There are many types of joint venture you might want to explore as you grow your business. A joint venture is when two or more businesses join together to work on a project for a set period of time.

Doing joint ventures can increase your chances of beating your competition, increasing your profits, saving time and money, getting valuable referrals, and increasing your market share. Here are ten simple joint venture ideas you can get started with right away:
1. Exchange text links or banners with other related web sites.

2. Share a web site with another business with the same target market. You both will be marketing and advertising the same web site which means double the traffic.

3. Exchange testimonials or endorsements for each others' products or services.

4. Combine your products or services together with another company's into one big package. You could split the profits.

5. Offer one of your products as a free bonus for another business' product or service. In exchange ask for a portion of the profits.

6. Offer to insert a promotional ad for another business into your product package. Just ask them to do the same for your business.

7. Trade e-zine or auto-responder ads with similar businesses.

8. Team up with related businesses to create a promotional e-book to give away. Publish your web site ads in the e-book then just give copies of the e-book away for free.

9. Host a virtual trade show or seminar with another business. Include each other's promotional material on the web site.

10. Create a freeware program with another business. Include a promotional ad for each of your businesses in the program. Submit it to freeware sites.

I hope this gets those mental juices flowing. JVs are one of the best ways to grow your business fast. For even more joint venture ideas -- and real help getting them started -- go to JVs Unleashed for simple, step-by-step instructions.