. Keep in mind that each session builds towards a overall understanding of how to put this model to use in your business to help you build a responsive list and add value for your subscribers.

Perry Marshall and Drew Bischof FaceBook Fast Track Video

The bottom line is that I was right, the slaps continued in 2010 and many marketers abandoned or should I say were forced to find alternatives for their pay per click campaigns. Many marketers chose Facebook and the bottom line is they were right.

Consider the Facts:

* Facebook has grown to over 540 million users in 6 years
* Facebook receives 570 billion page views per month, which is 35% of all web traffic
* Facebook is visited a multiple of 8x more than the #2 site on the Internet
* Facebook’s average visitor spends 44.6 minutes per day on their site

Drew Bischof has been working with Perry Marshall for the past three years, studying Facebook and developing strategies to help marketers tackle the next marketing frontier, Facebook pay per click advertising. The result is the definitive course on Facebook marketing and the release of three free videos that are content rich and provide real guidance on how you can capitalize on the trend towards Facebook.

The videos are free, the first is provided without an opt in, so there are no strings attached. In the first video Drew lays the foundation and will open your eyes to several solid concepts and I predict you will have at least one “ah ha” moment, I had two. I recommend watching the first video and if you see value here you can access the remaining videos.

Go Here to Watch Video #1: Free FaceBook Fast TrackVideo

After watching the first video I posted the following comment to the accompanied blog and it sums up my impressions of the video and all that is to follow in the series. I recognize the value and impact of Facebook’s emergence and I also see the opportunity it represents. Regardless of where you are in the development of your social media strategy, I would heed the advice of those who conquered the last frontier, Google’s AdWords program.

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