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Originally Posted by Xxaru Media
I know. I was paying attention 
I was posing the question to help other readers who may find themselves in a similar situation. |
And I respectfully disagree with what he is saying.
One, on the budget you are describing you don't have to take on a partner like that. Next, what are affiliates going to get? Probably 50%, maybe more depending on the partner, now you will split that with the partner so really you only are getting 25% but add to that the potential costs the partner is taking out first, most likely hosting, processing, and maybe hard marketing costs like ad buys, and the producer is going to want production costs out by the same token.
The percentage left is pretty small.
Then why would a good solid marketing partner need that producer since it would generally be cheaper to just shop for exclusive content that has a one time cost and they would own it. This is exactly why you see so many failed relationships that are done like this. Hell, I have it on very reasonable and trusted authority that not all the Manwin content partners are very happy. What does that tell you if the ones with more traffic than God can't make partners happy?
The path to success is literally strewn with the dead and mangled bodies of companies that took that approach.
Now, 100k is half the investment nut of 200k for what Ruseful spent - would you be happy with half his success? I would in that amount of time especially but I wouldn't be unhappy if it took twice as long to get half that successful either because by any biz standard that would still be measured as hugely successful.
Now factor in that he is willing to tell you exactly what he did to get there and pretty much has spelled it out here and in other threads too. So why couldn't someone with ZERO prior knowledge of the industry but $50 to $100k to invest not learn from that and create similar success? I will tell you why. Most people don't really think these things through and do the due diligence homework that is necessary first. They want someone to do it for them. They listen to bad advice. A few months later they are out of the biz.
Anyone remember Hanco? That is why I call it "Hanco Syndrome".