#261: Membership Site Inspiration: How They Did It

Published: May 2, 2019, 7:01 a.m.

b'Have you ever thought about adding a membership site to your business model? How does the idea of recurring revenue in your business sound? Revenue coming in every single month, rain or shine, launch or no launch\\u2026 Sounds good to me!\\xa0\\nMany of my students are course creators and the idea of adding a membership site on the backend of their course as a way for their customers to continue working with them really does seem to be the next right step in their business.\\nMy students aren\\u2019t the only ones getting on the membership site train...In fact, I\\u2019m in the process of adding a membership site to my own business and what I\\u2019ve learned over the past year about the power of combining memberships and courses is nothing short of revolutionary.\\nIf you tuned in last week, I spoke with the membership site guru himself, Stu McLaren, and we went through the 10 most burning questions about membership sites and boy have we heard from a lot of you of how helpful that episode was and how it has inspired many of you to take that next step.\\n You\\u2019re going to love hearing from these three rockstar entrepreneurs \\nSo let me tell you a little bit about each of my guests. They\\u2019re in completely different industries but they all have one thing in common\\u2026they have successfully combined their courses with memberships.\\xa0\\nListen to your students when they tell you they want more of you...\\nJamie Swanson is a busy mama of six who teaches other photographers how to work with entrepreneurs and influencers who need a steady stream of images to grow their personal brand. Her course teaches photographers how to pivot their business from whatever type of photography they\\u2019ve been doing before, maybe family portraits, weddings, etc.) to this new hot market for personal brand photography. After finishing Jamie\\u2019s course, her students were constantly asking how they could continue working with her. She knew a membership site would serve them best. Listen in as Jamie shares her biggest fears about opening up a membership site (hello, content treadmill!), how she\\u2019s embraced a simple model that her students love and her whopping conversion rate when she opened up her membership site to her existing students.\\xa0\\nThink your course is too niched for a membership site?\\nThink again! Jesse Mencia teaches hand-lettering to Spanish speaking women, as well as how they can turn their hobby of hand-lettering into a business by selling their beautiful products. Jesse started with a six-week course, but quickly saw the need for continued support after her students finished up her course. Once again, her students wanted more and they were willing to pay. Listen in as Jesse shares her inspiring story.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\xa0From rock solid copywriting foundation to confident business building...\\nBelinda is a copywriter who teaches aspiring copywriters how to gain confidence in working with clients, hone their craft and build thriving copywriting businesses. Now, listen carefully because we\\u2019ve got a theme going on here...Belinda\\u2019s students, like both Jamie and Jesse, told her they wanted more from her. When they gained confidence in their copywriting from her course, the next right step was to learn how to build and scale their businesses, and that\\u2019s where her membership site came in. Listen in as Belinda shares how she runs her membership site and how she\\u2019s adding some new promotional strategies to the mix.\\nEach of these ladies has had great success and they all golden insights to share, such as\\u2026\\n\\nHow to batch 10 weeks of content in one four hour block\\n\\nHow to share your membership with your course students\\n\\nHow a membership site helps your best students to get greater results\\n\\nIf you\\u2019re curious about how you can combine a membership with your course, you won\\u2019t want to miss this episode!And if you want more of the secrets that have helped these ladies succeed, you\\u2019ll want to sign up for my dear friend Stu McLaren\\u2019s FREE workshop, Recurring Revolution.\\nSign up here!'