WordPress Wishlist Membership Plugin

Monday, August 11th, 2008 at 11:34 pm

You want to make money running your own Membership Site - Here's how

Started with a membership website can seem a daunting task to first, but easily accomplished. The secret, as with many activities is to start simple, perhaps with a short blog, but think big. In terms of the proprietary approach member of a site should be positioned as the expert or consider hiring an expert. It is providing the site content. An alternative idea is to consider interviewing an expert or a series of experts to create material for the site. In this article, 4 models of site membership are discussed. Methods to attract members and keep them well presented.

Membership Site Models

The first model is the 'download-page-model. " This is where the member pay for access to a resource page. The author offers a resource on the specific area that may include articles, videos, forum and other details about the area interest. The rate paid is an isolated incident. This can be configured with a provider such as ClickBank which payment is made through an online payment service like PayPal.

The next model is the "fixed-term content-fixed-fee" model. The content of this site is provided for a fixed period of time, eg 6 months through an auto-responder. The fee is paid in advance but may split the payment of the fee also, for example, the monthly payment. An autoresponder like AWeber could be used to deliver content.

A third model is the "Month-output model", offering a physical product each month in exchange for a single payment. This model is more complicated to configure, but you can do with a WordPress blog with a specialized agency plugins members as "Wish List".

The final model is the "multi-level review" of the site. This is an open membership term and usually provide access to a resource page with written, video and email content. A forum can also be provided along with webinars and live content to subscribers. This is the most complicated the models discussed here, but can be achieved with a combination of WordPress blog (with the plugin list), Auto Answer, video creation tools and software to deliver online seminars (eg, Go-Meeting).

Getting and keeping members

In order to attract new members to place some of the key strategies can be employed. A free sample or offer may be offered to a potential customer in exchange for their contact details. Marketing Email can be used to promote the site, giving information valuable perspective and a free trial membership option. A more evergreen, that is, that does not expire, you can do to potential members as well. Another way to promote the site could be a joint venture partner and the market site the mailing list of your partner. The list should be addressed to the members of the particular site. A proportion of the revenue generated by subscribers to be shared with the joint venture partner.

Member Agreement will depend crucially on the quality of content but also depends on the location, the model used. The models share sets do not require to keep members, although the quality of the website help prevent returns. The defection rate and wood are important steps and give an indication how fast people are leaving the site. The measurement of these indices and the identification of collection points, ie, when members leave the Instead, they are important. To encourage members to stay, bonus offers can be made just before the point of delivery leads to try to keep the site.

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