Monetize Your Blog Challenge – Day 5

Are you ready to blog for profit? Inside this post you will find the next section of my “Monetize Your Blog Challenge”
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[/membership] [membership level=”1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9″] Today’s blog monetization challenge is all about doing what the big boys do! Most of the successful million dollar businesses out there are successful because they have some form of auto-payment system within their business. Think about all the bills you pay (cable, phone, and utilities) – these are all monthly expenses for you and profits for them.

One way to effectively monetize your blog is to create at least one type of subscription – based product or service that will generate revenue for you on a monthly basis.

The most popular model of this kind online is build a membership subscription wordpress website, like the SistaSense Online Circle. Consider turning your wordpress blog into a membership website.

• You can do research on Google to find different programs that will help you do this.
• You can schedule a call with me to go over your ideas and ask questions about building a membership subscription website.
• You can utilize my web design services and I can setup up a membership site on worpress for you similar to my own.

If you are going to build a membership website or program, beyond thinking about the setup also outline the kinds of materials you are going to provide to your audience. Consider some of the following offerings commonly included with membership websites:

1. Live Calls or Webinars
2. Downloads or Mailed Material
3. Exclusive Discounts
4. Daily / Weekly/ or Monthly Content including:
   Articles, Audio, or Video Sessions
5. Access to You or Other Professionals in a group or one-on-one, over the phone or in person

Also ask yourself the following questions:

• Do you want to have different membership levels (example beginner vs advanced or silver, gold, platinum)?
• Do you want to have one general membership level, where each person who signs up get’s access to all the material (similar to the sistasense online circle).
• How many pages do you want on your website?
  My basic web design package includes Home, About, Services, Blog, and Contact US
  A membership website also has at least a  sign up page, login page, materials page (where all your member content / links are easily available to members). The sistasense tutorials page is a good example of a ‘materials page’..

Here is a related SistaSense Tutorial: Creating Your Own Membership Website or Social Network
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