Tag Archives: membership site plugin
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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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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Essential Steps for Your Membership Site
Posted on 18. Mar, 2011 by Steve.
3 Essential Steps Keep Your Membership Site Ahead of Your Members It doesn’t matter what type of website you run, the biggest problem that you can have is falling behind your members. There are a number of different areas in which this can occur to a membership site including content creation, topic relevancy, and product promotion. Fortunately there are some simple steps that you can take to stay ahead in all of these areas. The first area and often the most important is the content creation itself. Some people make the mistake of over-preparing content before opening a membership site, whereas others are on the ropes from the very beginning. The general rule of thumb is to stay two to three months ahead of your oldest member. You know that if you stay ahead of them, that you will be ahead of everyone. The easiest way to do this is [...]
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Comprehensive WordPress Membership Plugins for your Site
Posted on 22. Dec, 2010 by Steve.
WordPress is a popular choice for creating up and maintaining membership websites for a number of reasons; it’s easy to use, it’s very flexible, and a lot of available plugins are evolving to accommodate more needs. Even before comprehensive plugins came about, there were so many ways on how to integrate multiple plugins to setup a membership website and you can all do these for free. As technology evolved to improve on existing methods, comprehensive plugins came into existence which holds a great value to users and webmasters alike. Nowadays, a single plugin can do everything. Below are the top benefits. 1. Everything you need is there. You can expect a lot of cohesion when you use a single plugin, and obviously this is your top advantage. This allows you to manage just every single aspect in your WordPress membership site: registration, recurring billing, and all the details in between. [...]
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5 Requirements Your WordPress Membership Site Plugin Must Have
Posted on 03. Dec, 2009 by Steve.
Creating a membership site has been proven to be one of the most profitable ways to generate a solid recurring online income. With wordpress, they can be very simple to create because of the ability to quickly install a comprehensive plugin to manage your website. WordPress used to just be a platform for bloggers, but it has quickly evolved into an elite content management system. More and more often, internet marketers have turned to wordpress to manage their membership site as more companies produce amazing and comprehensive membership management plugins. When you are choosing a membership plugin there are 5 requirements that a wordpress plugin must have in order for you to consider using it to manage your membership site. 1. RSS Feed Encryption This feature is almost always overlooked the first time you design a membership using wordpress. RSS Feed Encryption ensures that only members have access to your [...]
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Using WordPress For Your Membership Site
Posted on 28. Nov, 2009 by Steve.
Membership sites have continued to gain popularity with the online community because they are the most effective way to create a long-term income. WordPress has emerged as one of the most reliable options for creating a membership site. Once it is set up, it can operate hands-free which allows you to move on to other profitable projects. WordPress utilizes a simple plugin style which means that you can create your membership site within hours instead of days or weeks. It is designed to allow you to create whatever style of membership site that you need from a simple protected download area to online courses and on going content creation. There are numerous plugins available, both free and commercial, with varying formats an options that can be used to create your membership site. By using only free plugins you will be able to create a very simple wordpress membership site. The [...]
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The Easiest Way to Build a Membership Site With WordPress
Posted on 27. Nov, 2009 by Steve.
If you don’t own a membership site you are more than likely missing out on a very profitable income stream. It’s no accident that most Internet marketers have a membership site or more than one. The great thing about a membership site is that if you sell a product you can offer a month free to your membership site as bonus therefore making your products more easy to sell and creating multiple streams of income from one customer. Also people love to learn so if you have great content and you want to spread out in the form of an online course what better way than a membership site. Your course material i.e. module one is delivered on the day that they sign up and use sequential modules will all be available to them month after month. The best thing about a membership site is that once it’s in place [...]
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