Tools for Webmasters, Entrepreneurs, and Marketers

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Today I talk about the site membership cube, and wpdrip.

Membership cube is a site that shows you how to use great tools like wishlist, along with wpdrip to make great membership sites that keep people subscribed. Both these tools work with WordPress.

I’ve spoken about wishlist in the past, and how easy and yet powerful this plugin is for setting up a membership site. Today I’m talking about wpdrip.

This plugin sends out information every two weeks based on when a post was originally submitted. So if you write a post per day, a member would sign up and get those same posts, in sequential order, spaced out over time. You control how much information your members receive based on the post date. It’s pretty easy. You can easily set different categories to drip (or to ignore the dripping feature if you have things that need to go out “live”).

By dripping your content you do not bury your member in content and bonuses. They can actually consume the content and succeed (which will spur on great word of mouth). They can also cancel if they feel this isn’t a good fit (which reduces refunds). People can see exactly what they are getting into, and if you want you can set up a “non drip” version of your membership.

If you are looking for a way to start a membership site, check out membership cube, and if you already have one and want to keep people subscribed, check out wp drip.

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When you post your messages to Twitter, no matter which of the popular applications you use, did you realize that you’re giving away valuable real estate and backlinks to someone else?

If you use TweetDeck, Seesmic, Hootsuite, or virtually any other application, go check your Twitter feed now and you’ll see what I mean. Every single tweet you post on YOUR page has THEIR name on it, plus a link back to THEIR website.

So, every time you tweet, you’re advertising THEM!

And, until now, there wasn’t a darn thing you could do about it.

And what about all the CLUTTER on social media? How do you effectively use Twitter and Facebook to connect with people in your own niche?

Earlier today I came across the solution to the problem and when you know how, it’s an amazingly quick and simple thing to fix.

All it takes is 5 minutes and then you’ll be able to:

[1] Brand your tweets with your own name.

[2] Insert a link back to your own website.

[3] Use social media to target the people you want to talk with and filter and the ones you don’t.

It’s an interesting solution (looks A LOT Like Tweet deck). It has some additional features specifically geared toward marketing that you don’t get with other twitter tools. You can even schedule tweets from your phone using your Google Calendar. It also posts to facebook, and all off your twitter accounts.

They have a tool for Android users that allow you to schedule tweets from your phone.

Their pricing goes from monthly at $15/month, yearly at $79, or Lifetime for $119.

If you are looking for a tool to help your business get into twitter in a professional way, this is the tool.

Custom Twitter Backgrounds

Tweetpages.com has an interesting business model. Their pricing starts at free (for some pretty cool twitter backgrounds) and goes up to $23, $99, and $103 for a completely custom background. They also have custom backgrounds for You Tube and Facebook. So again, if you’re looking to take your business into Social Media and want to make a good first impression, this is a good looking, affordable solution.

If you’re not sue “How to twitter” than these tools combined will get your going in the right direction.

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