Here’s what you need to do with your membership site
February 24, 2008 2:10 pm BusinessOne of the hottest Internet business ideas today is to develop a paid membership site — if you offer a product or service, or access to information that people are willing to pay for on a monthly basis — then you will have the benefit of stable, returning income. An important strategy, however, is to reserve at least a few free memberships to your site — these can be given to influential people in your industry in exchange for an unbiased review of your site. The publicity and sales (in the form of new memberships) that you will gain will far outweigh the cost of offering those complimentary site memberships.