Apply Automation Marketing to Your Membership Site and Online Courses
Membership Site Examples: Inspiration For Your Members Area
Your website is more than just a tool that gives your business a face online. It can be a business in itself. Here's what I mean by that: One of the best ways to increase your income (without working more…
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Launching An Online Course: 38 Things Nobody Talks About
I've earned over a million dollars from creating and launching online courses. To get to that point, I’ve done it all: launching an online course in the health and wellness space when I was brand new, selling evergreen products that are…
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If You're Not Using 1-Click Upsells, You're Leaving At Least 35% of Your Revenue On The Table
“You just bought an amazing new phone, do you want a protective case to go with it?” You betcha! The upsell is everywhere you go, from fast food drive-thrus to the shoe store. And no wonder, since post-purchase upsells have…
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A Candid Marketing Automation Tools Comparison Guide
Confession time: I deleted the original version of this post, because most automation marketing comparison posts are too neutral and just compare features. Anyone can list features… But it takes some balls to talk about the nuances that make it…
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How to Build an Interactive Membership Site Dashboard That Sells Your Courses By Itself
As course creators, we all want to be rewarded for the work we put into our membership sites… And there's no better way than to see the excitement and sales come in through a cross-selling member dashboard. Why Build An…
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Want To Grow a Membership Based Business? 6 Top Membership Site Owners Share Their Hard Won Lessons
Looking to grow a membership based business? Great! It helps to learn from those who have walked the path, and avoid some of the common pitfalls that all membership site owners face. We rounded up 6 of the most successful…
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100 Timeless Business Books That Every Entrepreneur Should Read
I admit it, I'm a total business book nerd and I've read hundreds of books in my entrepreneurial career… But I thought it would be fun to compile a list of timeless business books that I would recommend to new…
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The Login Optin™ Strategy: Build Your Email List With a Free Course (or Many)
There's a reason people pay for courses: we value organized, simplified, and easy to absorb information. And that's why we see that free online courses are so appealing. Because they offer so much more than just another blog post or…
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Income Claim Marketing Is a Recipe For Burnout (and What You Should Do Instead)
You’ve seen it, and maybe even done it yourself: “I made 5 figures last month, and I can show you how.” “I run a 6 figure business, so you should take my course.” “We have a 7 figure company, and…
Read MoreStarting a new business takes dedication and an incredible amount of time and resources. And let’s be honest, when you’re doing it as a side hustle while still working your day job it can be downright exhausting. But when you focus on the right activities in the limited amount of time you have each day,…
Read MoreHow well is your business doing? Talk about a loaded question… However, as an online course creator or membership site owner, it’s one you should be able to confidently answer. Healthy, thriving membership site owners know their projected revenue, customer retention rates and lifetime value, as well as their conversion numbers. One of the most…
Read MoreIt's official! AccessAlly now integrates with Keap. We're bringing the same fully integrated membership site and online course possibilities to Keap users. When it comes to CRMs and marketing automation systems, it's not a one-size-fits-all market. The same is true for membership and online course plugins and we want to make sure you have options.…
Read MoreReleased March 2019 Table of ContentsNew featuresMetrics DashboardImproved Course NavigationCustomize the Start Date Of Your Subscription PaymentsKeap IntegrationImprovementsBugfixes New features Metrics Dashboard You can find the tutorials for the metrics dashboard here: Guide to Metrics You can now build your own metrics dashboard to monitor your membership site performance. Some metrics calculations can be configured…
Read MoreTiming is everything, especially when it comes to determining how to start an affiliate program for your business. Start too early and you might end up with a pile of paperwork and no revenue. (But if you wait too long, you might miss out on valuable revenue and reach for your business.) In fact, affiliate…
Read MoreIn this post, you'll learn the 11 sales and retention stats and business metrics examples to help you maximize revenue, and improve your customers' experience. If you're not tracking metrics, you're missing out on massive growth opportunities. You might be investing too much time and money into offerings that aren't as profitable as they could…
Read MoreContent updated February 2019 Many affiliate programs begin with new ideas and enthusiasm for sharing your products with new audiences … but progressively lose that focus as time goes by. As the focus wanes, so do the commissions, and new sales: a downward spiral of unenthusiastic affiliates and a decrease in revenue. It doesn't have…
Read MoreWe love to tout the benefits that a healthy affiliate program can offer an online business. But there's a flip side to the success stories of referral programs: when you create an affiliate program, there's a high chance that you'll also have to deal with a lot of negativity, too, from partners who are struggling…
Read MoreI found it. The closest thing to passive income you can earn online. It’s good old affiliate marketing. Now before you dismiss the idea entirely… I need to say it: what it takes to achieve affiliate marketing success is not what you might expect. I’m sharing the numbers with you because I know that we…
Read MoreConvertKit is a marketing automation platform, especially popular with bloggers and small businesses for its flexible, easy-to-use features that make email marketing a simple, straightforward process. As your business grows and thrives (thanks in part to ConvertKit's automations), you might start looking at affiliate marketing as a way to reach new audiences and increase the…
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