By Joseph Ratliff
Stupid template emails.
It’s true, I hate them.
When you stop marketing from the heart to your market…you lose momentum, period.
I receive about 5 - 10 email requests a week to join forces with a marketer on some “exclusive money maker.”
Guess what? I turn 99% of them down. Why?
Well, it’s not because I am a total jerk, as a matter of fact I classify myself as “Mr. Nice Guy” when it comes to interacting with people.
Here’s why I personally turn most Joint Venture requests down…
Of every 20 requests received, approximately 7 - 10 are exactly the same email. Now don’t hold me to that, I have not yet tracked exact figures…but I know I am pretty close. There must be a template floating around somewhere on the internet.
And this bugs the hell out of me.
Why on earth does anyone think that lighting up their email account and sending a templated email to all the accomplished internet marketers is going to produce any Joint Ventures whatsoever?
It doesn’t work that way folks. Get over it.
Joint Ventures, which can be responsible for skyrocketing your own internet business, are not made by sending one, two, or even three emails…
Folks, this is all about creating and solidifying relationships.
Here is a rather edgy example: If some stranger from came up to you out of the blue and asked you to go on a date with them right that minute…would you drop everything in your life and do just that?
Come on now, be honest.
I would hope you would want to get to know that individual first, right?
Same thing applies to joint ventures…you cannot possibly expect anyone, guru or otherwise, to just drop their business for a total stranger who emailed them out of the blue, and requested that they promote that total stranger’s business for just a lousy commission. The sad thing is, this happens all the time in internet marketing.
There are a few things wrong with this approach:
* First, most marketers (gurus included) would actually want more out of the deal than just money. Personally, I am looking for a solid business relationship beyond the initial request. I am talking about the sharing of resources, talents, and contacts to further expand my business too. If I even get the slightest inkling that someone wants to email their product to my list once, and split the sales…CLICK! The delete key gets pressed immediately, or the phone gets hung up.
* Second, I have no clue who you really are at first. If I am going to give you access to my carefully developed list of marketing prospects, how can you expect to gain access to that list (or a guru’s list), if you have not made an attempt to build a relationship first?
* Third, Joint Venturing with someone takes time with everything else involved in running a business. That’s right, if you expect to send an email to a guru or anyone else on Monday, and expect them to perform the “simple” act of emailing by Friday, forget it. Doesn’t work that way.
* Fourth, do you even have a solid plan? What do you plan on doing if the guru says YES?… One or two emails sent to someone does not qualify as a plan, and most savvy marketers can smell that situation from a mile away. You need a well thought out front end, lead capturing, and back end marketing process in place and tested before approaching anyone with your “money maker” in the first place.
We are really just scratching the surface here with Joint Ventures. I hope you enjoyed the read…and look forward to much more on this lucrative subject.
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Joseph Ratliff is an internet business growth specialist, direct response copywriter, and author of The Profitable Business Edge 2 at http://josephratliff.name
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