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How To Propose A Joint Venture

Written by: Chris Simpson

Article Overview: Joint ventures have the ability to provide you with a variety of great benefits. You can share risks, use the assets of your partner, find someone that compliments your weaknesses, and more. However, today there are few businesses that are able to use joint ventures in an effective way.

How To Propose A Joint Venture

Joint ventures have the ability to provide you with a variety of great benefits. You can share risks, use the assets of your partner, find someone that compliments your weaknesses, and more. However, today there are few businesses that are able to use joint ventures in an effective way.

If you are considering a joint venture, the first thing you need to do in order to make sure your venture is successful, is to learn how to propose a joint venture appropriately so you get the answer you want. Here are some tips to help you out.

Avoid Using Hype

First of all, while you're trying to basically sell your joint venture when you make a proposal, you want to avoid using hype. The last thing you want to do is build up the proposal to be more than it is. People don't like hype. In fact, if you use it, prospective partners are more likely to say no to you. So, avoid this pitfall.

Make Sure You Have Something Great to Offer

It's also very important that you have something great to offer your partner. After all, if you don't have something to offer that will benefit them, why should they even consider your proposal? Take the time to figure out what you can offer the prospective partner and then make sure that you highlight this.

Plan Your Strategy

Before you make the proposal, you'll want to plan out your strategy. Make sure that the legal aspects are all covered and stipulated as well. Make sure you have a good business development plan to show how the joint venture will work to help you both succeed.

Make Your Proposal Like a Sales Letter

The proposal for a joint venture should be a bit like a sales letter. You should explain all of the advantages in a very clean and convincing way. Make sure that it is concise, easy to read, short, and memorable. You want to introduce your business to the prospective partner and let them know why they should enter this joint venture with you.

Ensure You Have a Great Reason They Should Accept

If you want to know how to propose a joint venture, one of the most important things to remember is that you have to have a great reason that they should accept the proposal. If there is not a great reason, then they will probably decline the venture.

You need to make your specific venture stand out, since many people receive a variety of these types of offers. In order to succeed, you really have to have something amazing to offer them that will provide them with excellent benefits.

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Re: [JOINT VENTURE] Want FREE Staff? Want to Scale Up Massively? - Hi Alan, Welcome to the forum! [quote="Joint Venture":2bfdqwzb]Total transparency is a must when JVing with someone.[/quote:2bfdqwzb] What about when inviting people to send you their proposals...? Cheers, David H
Don't leave your Wallet on the table - Targetzone, Evan has great points on targeting you package. Also I read the revenue model you mentioned and i believe you are leaving a lot of money on the table. Aisde from making just $15/sale of a package you could also be making income from sales generated after the people use the coupon on their second and ongoing visits to the Service/Product company. I've sent you a PM - We can talk more advanced strategies. BTW - I'm a Dollarmakers Member and have taken the Joint Venture BootCamp 101 and highly recommend it if you wish to pursue this idea. PM me privately and we can talk.
Re: [JOINT VENTURE] Want FREE Staff? Want to Scale Up Massively? - [quote="Joint Venture":3738ldxh][quote="Ringo":3738ldxh]1) Credentials? Any website? Any client list? 2) Where do you get your staff from? How? I mean if i really am going to hand over a lot of sensitive information to be handled by staff of your choosing, I'll need to know how you operate with total transparency.[/quote:3738ldxh] Ringo, 1) Send me an email with your proposal and if I like it I shall disclose all that your need. 2) That's my USP! Total transparency is a must when JVing with someone. Let me know your proposal and we may discuss it. In regards to staff dealing with your sensitive information, compartmentalize the data. Have different teams deal with only a section of the whole picture. [quote="ideasuniversity":3738ldxh]How long have you been doing this? And what are your success rate?[/quote:3738ldxh] Joint venturing? I have done JVs before and had good success. This JV? Brand new. New source of staff. Success rate? I've made a good bit money! [quote="Trent Brownrigg":3738ldxh]This same person posted this exact same post several times at another forum I moderate. Now, he is posting it here as his very first post. I consider that to be a spammer![/quote:3738ldxh] I consider it being proactive! Sorry if I have stepped on anyone's toes. Not my intentions. Look forward to reading more of your emails, Alan[/quote:3738ldxh] Let have your website.
Re: need a capitalist to hear me out - If you have solid business plan, there are thousands of Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists that will fund your project. Google "Venture Capitalist" and you will get tons of investors who are ready to fund your project
Re: [JOINT VENTURE] Want FREE Staff? Want to Scale Up Massively? - [quote="Joint Venture":1ofoz1sm] [quote="Trent Brownrigg":1ofoz1sm]This same person posted this exact same post several times at another forum I moderate. Now, he is posting it here as his very first post. I consider that to be a spammer![/quote:1ofoz1sm] I consider it being proactive! Sorry if I have stepped on anyone's toes. Not my intentions. Look forward to reading more of your emails, Alan[/quote:1ofoz1sm] Well, I will give you credit for at least coming back here and replying. But just an fyi that you will be seen as a spammer if you post the same thing on a bunch of different forums, especially if you post it more than once on any one forum. You should be careful about that because a lot of people are members of the same forums.


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