Successful Forum JVs and How To Get Them
| by Diana Barnum | August 30, 2006
The forming of common alliances, also referred to as a jointventure (JV), happens nearly every day in the business world.One of the most popular means of linking people up online of sothat they can work together on their projects is via forums,where people of all levels of business and expertise post incommon threads.
Forum threads generally present tried-and-true methods of thosewho post, sharing tips about what works and what doesn’t so thatfollow readers don’t waste their own time, energy, money orhair-pulling on them. And the threads also often seek adviceand helpful resources and tips from others. However, regardlessof the focus, many people who interact on the forums often endup banding together in their common joint interests to help eachother.
Here are several example of successful forum JVs and how to getthem to work for your own projects.
Product / Service Creation
To earn income online, you need to have something to sell. Itcan be something of yours, an affiliate product, a product forwhich you have resale rights or some other income-generatingstrategy like Google Adsense pay-per-click.
How do you now if there is a market for your products andservices? What if you don’t have anything to sell but want toget in the game? How do you SELL the products & services?
Head to industry forums for help with your questions. Oncethere, you may find someone with an ebook he or she created, forexample, but needs help selling. In exchange for writingarticles about the ebook to help sell it, maybe you could get anaffiliate link and earn 50% for each purchase made through thelinks in your articles. Or maybe you’ll find someone else whowould like to team up and co-author an ebook AND promotionalpackage with articles; split the work and the profits.
Value Added Packages
Go an extra step and remember customer service and support. Whenpeople shop online, they do need support at times, too. Andmaybe your ebook teaches “how to …” do something, and could beenhanced with video tutorials. Through forums, you can often runinto people who either provide services or have connections inthe service industry. Service people don’t always have tome towrite their own articles, so you could trade article writing –and submission services – for video creation to enhance yourproduct line.
Marketing / Advertising
Many of the people you run into on forums have mailing andemailing lists, and a variety of other means of advertising andmarketing – not only their products and services, but yours aswell. That can add up to endless marketing strategies all yearlong; ad swaps, banner exchanges, article exchanges in ezines,print newsletters and in online article directories (think: linkexchange, too, in the byline!) Also postcards, emails with salesmessages, autoresponder series, reports, freebies - - all typesof goodies to package and sell or pass along at no charge forviral marketing. Figure out what you can offer and see whatothers on the forums need. Connect!
“It takes a team!”
Sure it’s great to work from home. But successful people credittheir successes most often to excellent team work. So get outthere and meet your team by networking on forums. You’ll notonly get a chance to learn some super tips on how to run yourbusiness better, reaping more rewards for your efforts, time andmoney, you might just put together some successful JV deals ofyour own in the process along with a super team to make youroperations run in success-mode.
Free Forum Networking Tips
For a 7-minute audio / video / text presentation entitled,“Forum Networking Tips” click:http://presssuccess.com/ForumNetTips. The production iscomplimentary from Content Propulsion Lab athttp://www.ContentLabInfo.com, a Division of Content Desk,online at http://www.ContentDeskInfo.com.
Forum threads generally present tried-and-true methods of thosewho post, sharing tips about what works and what doesn’t so thatfollow readers don’t waste their own time, energy, money orhair-pulling on them. And the threads also often seek adviceand helpful resources and tips from others. However, regardlessof the focus, many people who interact on the forums often endup banding together in their common joint interests to help eachother.
Here are several example of successful forum JVs and how to getthem to work for your own projects.
Product / Service Creation
To earn income online, you need to have something to sell. Itcan be something of yours, an affiliate product, a product forwhich you have resale rights or some other income-generatingstrategy like Google Adsense pay-per-click.
How do you now if there is a market for your products andservices? What if you don’t have anything to sell but want toget in the game? How do you SELL the products & services?
Head to industry forums for help with your questions. Oncethere, you may find someone with an ebook he or she created, forexample, but needs help selling. In exchange for writingarticles about the ebook to help sell it, maybe you could get anaffiliate link and earn 50% for each purchase made through thelinks in your articles. Or maybe you’ll find someone else whowould like to team up and co-author an ebook AND promotionalpackage with articles; split the work and the profits.
Value Added Packages
Go an extra step and remember customer service and support. Whenpeople shop online, they do need support at times, too. Andmaybe your ebook teaches “how to …” do something, and could beenhanced with video tutorials. Through forums, you can often runinto people who either provide services or have connections inthe service industry. Service people don’t always have tome towrite their own articles, so you could trade article writing –and submission services – for video creation to enhance yourproduct line.
Marketing / Advertising
Many of the people you run into on forums have mailing andemailing lists, and a variety of other means of advertising andmarketing – not only their products and services, but yours aswell. That can add up to endless marketing strategies all yearlong; ad swaps, banner exchanges, article exchanges in ezines,print newsletters and in online article directories (think: linkexchange, too, in the byline!) Also postcards, emails with salesmessages, autoresponder series, reports, freebies - - all typesof goodies to package and sell or pass along at no charge forviral marketing. Figure out what you can offer and see whatothers on the forums need. Connect!
“It takes a team!”
Sure it’s great to work from home. But successful people credittheir successes most often to excellent team work. So get outthere and meet your team by networking on forums. You’ll notonly get a chance to learn some super tips on how to run yourbusiness better, reaping more rewards for your efforts, time andmoney, you might just put together some successful JV deals ofyour own in the process along with a super team to make youroperations run in success-mode.
Free Forum Networking Tips
For a 7-minute audio / video / text presentation entitled,“Forum Networking Tips” click:http://presssuccess.com/ForumNetTips. The production iscomplimentary from Content Propulsion Lab athttp://www.ContentLabInfo.com, a Division of Content Desk,online at http://www.ContentDeskInfo.com.
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