5 Ways Start Your Own Membership Website
Owning a blog and working hard to make it popular should not be your only focus as a blogger. If you take a look at what top bloggers have done with their sites and how their business has evolved, it’s easy to see that they have gone from writing content to selling their own products and services. It’s not just about making more money. It’s about hedging your bets and expanding your business.
Creating a membership site around the topic you blog about can be yet another way for you to make money online and take your business to the next level. If you have been blogging about your niche for a few years, and you have kept up with the latest developments in your niche, you should have more than enough material to kick-start your own membership website. It won’t be that easy to manage your membership but the start doesn’t have to be difficult. In fact, here are 5 ways you can create a membership site fast:
aMember: aMember is the top membership site software on the market. If you watch the top membership sites on the market, there is no doubt about the merits of this software package. It’s very scalable, and it allows you to integrate payment systems fast. It can also be used to setup free areas on site, requiring only registration. So it works for freemium business models as well.
vBulletin: vBulletin is one of the best forum software packages around. Whether you want to build a professional forum or just want to start your own membership site (e.g. ProBlogger.com), vBulletin is a nice piece of software to own.
Elgg: Elgg is a great piece of software if you want to build a social membership website. You can always expand its functionality with plugins. The only downside to it is that it could be a bit tedious to customize, especially if you are not a coder.
WordPress + MemberWing: MemberWing is a WordPress plugin that allows you to create your membership on the top of your WordPress installation. It gives you similar options to aMember. I may be biased here, but if you are running a blog on WordPress, why not use the platform to run a membership website.
Easy Member Pro: Easy Member Pro is another sophisticated membership software that allows you to create your own membership site fast. It also features an affiliate program that you can use to give your members a chance to promote your membership website.
Creating a membership is much easier than managing the site. You are going to need decent content and a lot of it to keep people from canceling their membership. But thanks to the above solutions, you won’t have to spend a fortune to get started.
