Turns client bombs into referral partners

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Jason Eckerman
May 15, 2025

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Turns client bombs into referral partners.

Jason here.

This is embarrassing to admit.

But a year or two back, I completely bombed a rev-share deal.

The kind of bomb where you start to question your life choices afterwards.

And think, "Maybe I should just go work at Target."

(At least they have a decent dental plan.)

But fortunately, instead of wallowing in my failure...

I accidentally stumbled into what might be the dumbest "success hack" ever.

See, I was trying to monetize a tiny list with a partner.

And when I say it went badly...

I mean ZERO dollars kind of badly.

We got some decent clicks and responses to email #1.

In the end though, we didn’t even land a pity purchase from an aunt or old college friend.

But right when I was about to part ways and start my walk of shame...

I pressed the “I believe” button, as Travis says…

And I made the partner who brought me into the deal a new offer...

Something so simple, it felt kinda ridiculous saying it out loud.

Turns out that in addition to copywriting…

This guy was also doing media buying.

Running Facebook ads for a couple coaches who had a 40k email list.

It was just sitting there, collecting digital dust. Not making a single penny.

And that random offer I made led to an opportunity 10X bigger.

All because I was too dumb to just accept my L and go home.

Here's the thing about getting clients that nobody talks about...

Most people are so worried about looking stupid...

That they miss the opportunity hiding INSIDE the opportunity.

And if you’re able to look more than two inches in front of your nose…

You can turn BIG losses into NEW leads like clockwork.

I'll break down the whole story next Tuesday @ 2pm central at our next monthly round-up...

Including:
• Why the first deal actually bombed (and what I learned)
• The exact structure that turned everything around
• How to spot the RIGHT people to make these offers to
• And the FRAMEWORK I now use to turn every "no" into potential gold

Now for the bad news…

We only have 100 seats available for the live training.

And with this email going out to over 5,000 peeps...

My guess is those seats will disappear faster than my kids’ motivation at the end of the school year.

The good news?

For our A-List members, your seat is already locked in.

And you’ll get access to the replay no matter what.

If you haven’t already upgraded?

You know what to do.

Otherwise, tap below to save your seat for next Tuesday while you can get ‘em.

In Your Corner,

Jason

P.S. By the way... it's even EASIER to land these kinds of deals today thanks to the network we’re building inside Ronin.

Ronin James just posted an opportunity to partner up on another 40k person email list.

While most copywriters are happy collecting $100-200 per email…

Ronin are collecting 1000s per email with these types of partnerships.

And you can do it without sending cold emails or building your brand on Facebook.

If that interests ya, I’ve got your invite right here. 👇

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