I got one shot - If I blow it, I'll lose my whole net worth! (Help)

Interesting odds, you have the best and most logical way to approach this is by calling him live on the phone, that thing that most people forgotten about. Call him, tell him exactly what you need him to do, tell him your going to send an email from you for him to review it and that you will call him in a couple of hours or is there a better time for you to call back. Listen to what he say's and just do it like that....it will work out for you all the best

Email them a link to your website with 50% offer. If no reply call them. If not responding. set up your own squeeze page and build your own list.

It look's like you are targeting just your country i.e. sweden ?

send him one of your products. That is much harder to ignore than an email or a phone call. I would bet he would ask for that anyway at some point in the negotiation. I am sure he is not likely to just start promoting something he has not seen or tested.

Its a relatively low risk move that requires almost no investment other than shipping. It raises the likelihood of him at least responding to you exponentially.

What about going to golf clubs and offering them a 50% ?

They can promote/ recommend your product to golf players locally. or they can just put banners etc in golf clubs.

i am not sure how many club there are in sweden. but you can google it.

Why not offer to send him a sample product for free
so he can test it out for himself? In this way you
are more likely to get his attention AND interest
in promoting this for you. Let him be the first to
tell you how much it would cost to send an email
to his list before you offer the percentage deal.

You may be surprised at after your initial gift
he may send it out free of cost.

-Ray Edwards

As an additional channel try going to the golf courses and see if you can get it in the pro shops.

Is this an informational product like a DVD or a device? If it can be converted to digital product you have all the golfers in the world as potential customers.

Try making some connections in the USa and Canada. Maybe you can strike a deal. My brother is the head golf pro for the City Of Calgary. If he sees something that would make him money he is all over it. Probably most golf pro shops are like that.

Just sayin that you may need a bigger market.

I fear for you. You are self doubting yourself and if you don't fix that as a first thing you are going to fail.

You need to come across as the person with the best product out there that is going to get golfers the range they want.

Call this fellow. Ask him out for a round. Be confident when you talk to him on the phone. You need to sell your product to him. If you fail to do so, you will fail to sell to anyone else.

He has a list. He needs to make money. He will be looking for good offers. Especially local offers like yourself. So have the confident and call him up. Offer him the 50%. If he asks for more, don't budge. 50% of something is better than 90% of nothing.

If this fails, just drive to a few golf courses and offer the same damn thing. They all have shops inside. Golfers go there everyday with their hormones flowing... they will buy if you can have a few stores to agree to display your item.

Good luck.

yep, i would send it with a letter of some sort. Like Mr. Edwards points out you might even be able to get him to promote it for very little or even free possibly.

I probably wouldn't lay out a full on pitch with every detail in the first letter. I would let it be more of a "here is what i have" thing "lets do some business". If you start putting all the fine print details out there you dont have as many options.

Basically, this is just an attempt to get him to know your name more than an attempt to close the deal right off the bat. Once he knows you name so to speak then you have to sell him on the business side of things.

I think you should send him an e-mail first, then if no response call him. But I think he will respond with that kind of offer

Call this guy up. Tell him you have a ton of respect for the work he's done online and you have a HUGE money making opportunity for him...

Let him know he was THE GUY when you did research and you think you and he can sell 5,000 Golf Clubs together...

Tell him how much that will be and stress it will be for 'sending a few emails...'

If I was down to my last $5K on this sketchy deal I would hammer that poor guy until he capitulated...but that's just me

What you have not mentioned is the most important issue of all: PROOF.

You have proof, right?

If not, head over to the driving range and let some people try it out. I'd say pay some people but you spent your food money on product. Get some testimonials on paper or better - on video with your phone.

Then, forget mailing him the product.

Call up the guy's office to find out when he is free. Tell him or his secretary you have a revolutionary product, have testimonials, and you will be there on X date at X time to give him a free product to try it out for himself.

You need the in person meeting.

But if you don't have proof before trying to meet this person or mailing him a product, you're likely wasting your time.


This is a big concern:

I suggest you get real interested real fast.

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Hello stolpioni,

I definitely agree with many in this thread:

- You need to send the product to him (preferably with a letter): He has to feel the product in his hands, see the quality of the construction, etc. Few, if any, will promote a product unseen and unfelt.
- You need to talk to him at some point, and like David said, don't "play all of your cards" right off the bat - get him interested so you still have some leverage to work with.
- I'm sure he'll probably like to hear how highly you think of him and that you had him in mind when you were putting together this product. (Don't overdo it, though - it could give him more leverage than you want him to have, especially if you indicate at all that he was THE guy you had planned on working with. Definitely don't indicate or show that he is the key to your product- he'll have all of the leverage otherwise).
- I'd definitely emphasize that he doesn't have to do much - just send a few emails, and could profit considerably, even massively, especially if he thinks that the product is good. Most people will be willing to do a little to get a lot.

I definitely would make sure that you find the market first in the future, then develop a product for that target market. While I think there is certainly a market for your product, you really want to find the market first, then offer what they want, rather than develop the product, then try to find one or more sellers.

Hope this helps - good luck!

Take care,

Joe Chengery

WOW.
Thank you so much for all your inputs!
I defenatley have quite a few new things to think about now.

From what I see my best move right now is to:

1.) Send the guy a sample with a letter attached to it, saying something like "Hey Name, I got a new GREAT product that I wanted you to try. It's my treat, but would you kindly drop me a comment and let me know what you think about it?"

2.) Go down to my local golfcourse and have people try the product and get a few video testimonials. Speak with the guys in the shop and see if they're interested.

3.) If I havn't heard back from "the guy" in a couple of days, I'll give him a call and ask about what he thought about it. If he had time to try it etc.
Then I'll send him my salespage with the video testimonials on it and ask him how much it would cost me for him to send an email out to his list, talking about my product.

4.) Hope that it works, otherwise keep harrassing him until he complies.
In the meantime, call golf shops etc. and try to strike a deal.

5.) Profit

Sounds good or what do you think?
I've packed my sample already, just need to finish my personal letter that I'm going to attach. I'll do some ego-boosting on the guy and talk about how great my product is, and that the product is his to keep.

Thanks again everybody, you've been a huge help!

Well what I will say is that you have very attractive margins.

First, this cannot be a secure way of living having no source of income and $5 in your bank account. Entrepreneurs have to find ways to support themselves while they start their businesses.

1) Find a job that can support you financially while you pursue your entrepreneurial endeavors
2) Persistently but tactfully approach your buyer with a well rehearsed, polished sales pitch (maybe 3 times at maximum)
3) If he rejects it, then you need to find another buyer
4) Use the internet, post in forums, check on international trade sites


Best of luck!

Your first point of call should be everyday golfers. Is this actually something they want and is this actually something they would pay for? Have you done that research? I have watched far too many episodes of the Dragons Den where people have similar products they have worked on their whole life and assume people would want to buy but it turns out they are solving a problem that never actually existed or people didn't really care about in the first place.

I'm not a golfer so I don't know but I would assume anything that helps increase distance is something people might not want to use because it would then be looked at as an unfair advantage of even cheating.

So get out there on the courses and start putting your product in front of real golfers. If you can't sell your first 10 doing that then you are wasting this other guys time. If you can start selling them to everyday golfers then (and only then) is when you would start approaching other businesses to help push and sell your product to a much wider audience. But you need to prove it sells first. If you come to me with a product that you haven't been able to sell then I wouldn't be in a big hurry to promote it.

That's one of the first questions they ask people on the Dragons Den. How many have you sold. If you have a boatload of stock and haven't managed to sell any then it means you either haven't tried hard enough or you have tried and it's something people didn't want.

If the product says what you claim, send him one for trial and let the product sell itself. That way he'll feel better about gambling with his reputation.

Here is what you do: you do not think about yourself.

You approqch him and connect to him. Find out if he needs some help with anything and do it for free. AFTER he knows you, offer him an opportunity to JV with you on a product launch.

Tell him that he will earn 50% for mailing a few times and you will take care of the rest.


If you offer that before he knows who you are, you will get rejected.

tell him you would like him to review your product. If he likes it, he'll write a story about it. (free promotion). It's his job to find value for his list. He is always looking for good content and products to offer his list.

And/or, just call him up and ask him what his advertising rates are. It's probably small. Tell him you are a budding entrepreneur and all your money is in your inventory, and you'll give him double his ad fee based on sales. He'll prob just put it in and charge you the base ad rate.

Don't be tricky, just be honest. People like to help others out.

You need to send him the product so he can use it himself. If it works he'll be happy to promote it, he'll rant and rave about how incredible it is and everyone on his list will want it. Don't be cheap with this, expensive postage costs or not...send him the product. He cannot ignore it.

Don't forget the most important part of this whole thing: you can do it!

Given your admission that you aren't really interested in this
niche and that you're just trying to dump your inventory I think
your biggest problem will be gaining anyones trust enough to
be willing to put their reputation on the line by recommending
it to their subscriber list or buying clients.

Physical products generally come with some kind of warranty
against defects. If you don't offer one that will be a problem.
If you do offer one who will be around to stand behind it?

You lost your enthusiasm because in your country golf is not the big deal it is for Americans. I have an American uncle who lives playing golf, thinking about golf, and doing everything related to golf all the time. Golf is more than a hobby for him.

Perhaps you can find Americans who love golf and live in Sweden.

And you forgot to add The Earth will explode

Why are you thinking of such small market why not sell your product worldwide ???
Make an website & sell your product worldwide !
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