by Sharla Jacobs
In last month’s article I shared with you 5 Steps to Build Your List FAST!
However, I didn’t tell you how we went from a local list of 300 people to over 24,000 people within just a few years! I saved THAT story for today’s article...
So how DO YOU add hundreds, or even thousands, of new subscribers to your list within just a few days?
You build powerful relationships with powerful players...
These relationships are commonly referred to as “JVs” - or Joint Venture partnerships.
Ideal JV partners have large communities of your ideal clients. When you partner to promote each other, they send out an email to their list promoting YOU.
What’s the best thing to offer in this kind of promotion? You want to offer a FREE GIFT to their people (like I talked about in last month’s article). So when they sign up for that, they also sign up for your email list. And... voila ... you build your list FAST!
What most people don't know is that these types of relationships almost always happen through meeting someone live at an event or getting a personal introduction.
One of our best JVs happened when one of our clients introduced us to Eben Pagan. (If you don't know who he is, he is one of the best Internet marketers in the world.)
Eben watched Rose Cole go from $45,000 to $250,000 in one year while going through our Six Figure Speaker program. He was impressed with the results she got and asked to meet us.
This introduction ended up adding 1,100 people to our list in one day and $31,000 in sales!
So you can see how a great JV can do wonders for your business.
Want to learn more about this strategy? Listen in on a recorded interview with me and PJ Van Hulle from her List-a-Palooza Telesummit about using JV partnerships to explode your list.
In order to attract potential JV partners, here are two things you need to do:
1. Create a great reputation for yourself
Having a great reputation is something to always strive for in your business. Many people won't even consider promoting you until they are 100% sure that anyone they send your way will come back thanking them for the introduction.
We are constantly updating and improving our programs so our clients continue to get better and better results. Because we’re committed to delivering tons of value and having our clients get great results, we have a great reputation among our colleagues.
Make sure you provide the very best service and value to your clients that you are capable of...and always strive to improve in this area.
2. Get a great introduction and add value
Getting an introduction where you are positioned as an authority on a topic and as a high integrity person puts you on the fast track to creating these types of partnerships.
And when you do get an introduction, the best thing to start with is by asking what they are working on and how you might be able to help them. Can you make an introduction? Can you recommend software or another resource that will help them?
Starting out this way creates a great way to connect. This doesn't necessarily mean they will promote you right away. But you would be surprised how many times someone will turn around and ask you the same question. And then you can let them know what you're working on and that you are looking for promotional partners so you can reach more people.
When you focus on building a real relationship with your potential JV partners, you’ll find that not only do you build your list fast, you also have more fun doing it.
To get more support with building your email list (no matter if you’re just starting out or you have a large list already), I invite you to join me and other leading experts for an incredible virtual program called, "List-a-Palooza." This is a great resource for tapping into free information (and you’ll also hear about the 90 Day List Building Challenge).
For more information and to register, click here:
Yes! I’m ready to build my list!
