The_2019_Membership_Marketing_Benchmarking_Report (1)

Member Engagement

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MEMBER RENEWAL AND REINSTATEMENT SECTION 4 Member Renewal and Reinstatement (Retention)

SECTION 5 Social Media

SECTION 6 CHALLENGES and Goals Which of the following marketing channels generate the most membership renewals? You may select up to THREE choices.

SECTION 7 Dues and Membership Structure

TOP MARKETING CHANNELS FOR RENEWALS

Total (n = 694)

Individual (n = 311)

SECTION 8 Managing Your Association Trade (n = 205)

Combination (n = 178)

Email marketing

81% 52% 42% 18% 10%

88% 57% 23% 17% 13%

72% 47% 70% 20%

82% 51% 44% 16%

Mail

SECTION 9 The Demographics of Your Association

Staff phone calls

Peer member contacts

Telemarketing

4%

11% 3% 8% 6% 3% 3% 3% 4% 1% 1% 5%

SECTION 10 Words of Wisdom

Board phone calls Employer contacts Chapter phone calls Social media contacts Magazine cover wraps

6% 5% 5% 4% 3% 3% 2% 1%

3% 3% 6% 5% 5% 5% 3%

12%

5% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% 2%

Online digital ads

Texting

Fax

<1% <1%

Renewal app for mobile devices

<1%

-

Other

7%

8%

9%

y Email marketing (81%), mail (52%), and staff phone calls (42%) are far and away the marketing channels most likely to generate the most membership renewals. y IMOs and combination associations are significantly more likely to cite email marketing as effective in generating renewals (88% and 82%, respectively, vs. 72% for trade associations). y Associations with higher renewal rates (80%+) are significantly more likely to find staff phone calls effective (51% vs. 25%).

y Associations with smaller budgets (<$5 million) are significantly more likely to generate membership renewals using staff phone calls (48% vs. 32%). - Telemarketing is significantly more likely to generate renewals for larger budget organizations (18% vs. 5%).

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