Website Membership System

Having a website membership system to manage your membership site and run your online publishing business is important.

If you are new to the idea of website membership systems then you are probably thinking it is one piece of software you need to buy.

Actually, every business needs systems that help it run.

Without systems, the business is really just based on the owner’s expertise and it is not really a business.

What kind of website membership systems do you need to build to run a membership website business?

1. Writing and Content – You need to have a system to identify topics, produce content, review content and post content into your membership website.
2. Website Membership Marketing – You need to have a system for promoting your membership website.  Do you use affiliates for website membership promotion?  Do you promote your website membership business through blogging, social media, etc?  What does your schedule look like?
3. What do you use to process payment and membership?  Paypal, Clickbank, 1ShoppingCart?  What do you do when someone joins your membership site?  Is there a set of emails they get?
4. Membership Site Support – What happens when a member has a question or an issue?  Have you set up open source help  desk software to support your membership site?  Do you reply or do you have a virtual assistant reply?
5. Of course – There is the website management software – which should be a solid system that helps you manage members, automatically grant member access when they pay and when possible stop access when the membership payment bounces.

Building systems for you membership website business will make it a real business, with real income.  If you are just starting out, remember that your Website Membership System will be a work in progress and will need reviewed and imprved from time to time.

Virtual Assistant Interview Questions

One thing I strongly recommend if you want to be a successful Membership Website Publisher is to learn how to outsource much of your work.  A talented Virtual Assistant can free you up to do the critical tasks and be more profitable.

The key to hiring a Virtual Assistant is to first know why you are hiring them.  One virtual assistant will not be good at everything you want done.  You would not hire a book keeper to build your website, so why would you hire a virtual assistant to do both kinds of tasks for you either?

Initially, you will want to define the exact task you want done.  Later you can expand it.

Then write your virtual assistant interview questions with that task in mind.  Here are some example virtual assistant interview questions, assuming you are hiring a va to help you manage your membership website.

1. Have you ever managed an online group before?
2. What do you think gets an online membership site more active?
3. What do you think is the most important elements of a successful membership website?
4. Do you belong to any membership websites?  What do you like about them?
5. Do you maintain an active blog?  What is the address?
6. How would you handle a disruptive member or a member that is spamming?
7. Have you worked with online shopping carts that manage membership sites?
8. Have you worked with Wordpress Wishlist?

Of course, modify those questions based on your needs.  Interview questions for virtual assistants should give you a clear picture of whether they can meet your exact need, and also get links to work that they have done.  Otherwise, you may be paying for someone to learn on the job, and that is rarely a good value, even at a cheap price.