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Plus, events are one of the ways that your association can raise non-dues revenue. . With the right tools and strategies on your side, you can build out an approach to event planning that will always support these goals of recruitment and engagement. Encourage current members to volunteer for events or try and recruit others for you.
Two out of five respondents (41 percent) to the 2017 Association Communications Benchmarking Survey feel their inability to generate non-dues revenue from communications is a significant challenge. Sometimes it’s simply a matter of changing old, tired revenue streams no one is excited about anymore. What are these obstacles?
To my association family: Generating non-dues revenue (NDR) and increasing those figures year over year for associations is a key responsibility of being a Senior Group Publisher (that’s me!) Often, they aren’t—which is where we run into trouble with membership growth, retention and revenue. at Naylor Association Solutions.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011. The 2011 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report Now Available as a Free Download. It is my pleasure to announce the release of the 2011 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. I hope that you find the 2011 Report of help as you seek to maximize the membership results for your organization.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011. Participate in the 2011 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Survey. We have just launched the questionnaire for the 2011 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Survey and I want to invite blog readers who work for a membership organization to participate. at Wednesday, February 16, 2011. Newer Post.
Seven Levers to Increase Membership Recruitment. Here are seven strategic levers or opportunities to explore in order to increase your new member recruitment efforts. If you have strong returns from your recruitment efforts, you probably are not reaching your full market potential. Speaking Engagements. Speaking Engagements.
Thursday, December 22, 2011. Non Dues Revenue and Affinity Programs for Members. So here is a quick list of possible non-dues revenue and affinity products that I have put together to get your thinking going. at Thursday, December 22, 2011. Labels: new products , Non-Dues Revenue. December 22, 2011 6:59 PM.
Why Share the Wealth through Membership Recruitment? This past weekend, I was in Chicago doing some membership presentations and spoke with members of one group who asked, “Why should I recruit members for the organization? Labels: Member Benefits , Membership Recruitment. ► 2011. (29). Speaking Engagements.
The leaders who focus on “more” often judge staff and volunteer performance on new member recruitment numbers rather than current member retention. They can even recruit more members than the association staff can adequately serve leading to disappointment and low retention rates for new recruits. Not necessarily.
Using Social Media to Recruit Staff. A former client contact of mine helps to manage a blog and related social media to recruit staff for the company where she works -- Sodexo. Unleash the Power of Market Testing in your Membership Recruitment. ► 2011. (29). Using Social Media to Recruit Staff. Publications.
Unleash the Power of Market Testing in Your Membership Recruitment. And because of the larger quantities and costs involved, testing is a particular necessity and an ideal opportunity when it comes to membership recruitment. Testing in membership recruitment allows your organization to market more efficiently. ► 2011. (29).
This article is an edited excerpt from the book Membership Recruitment: How to Grow Recurring Revenue, Reach New Markets, and Advance Your Mission. Concurrently with enhancing membership value, ANA launched a membership recruitment program built around market testing and analysis. Find it on Amazon.
This article is an edited excerpt from the book Membership Recruitment: How to Grow Recurring Revenue, Reach New Markets, and Advance Your Mission. In the 2011 edition of the Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report , only 13 percent of respondents identified their association as having a combination structure.
Friday, November 11, 2011. Five Steps to Building a Membership Recruitment Strategy. I just responded to a question on how an organization should put together a membership recruitment strategy. So here are five basic elements that I think are important to consider in putting together a membership recruitment program.
Develop a tentative budget and revenue sources Setting dues level is difficult. The remaining revenue comes from meetings and conventions, publications, contributions, suppliers, etc. Focus efforts on both member recruitment and retention. ► 2011. (37). c) AMR Management Services 2011. ► May. (1).
Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Membership organizations reported a triple play in membership numbers in the soon to be released 2011 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. Growth in new member recruitment appears to be a big driver in membership growth. at Tuesday, July 05, 2011. Labels: 2011 Benchmarking Survey.
So Why Test in Membership Recruitment? After my last post, you might say to me, “So what’s wrong with not doing market testing in my membership recruitment program?” The total revenue for the control group came to $24,150 while the total revenue for the test group came to $39,999. ► 2011. (29).
This trend strips traditional media and associations of subscription / membership revenue, depresses ad revenues and results in little left over for investment in good journalism, or educational programs and new ventures in the case of associations. HBR’s print advertising revenues dropped 24 percent in 2009. Older Post.
Most associations rely on membership for revenue, typically 30-50 percent of net profit. Tweets sent on March 11, 2011. Number of new accounts created on March 12, 2011. ► 2011. (37). c) AMR Management Services 2011. Tags: Association Management , Marketing , membership , Recruiting. 177 million.
Friday, December 30, 2011. • Free download of the 2011 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. at Friday, December 30, 2011. December 30, 2011 5:55 PM. December 31, 2011 11:11 AM. Unleash the Power of Market Testing in your Membership Recruitment. ▼ 2011. (29). Tony Rossell. Newer Post.
Friday, October 7, 2011. Recruitment, Retention, and Engagement Trends. at Friday, October 07, 2011. October 7, 2011 1:41 PM. November 21, 2011 12:15 PM. Unleash the Power of Market Testing in your Membership Recruitment. ▼ 2011. (29). 2011 Benchmarking Survey. (9). Speaking Engagements.
Maximizing your Website as a Tool for Membership Recruitment. When an opt-in is captured, we have found that these leads are some of the highest responding lists for membership recruitment campaigns. January 3, 2011 11:58 AM. Unleash the Power of Market Testing in your Membership Recruitment. Speaking Engagements.
Lack of a commercial business license and bank account to collect revenues in local currency. The results they achieved in their Middle East region showed significant improvement within 12 months of implementing their new strategy in 2011: Growth in certification candidates of over 90%. Challenges to Growth.
Monday, December 12, 2011. at Monday, December 12, 2011. Unleash the Power of Market Testing in your Membership Recruitment. ▼ 2011. (29). Non Dues Revenue and Affinity Programs for Members. 2011 Benchmarking Survey. (9). Membership Recruitment. (4). Non-Dues Revenue. (1). Publications.
Friday, April 22, 2011. In our 2011 Membership Marketing Benchmarking research, we again asked where email was used in the marketing process. The Top 10 Digital Media Trends of 2010, By Linda Abraham - February 9, 2011. at Friday, April 22, 2011. Labels: 2011 Benchmarking Survey , Marketing Media , Online Marketing.
Monday, March 7, 2011. I get a lot of questions about this, so I thought it might be of help to provide some sample language you can use to present this option on recruitment and renewal efforts. at Monday, March 07, 2011. Unleash the Power of Market Testing in your Membership Recruitment. ▼ 2011. (29).
Thursday, March 31, 2011. We have started to work our way through the crosstabs for the 2011 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report and some great data is showing up from the responses provided by the 650 participating associations. at Thursday, March 31, 2011. Labels: 2011 Benchmarking Survey , Dues Increase.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011. Per Member Revenue - This tells you the participation by members in your overall association activities. This number is simple.all revenue paid by members the previous 12 months including dues, meetings, programs, training, etc, divided by the number of total members each quarter. ▼ 2011. (9).
Many organizations are seeing growth in membership and using great tools to recruit, engage, and retain members. Unleash the Power of Market Testing in your Membership Recruitment. So Why Test in Membership Recruitment? Seven Levers to Increase Membership Recruitment. ► 2011. (29). 2011 Benchmarking Survey.
Saturday, June 18, 2011. The Economist , The Test of Time, June 11-17, 2011, p 20. at Saturday, June 18, 2011. June 23, 2011 12:33 PM. August 4, 2011 3:14 PM. Unleash the Power of Market Testing in your Membership Recruitment. ▼ 2011. (29). 2011 Benchmarking Survey. (9). Publications.
To recruit/retain more members. To recruit participation in our conferences, events and other programs. To increase revenue per member. To increase the associations total revenue so we can do more for our members, industry/profession. ► 2011. (42). To get maximum engagement from our industry/profession.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011. The bottom line is that if starting or improving your social media strategy is part of the plan for 2011, then it is well worth buying, reading, and using the ideas in Open Community. at Tuesday, January 04, 2011. January 5, 2011 5:16 PM. January 28, 2011 4:56 PM. ▼ 2011. (29).
Thursday, October 20, 2011. at Thursday, October 20, 2011. Labels: 2011 Benchmarking Survey , Dues Increase , membership dues , Price , Renewal. Unleash the Power of Market Testing in your Membership Recruitment. ▼ 2011. (29). 2011 Benchmarking Survey. (9). Membership Recruitment. (4).
Thursday, April 7, 2011. To find out, we included the following question in our 2011 Membership Marketing Benchmarking research. at Thursday, April 07, 2011. Labels: 2011 Benchmarking Survey , Membership Engagement. April 7, 2011 5:00 PM. April 8, 2011 8:40 AM. April 8, 2011 11:30 AM. Publications.
Friday, October 21, 2011. As of the end of August 2011, Costco reported 25.0 ” Forbes added that “in Q4 2011, the new member sign-ups witnessed an increase of 22% as compared to a year ago.” at Friday, October 21, 2011. October 27, 2011 1:17 PM. October 27, 2011 4:47 PM. Publications.
Monday, November 14, 2011. at Monday, November 14, 2011. Unleash the Power of Market Testing in your Membership Recruitment. ▼ 2011. (29). Five Steps to Building a Membership Recruitment St. 2011 Benchmarking Survey. (9). Membership Recruitment. (4). Non-Dues Revenue. (1). Publications.
Monday, February 21, 2011. Greg Ferenstein, In a cutthroat world, some Web giants thrive by cooperating, The Washington Post, February 19, 2011. at Monday, February 21, 2011. February 22, 2011 6:48 AM. February 22, 2011 5:51 PM. March 2, 2011 6:17 PM. Speaking Engagements. Speaking Engagements. Publications.
Email Usage Up, but Effectiveness Rated Lower for Membership Recruitment. Interestingly, when asked to rate the effectiveness of using email to recruit new members, those who said that email was the “most” effective channel, dropped from 24 percent in 2009 to 10 percent in 2010. Speaking Engagements. Speaking Engagements.
Thursday, September 29, 2011. Today, membership associations are introducing a variety of operational models and revenue streams. at Thursday, September 29, 2011. October 31, 2011 12:46 PM. November 1, 2011 9:51 AM. Unleash the Power of Market Testing in your Membership Recruitment. Speaking Engagements.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011. at Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Unleash the Power of Market Testing in your Membership Recruitment. ▼ 2011. (29). 2011 Benchmarking Survey. (9). Membership Recruitment. (4). Non-Dues Revenue. (1). Speaking Engagements. Speaking Engagements. Publications. Yes Marketing Works.
• Associations have increased their official use of Twitter : 66% in 2010, 71% in 2011, and now 78% in 2012. • Associations have increased their official use of YouTube : 35% in 2010, 45% in 2011, and now 53% in 2012. Unleash the Power of Market Testing in your Membership Recruitment. ► 2011. (29).
So here are three resolutions that you may want to make for a more successful membership year in 2011. These membership marketing resolutions are summed up well by a comment from one of my survey respondent who wrote: “When you actually do a recruitment campaign, they join. ► 2011. (29). 2011 Benchmarking Survey. (9).
Out of a list of 10 options, association executives are most likely to rank growth in member counts (22%), revenue growth (21%), and net revenue growth (21%) as the primary definition of success for their organization. Unleash the Power of Market Testing in your Membership Recruitment. ► 2011. (29). Network with Me.
Monday, October 10, 2011. Recruitment and retention efforts require more "touches" than ever, and certainly more than, say, ten years ago. Integrated marketing is key - no one channel is guaranteed for recruitment or renewal. at Monday, October 10, 2011. Labels: 2011 Benchmarking Survey , Growing Membership , Quotes.
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