A presentation for Portland WordPress meetup. An overview of what it takes to build a WordPress membership site.

1. Membership Site Lessons
Challenges & Insights
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2. bob dunn | aka bobwp
WordPress trainer
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or just google bobwp
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a little history

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passive income,
make money while you sleep

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it worked if I slept 6 hours and
worked on my site the other 18 hours

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Launched Feb. 19th

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discover your niche - competition
build your community
pick your membership platform
choose the theme
build the site
create content
pre-publicity
launch site
find your customers
keep your site fresh

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community
=
social media
colleagues
fans
vendors

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your
competition

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discovering your niche

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personality
style
content

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make a plan
or at least
start one....

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membership plugins
themes
building the site

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choosing your
membership plugin
Ask people you know and trust
Consider all of your variables
And don’t be afraid to ask questions

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WooTheme - Appply then Upstart
WooCommerce
Groups
Groups 404 Direct
Groups WooCommerce
WooCommerce - Checkout Password Strength Meter
WooCommerce Checkout Manager
WooCommerce Smart Coupons
WooCommerce Stripe Gateway
WooCommerce Subscriptions

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WooDojo
AffiliateWP
CM Answers
Easy PricingTables Premium
Hide Page & PostTitles
No Right Click Images Plugin
Simply Exclude
a total of 43 plugins

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creating content
who, what and why?

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pre-publicity

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launch
Anything that can
possibly go wrong, does

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find your customers

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social media
local events
conferences
word of mouth

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keeping your content fresh
there’s a lot of
work ahead of you

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visit
bobwp.com
for a chance
to win a
membership