John Lennon and the power of collaboration
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the death of John Lennon, so let's talk about him. Lennon is a great example of someone who benefited from partnering with the right people, namely Paul McCartney. Before The Beatles, Lennon was the leader of a band called The...
(Podcast) Leadership Coaching 101
A new episode of Natural Born Coaches just dropped, and my guest today is Kirby Ingles. Kirby is a leadership coach who helps his clients in seven areas of their life: professional, finance, relationships, intellectual, health and wellness, spiritual, and social. In...
A “Triple W” partnership
If done properly, a joint venture is what I call a "Triple W" partnership. I don't mean "www", as in web domains! I means it's a win for you, a win for your partner, and a win for your community. Using my flat fee JV model, you win because you're guaranteed to be...
A quick note about flat fee joint ventures
This week I've been talking a lot about my new Flat Fee JV program, and here's an important thing to say about it: My program is for joint ventures where you are promoting a partner to your audience … NOT vice-versa, where someone is promoting you to their community....
Read this if you don’t know what to offer
Earlier this year I sent out an email about the importance of making offers consistently: ===== Are you “open for business”? All of the social media posts, blog posts, videos, podcast interviews and calls in the world aren’t going to make a difference if you aren’t...
How to save yourself hundreds of hours every year
Back in the old days, I wasted a lot of time on calls with people I shouldn't have been talking to. These folks (usually strangers, or casual social media acquaintances) reached out to ask me for: a "getting-to-know-you" calla "virtual coffee"a call to see what I was...
How to avoid the dreaded joint venture “goose egg”
Have you ever done a joint venture where you've gotten a "goose egg" from it? (A goose egg means $0 earned) It's ok if you have, it's not that uncommon. Unfortunately, the way traditional joint ventures are done this happens far too often. If you've been stung by this...
How you can start profiting from my unique “flat fee” joint venture system today!
Here's the traditional way of doing joint ventures: Someone asks you to promote their offer to your audience … You agree to be paid a certain percentage from the sales of it … You send out an email or two, or put up a few social media posts here and there … Then you...
(Podcast) Why You Should Be Doing “Flat Fee” Joint Ventures
A new episode of Natural Born Coaches has arrived, and today I'm talking about my "flat fee" joint venture model. I've been doing my JVs this way for a few years now, and I share why I think you should consider doing them for your business (along with some tips to...
The Bee Gees and storytelling
This is the story that Robin Gibb from The Bee Gees told when he was asked how the band wrote the song “I Started A Joke”: "The melody to this one was heard aboard a British Airways Vickers Viscount about a hundred miles from Essen. It was one of those old four engine...