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3 Tips For Choosing a Subject For Your Membership Site
Posted on 16. Jul, 2010 by Steve.
It seems like membership sites have become one of the most popular ways to create a long-term, residual income. However, just because you create a membership site, doesn’t mean that you will make money. One of the biggest mistakes that someone can make is choosing a subject for their membership site that no one is interested in. Here are 5 quick tips to help you choose a great topic for your membership website. 1. Don’t Be Afraid to Go Small One of the biggest mistakes that most people make when choosing the topic for their website is to focus on a category that is too broad. As a general rule, many people will argue that choosing a niche that is too small is much better than choosing a niche that is too large. The reason for this is simple. If your membership site tries to cover a wide range of [...]
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What Advantages Does WordPress Have Over Other CMS Options?
Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by Steve.
Choosing a CMS is one of the most important decisions that a webmaster can make. The CMS that is chosen will play a large role in determining how the website is created as well as what tools will be available. There are a variety of popular options, most notably Drupal and Joomla, however WordPress has done an excellent job of standing out from the crowd. Here is a quick look at some of the reasons that WordPress has become the best CMS option available. 1. Fast Development WordPress seems to come out with both minor and major updates much faster than either Drupal or Joomla. The most recent major update was earlier in June when WordPress 3.0 came out. It was long anticipated because it integrates WordPress-MU as well as added several options to make creating a website easier. Additionally, WordPress reacts to discovered security threats extremely quickly when compared [...]
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Has the Release of WordPress 3.0 Had an Effect on Membership Websites?
Posted on 12. Jul, 2010 by Steve.
The release of WordPress 3.0 has been in the making for some time and the official release has finally taken place. As with all major releases, the instant reaction of many people is to find out how these releases will affect their website specifically, and this is an especially important question for people who are using WordPress to manage their membership website. Downtime is never good for any website, but membership websites have even more pressure than most to be available to users at all times. This is because members have already paid for access to the content. This makes planning out the process of upgrading to WordPress 3.0 incredibly important to webmasters of membership websites. WordPress 3.0 Shouldn’t Affect Your Membership Website 1. Testing WordPress 3.0 went through a very long and thorough alpha and beta phase. This should have given every plugin developer plenty of time to update [...]
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WordPress 1Shoppingcart Integration
Posted on 10. Jul, 2010 by Steve.
An Benefit Overview of WordPress – 1Shoppingcart Integration WordPress has quickly become one of the most popular CMS platforms used by webmasters today. While it started out as a simple blogging platform, it has quickly blossomed into a feature rich system that allows for a variety of websites and has become a favorite of membership website designers. As with all ecommerce platforms, choosing which shopping cart to integrate is a vital decision. 1Shoppingcart has become a popular choice for WordPress integration because of the many benefits that a webmasters can gain from it. Benefits of Integrating 1Shoppingcart and WordPress 1. Design Flexibility One of the best features of 1Shoppingcart is the flexibility in design that webmasters can have, without additional customization. 1Shoppingcart has an easy to use interface that will allow you to consistently and effectively brand yourself from the initial sales steps throughout the entire transaction. You can customize [...]
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Is a Drupal Membership Website the Best Option?
Posted on 08. Jul, 2010 by Steve.
Drupal has long been one of the most popular content management systems among webmasters. However, with the growing popularity of membership websites, many people are wondering whether or not a Drupal membership website is the best choice. This decision, for many people, will come down to how much work they want to do in order to set up and integrate the additional modules into their website. While there is no “right” answer, by understanding what will need to be done in order to create a Drupal membership website, making this decision can be much easier. Drupal historically has been considered to have a steeper learning curve than many other popular CMS options. This makes integrating additional modules to create a membership website simpler for seasoned users than for newer Drupal webmasters. In order to create a membership website, there are several common modules that will need to be installed. These [...]
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Take Advantage of Comprehensive Plugins to Create WordPress Membership Site
Posted on 05. Jul, 2010 by Steve.
WordPress has always been a popular option for setting up membership websites. Before there commercial membership plugins were available, there were a variety of ways to piece together multiple free plugins in order to create a WordPress membership website. However, commercial plugins have proven to be a much more comprehensive option, which holds a number of advantages to webmasters. There are a number of reasons that using a single plugin is beneficial when compared to piecing together multiple free plugins to create a WordPress membership site. 1. Cohesion The most obvious advantage of using a single plugin is the cohesion that it creates. It allows you to manage all aspects of your WordPress membership website from registration to recurring billing and everything in between. This cohesion makes setting up and maintaining a membership website on a daily basis much easier. This is especially true when it comes to adding content [...]
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WordPress InfusionSoft Integration
Posted on 03. Jul, 2010 by Steve.
InfusionSoft WordPress Integration Provides Multitude of Benefits InfusionSoft continues to capture a larger percentage of the email marketing/autoresponder market. It continues to add additional features and products that make InfusionSoft an obvious choice for many WordPress webmasters. Along with email marketing, InfusionSoft now offers additional features such as Opportunity Management, Billing and Collections, Shopping Cart, and much more. As it continues to become a more robust and multi-faceted system, more and more WordPress websites will become integrated with InfusionSoft. Benefits of InfusionSoft WordPress Integration 1. Email Marketing Features Using the InfusionSoft form generator, you can quickly specify what fields you want to include, and when someone signs up for your list, they will be automatically added to your InfusionSoft Customer Database. Using the Drag and Drop editor, designing your emails is simple. This ensures that you can effectively promote your brand and your website by adding your logo, choosing the [...]
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