Fly on the E-Commerce Cyberwall

Oops - Did I Make Jim Edwards Mad?
I've mentioned Jim Edwards "The Net Reporter" private site a couple of times lately because of a special opportunity to join it. But I may have inadvertantly set him off.

See, I've been calling it the best membership site out there for learning the latest and best insider information about how to succeed at running a business online. It seems, though, that Jim doesn't like to see his baby referred to as a "membership site."

Here's what I found him saying this morning:

"I may just do a smackdown if I hear another person calling this a 'membership site.'

You know why I hate traditional "membership" sites? Here’s why…

Too many membership sites start off with a BANG!

They offer all the goodies at first. A million bonuses. A one-dollar ($1), 7-day trial or something fancy like that.

Then a couple months down the line the updates start to slow down… The content quality starts to fade… then the content gets stale… and it ultimately degenerates into maybe just an article or two per month.

The WORST Part: It ultimately turns into a "membership" message board where a bunch of whiny, negative, complaining bunch of characters come to criticize each other - even when it's not needed.

I refuse to start a membership site like this. In fact, I really don't even want to use the word "membership."

Let's all stick with the word "subscription" from here on.

OK, OK, Jim. Calm down. I'll call it a subscription site from now on.

He has a point though. I've seen the same thing on many membership sites -- the intial flood of info that trickles off until you could almost hear a virtual echo of your virtual footsteps on the site.

That's not the case with The Net Reporter, though. I've been a charter member ever since it opened last June.

The steady stream of info hasn't let up. And now he's starting to develop blueprints that can give business owners step-by-step plans that can help them get from wherever their business is right now to wherever they want it to be.

The Net Reporter is something I've been quiet about because it simply wasn't open to new members until now. The membership was frozen; no one could join.

Now, though, Jim has opened it up to welcome new members to replace the few who have dropped out over the last nine months. It won't be open for long. So RUN to sign up for it.

It's much better than any membership site I've ever seen. And it's worth far more than you'll pay for it.
Jeff

Labels: Jim Edwards, successful business, The Net Reporter