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Membership Site Newsletter for January 4, 2009
============================================= Tim Kerber's Membership Site Free Tips Newsletter January 4th, 2009 ============================================= Happy 2009! Still seems weird writing that and I'm sure it will for a few weeks. You know what I am most excited about? Next year is 2010, as in "2010 a Space Odyssey" by Author C. Clarke. That is a mind bending book about the future and that's only a year away so it should be exciting! Hmmm... maybe its a bit premature. Sort of like the book "1984". That took about an extra 25 years but now appears to be starting to materialize ;-) Speaking of 2009, a quick tip for this week: * Change the copyright dates on your web sites. Nothing like still seeing copyright 2002 (or 1999) to have visitors lose confidence rather quickly. ________________________________________________ Want "to do Lunch" with me?
Last week I mentioned Tony Hsieh from Zappos.com and what amazing customer service they are known for. I had first heard about Tony last year at Yanik Silver's yearly Internet Marketing seminar. Yanik's event is the ONLY seminar that I make sure that attend. Its been fantastic the several years in a row that I have gone. Yanik does a great job of bringing together some very sharp online marketers both as speakers and also attendees. I am confirmed to be going again this year and I'd love to meet you down in Washington DC for it. For anyone who hasn't ordered yet, if you order through this link and then forward me the receipt, I will take you out to lunch on one of the days that we are down there: I already know several people going so it should be another great group. 2 of the many speakers were also speakers out our recent membership site seminar in Boston a few months ago. Tim Schmidt and Carrie Wilkerson gave some great info in Boston and they will be presenting new information at Yanik's event as well as many other speakers as well. Go check out the details here: ________________________________________________ Need a MemberGate Virtual Assistant? _________________________________________________ This item is specific to MemberGate owners. We get requests from time to time for Virtual Assistants (VA's) who are MemberGate savvy to help with an existing site. There is a small window of opportunity for a MemberGate owner or two who is looking for a top caliber VA to help out with their site. One of our part time support staff at MemberGate has recently had some hours free up in his schedule. He's looking for a new client or two. He is obviously very capable in MemberGate but also many related skills as well (html, javascript, web 2.0 graphic design and more). His hourly rate is $40 U.S. and its important to keep in mind that due to his skill level, he is fast and efficient. You could pay someone a bit less and hope they learn things or take advantage of this limited opportunity to use someone who is top notch. He could take on a handful of clients who are looking for a few hours each week, or a bigger client who wishes to utilize him for more hours each week. If you are interested, please do the following: - Email support@membergate.com with the subject line: "MemberGate VA" - Specify how many hours per week you would be interested in having the VA work done - Let us know what tasks you are interested in having worked on each week I don't expect him to be accepting more clients anytime soon so please act quickly if you are interested. ------------------------------------------------- Recent articles posted at MembershipSiteOwner.com ------------------------------------------------- Don't have a membership yet? No problem! Get full access with a $1, 21 day trial by going here: https://www.membershipsiteowner.com/public/5.cfm __________________________________________ Recent articles posted at MembershipSiteOwner.com: __________________________________________ Getting Google To Visit Your Membership Site - Fast! Less than 3 days after this site was launched, Google was already visiting and crawling through the content. Here are several key tips that membership site owners need to quickly get Google interested . . . Read the full article by going here: < http://www.membershipsiteowner.com/members/114.cfm > ------------------------------------------------------------ How Big of an Email List is Needed to Launch a Membership Site? To answer your question about how many people on your list is "enough", there are three key elements that I have identified as necessary to getting a person to join my membership site... Read the full article by going here: < http://www.membershipsiteowner.com/members/358.cfm > ----------------------------------------------------------- Part II: Why Many Membership Site Owners Quit When They Are on the Verge of Success This guest article from a MembershipSiteOwner.com member shares some extremely valuable insights. Find out some first hand observations on the path to success Read the full article by going here: < http://www.membershipsiteowner.com/members/355.cfm > ----------------------------------------------------------- Why Many Membership Site Owners Quit When They Are on the Verge of Success This guest article from a MembershipSiteOwner.com member shares some extremely valuable insights. Find out some first hand observations on the path to success Read the full article by going here: < http://www.membershipsiteowner.com/members/353.cfm > ----------------------------------------------------------- How to Increase Double Optin Subscribers to Your Email List People sign up for your email list... then they never confirm their opt in. Here are some tactics on increasing the double opt in rate of your newsletter Read the full article by going here: < http://www.membershipsiteowner.com/members/241.cfm > ----------------------------------------------------------- The Big Payday - How To Position Your Site For Sale A larger company wants your site for $4.5 million. Would you do it? Are you positioning your site for that buy out offer? Here are some considerations to achieve that goal Read the full article by going here: < http://www.membershipsiteowner.com/members/198.cfm > _________________________________________________ Do you have questions you would like to see covered in an article or tip of the week? If so, send me an email at tim@membershipsiteowner.com Remember to sign up for the tip of the week! http://www.membershipsiteowner.com/public/148.cfm Until next time, Tim Kerber
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