Diary of an Affiliate Marketer
You may wonder how you can get involved in a joint venture and it is surprisingly easy once you get out and about. What do I mean?
Well take the phone call I had last night. I met a new friend called Gavin at the recent System Intensive in London and we vowed to keep in touch. In fact we both met so many nice and enthusiastic people that I came home with a fist full of business cards off people from all over the world.
Anyway Gavin and I had agreed to drive each other on to greater heights by having a monthly conversation and challenging each other on our objectives and goals. By being public with your goals in this way you will find you have a greater urgency to meet them.
During our conversation several things came to light. Gavin was constantly being asked by clients of his whether he could provide a full marketing service for the websites he designs. As many of the small businesses he deals realize the power and the potential of the internet they need help with marketing.
Gavin is an excellent technician and designer but is still developing his skills on pay per click marketing and conversion tracking which are essential if you choose to take the pay per click option to drive traffic to your website.
As a result Gavin was looking to partner up with someone to provide a complete service for his clients to provide a complete professional service.
We also discussed a joint venture for affiliate marketing. Gavin has some great ideas for niche markets and wanted to discuss their profit potential. Whilst we were talking I was able to do some quick research on keywords, traffic potential and commissions he would likely receive.
The beauty of a joint venture like this is the products that Gavin wanted to promote are products that the majority of us would never have thought of and initially they look very profitable indeed and best of all has filled my head with other similar products full of potential which I can share with Gavin.
Best of all, now that I have mastered Thesis and Wordpress I know I can put a website up very quickly and test the market before he and I fully commit.
One word of warning about joint ventures. Know your partner and be aware that just like any other relationship things can go wrong. If your joint venture begins to grow you may find that both of you have different visions and different directions you want to go.
That is one of the major strengths of the internet. You can go off at a tangent and do the things you want, the things that really interest you.
Many of the top information marketers in the world often do joint ventures on product launches and upgrades. When you have your own list of customers you regularly email and someone you know is about to launch a great new product that will help your customers succeed, you can often get a deal for your customers and everyone benefits.
