Well, here I am again (surprise! surprise!) at the TEMPLE with yet another Internet Marketing tip. Now… despite my frivolous nature in this short 43 second video this really is a SERIOUS Internet Marketing tip. It’s something that I avoided doing for a long time. But now I’m on the job – just like I was on assignment there in Viva Las Vegas.
I was told to do this years and years before I finally understood the importance of it all. Duh me! For somebody who is supposed to be reasonably clever I was SO dumb with this. But I don’t want YOU to fall into the same dumb trap.
This could actually be the best Internet Marketing tip you will ever get. Don’t waste even another day missing out on this – coz every day you waste is just another day you will NEVER get back.
So, what is this wonderful Internet Marketing tip? Lights! Camera! ACTION! Roll that video!
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Today I want to talk to you about another Internet Marketing concept – that of the Joint Venture Giveaway, or more commonly just referred to as JV Giveaways.
WHAT IS A JV GIVEAWAY?
Basically, a JV Giveaway is a script that allows a marketer to invite a lot of other marketers to a web page to share their products in an event whereby the contributors (ie marketers) can offer their wares (e-books, reports, scripts, memberships etc) free to members (“customers”) in exchange for a person’s name and email address.
The marketer gains the subscriber and adds his or her name and email address to his list. The member gets whatever items they like the look of and can learn from for free. It’s a two-way exchange.
ONLINE JV GIVEAWAYS ARE LIKE REAL WORLD TRADE EXHIBITIONS:
Here’s a good way to conceptualize it if you are still wondering…
In essence, online JV Giveaways are like those big offline (real world) trade fairs we see from time to time where exhibitors put up their stalls and members of the public (and other exhibitors) get to wander around looking for items of interest.
WHAT’S THE BEST WAY OF GETTING STARTED IN JV GIVEAWAYS?
If you are new to Internet Marketing then the best way to understand them is to start out as a member and just go and have a look at how they work. There are a lot of details that I could add but it would probably only serve to confuse you. So, I encourage you to check a few out.
There is a good chance that you may be letting potential subscribers to your email list slip through your fingers. It has nothing to do with your copy writing skills or the way your squeeze pages look. It is because of the popularity that Firefox web browser has gained and one of it's most widely used add ons.
This may or may not effect you depending on which autoresponder you use and how you add your autoresponder code to your squeeze page. I use Aweber as do a great majority of the Internet marketers that I know. When you create a web form in Aweber you click on a link to get the html code to put on your site.
The page defaults to a "Javascript Snippet" which is recommended. The reason for this is because you can make changes to the form and you don't have to make any changes on your website. The other option is the "Raw HTML Version". This code is easily customizable. You can change the look and feel of the optin form to better match your website.
I think that most people go with the recommended "Javascript Snippet" which can be a very costly error. Let me explain why. Firefox has become very popular and I would say that it is more popular amongst Internet marketers than IE. The number 1 downloaded add on for Firefox is called "AdBlockPlus".
This cool little add on blocks all kinds of advertisements which slow down your browsing. It blocks banners as well as javascripts that power a lot of advertisements. It will also block out your opt in form. Your squeeze page will show up with everything except for the little boxes where people enter their name and email address.
One of the most important things in Internet Marketing is the list. In fact, it is THE most important thing. Ask any big name marketer (and there are 100’s of them) and they will ALL tell you the same thing. The List. The List. The all-important LIST!
Having a list enables marketers to contact people and, on occasion, market to that list.
But the list should be a two-way street and should operate on the premise of what is fair and reasonable. Unfortunately those who “own” a list and those who are “on” a list often lose sight of what is fair and reasonable.
Almost everybody with an email account is on multiple lists. Some are fun to be on, some we have forgotten we are on and some are a bloody pain in the ass to be on.
OPTING IN:
So, you “opt-in” to a list. We’ve all done it. It’s NO BIG DEAL. But it’s what happens after that point which can turn a happy marriage into an ugly divorce. Or just a boring existence.
It’s everybody’s right to opt-in to the list of an information or service provider. It’s also everybody’s inalienable right to opt-out of that list whenever circumstances change. That is, the information provider is not holding up his or her end of the bargain or you just get tired of receiving emails from that person.
I have been using JV Giveaways to build my list ever since I first downloaded the Profit Pulling Platform that Alex Jeffreys gave all his students back in December of 2008. The ebook that came with it, "List Building With Alex", is all about how Alex used JV Giveaways to build his list when he first started out.
I have been using giveaways ever since and added 2000 subscribers to my list since then. There have been a few developements on the JV Giveaway scene that have caused more and more people to use JV Giveaways. There are also a lot of people who are hosting there own giveaways then before.
That is good news for me and you because we have more list building opportunities. I myself am going to host my own giveaway the end of this month and also have one in the works with some of my fellow students that we are going to co-host.
Hosting my own giveaway event should make my list swell up considerably. What I have found is that now that I actually have a list of sorts, I have an asset that I can use as levereage to add even more subscribers to my list. I use my list to send traffic to other people and get paid for it.
I have seen a lot of my fellow students needing help with the whole JV Giveaway thing. I have built more than a few blogs and websites, so things like setting up a thank you page or a squeeze page are pretty much routine for me.
I do remember how much I struggled with tasks like this in the beginning so I totally understand people having problems with this. Just because you have detailed instructions or even a step by step video, it can still be a daunting undertaking for a newbie. For me, in the beginning, it was mostly very frustrating and time consuming.
I have come up with a solution for those of you who are struggling and want to get started with your list building. Here is what I propose.
I will set up the following for you at no cost.
a squeeze page for the product that you want to give away.
a thank you page that will alert your subscribers that they must check their email and confirm.
a download page that your subscribers will be taken to after they confirm their opt in.
I will set up your first follow up message in Aweber (must be Aweber)
a video that will show you how to set all of this up yourself.
a video that will show you how to take these same pages and make them work for other giveaways, simply by changing the information in a config file.
