I have been told that blogging is the best way to start a membership site, can any one confirm this or is there a better way or have i got it totally wrong ? THANKS
No. Blogging is a good way to build up your subscribers. Once you have the subscribers you can do whatever because They will follow you for the most part and will be behind ever project with you
Nobody would pay for the memberships, if that's what you're asking. It seems cheap to hide blog content / download content by making members register first. If you build a forum, social networking site, etc... that's where you can gain membership.
I agree. No one will pay for your content. Unless you already have a large group of followers and a lot of quality content they can't get anywhere else for free. Most people will only pay when they can't find what they want anywhere else.
I think if you have a script that you can combine in blogging it would be the best option in making a membership site