Membership Sites

Thoughts on Running a Membership Website

Membership Sites: Thoughts on Running a Membership Website

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Thoughts on Running a Membership Website

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Thoughts on Running a Membership Website

The Decision to Build Membership Sites

As an internet entrepreneur and mar'eter ( have finall! de ided to build membership sites in the various ni hes ( mar'et in. This is an idea that ( have been to!ing #ith for &uite some time. M! de ision to build membership sites omes hot on the heels of m! fora! in outsour ing. ( am a bit of a ontrol frea' #hen it omes to m! business and after !ears of basi all! #or'ing on m! o#n ( finall! had to outsour es some of m! tas's in order to free up some of m! time in order to move the business for#ards.

)et*s fa e it but #hen it omes to building an online business" there are so man! different t!pes of platforms to hoose from that it an often be ome over#helming and onfusing as to #here !ou should begin. +rom affiliate mar'eting" ,-A

opportunities to developing !our o#n high &ualit! information produ t" there are man! different paths and dire tions to go. (t also be omes all too eas! to lose !ourself dabbling in these

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platforms if !ou do not have a lear vision/game plan of #here !ou #ant to go.

Continuity Websites

0ut of the man! different business opportunities and platforms that (1ve e$plored over the !ears ho#ever" one of the most profitable and long2term ventures involve reating high &ualit! membership #ebsites4. #ebsites" other#ise 'no#n as 3 ontinuit!

With membership #ebsites" !ou are able to" not onl! generate re urring pa!ments from ever! subs riber that %oins !our #ebsite" but !ou are also able to build redibilit! #ithin various mar'ets as members re ogni5e !ou as an authorit! as #ell as a sour e for &ualit! information.

This valuable

redibilit!

an provide !ou #ith a po#erful

springboard that should enable !ou to eventuall! laun h other produ ts" #ebsites and opportunities to an e$isting base of

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targeted

ustomers

that !ou have alread! developed a

relationship #ith.

After all" if someone is #illing to pa! a monthl! subs ription to a ess information about a spe ifi mar'et or topi " it is also omponents to !our main li'el! that the! #ill be #illing to pur hase other relevant produ ts" or servi es that serve as membership site.

6o#ever" there is often a mis on eption that prevents ne# business o#ners and entrepreneurs 7me in luded8 from venturing into the ontinuit! mar'etpla e. The! are misled into believing that membership based #ebsites are simpl! too diffi ult" e$pensive or time onsuming to reate" and maintain.

After all" !ou first need to pur hase a membership s ript or soft#are that #ill po#er !our #ebsite and help !ou effe tivel! manage the different areas of !our ommunit!" but !ou also need to provide subs ribers #ith fresh" &ualit! ontent as #ell.

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+or man!" this part of building a su

essful membership site is

#hat prevents them from going an! further.

6o#ever" there are man! different #a!s that !ou su of time or mone!.

an build

essful membership #ebsite #ithout having to spend a lot

Flexibility of Membership Websites (n fa t" sin e membership #ebsites are so fle$ible in terms of ho# the! are stru tured" !ou aren1t entirel! fo used on training" personal oa hing" an build ommunit! sites that ess or tools and ontent at all" but instead" offer ommunit! a

resour es on segments of !our mar'et.

This #a!" !ou #or'ing #ith.

an design !our membership #ebsite around

!our preferen es" s hedule and #hat !ou are most omfortable

:ou

ould also

reate a membership #ebsite based around

monthl! updates" so that !ou are able to free up !our time

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throughout the remainder of the month" #hile still providing value to !our subs ribers on a regular basis.

Regardless #hat mar'et ni he !ou are interested in to" !ou for

atering

an build a profitable membership site around that essful membership #ebsites &ui 'l! and

ni he" and this report #ill sho# !ou some of the best methods reating su easil!.

Pre ious Stumbling Bloc!s To Membership Sites

As mentioned above one of the stumbling blo 's has often been the te hni al aspe t of running a membership #ebsites i.e. having to have a #eb designer #ho an handle !our basi html #rite2ups" and to ensure that !our sites are stable and running smoothl!.

Another thing that one has to onsider is that in order to start running !our membership #ebsite is the fa t that !ou #ill need to have ontent for !our #eb pages alread! #ritten" or nearl!

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ompleted before starting. After all !ou #ant to provide &ualit!" relevant ontent to !our members.

"a e # Clear $ision

When !ou de ide to start running a membership #ebsite" it ma'es sense to have a lear vision of #here !ou #ant to go #ith the site and reate sound goals and plans to go #ith !our vision. After all if !ou aim at something the more li'el! !ou are to hit it.

There #ill be times" espe iall! at the beginning" #hen !ou ma! feel dissatisfied #ith the out ome of the reating and preparing it for ontent !ou are onversion but sti ' #ith it or

outsour e some of it. The truth is that the mone! !ou spend no# #ill ma'e the load lighter for !ou in the future.

Most people that %oin membership #ebsites sta! as long as three months. (f !ou provide e$ ellent/relevant ontent to !our members" some ma! ontinue being members for a long time. +or instan e ( have been a member of some su h site for !ears
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no# and as long as the!

ontinue providing e$ ellent and

relevant information ( shall ontinue to so.

Pre ious Prohibiti e Cost of Running a Membership Site

>o #hat about the ost of membership #ebsites? (n the past the basi have basi ost ould start at around @1000 and if !ou do not ould ost !ou an!thing from @.000 html s'ills" it

up to get !our #eb site developed to a reasonable standard.

:ou

an

ut some of that

ost b! sear hing the (nternet for an save additional ash

membership #ebsite deals. And !ou eas! to learn and use.

b! learning 6TM) and ,>>. Aoth 6TM) and ,>> are relativel!

(f !ou have read m! previous arti les on outsour ing !ou ould probabl! tr! to find someone to build !our membership site for !ou for a lot less than the figures &uoted above.

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%sing Wordpress Plugins

6o#ever" !ou an reate a membership site reall! &ui 'l! and for a nominal amount using Wordpress and (nstaMember 7amongst others8" the ultimate Wordpress membership plugin.

+or a nominal fee" (nsta2Member #ill even install and onfigure the plugin for !ou.

So What is the Big Deal #bout a Membership Sites

>o #hat is the big deal about running a membership #ebsite?

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The big deal is that members must %oin and pa! online. The! are en ouraged to 'eep their profiles updated. When the profiles are updated" it ma'es it eas! for #eb businesses to de ide #hat mar'eting ampaigns to use for their lients. (n addition" members an %oin at the boards to intera t.

And that is the reason !ou should thin' about running !our o#n membership site.

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