Hello all,
You guys may remember the discussion on the board that went for a week (Nov 22 through Dec 1) titled "Need a JV Broker".
In it Shane opened with the fact that he was new and was making $4k/mo, and looking to do "a big launch".
In the discussion Rob Toth made this post:
http://www.jvnotifypro.com/community....html#msg11126
which most agreed (as do I) was dead-on.
A couple of Rob's points were "since you're new, how can you tell others you can teach them something." Here's one in particular:
I want to be 100% clear here before I ask you guys to comment - I'm NOT trying to start up an argument about "who's right and who's wrong" between Rob and Shane - if you leave this post thinking that, you're way off.You were asking me some basic questions (questions and feedback and advice is seeking consulting, by the way) ... and I know this is your first launch and your first real product endeavour. So the most obvious point would be how does that qualify you to teach others to make money??
I'm hoping in the end we can have a nice thread, that if you're a noob to IM you can come read and walk away knowing what you've got to do.
Here's my question. It's obvious Shane is new - he said so himself. At the same time he's making $50k a year (52 weeks times $1k a week), which equals a pretty respectable 8-5 job without the 8-5 part ;-D. So he can't easily be dismissed as a complete neophyte.
Where he is a noob is running with big stuff. And this was Rob's point - so you want a "big launch", you better get in shape. Rob's estimation (as well as a number of us) is/was that Shane wasn't ready for something "big". But hey - maybe "big" in Shane's "$1k a week" world is a $25k launch - did he ever define it? - that's a side question, not the real issue of my post.
So, to the main point. "What's the progression for someone to start at zero and move on up?"
Let's give the Shanes in this world some milestones. I'm hoping the really big dogs will step in here and lay some things out - maybe even just post "this is how it happened for me".
Here's an example:
I look forward to hearing some solid responses from you guys - I IMed w/ Rob personally before starting up the thread - I'm especially looking forward to hearing a followup on his constructive criticism.1. Start with list building - give away an ebook and back it up with 2-3 emails a week and a product. Once your list is 10K and you had 2,000 units sell, you're ready for the next step.
2. The next step is JV. *NOT* your own product - you should expect to run several JVs with someone else's product so you get an idea of how a larger launch works. Make a couple JVs happy, then move on to the next step.
3. The next step is doing your own launch. Keep doing JVs with others until you find a mentor that (a) you trust and (b) who is willing to take you under wing for your launch. You'll also need to be brainstorming on your own product for launch. Don't run your launch until you can get 10 JVs with lists of 10K size and your own list is 50k.
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Thanks guys, you're the greatest!