Connect & Convert
Stop Chasing Cold Leads: How Strategic Partnerships Can Actually Scale Your Business
If you are a mission-driven entrepreneur, you already know the feeling: you have a product, program, or service that genuinely changes lives, but reaching the right audience consistently feels like an uphill battle.
You might be relying heavily on paid ads that drain your budget, or exhausting yourself with cold outreach that rarely converts. It’s easy to fall into the trap of waiting for the “perfect opportunity” to magically appear. But the most sustainable, scalable businesses aren’t built on luck or relentless hustle. They are built on aligned partnerships.
When you connect with established leaders who already serve your ideal audience (without directly competing with you), you unlock a powerful growth lever: trust by association.
This is the exact philosophy behind Connect & Convert: The JV Accelerator, a highly interactive, 3-day virtual event designed to help you stop chasing opportunities and start attracting them.
Event Details:
Event Name: Connect and Convert – The JV Accelerator
Event Starts: September 24
Event Cost: FREE to Attend Online
A Note on Business Growth: This event focuses on ethical, relationship-driven business development and strategic partnerships. It is designed for established businesses and does not promote “get-rich-quick” schemes or unethical audience-building tactics.
Meet Your Guides: The Hosts & Experts
This isn’t a passive webinar series. It is a curated experience led by seasoned professionals who have spent decades building communities and scaling businesses through genuine collaboration.
The Co-Hosts:
- David Riklan: A veteran leader in the joint venture (JV) community, David specializes in bringing entrepreneurs together to forge strategic relationships that create tangible, long-term business opportunities.
- Mark Porteous: A dedicated community builder and relationship strategist, Mark helps entrepreneurs move beyond transactional networking to create meaningful, collaborative growth.
The Expert Faculty: You will learn directly from a diverse lineup of industry leaders, including:
- Jay Fairbrother: A serial entrepreneur and mastermind expert with 30 years of experience building and exiting 7-figure businesses, now helping thought leaders create high-impact programs.
- Rachael-Jayne (Unshakable Presence®): An expert in authentic communication, helping leaders embody their voice and show up with the confidence required to command respect in any room.
- Iman Aghay: Founder of Success Road Academy and Creator of Marketer AI, specializing in helping experts amplify their message and expand their visibility.
- Jennifer Diepstraten: Founder of High Ticket Sales Success and a former biotech sales leader with over $14 million in personal sales, teaching authentic, premium selling.
- Ann Hession: A sales strategist for soul-led entrepreneurs who blends intuitive guidance with practical frameworks to help experts confidently communicate their value.
- Laura Berman Fortgang, MCC: A pioneer in the personal coaching field, five-time best-selling author, and renowned speaker known for her transformative career and business methodologies.
Who Is This Event For?
Connect & Convert is specifically designed for established entrepreneurs and business owners who:
- Already have a proven, high-quality product, service, membership, or event.
- Are looking to expand their reach to a larger, more aligned audience without solely relying on paid advertising.
- Want to generate more affiliate, referral, and collaborative opportunities.
- Are committed to building sustainable, win-win partnerships rather than transactional exchanges.
- Are ready to invest time in relationship-building to achieve long-term business growth.
Who Is This NOT For?
To ensure you get the maximum return on your time, this event is not a good fit if you:
- Are still in the ideation phase and do not yet have a defined product or service to offer.
- Are looking for a “magic bullet” or a shortcut that requires no follow-up or genuine relationship cultivation.
- View networking merely as a numbers game to collect contacts, rather than a process to build mutual trust.
- Expect to be handed immediate access to someone else’s audience without first demonstrating your own value.
What YOU’LL DISCOVER
Over three dynamic days of live training, expert panels, and guided breakout sessions, you will move beyond theory and into actionable strategy. You will learn:
- The Partner’s Perspective: Exactly what established leaders look for before they agree to recommend or promote another business, and how to position yourself as an irresistible, low-risk partner.
- Clarity in Your Offer: How to articulate your target audience, your unique results, and your promotional value so clearly that prospective partners instantly understand the mutual benefit.
- The Art of the Warm Connection: How to navigate guided networking sessions to have deeper, more meaningful conversations than traditional, superficial networking allows.
- Current Growth Strategies: Actionable, real-world tactics for list-building, enrollment, and platform expansion from experts who are actively applying these methods today.
- Real-Time Problem Solving: How to bring your specific business roadblocks to the table and receive fresh perspectives, peer feedback, and expert guidance on the spot.
By the End of the Event
You will not just leave with a head full of ideas. You will walk away with a practical, step-by-step partnership plan.
You will have absolute clarity on who you need to connect with, what specific value you can offer them, and the exact next steps required to turn a new introduction into a thriving, revenue-generating collaboration.
The Real Benefit: Sustainable Growth Through Trust
The ultimate benefit of Connect & Convert is a fundamental shift in how you grow your business.
Instead of burning out on the hamster wheel of cold pitching and expensive ad campaigns, you will gain the systems, confidence, and actual relationships needed to scale organically. You will learn how to become the kind of partner that top leaders want to promote, creating a sustainable pipeline of visibility, enrollments, and business growth that lasts long after the event ends.
Secure Your Spot for the 3-Day Accelerator
It’s time to stop waiting for opportunities and start creating them through the power of strategic connection.
Event: Connect & Convert: The JV Accelerator
Dates: September 24–26, 2026
Format: Live, Interactive Virtual Event (Zoom)
Schedule: Main Event: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM EST | VIP Evening Sessions: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
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Bring your questions, your willingness to collaborate, and get ready to transform the way you grow your business.
⚠️ Disclaimer: Connect & Convert is an educational business development event. While it provides strategies for business growth, marketing, and sales, individual results will vary based on effort, market conditions, and the quality of the participant’s existing business model. This event does not guarantee specific financial outcomes or revenue increases.
