Why A Membership Site Must Be In Your Business Future

“Membership has its privileges.”  Remember that old slogan for American Express? It rings true.  Membership, whether it’s a country club membership, a discount warehouse membership, or a membership to an exclusive website, offers people something they desire and we’re not just talking about exclusivity or the desire people have to belong to something unique and limited. 

We’re also talking about how people desire the benefits of belonging to a group which caters to their needs, interests, and desires.  Membership sites are an almost guaranteed way to increase your bottom line.

Is A Membership Site Right For Your Business? Read the rest of this entry

Question: I would like more information about the actual set up of a membership site for those of us who have less experience. What exactly should each page include, like set ups for different styles index page, member panel, thank you pages, etc. Read the rest of this entry

Some Great Social Bookmarking Tools You Can Use

Social bookmarking has been around for as long as the Internet has existed. If you found a website or resource that you really liked and wanted others to know about it, you told your friends. The quickest way to tell them was to send them an email or post a message on a forum containing the link to that website so they could look at it and add it to their browser favorites list.

This marked it so it could be found again in the future. That was the old way to spread the word about the things that were new or exciting on the Internet. Now, there are some easier and much more effective social bookmarking tools you can use to get the word out about new things. Read the rest of this entry

Make Your Business Boom – Despite The Gloom!

The news media would have you believe the current economic downturn or recession is the end of the world as we know it. Parallels are already being drawn to the Great Depression, while some would argue that the economic woes of the 70s and 80s would be a closer analogy. For those involved in business, marketing, and sales, especially online, it is important you play down or ignore the politics of the recession and focus on the facts. The truth is many people see opportunity where others see only crisis. Read the rest of this entry

Want Bigger Profits? – Build A Better Funnel!

Practically every successful business online (and offline) operates on a “business funnel” system.

But what exactly does that term mean and how can you use a funnel to earn some money for your business?

The concept of a business funnel is actually a fairly simple one that takes just a minute to wrap your brain around. One end of the funnel (the wider end) is your front end sales and the other consists of back end sales (narrower end).

Front end sales are the products and services you can quickly sell to your customers. This is where you make a fast return on your goods. Back end sales include the things that you sell to those clients later on, through return business, additional services or affiliate programs.

Sure, it’s rewarding to make those fast front end sales, but it’s also a lot more work to get those sales made. With back end sales you will build more lucrative and long-lasting wealth that can maintain and grow your business over time with much less effort spent. Read the rest of this entry