To say partnership might not be the most accurate term, because I wouldn’t consider this to be a partnership in the typical sense.

When most people think about two businesses teaming up they probably think about a more active view of it. Something like sharing costs for marketing, or having joint specials, maybe joint advertising. The point is to help improve both businesses at the same time.

But there are other kinds of partnerships you can find, especially if you don’t want to coordinate your marketing with someone else. That is the drawback to a lot of partnerships is that you do have to then take the time to organize your marketing along with your partner. Some companies just don’t like to do something like this.

So what then am I talking about here? I think it will be easier to give an example, which was what first made me think about it.

The other day-or other month would be a little more accurate-I was at a hotel checking in. I had to write a note down quickly to myself and looked around on the counter for something to write with.

The person behind the desk handed me a notepad along with a pen. At first I didn’t even notice what was different than I was expecting. I knew something was off, but it took me nearly a minute to notice what it was.

The notepad had a logo along the top of it, an obvious sign of a company using pad printing to get their name out there, but it wasn’t the hotel’s name I was looking at like I was expecting. Instead I saw the name of a cab company along with a phone number beneath it.

I asked the person behind the desk about this out of curiosity. He told me that a local company had asked them if they could provide free notepads and the hotel could then keep them at the front desk to hand to people if they needed it.

Immediately it struck me what a wonderful idea this was. The hotel saves the money it would normally take to get the pad printing done and the cab company gets to have the good name placement to ensure that people at that hotel are going to be using their cab service.

This is a great example of the kind of partnership I’m talking about. They aren’t necessarily coordinating any kind of ad campaign, but both companies are able to benefit from the partnership in their own ways.

Take some time to look around your area and figure out a place you might be able to do the same with. There are all sorts of ways to make a partnership like this work. All it takes is a little time to find the right company for you to join up with.

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