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title: "Five starter partnership deals"
description: "The deal types the authors recommend while building partnership skill."
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updated: 2026-11-03
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# Five starter partnership deals

> The deal types the authors recommend while building partnership skill.

Kevin Harrington and Daniel Priestley's framework, from Key Person of Influence, pp. 42 to 128.

Framework 7 of 11 from [Key Person of Influence](https://tomsharman.com/bookshelf/key-person-of-influence/index.md) by Kevin Harrington and Daniel Priestley. Category: Offers and pricing.

## The steps

1. **Affiliate partnerships.** Pay a commission, tracked by links, to people who promote your products.
2. **Co-promotion.** Two companies with similar sized databases each mail the other's offer.
3. **Product creation partnerships.** Team up with others to build a more valuable product that gets the client a better outcome.
4. **Packaging up.** Bundle someone else's existing product with yours.
5. **Free-bundle group.** Combine several businesses' free offers into one irresistible basket.

## Where it comes from

From chapter: 2. The Key Person of Influence Method, pp. 42–128

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