Membership Sites
It's What We Do For You!
OUR TEAM + OUR PROCESS
= YOUR SUCCESS
Here at Larry Jacob Internet Marketing, we combine two things. A team that's experienced building 3 to 4 membership sites a month with our Larry Jacob Goals Alignment Process (GAP) process proven to deliver membership sites that far exceed expectations every time.
Meet our team below starting with Jorge, our founder. He brings a Masters degree in Computer Science and over 20 years working in software development combined with an understanding of how people purchase, learn and related to other people online. They've assembled an expert team of learning site knowledgeable, web development specializing, online marketers and developers. They have the skills needed to deliver online learning and membership site projects using a team culture that emphasizes bringing the best of what each team can offer. Our biggest value is bringing to our customers the best of our combined strengths.
You can click here for an overview of our process which assures us and our customers that success is NOT dependent on getting the right team member assigned to your project. It's dependent upon our following a well-defined process which we constantly update to include the very latest best practices.
THE TEAM
Jorge Lazaro Diaz, President and Founder
Jorge Lazaro Diaz's (his friends call him George) brings an in depth understanding of Infusionsoft, expertise building online marketing solutions, experience building membership sites and 20+ years of software development to our clients solutions. He works with our team of highly motivated Infusionsoft experts and web developers.
Jorge's leadership on the team comes from his:
- Purdue Master’s Degree in Computer Science thinking,
- understanding of membership site marketing strategy and tactics,
- knowledge of software development best practices and
- unique ability to apply technical and project management principles when building marketing automation solutions.
Jorge and the team's focus is always on building results-driven solutions on predictable timelines that can be measured precisely (think split A/B split testing) so they can be improved upon methodically over time.
Learn all about Jorge by visiting his Linkedin profile.
Anson Tianco, Senior Development Lead
Anson’s relationship with LJIM goes back a few years. He was introduced to Jorge through a customer. (Thank you, Mr. Customer.)
He came to the team with strong software development skills, WordPress knowledge and impressive visual design skills. Since then he's become unmatched in his understanding of Infusionsoft and the professional you want leading the team building your membership site, online course or login portal project.
Anson is a valued tech lead and project manager handling major client projects for LJIM.
Spencer Quiner, Senior Development Lead
Spencer was introduced to us by someone we know in common. That person was an Infusionsoft partner who had worked with Spencer and trained him in Memberium site building. Wow! That was someone we needed on our team.
A few months later, he was on our team and quickly become one of our senior development lead. If you get him assigned as your project lead, you've got a boat load of experience guiding you the direction that is going to make a big difference to your business.
Rochelle Bata, Implementation Specialist
Rochelle was related to someone that worked for us a while back. We got us a big win with her. She is jack of all trades that knows all the components for building Infusionsoft membership site solutions and has a passion for making sure all the details are done to perfection. She has an attention to detail that is better than anyone we know. If she's looked your project over and she says, "It's working," you can bet it is.
She works with our team leads on the fine details of our project giving it that fine polish you want in your projects. She often takes charge of client needing ongoing support keeping the systems running smoothly.
Niaj Morshed, Solution Development Specialist
Niaj is a native of Dhakka, Bangladesh. Jorge and Niaj met via an online job board when Niaj was in his first year of grad school. That was a long while ago and he has since joined LJIM as a permanent team member.
Niaj is a star WordPress theme / PHP developer. He often looks into Infusionsoft issues that need the use of his creative skills to build customer solutions pushing Infusionsoft and other online systems past what it can do right out of the box.
He's a great person to add features a lot of other providers can only dream of including in client projects.
THE PROCESS
Here at Larry Jacob we’ve established the Larry Jacob Goals Alignment Process (GAP) for Membership Sites. It’s what every LJIM team member knows to follow. We use this process for customer projects and for our own internal projects. These aren’t just high-level guidelines or “good-to-follows.” These are step-by-step procedures established so every Larry Jacob team member follows our best practices and consistently delivers to the standards we’ve established for ourselves.
“Without processes, our solutions can only be as good as the individuals assigned to the project. We want solutions as good as the combined talent of every one who’s ever been on our team.
Jorge Lazaro Diaz, President and Founder
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Below is an overview of The Larry Jacob GAP for Membership Websites. It’s what enables us to consistently get top quality solutions unmatched in our industry. Look it over and share your thoughts with us.
LARRY JACOB GAP FOR WEBSITES / PHASE 1 - GOALS AND REQUIREMENT DEFINITION
The major step in getting a website done right is to understand the client's goals.
- What goals or objectives do they want to achieve?
- What is their expected return?
- What is their definition of success for this specific project?
If you don't understand your client's goals, it doesn't matter what you build. It reminds me of the conversation between Alice and Cheshire Cat in "Alice in Wonderland."
“Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, “What road do I take?”
The cat asked, “Where do you want to go?”
“I don’t know,” Alice answered.
“Then,” said the cat, “it really doesn’t matter, does it?”
All Larry Jacob website projects start with a one or more meetings to discuss the project. The first part of that meeting is dedicated to reviewing and confirming the customer’s goals. It’s only after we have customer’s goals well understood that we have the information necessary to write the requirements for the project. The key question to answer is,
“What solution will we build in order to meet the client’s goals?”
This initial meeting typically takes one to two hours and is followed by additional meetings, email exchanges, phone calls and other forms of communication to fully explore the client’s goals. We want to make sure we respond with requirements and specifications for the solution meeting those goals.
The duration of Phase 1 – Goals and Solution Alignment is highly dependent upon the customer. Only the customer can know their goals. We can assist in pulling this information out of the customer, but they must be the customer's goals. If they are our version of what we THINK the customer wants, there can be a problem. If the customer doesn’t know or isn't clear about ther goals, it’s not the right time to begin the project.
The Larry GAP / Phase 1 Deliverables:
- Project Description and Requirements Document
- A sitemap, visual design recommendations, page mockups
- Sample website for illustrating site design
LARRY JACOB GAP FOR WEBSITES / PHASE 2 - PROTOTYPE AND CLIENT REVIEW
This phase begins with the building of a working WordPress website to enable the client to review the site as it would be seen when completed. The site layout will be set as will the color scheme and navigational structure. It will include the home page that need to be well understood so customer can review them.
We will also build unique sections that would benefit from an early initial review so the customer can consider the possible options and as early in the process as possible. You don’t want continue into the subsequent phase of the project until design decisions are finalized. In these sample pages, sample copy is typically used to illustrate the visual design.
This phase also includes reviewing membership levels. What area of the sites and content are available to which users. How do users gain access? Are memberships sold one time providing indefinite access to the content or are they offered as subscriptions with recurrent payments and cancellation policies that must be managed and enforced by Infusionsoft?
The phase will end with the client approval, usually via email, signaling that the visual design, navigation. page layout, membership levels and e-commerce features are aligned with the client goals and personal likes.
Towards the end of Phase 2, Larry Jacob team members will take inventory of all content and produce a Content Inventory Sheet. By this time, the customer team may have had time to start submitting the raw content for use in completing the site. Completion of the site will be driven by the Content Inventory Sheet with is used to closely track all progress by the assigned project manager / project lead.
Copy writing is one of our team specialties. You can speak to our project managers to learn more about this service offering. If the project includes copy writing services, the inventory sheet will be updated to include deliverables provided by our copy writing team and is tracked to completion.
Larry Jacob GAP / Phase 2 Deliverables:
1. Working Prototype
2. Initial Draft of Content Inventory Sheet
LARRY JACOB GAP FOR WEBSITES / PHASE 3 - SITE BUILD AND CLIENT APPROVAL
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At the beginning of this phase, the customer is given a schedule for completing this phase. The project goes into assembly mode making use of content tracked in the Content Inventory Sheet available on the site. Throughout the phase, the project manager / project lead stays in close contact with the team members producing content and coordinates layout of each site page per the agreed upon specifications.
Towards the end of the phase, the focus is to visit all pages of the site, entering the content, format it appropriately and include images to support the messaging. Attention to detail by the team and very engaged client review is critical here.
The project manager / project lead will drive both the customer and Larry Jacob team members. The objective is to complete the project on the agreed upon timeline with error-free quality and attention to detail.The completion of this phase is marked with an email approval from you that the site is complete and ready to be launched.
Larry Jacob GAP / Phase 3 Deliverables:
1. Working site ready for go live
LARRY JACOB GAP FOR WEBSITES / PHASE 4 - SITE LAUNCH
During this phase we run a final compatibility test of the site. We run this on actual devices when possible, but also use browser, tablet and mobile device emulators to assure that the site works as expected across all platforms.
The site launch will include a release of the site to the website URL. This includes the release of the site to the selected web hosting environment that was agreed upon at the project start. Often times, this will be the same environment used for development, but can vary depending upon the customer needs and preferences.
At this point, the customer can accompany the site launch with appropriate announcements as part of the marketing of your site launch to your audience. Larry Jacob can assist with this as part of the overall project marketing and online promotional services that were requested.