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Member Research is Important. So How Should We Do It?

Association Adviser

To keep members invested in your association and industry, it’s important to conduct member research into their priorities & professional needs. The post Member Research is Important. Heres' how. So How Should We Do It? appeared first on Association Adviser.

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Announcing an Entirely New Methodology for Member Research

Smooth The Path

Do staff regularly conduct member research? Are listening tours, welcome calls, or member interviews on your list of to-dos? When testing new benefits, do you ask for member feedback? But member insights are hard to come by. You still need strategic member insights, but your members are too busy to participate.

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New Report Reveals a Rebound in Membership Numbers

Associations Now

Marketing General Incorporated’s 2023 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report found that associations are experiencing an increase in membership following declines during the pandemic. That’s according to Marketing General Incorporated’s 2023 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report , which surveyed 800 participating associations.

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Why I like the Market Research Society’s (MRS) successful membership change project

Optimist Consulting

I know from working with my clients on membership change projects that there are two essential elements to any change process that affect members: Ensuring you use a long-term communications campaign that is consistent. Taking your members along with you. Talking to members. The starting point.

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Results indicate that Membership Associations Who Performed Member Research in 2012 Had Higher Acquisition and Renewal Rates.

Experts in Membership Marketing

Results from the 2013 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report continue to get more interesting everyday! This year we learned that 65% of membership associations that introduced member research in 2012 saw an increase in new members. 59% saw an increase in membership and 45% realized an increase in renewals.

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Member Engagement Is Not Convenient for Us

Smooth The Path

Providing value-based member marketing is far more inconvenient than promotional marketing. In my line of work qualitative, interview-based member research is waaaayyy more inconvenient than fielding a survey. Every day we balance convenience with the engagement work that our members want.

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Please Ask Members

Smooth The Path

As a member researcher I see some validity to this statement. Research, particularly qualitative research is very good at naming member problems but members themselves are often hard pressed to articulate the right solution. If they had the solution their problem would not be a problem any more.