Andrea Lee has put together a list of 60 ways to collaborate with others for increasing your bottom line. Each idea is very straight-forward and can be implemented immediately.
- Interview someone.
- Have someone interview you.
- Write an article with someone.
- Have someone write your ezine while you’re on vacation.
- Offer to write someone else’s ezien while you’re on vacation.
- Invite a guest to lead a TeleSeminar
- Send a complimentary copy of your product to 10 key players.
- Put a promotion of someone else’s product on your thank you page.
- Invite someone to use your Pink Spoon Autoresponder for their target market.
- Offer your 1-hour audio CD to someone to brand for their market.
- Merge your membership site with another one and form a new branded site.
- Hold a workshop together.
- Put together a panel and write a proposal to speak at an industry conference.
- Offer to write an endorsement.
- Hire someone who’s just starting out in their profession.
- Invite guests to post insights at your blog.
- Deliver a free TeleSeminar to promote someone else’s product for an affiliate fee.
- Send an article to 10 key players in your market – one that will help them.
- Do a pre-event call for attendees of a conference you’re speaking at.
- Do a pre-event call for organizers of a conference you’re speaking at.
- Introduce a key player you already know to someone else who’d benefit.
- Provide sponsorship opportunities for your offerings.
- Take a photo of yourself using the product of someone you want to help.
- Build an R&D Team.
- Get in with a top-notch mastermind group.
- Get an endorsement from someone who can benefit.
- Promote the businesses of the suppliers you recommend.
- Co-write a book.
- Get your book ghost-written.
- Make a list of things you need help with and make it public.
- Offer a lucrative affiliate program.
- Spend time training your affiliates.
- Use humor and emotion to create a viral storm.
- Hire someone who has a day job.
- Get bonus gifts from 10 key players.
- Offer a bonus gift to someone creating a big launch.
- Build a relationship with 3 meeting planners.
- Send your book draft out to be reviewed by area experts.
- Groom a business partner.
- Put photos of your business partners on the product or program.
- Solicit feedback and comments on your TeleSeminars.
- Ask for ‘the biggest question’ on the minds of your customers.
- Find 3 key players to cross-promote your offering.
- Offer to help finish a project someone else is struggling with.
- Approach charities to become sponsors of your business.
- Do a fundraiser for a charity.
- Use an incentivised payment plan (partial pay for performance) for key team members.
- Ask everyone for help, more often.
- Recruit volunteers for finite projects.
- Always request referrals.
- Invite 2 key players to co-lead an event.
- Create a product or program based solely on other people’s content.
- Use case studies.
- Private label some of your content.
- Find places that look for speakers for their ready-made audiences.
- Work for someone else for a length of time.
- Ask 3 authors to sell you their book for cost to provide as a gift to your customers.
- Invite your customers to review your products at Amazon or Ebay.
- License someone else’s material.
- Sell your business.
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