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Free Membership Can Be Risky

Smooth The Path

Perhaps the safer strategy is to consider free sampling rather than free membership. Similar to cheese on a tray at the deli, here are some ways associations can sample their benefits for prospective members to try and then hopefully buy. Sample Content. How Not to Sample. Treat the Decision-Maker.

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Why You Might Want to Add an Online Summit to Your Association Innovation List

Smooth The Path

An online summit just might be the way to get a conference-like value to your members. Sample an online summit by signing up for one happening in our industry. And Association Success is gearing up for SURGE Spring 2018. They are figuring out how to help attendees get answers for their niche problems.

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Navigating Each Association’s Two-Way Trust Street

Smooth The Path

There are so many things that build members’ trust in an association. It starts when another member recommends the association and continues as each prospective member samples the association’s benefits by attending a chapter meeting or browsing the website or reading an article.

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Delivering Member Value through Association Sponsored Research

Membership Marketing

Whether you serve members in a trade association or individual membership association, value is something that members want to receive from you. Here are some examples of association sponsored research that members value either because it provides guidance to them or visibility to their profession.

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Why Just One Kind of Member Research Isn’t Enough

Associations Now

Given a diverse sample of members—which, importantly, could only be assembled after Verbanic’s efforts to generate clear member reports—Kaiser conducted 45-minute interviews with 15 separate CFMA members. “That one-to-three-year member, that member’s probably fairly new to construction.