Promoting an unproven product

[charleskirkland]

It is almost a fine line between having your JV's look at it to promote it and having people steal from you.

I have been thinking about this for a long time since I'm getting ready to launch on January 22 with a $997 phyical product.

I will being giving all the top JV's a peek with a online copy.

How do I know who to let see it and who is going to steel it?

I don't I'm just going to give access to people I know or who can prove they can help push it.

Will there still be people who steal it and never promote?

Yes, but after the first time I'm going to make sure I keep a list and block them from any future events


Thanks
Charles

[Mike Merz]

Great feedback, everybody.

The reason I warn our fellow partners more so here, is that multiple publications that have been heavily distributed list this site as 'easy pickins'. Actually, the pubs refer to a time when we had the old set up and it was much easier to do. But the fact of the matter is that I've no doubt that freebie seekers are still joining this community to simply try to coerce partners into parting with review copies by making false claims ... we've already nailed two in the last week (people forget that I know the top affiliates in every campaign I'm part of ... so saying 'I sold 400 copies of Google Payload' will only help you if you actually did).

A few things you can do to qualify a fellow JVNP partner ...

1) Ask me, Reed, Sam, Richard, or any of the other experienced partners if they've worked with the person before. If they say 'I sold 1,000 copies of X ..' we'll probably know about it.

2) Do a search, yourself ... Google, Alexa, etc. See if they pop up, and if what they're saying to you jives with the results.

3) Watch out for partners that don't use their actual name, and have no profile ... pretty self explanatory. Also keep an eye on partners that just joined a day or two previous to asking for a review copy.

As I mentioned earlier, I'm going to be making changes in the New Year that will only benefit honest, active partners ... and make this community better than ever.

Best,

Mike

[ralph]

Chris


Hello
I have just joined today and I am looking for ways to partner with someone who has access to a large list.
I would be happy to give you a sample of my products.
As a matter of fact on my main page I offer a freesample to anyone interested,all they need to do is fill out the autoresponder form.

If this meets your criteria I would be honored to hear from you
The link to my site is in my signature and I will answer any pm's

Best Regards
Ralph(dude17111) ;D

[Chris Douthit]

Ralph, I went to your site and took a look around. Your contact link and your terms link shows page cannot be displayed. The affiliate link brings up a page for trafficswarm and no affiliate information about the site?

Is this site even done?

[stephen glazer]

Hey Chris,

I would have to agree with everyone else. Not only would I not promote a product I haven't yet seen but I also would avoid products that have not been tested on the market yet.

I have had to give affiliates back door access to my product before they would agree to push it and I don't mind at all. Yeah maybe one or two snakes got free access but the majority were indeed affiliates and giving them access to my members area was well worth it.

Take a look at my product and if you think it would go well with your list let me know and I would be happy to hook you up with a free account to give it a test run.

[affiliaterockstarx]

I think there should be a monthly fee for using this forum.

It is worth it.

That will also keep the freebie seekers away.

Craig

[agbeyegbe]

I also agree that there should be some kind of monthly fee but that should be after
a free trial or something, because I remember I first came here after reading operation
affiliate storm I did not come here because of the free copies, I came here because this
is where things happen.
You can have all the e-books in the world and it won't make any difference but as a jv
partner if I do not have a feel of the product there is hardly any way I am going to promote
unless the person has a good track record.

[Marcus Schroefel]

Hey Chris,

I think it's a MUST if asking for a Joint Venture to provide a review copy
of your product right away. This way your potential JV partner doesn't
have to ask and he/she can check immediately if it fits to his range of
products.

Best regards,

Marcus

[Abi Noah]

It is important to promote products that you have tried out yourself.

Obviously if it is a dog food then you may be excused on that occasion. Actually, you can try it on your dog.

Most of the products i promote are products i have bought and use. It just goes a long way when writing a review of the product.

If you are promoting high end products, like armand's new relaunch, your costs could add up pretty quickly

I wonder if merchants would consider giving affiliates a sample of the product even if only for a limited period.

[charleskirkland]

I mail over 100 copies of the SEO CodeBreaker videos this week to JV's that I want to get signed up to for the launch on the 29th.

I did this for a few reasons.

1. I would not ask them to promote anything they have not had a chance to review or use.

2. I have been running a massive direct mail camping to get JV’s. From looking at my sign ups I can tell you that the 2 biggest factors in getting JV’s on board was JVNotifyPro and direct mail. Now combine the power of both of them and you will get a great response.

3. Did it work? Yes and I will have the proof on launch day.

4. I want to make it as easy as possible to say “YES” as I can.

5. It gives me a better reason as to why I’m calling them on the phone.


Thanks
Charles Kirkland
http://www.seocodebreaker.com/