Building A Membership Site – Step-by-Step

There are countless ways that Paid membership websites can help internet marketers. Easy and inexpensive to set up, they’re also very effective. That’s the power of the internet!

Content is King ! Now that’s a phrase everybody hears – either those who don’t have a lot of wit or expendable income; those who have a niche or lot of experience; and that’s probably the reason why they have want to make money.

Ever wonder why there are so many people online at any given time? All of them are looking for the exact same thing – information. Not for the same information but nonetheless they’re searching for some sort of information. And for all these people, there’s nothing better than useful information about whatever topic they’re into. That’s where a Paid membership website comes in.

The two main elements to building a successful paid membership website are; to actually construct the website on the internet, and to acquire members to join the paid membership website. Now here how you do it:

Constructing, creating, architecting and designing a paid membership website is akin to building any other type of website, except for a couple of modifications.

1. Choose a topic for your paid membership site.

The topic should be targeted for a particular group of people you want to promote your products and services to. In this case (a paid membership site) it’s advisable to create a broader topic.

2. Ideally you should register a domain name that reflects the subject of your paid member ship website.

For simplicity, use a domain name of less than 20 characters. Go to either Cheap Names (http://www.namecheap.com/ ) or Godaddy (http://www.godaddy.com/) and find a domain name that is available and secure it for yourself. Pay for a two year account.

3. While it’s true that web hosting comes with a domain name, get a web host that will allow you to have as many domains as you want on the same server.Go to either www.hostupon.com; HostGator (http://www.hostgator.com) or NetHost (http://www.nethost.ws/) and subscribe to great web hosting services.

4. You will need a membership script for your paid membership site.

Go to one of these three sites and buy a membership software package
such as: Amember at http://www.amember.com/,(or now Infusionsoft), Membergate; Visiongate or http://member.wishlistproducts.com/

5. Add a ‘Refer a Friend’ button for more “reach”.
Two sites on which to get this program are http://www.sendtofriends.com/, http://www.sakic.net/products/ajax_recommend/; http://www.referralblast.com/refer-a-friend/referafriend-examples.htm and http://www.kcscripts.com/scripts/refer_a_friend/features.htm.

6. Then there’s a helpdesk option you can include on your paid membership website.

In case you want it, here’s the site to get the program from
http://www.hotscripts.com/category/php/scripts-programs/site-recommendation/ and http://www.perldesk.com/.

7. You need valuable, fresch and good content for your paid membership website.

Content is the basis for ALL websites. Content is king. You’d want the best possible content for your website and there are several ways to get site content: you can download and reprint articles from online article banks, or for better articles join a PLR website. To negate the duplicate content problem, you’d have to do some rewriting on the articles you obtain from both sites.

It’s a big advantage if you can write your own articles. If you can afford it, hire a Content Authoring writer. Great content Authoring writing services can be found at www.eportafolio.wikispaces.com or email hinenisyndicator@gmail.com