Tag Archives: creating a membership site
3 Essential Elements of Effective Membership Site Management
Posted on 04. Feb, 2011 by Steve.
Creating a membership site is only half the battle. In reality, anyone can setup a membership site, but the thing that sets successful sites apart from the rest is how it is managed. This is because a poorly managed membership site will quickly drive members away which makes creating a sustainable site impossible. In order to make sure that your membership site is set up so that you can effectively manage it, here are three things to keep in mind. Time Spend Pre and Post Task It may surprise you how much time you spend preparing for a task and finishing a task. For example, loading a WordPress post (assuming it is already written) includes signing into your admin area, entering the post section, and creating a new post. All of this before you actually add your content. Once you are finished, you need to add tags, a description, any [...]
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5 Big Membership Site Decisions
Posted on 05. Sep, 2010 by Steve.
If you are thinking about starting a content based membership site, making the right decisions at the very beginning can save both time and money down the road. It is easy to get bogged down in the details like what color palette is best for your niche and how much content are going to release per month, before you get too focused on the little things, it is important to create a solid foundation that will allow your membership to easily expand and upgrade in the future. 1. CMS Choosing the right CMS is critical to long term success. There is nothing worse than having to deal with security or stability issues because your CMS is not working out. Another problem is that some content management systems are not very admin friendly, which means that you will be spending a lot more time doing menial tasks such as uploading content [...]
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3 Critical Membership Site Mistakes
Posted on 18. Aug, 2010 by Steve.
There are thousands of things that you can do right when creating a membership site, but they will all be for not if you make any of these 3 critical membership site mistakes. Have you ever heard stories of people who have gone to same restaurant or bought the same brand of shoes for years, but after one really bad experience they completely cut that product out of their lives? It happens all of the time. What this proves is that people, in general, will overlook all of the positive experiences that they have had with a product in the event that a single critical mistake was made. Here is a look at 3 critical mistakes that can ruin a membership site. 1. Information Architecture It doesn’t matter how great your content is, if no one can find it. A membership website absolutely must be very user friendly and topic-specific. [...]
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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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3 Tools You Must Provide To Your Affiliates to Promote Your Membership Site
Posted on 17. May, 2010 by Steve.
A majority of membership websites are heavily reliant on affiliates maximize their promotion efforts and recruit as many members as possible. However, in order to ensure that your affiliates are as successful as possible, it is your job to provide them with the right tools. Here is a quick list of the most important tools that you must provide to your affiliates. 1. Text When it comes to creating text for your army of affiliates, there are a variety of different items that you can and should create for them. Creating classified ad texts have become increasingly popular as venues such as Craigslist and FreeAds have become a more commonly used tool of affiliate marketers. Another option is to create a pre-written blog post or series of blog posts that your affiliates can use. The blog post can be a site review, site preview, or a simple pre-salespage. Along the [...]
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