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4 Ways to Doom Your Membership Site
Posted on 29. May, 2011 by Steve.
It doesn’t matter what phase of membership site creation, promotion, or maintenance you are in, there are certain things that can quickly doom your site. Not only can these factors cause a mass exodus by your members, but also generate a lot of negative comments within your niche and across the web. Fortunately, all of these problems are easily remedied with proper planning. 1. Choosing the Wrong Topic If you choose the wrong topic for your membership site, there is nothing that can be done to make it successful. There are two different ways that this can happen. The first is that you choose a topic that doesn’t include enough information to justify a membership site. This is rarely a problem as long because you can create a one-time payment or free membership model to compensate, however if you are only interested in recurring payments, then this can be an [...]
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Is Getting Your Own Membership Plugin Designed a Good Idea?
Posted on 24. May, 2011 by Steve.
Designing a basic WordPress plugin isn’t inherently difficult which is why there is a growing trend to hire a freelancer or company to create customized plugins. While this may serve a purpose in some cases, this isn’t always the best idea. If you are thinking about this for a membership plugin then you might want to reconsider. There are a number of potential hazards that you could run into, especially if you do not have a freelancer developer who you work with on a consistent basis. Here is a closer look at what these problems are and why purchasing a commercially available membership plugin is likely to be the better option. The first problem, or group of problems, all arise if you do not have a freelance developer who you use often. While some people do have WordPress developers on retainer, it is fairly rare. The first problem is that [...]
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Free 2CheckOut Account
Posted on 19. May, 2011 by Steve.
2Checkout.com (2CO) is a worldwide leader in payment and e-commerce services. 2CO powers online merchants with a global platform of payment methods and world-class fraud prevention service on safe, secure, and reliable PCI-compliant payment pages. Accept Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, Discover, PayPal, Diner’s Club, JCB and Debit cards (in the U.S.) today! Sell online today! 2Checkout.com’s service bundle includes: Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, Discover, PayPal, JCB, Diner’s Club and Debit Cards (in the U.S.) Safe and secure hosted payment platform Three-tier fraud prevention service Call center support services for your customers 30 currencies and 15 languages to support international buyers SSL certificate for secure payments Create Free 2CheckOut Account It’s Normally $49, but now FREE! Discount Coupon; magic2co Incoming search terms:free 2checkout account (3),2checkout free account (2),2checkout free account 2011 (2),how to create an account of 2checkout (2),2checkout free (1),j c b (1),is 2checkout free (1),how to cancel account with 2CO (1),free [...]
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Is Your Membership Plugin Keeping Pace With Your Members?
Posted on 19. May, 2011 by Steve.
When you installed your membership plugin when you first launched your site, everything seemed to be laid out pretty well, but over time you may have noticed that there are some minor tweaks that need to be made. The problem is that your plugin is making this task a much bigger problem than it should be. There are a number of different ways that your members can out-pace your plugin. Here is a quick look at the two major areas to focus on when deciding whether or not it is time to upgrade and get a better membership plugin. The first area is your members themselves. There are some membership plugins that were designed to do absolutely everything. Many of them get billed as the set it and forget type plugins that will magically create a membership site out of thin air. Normally they will include a number of feature [...]
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Does a WordPress Membership Site Still Offer Simplicity?
Posted on 09. May, 2011 by Steve.
Membership sites are currently battling the same problem that many other online profit sources have faced at one time or another. A relatively simple concept has become unnecessarily complex. This is a problem that happened to ebook publishers a few years ago. The sales pages grew to 10 pages long, the ebooks got longer and more complex, and the entire promotion process jumped from a few weeks to 6 months before the launch. Today, the use of audio, video, and more effective launch tactics, ebook publishers have re-simplified. WordPress membership sites have undergone this same problem lately, fortunately there still may a light at the end of the tunnel. The problem that had arisen with the WordPress membership site first started before there were a wide selection of premium plugins to choose from. Webmasters were forced to piece together a multitude of different plugins simply to secure content and accept [...]
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Are Free Membership Sites Still a Good Option?
Posted on 03. May, 2011 by Steve.
Over the past few years, the increase in low cost membership sites, especially continuity sites, has made many people wonder whether or not free membership sites are still a good option. Of course, there is always going to be more inherent appeal to generating income from paying members rather than hoping to monetize a free membership base. At the same time, there are still some very real benefits to creating a free membership site. This is especially true if you consider some of the ways that free memberships have evolved. The big question is whether or not these benefits are great enough to outweigh charging a small monthly fee. Here is a quick look at how free membership sites stack up. List Building Both paid and free membership sites are a great way to build your list. The question is what kind of list you want to build. In general, [...]
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Is Your Membership Site Software Lowering Your Profits?
Posted on 29. Apr, 2011 by Steve.
Is Your Membership Software Lowering Your Profits? There are a lot of reasons that your membership site could fail, or at least be less profitable than it should be. In most cases this type of problem will be attributed to things like outsourcing costs, poor online advertising, or just poor planning in general. When a membership site is not doing well, people will look at everything as a possible cause, but for some reason they will rarely look at the membership site software that they are using. The truth is many of these issues can be improved by simply utilizing the right piece of membership site software, such as the Magic Members plugin. Let’s start off by looking at the most basic way that your membership software can lower your profits – time. Time is money so every minute or hour that you spend dealing with tasks that your software [...]
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