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June 7, 2016
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2016 Membership
Marketing &
Benchmarking Report
Tactics and Benchmarks to Success in
Membership Marketing
Marketing General Webinar Series
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Your Hosts Today
Erik Schonher, MBA, CeM
Vice President, MGI
Adina Wasserman, PhD
Director of Research, MGI
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TASKS
GOALS
RESOURCES
EVALUATION
What do I want to achieve?
How do I want to do this?
What do I need to do this?
How do I measure success?
PLANNING
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The BIG QUESTIONS
What has/hasn’t worked in the past?
What is/isn’t working now?
Which new methods will I try?
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Our Purpose Today…
To present & review
findings from the
2016 Membership
Marketing
Benchmarking Report
and provide context to
assist YOU in applying
these results to your
association and unique
situation.
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Research Strategy & Process
The purpose and goals of our annual Membership Marketing
Benchmarking Report.
– Gain an understanding…
– Determine the challenges…
– Identify what practices are related to better outcomes (What? Not Why…)
This was accomplished through…
– Survey
‒Open from January 11, 2017, to February 19, 2017 (7 weeks)
‒More than 15,500 email invitations were distributed
‒828 unique associations participated
‒Collected both quantitative and qualitative responses
– Detailed screening of the respondents
– Data analysis employing frequency analysis and cross-tabulation
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Top Line
Membership Growth
Member Acquisition
Member Renewal
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MEMBERSHIP CHANGE IN PAST YEAR
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INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OVER THE PAST YEAR
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INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS
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AVERAGE AGE OF MEMBERS
Total
(n = 807)
Individual
(n =387)
Trade
(n = 197)
Combination
(n = 211)
18-24 <1% <1% - -
25-34 1% 1% - 1%
35-44 17% 16% 13% 21%
45-54 57% 57% 59% 54%
55-64 23% 21% 28% 22%
65-74 2% 4% 1% 1%
75 and older <1% 1% - -
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OVERALL
FIRST YEAR
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OVERALL MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL RATE
Individual Trade
Up to 1K
(n=99)
1K to 5K
(n=145)
5K to 20K
(n=150)
20K+
(n=108)
Up to 100
(n=81)
101 to 499
(n=127)
500+
(n=196)
Mean 82% 80% 79% 78% 80% 86% 82%
Median 87% 82% 82% 81% 85% 90% 86%
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ASSOCIATIONS’ TOP GOALS
ASSOCIATIONS’ TOP GOALS
Total
(n = 734)
Individual
(n = 344)
Trade
(n = 192)
Combination
(n = 185)
Increasing member engagement 47% 44% 53% 48%
Increasing membership retention 47% 52% 39% 47%
Increasing membership acquisition 47% 45% 46% 51%
Increase understanding of member needs 16% 16% 15% 17%
Increasing non-dues revenue from members (attendance at
conferences, purchase of services/ education, etc.)
16% 14% 20% 14%
Increasing dues revenue 15% 15% 16% 15%
Increasing member diversity 7% 9% 5% 6%
Other 1% 2% 1% 1%
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TOP THREE BIGGEST INTERNAL CHALLENGES TO GROWING MEMBERSHIP
Total
(n = 728)
Individual
(n = 342)
Trade
(n = 190)
Combination
(n = 183)
Difficulty in communicating value or benefits 31% 30% 30% 32%
Insufficient staff 29% 26% 34% 28%
Membership too diverse; difficulty meeting needs of different
segments
24% 24% 24% 23%
Difficulty in proving ROI 23% 17% 35% 21%
Difficulty identifying/contacting prospects 21% 21% 24% 20%
Difficulty attracting and/or maintaining younger members 19% 23% 8% 22%
Insufficient budget 18% 19% 18% 15%
Lack of a strategy or plan 17% 18% 13% 20%
Inadequate association management database 17% 15% 17% 20%
Weak product or service offerings 12% 14% 10% 13%
Difficulty in converting student memberships to regular
memberships
11% 17% - 14%
Lack of integration between national and chapters 9% 14% 3% 7%
Lack of marketing expertise 9% 7% 11% 9%
Inadequate research to understand market 8% 8% 5% 10%
Misalignment of goals between board and executive staff 4% 4% 2% 5%
Other 8% 9% 11% 6%
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TOP TWO BIGGEST EXTERNAL CHALLENGES TO GROWING MEMBERSHIP
Total
(n = 723)
Individual
(n = 339)
Trade
(n = 189)
Combination
(n = 182)
Competitive association(s) or sources of information 34% 40% 30% 29%
Economy/cost of membership 31% 28% 37% 29%
Perception of the association and/or its culture (i.e.,
old boy’s network, not specialized enough, etc.)
26% 27% 26% 26%
Lack of brand awareness 24% 24% 19% 32%
Declining member/employer budgets 22% 23% 13% 27%
Industry consolidation/industry shrinkage 18% 10% 34% 15%
Changing demographics of industry/fewer young
people in industry
14% 16% 6% 17%
Market saturation 8% 9% 9% 4%
Other 7% 7% 7% 6%
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What’s Working?
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Top 3 Reasons Members Join Organization
Total
(n = 811)
Individual
(n =384)
Trade
(n = 204)
Combination
(n = 209)
Networking with others in the field 55% 53% 59% 56%
Learning best practices in their
profession
25% 24% 28% 25%
Continuing education 25% 33% 15% 23%
Access to specialized and/or
current information
24% 21% 32% 20%
Advocacy 21% 15% 34% 16%
To support the mission of the
association
19% 20% 16% 19%
Conferences/trade shows 18% 14% 23% 23%
Discounts on product or meeting
purchases
16% 18% 12% 17%
Prestige of belonging to the
association
15% 17% 10% 14%
Association publications 13% 18% 5% 12%
Advancing their position 10% 12% 6% 11%
Access to industry thought leaders 10% 6% 14% 14%
Accreditation or certification 9% 10% 4% 12%
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Channels that Get Most New Domestic Members
Total
(n = 823)
Individual
(n =393)
Trade
(n = 204)
Combination
(n = 212)
Word-of-mouth recommendations 69% 65% 75% 72%
Email 56% 58% 50% 56%
Promotion to/at your own
conferences/trade shows
32% 30% 36% 34%
Direct mail 30% 35% 27% 25%
Cross-sell to non-members who
buy your products or attend your
conferences
29% 28% 32% 32%
Association-sponsored events 28% 28% 30% 26%
Local events/meetings 27% 28% 22% 29%
Digital Marketing 22% 26% 16% 23%
Chapters 22% 28% 7% 25%
Personal sales calls 21% 7% 48% 22%
Exhibiting at other conferences 18% 16% 21% 20%
Advertising in your own
publications
12% 15% 6% 12%
Free membership offered with a
non-member meeting registration
11% 12% 4% 17%
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CHANNELS THAT GET MOST NEW DOMESTIC MEMBERS
Individual Trade
Up to 1K
(n=114)
1K to 5K
(n=165)
5K to 20K
(n=169)
20K+
(n=124)
Up to 100
(n=90)
101 to 499
(n=142)
500+
(n=214)
Word-of-mouth recommendations 72% 67% 66% 64% 74% 75% 69%
Email 54% 61% 58% 55% 59% 53% 54%
Promotion to/at your own
conferences/trade shows
36% 45% 25% 23% 31% 34% 34%
Direct mail 17% 26% 39% 48% 21% 22% 33%
Cross-sell to non-members who buy
your products or attend your
conferences
31% 36% 29% 24% 28% 31% 34%
Association-sponsored events 38% 27% 28% 15% 27% 33% 24%
Local events/meetings 37% 27% 27% 19% 31% 29% 23%
Digital Marketing 25% 26% 21% 28% 24% 16% 21%
Chapters 9% 26% 34% 32% 26% 13% 17%
Personal sales calls 23% 13% 8% 2% 19% 42% 29%
Exhibiting at other conferences 25% 15% 19% 13% 12% 18% 23%
Advertising in your own publications 8% 18% 14% 14% 14% 5% 11%
Free membership offered with a non 4% 20% 20% 11% 11% 11% 11%
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Channels that Get Most New International Members
Total
(n = 648)
Individual
(n =314)
Trade
(n = 151)
Combination
(n = 170)
Word-of-mouth recommendations 44% 42% 47% 45%
Email 31% 33% 31% 29%
Promotion to/at your own
conferences/trade shows
21% 19% 23% 22%
Exhibiting at other conferences 17% 17% 19% 14%
Cross-sell to non-members who
buy your products or attend your
conferences
15% 14% 16% 18%
Association-sponsored events 15% 16% 15% 14%
Chapters 11% 12% 3% 17%
Digital Marketing 10% 12% 9% 10%
Local events/meetings 9% 10% 7% 11%
Free membership offered with a
non-member meeting registration
7% 8% 3% 12%
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COMMUNICATION METHODS TO ONBOARD NEW MEMBERS
Total
(n = 800)
Individual
(n = 375)
Trade
(n = 204)
Combination
(n = 207)
Email welcome 80% 79% 80% 80%
Mailed welcome kit 50% 48% 56% 48%
Membership card or certificate 46% 53% 32% 47%
Invite to use members-only website sections 37% 33% 48% 35%
New-member introductory email series 32% 35% 25% 33%
Invite to follow/like association’s social media (public or private) page(s) 29% 29% 27% 33%
Invitation to join the online community 26% 27% 24% 28%
Volunteer or staff welcome phone call 25% 16% 43% 25%
Invitation to volunteer 22% 27% 13% 22%
In-person new-member reception or orientation 21% 15% 33% 19%
Invite to chapter meeting 16% 17% 15% 16%
New-member survey 15% 21% 7% 12%
New-member newsletter (mail or electronic) 13% 13% 12% 14%
New-member gift (e.g., gift card, calendar, or notepad) 12% 12% 14% 10%
New-member webinars 12% 10% 19% 9%
Special new-member discounts on purchases 10% 9% 12% 9%
Telemarketing welcome phone call 8% 6% 11% 6%
Custom new-member renewal series 7% 9% 5% 4%
Invite to download mobile apps 4% 6% 3% 3%
Early or “at-birth” renewal 3% 4% 2% 3%
No special communication 1% 2% 1% 2%
Text messaging specific to new members 1% 2% 1% 1%
Other 7% 6% 12% 5%
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WORDS OF WISDOM
Acquisition/Recruitment
We recently created a chapter recruitment kit to better educate our
chapters on their importance in the recruitment of new members. It was
extremely fruitful on educating our current members. It is too soon to see how
it affects membership acceptance rates but hope to have that data soon. We
will be creating another kit for retention that we hope will continue to keep the
communication and education channels open between International and local
levels. (IMO)
We used testimonialsfrom our
members in a campaign to highlight why
they choose to be members in order to
support our mission. We put the
testimonials on a landing page and
rotated them on our homepage and
included them in email campaigns. It
was our most effective campaign ever to
acquire new members. (Combination)
The Kudos Recognition Program was instituted two
years ago to acknowledge members (especially Board
Members) who referred new members to the
Association. The program was recommended by our
board members with the “payoff” for referrals simply
being recognition—no monetary reward or free item.
The results have been lackluster to say the least. (Trade)
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ENGAGEMENT AND MEMBER PARTICIPATION
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ENGAGEMENT – ONLINE COMMUNITIES
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DO YOU HAVE A SEPARATE STRATEGIC INITIATIVE OR
TACTICAL PLAN TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT?
58%
35%
7%
54%
39%
7%
67%
27%
5%
54%
39%
7%
Yes No Not sure
Total (n = 809)
Individual (n = 382)
Trade (n = 205)
Combination (n = 208)
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HOW HAS MEMBER ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION CHANGED?
76%
63%
63%
60%
59%
55%
54%
51%
51%
49%
47%
39%
37%
35%
28%
27%
22%
33%
35%
33%
34%
37%
44%
44%
36%
38%
50%
54%
56%
59%
52%
64%
1%
4%
2%
7%
8%
8%
3%
6%
12%
13%
4%
8%
6%
6%
20%
9%
Participation in your public social network
Participation in your young professional program
Participation in your private social network
Attendance of webinars
Number of members who acquire or maintain a certification with your
organization
Attendance at your professional development meetings
Number of visits to members-only section of website
Participation in your mentoring program
Attendance at your annual conference/trade show
Donations to your association foundation or PAC
Number of membership upgrades
Non-dues product purchases (other than previously checked)
Non-dues service purchases (other than previously checked)
Volunteerism with your organization
Book or directory purchases
Purchase or maintain insurance through your organization
Total
Increased Stayed the same Decreased
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MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT
76%
61%
61%
61%
61%
54%
53%
49%
48%
47%
47%
42%
34%
33%
32%
27%
22%
37%
35%
29%
29%
43%
38%
44%
39%
48%
40%
47%
59%
59%
49%
65%
1%
2%
5%
10%
10%
4%
10%
6%
13%
5%
13%
11%
8%
8%
20%
9%
Participation in your public social network
Participation in your private social network
Participation in your young professional program
Number of members who acquire or maintain a certification with
your organization
Attendance of webinars
Number of visits to members-only section of website
Attendance at your professional development meetings
Participation in your mentoring program
Attendance at your annual conference/trade show
Number of membership upgrades
Donations to your association foundation or PAC
Non-dues product purchases (other than previously checked)
Volunteerism with your organization
Non-dues service purchases (other than previously checked)
Book or directory purchases
Purchase or maintain insurance through your organization
Individual
Increased Stayed the same Decreased
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MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT
78%
71%
65%
64%
61%
58%
57%
56%
56%
51%
49%
44%
44%
34%
30%
23%
21%
25%
34%
31%
37%
41%
29%
39%
32%
44%
51%
50%
49%
63%
59%
64%
1%
4%
1%
5%
1%
1%
15%
5%
13%
6%
7%
7%
3%
11%
14%
Participation in your public social network
Participation in your young professional program
Participation in your private social network
Attendance at your professional development meetings
Number of visits to members-only section of website
Number of members who acquire or maintain a certification with
your organization
Donations to your association foundation or PAC
Attendance of webinars
Attendance at your annual conference/trade show
Number of membership upgrades
Participation in your mentoring program
Non-dues service purchases (other than previously checked)
Non-dues product purchases (other than previously checked)
Volunteerism with your organization
Book or directory purchases
Purchase or maintain insurance through your organization
Trade
Increased Stayed the same Decreased
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MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT
76%
65%
64%
60%
56%
55%
54%
53%
49%
47%
43%
39%
39%
35%
25%
19%
22%
29%
31%
37%
36%
37%
37%
40%
49%
44%
56%
57%
55%
61%
72%
53%
1%
6%
5%
3%
9%
8%
9%
8%
2%
9%
1%
3%
6%
4%
3%
28%
Participation in your public social network
Attendance of webinars
Participation in your private social network
Participation in your young professional program
Number of members who acquire or maintain a certification
with your organization
Participation in your mentoring program
Attendance at your annual conference/trade show
Attendance at your professional development meetings
Number of visits to members-only section of website
Donations to your association foundation or PAC
Number of membership upgrades
Non-dues service purchases (other than previously
checked)
Volunteerism with your organization
Purchase or maintain insurance through your organization
Non-dues product purchases (other than previously
checked)
Book or directory purchases
Combination
Increased Stayed the same Decreased
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WORDS OF WISDOM
Measuring Engagement
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Creating opportunities for
members to meet each other
and network has been key.
We create several low-key
events throughout the
year to which we invite local
member and non-members
(we have no chapters). The
non-members see first-
hand who is involved, who
they might meet or
potentially do business with.
In turn, the members can
relate their knowledge of the
association and how they’ve
seen value. Bringing people
together—it’s not rocket
science, but it works.
(Trade)
We have developed an engagement score that is computed
monthly. It is simple, concentrating on the key areas where we
want members to be engaged. We use the scores to thank our
most engaged and to contact our least engaged to hopefully get
them more engaged. (Trade)
Use an engagement scoring system with several “buckets” that include number
of products purchased or used (we have a lot of free CME), content downloads,
email opens/click-thrus, participation in advocacy grass roots campaigns,
foundation giving, volunteering, website logins, online community posts, etc. (IMO)
We have multiple strategies each designedfor a different
target sector of our membership. For examplefor the top
officerof a company,thestrategydiffersfromthat forsomeone
who is entry level or mid-career.We keepdetailed metrics, for
examplethe percentageof all generalcounselat Fortune500
and Fortune 1000companieswho participatedat a program,
wrotefor our publicationor engagedpersonallyin someother
way with our association.(Combination)
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TOP REASONS FOR NOT RENEWING MEMBERSHIP
Total
(n = 748)
Individual
(n = 352)
Trade
(n = 194)
Combination
(n = 189)
Lack of engagement with the organization 33% 28% 40% 35%
Left the field, industry, or profession 30% 37% 17% 31%
Could not justify membership costs with any significant ROI 29% 26% 43% 21%
Budget cuts/economic hardship of company 28% 17% 50% 26%
Employer won’t pay or stopped paying dues 26% 34% 4% 33%
Lack of value 21% 19% 20% 25%
Forgot to renew 19% 24% 11% 17%
Too expensive 18% 22% 16% 14%
Retirement 17% 21% 6% 21%
Company closed or merged 14% 1% 39% 12%
Student memberships do not convert to full memberships 8% 11% - 9%
Disappointment with the benefits/services 7% 6% 6% 9%
Lack of relevance 7% 8% 5% 6%
Can get materials from other members/other sources 6% 8% 6% 4%
Moved 5% 6% 3% 7%
Lost job 4% 5% - 6%
Disagree with advocacy position of the association 2% 2% 4% 1%
Switch to competitor 2% 3% 1% 2%
Poor customer service <1% <1% - 1%
Not sure 1% 1% 1% 1%
Other 6% 8% 5% 4%
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RENEWAL SERIES
START RENEWAL EFFORT
Total
(n = 742)
Individual
(n = 347)
Trade
(n = 192)
Combination
(n = 190)
Immediately after welcoming 5% 6% 6% 3%
Prior to 6 months before expiration 4% 6% 3% 2%
At 6 months prior to expiration 4% 5% 6% 2%
5 months prior to expiration 2% 3% 1% 2%
4 months prior to expiration 10% 12% 7% 9%
3 months prior to expiration 40% 41% 33% 44%
2 months prior to expiration 21% 18% 22% 24%
1 month prior to expiration 8% 7% 12% 6%
The month of expiration 4% 2% 6% 6%
Not sure 3% 2% 5% 3%
END RENEWAL EFFORTS
Total
(n = 743)
Individual
(n = 348)
Trade
(n = 193)
Combination
(n = 190)
At the month of expiration 4% 3% 3% 5%
1 month after expiration 8% 10% 6% 7%
2 months after expiration 12% 13% 8% 13%
3 months after expiration 21% 18% 23% 25%
4 months after expiration 6% 5% 9% 6%
5 months after expiration 3% 2% 4% 3%
6 months after expiration 11% 10% 14% 8%
More than 6 months after expiration 11% 13% 8% 11%
We don’t stop contact 23% 24% 22% 21%
Not sure 2% 1% 3% 2%
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LENGTH OF GRACE PERIOD BY RENEWAL RATE (IMO)
Total
(n = 310)
LT 80%
(n = 118)
80%+
(n = 192)
One month 25% 38% 17%
2 to 3 months 47% 39% 52%
6 months 7% 1% 11%
One year 2% 1% 3%
More than a year (please specify) 1% 0% 2%
We don’t offer a grace period 17% 21% 15%
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TOP RENEWAL OPTIONS
Total
(n = 481)
Individual
(n = 240)
Trade
(n = 113)
Combination
(n = 120)
Installment renewal payments (monthly, quarterly) 41% 38% 64% 27%
Multi-year renewals 30% 39% 12% 30%
Automatic annual credit card renewal 29% 34% 20% 24%
Lifetime membership 24% 30% 8% 27%
Renewal bill-me 19% 12% 25% 27%
Early-renewal discounts 16% 16% 15% 15%
Automatic annual Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
renewals
14% 12% 19% 13%
Gift or premiums for renewal 11% 14% 7% 10%
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REINSTATEMENT
CONTACT AFTER MEMBERSHIP LAPSE OR EXPIRATION
Total
(n = 744)
Individual
(n = 350)
Trade
(n = 194)
Combination
(n = 187)
We don’t contact lapsed members 12% 14% 9% 13%
1 year after expiration 18% 19% 13% 20%
2 years after expiration 11% 14% 10% 8%
3 years after expiration 7% 8% 5% 9%
4 to 5 years after expiration 5% 6% 4% 4%
6 or more years after expiration 2% 2% 1% 2%
We continue indefinitely to contact lapsed
members
34% 28% 47% 32%
Not sure 5% 4% 5% 6%
Other 6% 6% 5% 8%
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Our monthly
member
orientations have
been successful in
getting folks starting
to participate in the
online community
and other resources.
We’ve found that
encouraging
members to
participate with other
staff members is also
helpful so more staff
is familiar with
benefits and value
membership can
Self-designed “30/60/90/120 Plan”—multi-tiered
communication efforts directed towards benefit
awareness, inviting engagement, extracting personal
growth value, education opportunities and
industry issue awareness and participation. Combinations
of emails, white papers, social media
contacts and personal telephone outreach from board
members and senior staff. (Trade)
We believe if a new member engages with
another member and feel like they are part of a
group, they are more likely to remain a member
for a long time. The most successful strategy is to
convert general members to credentialed
members. We have found that credential
members stay as members for an average of 37
years compared to approximately 7 years for
general members. (IMO)
WORDS OF WISDOM
Engagement/Retention
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ADDITIONAL KEY POINTS
Social Media
E-mail
Dues
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SOCIAL MEDIA USED BY ASSOCIATIONS
Total
(n = 752)
Individual
(n = 354)
Trade
(n = 196)
Combination
(n = 189)
Facebook 91% 93% 85% 93%
Twitter 85% 87% 83% 84%
LinkedIn (Public) 63% 60% 70% 65%
YouTube 56% 57% 54% 58%
LinkedIn (Association Members Only) 36% 33% 40% 37%
Association Blog 23% 24% 18% 27%
Instagram 22% 26% 18% 20%
Private Association Social Network 14% 18% 7% 14%
Pinterest 14% 17% 8% 14%
Association Listserv 13% 15% 10% 10%
Flickr 11% 11% 13% 10%
Google + 11% 14% 6% 11%
Wikis 2% 2% 1% 3%
Ning/Groupsite 1% <1% 1% 1%
None—we don’t use social media 2% 1% 2% 1%
Other 2% 3% 1% 3%
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PRIMARY USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IS TO…
83%
40%
21%
21%
16%
9%
4%
2%
84%
45%
20%
19%
16%
8%
4%
1%
80%
31%
26%
22%
14%
10%
3%
4%
83%
39%
20%
23%
18%
10%
4%
1%
Communication and engagement with site users
Recruitment of new members for your organization
Influencing key opinion formers through their social media
accounts
Information gathering
To take part in the online debate of specific issues
We have no specific objective
Crisis communication
Not sure
Total (n = 726)
Individual (n = 341)
Trade (n = 190)
Combination (n = 183)
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AVERAGE OPEN RATE FOR EMAILS
AVERAGE OPEN RATE FOR EMAILS
Total Individual Trade Combination
Membership renewal campaigns 40% 39% 48% 34%
Meetings/conferences marketing 33% 34% 33% 31%
Association news/newsletters 32% 35% 30% 31%
Membership acquisition campaigns 21% 23% 20% 19%
If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com
43
EMAILS PER WEEK
Total
(n = 646)
Individual
(n = 302)
Trade
(n = 172)
Combination
(n = 164)
Mean 4 4 4 4
Median 3 3 3 3
EMAILS PER WEEK
IMO Trade
Up to 1K
(n=88)
1K to 5K
(n=137)
5K to 20K
(n=134)
20K+
(n=87)
Up to 100
(n=74)
101 to 499
(n=114)
500+
(n=168)
Mean 3 3 5 6 3 4 4
Median 3 3 3 4 3 3 3
If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com
44
BASIC ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES
Total
(n = 460)
Individual
(n = 278)
Trade
(n = 57)
Combination
(n = 121)
Under $50 8% 9% - 10%
$50 to $99 13% 13% 4% 17%
$100 to $149 13% 14% 5% 13%
$150 to $199 12% 13% 5% 12%
$200 to $299 17% 16% 11% 22%
$300 to $399 12% 13% 7% 11%
$400 to $499 9% 10% 12% 5%
$500 to $749 8% 7% 18% 4%
$750 to $999 2% 2% 2% 3%
$1000 and over 8% 4% 37% 4%
Mean $729 $306 $2,352 $622
Median $234 $218 $500 $195
If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com
45
LAST MEMBERSHIP DUES INCREASE
Total
(n = 709)
Individual
(n = 330)
Trade
(n = 189)
Combination
(n = 177)
2016 or plan to this year 29% 27% 36% 24%
2015 22% 21% 20% 24%
2014 10% 12% 8% 11%
2013 7% 8% 4% 8%
2012 7% 6% 6% 7%
2011 3% 3% 2% 5%
2010 6% 7% 3% 7%
Other year 17% 16% 22% 14%
If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com
46
AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP DUES
Total
(n = 552)
Individual
(n = 264)
Trade
(n = 139)
Combination
(n = 141)
Mean 10% 10% 10% 11%
Median 5% 5% 5% 8%
Less than 10% 65% 66% 71% 56%
10 to less than 20% 21% 20% 16% 27%
20 to less than 30% 9% 10% 7% 11%
30 to less than 40% 2% 2% 2% 1%
40 to less than 50% 1% 1% 1% 1%
50 to less than 60% 1% - 1% 3%
60 to less than 70% - - - -
70 to less than 80% <1% - 1% -
80 to less than 90% 1% 1% 1% -
90 to less than 100% - - - -
100% 1% <1% 1% 1%
If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com
Data Deep Dive
You've got to spend money to
recruit new members and to retain
current members. You cannot
expect to come out ahead the
first or second year.
In fact, it may take two to three
years or more before you reap the
benefits of your efforts.
47
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Questions & Answers
Erik Schonher, MBA, CeM
Vice President, MGI
703.706.0358
Erik@MarketingGeneral.com
Adina Wasserman, PhD
Director of Research, MGI
703.706.0373
Awasserman@MarketingGeneral.com
48
If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com
Thank You
Erik Schonher, MBA, CeM
Vice President
703.706.0358
Erik@MarketingGeneral.com
Adina Wasserman, PhD
Director of Research
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2016 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report

  • 1. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com June 7, 2016 0 2016 Membership Marketing & Benchmarking Report Tactics and Benchmarks to Success in Membership Marketing Marketing General Webinar Series
  • 2. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com Your Hosts Today Erik Schonher, MBA, CeM Vice President, MGI Adina Wasserman, PhD Director of Research, MGI Contact Erik Schonher, Vice President, (703) 706-0358 or email Erik@marketinggeneral.com if you have any questions on the study or would like to learn more about MGI’s capabilities. 1
  • 3. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 2 TASKS GOALS RESOURCES EVALUATION What do I want to achieve? How do I want to do this? What do I need to do this? How do I measure success? PLANNING
  • 4. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com The BIG QUESTIONS What has/hasn’t worked in the past? What is/isn’t working now? Which new methods will I try? 3
  • 5. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com Our Purpose Today… To present & review findings from the 2016 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report and provide context to assist YOU in applying these results to your association and unique situation. 4
  • 6. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com Research Strategy & Process The purpose and goals of our annual Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. – Gain an understanding… – Determine the challenges… – Identify what practices are related to better outcomes (What? Not Why…) This was accomplished through… – Survey ‒Open from January 11, 2017, to February 19, 2017 (7 weeks) ‒More than 15,500 email invitations were distributed ‒828 unique associations participated ‒Collected both quantitative and qualitative responses – Detailed screening of the respondents – Data analysis employing frequency analysis and cross-tabulation 5
  • 7. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com Top Line Membership Growth Member Acquisition Member Renewal
  • 8. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 7 MEMBERSHIP CHANGE IN PAST YEAR
  • 9. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 8 INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OVER THE PAST YEAR
  • 10. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 9 INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS
  • 11. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 10
  • 12. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 11 If you have a question Tweet mktgeneral or email info@marketinggeneral.com
  • 13. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 12 AVERAGE AGE OF MEMBERS Total (n = 807) Individual (n =387) Trade (n = 197) Combination (n = 211) 18-24 <1% <1% - - 25-34 1% 1% - 1% 35-44 17% 16% 13% 21% 45-54 57% 57% 59% 54% 55-64 23% 21% 28% 22% 65-74 2% 4% 1% 1% 75 and older <1% 1% - -
  • 14. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 13 OVERALL FIRST YEAR
  • 15. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 14 OVERALL MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL RATE Individual Trade Up to 1K (n=99) 1K to 5K (n=145) 5K to 20K (n=150) 20K+ (n=108) Up to 100 (n=81) 101 to 499 (n=127) 500+ (n=196) Mean 82% 80% 79% 78% 80% 86% 82% Median 87% 82% 82% 81% 85% 90% 86%
  • 16. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 15 ASSOCIATIONS’ TOP GOALS ASSOCIATIONS’ TOP GOALS Total (n = 734) Individual (n = 344) Trade (n = 192) Combination (n = 185) Increasing member engagement 47% 44% 53% 48% Increasing membership retention 47% 52% 39% 47% Increasing membership acquisition 47% 45% 46% 51% Increase understanding of member needs 16% 16% 15% 17% Increasing non-dues revenue from members (attendance at conferences, purchase of services/ education, etc.) 16% 14% 20% 14% Increasing dues revenue 15% 15% 16% 15% Increasing member diversity 7% 9% 5% 6% Other 1% 2% 1% 1%
  • 17. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 16 TOP THREE BIGGEST INTERNAL CHALLENGES TO GROWING MEMBERSHIP Total (n = 728) Individual (n = 342) Trade (n = 190) Combination (n = 183) Difficulty in communicating value or benefits 31% 30% 30% 32% Insufficient staff 29% 26% 34% 28% Membership too diverse; difficulty meeting needs of different segments 24% 24% 24% 23% Difficulty in proving ROI 23% 17% 35% 21% Difficulty identifying/contacting prospects 21% 21% 24% 20% Difficulty attracting and/or maintaining younger members 19% 23% 8% 22% Insufficient budget 18% 19% 18% 15% Lack of a strategy or plan 17% 18% 13% 20% Inadequate association management database 17% 15% 17% 20% Weak product or service offerings 12% 14% 10% 13% Difficulty in converting student memberships to regular memberships 11% 17% - 14% Lack of integration between national and chapters 9% 14% 3% 7% Lack of marketing expertise 9% 7% 11% 9% Inadequate research to understand market 8% 8% 5% 10% Misalignment of goals between board and executive staff 4% 4% 2% 5% Other 8% 9% 11% 6%
  • 18. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 17 TOP TWO BIGGEST EXTERNAL CHALLENGES TO GROWING MEMBERSHIP Total (n = 723) Individual (n = 339) Trade (n = 189) Combination (n = 182) Competitive association(s) or sources of information 34% 40% 30% 29% Economy/cost of membership 31% 28% 37% 29% Perception of the association and/or its culture (i.e., old boy’s network, not specialized enough, etc.) 26% 27% 26% 26% Lack of brand awareness 24% 24% 19% 32% Declining member/employer budgets 22% 23% 13% 27% Industry consolidation/industry shrinkage 18% 10% 34% 15% Changing demographics of industry/fewer young people in industry 14% 16% 6% 17% Market saturation 8% 9% 9% 4% Other 7% 7% 7% 6%
  • 19. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com What’s Working?
  • 20. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 19 Top 3 Reasons Members Join Organization Total (n = 811) Individual (n =384) Trade (n = 204) Combination (n = 209) Networking with others in the field 55% 53% 59% 56% Learning best practices in their profession 25% 24% 28% 25% Continuing education 25% 33% 15% 23% Access to specialized and/or current information 24% 21% 32% 20% Advocacy 21% 15% 34% 16% To support the mission of the association 19% 20% 16% 19% Conferences/trade shows 18% 14% 23% 23% Discounts on product or meeting purchases 16% 18% 12% 17% Prestige of belonging to the association 15% 17% 10% 14% Association publications 13% 18% 5% 12% Advancing their position 10% 12% 6% 11% Access to industry thought leaders 10% 6% 14% 14% Accreditation or certification 9% 10% 4% 12%
  • 21. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 20 Channels that Get Most New Domestic Members Total (n = 823) Individual (n =393) Trade (n = 204) Combination (n = 212) Word-of-mouth recommendations 69% 65% 75% 72% Email 56% 58% 50% 56% Promotion to/at your own conferences/trade shows 32% 30% 36% 34% Direct mail 30% 35% 27% 25% Cross-sell to non-members who buy your products or attend your conferences 29% 28% 32% 32% Association-sponsored events 28% 28% 30% 26% Local events/meetings 27% 28% 22% 29% Digital Marketing 22% 26% 16% 23% Chapters 22% 28% 7% 25% Personal sales calls 21% 7% 48% 22% Exhibiting at other conferences 18% 16% 21% 20% Advertising in your own publications 12% 15% 6% 12% Free membership offered with a non-member meeting registration 11% 12% 4% 17%
  • 22. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 21 CHANNELS THAT GET MOST NEW DOMESTIC MEMBERS Individual Trade Up to 1K (n=114) 1K to 5K (n=165) 5K to 20K (n=169) 20K+ (n=124) Up to 100 (n=90) 101 to 499 (n=142) 500+ (n=214) Word-of-mouth recommendations 72% 67% 66% 64% 74% 75% 69% Email 54% 61% 58% 55% 59% 53% 54% Promotion to/at your own conferences/trade shows 36% 45% 25% 23% 31% 34% 34% Direct mail 17% 26% 39% 48% 21% 22% 33% Cross-sell to non-members who buy your products or attend your conferences 31% 36% 29% 24% 28% 31% 34% Association-sponsored events 38% 27% 28% 15% 27% 33% 24% Local events/meetings 37% 27% 27% 19% 31% 29% 23% Digital Marketing 25% 26% 21% 28% 24% 16% 21% Chapters 9% 26% 34% 32% 26% 13% 17% Personal sales calls 23% 13% 8% 2% 19% 42% 29% Exhibiting at other conferences 25% 15% 19% 13% 12% 18% 23% Advertising in your own publications 8% 18% 14% 14% 14% 5% 11% Free membership offered with a non 4% 20% 20% 11% 11% 11% 11%
  • 23. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 22 Channels that Get Most New International Members Total (n = 648) Individual (n =314) Trade (n = 151) Combination (n = 170) Word-of-mouth recommendations 44% 42% 47% 45% Email 31% 33% 31% 29% Promotion to/at your own conferences/trade shows 21% 19% 23% 22% Exhibiting at other conferences 17% 17% 19% 14% Cross-sell to non-members who buy your products or attend your conferences 15% 14% 16% 18% Association-sponsored events 15% 16% 15% 14% Chapters 11% 12% 3% 17% Digital Marketing 10% 12% 9% 10% Local events/meetings 9% 10% 7% 11% Free membership offered with a non-member meeting registration 7% 8% 3% 12%
  • 24. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 23 COMMUNICATION METHODS TO ONBOARD NEW MEMBERS Total (n = 800) Individual (n = 375) Trade (n = 204) Combination (n = 207) Email welcome 80% 79% 80% 80% Mailed welcome kit 50% 48% 56% 48% Membership card or certificate 46% 53% 32% 47% Invite to use members-only website sections 37% 33% 48% 35% New-member introductory email series 32% 35% 25% 33% Invite to follow/like association’s social media (public or private) page(s) 29% 29% 27% 33% Invitation to join the online community 26% 27% 24% 28% Volunteer or staff welcome phone call 25% 16% 43% 25% Invitation to volunteer 22% 27% 13% 22% In-person new-member reception or orientation 21% 15% 33% 19% Invite to chapter meeting 16% 17% 15% 16% New-member survey 15% 21% 7% 12% New-member newsletter (mail or electronic) 13% 13% 12% 14% New-member gift (e.g., gift card, calendar, or notepad) 12% 12% 14% 10% New-member webinars 12% 10% 19% 9% Special new-member discounts on purchases 10% 9% 12% 9% Telemarketing welcome phone call 8% 6% 11% 6% Custom new-member renewal series 7% 9% 5% 4% Invite to download mobile apps 4% 6% 3% 3% Early or “at-birth” renewal 3% 4% 2% 3% No special communication 1% 2% 1% 2% Text messaging specific to new members 1% 2% 1% 1% Other 7% 6% 12% 5%
  • 25. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 24 WORDS OF WISDOM Acquisition/Recruitment We recently created a chapter recruitment kit to better educate our chapters on their importance in the recruitment of new members. It was extremely fruitful on educating our current members. It is too soon to see how it affects membership acceptance rates but hope to have that data soon. We will be creating another kit for retention that we hope will continue to keep the communication and education channels open between International and local levels. (IMO) We used testimonialsfrom our members in a campaign to highlight why they choose to be members in order to support our mission. We put the testimonials on a landing page and rotated them on our homepage and included them in email campaigns. It was our most effective campaign ever to acquire new members. (Combination) The Kudos Recognition Program was instituted two years ago to acknowledge members (especially Board Members) who referred new members to the Association. The program was recommended by our board members with the “payoff” for referrals simply being recognition—no monetary reward or free item. The results have been lackluster to say the least. (Trade)
  • 26. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 25 ENGAGEMENT AND MEMBER PARTICIPATION
  • 27. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 26 ENGAGEMENT – ONLINE COMMUNITIES
  • 28. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 27 DO YOU HAVE A SEPARATE STRATEGIC INITIATIVE OR TACTICAL PLAN TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT? 58% 35% 7% 54% 39% 7% 67% 27% 5% 54% 39% 7% Yes No Not sure Total (n = 809) Individual (n = 382) Trade (n = 205) Combination (n = 208)
  • 29. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 28 HOW HAS MEMBER ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION CHANGED? 76% 63% 63% 60% 59% 55% 54% 51% 51% 49% 47% 39% 37% 35% 28% 27% 22% 33% 35% 33% 34% 37% 44% 44% 36% 38% 50% 54% 56% 59% 52% 64% 1% 4% 2% 7% 8% 8% 3% 6% 12% 13% 4% 8% 6% 6% 20% 9% Participation in your public social network Participation in your young professional program Participation in your private social network Attendance of webinars Number of members who acquire or maintain a certification with your organization Attendance at your professional development meetings Number of visits to members-only section of website Participation in your mentoring program Attendance at your annual conference/trade show Donations to your association foundation or PAC Number of membership upgrades Non-dues product purchases (other than previously checked) Non-dues service purchases (other than previously checked) Volunteerism with your organization Book or directory purchases Purchase or maintain insurance through your organization Total Increased Stayed the same Decreased
  • 30. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 29 MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT 76% 61% 61% 61% 61% 54% 53% 49% 48% 47% 47% 42% 34% 33% 32% 27% 22% 37% 35% 29% 29% 43% 38% 44% 39% 48% 40% 47% 59% 59% 49% 65% 1% 2% 5% 10% 10% 4% 10% 6% 13% 5% 13% 11% 8% 8% 20% 9% Participation in your public social network Participation in your private social network Participation in your young professional program Number of members who acquire or maintain a certification with your organization Attendance of webinars Number of visits to members-only section of website Attendance at your professional development meetings Participation in your mentoring program Attendance at your annual conference/trade show Number of membership upgrades Donations to your association foundation or PAC Non-dues product purchases (other than previously checked) Volunteerism with your organization Non-dues service purchases (other than previously checked) Book or directory purchases Purchase or maintain insurance through your organization Individual Increased Stayed the same Decreased
  • 31. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 30 MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT 78% 71% 65% 64% 61% 58% 57% 56% 56% 51% 49% 44% 44% 34% 30% 23% 21% 25% 34% 31% 37% 41% 29% 39% 32% 44% 51% 50% 49% 63% 59% 64% 1% 4% 1% 5% 1% 1% 15% 5% 13% 6% 7% 7% 3% 11% 14% Participation in your public social network Participation in your young professional program Participation in your private social network Attendance at your professional development meetings Number of visits to members-only section of website Number of members who acquire or maintain a certification with your organization Donations to your association foundation or PAC Attendance of webinars Attendance at your annual conference/trade show Number of membership upgrades Participation in your mentoring program Non-dues service purchases (other than previously checked) Non-dues product purchases (other than previously checked) Volunteerism with your organization Book or directory purchases Purchase or maintain insurance through your organization Trade Increased Stayed the same Decreased
  • 32. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 31 MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT 76% 65% 64% 60% 56% 55% 54% 53% 49% 47% 43% 39% 39% 35% 25% 19% 22% 29% 31% 37% 36% 37% 37% 40% 49% 44% 56% 57% 55% 61% 72% 53% 1% 6% 5% 3% 9% 8% 9% 8% 2% 9% 1% 3% 6% 4% 3% 28% Participation in your public social network Attendance of webinars Participation in your private social network Participation in your young professional program Number of members who acquire or maintain a certification with your organization Participation in your mentoring program Attendance at your annual conference/trade show Attendance at your professional development meetings Number of visits to members-only section of website Donations to your association foundation or PAC Number of membership upgrades Non-dues service purchases (other than previously checked) Volunteerism with your organization Purchase or maintain insurance through your organization Non-dues product purchases (other than previously checked) Book or directory purchases Combination Increased Stayed the same Decreased
  • 33. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com WORDS OF WISDOM Measuring Engagement 32 Creating opportunities for members to meet each other and network has been key. We create several low-key events throughout the year to which we invite local member and non-members (we have no chapters). The non-members see first- hand who is involved, who they might meet or potentially do business with. In turn, the members can relate their knowledge of the association and how they’ve seen value. Bringing people together—it’s not rocket science, but it works. (Trade) We have developed an engagement score that is computed monthly. It is simple, concentrating on the key areas where we want members to be engaged. We use the scores to thank our most engaged and to contact our least engaged to hopefully get them more engaged. (Trade) Use an engagement scoring system with several “buckets” that include number of products purchased or used (we have a lot of free CME), content downloads, email opens/click-thrus, participation in advocacy grass roots campaigns, foundation giving, volunteering, website logins, online community posts, etc. (IMO) We have multiple strategies each designedfor a different target sector of our membership. For examplefor the top officerof a company,thestrategydiffersfromthat forsomeone who is entry level or mid-career.We keepdetailed metrics, for examplethe percentageof all generalcounselat Fortune500 and Fortune 1000companieswho participatedat a program, wrotefor our publicationor engagedpersonallyin someother way with our association.(Combination)
  • 34. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 33 TOP REASONS FOR NOT RENEWING MEMBERSHIP Total (n = 748) Individual (n = 352) Trade (n = 194) Combination (n = 189) Lack of engagement with the organization 33% 28% 40% 35% Left the field, industry, or profession 30% 37% 17% 31% Could not justify membership costs with any significant ROI 29% 26% 43% 21% Budget cuts/economic hardship of company 28% 17% 50% 26% Employer won’t pay or stopped paying dues 26% 34% 4% 33% Lack of value 21% 19% 20% 25% Forgot to renew 19% 24% 11% 17% Too expensive 18% 22% 16% 14% Retirement 17% 21% 6% 21% Company closed or merged 14% 1% 39% 12% Student memberships do not convert to full memberships 8% 11% - 9% Disappointment with the benefits/services 7% 6% 6% 9% Lack of relevance 7% 8% 5% 6% Can get materials from other members/other sources 6% 8% 6% 4% Moved 5% 6% 3% 7% Lost job 4% 5% - 6% Disagree with advocacy position of the association 2% 2% 4% 1% Switch to competitor 2% 3% 1% 2% Poor customer service <1% <1% - 1% Not sure 1% 1% 1% 1% Other 6% 8% 5% 4%
  • 35. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 34 RENEWAL SERIES START RENEWAL EFFORT Total (n = 742) Individual (n = 347) Trade (n = 192) Combination (n = 190) Immediately after welcoming 5% 6% 6% 3% Prior to 6 months before expiration 4% 6% 3% 2% At 6 months prior to expiration 4% 5% 6% 2% 5 months prior to expiration 2% 3% 1% 2% 4 months prior to expiration 10% 12% 7% 9% 3 months prior to expiration 40% 41% 33% 44% 2 months prior to expiration 21% 18% 22% 24% 1 month prior to expiration 8% 7% 12% 6% The month of expiration 4% 2% 6% 6% Not sure 3% 2% 5% 3% END RENEWAL EFFORTS Total (n = 743) Individual (n = 348) Trade (n = 193) Combination (n = 190) At the month of expiration 4% 3% 3% 5% 1 month after expiration 8% 10% 6% 7% 2 months after expiration 12% 13% 8% 13% 3 months after expiration 21% 18% 23% 25% 4 months after expiration 6% 5% 9% 6% 5 months after expiration 3% 2% 4% 3% 6 months after expiration 11% 10% 14% 8% More than 6 months after expiration 11% 13% 8% 11% We don’t stop contact 23% 24% 22% 21% Not sure 2% 1% 3% 2%
  • 36. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 35 LENGTH OF GRACE PERIOD BY RENEWAL RATE (IMO) Total (n = 310) LT 80% (n = 118) 80%+ (n = 192) One month 25% 38% 17% 2 to 3 months 47% 39% 52% 6 months 7% 1% 11% One year 2% 1% 3% More than a year (please specify) 1% 0% 2% We don’t offer a grace period 17% 21% 15%
  • 37. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 36 TOP RENEWAL OPTIONS Total (n = 481) Individual (n = 240) Trade (n = 113) Combination (n = 120) Installment renewal payments (monthly, quarterly) 41% 38% 64% 27% Multi-year renewals 30% 39% 12% 30% Automatic annual credit card renewal 29% 34% 20% 24% Lifetime membership 24% 30% 8% 27% Renewal bill-me 19% 12% 25% 27% Early-renewal discounts 16% 16% 15% 15% Automatic annual Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) renewals 14% 12% 19% 13% Gift or premiums for renewal 11% 14% 7% 10%
  • 38. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 37 REINSTATEMENT CONTACT AFTER MEMBERSHIP LAPSE OR EXPIRATION Total (n = 744) Individual (n = 350) Trade (n = 194) Combination (n = 187) We don’t contact lapsed members 12% 14% 9% 13% 1 year after expiration 18% 19% 13% 20% 2 years after expiration 11% 14% 10% 8% 3 years after expiration 7% 8% 5% 9% 4 to 5 years after expiration 5% 6% 4% 4% 6 or more years after expiration 2% 2% 1% 2% We continue indefinitely to contact lapsed members 34% 28% 47% 32% Not sure 5% 4% 5% 6% Other 6% 6% 5% 8%
  • 39. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 38 Our monthly member orientations have been successful in getting folks starting to participate in the online community and other resources. We’ve found that encouraging members to participate with other staff members is also helpful so more staff is familiar with benefits and value membership can Self-designed “30/60/90/120 Plan”—multi-tiered communication efforts directed towards benefit awareness, inviting engagement, extracting personal growth value, education opportunities and industry issue awareness and participation. Combinations of emails, white papers, social media contacts and personal telephone outreach from board members and senior staff. (Trade) We believe if a new member engages with another member and feel like they are part of a group, they are more likely to remain a member for a long time. The most successful strategy is to convert general members to credentialed members. We have found that credential members stay as members for an average of 37 years compared to approximately 7 years for general members. (IMO) WORDS OF WISDOM Engagement/Retention
  • 40. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com ADDITIONAL KEY POINTS Social Media E-mail Dues 39
  • 41. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 40 SOCIAL MEDIA USED BY ASSOCIATIONS Total (n = 752) Individual (n = 354) Trade (n = 196) Combination (n = 189) Facebook 91% 93% 85% 93% Twitter 85% 87% 83% 84% LinkedIn (Public) 63% 60% 70% 65% YouTube 56% 57% 54% 58% LinkedIn (Association Members Only) 36% 33% 40% 37% Association Blog 23% 24% 18% 27% Instagram 22% 26% 18% 20% Private Association Social Network 14% 18% 7% 14% Pinterest 14% 17% 8% 14% Association Listserv 13% 15% 10% 10% Flickr 11% 11% 13% 10% Google + 11% 14% 6% 11% Wikis 2% 2% 1% 3% Ning/Groupsite 1% <1% 1% 1% None—we don’t use social media 2% 1% 2% 1% Other 2% 3% 1% 3%
  • 42. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 41 PRIMARY USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IS TO… 83% 40% 21% 21% 16% 9% 4% 2% 84% 45% 20% 19% 16% 8% 4% 1% 80% 31% 26% 22% 14% 10% 3% 4% 83% 39% 20% 23% 18% 10% 4% 1% Communication and engagement with site users Recruitment of new members for your organization Influencing key opinion formers through their social media accounts Information gathering To take part in the online debate of specific issues We have no specific objective Crisis communication Not sure Total (n = 726) Individual (n = 341) Trade (n = 190) Combination (n = 183)
  • 43. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 42 AVERAGE OPEN RATE FOR EMAILS AVERAGE OPEN RATE FOR EMAILS Total Individual Trade Combination Membership renewal campaigns 40% 39% 48% 34% Meetings/conferences marketing 33% 34% 33% 31% Association news/newsletters 32% 35% 30% 31% Membership acquisition campaigns 21% 23% 20% 19%
  • 44. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 43 EMAILS PER WEEK Total (n = 646) Individual (n = 302) Trade (n = 172) Combination (n = 164) Mean 4 4 4 4 Median 3 3 3 3 EMAILS PER WEEK IMO Trade Up to 1K (n=88) 1K to 5K (n=137) 5K to 20K (n=134) 20K+ (n=87) Up to 100 (n=74) 101 to 499 (n=114) 500+ (n=168) Mean 3 3 5 6 3 4 4 Median 3 3 3 4 3 3 3
  • 45. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 44 BASIC ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES Total (n = 460) Individual (n = 278) Trade (n = 57) Combination (n = 121) Under $50 8% 9% - 10% $50 to $99 13% 13% 4% 17% $100 to $149 13% 14% 5% 13% $150 to $199 12% 13% 5% 12% $200 to $299 17% 16% 11% 22% $300 to $399 12% 13% 7% 11% $400 to $499 9% 10% 12% 5% $500 to $749 8% 7% 18% 4% $750 to $999 2% 2% 2% 3% $1000 and over 8% 4% 37% 4% Mean $729 $306 $2,352 $622 Median $234 $218 $500 $195
  • 46. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 45 LAST MEMBERSHIP DUES INCREASE Total (n = 709) Individual (n = 330) Trade (n = 189) Combination (n = 177) 2016 or plan to this year 29% 27% 36% 24% 2015 22% 21% 20% 24% 2014 10% 12% 8% 11% 2013 7% 8% 4% 8% 2012 7% 6% 6% 7% 2011 3% 3% 2% 5% 2010 6% 7% 3% 7% Other year 17% 16% 22% 14%
  • 47. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com 46 AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP DUES Total (n = 552) Individual (n = 264) Trade (n = 139) Combination (n = 141) Mean 10% 10% 10% 11% Median 5% 5% 5% 8% Less than 10% 65% 66% 71% 56% 10 to less than 20% 21% 20% 16% 27% 20 to less than 30% 9% 10% 7% 11% 30 to less than 40% 2% 2% 2% 1% 40 to less than 50% 1% 1% 1% 1% 50 to less than 60% 1% - 1% 3% 60 to less than 70% - - - - 70 to less than 80% <1% - 1% - 80 to less than 90% 1% 1% 1% - 90 to less than 100% - - - - 100% 1% <1% 1% 1%
  • 48. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com Data Deep Dive You've got to spend money to recruit new members and to retain current members. You cannot expect to come out ahead the first or second year. In fact, it may take two to three years or more before you reap the benefits of your efforts. 47
  • 49. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com Questions & Answers Erik Schonher, MBA, CeM Vice President, MGI 703.706.0358 Erik@MarketingGeneral.com Adina Wasserman, PhD Director of Research, MGI 703.706.0373 Awasserman@MarketingGeneral.com 48
  • 50. If you have a question, please email info@marketinggeneral.com Thank You Erik Schonher, MBA, CeM Vice President 703.706.0358 Erik@MarketingGeneral.com Adina Wasserman, PhD Director of Research 703.706.0358 AWasserman@MarketingGeneral.com

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  1. Thank you Page and thank you to everyone who is attending today. Adina, Page, and our producer Malcolm, we all hope you find today’s presentation useful and informative. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with Marketing General, for over 35 years we’ve continued to bring strategic insights from testing, market research, and data analysis of member behavior and membership marketing to associations and businesses who use a membership model to drive revenue. These insights reveal … Why people join, why they leave, and how they are engaged. The right marketing mix to optimize membership and revenue growth. Best practices that can be applied to nearly all membership organizations. We package these insights into membership programs to recruit and retain members. Our approach follows a marketing model called the Membership Lifecycle. It begins with Awareness, which is the springboard for Recruitment. Next, Engagement enhances Renewal, and the cycle comes full circle with member Reinstatement.
  2. I want to lead off today by bringing your attention to one of the most interesting sections of the 2013 Benchmarking Report. Responses to the Open Ended questions. Of the 5 open ended questions, we’re looking at responses to the question “What keeps you up at night?” I think we can all relate to this. I find the responses most telling and certainly directional for this presentation. Read questions… These responses, and literally the thousands of other responses we received, indicate a desire to find information that will help us, YOU, to better communicate and market to your members. So, in answer to the question…
  3. The largest IMOs and trade associations are more likely to report increases in membership over the past year.
  4. Thank you Page and thank you to everyone who is attending today. Adina, Page, and our producer Malcolm, we all hope you find today’s presentation useful and informative. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with Marketing General, for over 35 years we’ve continued to bring strategic insights from testing, market research, and data analysis of member behavior and membership marketing to associations and businesses who use a membership model to drive revenue. These insights reveal … Why people join, why they leave, and how they are engaged. The right marketing mix to optimize membership and revenue growth. Best practices that can be applied to nearly all membership organizations. We package these insights into membership programs to recruit and retain members. Our approach follows a marketing model called the Membership Lifecycle. It begins with Awareness, which is the springboard for Recruitment. Next, Engagement enhances Renewal, and the cycle comes full circle with member Reinstatement.