Where are you all building your relationships online?

Hi Dan,

I am quite new to this thing as you are and I found that everything starts if you decide to help out the big guys. And please do not start with doubts for that will only hinder your way to landing a successful JV. It is like saying 'Why should I try when I will fail anyway?' How will you know if you did not try right?

Also, do not go head on and ask for a JV. Offer to help first and it will do wonders. You will even be surprised how quick these people will receive you. Give before asking.

Hope that helps,

Aira

Last year, we were able to start a 6-figure a month business in a completely
new industry... We had no prior connections, or anything like that.

Here's how we did it:

1. Went to high end seminars. Most top gurus go to high end events. Ex: Underground
Online Seminar, Eben Pagan's $10,000 per person event, Frank Kern Seminar, Dan Kennedy,
and etc.

2. We network with these top gurus in these events. My team and I don't actually attend
the seminars, we stay out the entire time. We found that most top gurus are outside in
the hallways, or getting a drink in the bar, and that's the perfect time to chat with them.

3. Don't talk business first. Have fun, loosen up, get to know them. Sell them on the
product which is YOU. If they like you, and trust you they'll do business with you.

4. Offer to give value first by offering to interview them, and promote them to your
list or something. Then once you're done with that, you can tell them more about
your launch.

Bottom line is this... YOU have to dig your well before you're thirsty. Make relationship
building your number 1 priority. Do it every single day. Whether it's seminars, social
media, or over the phone.

Spend 1-2 hours a day. It's the most important activity that can bring in the most
profit for your business.

I've never really had any problems corresponding with any "guru's", the first major site I was about launch I hit Terry Dean up in a forum and asked him he'd look it over, which he did within 24 hours of my request. I thought I did a great job but I ended up having to rip it all apart and do it over again and when I did he was quite happy with my next result. I've talked to Ken Evoy on numerous occasions, Jimmy D. Brown, I first started talking to him after I purchased a product from him (I had a question lol), we kept talking back and forth, thus leading to my first major JV and creating the Ezine Resource Guide. Mike Merz, I can't even really remember when I first started talking to him but we sure talked a lot and I sure bugged him quite a bit ;) And since he's so busy now, I guess I'm out of luck for script installations lol j/k Mike ;)

As for the original question posted by Dan, my preferred place to build relationships is facebook, I have been building relationships on there for quite a few years now. And the people I have built really good, solid foundations with are pretty supportive of all the work I choose to do, thus giving me a pretty strong following.

Thank you for your thoughts everyone.

I'm surprisingly making some head way with building the relationships. The suggestion of buying their products, joining memberships, helping them out with content, becoming their affiliates has worked surprisingly well so far.

While I haven't asked for any JVs yet, I am certainly becoming more familiar with some of the big players so far.

It's definitely a process...but I'm not planning to do a big launch until late in the summer/early September so I got some time to work with...

I appreciate everyone's response. It has been very worthwhile!

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Originally Posted by laurie rogers

I've never really had any problems corresponding with any "guru's", the first major site I was about launch I hit Terry Dean up in a forum and asked him he'd look it over, which he did within 24 hours of my request. I thought I did a great job but I ended up having to rip it all apart and do it over again and when I did he was quite happy with my next result. I've talked to Ken Evoy on numerous occasions, Jimmy D. Brown, I first started talking to him after I purchased a product from him (I had a question lol), we kept talking back and forth, thus leading to my first major JV and creating the Ezine Resource Guide. Mike Merz, I can't even really remember when I first started talking to him but we sure talked a lot and I sure bugged him quite a bit ;) And since he's so busy now, I guess I'm out of luck for script installations lol j/k Mike ;)

As for the original question posted by Dan, my preferred place to build relationships is facebook, I have been building relationships on there for quite a few years now. And the people I have built really good, solid foundations with are pretty supportive of all the work I choose to do, thus giving me a pretty strong following.

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You have an advantage because you are pretty! hahaha.

Seriously though, with your FB comment, how are you getting them to add you as a friend if they don't know you? How are you 'opening' the conversation?

Thanks!
Dan

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Originally Posted by Oli T

Here's how we did it:

1. Went to high end seminars. Most top gurus go to high end events. Ex: Underground
Online Seminar, Eben Pagan's $10,000 per person event, Frank Kern Seminar, Dan Kennedy,
and etc.

2. We network with these top gurus in these events. My team and I don't actually attend
the seminars, we stay out the entire time. We found that most top gurus are outside in
the hallways, or getting a drink in the bar, and that's the perfect time to chat with them.

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Have you ever gone to one of those events any never successful made any connections? That would suck to shell out that money without meeting anyone...

Are they open to talking to some random guy that comes up and starts chatting?

Or is their radar on like 'oh this guy probably wants something out of me...'

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Originally Posted by Dan Brock

You have an advantage because you are pretty! hahaha.

Seriously though, with your FB comment, how are you getting them to add you as a friend if they don't know you? How are you 'opening' the conversation?

Thanks!
Dan

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Thanks for the compliment ;) I run a variety of different groups on facebook, most of which are on social causes that I work on and some are for music promotion (as I dabble in that field as well), so because of my interest in social causes and music, this has opened the door to discuss other things, like internet marketing (everybody needs to make money right?). Whenever I send out messages to my groups, I post links (sig file style so not spammy) to all of my other sites and groups. And people just ask me, "what about the internet marketing?"so I talk to them about it.

I don't really add a lot of people, they add me.

P.S.

Also, most of those relationships I formed with "guru's" go back quite a few years ago, and there were not a lot of forums etc. where you saw someone's pictures and actually my picture was in my "contact me " section of my site, so my looks were not "used to my advantage" lol And I still don't do that, don't need to ;)

Another thing to consider doing, is taking your written articles and posting them in marketing related groups on facebook this builds up your networking on facebook as well.

hi dan, way to go . i would advice you to go directly for the relationships instead of trying to make yourself known on forums. what is the point , you are not a real hiuman here, just another faceless person ( i see your pic but that doesnt change anything) hiding behind a computer.

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Originally Posted by Desmond Chen

hi dan, way to go . i would advice you to go directly for the relationships instead of trying to make yourself known on forums. what is the point , you are not a real hiuman here, just another faceless person ( i see your pic but that doesnt change anything) hiding behind a computer.

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We're all behind computers, it doesn't mean we're hiding behind them and it's called "networking" an important aspect to the success of any business. If you consider it hiding and not being a real human, then what are you doing here?