Create A
Membership Site
What is a
Membership Site?
A
membership site is a private website, with exclusive content available only to
the signed up members.
It
usually provides members with the ability to interact with each other. They pay
a monthly fee for being a member of the website.
Suitable
For -
People
who like to interact with, guide and lead a community.
Skills
Required -
1.
In-depth knowledge of any particular domain.
2.
Ability to research new things and constantly generate new and helpful content.
Time
Required For Creating A Membership Site -
Depends
on the domain expertise of the creator.
Do Google
search for Matthew Woodward's tutorial on how to create a membership site for
free.
Tips -
1. In the
beginning keep the fee for joining the membership site ridiculously low.
Aim to
create a minimum viable product instead of creating a perfect product. You can
always improve your site in later stages.
2. If you’ve never been a part of any membership site till now, consider
joining a few related to your domain. Study those sites.
3. Find
what’s working well for you and
other members of that site? What’s makes it worth the
monthly fee and how could you replicate this?
4.
Interact and engage with members. Your membership site shouldn’t be the one that only drip feeds the content, with little or no
input from the owner.
You must
provide insider access for your members who want to communicate with you.
Even if
you’re busy, you must spend at
least half an hour a day to get involved with your membership site.
You can
do this by many ways, such as you can interact with the members answer their
questions or even lead an interaction inside the forum.
5. Run
group events and challenges to increase members’ engagement with your site.
Organize
regular events, challenges, or similar.
Make it
easy for members to participate. Offer prizes, display leaderboards or similar
such things creates a great incentive for members to participate and get
involved.
6.
Periodically review what’s working and what isn’t. Try to adapt the site based on the member's’ needs.
For e.g.
If you offer most of your content in text format but your members are engaging
more with the video content then shift from text-based to video content.
But be
careful, don’t overwhelm members with
several different initiatives at once. Introduce one thing at a time.
What is a
Membership Site?
A
membership site is a private website, with exclusive content available only to
the signed up members.
It
usually provides members with the ability to interact with each other. They pay
a monthly fee for being a member of the website.
Suitable
For -
People
who like to interact with, guide and lead a community.
Skills
Required -
1.
In-depth knowledge of any particular domain.
2.
Ability to research new things and constantly generate new and helpful content.
Time
Required For Creating A Membership Site -
Depends
on the domain expertise of the creator.
Do Google
search for Matthew Woodward's tutorial on how to create a membership site for
free.
Tips -
1. In the
beginning keep the fee for joining the membership site ridiculously low.
Aim to
create a minimum viable product instead of creating a perfect product. You can
always improve your site in later stages.
2. If you’ve never been a part of any membership site till now, consider
joining a few related to your domain. Study those sites.
3. Find
what’s working well for you and
other members of that site? What’s makes it worth the
monthly fee and how could you replicate this?
4.
Interact and engage with members. Your membership site shouldn’t be the one that only drip feeds the content, with little or no
input from the owner.
You must
provide insider access for your members who want to communicate with you.
Even if
you’re busy, you must spend at
least half an hour a day to get involved with your membership site.
You can
do this by many ways, such as you can interact with the members answer their
questions or even lead an interaction inside the forum.
5. Run
group events and challenges to increase members’ engagement with your site.
Organize
regular events, challenges, or similar.
Make it
easy for members to participate. Offer prizes, display leaderboards or similar
such things creates a great incentive for members to participate and get
involved.
6.
Periodically review what’s working and what isn’t. Try to adapt the site based on the member's’ needs.
For e.g.
If you offer most of your content in text format but your members are engaging
more with the video content then shift from text-based to video content.
But be
careful, don’t overwhelm members with
several different initiatives at once. Introduce one thing at a time.
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