{"id":2797,"date":"2008-08-04T09:04:22","date_gmt":"2008-08-04T14:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/04\/get-the-attention-of-your-joint-venture-partners-mentors\/"},"modified":"2008-08-04T09:04:22","modified_gmt":"2008-08-04T14:04:22","slug":"get-the-attention-of-your-joint-venture-partners-mentors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=2797","title":{"rendered":"Get The Attention of Your Joint Venture Partners & Mentors"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Stu McLaren<\/div>\n

In this article I want to talk<\/a> about developing relationships<\/a> with joint venture partners\/mentors. It is very important if you are looking to learn from high, world-class mentors, and work with them in joint venture projects. These are some low-cost – actually zero cost – ways to develop relationships with these types of people.<\/p>\n

Firstly, this is the clincher. Make sure you write<\/a> it down in capital letters in bright red marker. Participate. That is the word you have to write down. When given the opportunity, participate.<\/p>\n

When I first started, nobody knew me from a fly on the wall. The first time that I went to the John Childers’ Million<\/a> Dollar Speaker training, he taught me a very important lesson in business. He said, “It’s not what you know or who you know. It’s who knows you.”<\/p>\n

My whole point here is get known. Your mentors and possible future joint venture partners will give you all kinds of opportunity to ‘participate’ so take advantage of it.<\/p>\n

Here is a few ways you can participate. Give feedback on anything they are asking about. Whether it be feedback on a new project, or answering a question they asked to their email list, give it. Ask them questions. Participate in everything you can. It’s logic – the more you participate, the more they are going to get to know you and, which is very crucial.<\/p>\n

This is another one, and so many people underestimate this: Provide testimonials. And I’m not talking about “normal” testimonials either. I’m saying make these testimonials the best testimonials you have ever given, and then send them a picture that they can use.<\/p>\n

In fact, send testimonials even when no one has asked for them. Do you know how many times I have done that and then been put up on their websites? This is a strategy that I learned from Alex Mandossian.<\/p>\n

As I was looking around on websites when I first started I noticed that Alex Mandossian seemed to be on all of them giving a testimonial. How effective do you think this strategy was for him?<\/p>\n

Alex was able to get all kinds of leads and business through putting up testimonials on other people’s websites. Use this strategy and learn how to give really good testimonials. Give them even when they aren’t asking for them.<\/p>\n

Being specific and relevant to a measurable benefit is an example of what a good testimonials should include.<\/p>\n

Recently I had an awesome testimonial left as part of a testimonial contest for a teleseminar of mine. This gentlemen stated his name, where he was calling from and gave one specific benefit he received from listening to the call.<\/p>\n

That is how you get your testimonials posted on other people’s websites, and when they post your testimonial with your picture, there’s a good chance they’re going to post your website link as well, and that helps you generate traffic and advertising and all kinds of benefits.<\/p>\n

Secondly, this will only help to develop your relationship with your mentors and hopefully future joint venture partners.<\/p>\n

Another strategy is to participate in forums. A lot of people have their own forum or there is all different kinds of forums online on just about every topic.<\/p>\n

Whether you’re in that market or whether you’re not, I want you to seek out forums that you can participate in and give lots of content, tips, resources, anything in these forums. Get yourself known.<\/p>\n

Another to do is read people’s newsletters and look at them to find any important and personal insights and details.<\/p>\n

Some things you want to keep your eye out for is any birthdays. It doesn’t matter if it is the person who writes the newsletter or their husband, wife, even their kids. If you can find out their birthdays, send them a car or happy birthday E-mail, or even an audio postcard.<\/p>\n

Anniversary dates is another thing you could look for, or when they are doing big product launches. Find out anything you can by reading their newsletters then use that information to build a relationship with them.<\/p>\n

Another suggestion to help build those relationships with your mentors is to look to offer help to them. By just asking the simple question, is there is anything you can do to help them in your business, you will not believe the response you will get.<\/p>\n

Or, let’s say for example, that you know that there’s something coming up in their business, like a product launch or a seminar or anything of that nature, and you ask to help with something specific, they’re going to know that you’ve been paying attention to their business, and they’ll be surprised, number one. Number two, you’re going to stand out in their minds later on down the road.<\/p>\n

What I’ve done in the past is I’ve sent information to my mentors that I thought would be of value to them. It is just another way to develop good relationships with these people. The tips and strategies I’m talking about are not difficult to do, but people rarely do them.<\/p>\n

Whatever you find that makes you think they could use, send it to them. I’ve sent articles<\/a> that I thought they could use, newspaper clippings. Off-line and on-line tools is another thing I look for. Any web links that would help their business. All I do once I find something is shoot them an email saying, “Hey, I think this might be of value to you.”<\/p>\n

One thing you want to make sure you don’t do is include affiliate links or anything like that. Focus on only sending them information that will be of value to them.<\/p>\n

Your focus is on building a relationship and providing value – not making a quick buck. They’ll see right through that and you’ll ruin any chance of a long-term relationship.<\/p>\n

The strategies I have listed in this article are all ones I have used and have been able to leverage those efforts into building great relationships with my mentors, and future joint venture partners. From that all different kinds of projects have sprung up with these people. If you just focus on building a foundation with your mentors it is amazing what can come of it.<\/p>\n

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