In this video I share with you a great online business model that:
- Allows you to make money online without being an expert in your niche
- Is quick to set up
- Doesn’t require expensive or complicated web software
- Allows you to build an email list of paid subscribers
- Is very profitable!
Just click PLAY below and I’ll explain all…. 🙂
Did you enjoy this video? If so, please click LIKE and leave a comment with your thoughts….
Enjoy your ideas, keeps me motivated when I get down. Trying to start my own business and am overwhelmed with all the requirements for hiring out services. Costs of insurance, workman’s comp, liability etc. is a bit much to handle.
I wonder how I can use my site for a membership model.
Thanks Karen – glad to hear that my stuff provides some motivation!
Good luck with your new venture – it certainly can be overwhelming but I’m sure you’ll get there in the end. Never give up!
Cheers!
Rob.
hi rob already familar with the membership model its a good concept but at the momment im working on a another project. i will certainly look at it in the near future thanks for the video.
cheers all the best
kelvin
Hey Rob, happy you found your trip to the States to be a good investment!
How are you proposing to get people to learn about your membership site apart from via those you interview who are specialists in their fields, if they already have a popular site of their own? Is this an upcoming video you are going to produce perhaps?
All the best Rob!
Joseph
Hey Joseph – great to hear from you!
I decided to leave the traffic discussion out of this video otherwise it would have gone to 2 hours! 😉
But here are 3 ideas:
1) Build your blog audience with a newsletter and soft sell into your membership site.
2) Guest post or offer free content to other marketers in your niche as an “ice breaker” and then offer them a commission for promoting
3) Build your list with solo ads (followed by some adswaps).
You’re right, maybe I should do another video on this at some point!
Cheers, Rob.
Thanks for your speedy reply Rob. I would happily listen to your Lunduner accent for 2 hours 😉
Hi Rob,
Good video post! Interestingly quite a few were starting to play in this space whilst I was out at the World Domination Summit. So I think we’re going to add something to Digital Delivery App to handle such functionality as it looks like a booming area!
Anyway catch up at the next 4HWW meetup,
George
Great stuff George!
Looking forward to the next meet up and hearing about your World Domination plans 😉
Really interesting video Rob, look forward to seeing your traffic video if you do one. I spent a small fortune on membership site software a few years back and could have kicked myself when I found that I could do a lot of it with WordPress and autoresponders.
Thank you Trish – glad you enjoyed it.
Things are a little murky when it comes to membership site software (or at least they are for me!). There’s still plenty of mega high-end and high cost stuff around but WordPress based solution is definitely worth considering. Even if you go for a paid product such as Digital Access Pass or Wishlist Member.
Cheers – R.
Probably best to let the high end stuff stay murky if you can do what you want for less. Less of a headache too if it’s not as complicated as the software that I bought.
Bless you Rob
Thank you very much for your tips. I feel much more confident now to take a bold step forward in my learning. You put everything in its place which makes it so much easier to understand. I have been saving lots of marketing stuff that I can use now without being overwhelmed .
Hi Irene,
Thanks for your comment – glad you’re finding the blog and training useful 🙂
You’re right, confidence is the key and the more time you invest in your learning the better things will get!
Hope to see you back on the blog again soon and do let me know if I can help with anything.
Kind regards,
Rob
Thanks a lot Rob for taking out your precious time to be of help to newbies
in the area of IM.
I found your presentation very insightful and helpful. I will be glad to be on your mailing list to have further help and tips. I will be happy to meet with
you one on one or in a seminar for further assistance. I live in London UK.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind Regards,
David.
Hi David,
Thanks, glad you find my free content helpful.
Maybe we shall meet at one of the event in London perhaps, it will be pleasure to meet you if so!
Kind regards,
Rob
Hi..interesting idea…there is ONE thing that always bothers me about this…..you are interviewing experts,right? But what is ‘in it for them’? I am sure that they aren’t going to share their knowledge with some newbie and let that newbie profit from it? (which you are because you are saying – ‘pay the subcription and access the products!”)
Also another question is….okay so you have the membership site….but how much ‘content’ ie. how many weekly emails, how many interviews with experts podcasts should you be sending them per month/week/year to justify the membership?
Also, are the ‘interviews with experts’ podcasts the main benefit you are offering subscribers?
how would you set this up with paypal and wordpress? is there a plugin?
What would you think about adding a simple forum for members only, to add further value to the membership site?
gee, lots of questions! help is much appreciated and I have signed up!
Also, you should DEFINITELY do a video on building traffic to this kind of a site!
Hi Mike,
The experts get exposure and more credibility which is more than enough usually even when you are starting out (in my experience and most other people’s). If they are still on the fence then you can offer them rights to the recording/transcription to use in one of their products.
Second question depends. You can do an email every day in your autoresponder or once per week/month. Obviously it all depends upon the price. Something in weight loss/forex might be $97/month, something in sowing might be $7/month.
Yes, the interviews are the main benefit but of course you can add other content – this is just one way of doing it which has been done a lot and works well!
Wishlist member is a plugin I use.
Forums are good but only when you have enough members, so wait until this is the case.
All this and more (including traffic) is discussed in the members area if you’d like to take a trial: https://www.gainhigherground.com/op/membership/
Hope this helps 🙂
Rob.
Hi Rob,
Great information – can you recommend a course on this business
model?
Cheers,
Paul.
Hi Paul,
Thank you for your comment. Gain Higher Ground Membership covers membership sites plus you get access to me so I can answer all your questions on this and help you get started.
Here’s the link to find out more: https://www.gainhigherground.com/op/membership/
Kind regards,
Rob.