| When you joint venture to sell ebooks and | | | | increase your bottom line through joint-venturing. |
| information products, you bring your strengths to the | | | | 4. Affiliate Partners. Affiliate partners can often turn |
| table and then partner up with someone who is | | | | into joint-venture partners. |
| marketing to the same group of people but whose | | | | An affiliate is someone who is already promoting |
| products and services compliment rather than conflict | | | | your products and services which means that they |
| with your own. So how do you find the right | | | | have a market that is already interested in what you |
| joint-venture partners? Here are 7 places to look for | | | | have to offer. |
| successful joint ventures | | | | Some of them will be a natural fit and will move from |
| 1. Conferences and Meetings. I've found conferences | | | | promoting your products and services to working |
| to be a great place to meet people that I can joint | | | | with you as a joint-venture partner. |
| venture with in my ebook business, where as local | | | | 5. Vendors. The vendors that you work with may |
| meetings have not worked that well for my business | | | | know other people who are exactly the kind of |
| because most of these people were offline. Every | | | | people you are looking to joint venture with. You |
| business is different so check into both types of | | | | might even considering offering vendors a "hook-up |
| events and see what works best for your business. | | | | fee" which will give them even more incentive to help |
| The important thing is to put yourself in situations | | | | you find the best joint-venture partners for you. |
| where you can talk to people face to face and | | | | 6. Trade Associations. Get to know the people who |
| where there is the best possibility of forming an | | | | run your local trade associations and ask them which |
| alliance that will benefit both of you. (Face to face | | | | vendors they use. Then make a point to get to |
| contact can help you form partnerships more quickly | | | | know these vendors. They can also be a good |
| than by telephone.) | | | | source for joint-venturing opportunities. |
| 2. Your Students. If you have a teaching or coaching | | | | 7. People whose services you use. Think about the |
| business, your students could be one of your best | | | | people in your life who perform a service for you. Do |
| sources for joint ventures. I find that my best | | | | they have a business where joint venturing with you |
| students who are in fields relating to ebook writing | | | | makes sense for them? Will it help them expand their |
| and marketing have great potential to become | | | | business while helping you to do the same? |
| joint-venture partners. They are earnest, they are | | | | If you want to find great joint-venture partners, pay |
| committed and they are taking action on a regular | | | | attention to your students, your customers, your |
| basis. Soreally get to know your students and always | | | | affiliates, your vendors, people in your trade |
| look for joint-venturing opportunities with them. | | | | associations, people that you meet, the people that |
| (It will also be an added incentive for them to work | | | | you work with, and the people who work for you. |
| with you in the first place.) | | | | You never know where you will meet the perfect |
| 3. Your Customers. People who buy your products | | | | partner who needs what you have to offer and will |
| are obviously interested in what you do and some of | | | | help you to expand your reach, sell more ebooks and |
| them will most likely be in related fields. Find ways to | | | | make more money with less effort than many of |
| engage your customers to find the ones that can | | | | the other ebook internet marketing strategies require. |