This dude "tricked" me into a JV

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Hey Warriors,

Here is the thing - I'm likely not going to JV with you or promote your product because you send me some crappy "copy & paste" email or PM...

Here is a story of someone who is now my friend and JV partner...

He started out by purchasing a product from me...

He sent me a message saying it was really cool and he liked it and asked if I could use a review video for my sales page...

Little did I know - he had already created it...

So he sends over this video and I'm like - thanks dude...

Some time goes by and he chats with me occasionally always asking "can I help you with anything"...

One day I mentioned having to do some graphics - he said 'let me do it - I've got some time to kill'

So - now this guy has delivered extreme value to me (for a long period) - always trying to help - and doing stuff for me - and I'm starting to feel a little guilty (like I'm using him -even though I know I'm not)

So - one day we are chatting and he was telling me about some of his experiences and boom - I got an idea for a product...

JV Partnership now official...

So - whats the moral of the story?

You want JV partners? You want help from others?

Provide value first - then ask for value in return!

I took notice of his technique and started using it myself and it's working really well for me getting even bigger contacts and making a ton of friends in the process.

So - get off your butt! Go find someone you think is cool and see what you can do to help them! If you help them - most people are going to help you in return.
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  • What an excellent and timeless lesson this teaches: "Give Before You Receive."
    Every warrior should read your example, because it's a roadmap of how to initiate a JV!
    _____
    Bruce NewMedia
  • I think that's how the story goes haha.

    I've seen this a lot in the industry and I myself look for people like this all the time because they are just so danged helpful. My entire workforce at 1 point was absolutely free and they provided amazing quality.
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    Great post ... most people just send off an email or pm, sort of like a cold call. You don't know the person, so how could you make a decision to work with them if you were so inclined.
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    • And usually there is NO time...

      But when it's done this way - you feel like you OWE them - and you MAKE time...

      Or at least I did lol
    • Some of my best business partners and now great friends were people I just contacted via "cold call". That works just as well IMO. All you need to do is provide examples of products you've done, sites you've made, etc, and that will give you instant credibility.

      Coby's method works fine as well, but if you wait that long you may never get JV partners...
  • Coby, I learned that lesson years ago just being myself.

    I like helping people and noticed that after some time people were there
    for me when I needed them just because they knew I would help them.

    You can call it the Law of Reciprocity, Karma, Do Unto Others, Magnetic Attraction...?

    I call it a fact of life. If you help people with out the intension of receiving something
    in return it seems to come back to you in volumes.

    Thanks for the reminder. (Not that I had forgotten, it's just a good reminder.)

    Have a Great Day!
    Michael
    PS, Hope I didn't go to far OT. Just had to post that.
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    • You hit the nail on the head! It absolutely is good karma!

      Granted some folks will take advantage of you, but it only takes one successful JV to literally change someones life.
  • That's exactly how it's done Coby!

    What a great post.

    Almost everyone looking for a JV is all take, take, take.

    You've got to build up your chips before you try to cash them in.
  • Excellent points! Yeah most of the marketers online seem to have a mentality like you owe them something. But what goes around comes around! You will always promote something for a friend so it is way better to just start making friends and helping them with things LONG before you start asking for favors!

    Thanks for the reminder!
  • Hey Coby, want to do a JV? Sending you a PM....
  • I think this is a fabulous lesson, not just in IM, but, in LIFE! However, what does JV stand for? (I'm new!)
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    • Yeah, i bet it does. Also, that's how i got my girl right now.

      Great post though it requires hard work. Earning other people's trust is freaking hard. Especially these days wherein con-artists are rampant. geez, how i wish to be back in the early 90's.
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  • JV = Joint Venture

    Great thread Coby!
  • Google (Search results for site:www.warriorforum.com "what does JV stand for")

    There is so much knowledge already available on this forum that you'll usually find the answers to your questions more quickly and easily this way.

    Best Regards,
    Jon
  • LOL - I just did this on Twitter... Although I had no plans of getting anything in return - yet. I hunted around for people in my niche, messaged one and told him one of his graphics needed fixing, sent him a fixed version and created a friend from thin air
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    • There you go. Now you have their attention

      Just keep giving and giving... Then come up with an irresistible offer for a jv down the road and it's in the bag.
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  • Another way of networking that everyone should add to their list of ways to "open doors."

    Want to become a successful internet marketer? Mingle and network with [gasp!] internet marketers. Even if means your giving away something for nothing. It might appear like that at the moment, however, your gaining for more than you could ever imagine.
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    • I love the casino analogy - must be the gambler in me

      Exactly - we love to help our friends

      :p

      Yes - great life lesson also and JV is short for a Joint Venture

      Nice work!

      I know - it's shocking right?
  • Hey Coby,

    Awesome story man and awesome point, thanks for bringing that refresher it's all about the relationships
    cheers
    -WD
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    • Hi Coby,

      Great story.

      It shows, how building whatever relationship should happen. Also shows, your partner is a great seller, he knows how to sell himself. You may meet more often with the opposite, unfortunately.

      I remember a chinese saying, it goes something like this: 'If you cannot smile, don't open a shop.' When I'm going to go to shop in a chinese store (there are quit a few over here), they welcome me with big smile. So, I believe in the truth of this maxim, though, I'm not a Chinese.

      Anyway, I observed, that every people is born with merchant ability. For example, a baby sells herself to you, when she smiles at you. She give her smile to you involuntarily. And you feel, you are sold. You are able to give her everything for her smile.

      Of course, due to the conditions, many forget this ability later, as they grow up (at least physically). In other words, if a kid get everything without doing anything in return, s/he don't learns to give. S/he learns to feel themselves entitled to take only. And, s/he becomes this kind of adult.

      But, the situation isn't hopeless, I think, because the LIFE is the best teacher. If your mind, eyes and ears are open, you can learn a lot.

      Thank you,

      Sandor
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  • I could not agree with you more Coby. Sadly too many people want to hook the big name JV's and have only just got started.

    If you provide value, in the form of genuinely helping these guys, then they will remember you, and thus give you the backup when it comes to launching your product. However, don't just go looking for them to help you launch, or you may end up with no reply in your inbox, and feel deflated.
  • Learnt a good lesson today - always give before receive.
  • Thanks for the story! Too bad sometimes these things don't exactly happen in every situation, but then you will know which relationships are definitely worth having over the others who are there to take advantage of you

    But, giving tends to be a better feeling than receiving in many cases
  • Thanks for the sharing Coby! Give and you shall received

    I'm still new to Warrior-Forum. But I'm certainly NOT new to IM. I've just launched a website on Network-Marketing .. Your-Affiliate-Club.com ! (just a proof, I'm not here to promote)

    I always love helping people.. so let me know if you need any help from me in any way!

    God Bless,
    Jeremiah
  • It's just a shame that the people who need to see it won't. Brilliant post and a great lesson on how to get JVs.

    Thanks

    James Scholes
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    I've read this method in an ebook and i am sure many of you have as well. Goes to show you those methods may actually work if you work it.

    Food for thought

  • rather send you a personalized handwritten postcard with a christmas theme


    great blueprint all the same
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    • Have a read of the OP, that's a good idea right there. :rolleyes:

      With respect, if you have something worth offering, they should be coming to you, like they have been to Coby.
  • I'm glad this thread got resurrected, I hadn't seen it. Good post, Coby. Been noticing you contributing a lot of value around here lately. You've got a bright future.
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    • Coby is one of the brightest young marketers bouncing around the forum these days.
  • Great post,

    One of the things I do is to put out a JV and speak to people on skype. You do meet a lot of time wasters but it is a great way to speak to new people.

    In fact from doing this I have met a couple of guys who are experienced in other areas and we help each other out every now and again.
  • "The rule" use to be "give, give, then take."

    When you ask many potential JV partners for help
    with promoting one of your projects, they have a
    Janet Jackson song playing in the background...

    "What Have You Don't For Me Lately!"


    Excellent lesson though. We all like to help those who
    help us. None of like to feel "used!"

    Willie
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    • Love it willie boy.

      It not only works with Setting up JV's but with things like your auto responder series as well.

      Its a little different these days, and take more for someone to trust you online. Give give take, and then puff, puff give Man I sound like tupak!
  • Very true. Often times it starts out as simple PM then it goes from there to Skype which is where all the magic happens. I can't even count how many friends I have made through just being myself and helping others out. When you take the time nurture your relationships and stead of jumping in and asking for help you see that there is a lot more value than just a one of mailing of your product.

    Great Post
  • I bought a WP Plugin from a WSO a while back, it's the one and only time I've paid for a WSO.
    The plugin didn't work. I started getting 'responder' emails saying he was sorry that the plugin didn't work, it is because something over which he had no control had changed.

    I then started getting emails from the same guy trying to sell me other stuff he was affiliated with. Then I got an email saying V2 of his plugin was released and now working, then the day after another email saying whoa...stop, actually it doesn't work yet.
    Then more emails from the same guy promoting other stuff that probably doesn't work.

    Some people are plain ignorant, abuse the system, assume we're as stupid as they are and just give the whole industry a bad name.
  • The title "tricked" me into clicking, I thought you were scam by someone till I read the post.

    Am gonna use the dude's method too, not gonna be just a receiver.
  • Haha Coby you got me there with that title. Gotta try it on my list.
  • That's an awesome story! I have similar stories to it too.. never considered it tricking! LOL But I guess you're right.
  • Thanks for sharing this, Coby. Immediately, your experience reminded me of Michael Ellsberg's advice on building a 'social economy'. An interesting read:

    3 Steps to Build Your Own Social Economy: The Secret to Weathering Any Economic Storm - Forbes
  • I just joined my first JV! And I found this page when I googled "what does JV stand for"

    lol

    embarrassed a little but hey, I didn't know what it meant but I seem to keep hearing about people joining them and making money!
  • I love the title of this thread. Got me to click. KUDOS to you!
  • A lesson I learned the hard way that might be helpful. When someone approaches you about a JV and they say that they can deliver/contribute .. make them show you what they say they will deliver/contribute. Sometimes people "think" they can deliver/contribute, but have never actually did it. In my case I trusted in the JV based on the person's background and spent considerable time and money to fulfill my obligation. The other person simply cannot deliver. What a complete waste.

    Good post Coby!

    Jeffery 100% :-)
  • "Strange but true" ...lol... you gotta give it to the guy. He sounds like a natural born marketer.
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  • Great story Coby, it's even a better that someone gave the guy an opportunity
  • Whoa, thought you got "scammed" or something. Anyway, great story, thanks for sharing
  • Thats what I keep saying. Offer value. it works. Too many people ask for favours and its like why should I help you? But when people give I LOVE them and can't wait to return the favour.
  • This dude "tricked" me into reading this thread.
  • Coby, do you use iWriter a lot. There is a requester there by the name of Coby who is a gem of a guy. He is always giving positive criticism to the writers. Sometimes he will message you. We need more people in this world like that!
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