In this video you’ll discover a new option to be able to completely hide your pages and post content from anyone who does not have the right membership level access.

This feature is great for anyone using Modules as it enables you to keep things simple (especially if using Categories to organize your content). Only content that is available for the user/Member will be visible. This will mean that any posts or pages that are protected content to a membership level or module level other than the one(s) a member has will be hidden. (more…)

When someone who is not a member or not logged in tries to directly access a page or post you can now set it to display the teaser copy plus the error message (normally a prompt to login or join/upgrade). (more…)

If you are considering starting a subscription based website, then essentially you are required these days to elicit the help of some membership software.

The Internet has recently been the birthplace of many high quality and affordable pieces of membership software.  As a result, there is a great deal of choice in what piece of membership software to choose.  But what these programs need to do is essentially automate the process of managing members, so at most all you need (more…)

In the world of membership software, not every product is SEO friendly. The truth is, many dynamically driven websites suffer a penalty with the search engines, and membership software is no different. But how can you get around this possible side affect and get your site noticed in the natural search engine listings?

When considering search engine optimization, one of the best things you can do is to make sure that the choice of membership software you use has at the very least, a good templating facility. Many of the popular open source membership site software packages are not up to the job when it comes to SEO.

Whilst hosting your own site externally to the membership software gives you more flexibility and freedom when it comes to search engine optimization, it also presents some problems when trying to ensure that every part of the site, including the membership part looks the same.

If you are using a fully integrated membership software solution such as extreme member, then you will undoubtedly have noticed that this program natively supports Wordpress themes. This is a great reason to start a blog at the same time!

This is great news for subscribers to Extreme Member membership software, because at this moment in time, Google loves nothing more than Wordpress sites. What this means for EM is that their users automatically have an extra few points from Google because they are seen as a blog.

Regardless as to whether or not you use the EM membership software or not, a blog is an essential these days, not just for a corporate image, but also SEO. There are few good other ways to build effective backlinks other than blog posting, so take advantage of the fact and create a professional blog all about your membership site to boost the rankings and search engine profile.

Many people who set up a subscription based product using membership site software initially have problems getting customers, because they fail to implement a strong enough marketing campaign to ensure that their site gets as much exposure as possible.

As a result, they tend to last only a short period of time before sadly, they fizzle out and die, because relying solely on membership site software is not enough.

Surprisingly it is really simple to get proactive and start selling your site with the tools you get with membership site software. After all, a membership site is significantly cheaper than buying an equivalent retail product, so one of the most popular marketing techniques people use in getting sales is to start by writing down what their product is actually worth.

This means looking at the competition and for all intents and purposes, slamming it. The conclusions you make from these comparisons will give you both a renewed positive attitude about selling your product, but also more importantly some tangible reasons why it is better than the competition. It is also good evidence to use in your membership site software powered mailing list.

What is next? One of the things with sites based on membership site software is that they are incredibly more personal than selling a product. This means marketing them yourself on places such as forums and social networks gains you both reputation and people visit your site.

By finding forums in the same niche, you can literally provide a demonstration live in-front of your target market, and then when they visit your membership site software, they will snap it up.

Do not underestimate the power of membership site software, but alternatively do not forget that without proper marketing on one will ever see your site. Take the time to identify your customers, your market and then pursue it aggressively. If you are still having troubles, then it may be worth considering a joint venture project or using the affiliate manager that most good membership site software packages should ship with.

One of the biggest things we notice when it comes to looking at the many  membership website programs that exist, is that they are not taking advantages of the income streams that can be developed from a membership website.

People tend to live under the conclusion that a recurring subscription model is enough, but what if I told you, you’re not doing all you can to help yourself and your membership (more…)

Many people think that to take advantage of membership site software, you need to have a service to sell, such as hosted web applications, or e-learning.  In fact, the truth is that it is surprising how many different markets lend themselves to a subscription based pricing model.

With a bit of creativity, you can make the membership site software work for you. There are literally hundreds if not thousands of unique ways to exploit membership site software, so we will touch (more…)

In today’s world of internet marketing and online product sales, many consumers are reluctant to actually buy a product in case it does not quite meet their expectations.

One of the things many merchants have to resort to is lowering their retail price significantly, and thus losing out. A convenient alternative is looking towards creating a membership website and letting customers ‘pay as they go’.

One example of taking advantage of a subscription based membership website, is the highly competitive web services market.  This industry has slowly risen to the challenge of rising development costs by taking advantage of a subscription model and creating a membership website for (more…)

These days many people have realized that a membership website is a great way to make a passive income. You can prepare the content, drip-feed it to your subscribers and literally set-and-forget. However, whilst there are a lot of good membership websites out there, there are not many great ones.

So, What is a Great Membership Website?

Many people mistake membership website with information communities.  The truth is, a good membership site does not require a constant and ongoing commitment.  Many internet (more…)

Every Internet marketer knows the benefit of creating a membership website, and many struggle using retail products, open source equivalents and also hosted versions.  However, what exactly are you getting for your time and money with the various Membership Site Software packages that are out there?

Do you really have all you need? What are the Features most people want to see? We have recently taken a look at the top five features that everyone that needs Membership Site Software really needs to (more…)