Today I was interviewed on Cindi Dawson’s Blog Talk Radio show, Profiting From Teleseminars, on the topic of joint ventures and how to use them to grow your business. We covered a lot of really good stuff, so I wanted to make sure you had an opportunity to give it a listen.

We covered:

• What are joint ventures?
• How can you use JVs to grow your business?
• How can use teleseminar joint ventures to grow your business?
• The importance of knowing your goals before planing a joint venture.
• How you can entice potential joint venture partners to do a joint venture with you … even if you’re an unknown.

And so much more! This was an information-packed hour that brought together both Cindi’s and my knowledge to bear on the subject of joint ventures and teleseminars!

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In this month’s audio, Stefany Burrowes and I, have an in depth conversation about joint ventures.

Stefany is a CMC and PCC who has been coaching since 2001. She currently teaches acting at the Santa Fe Community College and Northern NM College, owns Sensational Wisdom: Creative Coaching & Collaboration, and publishes ‘The Theater Salon’, an e-newsletter and website about theater and film in New Mexico and the Southwest.

Coaching creatives Of all kinds – artists, actors, entrepreneurs, seekers, and anyone seeking to enhance and maintain their connection to the creative source and their passion for life. Her Website is: http://theatersalon.com/.

Here are some of the aspects of joint ventures that we explored:

• What is a Joint Venture?
• How does it differ from a collaboration, trade, alliance, partnership…..?
• What are the key elements of a successful Joint Venture?
• Does this work in any industry or field of work?
• Why do I want to do this?
• What are the benefits?
• What are the drawbacks?
• Who should I work with?

Joint Ventures can be an extremely powerful (and very fun) way to grow your business. In my opinion, the best part about joint ventures is their win-win component.

Stefany ask many very specific questions around this subject, making this an extremely informative interview. If you’re thinking about pursuing joint ventures but still have questions,
you’ll definitely want to listen.

Thank you Stefany, for all the fantastic questions. I know that this information will help so many other coaches who want to know more about joint ventures.

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The best joint ventures benefit everyone involved: your business, you joint venture partner’s business, and the clients of both businesses. So how do you create this three-way win?

The easiest way is to think of your clients first. What do they want and need that you can only provide with the help of someone else? For example, let’s say you are a virtual assistant who has several clients that need a higher level of web design services than you can provide. You could find a web designer who has clients that could really use your services to help maintain the websites this designer creates. The two of you can now create a partnership where you both grow your business, while providing superior service to both your business’ clients!

Once you have an idea of what your clients want and need. You then, like the example above, want to find a fellow entrepreneur who not only can help you provide those services, but also has a client base who could use yours.

Once you have these two elements in place, it is simple to create synergistic joint ventures that benefit everyone involved. Your partnership creates something that is much greater than the sum of the parts.

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Just because someone asks you to partner with them, doesn’t mean you have to say yes. You should keep these questions in mind when evaluating potential joint venture partners.

* Would your subscribers be interested in their offerings?
You don’t want to promote things to your list that they would not be interested in. This will just cause them to unsubscribe.

* Would their subscribers be interested in your offerings?
Not only would you be doing a disservice to the person offering the joint venture, but you wouldn’t get anything out of it either.

* Does the JV proposal benefit everyone involved?
The best joint venture grow both businesses and serve the prospects, clients and customers of both.

* Do you have time to meet your obligations in the partnership?
You don’t want to be so rushed to get things done, that you do them poorly. Worse, you don’t want this partnership to cause you to screw up anything in your business, either.

* Does the proposed timing fit with your current schedule?
You don’t want to “fatigue” your list with too many offers in too short a time.

If you take your answers to these five questions in mind when evaluating a proposed joint venture, you’ll make better decisions for both your business and theirs! Not only that, but these questions can help you develop better joint venture proposals, as well.

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You know you want to partner with someone to help you grow your business. But how do you find this someone? Here are my top tips for finding joint venture partners that are compatible with your business, so you can form win-win-win promotions with them.

1. What newsletters do you read and respect? The creator of that publication might be a good candidate if your fellow readers would be interested in your services or products.

2. Who manages the groups your belong to on Facebook? The administrator of these groups might be good candidates if your fellow members would be interested in your services or products.

3. Who is writing about topics within your niche in the article directories? These authors might be good candidates.

4. Who have you met at live events that you really felt a synergistic match with? These entrepreneurs might be good candidates.

5. Who are the experts in your niche forums? These knowledgeable posters might be good candidates.

6. Who is selling compatible products and services to yours? You can find these people in affiliate product directories such as Clickbank.com and PayDotCom.com and they can make good candidates, as well.

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