How I Got 90+ JV's For A Launch in 1 Week!

Hey Guys,

Just wanted to share something with you today. I, including 2 other people, opted in to be "test" JV recruiting managers for a product launch. So we had to get affiliates to promote the product. I had a very common, yet powerful techniqe in mind. Here's what I did,

I went to some of the Internet Marketing forums, like WarriorForum(amazing!), Digital Point Forum, Here offcoure! , and some other forums. As I already had an account in some of the forums, I went to the Joint Venture column, and posted a thread saying "New Product Launch....$10,000 Bonuses - Your Lists Will LOVE It!" and in the thread I wrote that there was a new launch happening and all, and I finished editting and posted the thread.

I didn't get many views but I surely got many JV's who had HUGE lists. This proves that even if the traffic is less, it is converting!

So all you guys over there, who are launching a product or already have one and want JV's to promote it, this is a very easy formula to use.


Thanks

Just curious... what kind of communication did you have with them?

How many of them actually "participated" in the launch. Real data please, no BS. We learn from both success and failure.

Paul Barrs

Hey Paul,

I am sorry but I cannot share that. Since I did it with a partner, I donot have the right to share any information about the product and its deratives(srry!).

But, I actually had no communication whatsoever. I had just 3 replies asking for a review copy, that;s all.

I had like 40 something participate in the launch. That's ok for me!


Would love to answer your questions further!

F2,

I'm sorry but I don't get you.

First you state that you got 90+ affiliates (your topic title), and then this in the OP:

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I didn't get many views but I surely got many JV's who had HUGE lists. This proves that even if the traffic is less, it is converting!

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Then in your reply, you say the following:

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I had just 3 replies asking for a review copy, that;s all.

I had like 40 something participate in the launch. That's ok for me!

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So...

Tell me...

Did you get 90 affiliates? From posting in forums?

Or did you get 40? And ZERO from forums?

Once again this is probably going to be hard to answer but I'm going to ask anyway. The above commentary about review copies has sparked a question to me. I can understand potential affiliates, especially well known ones, wanting review copies. However, I have received 3 requests from people over the last several days form people asking for review copies. I'm looking these people up and I have not found them anywhere.

When an affiliate asks for a review copy is it customary to simply ask for a copy or is there some courtesy that should be followed by saying something like, "I participated in this launch, last year and this one this year and I'd like to look at your material to see if I might be able to market it to my list." Something along those lines. Or do they just come out and ask, "Would you send me a copy of your material so I can look at it?"

Hey Gene,

As there are good marketers, there are bad marketers too. Many people ask for a review copy, and never review. Thats not the bad part(atleast). The bad part what I have seen is, they SHARE the product on blackhat forums. This is bad.

So before you give away any review copy, be sure you ask the guy these questions:-

1. How is he promoting your product? + Proof(list,review website,ads or what)
2. Does he have a list? How big and Proof (usually a snapshot of his email account)

Also, before you give out a review copy, it is correct to search for the name on Google. Most of the time you may not find it, but sometimes you do.

And, in a launch that I had observed(name not to be mentioned), the author was not giving a FREE review copy, but for the actual product of $39, he was giving away review copies for $19. Another safe way.



Hope it helps

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Originally Posted by Dave Lianelli

F2,

I'm sorry but I don't get you.

First you state that you got 90+ affiliates (your topic title), and then this in the OP:

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I didn't get many views but I surely got many JV's who had HUGE lists. This proves that even if the traffic is less, it is converting!

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Then in your reply, you say the following:

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I had just 3 replies asking for a review copy, that;s all.

I had like 40 something participate in the launch. That's ok for me!

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So...

Tell me...

Did you get 90 affiliates? From posting in forums?

Or did you get 40? And ZERO from forums?

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Hey Dave

Getting affiliates/JV's on board for your launch, and getting them to mail for you is 2 different things.

I got 90 JV's signed up to my list to promote. And from them I had like 40 something who actually promoted.


Hope I cleared you

Hello Everyone,

When I send out emails to potential Affiliates and/or JV Partners I include in the email that I have a review copy available if they would like to see it. What is frustrating is when we spend the money to ship out a physical version of my product and then when I follow up with the potential Affiliate/JV Partner they say they have not reviewed it yet. Moreover, when I check back a week later, they still have not reviewed and I feel like I am bothering them.

Thanks for your reply Robin,

This is the problem with review copies actually.

Physical products, specially.

Hmm. "Review copies"... an interesting thing.

I would NEVER promote a product without first having looked at it. I would also *never* expect any of my affiliates to do anything less - which is why I have a 'free sample view' available for all my products for affiliates.

Too many people these days don't want a "review" - they want a free product.

And F2 (do you have a name?), you're spot on about the number of affiliates who 'register to promote' and then who *do* actually promote.

That's why I asked about communication - that's the key to success. Being that we don't know the product, nor the website that you were talking about int he original post, or your name or your 'partners names' - there really isn't any reason why you can't share some statistics. We don't know who they apply to.

Paul Barrs

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Originally Posted by Paul Barrs

I would NEVER promote a product without first having looked at it. I would also *never* expect any of my affiliates to do anything less - which is why I have a 'free sample view' available for all my products for affiliates.

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That's a great idea Paul. Damn, another thing I should have thought of myself. One of those palm to the forehead moments. I have over 170 pages in an ebook I'm marketing. Would you suggest maybe a 5-6 page excerpt as a free download? If you were looking at promoting this what would you recommend? Thanks for your time.

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Originally Posted by Paul Barrs

Hmm. "Review copies"... an interesting thing.

I would NEVER promote a product without first having looked at it. I would also *never* expect any of my affiliates to do anything less - which is why I have a 'free sample view' available for all my products for affiliates.

Too many people these days don't want a "review" - they want a free product.

And F2 (do you have a name?), you're spot on about the number of affiliates who 'register to promote' and then who *do* actually promote.

That's why I asked about communication - that's the key to success. Being that we don't know the product, nor the website that you were talking about int he original post, or your name or your 'partners names' - there really isn't any reason why you can't share some statistics. We don't know who they apply to.

Paul Barrs

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Hey Paul,

Thanks for the reply and the good words.

my name is Sim Aurile.

F2 is my company's name! And also my good luck!!!!



Anyway, you mentioned a great way, but wouldnt exposing your product too much cause a problem. What if a customer, or I would like to say a viewer, visits your affiliate page, and can get a free sample!

Anyway, it is a good method....


Thanks
Sim Aurile a.k.a F2

Hi guys,

I'm just new to the forum but I'm very impressed by the fact that you got 90 JV signups from just forum posts. Can it really be that simple? I am currently gathering up my own stats to seek JV's but I was planning on making a video and all sorts of stuff to show people.

Would you guys recommend all that or would you just let your existing stats "speak for themselves?"

Martin

Hey Martin Check out my JV page in my signature. It's for my new course =). That's how most of the guys do it and that's how I recommend you gather your JVs!

Justin

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Originally Posted by Gene Wolf

That's a great idea Paul. Damn, another thing I should have thought of myself. One of those palm to the forehead moments. I have over 170 pages in an ebook I'm marketing. Would you suggest maybe a 5-6 page excerpt as a free download? If you were looking at promoting this what would you recommend? Thanks for your time.

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Between you and me (and anyone else who reads this :), 5 - 6 pages is a complete waste of time.

Look at it this way - they are going to promote your product; one "free view" of the whole thing could bring you 10, 20, 100+ sales - what's that worth to you.

Mind you I do it in a membership site situation - I'd like to invite both you and Sim to take a look -

http://www.paulbarrs.com/go/jvnp

This is my custom JV invite page for JV Notify Pro Members.

You'll see how easy it is to get a look around.

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Originally Posted by F2

Hey Paul,

Thanks for the reply and the good words.

my name is Sim Aurile.

F2 is my company's name! And also my good luck!!!!

Anyway, you mentioned a great way, but wouldnt exposing your product too much cause a problem. What if a customer, or I would like to say a viewer, visits your affiliate page, and can get a free sample!

Anyway, it is a good method....


Thanks
Sim Aurile a.k.a F2

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Yes, it *does* expose your product... but it's a good product isn't it? Do you REALLY believe in it?

When it comes to preparing for the launch of anew product, can you really be too generous? I've got over 500 people already in my pre-notify launch pad - and I'm still 5 weeks away - my goal is 1,000.

But even then, if I were to allow just one more person to look around and 'fall in love' with the product... and that one had a list of 70,000 people ... like the guy whose manager I was talking to this morning...

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Can you be "too generous"? I don't think so.

Paul


PS. Don't let the numbers impress you. They are after all, just numbers. It's results after the fact that count. And it's how well you communicate with your people that determine those results.

Remember my first reply to this thread. Think about why I may have asked that question.

Love your page Paul (http://www.paulbarrs.com/go/jvnp),
great idea and something I think a lot of people can learn from.

Signed up ;)

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Originally Posted by Samuel Junghenn

Love your page Paul (http://www.paulbarrs.com/go/jvnp),
great idea and something I think a lot of people can learn from.

Signed up ;)

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Thanks Samuel,

I'm also tracking and measuring EVERYTHING so that once done I can break it down and (1) learn from it myself, and (2) publish it to members so they can learn from it to.

Yesterday I created my final 4 weeks "calendar" - it's has 27 separate *things* that I want to do prior to launch. Some are for myself, some for launch partners, some are just simple communications, some are simple tweets - but it's a plan that I can follow.

We should all do the same.

Paul.

I have been thinking about using forums just like you. Its nice to see it actually works.

I do have concern regarding review copy though, since i read another article in this forum that most of the people who ask for review copy didn't even follow up.

So i was thinking about giving away a limited review copy. Just a glimpse of the whole... but not a complete copy.

Will let you guys know how it goes.

Sure Reiza,

Thanks for your words!