Blog Marketing Academy - Latest Comments

Re: Yahoo Slurp Spider Drives Forum Server Load Through the Roof!

Rick Johnson — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:07:52 -0000

Hi David! I found your article by searching yahoo slurp on Google. I am sure that Yahoo knows about this glitch, but I wonder why they let it continue. They have a nice position as second in the world. They need to settle down, and enjoy the ride, because they will never surpass Google. Thanks for sharing your insight.

Re: Accessing Your Remote PC, GotoMyPC and LogMeIn

Aliasgar Babat — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:31:00 -0000

Logmeinrescue, GoToMyPC etc. are quality remote support tools used for remotely accessing computers. Additionally, nowadays, many companies are even considering having on premise remote support appliance such as Bomgar or RHUB appliances in order to remotely access computers from anywhere.

Re: Are You Hosting With GoDaddy? Time to Switch.

Joe Boyle — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:00:35 -0000

I've never used GoDaddy's support, but I did make the mistake of buying my domain name from them. My site went down with their DNS - it was a pretty sad situation. I've always hosted with HostGator, but keep my hosting and domains separate.

Re: Don’t Use GoDaddy

techism — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:45:48 -0000

You blow your credibility with the hostgator ad paragraphs in the end.

Re: Are You Hosting With GoDaddy? Time to Switch.

Joe Piroli — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:24:40 -0000

Never really saw Godaddy in hosting terms, domain names yes but not hosting. Hostgator definatly Numero Uno!

Re: The Story of My First Membership Site

Joe Piroli — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:17:02 -0000

Membership sites are the way to go, excellent streams of profit, but they require a fair amount of effort to deliver high quailty content as you will find many people will drop out if the content declines.

Re: Are You Hosting With GoDaddy? Time to Switch.

Peter David Gustafson — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:58:38 -0000

Hi Dave- great post. I have some clients using Godad for hosting. Although you can nab discount .COM domains for $7.49 hosting with them, their hosting is about as fast as that stone car Fred Flintstone drives:-).

Re: The Story of My First Membership Site

David Risley — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:49:12 -0000

Its possible.

Although, generally, the Academy is more about strategy. The master class series is focusing a lot more on the technical how-to right now.

Re: Are You Guest Posting At The Expense of Your Blog?

Bob — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:50:39 -0000

I like to compare guest posting to the old practice of sending articles out to ezine owners. One of my old articles was picked up by a leading business site and resulted in thousands of visitors over a weekend. Better than that, I got almost 400 new subscribers to my own ezine. Had I used a squeeze page to sell my opt-in, I would likely have had more.

What I'm getting at is that guest posting gives you an implied endorsement that can propel your opt-ins. And this can be more important than anything else. Publishing that article on my own site would probably not have had the same result.

Don't neglect your own blog, but know that quality in the guest post is important.

Re: The Story of My First Membership Site

Henri Junttila — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:20:14 -0000

Good stuff, David.

One question. How do you differentiate between stand-alone products and your membership site?

For example, you have your workshops that you're doing now, and then you have the academy.

Any confusion there from customers?

Re: The Secret To Attracting More Comments On Your Blog

Maxime Lagacé — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 10:58:28 -0000

Good point, but I don't think it's a "secret". I guess the title was more attractive like this...anyways. You have it right : we often forget to simple ASK for a comment. It's simple, often constructive and it can generates a lot of views.

Re: From Product Idea To Launch In 24 Hours

Helen Lindop — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:41:36 -0000

I just wanted to let you know that I'm following this process for a live e-course I'm launching next week. So far I've done more in a few hours than I usually do in weeks. As you suggested, I've set myself a deadline and I'm taking the shortest path from A to B - so far so good! Thanks very much for showing that it can be done.

Re: TBP008: The Strategy For Creating Fame For Your Business or Blog, with Laura Roeder

Prime Outsourcing — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:01:34 -0000

True indeed! One of the important points to remember is just be simple and have fun in whatever you write. The more you have fun with what you are doing, the more fruitful in can be. If you've produced something that is fun and cool it will easily get the attention of a lot of people then you'll get your increase in popularity. Just have fun, be simple, and think about the interest of others.

Thanks for this and I hope to read many articles like this.

Re: Recurring Income: Why You Need (And Want) This For Your Business

Leo Dimilo — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:41:37 -0000

I know you are talking about membership sites here but it applies to literally any business. Take restaurants for example...there are very few restaurants, outside of tourist districts, that can survive off the one and done business model. Most lawyers as well as accountants (and many other professions...SEO, hosting, etc) employ retainers, sometimes monthly, to stay afloat during lean times when work is down or simply to build a base of continuous income coming in.

Re: Recurring Income: Why You Need (And Want) This For Your Business

David Risley — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:34:38 -0000

That's true, but you also have to be careful of low-balling the price just because you don't want to produce much. While a lower price will generally increase stick, using it as an excuse not to deliver much value probably won't work because members will see through that.

Re: Recurring Income: Why You Need (And Want) This For Your Business

David Risley — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:32:54 -0000

Yeah, that is a good niche, I've heard. And, if you join the new master class, you'll learn more. :-)

Re: Recurring Income: Why You Need (And Want) This For Your Business

David Risley — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:32:19 -0000

Thanks for sharing. :-)

Re: Recurring Income: Why You Need (And Want) This For Your Business

David Risley — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:30:35 -0000

Well, two things:

(1) Yes, the numbers were theoretical only to illustrate the math. In real life, people DO drop out (as I said in the post). And, yes, it can be harder (in some cases) to sell membership than an ebook because people are weary of the monthly commitment. But, usually, in that case, its just that the person hasn't done a good enough job of providing/communicating the value. Because, we all pay several monthly programs every month that we deem as normal... because we understand the value. So, the job of the marketer is to make the prospect understand the value.

(2) All that said, if one does a good job of the above, the numbers are FAR in favor of membership than one-off ebooks. Ebooks are best for cheap little front-end lead generators... that's about it. Companies that grow large do it either using really big ticket stuff... or by recurring billing.

Re: Recurring Income: Why You Need (And Want) This For Your Business

David Risley — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:27:15 -0000

Looking forward to it. :-)

Re: Recurring Income: Why You Need (And Want) This For Your Business

John Lee Dumas — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:43:31 -0000

I can't wait for the membership course! I will be sitting front and center :-)

Re: Recurring Income: Why You Need (And Want) This For Your Business

MeneerSimmering — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:49:59 -0000

i am wondering if this really is working. Because people aren't that stupid, i think they will buy an ebook sooner then a membership. The numbers shown in this article could be mathematic true, but in real life? One person a day, every day, is hard you know. And all these persons have to stay in the membership month after month. In theory, yes, but in reality, i have my doubts...

Re: Recurring Income: Why You Need (And Want) This For Your Business

Garin Kilpatrick — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:23:12 -0000

Howdy David,

Could not agree with you more about the importance of continuity for an online business!

Here is a cool membership site revenue calculator created by my Internet marketing friends Scott & Todd. http://www.scottboulch.com/...

This is an awesome for making income predictions for a membership site, and I've seen Ryan Deiss use this exact tool in one of his videos. Hope it helps you and your readers as well.

Cheers,

Garin

Re: Recurring Income: Why You Need (And Want) This For Your Business

David Risley — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:57:46 -0000

Actually, doing recurring as a tech blogger is a bit of a chore. :-) It wasn't easy coming up with something. :-)

For a food blogger, its hard to say without seeing your actual site. It really comes down to what your audience needs/wants. Is it recipes? Is it product recommendation? Healthy eating advice? Seems to me any of those could warrant some kind of membership program.

Re: Recurring Income: Why You Need (And Want) This For Your Business

Lisa — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:54:53 -0000

Great ideas. And I'm definitely interested in learning more about membership sites. My business is dog training. So, certainly a great niche for membership. Thanks for posting.

Re: Recurring Income: Why You Need (And Want) This For Your Business

Gavin — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:47:31 -0000

Good article David, i'm interested in what you have to say about low ticket continuity. Seems like a good way to offer a lot of value without driving yourself insane every month coming up with entire product lines...