Smart To Finish Office Solutions » Memberships http://www.smarttofinish.com/Blog Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:34:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 My Review of Customer Hub with Infusionsoft http://www.smarttofinish.com/Blog/2011/02/my-review-of-customer-hub-with-infusionsoft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-review-of-customer-hub-with-infusionsoft http://www.smarttofinish.com/Blog/2011/02/my-review-of-customer-hub-with-infusionsoft/#comments Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:29:05 +0000 admin http://www.smarttofinish.com/Blog/?p=203 I have had the opportunity to create and setup Customer Hub with infusionsoft for two clients in the last few months and I must say, I’m really lovin’ it! For those of you that don’t know what Customer Hub is…it is a membership site program that only integrates and only works for those using Infusionsoft.

Now, I will admit that the first time I set it up, it was a bit confusing. Customer Hub does provide some great setup and install videos to get you going but setting up a few of the advanced features such as delayed content delivery and partials was a bit confusing.

For the most part, my review contains a list of the features I really like.

Here is my short list of what I really about customer hub:

  1. All content is safe and secure.
  2. Completely integrated with the Infusionsoft CRM.
  3. Automatic user registration. You can easily create an action at signup for the system to generate a username and password and updates their CRM record immediately.
  4. Clients can use the Customer Hub interface to update their billing and credit card information.
  5. Sequential content delivery. You can deliver new content based on a pre-specified time frame using actions and tags.

Now of course, no application is perfect :) But for the most part, the only issues I have found so far is that the setup/learning curve does take a bit of time and that this is a stand alone program – being that it is not a plugin that you would add to an existing wordpress blog or website. It is completely hosted on the customer hub servers. I really don’t see Customer Hub hosting the program as a deal breaker – because they do allow you to customize the look and feel of your membership.

Overall, I think it is a great solution for those who want to create a secure, automated and integrated membership site with your infusionsoft application. I would recommend it :)

]]> http://www.smarttofinish.com/Blog/2011/02/my-review-of-customer-hub-with-infusionsoft/feed/ 0 aMember vs. Wishlist http://www.smarttofinish.com/Blog/2009/07/amember-vs-wishlist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amember-vs-wishlist http://www.smarttofinish.com/Blog/2009/07/amember-vs-wishlist/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:47:08 +0000 admin http://www.smarttofinish.com/Blog/?p=125 I have now had about a month to play around with a new wishlist membership site. Being someone who has supported clients who use aMember, I am finding myself asking clients to make the switch and try the wishlist wordpress plugin. I so far think it is much more user friendly and easier to use.

I have not yet had the chance to move over an existing aMember site to wishlist…I will be doing that within the next two weeks. I’ll keep you posted on how that move goes and if it is as easy as it seems to be!

To Your Online Success!

Amber Miller

]]> http://www.smarttofinish.com/Blog/2009/07/amember-vs-wishlist/feed/ 0 My Review of Wishlist Membership Plugin http://www.smarttofinish.com/Blog/2009/06/my-review-of-wishlist-membership-plugin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-review-of-wishlist-membership-plugin http://www.smarttofinish.com/Blog/2009/06/my-review-of-wishlist-membership-plugin/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:44:29 +0000 admin http://www.smarttofinish.com/Blog/?p=60 I had a chance yesterday and today to really play with the Wishlist Plugin for Wordpress.  This nifty plugin works with wordpress blogs to manage and allow you to use wordpress as your membership platform.

Now, I have been doing this for several clients using aMember with a blog, but I have to tell you – Wishlist is AMAZING! I love it. The setup proceed does take a few hours – but actually much faster than aMember.

Here are a few features I really liked:

  • IP Address limit: How cool, you can limit the unique number of IP addresses that attempt to login with the same user login. This prevents those from passing around their login details.
  • There is a login widgit you can use on the homepage of your blog. Very cool.
  • Integrates with 1shopping Cart – wohoooo! Anyone wanna try it? Contact me…:)
  • Also will allow you to integrate with aWeber.
  • A feature inside the blog post that allows you to say whether it is a protected post or not.
  • Much more!

Are you using Wishlist? I’d love to know your thoughts!

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