How to Avoid “JV’s Gone Bad”


Have you ever partnered with a friend thinking that you could combine your efforts and really leverage your relationship to create more traffic, exposure and even more money in your pockets? But after you felt like you got the raw end of the deal? This happens all the time. Time after time I hear about great friendships being burned by partnerships gone bad. At first glance, it seems like a great deal because you’re providing benefits to … [Read more...]

5 Joint Venture Time-Saving Tips


by MaryPat Kavanagh, Guest Blogger If you are like most, you are active on Facebook and Twitter hoping to build some great relationships and be more successful in business. But how much time does it take to get connected with the right people and start monetizing this strategy? With these five simple tips, you can start save tons of time on your social networking, start making great connections now, and avoid the burnout: Block out 15 … [Read more...]

3 Secrets for Creating Winning JV’s


By Mary Pat Kavanagh, Guest Blogger Relationships are the number one key to success for most successful business owners. But how do they do it? If you are like most, you have gone out of your comfort zone, connected with some cool people, even created some partnerships, but they just didn’t go the way you hoped. What do those successful business owners know that you don’t? Here are three secrets to get you on track for creating … [Read more...]

5 Steps to Building Profitable Connections


As a joint venture (JV) and business relationship expert, discovering the potential with social media tools was like discovering a gold mine! At last, a quick and easy way to cut through the clutter and the gatekeepers to start building high-end relationships with great people quicker than ever before! But what I also learned quickly was that communicating in this social media world was not the same as we had previously communicated to our … [Read more...]