by Marc Mawhinney | May 6, 2023 | Blog
There’s a classic Jack Benny skit where he’s walking down the sidewalk and is suddenly confronted by a mugger. ===Mugger: Don’t make a move – this is a stick up! Jack: What? Mugger: You heard me … Jack: Mister, put down that gun. Mugger: Shut...
by Marc Mawhinney | May 5, 2023 | Blog
I get a lot of people reaching out to me to connect on Zoom for a “getting-to-know-you” or virtual coffee call. Often these are disguised sales pitches to get me to become a joint venture partner for them. Or the requestor is more upfront, telling me right...
by Marc Mawhinney | May 4, 2023 | Blog
All coaches should explore doing joint ventures. I often talk with coaches about this – but I’ve discovered that a lot of them, especially newer ones, are timid to jump into the “JV pool”. Maybe they don’t know how to secure JV partners,...
by Marc Mawhinney | May 3, 2023 | Blog
There are a number of ways you can structure your joint ventures. Or you could say “there’s more than one way to skin a cat” … (Note: I’m not suggesting that you literally skin a cat, I once used that phrase an email and a subscriber got upset...
by Marc Mawhinney | May 2, 2023 | Blog
I do my joint ventures differently than most people. While the standard model in the online space is to work on a commission basis, with _% being paid for each sale that comes from a promotion of a partner, I do a “Flat Fee JV” for all of mine. I’ve...
by Marc Mawhinney | May 1, 2023 | Blog
Felicia Pagesh stopped by the Natural Born Coaches podcast today to talk about activating your brand, In this episode we covered: The importance of being strategic about the avenues of consumption for the people you serve, instead of focusing on things like your...