Releasing a product every month/2 months, or having a monthly membership payment site?

Exactly!

This is without a doubt what has been a struggle for me, and I am sure several others. Knowing the 'end result' or where the 'finish line' is from the starting gate?

Most people (myself included) enter a race because from the 'rail' the race appears fun, promising, and rewarding 'if' you pick a winner.

What most don't realize is the moment they step to the line, there's a great deal of effort, training, mental conditioning that needs to take place to be a true competitor!

We visualize much of our desired success from the success of others, and all-the-while the struggles, the hardships, and discipline that 'true champions' endured...is generally not what the 'on-lookers' see or imagine, when they enter the race.

That information and experience is obtained ( in most cases) after the starting gun 'fires off' and somewhere between the 'act' of applying the effort to reach the finish line!

It is on rare occassion, one can expect to actually win... But, through the experience, failure, humility, choose to train harder, and each time... (between the start and the finish line) the distance shrinks, as the act itself becomes easier, and the competition becomes less a threat!

Win or Lose, you cannot understand or truly appreciate any measure of personal growth in life or business... Sitting on the rail, observing other people's success.

Sure, let it inspire or encourage you to 'enter the event' - but to truly know oneself to be capable of winning, often requires knowing the path start - finish, back to front, and more importantly, what rests between your own ears!

Nearly 5 years of study, several failures later, I have developed a much deeper respect for those here who have actually 'competed & succeeded' online...

For they know, as do I those small victories (compiled atop many misconceptions, failures, and personal experiences) determine the distance between the starting line, and the finish line!

And, I personally refuse to withdraw myself from the competition, on the account I am still conditioning (training) myself to be a winner!

ED,

As members reading your thread - all we have to go on is what you say - so it's best to say exactly what you mean. How else are we going to know that you are going into your hypothetical mode?


My experience is that the price of the membership has little bearing on how long members retain. It's more about how well they feel they are being served with content that is what they are looking for - not price.

Granted, a very low price is less a barrier to entry than a very high price, but those who have experience in running membership sites will tell you that constant turnover ("churn") is a fact of the business. Some say industry averages are 3-4 months for the typical paid membership "length of stay." And forget the "members stay forever" statement.

Every membership site is different.

Steve

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Nothing wrong with being generous, but I would also caution 'rethinking' giving away all future products, unless you plan to build affiliates with lifetime freebies, and they reciprocate through new member referrals.

Many of resellers do well with $10 - $27 per month payments, simply by pay o ng affiliates 50% - 75% for each month a new member pays their membership.

So, giving everything else away, I wouldn't... Rather keep it affordable, and drip-feed new content and maybe some freebies as a bonus. Don't give away the whole farm.