One of the most successful online business models is the membership business model. Before internet marketers began to use Wordpress, they were using membership scripts on static webpages. Some marketers began to make big bucks, others achieved minor success but you don’t have to be a Wall Street Investor to know that monthly recurring income will beat the pants off a single sale any day!

If you’ve been marketing online for a number of years then you know of the mass pilgrimage from static websites over to the Wordpress platform. Most memberships have stuck with their static sites and membership scripts….simply because it works. Plus migrating a membership over to a new platform could end up costing big bucks, be full of bugs and cause you to lose your members….so why bother. Just keep cashing those checks>:)

Well, there have been membership plugins for almost the last 2 years. These plugins were clunky, odd to use and often times just didn’t work. Thankfully it looks like today’s wordpress membership plugins are caught up to their old static membership scripts. These new plugins do some amazing things.

I memtioned in another post about the Wishlist Membership Plugin, a wordpress membership plugin that is probably one of the most powerful plugins I’ve seen to date, because it can do everything short of bake a cake, it can become a little awkward and difficult to use…..especially for the newbie. Another negative about Wishlist is the cost, by far one of the most expensive out there. If you’re in need of everything Wishelist does and your pocket book is stuffed with cash, I invite you to check it out. Seriously, I condone the investment of the best tools possible to build your business, however, often times, finances dictate what type of tools you can invest in.  I’m sure the competition will cause a rethinking of their pricing. But, it you want a membership plugin that can do just about everything under the sun, give the Wishlist Membership Plugin a look.

I started this post because I was excited and wanted to tell you about one very inclusive and affordable wordpress membership plugins called Wordpress eMember Membership Plugin. For the last couple of weeks I’ve been searching for a preferably free membership plugin, however, I found those to be generally lacking in more than one category. In specific I want the membership plugin to add the new member to one of my Aweber Autoresponder Lists. I couldn’t find a free one to do that. In fact, the less expensive ones won’t touch that function.

Once I started reading about all the functions Wordpress eMember membership plugin would do I really got excited….too many to list here, but it does handle the Autoresponder dilema. It’s super affordable at $27 dollars and I’m so excited to see that it will add new members to my selected Aweber Autoresponder list. We all know that building a list is one of the most important aspects of internet marketing. Once a visitor becomes a customer or a member, they will develop a  relationship and trust with you and consequently they are much more likely make a purchase, join another membership or take your advise. That’s why starting a free or $1 membership to access some type of valued content could be the beginning or your own online riches…..keep in mind, your list is a valued asset and don’t blast them with some offer every other day but deliver quality content or suggest they purchase a product only if you’ve had experience and can honestly recommend it.

What’s really cool is that the folks at www.tipsandtricks-hq.com have put together a series of related plugins that integrate with each other. This is so exciting, I can’t wait to give it them a try, they have an estore plugin….take all those ebooks and set up a store….or deliver your products, they have an affiliate plugin and a handfull of other plugins that all seem to be able to be integrated. I want to be upfront with you, I haven’t purchased any of these yet, but have done the research and as soon as I finish writing this post I plan on ordering the membership plugin…although I really would like to try the estore plugin but then again….the affiliate plugin looks like it would be of big help to me. Anyway, this plugin is integrated with other plugins these folks product….let me tell you just a few of the things that the Wordpress eMember Membership Plugin can do:

1. You can create various membership levels including a free
2. Selectively protect the full or a section of an article. Create different membership levels and select what content (eg. posts, pages) can be viewed by each membership level.
3. Very easy to use and it integrates nicely into your existing site. No site redesign or any changes necessary.
4. It is pre-integrated with the WordPress Affiliate Software Plugin. So if you decide to boost your membership signups by introducing an Affiliate Program (award affiliates that redirect visitors who become your member) later then all you have to do it activate the other plugin.
5. Fully Integrated with WP eStore Fully integrated with the WordPress eStore (WordPress Shopping Cart) plugin.

There appears to be a few negatives depending on your viewpoint. Although the plugins are very affordable, they appear to be single user license which means only one site per plugin, there is a multi-site license but I couldn’t find a developers license. I’m only guessing on this one, but I haven’t seen this company around until now which means they are fairly new to the plugin scene and there’s probably not enough history to determine whether their support is going to exist and exactly how good it will be….correct me on this if I’m wrong.

Despite those small negatives, these guys have put together an awesome group of plugins….if they work as good as they say, you can greatly expand they use of any wordpress site…..from membership site to complete ecommerce site! Just imagine what you could do with all the eproducts you’ve stashed away all these years….if setting up an estore or estore/membership site is as easy as they say,  you’ll be able to make good use of the products you have and get good materials into hands of those that need it.

Don’t forget, if you develop sites for others of offline markets such as brick and mortar stores, you now have the ability to easily set up an estore for your clients. Better yet, introduce them to the concept of online memberships and the benefits these have for promoting and distributing their products!

Once more, you can find the plugins at these links:

1. Wordpress eMember Membership Plugin
2. Wordpress Affiliate Platform Plugin
3. Wordpress eStore Plugin

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Since the advent of the dot com boom many people have dreamed of setting up a website that would cure all their financial woes.  “The Internet” was going to be the goose that laid the golden egg! These same folks also believe they can become successful without putting in hard work. Well, I hope you’re not one of those people because there really is no such thing as a get rich quick scheme on the internet. In fact, if you don’t already know it, there is a term for those who study marketing on the internet and it’s called “Internet Marketing” and in the beginning internet marketers were considered to be carpetbaggers and scalawags…..but now, internet marketing has come to be a legitimate discipline of marketing that involves selling products or services on the internet. And it just so happens that internet marketing can boost the sales of just about any brick and mortar business while at the same time many internet marketers have their entire business in the virtual world……that is, they consist of websites only. Regardless of which business model an internet marketer follows, they share a common asset. That common asset is that they do business through a website. One simple fact determines the success of any website based business ……that is, the website needs website traffic or visitors. In order to get that needed website traffic you must implement an effective search engine optimization strategy!

Truth About An Effective Search Engine Optimization Strategy

So, as more and more website owners study and learn the ways of internet marketing, they began to appreciate the results one can get from a search engine optimization technique. When website owners first start to investigate search engine optimization, they are easily convinced that a good search engine optimization technique applied to their website can quickly be the cureall for their financial woes along with being a quick way to instant riches. There is no substitute for work and getting your website properly optimized isn’t something that will happen overnight.   Successful websites are not always successful in the beginning and the process of starting an internet website can prove to very difficult and time consuming.

Google Search Engine Marketing:

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Everyone with the exception of a rank newbie understands that Google is the top dog of all search engines. What most people don’t understand, is how important it is that Google recognize your website and actually evaluate it. So, it stands to reason that Google is a search engine your website must get listed or ranked with.  Most new internet marketers have a hard time understanding exactly how large the internet is and how many websites are actually on the word wide web. It’s hard to say exactly how many web pages Google keeps track of, but it’s someplace between 50 and 75 Billion webpages and increasing every hour!  The question of the day is, “Why should Google deliver your website to somebody searching for the keyword phrases on your web pages?   The answer, honestly, Google will not direct anyone to your website unless you have employed a well thought out, comprehensive and effective search engine optimization strategy.

Your website is completed now what?

The day has come, your website is finished and uploaded to the web! You can hardly contain yourself because now the sales are going to come pouring into account. Unfortunately that’s probably more wishful thinking than any kind of reality. More than likely when your website is completed, it will join a huge population of other websites that sit unnoticed to the rest of the world and basically just sit on your server like a dormant bear during the winter.  There are, of course, ways to list your business but a word of warning, this sometimes can prove complex and is very easy to make a mess of especially if you don’t know what you’re doing. There are also a handful of ways to get traffic to your web pages by investing your hard earned cash. In my opinion, paying for traffic might be an acceptable alternative in the very beginning, however, a long term strategy involving a search engine optimization technique will create web pages that will attract free traffic….. is the best and cheapest long term option.

Search Engine Optimization:

Developing an effective search engine optimization strategy is one of the best ways to get long term free website traffic delivered to your web pages. After getting your website up and running, you should explore a process known as SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and develop your own effective search engine optimization strategy for your site that will deliver relevant website traffic on a long term basis.   Remember though, SEO is not a single, one-step process.  SEO is something, which must be performed and maintained often in order to retain your search engine rankings.

Your goal should be to bring customers to your website:

I stated the obvious above, “you need web site traffic!” Any business has to be marketed, the saying, “Build it and they will come.” only applies to the movies and has no real world value when considering your internet business or any brick and mortar business. Marketing and Selling might be considered necessary evils by some, but if you don’t do something to attract customers to your business, products and/or services it stands to reason you’ll never sell a thing!  Millions upon millions of people search daily for products and services on the internet, as a website owner it should be a priority to do whatever it takes to get your website in the search results when your keywords are typed into the search engines. Consequently understanding keyword research is a primary component of any search engine optimization strategy.

Waiting and The Google Sandbox

Google sticks new websites into what is called “The Sandbox” for undisclosed periods of time. Most business website owners complain of this long waiting period while they wait to appear on the Google Search engine.  The truth is that more than likely you are going to wait quite a while before internet traffic will find your business within the Google Search engine.  Here’s a fact, if you hire a search engine optimization expert to optimize your website, you’ll find yourself in the search results much quicker than if you attempt to do it yourself. Although, of course, learning how to build effective search engine optimized web pages is not beyond the reach of anyone willing the put the effort in studying and purchasing some seo resources. I’m a big fan of natural search engine traffic but you should keep in mind that SEO is not the cure all for your marketing strategies and frankly, you would make a mistake if you solely depend on it for your marketing strategy.

Alternatives to Search Engine Marketing

Internet Marketing is as complex as the most intricate spider’s web. If you’re reading this and still think that internet marketing is some kind of scam or some temporary fad you really need to do some research on the current state of affairs for the marketing revenues from tv advertising, radio advertising, magazine advertising, yellow page advertising or any traditional method of marketing and promotion. The fact is, all these traditional mediums are dying on the vine! Most will admittedly blame the internet for their loss of revenues. The reason is because the internet is just so much more effective! A new generation of consumers search on the internet before purchasing just about anything. If they want a pizza in their town they might search for pizza deals. In fact if you pay attention to radio or television ads, you’ll almost always see a website address. Radio advertisers direct you to go to XYZ website and use the promo code XXX for a discount. This is simply an affiliate link or method of tracking advertising dollars. The way we market and sell is changing and if you recognize this and accept it, you can place yourself in a position to capitalize on this change.

We’re in a new age of selling and buying. Internet marketing is positioned to make the losers winners and the traditional winners losers. Here’s a few ideas that will compliment any search engine marketing, you should consider alternatives such as email marketing, article marketing, bloging, newletters and AdWords and others.  These are traditional methods within the internet advertising arena’s and are some of the basics for traffic generation because they are cost effective as well as efficient from a perspective of time.

If you can’t answer yes to this question, “Is search engine marketing truly crucial for your marketing needs?” then you really need to do more research and study on the subject of search engine marketing and get a firm understanding of what is involved in an effective search engine optimization plan for your website. There should be NO question in your mind and you would do well to begin implementing this strategy today!

Keep in mind naysayers abound, and some marketing experts will inform you that your business should not rely on Google or the other search engines for success. In part, they are correct because diversification in all aspects of business is a wise approach and as a businessman you shouldn’t depend entirely on any single search engine optimization technique, but search engines and proper SEO should definitely be a part of any well rounded marketing campaign for your website and your business!

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There are a lot of ways to make money online from internet marketing and sometimes that’s what makes it so difficult for new online entrepreneurs to get started. In the beginning there is a lot to learn, particularly if you’re unfamiliar with the internet and while this is daunting in and of itself, it can be even more frustrating to know that a lot of decisions lie ahead. Are you going to become an affiliate marketer? an Adsense guru? or are you going to apply your online skills to working with offline businesses?

Knowing which way to go to try to make money online isn’t an exact science. In fact, you could succeed with any number of marketing methods. But how do you know which one is right for you? I recommend simply following someone who you admire and whose marketing business has already generated interest for you.

To start to copy a successful internet marketer it helps to have an insight into their business model and marketing methods. This knowledge can be gained in a number of ways. Most marketers have a blog that they use to communicate with their market and customers. This is an excellent free place to start. Otherwise you might join their newsletter or purchase their products.

Perhaps the ultimate way to really learn the ins and outs of an online entrepreneur’s business is to learn from them through a mentoring or coaching program. These programs are invaluable to new internet marketers in particular because they give you not only the opportunity to learn the ways, but to get the know the person behind the method as well. These programs aren’t cheap, but if you have the money and the incentive to get off on the best foot, then there is no substitute.

By sticking with one example and learning everything they do to succeed in their online business you are also helping yourself to drown out all of the other distractions and competing opportunities. I know from my own experience as a new affiliate marketing hopeful that I struggled with information overload and distraction to such an extent that I ended up spending thousands of dollars in less than a year and not making a dollar in profit. I thought I was investing wisely at the time, and I’ve since recovered my costs (thankfully) but it was only when I decided to focus that I began to make it.

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Internet marketing is a fiercely competitive industry and promises of fast riches and overnight success are merely marketing puffery. You have to learn to see past this and understand the business operations that are going on behind the scenes before you are going to be able to become confident that you can be a success. This is why getting to know a guru can be invaluable to you. You’ll quickly learn that these successful online entrepreneurs have solid systems in place that they work like engineers to make the money that they make.

There is no magic formula to success and making money online with an internet business, but in my opinion focussing on people and businesses that are already successful is the closest thing to a magic wand that you can get. If it worked for them then there’s a good chance that the same formula will work for you too.

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Attraction marketing is making yourself attractive in the eyes of your prospect. This concept has really taken hold in the business model of network marketing.

Practicing Internet attraction marketing is one way to build a successful network marketing business. We will look at that in this article.

In the old days of prospecting and cold calling you actually hunted down prospects. This was a very tough way to build an MLM business and led to an extremely high failure rate.

1. Today with Internet attraction marketing your prospects will find you online. There are skills involved with getting your business out where people can find it. However these are not things a person of ordinary intelligence cannot learn.

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The most successful way to start the process of Internet attraction marketing is to promote a landing page or a splash page. Generally what you do with this is provide something of value to your prospect.

You might give them a free report or e-book in exchange for them giving you their name and email address. The sign-up form on your landing page is directed to an autoresponder where you now follow up.

2. When a person fills out the form they are opting in and giving you permission to follow up with them. At this point you are given the opportunity to further make yourself more attractive to them. What you’re really trying to do is develop relationships with them while building up your own credibility.

Many Internet marketers miss this key point. They spend the majority of their time going on and on about how great their product or business opportunity is.

3. The key to Internet attraction marketing is to become a trusted friend or business partner by offering value to your prospect. People learn at different rates and this is why using an auto responder is so important.

You want to follow up over and over until until the time is right for them to identify themselves as a legitimate prospect for your business. This is why you stand the majority of your ball of messages offering Internet marketing tips and useful information about earning money.

The last thing you want to do is constantly talk about your product or business opportunity.

Of course every message should include your name and a link to your website or blog where they can get more information. Internet attraction marketing is best done when you are so working thru subscribers and developing qualified prospects.

Steve Lauri is a successful entrepreneur and home business coach. His mission is empowering people to enjoy massive mlm success in their own home business with Attraction Marketing. Click here now to see if he can help you. http://stevelauri.com/

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Earn1KaDay is kind of like an Internet Marketing University. There are many aspects to internet marketing and although not all are covered in the membership, there are more than enough categories of information and techniques to help you get started making money on the internet. As the name suggests the goal of the membership is to get members past the $1,000 dollar a day level. What’s more there are students who are now past the $1,000 a day that are more than willing to give you a hand….you might call them graduate students.

Review of Earn1KaDay Internet Marketing Membership

I don’t think there is a membership like this anywhere. Most memberships will focus on one or two aspects of internet marketing. For instance, you’ll find memberships on Affiliate Marketing. others on graphics, others on article marketing, others on PLR materials, some on programming, some on website design, more on offline marketing, they might cover ebay, some could offer PLR and Resell materials each month, some focus on money making ideas, some on software, more on email marketing….I think you get the idea.

The thing is, at Earn1KaDAy you can learn all this stuff, but the best part is the people in the forum. It’s a group of genuine and successful people or people seeking success who are not jerks and obnoxious. I’m sure you know what I mean, some forums have members swoop down on you if you ask the wrong question or put a wrong link in the wrong place….like you committed the ultimate sin! You won’t find any of that here.

Dennis Becker has done a great job of attracting and keeping a really good group of people and it’s the only membership I’ve ever been in that continues to grow with more and more material….good original material. I’ve never belonged to a membership where the owner has increased their commitment to the success of the membership on a monthly basis….seriously, in only gets better every month! Recently Dennis has been doing webinars with some of the successful marketers that alone are worth the price of the membership. You not only get access to the webinars, you get a pdf transcript!

I have to admit one of my favorite hangouts is the download section. Usually each week Dennis will post a relevant internet marketing related product that will usually come with reprint, resale or PLR rights ……and it’s not just one product but sometimes 2 or 3 for the week. And it’s always good stuff!

Next I want to tell you about some of the hidden benefits that really get me excited. Many of the members are making money doing different things related to interent marketing or sometimes marketing in a way that is just a different approach to the same concept. There’s a generous spirit of giving and sharing in the membership….So, as they create their products or services they will sometimes create a smaller version that they give away for free or a very small price that are litteral gold mines…..Sometimes they write a forum post that is work more than most Warrior WSO’s. Why you ask? Because they want to help other memberships and share their knowledge. And all you have to do is take this information and use it….because these little snippets or ideas are like recipe books for developing your own successful business model….just follow the directions. It doesn’t get any easier than that!

Simple Business Model to Replace Your Income

Sometimes these little gems are hidden and I ran into one the other day. One of the senior success members wrote a small PDF about Domain Flipping….it might be 10 pages but the content is worth $100 or more! You just have to follow his simple recipe and you can start making $100 to $600 or more a domain. It involves picking up domain names for certain cities combined with some service….setting up a 1 page website with listings of competitors and then using your seo knowledge and abilities…(he tells you) to get your listing on page one of Google and then dangle the domain in front of the competition. Gene tells you exactly how to do this in a step by step pdf…. and he simply gave it to the members for free….Are you in a tough place and need to make some money right now…grab a membership at Earn1KaDay and look up Gene’s report….in fact, let me know you joined through my link and I’ll send the report to you or show you where it’s at….totally awesome and just maybe the answer to some of your problems!

Don’t miss this chance to get in….join Earn1kaDay now!

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If you’ve been following my posts, you know how highly I think of the keyword tool called Micro Niche Finder…..just a terrific keyword tool for digging up long tailed keywords known as low hanging fruit. You don’t have to take my word for it, grab a copy and test it out!

You’ve also probably heard of bum marketing or article marketing and one of the movements leaders, Travis Sago.

Well, Travis has made Micro Niche Finder the official keyword tool of Bum Marketing! That’s saying something because Travis is a heavy hitter in Bum Marketing, he makes a great living through article marketing and he is a man of character and integrity……so if Travis recommends a tool, you know it’s good.

Below is a video Travis did that can easily fit into the Make Money Online category….but it isn’t some cheesy promo type video. Travis reveals a business model anyone can use to make money online, and yes, he uses Micro Niche Finder in the development of this business model.

If you’re looking for a solid way to start making some steady money online, you really need to watch the below video. I say this at the risk of sounding full of hype….but you can easily develop a small business that pulls in $1,000 a month.

Enjoy the video

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