How to get 'super gurus' to promote your product

[Roger Marin]

I have tried tirelessly to get some of the big guns to promote for me. Mostly been shot down, but from time to time flattery works.

[Andre Stoelinga]

At first I thought I'd never find any partners or affiliates to promote for me, but what's stated above is the very truth.

In the last few months (for my 1st real quality product) I've been able to build relationships with several big boys and well established marketers and it's starting to pay off. I recommend all moderate or starting internet marketers to focus on building these relationships and acquiring affiliates as soon as your product(s) and funnel is ready. Don't get discouraged by rejections...you'll get a lot of those. But keep talking to your contacts and they'll offer to promote your product at some point...

Mind you...if your product is one of the masses you'll most likely have an even harder time to find partners. Your product or service must be unique.

Building relationships with potential partners is a huge aspect of an online business if you want to secure future projects and ventures.

Andre

[Jeremy Ashburn]

Great point about allowing these "big-gurus" to Sell Your Product without the Opt-In. I've been wondering about the best way to proceed with a major product that we're about to release to a 200K List. Moving forward without requiring the Opt-In will probably get us a lot further.

[John Bair]

I suggest starting out with individual Adswaps.. Go 1 On 1 with a few of them. You'd be surprised at how fast you can get your name bounced around out there with just a couple of key relationships. Building up your list is TOP priority and its all downhill after you have a good one established and you can prove to make sales. If you need a good list building guide feel free to hit me up for a free membership to my video training site on this subject. (JV Notify Pro members only, so you'll have to friend me first so I know who you are

[Azlan Rahman]

Nice post. I never thought about that before. I'm going to consider this in my next product launch.

[Richard Andrews]

Good thread Adam.

In expanding on your points about what the big players want, I'll mention a couple of key things in my experience of working with a 'guru' type of industry leader in one of my JV partnerships.

1) He had lots of offers from people like me all the time. I had to distinguish myself in a significant way before he took interest in doing a JV. For me that meant just being honest and up front about who I was and what my offer entailed. They won't be easily fooled, and if it doesn't look like there's anything more than a couple of random sales in it for them, they won't be interested. Big guys want partnerships that will yield results in an ongoing, long-term way.

2) You have to find a way to reach these people by phone/Skype. An email offer just won't do it. There's just too much SPAM these days, and just too many pretenders who are trying to make a quick buck. If you're a sincere and committed internet entrepreneur, then you won't be afraid to reach out by phone to a large player. Once you do, you can begin the process of establishing rapport and developing trust. Only then should you reach out with figures, numbers and other potential JV partnership details.

3) You have to be unique. This relates to my first point, but what I mean specifically is that there has to be something inherently attractive and special about you and what you offer before a big player is going to take the plunge and partner with you.

Just remembers above all else that they need you far less than you need them. What that means is that you'll have to be the one who is patient in reaching them, straightforward and likable in building trust and rapport and clear in eventually proposing your offer. If you can do all that, then maybe you'll be able to get to the next level and secure a big player and generate some serious JV success.

Happy JVing!

Richard

[Michael Baptiste]

Great post man. I think the key is having an angle or strategy of approach to really entice them to work with you by promoting your launch.

Again I really like what you've put out here and I think I'll give this a shot as I move into the phase of doing ever green launches. Which is no doubt the best thing to do once you can seal the deal on your first launch.

Thanks for this share my Adam.

Michael