Finding Good Partners, part 1

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The best way to find a lot of good partners is to cast a wide net. You can create a list of prospective partners using a variety of methods, then do your due diligence to whittle this list down to those partners who look like they’d be a good fit for your affiliate program or joint venture proposal.

So here are 10 really good ways to find dozens or even hundreds of potential marketing partners…

  1. Search Google

Your first stop is at Google, Bing or your favorite search engine. What you’re going to do is search for your niche’s keywords, and then check out who controls the traffic for these keywords. In other words, your potential partners exist mainly on the first page of results, and perhaps the second page as well.

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How to De-Junk Your Business

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How to De-Junk Your Business: Keys to Taking Control, Getting Organized, and Getting It All Done

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  • 21 Ideas Blueprint for De-Junking Your Business

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Managing and Growing Your Copywriting Business

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Finding Clients

The Step-By-Step System

  • Do Some Research – Research 10 companies you think you’d like to work for (target companies that would recognize the benefit of copywriting), then narrow your list down to your top 3.
  • Get The Right Contact Info – Find out the name and contact information for the person that hires freelancers.
  • Analyze Their Needs – Research your top 3 companies – their needs, market, current marketing materials, and their competitors.
  • Discover Their Weakness – Define an area of weakness and determine what solution you would be able to provide.
  • Provide Them With The Solution – Send a personal letter to the person in charge of hiring. Offer something of value to them – a white paper, report, or free consultation – related to your solution.
  • Talk Less, Listen More – When you’re contacted, do more listening and less talking. Discover their needs and offer some of your ideas for solutions.
  • Let Them Know What You Can Do For Them – Offer to send a proposal of your services and fees. Don’t offer a price over the phone.
  • Say Thank You – Send a personal thank you. It’s best if it’s handwritten.
  • Don’t Be A Pest – Once you’ve sent your proposal and thank you, then give your potential client plenty of time to respond on their own. If you follow-up every day, or every other day, you’ll accomplish little more than annoying them.

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Affiliate Marketing Tips, part 4

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Blogging Your Way to Bigger Commissions

By now it’s no secret that you shouldn’t send your visitors directly to a vendor’s sales letter. So far we’ve mainly talked about turning your traffic into newsletter subscribers.

Now we’ll look at how blogging can help you bank more affiliate cash…

Tip #26: Use WordPress. There are plenty of blogging solutions for you to choose from, including installed software and third-party hosted solutions. However, one of the best platforms is the self-hosted WordPress (WP) platform, which you can find at www.wordpress.org.

Here are five reasons why WP is a good choice:

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Amazing Things to Add to Your Book to Hit it Out of the Park

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Find Great Facts and Figures to Include in Your Book

One of the best things you can do to add a lot of quality to your book is to find facts and figures that will really help your readers. You don’t want to make your book dry and boring, of course, but the right facts and figures can really pack a powerful punch. This kind of thing only applies to certain topics or genres, of course.

It can be as easy as searching Google for the statistics you want. You can even search “’your keyword’ statistics’ in Google. Look for the most relevant, scholarly sources in the search results and you’ll probably find some great statistics to include as well.

Where appropriate, depending on your topic, you can also find studies and scholarly research you can include (make sure to always cite your sources in this case).

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