Morning!

Ever want to make money on the Internet? 

Okay okay, stop throwing virtual coffee cups at me…making money is something we all like doing!

It doesn't matter if it's via selling your freelancing services, or the products you've built or the ebooks you've created or the design you offer….getting people to proactively pull the trigger and buy your materials is always a Good Thing Indeed!

So…what's going wrong?  Why aren't more people buying from you?

You're doing everything right, right? 

I mean, you have your blog or site, right?

You post useful how-to articles that AREN'T canned content that's been reposted a bazillion times, right?

You've been faithfully providing stellar information to people in your niche, correct?

So then…..why HAVEN'T people been flocking to buy what you have to offer?

I'll tell you why…..

It depends.

Ha ha, got you there, didn't I?  I'll bet you were expecting me to solve the issue by a simple word followed by a simple application of success, right??

Nope, not from Barbara Ling!  You see, EVERYONE has difficulties online…but what might be soul-searing to me might be child's play to you!  So let's now examine some of the reasons why your sales are lousy.

It could be because:

Problem #1 – People Don't Trust Your Recommendations. 

Are you the kind of blogger who ONLY posts about things that will make you money (ie, affiliate products)? 

Do ALL of your emails center upon ridiculous pie-in-the-sky canned copy sales pitches that even a drunk beetle could see through?

If so, that's probably one reason why your sales are more tepid than leftover orange juice that rotted in the sun.   You've made a reputation, all right…a reputation for someone who will push ANYTHING so long as a possible commission could be made.

==> Solution – Start afresh.  I don't mean, start a new blog, but start sending out or posting valuable content whose ONLY benefit to you is the good-will of the readers.  Give of your knowledge freely!  And then, after a few weeks…send out an affiliate product post in which you write your own UNIQUE copy.  By then you should have a feel for what your readers want…shun the canned copy and write from the heart.

Problem #2 – People flock for your free content but never BUY.

Gosh, I hate that, don't you?  You spend days and weeks and months and even years providing superb wonderful helpful free content…and people are willing to take that and take that and then ask for more (so long as they don't have to pay).

==> Solution – Charge for your premium knowledge.

James had a superb post about this over at MenWithPens – to wit:

"…you’ve most likely read that thrice-weekly posts, free downloads and viral reports are a must-haves. Give it away! Free is good! Free brings success!

Well, did you ever stop to think and ask, “What kind of success?”

Blogging does achieve some measure of fame, notoriety and credibility, if what you write about is good. Good content and rising fame shows potential customers you’re worth hiring.

But loyal blog readers who help you get famous aren’t your customers. They come back day after day for what you give them already – free stuff. If you’re giving it away for nothing, nothing is exactly what you get back in sales….MORE…"

If that's not brilliant, I don't know what is!!  Remember…showcasing your knowledge…TO AN EXTENT… is a Good Thing.

Giving everything away for free is not!  (that's one reason why I wrote Income Fitness … teaching is how I myself make money).

Write teasers about common desires within a niche.  For example, on my Virtual Coach blog, you'll see teasers about fixing naked Wordpress sites, teasers about making eBook covers…but to GAIN that information, people have to optin to my free Income Fitness Prelaunch. 

They get the goodies, I get a bigger list, and they also see the value I deliver for free (making them wonder, gee, if she shares THIS for free, how great will her PREMIUM stuff be!)

Problem #3 – You're UNKNOWN in your niche

Sure, true, people will buy from unknown peoples….but ask yourself.  From whom would YOU prefer to buy…some fly-by-night who might not be there tomorrow, or someone who has consistently proven they're a subject matter expert in their chosen niche?

Hmmmm?

==> Solution – Get vocal within your niche and DOMINATE it.

Find targeted niche forums and blogs within your niche and visit there regularly.  I myself post at the Warrior Forums; back when I was in diet/weight loss, I would post at

Weight-loss.fitness.com

and several others.

Back when I was training in Internet recruiting, I was a popular poster at ERE.net and other recruiting venues.  I also made sure to comment intelligently at other blogs/sites/etc. and gave interviews for the Wall Street Journal and other venues as well.

In other words…I got my name out as THE subject matter expert of choice.   It worked beautifully.

I go into becoming an authority figure quite a lot in Income Fitness  ; you'll be able to see that for yourself next Tuesday afternoon!   If you have yet to sign up for the prelaunch, I urge you to do so – you'll get some rather excellent free hotsheets that can help your business today.

Remember…you can be doing everything right (ie, what everyone tells you to do) and your sales can still imitate a vacuum cleaner.  Take a long hard look at WHAT it is you're doing…and turn on a dime to improve your situation.  Your future income's fitness will thank you for it indeed.

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

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Do you use a keyboard?

Do you type as well?

DO YOU DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME???

Well heck, of course you do! 

But…ever wish you could easily increase your accurate typing speed and words per minute…not to mention master keyboard shortcuts and the like?

If so, you're in luck!  There are some excellent free resources online that will assist you in this endeavor, including:

• Free Typing Lessons
  
• Nimble Fingers
• Peter's Online Typing Course
• Power Typing.com
• Sense Lang Typing Tutorials
• Typing Web.com

You'll uncover in all of the above resources scores of free lessons that let you teach yourself how to increase your speed and accuracy to boot.

And don't forget such tutorials like:

All it takes is practice…and because the lessons online are free, all it REALLY takes is you sitting down and making it so.

Why not take advantage of that today?

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

Everyone always has some pain at some time in their lives, wouldn't you agree?

But…what happens when the pain becomes chronic? 

Certainly there are surgical ways you can approach this….but there's also what YOUR friend can do themselves.

One helpful resource you can point them to is AIS (Activated Isolated Stretching).

This type of stretching, used often by therapists, involves you holding the stretch for only 2 seconds, multiple times.  In many athletic and other forums, you'll see people comment how useful these techniques were for them.   It's only another short step to apply them to civilian pain issues as well.

One FAQ for AIS can be found at the, appropriately named, AIS FAQ.  You can also research up:

Activated Isolated Stretching Exercises

Livestrong Activated Isolated Stretching

Facebook Activated Isolated Stretching Group

You can find bunches of seminars on this topic online….or dive into Amazon for things like:

And don't forget the video tutorials as well!

If your friends have pain, true, cookies can help….but perhaps showing them the above resources can help even more!  You never know….they could thank you for it indeed.

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

Have you ever seen The Ultimate Footer Ad?

It's a nifty product that lets you…oh heck, let me just refer to the magnificent copy:

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Re: An important message for all serious website owners & bloggers

Dear Site owner,

Are you happy with your website's conversion rate?

I'd bet money you aren't…..

Click HERE to see it in glorious action!

I rotate it myself with various other list-building thingees and have found it most beneficial indeed!

Over at the site above, the price is $47.  However, guess what – I have permission to offer it at a 25% discount for inly $37!

Thus, check it out above…and then save your money below.  Your list-building will thank you for it. 

Are you fat and obese beyond all sanity?

I was myself one time (3+ years ago or so).  And I was reminded of how icky it was by reading the following:

Link between inactivity and obesity queried

The basic premise mentioned is:

They found no indication that doing more physical activity had any effect on weight, but they did find that children who put on weight did relatively less exercise.

and

The paper suggests that overweight children may perceive their body image negatively, and as a result choose not to join in sports and exercise. It also argues that children who put on too much weight may suffer discomfort and pain during exercise more quickly.

Well pardon me as I cry into my cup of double-octane coffee.

My initial response (both as a parent and as a formerly fat person):

Big freaking deal – deal with it and do what you NEED to do to stay healthy. Hate the whining about something one can control…..

I mean, let's be serious here.  Of COURSE the fatter you are, the harder it will be to exercise!  Golly gee jeepers!  What a shock THAT is….NOT!

But it's also try that if you choose NOT to do anything, it will NOT get easier at all…instead, you'll find yourself on a rapidly smooshilating avalanche of increased pain and immobility and fatness and all the lousy stuff that comes from that.

Thus, it's up to YOU to put a halt on your obesity.

Nobody else will do it for you!

And sure, yes, it's tough.  It's hard.  It's difficult and painful beyond all comprehension!

But here's a clue for you – if you do nothing, nothing will happen.

And it will only get worse and worse…and more difficult to finally start.

Your body simply DO NOT CARE that you're huge and can barely move. 

It's content just to sit there and increase like a squat flabby mushroom….and, like said squat, flabby mushroom, do nothing of any importance whatsoever.

But you know something?

You're worth FAR more than that.

And you owe it to your family first (and you second) to have the courage to tackle your fatness, take ownership of your lousy condition…and make it better, one step at the time.

Hence this posting.

Back when I was BaH (big and huge), I lied about my weight on my online weight loss journey:

IAMFire's Diary

I was really 177 pounds at that time.    And forget about any sort of traditional cardio exercise – my exercise started with just plain simple walking.  Heck, it was the only thing I could do!

But it was *something.*  And it got me started on my weight loss of 50+ pounds over the next 3.5 years. 

It's all a question of turning the key in your mind.

I do NOT want to hear about how tough it is for you – it's tough for EVERYONE.  Yes, you can feel pity for yourself (I did, quite a lot, it felt great), but AFTER you go thru your whinefest, YOU have to accept the way you are and make it better … nobody else.

One of the best ways to fix your obesity is to get constant encouragement from other fat people who are on the same journey.  Here are some excellent forums/communities for that:

• Richard Simmons Clubhouse (paid community and worth every penny – my husband got me a membership during my first year of weight loss).
• 3 Fat Chicks
  
• Obesity Discussion
  
• Low Carber Forums
  

Start there and see which site appeals the most to you! 

It all begins with having the courage to admit that you ARE fat, you ARE obese, and NOBODY else will fix that….except YOU.

I wrote a whole lot about my own weight loss; you'll probably enjoy:

and don't forget

How to Lose Weight….GUARANTEED

Remember…the more you give yourself excuses, the tougher it's going to be.

And you deserve 'way better than that…but YOU have to be the one to make that first step.

So make it today, okay?  Your body will thank you for it.

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

I wrote this last year….and the ideas still hold true today!  Enjoy.

Morning!

This weekend will be the 4th of July, a time in America where evening fireworks light up the skyline, people enjoy the outdoor activities and peace and tranquility reign freely across the nation.

Oh, and the time where bunches of kids and adults alike blow themselves apart as well. 

A zany not-exactly-overprotective mom myself (my typical reaction to my kids being pummeled at karate, for example, generally is, "why didn't you ask for more?"), I live in an area where fireworks are happily illegal.  I still do have lazy hazy memories of sparklers when I was a kid ("Mom!  Why can't I hold them by the bright shiny end?") but for the most part, the 4th of July celebrations over here in LingLand consist of 2 mile walks from where I park the car so as NOT to be innundated with drunk drivers in the wee hours of the morning to the river's edge and waiting for 5  blasted hours for the fireworks to begin and even more exciting, to end hoping the kids are bored enough to want to stay home.

Turns out, this year they actually are – they find watching it on HDTV to be just as fulfilling.  See, life truly does bestow blessings on parents every couple of decades!

Anywhos!  If you're going to venture out into the ferocious frenzy known as the 4th of July festivities, there are some crucial safety tips you MUST implement.  But first, a word from some humor:

Ahem.  Back to our tips:

With Kids At Festivities

Have kids wear bright-colored clothing so you can spot them quickly.

Designate a "safe" area if you get separated – ie, that bevy of police cars that guard the entrance.

Go over stranger-danger 14 times again.

Bring extra dollars to buy the cute little dollar store glow-sticks they love waving around as the evening dawns.  'matter of fact, go one better, visit your own local dollar store and stock up at much cheaper prices.

Bring books.  The celebrations around my area are soooo popular (how popular are they Barbara!) that you have to arrive 5 hours before they start, just to snag a decent viewing area.  I generally pack a backpack with books and games.

Be wary of excessive water drinking.  It's heck finding decent toilets at 4th of July fireworks….and the last thing you want is junior telling you in the quiet dulcet tones of a foghorn, Mommy!  My peepee is straight because I want to pee! 

Have a first aid kit with you.  Nothing major, mind you – just bug spray, bandaids in case they bash their knee open from falling off the railing on which they shouldn't have been climbing on the first place, etc.

With Kids at Home Parties

Be alert to open grills and pools.  Too quiet is generally NOT a good sign with kids.

Keep drunk adults away from kids if at all possible.  They're scary to children.

Don't let them use fireworks themselves!  This is plain common sense.

If you DO have home fireworks, have a fire-estinguisher handy and know how to handle burns.

With Pets at Home Parties

Pets can be scared from the fireworks.  Be there to comfort them.  Big booms can cause them to freak out.

Keep pets away from all fireworks.  All together now – Ya think, Barbara?

Parking and Driving Home

Chances are, you'll see bunches of drunk people around.  Don't mow them over.

Park away from the fireworks.  Walking back is character-building exercise-wise, and you won't be caught in the Traffic Jam from Hell.  Be alert when walking back to the car.

Want more resources regarding 4th of July fireworks and safety?  Check out:

• 20+ Tools for the Best Fourth of July Ever
• A  Booming Business
• ASPCA 4th of July Safety
• Down The Rabbit Hole: Firework Safety, What's that?
• Eye & Firework Safety Awareness Month – June
• Fireworks More Dangerous for Children Than Adults
• Fireworks Safety
• Fourth of July: Firework Safety
• Fourth of July: Be safe, avoid fireworks injuries
• Hospital Fireworks Safety
• July Fourth fireworks safety tips: Add more BOOM, less BURN to your family's celebration
• Kids Health Fireworks Safety
• Shoot off fireworks safely on July 4th
• Suture for a Living
• The Ultimate Man’s Guide to Fireworks
• Tips for a Fun, Festive & Safe 4th of July from The National Council on Fireworks Safety
• Will you let your kids/teens shoot off fireworks?

Now, this wouldn't be a Barbara Ling post if I didn't offer you some rather creative tips on how to make money from the 4 of July too!    The following ideas are all offline endeavors.

Step 1.)  Decide how you want to make money on the 4th of July.  

Do you want to sell products?  If so, you'll need a table, possibly permission from the town to set up the table, the products, business cards, a fishbowl, a 1 page handout people can shove into their pockets as they walk along, etc. 

Do you want to get your blog known?  If so, prepare like the above but this time, focus on offering thingees that will make peop[le want to visit it when they get home.  Let's say that you blog about teaching your child Math – Pull together some of your best posts, format them prettyfully (to quote my daughter), brand them with your blog name at the bottom, and make sure you close a great call to action.

WP-Print is a great plugin for this.

Step 2.)  Prepare your products/handouts/etc.

Remember, this is for the 4th of July.  Chances are, people are NOT going to want to stop and chat with you!  They'll either want to impulse buy or take your materials and look at them later.

What are some things you can sell?  Related 4th of July goodies would be:

• Glow-sticks/balloons/festive thingees
• Bug Spray
• Tote bags for people to carry back their impluse purchases from other vendors

Unrelated 4th of July goodies might be:

• Mace/personal protection
• Flashlights
• Seat cushions
• Bottled water/beverages

If you want to sell your own products, chances are, unless they're small and carriable….they won't sell (who wants to carry huge honking heavy thingees back to the car on a day like this?).  Instead, focus on compelling people to ask for a flyer/business card instead.

Step 3.)  Scout out a good location and set up your table.

Remember, you're on your own here – you need to check if your town allows such things.  I  see them all over the place in my neck of the woods.   Assuming they do, you can set up a table nearby the constant traffic of people walking to and from the festivities.

Remember that fishbowl I recommended you include?  You can offer a lunch lottery – ie, "Drop in your business card and win a free lunch to Houlihans!" etc.  Or, offer a free copy of your product in return for dropping in a business card. 

Now, when you create your table display, you should probably have a good set of rocks (yes, rocks) in case the wind kicks up (don't want paper flying all over the place!).  Other weights you could use include:

• Cute little figurines
• Coffee cups minus the coffee
• Sleeping toddlers
• World of Warcraft CDROMS that your child simply HAD to have and then LOST interest after 3 days leaving you MINUS the blasted $60 it cost to sign up in the FIRST PLACE

Step 4.)  Get there early and PROMOTE/SELL!

You probably want to set up your area before the massive influx of traffic begins. 

Remember!  There are many different definitions of "profit" – it can be monetary, or future leads gleaned from the fishbowl, or the distribution of your most popular posts etc.

Personally, I choose to relax on the 4th of July, but then again, I also choose to wake up at 3am to start my day, so go figure.  If you want to add a business bent to this 4th of July holidays, I hope you've found the above useful indeed.  How will YOU be spending the holidays?  I'd love to know!

Enjoy!,

Barbara Ling

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So…you want to start promoting your brand on 394 social networking sites.

Ever want to enjoy something continuous?  ie, have the SAME brand/username on ALL sites?

It's easy to do so!  Simply visit:

• UD
• Know Em

You'll be able to easily query across dozens of social networks whether your particular user ID is available.

Knowing such things will then make it much easier indeed to keep your own particular brand intact…online.

Neat, eh?

Got other questions regarding managing your brand online?  Check out:

• It’s Time to Manage Your Online Personal Brand
  
• Managing Your Brand's Reputation Online
  
• Manage Your Brand’s Social Media Presence with One App
  

You'll find the resources extremely useful for your future bottom line.

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

Morning everyone! In honor of today when my husband wakes up at 4am to start the coffee and hack my software enjoys being adored by his worshiping family, I've started pondering the following: 

Since fatherhood is a 24 x 7 x 52 x 60 odd years job, why is there only ONE day to celebrate it?

Well??? Thus, I’ve borrowed another holiday’s favorite song and revamped it to fit The Day of Dads. Hope you enjoy!  And here we go (be sure to click on each picture to see where it takes you!):

12 Days of Father's Day

On the first day of Father’s Day, my family gave to me:

A self-pruning Twitter Budgie Twitter Tree!

On the second day of Father's Day, my family gave to me:

2 Throwdown Pro Series MMA Cages
(great to relieve office stress!)

and A self-pruning Twitter Budgie Twitter Tree!

On the third day of Father’s Day, my family gave to me:

3 Golden Samurai Suits of Armor
(when "Style" needs that extra oomph)

2 Throwdown Pro Series MMA Cages, and A self-pruning Twitter Budgie Twitter Tree!

On the fourth day of Fathers’s Day, my family gave to me:

4 Angsting Children
(you really thought I'd forget about this one?)

3 Golden Samurai Suits of Armor, 2 Throwdown Pro Series MMA Cages, and A self-pruning Twitter Budgie Twitter Tree!

On the fifth day of Father’s Day, my family gave to me:

5 heavenly seconds of PEEEEEEEACE!!!!!!
(Okay I lied, I meant, 5 nanoseconds….  )

4 angsting children, 3 Golden Samurai Suits of Armor, 2 Throwdown Pro Series MMA Cages, and A self-pruning Twitter Budgie Twitter Tree!

On the sixth day of Father’s Day, my family gave to me:

6 RoboMowers
(because they're just so cool!)

5 heavenly seconds of PEEEEEEEACE! 4 angsting children, 3 Golden Samurai Suits of Armor, 2 Throwdown Pro Series MMA Cages, and A self-pruning Twitter Budgie Twitter Tree!

On the seventh day of Father’s Day, my family gave to me:

7 Icon A5 Personal Flying Air Crafts
(Other dads only have CARS to pick up their angsting teens from school!)

6 RoboMowers, 5 heavenly seconds of PEEEEEEEACE! 4 angsting children, 3 Golden Samurai Suits of Armor, 2 Throwdown Pro Series MMA Cages, and A self-pruning Twitter Budgie Twitter Tree!

On the eighth day of Father’s Day, my family gave to me:

8 "Armed with Equations of Math Instruction" T-shirts
(when you've said MATH, you've said it all!)

7 Icon A5 Personal Flying Air Crafts, 6 RoboMowers, 5 heavenly seconds of PEEEEEEEACE! 4 angsting children, 3 Golden Samurai Suits of Armor, 2 Throwdown Pro Series MMA Cages, and A self-pruning Twitter Budgie Twitter Tree!

On the nineth day of Father’s Day, my family gave to me:

9 Telemarketer Trouncers
(but that's not all!  If you order now….    )

8 "Armed with Equations of Math Instruction" T-shirts, 7 Icon A5 Personal Flying Air Crafts, 6 RoboMowers, 5 heavenly seconds of PEEEEEEEACE! 4 angsting children, 3 Golden Samurai Suits of Armor, 2 Throwdown Pro Series MMA Cages, and A self-pruning Twitter Budgie Twitter Tree!

On the tenth day of Father’s Day, my family gave to me:

10 Diamond iPhone Cases
(Doubles as a baby teething toy too!)

9 Telemarketer Trouncers, 8 "Armed with Equations of Math Instruction" T-shirts, 7 Icon A5 Personal Flying Air Crafts, 6 RoboMowers, 5 heavenly seconds of PEEEEEEEACE! 4 angsting children, 3 Golden Samurai Suits of Armor, 2 Throwdown Pro Series MMA Cages, and A self-pruning Twitter Budgie Twitter Tree!

On the eleventh day of Father’s Day, my family gave to me:

11 cups of coffee
(forgive me, I meant, Paradise in a Cup)

10 Diamond iPhone Cases, 9 Telemarketer Trouncers, 8 "Armed with Equations of Math Instruction" T-shirts, 7 Icon A5 Personal Flying Air Crafts, 6 RoboMowers, 5 heavenly seconds of PEEEEEEEACE! 4 angsting children, 3 Golden Samurai Suits of Armor, 2 Throwdown Pro Series MMA Cages, and A self-pruning Twitter Budgie Twitter Tree!

On the twelfth day of Father’s Day, my family gave to me:

12 Heartfelt Hugs
(as only your kids can do!)

11 cups of coffee, 10 Diamond iPhone Cases, 9 Telemarketer Trouncers, 8 "Armed with Equations of Math Instruction" T-shirts, 7 Icon A5 Personal Flying Air Crafts, 6 RoboMowers, 5 heavenly seconds of PEEEEEEEACE! 4 angsting children, 3 Golden Samurai Suits of Armor, 2 Throwdown Pro Series MMA Cages, and A self-pruning Twitter Budgie Twitter Tree!

I hope you enjoyed the above!  Please do feel free to share it with dads you know.  And let me now close with the following wish:

Enjoy!

Barbara Ling

ps – and if you'd really like to get all wild and crazy, check out:

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So you have expert knowledge…but you want to charge for your content.  Good for you!

But….how do you do this?  Hmmm?

You'll love how it's accomplished!    What smart entrepreneurs are doing is using Wordpress to set up their site, and then separate their posts into a FREE category.and into a PREMIUM (ie, paid) category as well.

Some people use:

Wishlist Member Wordpress Membership Plugin

This is a paid plugin but does offer Clickbank integration as well!  Some key points include:

Sequential Content Delivery

Depending on your setup, you may want to graduate your members from one level to the next.  For example, members start at "Module 1? and after 30 days they are automatically upgraded to "Module 2?.  That's what the Sequential Content Delivery system is for.

Unlimited Membership Level

Your membership site can have as many "levels" as you want.  So if you want "Silver", "Gold" and "Platinum", you can!  Now you can charge more for a higher level of access – all within the same blog.

Secure RSS Feeds

Secure RSS feeds allow your members to view their membership material in their favorite RSS reader.  But, it also gives you complete control – non-members can't access the feed and if a person stops paying, their feed automatically stops working.

I like the secure RSS feeds feature!

Cost ranges from $97 to $297.

Some sites that use the Wishlist membership plugin include:

• CBI Clubhouse
• Instant Business Answers
• The Blazing BBQ
• Your MMA Coach
• Girl Mogul
• Painless Penny Pinching

==> Click HERE to see WishList for yourself!

Next, check out:

The Wordpress Membership Plugin MemberWing.

It comes in several flavors – Free, Webmaster, and Professional, ranging from prices of, well, FREE to $79.97 to $195.  To wit:

Simple!

•  Download + activate MemberWing.

• Insert anywhere in post simple text marker: {+++}. Everything before marker – is free "teaser". Everything after – premium protected content.

• Done!

SEO (Search Engine) Optimized

• from the ground up. Allows you to use teasers (short snippets of text) visible to anyone, including search engines, while keeping your main contents protected and accessible only to members. This feature helps your membership site to be found by prospects on all search engines.
• First Click Free.  First Click Free feature allows better promotion of membership site on search engines. Implemented according to Google First Click Free Specs..MORE..

 I find the Gradual Content aspect to be rather intriguing:

"MW Gradual Content Delivery wordpress plugin allows you to gradually release content (articles) to your visitors and members, depending on how long reader been a member with your blog. The longer user been a member – the more premium content he will see compare to the guy that just joined.

With MW Gradual Content you can preload your membership site with an excellent content but your visitors will be exposed to it gradually on a predefined schedule. This process is automatic, once you uploaded the articles and specified maturity for articles.

You are able to specify maturity per article which gives you fine grain control over your content."

This part really caught my eye:

Gradual content delivery, also known as content dripping (as well as bleeding of content) elevates your online membership site business to a next level.

1. Protects you from content leechers - people who subscribe, steal all your content and then unsubscribe (even requesting a refund).

2. …

 That certainly is a tremendous benefit!   

 Here's an example of a blog using it:

The thing for me is, I want to make my membership site available to my affiliates to promote as well.  So I have to learnmore if that is currently an option with this product.

Other sites that use MemberWing include:

• Speedy Bass Club (wordpress membership site)
• Stone Mills Estates Homeowner Association (wordpress membership site)
• Online Dating Secrets (wordpress membership site)
• Web Briefcase (wordpress membership site)
• Street Magic Club (wordpress membership site)

==> Click HERE to see MemberWing for yourself!

Other Wordpress membership plugins you can learn more include:

• s2Member – Free Plugin
  
• SUMA – Wordpress Subscription Management and Billing Plugin
• Your Members Wordpress Membership plugin
• WP Membership

Now, while the above sounds mighty spiffy and neato-cool to me, here's my current challenge.  I want to include not only premium Wordpress content, but also integrate my membership with my forums/commmunity site as well (ie, paid members get access to private forums).

I already am familar with the membership software aMember – I run my Recruiter membership and my Job Seekers Power Advantage membership off of it.  And from what I hear, that has bridges to both Wordpress and vBulletin.but methinks one needs to be a weee bit technically adept to use it.

DLGuard – now that has truly superb support and an excellent download management system as well!

So….if you're thinking about generating monthly, residual income…perhaps the above is the way to go.  What do you think?

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

So your friends have an iPad…and YOU have an iPad…and you want to achieve expert status among them?

Easy easy wasy to do!  With articles like:

• 55 really useful iPad tips and tricks
  
• The Complete List of iPad Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials

and videos like:

And of course:

It's really a no-brainer to learn all of the iPad tricks and tips that will make your friends admire your abilities. 

Some great blogs to follow regarding iPads include:

• iPad Maniac
  
• Just Another iPad Blog
  
• Naked iPad Blog
  
• Simon Blog

Add those to your feed reader and voila – you'll always have tons of great iPad ideas to write about as well….not to mention, you'll be on the cutting edge of all iPad discoveries.

Neat, eh?

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling