The END of Annoying Cold Calling and Lemon JV Emails! Feedback greatly appreciated.

Andy,

That insight does help A LOT. And I think that the points that you are touching on can definitely be transferred towards any industry, any type of marketing strategy, or anyone looking to partner with someone else, both on and offline.

Now, for anyone that is considered "new" to the industry I can point out that taking that approach can prove to be quite intimidating. While it may not be right, it seems easier for many people to simply shoot over the facts, the figures, and how much money they think you could make (or how much they think you could make them)

This is in no way my train of thought, but I believe it is a common one:

I wouldnt necessarily say that it is easier because you can use a carbon copy, yet ineffective email, or that you dont have to take the time to get to know someone and their business, but instead that it is easier because personal connection equals more risk.

If you spew out the facts to a super affiliate or someone that has proven success and they reject you or ignore the email, your ego can blame the products and the conversion rates and move on. If you take the time to reach out personally, create a business plan that you think works, and really put yourself out there, you worry that you will be personally rejected.

But it is that personal contact and extra drive that equals success in many formats.

I feel that this is a kind of "natural" feeling or emotion that needs to be combated over time. And helpful advice from warriors, free tips, advice and consulation from someone such as yourself will go a long way in doing so.

Personally, I care more about the success of our affiliates than anything else. There is nothing more rewarding for me personally than helping someone increase their earnings (whether they are making $100k a month or $10) through my support, in whatever manner possible.

For you personally Andy, I have a ton of ideas on how our network could work with your business but that is a discussion for another day. Hopefully we can be in touch in that regard at some point in the future.

Thanks again for the feedback, it is greatly appreciated.

This is a huge deal for me.

I get a lot of people who come to me for JVs with things like, most recently, "how to get a high PR quickly."

Trouble is, I don't care about PR, I think it's overrated, Google themselves have said it's not that important, and in general all of my customers who might want to know about PR have heard from me that PR is overrated and unimportant so they shouldn't worry about it.

Now, imagine what they are going to think if I say "hey, buy this guide to getting high PR." Or even worse, "hey, this friend of mine has just made this insanely great offer just for my customers."

Cough, gag, puke. When I get those emails, I unsubscribe, and I have advised my customers to do the same. They'd likely think "this is just a test to see if I really do unsubscribe like he taught me!" - because it's that out of character.

At a bare minimum, if you're looking to JV with me, you should know what I think about your product's goals. Don't come to me with products about backlink spam and high PR and e-whoring for CPA dollars. I don't care for those things, and I'm pretty vocal about my feelings on them. Due diligence will be done on my end, and I'd like to see some evidence it's been done on yours.

There is a real desire, if not a delusional need, to get more done in less amount of time. I think this sort of translates to all facets of the industry but especially for affiliate managers.

The thought is that if I can somehow send out 200 emails today, I should be able to get 50 affiliates. So I will just write 1 great email, and copy and paste it to all these webmasters and marketers.

Problem being, that method translates to something like a 1% conversion rate and destroys some of the credibility that you and your network have. In reality, if you pay attention, get to know people, craft personal emails, and reach out to a select few, you will end up bringing in a far greater amount of affiliates and partners in the end.

And in most cases those that you connect with will do far more than some of the people that responded to a cut and paste email.

In a nutshell, that is what I am going for. I know when I started a few years back I couldnt even figure out how to put my affiliate link into a signature on certain forums. While that may be an extreme example, there are a lot of things that marketers do not know how to do or simply do not have the time to do.

I am hoping that taking the initiative to do it myself and walk them through the process will be incentive for new affiliates to climb on board.

Better than that, give new affiliates the foundation that they need to actually achieve success, rather than leave their account dormant for years a week after they sign up.

This is an inspiring bit of tips here to say the least, and thank you for saying that I am on the right track.

I completely agree that it is all about relationships, and that is especially true when it comes to the big fish as they already have access to most, if not more, of the resources that I would be providing.

However, I do know that I am different than most affiliate managers in the way that I do provide personal support and have been able to build meaningful and beneficial relationships with those that work with me. If at any point there are too many users for me to keep up with and my personal attention becomes non-existent, then we will find solutions and bring more staff on board.

In fact, I received this email from an affiliate today:

Thanks Drew for your impressive advice. I'll follow your guidelines and try my best to convert more sales. I have to work more on the blog, soon I'll create more backlinks, bookmarks and manage subscribers more efficiently.

Once again, thanks Drew for quick support. You are different from other affiliate managers, you respond and give your helpful opinions based on facts. It really attracts me to work with you.

Maybe that quote will be construed as me tooting my own horn, but we should all be allowed to so from time to time.

I just wanted to note that the resource package and new site offering the help will in no way be a set it and forget it model. Bringing in affiliates via that route does not mean that I have given them everything they need and no longer have to converse on a personal level.

It is more intended to be a means of opening up the lines of communication, acting as an icebreaker between you and I, and laying the foundation for us to create a beneficial partnership together.

My personal dedication, support, honesty, integrity, and reliability is what is going to put me above anyone that creates a similar system, but am I wrong in assuming that this "above and beyond" effort would act as the perfect bridge to connect us despite the shark infested waters that lie below?


I 100% agree with you in terms of having to find targetted buyers, and that is one of the first hard luck lessons that I learned in my IM career.

These are all valid points, and that is why I am targetting resources such as how to guides, and product specific information, articles, and content. The software that we would offer would be something that hasnt been seen before so the hope is that this piece of software is enough on its own to really inspire people to get moving.

I want people to learn things from this package that they would not find out about otherwise and be given tools and resources that are product specific to what we offer. That way I can ensure that the resources stay away from time wasting stuff such as adding affiliate links to signatures and focus more on the productive, informative, and meatier alternatives.

Prizes and competition is a fabulous idea. The network itself has that area pretty nicely covered at the moment to the tune of all kinds of incentives and even a $100 bonus for anyone that can make 5 sales in 2 months time.

Just an update on this.

We have moved forward and decided that it will all being with a soft wordpress launch, and we have discussed and begun creating a few pretty powerful pieces of software that any affilaite marketer should be able to utilize,

Drew