Membership Sites – Check List
5 Reasons Why You Should Have A Monthly Membership Site
What You’ll Learn
- The different types of membership site
- How to find hot topics to base your monthly membership site on
- Where to find alternative sources of content
- How to price your membership
- How to set up your membership site
- How to drive traffic to your site
- How to make extra income from your membership site
Types of Membership Site
Decide the types of your membership site:
- One-Time Payment Membership Sites
- Quarterly/Annual Membership Sites
- Fixed Term Membership Sites
- Monthly Membership Sites
How To Choose Hot Membership Topics
Market Research
The 3 big niches
- Health and Fitness
- Online business and Internet Marketing
- Personal Development
Search on Facebook
- Type keywords related to your chosen niche
- Search FB groups to see how many members
- Active members?
- Active buyers?
Narrowing Down Topics
- Read up on common questions/problems faced by target audience
- Research topics on ClickBank and JVZoo
- Focus on Topsellers and Pick Of The Day
Types of Content
- PDF Newsletters
- Video
- PowerPoint
- Audiobooks
- Graphics
- Photos
- Audio files
Sought After Content
- “How To” guides
- Do’s and Don’ts
- Technical and advanced content
List of sought after content
- Blogging
- Internet Marketing
- Dating & Relationships
- Personal Development & Self Improvement
- Consulting
- Real Estate
- Public Speaking
- Weight Loss
- Health & Wellness
- Writing
Publishing Schedule
- Weekly
- Bi-Weekly
- Monthly
Where To Find Content For Your Membership Site
- Freelancers
- Fiverr.com
- Elance.com
Working With Freelancers
- Give comprehensive and concise brief
- Always be specific
- Choose skilled, professional writers
- Research your freelancer before hiring
Private Label Rights (PLR)
- Adding value to PLR
- Insert visuals and rebrand
- Combine one or more PLR
Find Contributors
- Criteria of Contributors
- Should be someone recognized expert
- Attend industry events and network
- Select core contributors
Managing Contributors & Content
- Establish content guidelines & guest contributor page
- Define length, formatting, due dates, topic and targets
- Proofread and make necessary edits
How To Price Your Membership Site
- Consider the Price Factors
- Return on Investment (ROI)
- The Decoy Effect
- Price vs. Worth
- Prices of your competitors
Techniques to Improve the Price
- Limited Time Offer
- Precision Effect
- Split-test
How to Set Up Your Membership Site
- What You Need
- Content Management System (CMS)
- WordPress
- WishList Members Plugin
- Payment Methods
- ClickBank
- JVZoo
- PayPal
- AutoResponder
- Aweber/GetResponse
How To Get Massive Traffic To Your Membership Site
- Affiliate Program
- Join and participate in FB groups
- Approach new potential affiliates
- Reciprocate in launches
- Set your affiliate commission scheme
- Set up your affiliate page
- Registration form
- Swipe promotion emails x3
- Banners, graphics, and videos
- Media Buying
- Email Solo Ads
- Ad Swaps
How To Generate Extra Income Stream From Your Membership Site
Membership Level
- Have 1 or 2 more levels
- Higher price for each upgrade
- More exclusive contents in upgraded versions
Banner Ads
- Insert spaces to fit in banner ads
Email Marketing
- Mail out new offers to your members
Sell the Membership Site
Things you need to transfer to new owner:
- Domain Name
- Web Hosting
- Billing Account
- Member Database