Killer Tactic #2: Create a Membership Site
Membership sites are a great way to start a recurring income stream. Even if you have only 200 members that each pay $20 per month. That’s $4,000 every month from one site. And that’s before backend sales.
Starting a membership site using PLR content will save you countless hours of writing (or countless dollars having the content written for you). And since membership sites need to have a lot of content to attract members, PLR can give you a leg up quickly.
Step #1: Choose Your Topic
When asked how to best start a membership site, Ansel Gough (Ansel has created several successful membership sites and now helps others do the same at MembershipSiteAdvisor.com) is very clear – it’s all about choosing the right topic.
“The best place to start is to focus on your own�interests and hobbies. You’ll usually find that if you are passionate about something, so will a lot of other people. Ask yourself these questions: �
a) What sites do I keep returning to?
b) Why do I return to these sites?
c) What products have I purchased on the topic?
d) What made me buy it?
e) Where did I find the product?
f) What keywords do I use when searching for my hobby or interest online? �
Answering these questions will become your market research. You can then build your site around the answers to these questions. Before you launch anything remember this saying “whatever they’re buying I’m selling.”
This simply means that whatever people are buying you should start off selling that item. Don’t try to sell something that no one wants buy, or you don’t know if they want to buy it.”
Step #2: Decide How You’ll Make Money
Before you create your membership site, take some time to plan out exactly how you’ll make money. A few options to consider are:
=> One Level of Paid Membership – All members pay the same price for access to the site.
=> Multiple Levels of Paid Membership – Members pay different prices depending on what level of access they choose.
=> Conditional Free Membership – Some membership sites charge a fee unless the member’s agree to meet certain conditions. For example, this may be a certain amount of participation on the site such as a minimum number of forum posts or providing time to help other members.
=> Free Membership – Sometimes there is more money to be made from selling products to a trusting group of members. In this case, a free membership option would be best.
Step #3: Put Your Site Together
JVManager is one of the best membership scripts. All you have to do is create your member’s area like you would any website and put all of the files in one folder on your host’s server. Then in the backend of your JVManager you can specify which folders contain member’s only information and it will automatically require a login and password for access to those pages.
Step #4: Add Lots of Great Content
The more content you can offer your members, the better! Remember, your members are paying to learn something and the more you can give them, the more likely they will be to stick around.
PLR content is by far the quickest and cheapest way to add a lot of content. Once you have lots of great information to offer, use these other creative – yet easy – methods to continually grow your site:
=> Interviews – Contact well-known people in the industry and ask them to complete a short email or phone interview. Or do a series of interviews on a certain topic.
=> Case Studies – Talk to customers who have used some of the techniques given to members and do a case study on what worked for them. For example, if you are creating a membership site on “heart health” you can interview someone who has survived a heart attack about their experiences and how they have become more health conscious.
=> Reprint Articles – Although original content is best, there are a lot of informative articles available for reprint provided the resource box is included. Including some of these articles is an excellent way to provide more information on certain topics.
=> Reviews – Doing a review of a website, book, software package or service can be a quick and easy way to add content to your site. And members love this type of content!
=> Comparisons – Put together a chart of comparisons on different products or services. For example, a comparison of the features available in the different weight loss sites would add great value for members.
Step #5: Keep Your Site Updated
The key to a successful membership site is to add content on a regular basis. The more “hands off” you can make it, the better! That will free up your time to focus on recruiting new members and building other membership sites.
Here are some ways to keep your membership site updated…
=> Add a “Content Drip”
Probably the easiest way to do this is using the blogging tool WordPress. It’s easily added to your site so you can have a section for new content that is updated on a regular basis. When you write a new post there is an option to change the “Post Timestamp”. Simply set it for a future date and time and the information will not be available until then.
See Killer Tactic #6: Start a Money Making Blog for more great information on how to start a blog using WordPress.
=> Add Lots of Quotes/Tips
Another great way to have your site changing on a regular basis is to use a “random text” script. This works by pulling information from a text file and displaying it whenever the page is loaded.
Scripts like this are a great way to display random quotes, tips, resource recommendations, jokes and related websites. And every time a member loads the page they will see a different one so customers are always seeing something new, without you having to be constantly adding content!
A free “text rotator” script that I’ve used many times is Show Random Quote 1.0 from HotScripts.com.
=> Add an RSS Feed
There are thousands of sites that allow others to publish their content using RSS feeds. How it works is you insert a little bit of code into your site and then when they publish new content it’s automatically added to your pages. Once you’ve inserted the code, there’s nothing more for you to do.
One of the best services for getting RSS feeds and easily integrating them into your site is RSS Feed Reader. All you have to do is choose from their many different feeds (which include everything from world news to sports) and then choose how you want the content to look. They’ll give you the code you need to add the RSS feed to whichever web pages you want. It’s as simple as pasting it into your site.
Stay Tuned In For KILLER TACTIC # 3 Coming SOON!!!
PLR Cash – Killer Tactic #1 To Make Real Money with PLR Content
If you’re not familiar with PLR content, now is the time to learn!
Private Label Rights are a type of content, that once purchased, allows you to reuse that content as your own. Although every publisher gives different rights with their content
, you are usually able to rewrite it, add your name as the author, divide it up and sometimes even publish it as is.
Many even use it as hard drive filler… “Taking Action, and using content makes it valuable”!
There are many other things that you can do with these PLR products. You can give them away as bonus’s along with your products, use them to build your list, use the content to use as an auto-responder (AWeber, iContact, GetResponse, ect,,,) sequence to your list, use it as content for your web/ membership site, break it down into smaller articles etc.
If you haven’t been using PLR products, I’ve got some good news for you and some bad news for you. The bad news is that you have been missing out, the good news is that you can really start to make some serious money using PLR products.
If you’re going to make money online you have to be able to manage your time. One thing that using PLR products does, is free up so much time.
You don’t have to spend that time writing new products. You don’t have to write that content for your web site, you don’t have to write all of those articles etc.
That’s huge because that’s time that you could be spending doing other things. You just have to find a place to get really good PLR products and once you find that place you can keep coming back for more.
When you buy PLR products you have to look at it as an investment. It’s an investment because you’re buying the product, in order to save time and make money from it.
It’s just like investing in a domain name or web hosting. We invest in those things because we want to make money from our website.
Killer Tactic #1: Create Audio Products
Audio products are hot! And that trend is on the rise as everyone and their dog get MP3 players. It’s so easy for someone to purchase a product they like, upload it to their MP3 player and listen to it while walking their dog, exercising or cleaning their house.
The first business plan we’ll look at it is how to take PLR content and make your own audio products from it. It’s easier than you might think!
Step #1: Choose Your Topic
Before you begin creating your product, you need to determine what topic you will be covering. There are lots of ways to research popular topics. Start by visiting forums, reading online and offline publications, researching what keywords people are searching for and checking out what’s hot on eBay and Amazon.
All of the content available to Elite Members has been researched to make sure it’s a topic that our members can make money from. Whether you’re looking for reports and articles on business topics, health topics or hot niches – you’ll find it! Keyword lists are even included so you can get ideas on how to position the content to make it even more profitable.
Once you’ve found the main information you want to use for your audio product, look for some additional information you can add. Remember, by combining different types of PLR content you’re making a product that is different then what other people may be offering. Simply using one piece of PLR content means that others can easily recreate the product.
Step #2: Decide on Your Purpose
Are you going to sell the digital audio product? Use it in a membership site? Give it away to build your list? Sell it as a physical product? Bundle it will other products? Use it to drive traffic to your site?
Let’s look at a few ways you can use an audio product:
Sell it as either a digital or physical product. Audio products have a much higher perceived value and as a result you can charge a premium for them. What might sell for $37 as an ebook can often sell for $67 as a digital audio product or $97 as a physical audio product. That’s a big difference in the amount you can earn for just a little bit of extra work. And if you offer both an ebook version and an audio version, you can greatly expand your potential market.
Give it away to build your list. Free giveaways are a great way to build a list (and we’ll talk about other ways to do this in upcoming Business Plans). Impress potential customers by giving them an audio product in exchange for giving you their name and email address.
Use it as a front end product. We’ll talk more about front end products in Killer Tactic #7, but the basic idea is that you sell something for significantly less than it’s worth just to create a list of BUYERS. A list like this is worth a lot more then a list of prospects because proven buyers are more likely to buy again.
Knowing before you begin how you will use the audio is important because it may determine whether you record one long audio session or shorter sessions. And it may have an impact on your choice in Step #3.
Step #3: Determine How You’ll Present the Information
You can simply read the PLR content word for word if you want – a lot of people have had success doing so. But there are other, more creative ways that you can present the PLR content for your audio product:
=> An interview. Position yourself as an expert by having a friend interview you about the topic. To keep your answers professional and on topic, it’s a good idea to arrange the questions ahead of time and have your answers written out.
=> A question and answer session. Create a series of questions related to the PLR content you’ve decided to use for your audio product. You can then ask and answer the questions to create a very useful audio product.
=> An information class. Structure the information so that it can be presented as a course. Start with the basic information as an introduction and then move into more advanced topics. Depending on the topic you may even create worksheets to include with the audio as a great bonus!
=> A series. Certain topics are best presented as a series of audios instead of one long one. Dividing the content up can make it easier for customers to use it as a learning tool. It also has a higher perceived value.
=> A Live Session. If you’re confident with your presentations skills, you can do your session with a live audience. Invite your friends and colleagues and even mention it in related forums to get some listeners. The advantage of having a live audience is that you can field questions after you present the core information.
Step #4: Figure out the Technology
Free teleconferencing lines are now very easy to find. The one that I personally use is Free Conferencing.
It’s free, easy to use and they offer the recordings at no additional charge. So once you’re done you can download the .mp3 file within 60 minutes and you’re ready to burn it to a CD or upload it to your website. It couldn’t be any simpler!
And since there is no charge to use the conference line or have recordings made, you can redo it as many times as it takes.
Want to interview someone but don’t want them to pay for long distance? No problem, you can use their very affordable 1-800 number service for around $0.08 a minute. And you don’t have to buy minutes that you won’t use, simply pay-as-you-go.
Step #5: Have a Transcript Created
Audio products that include a transcript sell for more then ones without a transcript.
iDictate is an affordable transcription service that allows you to upload an .mp3 file. Within 24 hours (although often much sooner) you’ll have a professional transcript! The only down side is that jobs are priced per word so it can be difficult to know exactly how much you will pay ahead of time.
Come Back Next Week For KILLER TACTIC #2 with PLR Content
4 Main Mistakes Which Bloggers Make And Which Stop Them From Making Money With Their Blogs
Blogging is a powerful tool for increasing traffic to your website and boosting your online profits. However, many bloggers fail to use their blogs to increase the money they earn on the internet because they commit some four typical mistakes which are discussed in this article.
Some bloggers don’t blog on a regular basis, and their blogs do not have fresh and unique content. Blogs can be powerful in driving traffic to a website if they have high quality and unique content which makes search engines visit them and index the content. After the blog is indexed by search engines, people looking for information on search engines that relate to your blog’s keywords will be directed to your website, and you therefore get high volumes of traffic. 
Lack of useful and captivating information on the website. It is important for your blog to have information which your visitors will enjoy and find useful. If you have high quality information on your blog, you will get many visitors and some people will also bookmark your blog and visit on a regular basis. This increases the traffic to your blog and website, and results in more sales. It is also important for you to make your blog unique and attractive by adding interesting images and any other information that will be of interest to your blog’s visitors.
Lack of keywords in your blog categories and blog content. This is the most powerful way to increase traffic to your website. You must know and use all the keywords that relate to your niche when posting on your blog. If you have some headings for categories on your blog, make sure that you use your keywords on the headings of these categories as this increases the visibility of your blog on search engine.
Some bloggers do not increase the earning potential of their blogs. If you want to earn money with your blog, you must sell your own products and services on the blog. You can also identify affiliate programs that match your niche and sell these affiliate products. All you need to do is to add your affiliate links on your blog. You can review these affiliate products and include the keywords in your blog content. You can also increase the money you earn from your blog by adding some Google Adsense adverts on your website. When someone clicks of the Google Adsense adverts from your website, you earn some money.
If you want to increase your online profits from your blogs, avoid the four mistakes presented above.
Blogging Directories – Great Advertising Venues
If you want to have more people visit your blog, there
are plenty of blog directories on the Internet that
you can submit your blog to so that people will come
and visit it. Most blog directories are listed by the
topics that the blogs that are submitted cover.
Blog Catalog is a free blog directory that offers
categories such as career and jobs, writing, Iraq, and
many others. It has features such as featured blogs
and other things to offer those who submit their blogs
there.
Another great place to add your blog is
blog-directory.org. Not only do they have an an
extensive list of categories with sub categories, you
can get your blog reviewed. For the most popular
blogs, it shows the amount of hits that blogs have and
if they have any reviews. As well as listing by
category, the blogs are also listed by location.
There are other blog directories on the Internet -
these are only a couple of them. But blog directories
are a great place to advertise your blog and to make
new friends. You never know what you will find when
you browsing through the directory, and you may just
find out
information that you never knew. Some of the
blog directories offer chat features as well, so that
you can meet other people easily.
As you can see, blog directories are a great place to
get your blog noticed and bring people to read your
blog and look at your pictures
Clever Plug-ins for Wordpress-SEO Booster PRO
The next step after choosing a topic and creating a Wordpress blog about it is to optimize it so that more people can see what you have to offer.
This can be either done manually or with the help of software that automatically performs different SEO functions.
If you have few blogs then it may be easy for you to do everything on your own, but if you are running a large number of blogs then automated software can be very useful thing to have. SEO Booster is one such software offered by CleverPlugins.com. It tracks, analyzes and utilizes the incoming searches from the search engines.
CleverPlugins develop WordPress plugins that can help you in your work or automate different function that you need to perform as a Blogger. Here are the different ways in which SEO Booster PRO can help you.
Your incoming visitors from Google are automatically tracked by SEO Booster PRO. It researches the current ranking of the keyword, and starts promoting the best suited keywords.
With the recently added v1.5 feature you can automatically boost your title-tags. It’s a very useful function for fine-tuning your WordPress Theme. The plug-in shows you the most popular incoming searches for even better onsite SEO. You can find keywords that can be targeted to further increase the number of visitors to your blog. You can save the data on a spreadsheet by exporting it.
With the SEO Booster PRO you can choose the settings that fit your requirements. The software upgrades are given to you for free. Whenever there is a new version available, you will receive it in your email. You are also given a personal license to use the software so you don’t have to buy it again for another blog.
You can ask any questions that you have about the plug-in through the website’s support page or you can send an email to admin@mywordpress.com .The price of the product is $29.95 and it comes with a 60 day money back guarantee.
Blogger Forums – A Great Place To Advertise Your Blog
No matter what type of blog that you have, one of the
best places that you can advertise your blog is in
a blogger forum. After all, everyone who posts
there has a blog and that’s the main subject.
It’s a great place to meet other blogger’s and to
advertise your blog.
There are quite a few blogger forums that you can sign
up for on the Internet. One is known as Bloggeries,
where you can show off your blog, get your blog
reviewed or review other blogs, and find lots of tools
that you can use for your own blog.
Another good place to go is a Blog Forum.
Blog Forums, like Bloggeries, have spots for you to
market and show off your blog.
Blogger forums are a great place to advertise because
everyone in them is of the same mind and want to make
certain that their blogs get noticed and read.
If you use your blog to advertise something that you
are selling, or you want to get a lot of traffic to
your blog in order to make money, you want to go
someplace where it can get exposure.
When you advertise on a blog forum, you know that you
are placing your advertisement in a place where
blogging is something that people enjoy.
Just remember when you are posting to a forum to read
the rules and abide by them. That way you’ll get your
blog noticed and you will know that you are doing the
right thing.
Finding Your Passion and Earning in the Process
Do you know that you can actually earn from the results of your hard work in finding your passion? And that is not the only goal that you will likely get in the process. If you feel like you are stuck in your current job, you have to rethink your life and where you are taking it. You are the driver of your own vehicle and you decide where you will go. But you are only human so you must be open for mistakes and other challenges that life may bring along your journey.
Living to earn is very different from earning a living. With the latter, you can be more adventurous. Life can be more fun, especially when you are pursuing the things that you really like and earning money in the process. This is the reason why people who have chosen an unlikely route just so they can earn good amount of cash will likely feel the downside of their decision at some point in their lives.
Comfort Zone
Are you at a place where you feel like you are already too comfortable? This is not really a good thing. If you have been working the same job, which was not what you really wanted to do deep in your heart, through time, you will be able to master the craft. You will know how to work your way through the job where you won’t get into any trouble. You will get your job done, you will be paid, then you will have to work over and over again the same tasks every day. This set up may be giving you enough money to live by. But are your living the life that you really wanted to attain? If not, then maybe it is time to get out of your comfort zone.
You have to take risks in order to know your capabilities. You must not be afraid to fail because that is part of the whole ballgame. You just have to learn from your own mistakes.
Earning from Your Passion
If you really love what you are doing, you will eventually excel in it. You can even pursue your passion as a side project aside from your real job. This is ideal for people who are afraid to lose their main source of income. Your passion can actually bring in more cash if you are able to utilize them well to your advantage. For example, you are good in writing or painting. You only have to use your talents, hone them and soon enough, you will surprise everyone that your passion has led you to more profitable source of income.
If you will open yourself to these kinds of possibilities, there will come a time when you can comfortably choose your passion and drop the job that you don’t really like, and earn as much as you want. This is a very ideal situation because when you love what you are doing, it will show in the quality of work that you are producing. It will also reflect on how you live your life and your attitude towards anything that you may encounter as you go through it.
But setting the right goals and finding your passion may not be as easy as it seems to be. You really have to think hard about it so that you can be led to the right course.
Advertising Your Blog In Your Email Signature
If you have a blog that you are particularly proud of,
and that you want to share with other people, there
are a lot of free ways that you can get your blog
noticed.
One of those ways is something that you do everyday,
and that you may not even consider as a way to share
your blog. Put the link to your blog in your email
signature.
Chances are that you send out emails more times than
you can count during the day, Each time you send out
an email, you can advertise your blog by putting the
address of your blog in your email’s signature.
It’s always a good idea to write something catchy
like, See what I am up to now, or Read my latest
chapter of my blog post here, depending on what type of
blog you have.
The thing to remember about putting an advertisement
in your signature for your blog is to make it short,
but eye catching.
You want people to be interested enough to want to
click on it, but you also don’t want to scare them
off.
Just like it is with any advertisement, you want to
give them just enough to be interested and take a
closer look at what it is that you are advertising.
Think about what it is that your blog is about. What
is really going to interest people about it and want
to visit That is what you should include in your
signature, and that is what is going to get people to
go to your blog.
What Is Video Blogging Part 2
Now that you are getting the just of what a video blog is, you might be wondering why you should start one. You might be thinking a traditional blog might be perfect for your needs. If you already have an established blog you might be wondering whether or not you should spend time adding video posts to your existing site. The truth is that there are many benefits associated with running your own video blog site that simply cannot be found elsewhere. For starters a video lets you, the website owner, communicate and reach visitors
more effectively than words. There are some things that simply cannot be expressed well in writing.
<<<<<<<<<< (An Example Of Video Blogging, It’s That EASY!! YOUTUBE Hosted Of Course)
Video blogs are also a great way to truly express opinions and feels on certain hot topics or controversial issues. Your website is uncensored and gives you an opportunity to share your opinions freely but sometimes writing will not truly illustrate your feelings to readers. A video will let visitors hear your tones, be they joking or angry. Video blogs also let visitors see facial expressions, gestures, or even conversations if the blog features more than one person.
In the event that your website has been set up for personal use, a video blog will give you a chance to share important moments with friends and family across the globe. The posts can feature video showing weddings, parties, and other events in your life. A video blog is also a way for new families to show the growth and activity of their young children such as birthdays, first steps, and more.
Video blogs are also perfect for capturing the attention of a sometimes fickle audience. Many visitors get bored by posts, especially long posts with a lot of technical detail. Even if the information is something that will be useful to them readers get frustrated when they simply cannot visualize what they are reading. A video will help prevent your readers from growing frustrated and will also help your website capitalize on the growing popularity of video blogs.
Posting videos on your website will also let visitors know that you, the website owner, are serious about spreading your message. More importantly, posting videos of yourself explaining a product or service will let your visitors know that you are REAL and your website is legitimate. With the Internet being filled with scam artists and pretenders promoting get rich quick schemes videos will help give you a level of creditability that many website owners simply do not have. This is especially useful if you are promoting an affiliate program, products, or services.
- Video blogs let owners express themselves to visitors using tone and facial expression.
- Personal vlogs can be used to share important events in your life and the lives of your family members.
- Site visitors often prefer watching short videos than reading long text posts.
- Video blog posts featuring the site owner gives the website more credibility.
Hopefully you have gained a clearer picture of Vlogging and it’s importance to you as a marketer. Take care for now, and best of luck!
What is Video Blogging Part 1
Video blogging has grown in popularity over the past few years and even though many have used video blogs to create a fortune there are quite a few people who have never heard of Internet blogging. Video blogging is a close cousin of traditional blogging, the primary difference between the two is that video is used to communicate with visitors in place of text. Many Internet entrepreneurs have created their own highly successful video blogs (also known as vlogs) which are used to communicate with subscribers, potential clients, and the rest of the World Wide Web. Video blogs let visitors interact with their favorite website owners by rating video post or even creating video comments.
Blogging vs. Vlogging
Setting up a video blog site is not that much different from setting up a traditional blog. There are many websites that allow users to upload or share their videos absolutely free of charge. These video sites let users express themselves and their opinions with few restrictions. Creating the videos themselves is also relatively easy and does not require a lot of filming experience or expensive equipment.
Are Video Blogs Popular?
To date there are thousands of video blogs online today with hundreds of thousands of readers and millions of video clips. Some aspiring actors and comedians have even started scripting their own video blogs. These days there are even casting calls for actors to star in Internet based shows that are broadcasts on video blogs. Quite a few Internet celebrities owe their fame to their own video blogs which have been seen and adored by millions. A few video bloggers have even become celebrities with millions of online fans. A few of these web celebs are:
- Jessica Rose also known as LonelyGirl15
- Amanda Congdon of Rocketboom
- Perez Hilton
- Seth Gordon
- Jeff Jarvis of BuzzMachine
- Hosea Frank also known as ZeFrank
- Harry Knowles of Aintitcoo
Well known corporations have also started operating video blogs that are dedicated to providing individuals with visual content. In addition to businesses operating video blogs high ranking CEOs have also started their own video blogs. These vlogs give consumers and investors a chance to get to know more about powerful companies and the people who are running them. A few well known personalities and musicians like Oprah Winfrey and even the Queen of England have started their own video blogs.
Many people are shocked by the idea of famous media stars and royalty taking the time to establish video blogs but the reality is video blogs are the future of online marketing. Viral videos are taking over the Internet and marketing firms are becoming aware of it. Video blogs have helped people from all backgrounds gain Internet popularity and earn money online.
This ebook is designed to teach novice bloggers how to successfully start their own popular, extremely profitable, video blog. The book will tell you how to set up your own video blog using popular blogging platforms. It will also tell you many ways to profit from your new video blog and how to effectively market it. This ebook provides you with detailed information and many resources that will save you a great deal of time and energy that would have been spent in research along with time and error.
- Video blogs, also known as vlogs, combine video with blogging.
- Creating videos for vlogs does not require expensive equipment or extensive technical knowledge.
- Many video bloggers have acquired Internet fame and fortune thanks to their popular video blog posts.
- Famous people, even royalty, and well known corporations have established their own video blogs.
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