Membership Site Troubles? 3 WordPress Solutions
At least three times a month I’m on the phone with someone who thinks they need a membership site but doesn’t have the time to make it work. I don’t know if it’s that they’re looking to develop the...
View ArticleE-Learning on WordPress Made Easy
I often work with people who are just getting ready to pursue their dreams. Whether it’s starting a company, just starting to take a hobby more seriously, dreaming about being on their own again, or...
View ArticleComparing WordPress Membership Plugins
There are a lot of Membership Plugins Out There If we’re going to talk a bit about membership plugins for WordPress, we need to start with the most obvious – there are a lot of options out there. Want...
View ArticleContent Dripping: WordPress Sequential Delivery is Easy with Premise
What is Content Dripping? If you read my post on membership plugins, or on creating an e-learning course in WordPress, then you probably read about “content dripping.” But maybe, like some of the...
View ArticleLocking Down an Entire WordPress Site with Restrict Content Pro
Locking down an entire site – a quick survey When I wrote my article comparing membership plugins for WordPress, one strand of comments revolved around the concept of locking down an entire site. I...
View ArticlePaid Memberships Pro is about to get better
There are a lot of great membership plugins out there As you saw in an earlier post I wrote reviewing membership plugins, the “right” plugin is often a matter of what you value most. Just yesterday, I...
View ArticleAnother WordPress Membership Site Tip: Expiration Dates
The Way Most WordPress Membership Sites Work When you create a WordPress membership site, you start by creating membership levels. This is the context that will support everything you do – from...
View ArticleA New Executive Order: Go check out MemberPress
I have a bit of Membership Plugin Experience At Emphasys Software we’ve been using membership sites for the last five years. We’ve use them to provide value to our customers by giving them knowledge...
View ArticleChoosing a WordPress Membership Plugin
How do you choose your WordPress membership plugin? I don’t know about you, but with every new release (or update) of WordPress membership plugins, I wonder if I should re-think my choice. As I’ve...
View ArticleUse Amazon S3 with WordPress to host Private Videos
Things Started Happily I have a friend who wanted to create an online membership site (doesn’t everyone these days?). They did this on their own, but I have permission to tell the story. So they...
View ArticleWhy Create a Membership Site using WordPress?
The Question about Membership Sites Membership sites are a billion dollar business every year. So the question no longer seems to be “should I create a membership site?” but instead, “Should I create a...
View ArticleAre you coming to WordCamp Orange County?
I love WordCamps This year I’ve been speaking at a lot more WordCamps than ever before, which has been fun. I’ve spoken about Virtual Teams, Execution and OverShoot. We had a great time putting on a...
View ArticleSensei: Why you might not need a WordPress Membership Site
You have e-learning options It’s possible you’ve read my post about e-learning and how I recommended WP Courseware. Or read my post comparing the various e-learning plugins for WordPress, including...
View ArticleUsing Data to design the Levels of your WordPress Membership Site
One of the most commonly missed aspects of designing a WordPress membership site is the determination of levels. Levels, really? I know it feels like a boring topic, but the determination and design of...
View ArticlePassive Income Strategies aren’t very Passive
Not all of you spent late nights like me watching television. Not all of you watched infomercials that made incredible promises that sounded too good to be true. And not all of you had that deep...
View ArticleGuess Who’s Back, Back Again: Cart66
Guess Who’s Back? Maybe you don’t know who that is in the image. He’s Eminem. He’s a rapper. And in 2002 he wrote a song “Without Me” with these lyrics: Guess who’s back Back again Shady’s back Tell a...
View ArticleManaging a High Performance WordPress Membership Site
There’s nothing wrong with running a WordPress membership site for a few folks. Lots of people do it. But that’s not the path to high profits unless every single member is paying you hundreds of...
View ArticleFinding the Best Membership Plugin just got a little more Complicated (in a...
If you look at the chart above, you’ll notice that some of the membership plugins that have been around forever (S2 Member, Digital Access Pass, and Wishlist Member for example), while powerful, set...
View ArticleMembership sites: Do we need new metrics?
It used to be a different world In the old days, when you created a membership website, your costs and your revenue were correlated. Let me explain that. If you looked at your revenue model, you...
View ArticleWordPress Membership Sites Keep Getting Better!
Two WordPress membership site announcements! I don’t normally do announcement posts but I’ve already written enough about these products for you to know that they’re fantastic. If you’ve missed those,...
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