Membership Site Creation Tips
[private].[/private]Building a membership site is one of the most rewarding things you can do for several reasons:
- You can charge a recurring fee
- You get to be the backbone of a community
- You build your own credibility within your niche
The list goes on…
The major cons of running a membership site is that it will need to be run under close supervision to ensure that the members are happy. You also will have to update the site’s content regularly to justify recurring fees. In addition to updating content, the software or scripts that are powering, protecting, and managing the membership site will also need regular updates to address security issues and bug reports.
This might sound a little technical and for the most part it is! That’s what scares a lot of people away from creating their own membership site. Luckily for us, we know how to tippy toe around the technical stuff and get our membership sites online quickly and easily. Here are a few of the top scripts for managing and protecting your membership site:
Also, there have been some amazing resources created that will help you get your membership site put together and optimized for maximum profits in no time flat. After all, it’s no longer a big secret that membership sites really help you rake in the dough quickly.
I own several membership sites and I can attest to the quality of the following products, as I have invested my own time and/or money into learning from both of them:
Membership Riches (You’ll see my testimonial on the sales page of this one!)
Getting content for your membership site
A secret of the true membership site pro’s that most will never tell you is that you don’t really need to know ANYTHING about a certain niche in order to build a profitable membership site geared towards that niche.
If you go back to the “Picking A Niche” section of the PFG Pro area you will see all sorts of tips for niche research that can also be used for finding content. You can spy on your competitors for research purposes and then write your own content based on what you’ve “learned”.
It’s important to never copy or plagiarize someone else’s work, but you are allowed to do your own research and come up with your own original content.
You can also use articles written by others for the content of your site or attempt to get in contact with the author’s of these articles and ask them to be contributors to your new membership site.
Here’s a list of some of the better article sites where you can find articles covering almost any niche you can even think of:
Ezine Articles
Finding content you can use in your membership site gets easier with practice. You can often use articles and find content creators by contacting the authors of these articles. Once your number of members to your site begins to grow, it will be easier and easier to attract people to create content for you!
Many experts in a niche will be happy to donate content in exchange for a little recognition of their work and website.
