What is a “blog”?
Can I use a “blog” to build a membership site?
What is the best “blogging” platform to use?
Good questions that may seem to have obvious answers to the “seasoned internet user”, but maybe not so obvious to the ones just starting out on their internet journeys.
“Blog” is an abbreviated version of “weblog,” which is a term used to describe web sites that maintain an ongoing supply of information and news.
A blog is a frequently updated personal (or business) website featuring diary-type commentary and links to articles and/or other web sites.
Blogs range from the personal to the political, the sublime to the ridiculous, and they can focus on one narrow subject or a whole wide range of subjects.
Many blogs focus on a particular topic, such as health, dating, dog training, web design, politics, sports, or mobile technology.
Some are more into just presenting links to all manner of other sites.
And others are more like personal journals or diaries, presenting the author’s daily life and thoughts.
Whatever they are used for, blogs are ideally suited to building membership sites.
Wordpress is probably the most popular and most powerful and versatile blogging software, and when I talk about blogging, I’m talking about using Wordpress as the platform.
As far as using Wordpress to build membership sites, I can say that it is definitely a very good way to get started. It is also a very low cost way to get started.
Membership sites are one of the hottest money makers on the web right now, and more and more people are creating an extra monthly pay check by building their own membership sites.
If you have a passion for a particular subject, almost any subject, chances are that a lot of other people have the same passion. Create a membership site where all of those people can mingle online with other like-minded people, and you are set to go.
If you have an expertise in a field, create a membership site, charge a monthly fee for others in the field to access your information, and you have money coming in every month, month after month.
Installing Wordpress for the first time and getting it configured correctly can be a little intimidating, so watching a video tutorial on Using Wordpress To Build Membership Sites can really give you a jump start on getting a membership site up and running.
In conclusion, if you want to build a membership site that costs almost no money, is easy to update and manage, and brings in a monthly recurring income, then I suggest you give Wordpress a really close look.
Lewis Poteet
