Do You Know About These Trial & Membership Site Hazards?
By admin on Aug 19, 2008 in - Your Biz Success -
You’ve probably seen the proliferation of membership sites and one-month ‘free’ trial on websites over the past year.
They’re a great idea–but please be careful.
Some one-month ‘free’ trials don’t have end-of-trial notifications, and if you’ve forgotten you signed up, it can be a big surprise to get their charge on your card at the end of the trial time.
Here’s what I’ve learned to do:
I’m really choosey now as to what I sign up for! If I do decide to do the trial, I write on a sticky note the site name, my info (username and password), and the date I signed up for the trial membership.
If I have doubts as to whether I’m going to stay, I make a reminder to check with myself by a certain date so I can unsubscribe if I want to before I get charged.
If I know I’m going to stay, I add the site to my list of monthly payments that I make so it won’t be a surprise when my card gets charged.
There’s another thing you need to be careful of with trial memberships.
If it’s a site where you could possibly enter all kinds of info and data, you may not want to put time and data into it so you don’t want to leave when the time the trial month is up.
Just wait! You’ve lived without the site until now–it’s OK to live without it until you make a final decision. Don’t put your data and info on it yet until you’re sure.
I’m talking about shopping cart sites, autoresponder sites, affiliate sites, web 2.0 sites–they know darn well if you start populating all the info fields with your data you’re not likely to leave.
So do your research first. Avoid entering any info before you see if it’s the one you feel best about sticking with on a permanent basis.
If it’s a site where you get a lot for your money, and you feel good about the people who run it, and the integrity and quality of what you get, then don’t hesitate!
I’ll give you an example–one of my all-time favorite membership sites is Jim Edwards’ site HERE. It’s for people who want to learn how to do online marketing–it’s just the best.
He has step-by-step instructional videos and audios for just about anything you can think to create for your business, whether you’re a starter or a seasoned marketer.
It’s a great example of a really good trial-offer site. I’m happy to pay my monthly fee, too, because I get so much out of the site. That’s the kind of membership site you want to find and stick with.
aloha -
Angela
p.s. THE RIGHT SIGN: Maybe you’ve seen this video already, but I think it’s lovely. (And it’s a great example of what happens when you have the right marketing message!)
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© Angela Treat Lyon 2008 • I invite you to feel free to use this article as long as you use it in its entirety, including my © and contact information. Lyon at IDareYouRADIO.com • Thank you!
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