Explode Your Traffic by Working with Others - Joint Ventures

If you already have a site that is generating traffic or have started building a list, by working with other marketers in your niche, you can take your traffic to a whole new level. This is known as doing a joint venture. By swapping ads, autoresponder messages or webinars, you can greatly increase both your own traffic and for those you choose to partner with. Joint Ventures are in, and if you're not using this strategy, chances are your competition is using this to their advantage against you!

You Have Different Options

Many people have a misconception, even if they already have started building a list, that there is only one type of joint venture they can enter into. There are actually dozens of things to joint venture with someone else on, and many ways you can promote yourself to their lists and vice versa.

Here are some tips:

- Do Ad Swaps

Doing ad swaps with other marketers is one of the best-known types of joint venturing methods, simply because it is the easiest. All you need do is place a partner's ad on your site and they will put one of your ads on their site. These ads can also be included on newsletters, ezines or thank you pages. If you choose your JV partners properly, these exchanges can be very effective.

- Do Autoresponder Swaps

This is similar to ad swaps, but instead you will exchange autoresponder messages. This too can generate a lot of traffic from other people. These messages are put into the autoresponders and programmed to be mailed within a week to either everyone on an established list or to anyone who newly joins the list.

How long you do this is agreed upon by you and whomever you JV with. You can do it once or turn it into a long-term arrangement if it is working well for both of you.

- Webinar Swaps

Both videos and webinars have become very popular and continue to grow. If you want to offer others something of massive value plus get your name out there, you can offer to do a webinar for other people's subscribers. This has proven to be a great way to set yourself apart from others who just say "promote my product or offer!"

Odds are that the person you make this offer to will say yes, because they will see the value of it. You also make it more likely that the webinar viewers will join your list since they will be able to see the kind of information you offer right away.

Choose Carefully and Wisely

Many people worry about where to find partners when the hear about this idea, but this is not the hard part. Almost every marketer online wants to JV with other website owners. The hard part, is to make sure you only partner with professionals that offer high quality products or services.

You will find that there are thousands of people to swap traffic with, but you should only choose a select few. You need to find individuals who offer the same level of service to their customers or subscribers as you do. This will definitely be the time to be picky since the partner you choose will reflect back on you.

Whenever possible, you should try to develop a relationship with marketers before you bring up the idea of partnering or swapping ads. This way you have some idea of who they really are, they get to know you, and a level of trust has been created for both of you.

After adding these methods to your traffic generating strategy, you should see a nice new flow of traffic coming in each month, and you wont have to spend a lot of extra money or time to get it.