Should You Offer Certification on Your Membership Site?

Should You Offer Certification on Your Membership Site?

This post was originally published on LearnDash. Does your membership site need a certification program? Depending on the courses you’re offering, it might. For years, membership organizations of all stripes have offered lessons, workshops, and live events as ways to build their community and delight their members. Certification programs, whether online or in person, can therefore create a…

Calendar Plugin Must-Haves for your Membership Site

Calendar Plugin Must-Haves for your Membership Site

If you run a membership site, there are probably several things you want members to be able to do that non-members can’t – including attending and purchasing tickets for events.  That’s where a calendar plugin can come in handy. A calendar plugin on your membership site can help you run events and sell tickets for…

Customer Spotlight: The Rio Times

Customer Spotlight: The Rio Times

This month’s customer spotlight is The Rio Times. The Rio Times is a daily online Brazilian newspaper covering local and foreign affairs. Hailed as “Latin America’s Voice from Brazil,” The Rio Times is an English-language publication dedicated to anyone interested in Brazil and Latin America affairs.  We’ve written before about how to create a membership…

Six Reasons Why You Should Offer Sneak Peaks & Early Access to Members Only

Six Reasons Why You Should Offer Sneak Peaks & Early Access to Members Only

Offering members-only shopping perks is a popular ecommerce strategy. We’ve already mentioned the benefit of restricting your store to members-only as a way to create excitement and intrigue around the purchasing experience.  However, there’s more you can do than simply restrict a store to members. You could use your membership plugin combined with a storefront…

Membership Sites Make Great Businesses: Here’s Why

Membership Sites Make Great Businesses: Here’s Why

More and more membership sites are springing up every day, and with good reason. Membership sites work because people are always seeking new and useful information, while entrepreneurs are constantly looking for ways to provide the market with what it’s looking for. This simple exchange drives membership businesses.  Membership sites are also a great way…

Use Gamification to Overcome Subscription Fatigue

Use Gamification to Overcome Subscription Fatigue

Keeping your members engaging with your site on a regular basis is essential if you want to avoid member churn, build your brand, and maximize your revenue – and one of the best ways to do that is by using gamification! In this post, we discuss the different ways you can use gamification to increase member engagement and help your membership site flourish.

Five Reasons Why You Should Restrict Your Store to Members Only

Five Reasons Why You Should Restrict Your Store to Members Only

Offering members-only shopping perks is a popular ecommerce strategy. We’ve already mentioned the benefit of locking down ticket sales to members-only as a way to create excitement and intrigue around the purchasing experience. This idea can be extended to your entire store. It might seem counter-intuitive at first to make it more difficult to purchase…

How to Run a Black Friday Sale on your Membership Site

How to Run a Black Friday Sale on your Membership Site

The holiday shopping season is almost upon us, and Black Friday through Cyber Monday (BFCM) continues to be the largest weekend for in-person and online sales. This shopping weekend isn’t slowing down anytime soon, as shoppers are spending 20% more year over year during Black Friday. Some companies even see upwards of 75% of their…

Customer Spotlight: Wandering Aimfully

Customer Spotlight: Wandering Aimfully

This month’s customer spotlight is Wandering Aimfully: an online business coaching program.  The team behind Wandering Aimfully is a married couple, Jason and Caroline. This pair of business coaches make it their mission to help online business owners earn more money. They share their advice through podcasts, articles, guides, YouTube videos, and a monthly coaching…

How Members-Only Tickets Can Grow your Member Community
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How Members-Only Tickets Can Grow your Member Community

We know that restricting content to members only is a great idea. It gives users a reason to engage with your pages, creates community, and builds your income.  But there’s more than content that you can restrict with your membership plugin. You can also restrict event tickets to members. A members-only tickets extension on your…

The Difference Between WooCommerce’s Memberships and Subscriptions

The Difference Between WooCommerce’s Memberships and Subscriptions

Running an ecommerce membership site comes with many small details to get right. One of the biggest details we see often is whether to refer to your customers as members or subscribers. Which term should you use, and why? Memberships typically give a person their own account page and allow them to interact as a…

How to Integrate Virtual Events with a Membership Site
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How to Integrate Virtual Events with a Membership Site

This post was originally published on The Events Calendar Selling subscriptions on a membership platform is a great model for lots of small business owners. It generates recurring revenue and can bolster your credibility in your field. A membership site also creates an opportunity to make money on your virtual events. By offering virtual events for members and non-members,…