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WordPress Authorize.Net Integration Isn’t a Problem If You Use the Right Plugin
Posted on 10. Nov, 2010 by Steve.
There are a lot of reasons that webmasters are looking to integrate the Authorize.Net payment gateway with their WordPress website. It has proven to be a solid payment gateway for digital products such as ebooks, software, videos, etc as well as physical products that need to be shipped. However, recently Authorize.Net has become a popular choice for membership sites as well. If you are planning on creating a WordPress membership site, then it could be critical that your membership plugin can easily integrate with the Authorize.Net payment gateway. Authorize.Net has been around for nearly one and half decades and is one of the original payment gateways for online businesses. As an added advantage, Authorize.Net is owned by CyberSource, which is one of the top internet-related security companies. If you have not signed up for an Authorize.Net account and are planning to do so in the near future, then there is [...]
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Make WordPress Simple:Press Integration in Your Membership Site Easier
Posted on 09. Nov, 2010 by Steve.
Simple:Press has become well known as being a feature rich, easy to integrate forum. The goal of Simple:Press was to easily add a forum to a WordPress site. This means that WordPress Simple:Press integration should be fairly straightforward. The problem that many membership site owners have been having is securing their forum and turning their forum into a paid members area. Fortunately, with the right complimentary membership plugin, this doesn’t have to be a difficult task. Here is a quick look at some key points to keep in mind when trying to turn Simple:Press into a members-only area on a WordPress site. 1. Security There are a variety of WordPress plugins that are designed to turn your WordPress site into a membership site. Unfortunately, a large majority of these plugins have not taken into consideration a forum of any kind, let alone Simple:Press. That means that you could end up [...]
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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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Successfully Redesigning Your Membership Site
Posted on 19. Oct, 2010 by Steve.
There are a lot of reasons that you may want to redesign your website. Most membership sites are redesigned because the owner is planning on doing a big re-launch. This normally means adding more functionality, boosting content, and overall increasing value. While the goal of redesigning your website is to attract new members, if it is done poorly it will actually cause you to lose members. Here is a quick look at some steps that you should take in order make sure that you are keeping your current members happy, while redesigning your site for future success. 1. Gathering Information No matter what you plan on doing, you need to ask your members first. In fact, there is no better resource that you have that is more valuable than your current members because they know exactly what you can do to make your membership site better. If you have a [...]
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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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Overcoming Barriers and Using Twitters Power to Grow Your Membership Site
Posted on 09. Oct, 2010 by Steve.
Using Twitter to promote a business or product is nothing new, however there are additional barriers that membership sites must overcome in order to utilize Twitter successfully. In order to find out how you can effectively use Twitter, it is important to understand what barriers you will be facing and what techniques you can use to overcome them. The Big Barrier There is one primary barrier that is unique to membership sites and it is that a majority of the content is in the members area. Most websites and blogs will simply post links to their content so that there followers can read the new content, however with a membership site this simply isn’t possible. That means that you need to find a way to still take advantage of the power that Twitter offers, without compromising your members only content. The obvious solution is to simply create more content and [...]
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