My Focus for 2012 (What does Andy do, anyway?)

by Andy

I’m asked all the time, even by those in our market who have heard my name, but still aren’t quite sure of what I do…

“So what is it you DO, anyway?”

Well, today, I had a similar question, and I liked my own response to that question so much, I thought I’d post it here, in case anyone stumbling upon my blog has the same question…

QUESTION FOR ANDY:

Andy,

I might have missed it, but can you explain to me exactly what you do.

I mean are you a JV broker that books different webianrs and such?

Or do you have a direct relationship with one person?

Keith

MY RESPONSE:

Hey Keith,

I was John Reese’s affiliate manager for 5+ years until Oct ’09, where I learned my chops at the JV/affiliate side of things. Transitioned to doing coaching/consulting on JV/affiliate related stuff, created a product called “JV Attraction Formula” (not publicly available at the moment), and have worked as a JV broker for various launch or webinar opportunities.

What I’ve realized is that I *LOVE* helping connect people with high-converting webinars… and am, therefore, focusing the majority of my efforts in 2012 doing just that, but at a higher level, by also helping to support those joint ventures by doing scheduling of those webinars, providing swipe copy, etc.

In addition to that… I refer people to others who I feel may be good contacts for them, or who I believe could help them with whatever needs they have expressed to me… sometimes for a referral fee, sometimes not… but ALWAYS out of sincerity and wanting to make a difference for others… while having faith that it’s all going to come back to me in the long run, if not through immediate affiliate/referral commissions.

Does that help explain things a bit? :-)

I love this stuff! haha

Take care,
Andy

So if you’ve ever wondered exactly what it is I do online, although that doesn’t tell you EVERYTHING that I do (I’m also the JV Manager for a Clickbank launch for my friend, Justin Elenburg, who shows people how to make crazy commissions through Mobile and PayPerCall marketing… among other things), that about covers it in a nutshell.

If you want to see my new free membership site, where I’ll be highlighting HIGH-CONVERTING WEBINARS… or “webinars that crush” over the next year & beyond… simply check out WebinarsThatCrush.com (the site is very rough, and I have a TON of things to add, but this will give you a good idea of what I have cooking).

To Massive JV Profits,

Andy Hussong
The Affiliate Management Insider
http://www.AffiliateManagementInsider

 

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Go the Extra Mile to Motivate Affiliates

by Andy

This should be a no brainer for us all, but how much do we actually DO what I’m about to describe?

As you know, part of my biz involves hooking people up with high-converting webinars from high-integrity marketers, and what two of these clients/friends did for me – and my KIDS – recently only reinforced my commitment to helping them as much as possible.

Check this out…

I answered our doorbell to the mailman with a few packages in his hands about a week or so, ago. This was after Christmas, so I wondered what they could be for.

When I brought them in the house, and opened them up, here’s everything that I saw…

Gifts from Rich Schefren & Ty Cohen

 

What you’re looking are two separate sets of gifts that happened to show up at my house at the exact same time from two top notch marketers… Rich Schefren and Ty Cohen.

I helped connect Rich with a “JV webinar” this past summer, and I’ve continued to work with his team since that time in various ways… including helping them get JV partners for their “Business Growth System” webinar.

He sent the small box you see at the front of the picture. Here it is a bit bigger…

Gourmet Cookies from Rich Schefren

These are gourmet cookies from Rich (and they are goooooood), and here’s a close up of the personal message that was included…

Personal Message from Rich

Notice how you can also use the message you send to get people to a website by visiting the link he included in the message.

Now, as for Ty Cohen, I recently had a conversation with him about hooking him up with JV partners for his “Kindle Cash Flow” webinar, and he asked me (I’m paraphrasing)…

“What’s your address, man? I want to send your boys something cool.”

Well, a week or so later, here’s what arrived…

2 Remote Control Helicopters

I’m not sure who was more excited to open these 2 remote control helicopters… my boys or ME!… LOL

Seriously, this was such a cool gesture. He did NOT have to do that… but because he did, that convinced me even more that he’s a good dude, and makes me want to help him even MORE!

Here are Kaden and Kellen with their new, favorite toys (too bad it’s 10 degrees outside and they have to wait til it gets warmer to play with them… haha)…

Boys with their new 'copters

Now check out the message that came along with Ty’s gifts to my boys…

Personal Message from Ty

The truth is that the cookies that Rich sent to me were probably sent to a lot of different people, including JV partners, customers, and the like… but that doesn’t matter at all.

The truth is that the toy helicopters Ty sent to me were also sent to others in much the same way… but that ALSO doesn’t matter to me at all.

What matters to me was the THOUGHT that Rich and Ty each went to the expense of sending out something cool to me – or my kids – when they didn’t need to, and that makes ME want to try harder than I have to hook them up with marketers to promote their webinar(s).

That’s the key takeaway from all of this…

Always be willing to go the extra mile for people, and they will want to do the same for you!

It’s that simple.

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The Perfect JV Strategy for Newbies & Experts?

by Andy

Newbies & lesser-known marketers always ask me…

“How can I launch a product if I’m a ‘nobody’ in my niche?”
“How can I get affiliates or JV partners to promote me if I’m a newbie?”

But at the same time, experts want to know…

“How can I give my current biz a shot in the arm?”
“How can I quickly create a brand new buyers’ list?”
“How can I create immense value & attract a ton of affiliates at the same time?”

Well, here’s a strategy that works like CRAZY, but you have to have a product/service to offer to Internet marketers (your own infoproduct, software, etc. that’s about traffic, blogging, Facebook, etc.).

If this describes you, then I’m tellin’ ya… this is PERFECT for…

* making tons of sales WITHOUT a stressful product launch
* gaining the attention of DOZENS of affiliates
* building instant rapport with your target market
* providing enormous VALUE in the marketplace
* positioning yourself as an expert in the IM industry
* setting the stage for a product launch that CRUSHES

The really cool thing about this is that it’s not only the “perfect JV strategy” if you’re a “newbie”… but also if you’re a well-known “guru” in the Internet marketing space.

So what is it? Check it out…

The “Perfect” JV Strategy
(For Newbies AND Experts)

Ever since I started discovering Internet marketing back in 1996 or 1997 (yes… wayyyy back then), I discovered a resource that was very intriguing to me. Tell me if you can guess what that resource was before you read through my brief steps below (no cheating!).

Before I tell you what that resource was, here are the basic steps you need to take…

1) Create a “mini” version of your current product (or just provide your whole product).
2) Make sure it’s a solid product.
3) Price it at a ridiculously low price (provide solid value).
4) Optional: Offer a “one-time offer” (OTO) or other upsell.
5) Make sure it’s high quality and a reasonably low price (high value).
6) Decide on how you’ll market to them on the backend.
7) Make sure the backend of your funnel is set up.
8.) Create a brief sales letter for it.
9) Share your product with others to gather testimonials.
10) Set up your offer where you are likely to get tons of traffic (guess where yet?)
11) Get affiliates interested in promoting your product.
12) Open the floodgates.
13) Make money.
14) Do it again, or…
15) Re-release it with a conventional launch for more money
16) Release the FULL VERSION with a launch.
17) Go back to your happy affiliates and have them promote again!
18) Implement my JV attraction strategies to ramp things up even higher.

By now, you’ve probably figured out what my “secret resource” is, and what this method is called. Here it is in a nutshell…

Warrior Forum + WSO = The Perfect JV Strategy!

If you’ve been around Internet marketing long at all, you probably already realized that I was referring to the power of creating a “Warrior Special Offer”, more commonly known as a WSO, via the Warrior Forum Internet marketing forum at WarriorForum.com!

I could go on and on about all of the newbie marketers and well-known experts, alike, who have CRUSHED IT with WSO’s to the tune of $5K, $10K, even $50K & $75K paydays (all within just a few days or weeks)…

Because, honestly, I’m *not* the expert. I know a lot of WHAT to do, but when it comes to turning to someone who has walked the walk, and has created numerous 5 and even 6-figure paydays with WSO’s, here are a couple guys I fully recommend you turn to if you’re looking to launch your first WSO, which can then be ramped up into a full scale Internet marketing success story…

Click Here To Crush It With WSO’s

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A “HAPPIER” New Year for You, Kaden, and Sophie…

by Andy

What a year!

As I look back on the past year, I know things have been an absolute whirlwind for me…

* My son, Kaden’s seizure testing (more on that below)
* Coached 3 baseball teams for 3 of my sons
* Attended more IM events than usual
* Made TONS of new friends/connections in various niches
* Worked on various launches
* Figured out a way to leverage Facebook like never before
* Became sort of the “webinar JV guy” for hooking up webinar deals
* My oldest boy, Korbin, joined the US Army (like I did)
* My 18 year old, Kurtis, got a baseball scholarship to a Jr. college
* I got lazy about working out and eating habits… LOL (changing that)
* A continued great relationship with my wife, boys, parents, brother, and friends.

… and I’m sure you’re looking back right now on all the good and bad that’s happened to you over the past year.

I want you to know that I appreciate you, and for hanging with me in between long stretches of no email/blog updates from me, while I’ve been going in a million directions, it seems, this year.

I’ve got an entire list of stuff I’m going to be sharing with you that’s going to help you knock it out of the park with attracting and motivating affiliates and joint venture partners in 2012, but for now, I have something more important to share with you that will help all of us keep things in proper perspective as we enter the New Year…

My Son Does NOT Have Cancer… but…

By now, you’re probably aware of the battle my son has fought with seizures for 7 1/2 of the 8 1/2 years of his life (you can check out my previous blog post about it here).

Not sure if you’re getting sick of hearing about it, or not, but I thought I’d update you on the phone call we got from one of the doctors who evaluated him in Cleveland last month…

… as well as to introduce you to a little 4 year-old girl who’s battling something WAY worse than what Kaden is.

We found out that Kaden’s seizures are a result of some sort of birth defect in his brain, and what the medical team is recommending we do is to consider the surgical removal of that “diseased” portion of his brain… which consists of a large portion of his right frontal lobe.

Obviously, we have some decisions to make, but we’ve been reassured that the great thing about this is that it’s located away from any areas that could potentially cause any type of delay in speech or motor skills.

Apparently… even though they’d remove a large portion of his right frontal lobe, it can be done with no long term, negative affects, and in fact, may even result in an increase in the ability to focus, which is something he’s struggled with, and which is common with those who have this condition.

While this is all somewhat scary for us as parents, our faith is what will carry Kaden and the rest of us through this, and we’re confident that we’ll make the right decision.

Now, you may recall my story about how we are able to keep things in perspective after seeing numerous young cancer patients during our time at Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis over the years.

We realize how fortunate Kaden is to “just” have seizures, believe me, which brings me to this…

Meet 4 year-old, Sophie…

Back in November, I attended the Internet Marketing Party in San Diego, put on by my good friends David Gonzalez and Jonathan Herbert, and while there, I met an amazing guy by the name of Ted Ehr, who was there simply to drum up some support amongst our Internet marketing community for his little girl.

Turns out his little 4 year-old daughter, Sophie, is battling cancer. In fact, as you can read here, “while most of us will be spending the holidays with family and friends traveling or at home, Sophie [spent] her Christmas in a Boston hospital, preparing to go through a grueling operation and subsequent nasty series of chemotherapy treatments – a situation you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy.”

Here’s a picture of young Sophie…

I can only imagine the heartache felt when receiving the news that one of your “little ones” has such a crippling, and life-threatening disease.

But wait… there could be light at the end of the tunnel…

A “Happier” New Year for Sophie…

There is some hope for Sophie.

Something amazing is happening… Nearly every major Internet marketer has banded together and are willing to give you over $10,000 in software, products, courses & services just for helping a small child in need.

I’ve joined forces with them & you’ve got to check this out:

http://www.marketersforacause.org/sophie

We need your help spreading the word about this. Go there now & find out about the upcoming day-long live “web telethon” being hosted by Bill McIntosh with a guest list that reads like the virtual who’s who in the online marketing world.

(BTW… Bill’s a GREAT friend of mine and past client who sincerely cares about people – especially kids – like you wouldn’t believe!)

When you participate you’ll even get a chance to grab some of the best Internet marketing training on the planet.

In fact… I’ll be contributing some top notch “JV attraction” content of my own to help contribute to this worthy cause.

What a great concept! Help a little girl in need & get some high-quality products designed to help you build your Internet business at the same time. Everyone wins!

I look forward to seeing you over there:

http://www.marketersforacause.org/sophie

So thanks a TON for taking the time as you head into the New Year to read about my son, and more importantly, for considering helping little Sophie during this most difficult time in her life.

Warmly,

Andy Hussong
Fighting for Sophie’s Life

P.S. Every penny of revenue generated from the “Sophie Project” goes straight to the family of a 4 year old girl with bone cancer. It will provide support and give her the strongest fighting chance of beating this terrible disease. Do everything you can to be part of this:

http://www.marketersforacause.org/sophie

P.S.S. What are YOU thankful for as you look back on 2011, and head into 2012? Remember to take time out this weekend to have fun, spend time with those you care about the most, and be sure to hug your loved ones with all you got! :-)

 

 

 

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