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Free Resources to Power Your Membership Site
We believe in a culture of sharing. We regularly write articles and record videos to help you on your journey of building a successful online learning business. See our latest work below!
Recurring Revenue: Setting Up Membership Site Payments
Learn how to set up a reliable payment system for your membership site to ensure recurring revenue and enhance member retention.
Top 8 WordPress LMS Plugins Compared for 2025
Explore the top WordPress LMS plugins of 2025, comparing features, pricing, and ideal use cases for online course creation.
Can I make money selling an online course? 7 big challenges and how to overcome them.
Maybe you’re here because you’re just considering whether or not getting into the lucrative online course space is right for you.
Or, perhaps ...
How Much Does a Website Cost? (In Depth Website Pricing Guide)
In the web design industry, one question has caused more controversy than almost any other: “Should we list prices on our website?”
Our company has ...
Is WordPress the right choice for your eLearning website?
At Pro Membership Sites, we only build websites using the WordPress platform. This leads many potential clients to wonder whether WordPress is really ...
Can I create my own online course? (3 questions to help you decide)
We live in the age of “do it yourself,” more commonly referred to as “DIY.” Heck, there’s even an entire TV network dedicated to the subject.
Since ...
eLearning 101: What is an online course?
2014 was a crazy year for me. I started a new job working at a law firm, actually filling in for my wife. (She’d hurt her leg and was not able to ...
How Important is Design?
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How Important is Design?
Hello there and welcome to another episode of marketing for the rest of us. I ...
Solve the Problem with a PERSON or a PROCESS (Watch Me Write)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUt7hnSjxLI
When you have a problem in your business, how do you solve it? In this video, watch me write a blog post ...
Why is Website Design So Expensive?
Yesterday I came across a hilarious post inside of a mentoring community I am in.
Mind you, the community is also a place for intramural ...
Do I Still Need a Website in 2020?
Last week, we saw how an update to the way Instagram counts likes will change the game for marketers, most likely in a negative way.
I concluded ...
3 Reasons Why I’m Not a Website Designer!
And no, the blog post title was not clickbait! In fact, I don’t really consider myself to be a website designer or developer!
This may sound strange ...
The Real Goal of Your Small Business Website (it’s not more visitors!)
With all of the marketing advice floating around the Internet, it's likely that you have either the wrong idea about your website goals or just no ...
The Divi Difference: Why I use Divi Theme to Build Awesome Small Business Websites
There is nothing worse, as a small business owner, than not having a clue what to do when it comes to websites and internet marketing.
It seems like ...
3 Steps to Building a Completely Useless Website
I see it all the time. A few years go by and a small business website begins to look dated. The owner, worried about their image, begins looking for ...
3 Reasons a Pretty Website won’t Solve your Problems
As a web designer, you can imagine how often I get requests to build a new site for a customer.
That is all well and good--it is what I do, after ...
Use Optimized Keywords to Win More Local Customers
Arguably, the biggest challenge every business faces is attracting more customers. Even the biggest of businesses, who could survive seemingly for a ...
STOP! 4 Reasons You Should Never “Buy” A Website Again!
We, as small business owners, are living in very confusing times. We hear all sorts of messages about what new platform we should be using, and the ...
