» wishlist member plugin http://membershipschool.com Sun, 30 May 2010 20:59:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Top 10 Membership Site Business Models http://membershipschool.com/2009/top-10-membership-site-business-models/ http://membershipschool.com/2009/top-10-membership-site-business-models/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:58:30 +0000 Will http://membershipschool.com/?p=636 Here’s a great video from Stu McLaren on 10 Membership Site Business Models.

I use Model #1 the Publisher Model and use Wordpress (free) and Wishlist Member plugin to protect my content.

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I use Wordpress (easy install via hostgator) and Wishlist Member Plugin for my membership site – making it a breeze to get up and running fast.

If you sign up for Jeff Johnson’s email list you will get lots of other great info on getting traffic and other internet marketing tips.

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Here’s another informative post by Chris Garrett which explains how he built his membership site, which is a little more complicated with the use of Amember and a forum. I believe people will move towards the Wishlist member plugin more and more over time.

When I was a member of Teaching Sells, I started to obtain all the individual software packages that were initially recommended such as Moodle, Amember, vBulletin and Affiliate Pro. But after struggling with this (even as a programmer myself), noticing they weren’t truly integrated (each with their own user profiles and login/logout issues) and wanting to focus more on the content and marketing I went with Extreme Member. This was great for a while because it was fully hosted and integrated, with email marketing and affiliate marketing built in. The downside was the monthly cost at $99/month and having the site go down for many hours a couple times.

Using Wordpress (free) and adding plugins such as Wishlist Member and most others that are free, is so easy with a bit of learning. You can even add a forum such as the Simple Forum plugin (free), which will do the job.

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