Creating a Membership Site Using Andrew and Daryl Grants Simple Model
Well its been a while since my last entry and the reason for this is I’ve been so busy developing my new membership site – Matters of the Heart: The Secrets to Emotional Health, Healing, Vitality and Wellbeing @ www.scretstoemotionalhealth.com It’s not live yet but about to launch in three weeks so keep looking out for news of its launch as I will be giving away some special things.
Seeing I’ve been working on my membership site, I thought it a good time to discuss the benefits and points of such a product on the internet.
- A membership site provides recurring income. With the model I am using, people pay for a month and receive weekly eclasses. They can continue with this for as long as the work is valuable. This obviously, is a better deal for you than a one off ebook .
- It is best to initially choose a topic that you know something about so you can write the weekly eclasses. Of course another option is to simply pay someone to write all the material for you and you can find ghost writers on such sites as www.elance.com and www.rentacoder.com
- There are a number of models for memberships sites but the one I have chosen to go with is that used by Andrew and Daryl Grant. The best way to learn all that they have to offer is to book into one of their workshops (which I did). You can just follow this link to find out about the workshop. http://www.ourinternetsecrets.com/2009/lookinside/opt2.html
- A membership site allows you to dominate your field or to be seen as an expert in your chosen area. This is particularly important on the internet. In my line of work I am regarded as an expert but on the internet it is now about getting my name and my products out there for people to trust me. By the way, if you are wondering what my line of work has been for the last twenty five years, I am an expert in emotional and mental health. I have worked on the full continum scale from personal growth and self development to the other extreme of trauma, critical incidents and disaster management. I am now bringing this expertise to the internet and my membership site is the perfect vehicle to do this. So if you are an expert in a field this may be your vehicle of choice
- The three main areas of development for your membership site are
- Writing the sales page and developing the web page – this is your store
- Writing the material you are going to market – this is the product or eclasses
- Marketing your product online and offline – this is what makes you money
- Remember that you can always outsource a good deal of this work but of course it will cost money
- My husband and I have worked at learning the business from the bottom up and now we are tending to pay the experts more and do what we believe we do best – run the business rather than work in it
I hope this has encouraged you to at least look into this further. Please leave any comments and questions you have. I’d like to know others experiences with this sort of product.
Don’t forget if you want help with the real nitty gritty of the development go to:
http://www.ourinternetsecrets.com/2009/lookinside/opt2.html or just simply click on the banner on the right hand side.
By the way if you are looking for help set up your blog I cannot recommend highly enough Yaro Starak. What Yaro gives away is phenomenal and really worth a fortune. I’ve met him and he really is a nice guy. Just click his banner on the right hand side.
Until next time
Julie
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