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October 15th, 2009
Microsoft, Google seal search deals with Twitter
September 1st, 2009
How can your small business compete against the mega-corporations that cater to the masses?
August 3rd, 2009
JV Contest Winners
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Microsoft, Google seal search deals with Twitter
I found this article that I wanted to share with you.
Alexei Oreskovic of Thompson Reuters has written an article about a Joint Venture you should know about.
Microsoft Corp and Google Inc have sealed separate agreements to access real-time content from Web phenomenon Twitter, intensifying their battle for a search market that Google now dominates.
Google and Microsoft's five-month-old
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
How can your small business compete against the mega-corporations that cater to the masses?
“Are you ready to become the big fish in a small pond?” asks Scott Gerber of Entrepreneur Magazine. “From aquatic sporting goods for dogs to Michelle Obama-inspired fashion websites, niche products and services have the potential to generate big bucks if they capture the hearts, minds and wallets of a dedicated consumer base.”
As you know, I’m a huge believer in
Monday, August 3, 2009
JV Contest Winners
Today is FINALLY the day I can REVEAL the proud winners of the Private JV Club Contest.
Here’s the story:
A few months ago, I asked several of my famous friends to participate in a joint venture contest to help unknowns get a big break. Many agreed and the JV Club Contest was born. After 6 weeks of coaching JV Members on how to write a proposal (or more than one), and
Saturday, July 18, 2009
10 Words To Help Sales
According to a Yale psychology department study, there are ten words you should be using in your advertising techniques to get the most powerful responses:
New, Save, Safety, Proven, Love, Discover, Guarantee, Health, Results, and You (which was listed as the most powerful above all!)
As a marketer, knowing these types of things always interests me, but as one who’s interested in
Sunday, July 5, 2009
How do I Innovate My Business to Grow My Business Without Increasing Costs
If you are like most entrepreneurs, right now you are watching expenses and wondering how to increase sales, get more customers and grow your business in the most cost effective manner you can. Innovation and technology let you open new markets with your business and can foster global business growth easily if you know what to do.
Entrepreneurs and businesses all over the global are learning to
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Finding Your Passion
Will your life become more blissful if you are spending most of your waking hours (typically your working hours) doing what you love? Studies consistently show that really looking forward to what you do, not only increases your happiness, but improves your physical and mental health as well.
So why aren't we all just going for it instead of continuing to live our lives in a half-zombie like
Monday, May 18, 2009
Business Success and Self Command
If you have not noticed yet, the world is changing at a rapid pace. In fact, business systems and technology are upgrading and moving faster than ever before in history. Your business can become obsolete or down graded simply by the development of a new piece of software. How then can you stay on top in your industry? How do you maintain your business for your future?
Relationships are the answer.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Looking For Ways to do Really Targeted Marketing?
Who is your Best Client or Customer?
This is an exercise that I give to entrepreneurs to be able to profile their best client/customer and use it as a way to amp up their targeted marketing.
Normally I would have them do this by looking at their past clients and 'profiling' just like on CSI Crime Show, profiling who is their best client, the ones who spend the most amount of money and are the
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
WHO uses Joint Ventures in their Marketing Strategy to Grow their Business and How?
Ok, the quick answer is probably every major business large or small, that is successful in generating a lot of income.
But let's look at a few examples (the list is simply too long to list them all):
Internet Marketers/Experts: Alex Mandossian, Matt Bacak, Tom Antion, Yanik Silver, Joel Christopher, Lisa Cherney, Armand Morin and countless others.
Many marketers use Joint Ventures to get
Saturday, February 28, 2009
5 Joint Venture Blunders you Must Avoid
Joint ventures are the fastest and most effective way to launch your business, explode your sales, and build your business to last. Creating joint venture relationships has many benefits, for instance when your company uses a joint venture marketing model you have low or no risk to your business structure. You can create new products with other companies and bring those products to market. You can
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Finding Joint Venture Partners Just Got Easy
Finding Joint venture partners has not been easy until now. Everyone knows that joint ventures are the number one, fastest growing, most profitable form of marketing strategy in the world, however building joint venture alliances can be time consuming and unproductive if you don't know what to do or where to find them.
In the past, people have hired joint venture brokers, purchased joint venture
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Planning Your Sales Calendar
This month I dedicated some time planning my sales calendar, that is, my schedule on when my company will be selling what to whom. I find it useful to check in with my plans every quarter. That way I know if I am close to my strategic destination, if I need to re-adjust something or if I am happy as things are. This ?checking in? allows me to recognize my successes as well, something I tend to forget
Monday, November 3, 2008
JV Funnies
This landed in my inbox and I thought it was funny so I thought I would pass on this smile to you.
Disclaimer: These are meant for humor and are not intended to offend anyone, if easily offended, please don't read.
Watch for these joint ventures later this year:
1.) Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W R. Grace Co. Will JV and become:
Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
FRONT PAGE NEWS...
Sound familiar?
You are sitting at the computer wondering how to launch your new product. In your frustration and in your pajamas you stare at the computer screen making sure you remember everything because you really need to sell your product or service. You’ve read about people doing launches and making $20,000, $50,000 even $100,000 in their promotions. You’re wondering
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Great News - No More Solo Entrepreneur
Business acumen is one thing, but promoting the product to the right people and getting the sales you want, is quite another. There are loads of people out there with amazingly superb entrepreneurial skills - yet they are not doing as well as they had hoped or as well as they could. There may be several things getting in their way too much to do, not much local demand, unable to find the right
Monday, April 14, 2008
What are the 'Must Haves' for Your Website?
When you create your website, you are sharing your knowledge to benefit your visitor. In the Millionaires in Training Program www.mitprogram.com we use an organized approach to show you how to leverage your knowledge in a way that will best benefit your audience. There are many elements involved in a successful online business beside your knowledge:one of the first 'must haves' for your website
Friday, February 15, 2008
The Expert's Blog - How Entrepreneurs Blog for Profits [Part 2]
An 'Expert's Blog' (as defined by award winning Internet marketing expert, Bill Sweetman, a graduate of my Millionaires In Training Program for Entrepreneurs), is of a very professional nature, completely business focused not a personal blog. I would add that this blog showcases your 'expertise' and creates the environment that positions YOU as the 'THE Expert' in your field. This type of blogging
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
The Expert's Blog - How Entrepreneurs Blog for Profits [Part 1]
Blogging.
Who would have thought such an odd word would create such a worldwide sensation? Who in the business world would ever have imagined such an innocuous 'thing' would become such an enormously powerful marketing and business tool?
The word blog is defined as a weblog - an online diary; a personal chronological log of thoughts published on a Web page (Webster's New Millennium? Dictionary
Thursday, November 1, 2007
How to Market Yourself and Your Company on Facebook - 11 Steps and Strategies
This article was written by MarketingSherpa.com. I wanted to post it here as not only is it a great article for you to market on Facebook, but many of the same strategies can be applied inside our Social Networking Club, The Private Joint Venture Club.
SUMMARY: Joining an online social network such as Facebook can put you in touch with millions of like-minded professionals around the world.
Saturday, September 1, 2007
How To Add The Oprah Factor Into Your Business to Maximize Profits and Build Relationships
One of the AUTOMATED ways to increase your influence, attract new customers and stand out from the competition is to create what I call the “Oprah Factor”. This technique is extremely POTENT and yet so SIMPLE and INEXPENSIVE, that many people pass it right by, totally unaware of its power.
Learning ways to create and incorporate the “Oprah Factor” into your business answers
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Most Of Us Were Taught The Wrong Way To Make Money.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
How Experts Are Born
Let’s talk about becoming an expert. First of all, what is an expert and why is it important for you?
The dictionary definition of an expert is "a person who has special skill or knowledge in some field." For our purposes I would like you to think of an Expert as someone who provides knowledge to others, gained either through study or experience. Financially speaking, your ability
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
JV Club Opens Doors Phase One!
Finally, what we have all been waiting for....PrivateJVclub.com goes online, ready to help business professionals make their mark!
The Private JV Club opened its door to a select few of the public April 10th, 2007. In this club members will be able to learn about the many under-ground secret Joint Venture Opportunities that can transform their business, get the leads and become more know
Friday, May 5, 2006
Why Some of the Biggest Marketing Competitors are Suddenly Working Together to Help Promote Each Others Company The Newest Trend in Marketing and Publishing
Find out why hot competitors are not only willing to promote each other, they are lining up for the opportunity. Can this strategy work with any business? New Marketing Technique tested out this Friday May 05th. Most people don?t realize how many different ways you can cross promote and actually profit from working together. Business owners need to be educated on how to properly create Strategic Joint