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October 2, 2008

Membership Site: Members Site Offers More Opportunities For Profit

Using already created content, which is loaded into an autoresponder, is how I am increasing my profits with membership websites. Selling on eBay is cool - but settling for one measly profit per customers isn't so great. Especially if I can set it on autopilot.

3) Where I'm Getting The Content For My Member Site :

I am doing the content for this series myself simply because this is my first membership site and I'm figuring out my methods along the way. I deliberately chose a subject I'm interested in so it's easy to write.

I recently bought version 10 of Dragon Naturally Speaking so that I can dictate my content. Using this awesome software cuts my time by about 2/3. Very cool. The accuracy isn't 100%, but it's darn good.

Note on that: I had Dragon version 7 years ago and was very unimpressed. However, I saw a couple of demos and decided to get Version 10 and am very glad I did. I found a good deal so if you're interested go to the bottom of this ezine for details. This code expires on September 30, though.

4) Making My Content Look Good:

Looking decent, at least, is important. I use a free program called Open Office, instead of Word. It will format your documents into pdf form, which is the format that is most recommended on the Net.

If you want to get fancier you will need a more advanced system. Adobe InDesign is the one graphic artists use and the most highly recommended. But it costs a gagging $699! I bought a program for $40 at Microcenter and it's called PagePlus9. The company, Serif, has a newer version now, but the one I have is quite adequate. I'm sure there are others (although not very many). What you're looking for is "desktop publishing".

{Continued in The Membership Site: Using Member Sites To Increase eBay Profits, Part 4}

 

Posted by SydneyJohnston at October 2, 2008 1:26 PM