First I always want to be aware of what will make it easier for my database to become more successful and then I look for information and others who are also well known for their contributions in the topics.

I approach people who are listed on Facebook, LinkedIn, Amazon and SelfGrowth with the concept of interviewing them about their experiences, references and knowledge. It is amazing at how easy it is to have people agree to be interviewed.

But the real secret to the success of the membership site is to have those who you are interviewing notify their database they will be interviewed by you and to listen to the interview, they only have to sign up through your database.

Then you will be able to develop your database from the trusted followers of those you are interviewing.

Imagine if you add 100 people every week from the databases of those who you are interviewing. In one year you will have more than 5,000 people in your database. That will be more than enough to create a substantial monthly income.
Membership sites are a prime source of income for those who have developed a following. This is just one of the many income streams you will be able to develop as an author.

I suggest editing each of the interviews as you do them and make a directory of them. Once your database is more than 5 to 10,000 you will start at auto responder program. You’ll send a message to your database offering free material: an mp3 file you might have done, an ebook, or even a portion of your book.

After sending at least six free programs, the next message will be to ask your database to pay for access to the interviews (programs) you have done. You should start out by offering the first program for $1.95 then the remaining programs for $9.95 a month.

When you have 10,000 people in your database, you’ll be able to generate a reasonable monthly income. The average is 10% of your database will sign up for your program, so when you have 1,000 people paying $10 a month, you’ll generate $10,000 a month.

That is just one of the 2o plus marketing programs you’ll be able to apply as an author. Many of the programs are passive, so once they are set up, you will be able to keep the income continuously with very little effort on your part.

The idea of the membership site is to set up interviews with those who have accomplished noteworthy events or projects. You can specialize in interviewing authors who are in the same genre as you. The author sends an email to their database to let them know that they’ll be interviewed and anyone listening to the interview can listen at no charge.

You’ll have the author sign a release that allows you to use the interview for financial gain. When their database members sign up, they’re going to sign up to listen to the interview through your capture page so you can increase your database with each interview.

When you have a thousand people in your database, you will start to release a new interview (product) each month and your database members will pay to listen. Only leave the interview on the site for the week or month, depending on how you set up your structure (one interview a month or week). The ratio is normally 10% of the database will pay to participate. When you have 10,000 in your database and 10% or 1,000 pay $10 a month, you will have $10,000 a month income.