ventures. The key to getting the biggest list owners to JV

with you is often who you know.

It's no secret that people prefer dealing with, and helping,

people that they know, like, and trust. So to increase your

chances of setting up major joint ventures you actually have to

get known by your desired JV partners.

One of the easiest ways to get known within the Internet

marketing arena, is to attend a few seminars, and spend some

time talking with other marketers. The REAL friendships that

you form at these events is amazing. After the seminar, keep

in touch with the other marketers, and then when you are ready

to do a JV, you'll have a slew of people who would be happy to

JV with you.

Meeting, and really getting to know your potential JV partners,

before you need them, is an example of "digging your well before

you're thirsty."

You'll find a schedule of every major Internet marketing

seminar planned within the next six months at:

http://InternetMarketingSeminarSchedule.com

If for some reason, you can't attend seminars, then your best

access to lucrative JV's is through someone who actually knows

your desired jv partners. JV brokers can often get your

product noticed by the big players when you can't. That's

because JV brokers (like myself) "quality control" the offers

before telling our list of high level contacts about the offers.

Another way to get to know people who are likely to do JV's

with you is through organizations set up specifically to

facilitate joint ventures. One such organization is JV

Alert. JV Alert has lots of members with lists numbering in

the hundreds of thousands. Some members send MILLIONS of

opt-in emails to their lists (and partners' lists) every week.

You can get more information on JV Alert at:

http://YouScratchMyBackIScratchYours.com

But what if you are a newbie, or an unknown? Will attending

seminars or joining a group like JV Alert really make a

difference?

The best way to answer that question is to introduce you to

Sterling Valentine.

Sterling is a member of JV Alert. He met a number of heavy

hitters at a JV Alert seminar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

about 2 months ago. He so impressed a number of heavy-hitters

with his drive and well-thought-out ideas that they decided to

make him a success.

They're actually taking him under their wings, helping him to

create a big-ticket item, and then to earn $100,000 in 90 days.

Sterling's webpage reads "Can One Regular Guy With Nothing But A

Beat Up Laptop And A Dream - And No Internet Marketing

Experience - Convince The World's Top JV Masterminds To Reveal

Their Most Profitable Deal-Making Secrets On Video, Turn It Into

A Mega-DVD Infoproduct, And Make $100,000 Selling It Online, ALL

IN JUST 90 DAYS?"

Admittedly, Sterling's story is atypical. When I was invited to

participate, it was explained to me that we were "stacking the

deck." Bringing in the top-level marketers from JV Alert, and

getting them to commit to Sterling's project, virtually assures

that it will be a success.

However, this goes back to the title of the article. You see,

Sterling met, befriended, and impressed Ken McArthur, a

co-founder of JV Alert. Ken leveraged his friendship with

other members of JV Alert to get them to help with the

project. Without Ken's help, it's unlikely that as many

"big names" would have agreed to help Sterling with the

project.

Sterling met Ken at a live seminar. Without getting out and

actually meeting Ken, it's unlikely that Sterling would have

impressed Ken so. It's unlikely that he could have been as

convincing via email, or the telephone. It was a LONG,

face-to-face discussion that convinced Ken to agree to mentor

Sterling, and to "pressure" his other contacts into really

looking at the project.

It'll be interesting to see how much Sterling actually makes

from this project in only 90 days. I'm certain that it will

be six-figures... perhaps even "high" six-figures.

Since most Internet marketers with big lists get dozens of

JV requests some days, you need an "edge" to improve your

chances of landing a JV with them. That edge, could very

easily be just getting to know the right people. It's as simple

as that.