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 What do you believe are the top reasons members DO NOT renew their membership in your organization? You may select up to THREE choices.

SECTION 7 Dues and Membership Structure

TOP REASONS FOR NOT RENEWING MEMBERSHIP

Total (n = 704)

SECTION 8 Managing Your Association Individual (n = 314) Trade (n = 210)

Combination (n = 180)

Lack of engagement with the organization

41% 27% 27% 25% 21% 21% 20% 17% 17% 16%

35% 22%

51% 33%

39% 29%

Could not justify membership costs with any significant ROI

SECTION 9 The Demographics of Your Association 33% 15% 31%

Left the field, industry, or profession

Lack of value

26% 29%

21%

26% 24% 18% 18% 14% 17% 15%

Employer won't pay or stopped paying dues Budget cuts/economic hardship of company

8%

SECTION 10 Words of Wisdom 11%

39% 11% 13% 38%

Forgot to renew Too expensive

27% 21%

Company closed or merged

2%

Retirement

22%

7% 5%

Disappointment with the benefits/services

7% 7% 7% 6% 5% 4% 2% 2% 1% 1% 6% 3%

6%

11% 9% 6% 5% 4% 3% 3% 3% 1% 1% 4% 2%

Student memberships do not convert to full memberships Can get materials from other members/other sources

10%

-

6% 7% 6% 3%

8% 7% 4% 5%

Lack of relevance

Moved

Disagree with advocacy position of the association Young professional memberships do not convert to full memberships

5%

-

Lost job

3% 1% 2% 1% 7%

1% 3%

Switch to competitor Poor customer service

-

Not sure

1% 5%

Other

y Lack of engagement is increasingly cited as a reason why members do not renew. At 41%, this represents a continued increase from 33% in 2016. y Lack of engagement is especially high among trade associations (51%; up from 40% in 2016). - In fact, it is significantly higher than IMOs (35%) and combination associations (39%).

y Among IMOs, 27% cite forgetting to renew as a factor in non-renewals; this is significantly higher than among trade associations (11%) and combination associations (18%).

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