Step 1
Choose a market. This is critical. You should look for a
market you’re going to enjoy working in as well as a market
people spend money in. People spend money where they are
passionate. Markets like sports, pets, business, and hobbies
all make hot markets to launch a membership website

Step 2
Test the market. Visit forums and chat rooms and ask people
if they know of any good websites that offer up-to-date
information.

Step 3
Use your research from Step 2 to develop a rough outline of
what your website will offer your members

Step 4
Write a sales letter and have the graphics professionally
designed. If you can’t do this yourself, hire a freelancer
from elance.com or guru.com

Step 5
Set up the membership software to run the site.

Step 6
Populate the site with your content

Step 7
Market your site and let the cash flow begin.

7 simple steps and you’ve got a membership website that
will generate a solid monthly cash flow for you. Each step
takes some effort and energy, but you can have your first
membership website completely set up and running in less
than a month. Then you can repeat the process as many times
as you like to increase your membership portfolio and your
monthly income.

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Denise

At least once or twice a week I get a reply to an email that I’ve sent to my list members that’s nothing more than reverse marketing. For anyone who’s not familiar with that term, it means you market to people whose lists you’re on.

In other words, people on my subscriber list hit the reply button and don’t actually ‘write’ an email to me. They just include information about some product or program that they’re pushing.

Now, the reason I don’t know who I’m ranting at here is because I don’t know if this is a common ’marketing method’ among newbies who just happen to think of it and think it’s a good idea, or if some marketer actually wrote a report on using this method and sold it to newbies.

Either way - newbies, take heed…

This is not the way to market your products or programs. It’s nothing more than spam, because I didn’t ask to hear about your products. You asked to hear about mine, therefore you double opted in to my mailing list, giving me permission to email you. I did not give you permission to email me.

Of course, if you ever have questions, comments or joint venture offers,  I’m more than happy to read your emails, and I reply to every one that I receive.

But please don’t get on my bad side, or that of other marketers, and start your marketing career with a bad reputation by using reverse marketing methods. Starting off on the wrong foot will only lead to failure.

For instance, I just got a phone call from my gas company offering me a warrenty plan for my home appliances, furnace, etc. When I told the woman that I don’t need their plan, but thank you anyway, she hung up!

This is not the first such incident like this. It annoys the heck out of me that people are so rude! Big Corporate America must have told its employees that as soon as they hear the word “no” they need to hang up and call the next victim… errrr, potential customer.

Another thing that annoys me is when I receive a phone call and there’s an automated message telling me to please hold for an important phone call.

I don’t think so! You called me, you idiots, not the other way around. I refuse to be put on hold in such situations.

Can you imagine how long small businesses, either offline or online, would be in business if we treated our customers this way? Not very long, I’m sure.

That’s why, to me, customer service is so important, especially online where your customers can’t see or hear you. It’s very important to set yourself apart by offering fast replies to emails and support tickets, and by helping your customers and subscribers as much as possible.

Let me give you an example…

“Joe” emails me asking how to make money online. I give him some ideas like creating a blog or Squidoo lens and putting links to related affiliate products there.

I tell him to make frequent posts and updates to keep the search engines happy, and to drive traffic by visiting forums, blogs, Squidoo lenses, etc. that are related to his topic and leaving his url in his signature file.

There’s nothing hard about any of that. It can be a bit time-consuming, but anyone can do it.

“Joe” writes me back and says I haven’t helped him at all. He knows all of that stuff.

Ummmm… OK, “Joe”… but knowing it and doing it are two different things.

It sounds like “Joe” is looking for a magic pill that will dump money into his bank account. Sorry “Joe” - it ain’t gonna happen.

Here’s another example…

There are MANY different ways to make money online. If someone is good at writing, for instance, they can offer writing services to webmasters who need articles, ecourses or ebooks written. If someone is good at web design or installing scripts, they can offer those services.

Those are good, honest ways to make money online. Yet some people think that getting paid to ‘do someone else’s work’ is beneath them.

Let me put it this way…

If you work offline and have a boss, aren’t you ‘doing his work’ in a sense? After all, the work you are doing is keeping the company you work for going. (You aren’t doing that work for yourself, or your own company.) The boss cannot do it all by himself, therefore he hired employees. So what’s the difference if you do things for other people online?

In reality, you are your own boss online, even if you contract your services to other people. You don’t have to be at your desk any specific hours, you can take on only the work that you want to do, and you can charge your own prices. You ARE running your own business. And isn’t that what you’re trying to accomplish?

If you want to make money with no work, well… the only way I know for you to do it is to pay people to do all the work for you - create a product, set up your website and drive traffic to it. If you have lots of money to spend, then more power to you!

But assuming you’re like most people, you don’t have thousands of dollars to spend on outsourcing so you’ll need to dig in and get your hands dirty, too, to get your business going. Sorry, Charlie, but it’s the only way you’ll make money online, or offline, for that matter.