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Principled Innovation
MARCH 25, 2013
According to the most recent edition of ASAE’s Operating Ratio Report ( ORR ), membership dues account for an average of 38 percent of total revenue for all associations. No other single revenue category comes close to reaching that number. Even in 2013, association business models based on membership rely heavily on dues revenue.
Principled Innovation
JULY 24, 2012
Most association business models operate on a “two-sided market” pattern in which one side of the market (the membership) receives a subsidized value offer, with the subsidy coming from the more robust revenue streams provided by the second side of the market, typically advertisers, exhibitors and sponsors.
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Principled Innovation
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
Moreover, the inflexible constraints of traditional budgets constantly place association CEOs and C-Suite executives in the difficult position of having to justify to boards how dynamic external forces wreak havoc with fixed internal agreements around both revenue streams and costs. The Opportunity. Additional Thoughts.
Principled Innovation
AUGUST 21, 2012
Without question, it is the operative mental model behind the preponderance of association business models, even when member dues are not a major revenue stream. Indeed, the phrase, “membership organization” may well be the most orthodox description of an association’s organizational identity.
Principled Innovation
JULY 17, 2012
Even when dues payments are not a major revenue stream, the membership mindset still shapes the internal logic of the typical association business model. The typical association business model depends on member relationships that are becoming harder to maintain given today’s sky-high stakeholder expectations for value.
Principled Innovation
JUNE 3, 2013
” After all, the association derives the immediate gain of another sale and another buyer it can begin to monetize through both direct and indirect revenue opportunities.
Principled Innovation
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
No matter how financially successful face-to-face events have been in the past, there is good reason for concern about the long-term sustainability of these revenue streams. The Opportunity.
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