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Is an Affiliate Plugin Essential for Your Membership Sites Success?
Posted on 03. Oct, 2010 by Steve.
The use of affiliate marketers to promote membership sites is not a new idea, however it is still a powerful one. While many new membership site owners focus on different ways to generate traffic, many are overlooking the importance of a quality affiliate plugin. This could be because they don’t want to deal with managing affiliates or simply don’t feel like their membership site is popular enough to attract affiliates Whatever the reason, it is definitely NOT to your advantage to forget about affiliate marketers. Here is a quick look at some common scenarios that arise and how they affect membership sites. 1. Your Members There is no better advertising than positive comments and referrals from current members. Without an affiliate plugin, you can still benefit from this type of word of mouth advertising, however it will be minimal. Some people will try and run a referral program without an [...]
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What to Choose First – CMS or Membership Software?
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by Steve.
It can be tough to find a piece of membership software that has everything that you need and the same is true for a CMS. To compound the problem, your membership software must be compatible with your CMS. So what should you do? The key is to decide which one is more important to you and go from there. Here is a closer look at when you should choose your CMS first and when you should choose your membership software first. When to Choose Your CMS First 1. Part of a Bigger Picture Some websites have a membership site area, however it is only a small piece of a much larger picture. In these cases, choosing your CMS first is going to be your best move. This is because you should not ransom your entire site based upon a small piece of the puzzle. 2. Multiple Sites If you plan [...]
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Simple Ways to Make Your Membership Site Much More Appealing to Advertisers
Posted on 21. Sep, 2010 by Steve.
Allowing advertisers to place ads on your membership site is a tried and true way to earn additional income from your site. This type of income is fairly stable and requires little effort on your part. The key is understanding what advertisers value in a membership site and making the process as easy as possible on their end. Of course, none of this matters if you don’t have the essential bases covered such as credibility, a strong membership base, solid content, and a professional looking members area. If you don’t have these basic elements to your website, then you probably have a lot bigger problems than attracting advertisers. The key to getting more advertisers is to make it is as easy as possible for them. Here some ways that you can make their life easier. 1. Clear Information The first thing that you absolutely must do is create a dedicate [...]
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How To Make Your Membership Site Easier to Manage
Posted on 20. Sep, 2010 by Steve.
Once your membership site is up and running, the last thing you want to do is spend of your time doing tedious administrative tasks. While the tasks themselves can’t be ignored, that doesn’t mean that they need to be time consuming and frustrating. The key to minimizing the amount of time that you must spend on these tasks, you need to make sure that your membership site is as easy to manage as possible. In order to accomplish this it is important to choose technologies that are easy maneuver and use. Here are some things to look for in your technology in order to increase your overall ease of use. Fundamental Infrastructure There are several areas of your basic infrastructure in which you can make day to day tasks easier. This includes hosting, monitoring, security, and maintenance. Your hosting needs to provide you with an easy back end manager, many [...]
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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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The 3 Fundamental Options For Building a Membership Site
Posted on 18. Sep, 2010 by Steve.
It can get fairly overwhelming when you consider all of the individual options that you have to choose from when it comes to building a membership site, however all of these options can be summed up into 3 basic groups: Custom Solution, Software, or a Managed Service. Each of these solutions have particularly benefits and drawbacks that need to be considered before making your selection. 1. Custom Solution This option is normally going to be the most expensive, at least initially. It has become a little more affordable over the years as developers had more open source software to utilize. The big advantage to getting a custom solution is that you can specify exactly what you want and how you want it. However, dealing with a developer isn’t always the easiest task, especially if you don’t really understand programming. This can lead to miscommunication and the chance that you will [...]
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Random Tips to Making the Most From Your Subscription Price
Posted on 17. Sep, 2010 by Steve.
It can be tough to find out what the best subscription price for your membership site will be. If you prices are too high, then no one will sign up. If you set them too low, then your margin will be so small that a majority of your income will be eaten up by advertising and other standard costs. With so much as stake, you can’t simply wake up one day and say that your membership site will be $39.99 per month. Here are some tips to help you get the maximum income from your subscription price. 1. Offer Multiple Subscription Options For some reason, if you offer multiple price points, not only will you get more subscriptions, but the middle option will be the most popular choice. This means that if you are offering 3 different subscription options, while there should be a discount for the second option, it [...]
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