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Subscription Website Publishers

Subscription Websites: A Rose by Any Other Name…

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

The Holy Grail of Revenue Generation for many successful online content marketers, producers and publishers. … Continue Reading »

Meet Our Panel of Email Subject Line Smackdown Experts!

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Take part in our Email Subject Line Smackdown and test your email subject line prowess against 3 of America’s top copywriters … Continue Reading »

Email Subject Line Smackdown

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

This informative Mequoda webinar on creating and testing email subject lines explains the best practices for defeating email subject line spam filters and for tracking which email subject lines perform best for your products and services. … Continue Reading »

JeanChatzky.com Website Design Review

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

Is Jean Chatzky, the Latest Pop Personal Financial Adviser, Well Served by a Website that Confuses Visitors with Too Many Options and Stale Content? Jean Chatzky is the latest in a series of popular, photogenic (and telegenic) female financial advisors that includes Jane Bryant Quinn, Suze Orman and the … Continue Reading »

IMR and SWEPA Merge to Create the New Mequoda Library, The Interactive Resource for Building Better Websites

Friday, June 3rd, 2005

Two of the publishing industry’s leading membership websites, Internet Media Review and SWEPA (Subscription Website Publishers Association), have merged to create the Mequoda Library, the interactive resource for building better websites. The Mequoda Library (www.Mequoda.com) went live on June 3, 2005. (Jump to FAQs) … Continue Reading »

A car restoration enthusiast starts a pay-for-access website after spending two years in Ulaan Baatar, Outer Mongolia

Thursday, March 3rd, 2005

In this exclusive Mequoda interview, Satch Reed explains his popular subscription website that’s dedicated to antique car restoration. It’s also dedicated to making money for its publishers. … Continue Reading »

Interview with Larry Pike, who with his wife, Holly, discovered an under-addressed niche market and responded by building a very successful business around a subscription website

Thursday, March 3rd, 2005

Over the years, Holly and Larry Pike have each had numerous careers, but they eventually quit their jobs to become full-time online entrepreneurs. Today, as husband and wife, they own and operate a subscription website for needlework hobbyists that ought to be the envy of every membership website publisher. … Continue Reading »

Interview with Steve Sztopek, whose membership website for professional picture framers and gallery owners is a model of decorum

Thursday, February 3rd, 2005

Steve Sztopek says that, metaphysically, you have to be out of your mind to be successful. Whatever he is doing, it seems to be working.

In the following inspiring interview, he tells us how he followed his bliss, learned picture framing, marketing, and finally, online publishing.
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Interview with Jerry Minchey, an engineer, computer designer, speaker, marketer, search engine optimization expert, and membership website publisher

Thursday, February 3rd, 2005

Mequoda has waited a long time to pin down our good friend Jerry Minchey for an in-depth interview about his online businesses. Jerry has a number of successful Internet enterprises that he wisely chooses not to discuss in a public forum. But fortunately for Mequoda members, he is very candid … Continue Reading »

Interview with Kathy McCabe, whose travel and culture newsletter can help make your dreams of la dolce vita come true

Thursday, February 3rd, 2005

A $79 subscription to Dream of Italy is a small price to pay to make sure your next trip (likely to cost thousands of dollars) is picture perfect. And that’s a strong motivation to subscribe, just as it is with any newsletter that provides expert advice and product or service … Continue Reading »

Interview with Bob Chambers: This experienced membership website publisher has seen the future and it is spelled M-U-L-T-I-M-E-D-I-A.

Thursday, February 3rd, 2005

Bob Chambers has established a hard-earned reputation for himself as the Multimedia Guy. In this exclusive Mequoda interview, he reveals how he got started in the video business, grew with the many changes in technology, and how he shares his knowledge on the very informative and authoritative member site FlashPublishers.com. … Continue Reading »

Interview with Jessica Hostler de Sanchez, whose membership website is a treasure trove of helpful hints for overworked mothers

Thursday, February 3rd, 2005

Her vision is to create a tool that will guide women, encourage them, help them balance. To help accomplish her vision, Jessica Hostler de Sanchez formed a partnership with her sister, Brandee Hostler; her mother, Sharon Green; and her aunt, Vonnie Corsini. Together, they have come up with a subscription … Continue Reading »

Interview with Dr. Joanne Fritz, a marketer whose interest in the senior market has spawned a new membership website for companies that want to sell to seniors

Thursday, February 3rd, 2005

America is getting older. The immediate post World War II generation—Baby Boomers—are approaching retirement age. Smart companies are creating and marketing products to this affluent group. Her subscription website helps show them how. … Continue Reading »

Interview with David and Jill Stowell who provide online advice for tutors and learning center owners at a membership website

Thursday, February 3rd, 2005

David and Jill Stowell took their experience as special education teachers and created a training and coaching program for others in educational private practice. In this exclusive Mequoda interview, they explain how they also created a membership website around their special expertise. … Continue Reading »

Interview: Steve Yankee of VideoBusinessAdvisor.com

Thursday, February 3rd, 2005

In this exclusive Mequoda interview, this former advertising executive, nee journalist, tells us how he draws on a lifetime of experience in marketing to create an online community for independent videographers and others in the video production business. … Continue Reading »

Interview: Sam Knoll of MyVitaminGuide.com

Thursday, February 3rd, 2005

Sam Knoll knows his way around the business world. He has had a number of successful careers including in manufacturing, mail order, and retail. His latest enterprise is an online newsletter devoted to health and dietary supplements. … Continue Reading »

Interview: Reg Hardy of BilliardsCrossing.com

Thursday, February 3rd, 2005

Reg Hardy brings a background as a print journalist, editor and publisher to his paid subscription online newsletter and uses his Palm Pilot to create volumes of content for four websites. In this exclusive Mequoda interview, he reveals how he gets it all done and reminds us of the importance … Continue Reading »

Interview: Dan McCormick of photographytips.com

Thursday, February 3rd, 2005

Interview with Dan McCormick, publisher of a subscription website for photographers. A Canadian with a diversified business background, Dan McCormick has taken his love for photography and turned it into a popular membership website for both amateurs and professionals. … Continue Reading »

Interview: Peter Hapgood of PublicPensionsOnline.com

Thursday, February 3rd, 2005

Interview with Peter Hapgood, whose membership website capitalizes on his years of professional experience in the public employee retirement industry. In this exclusive Mequoda interview, Peter Hapgood explains how he and his business partner, Thomas R. Lussier, took nearly 50 years of combined professional experience in the public employee … Continue Reading »

Interview: Chris Parker, Co-Publisher of an Online Newsletter for Innkeepers

Thursday, February 3rd, 2005

Interview with Chris Parkin, co-publisher of an online newsletter for innkeepers and others in the hospitality industry. He began as an apprentice in the Savoy in London, and 36 years later has his own country inn—plus a subscription website directed to helping others run a successful bed and breakfast. … Continue Reading »

Interview: LeaRae Keyes of The Nurse Entrepreneur Network

Thursday, February 3rd, 2005

Interview with LeaRae Keyes, RN, publisher of a membership website designed to help nurse entrepreneurs develop and expand their businesses.

The Nurse Entrepreneur Network exists to help nurses who are or want to be entrepreneurs succeed. Its founder, LeaRae Keyes, has more than 25 years of experience coaching people to make … Continue Reading »

Internet Media Review Launches Redesigned Site, Hires Seven Contributing Editors

Wednesday, January 26th, 2005

Bristol, RI – January 26, 2005 – Internet Media Review announced today that they have launched a revised version of their site and hired seven new contributing editors. … Continue Reading »

How to test the viability of your idea for a pay-for-access online newsletter before developing it

Monday, December 27th, 2004

In this scenario, inspired by Frank Kern, you send up a trial balloon and let your potential subscribers tell you what they want, if anything, from your proposed information product.

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How to Ethically Increase Traffic to Your with Additional Domain Names

Friday, August 27th, 2004

It is fine to register domain names that might increase your type-in traffic, but cyber squatting is definitely not acceptable. Here’s the difference. … Continue Reading »

What is your membership website passion—to lead or to be led?

Wednesday, July 7th, 2004

In his seminal analysis of the psychology of mass movements, The True Believer, Eric Hoffer reminds us of how eager many people are to be led, to join a cause—any cause. … Continue Reading »