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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.3.19

Reid All About it

Amanda Kaiser dispels three myths on why people join associations and reveals the real reason—based on her member research. Your members have high expectations, and a distinctive, original, and personal user experience is a requirement in today’s digital world. Leverage Data to Drive Member Engagement.

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Learn About Members’ Why

Smooth The Path

For every action (or inaction) members (and non-members) take there is a why. As established organizations, knowing our member’s why helps us develop and communicate our why. Poke around and most of the marketing copy you read focuses on what. 76% of our members renew but, only 42% of new members renew.

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How to Recruit and Engage an Entirely New Generation of Members

Smooth The Path

Each one of these behaviors can be deadly, but the last one, focusing more on younger members may have the power to solve all the others. MemberClicks blog author Callie Walker has been banging the drum about changing associations to serve younger members better. Consider a young professionals page on your website.

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Daily Buzz: Event Registration’s New Frontier

Associations Now

A learning management system, or LMS, can be fundamental to members’ professional development—but finding the software that fits within your organization can be challenging. Colleen Bottorff from the MemberClicks blog says a streamlined member experience should be your number-one priority. Considering a free membership model?

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Many Organizations Accidentally Ignore New Members

Smooth The Path

My first-year member experience lines up with many other new member’s experiences according to member research. Associations tend to have very robust renewal programs, but meager new member onboarding programs. As you can probably imagine, neither inspired me to renew.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.9.21

Reid All About it

The only thing missing from my recipe is waxed beans because I’ve never seen them at the store or farmers market. Host: American Marketing Association. Members and prospects are more likely to engage with your content and programming if you demonstrate that you know and understand their needs. Subscribe to Blog via Email.

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Understand the Three Professional Stages to Improve Association Value

Smooth The Path

The results of years of member research show that high-performing professionals tend to move through three stages during their career. Or they might be concerned with new regulations, a constricting market, or changes in public perception and how these forces will affect their industry or profession.