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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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Using the Power of Twitter By Following Instead of Tweeting
Posted on 21. Oct, 2010 by Steve.
Most membership site owners are so focused on what to tweet next and how to maximize their ROI on a per tweet basis, that many forget the value of following. Obviously, the goal here is not to convince you that you should never actually tweet. The goal is to open your eyes to how much you gain by sitting back and just following people. On the internet, the general belief is that the membership site that shares the most, gains the most. While there is some truth to this, it is only true when the person leveraging the power of Twitter spends more time listening than talking. Information is a powerful and valuable commodity and you can use Twitter to get it. Here is a closer look at how you can use Twitter to gain valuable niche/industry information that can add value and profits to your membership site. The key [...]
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The 7 Point Checklist That Must Be Covered Before Making Your Membership Live
Posted on 15. Oct, 2010 by Steve.
One of the most difficult times of launching a membership site is the final days where you are trying to double and triple check everything to make sure that launch day is a success. While there are details that will vary from site to site, there are 7 main points that must be double checked before you launch a membership site. 1. Content and Styling This is where the most variability will be from one membership site to the next. While the details will vary greatly, the overall sections will not. The first thing to check is the typography and layout to make sure that everything is standardized throughout the website. Next, you need to double check spelling and grammar, not only within the content, but also the styling. While checking the spelling, consistency (such as tense and phrasing) is something to keep in mind as well. Also double check [...]
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The 3 Basic Steps to Using Facebook for Membership Sites
Posted on 10. Oct, 2010 by Steve.
Facebook has quickly become a well known tool for promoting businesses, products, and of course, membership websites. There are a lot of different tips and techniques that can be used, and if you really dig into the details, then it will take years to read and learn everything. However, with so many tiny details that people focus on, they all boil down to 3 basic steps. Here is a closer look at the 3 basic steps to using Facebook for your membership site. 1. Creating and Managing a Profile Regardless of what you are promoting, the first thing that needs to be done is establishing a plan for creating and managing your membership site profile. This includes things like creating a business account, reading and understanding the rules of Facebook, and installing the right applications. Normally, these applications are designed to accomplish goals like integrating feeds from your blogs as [...]
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The 6 Most Basic Steps to Launching a Membership Site
Posted on 19. Sep, 2010 by Steve.
It is really easy to get bogged down in the details of launching a membership site. There are so many detail-oriented decisions, after a while the entire process can be daunting, yet a blur, at the same time. Fortunately, there are 6 basic steps that every detail and decision will fall into. By being able to compartmentalize a little, you will be surprised how much easier launching a membership site can seem. 1. Choose a Niche and a Domain This is the first step and could be a pretty simple one. Before you start anything, it is important to choose what niche you will be targeting and from there choose a domain name. This can become quite a detailed process once you create a plan to investigate and evaluate niches, as well as how you will choose a domain name. 2. The Look and Feel The next step is to [...]
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5 Ways to Build Relationships During Your Pre-Launch
Posted on 11. Sep, 2010 by Steve.
The pre-launch phase is an incredibly important time for every membership site. If you have been involved in the internet marketing niche for any amount of time, you know how overblown a pre-launch can become. Even if you are in a niche that is not really as tolerant of over the top product launches, that doesn’t mean that the pre-launch phase isn’t important. The single biggest factor of whether or not you launch will be a success is how well you establish and build relationships during the pre-launch phase. Here are a few ways to build relationships quickly and effectively. 1. Twitter Twitter has become a great tool for establishing relationships. While it can sometimes be difficult to determine if someone is following you for a reason or just to try and get you to follow them back, that doesn’t mean that Twitter isn’t worth your time. The best use [...]
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How to Create a Compelling Offer For Your Membership Site
Posted on 10. Sep, 2010 by Steve.
It doesn’t matter if you are creating a variety of landing pages or are using a publicly accessible section of your website to promote your membership site, you must make the offer a compelling one. The key to doing this is to improve the perceived value of your product. It doesn’t matter how valuable your membership site actually is if your potential members don’t see any value. Fortunately, there are some easy ways to instantly improve the perceived value of your website. The first thing that you need to do is make sure that the members see that they are getting a good deal. It doesn’t matter if anything in your members area is sold separately or not, you must attach a value to it. Otherwise there is no way for a visitor know what they are getting. Keep in mind that while you are doing this, it is important [...]
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