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Topic subjectRE: Marketing business to business
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567, RE: Marketing business to business
Posted by CurtisD, Mon Jun-25-07 10:00 AM
Hi there,

First off, I'd like to know if you have a base of customers already? Obviously you've done lots of work for people over the years, but do you have their names, addresses, phone numbers, etc stored in a database? If not, you should start.

Secondly, one approach you could take is to joint venture with them. As them if they would be willing to consider using you and your services, in exchange for you promoting them certain to your existing customers. This could work well with a realtor or remodeling company. I would advise you (if you haven't already) to collect some testimonials from past customers to verify the quality of your work as these companies will be a lot less likely to work with you if they don't know who you are or how good your work is..

The joint venture proposal should state that you've heard that Company A (or whatever the company name is) does great work and that you've thought of a great way to joint venture and make money together. After this you would get into detail about who you are, what you do, some of your history, some testimonials, what you would do for the company if they ventured with you and how it would be of mutual benefit to both parties to work together.

Of course if one of these companies does decide to take you on, you will need to return the favor and promote the company to your existing customers and others you know. This is some extra work, but well worth it as you will be a lot more likely to get work out of these companies this way.

This is just one example of something you could do. Joint ventures are a great way to get involved with new people/businesses.

Hope some of this helps,
Curtis

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