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Attracting New Members to Your Chapter
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▪ All about recruiting
▪ Quick Ideas to Boost Membership
▪ Great Examples
▪ SHRM Resources
▪ HRPBC Membership Director best practices
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▪ Difficulty in communicating value of benefits
▪ Insufficient staff
▪ Membership too diverse, difficulty meeting needs of different segments
▪ Difficulty providing ROI
▪ Difficulty identifying/contacting prospects
▪ Difficulty attracting and/or maintaining younger members
▪ Inadequate association management database
▪ Insufficient budget
▪ Lack of strategy or plan
▪ Weak product or service offerings
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▪ Economy/cost of membership
▪ Competitive association(s) or sources of information
▪ Lack of brand awareness
▪ Declining member/employer budgets
▪ Perception of the association and/or its culture (ie old boys network, not specialized enough, etc.)
▪ Changing demographics of industry/fewer young people in industry
▪ Market saturation
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▪ Word-of-mouth recommendation
▪ Cross-sell to non-members who buy your products or attend your conferences
▪ Promotion to/at your own conferences
▪ Digital marketing
▪ Direct mail
▪ Local events/meeting
▪ Association-sponsored events
▪ Personal “sales” calls
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▪ Association-sponsored social networking websites (i.e. Facebook, LinkedIn)
▪ Facebook paid advertising
▪ Search engine adds (pay per click)
▪ Lead generation content marketing (White papers)
▪ Paid banners on other websites
▪ LinkedIn paid advertising
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Best Practices for Member Recruitment, Engagement and Retention
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RECRUITMENT: B2B EMAIL MARKETING STATISTICS
▪ Email is the third most influential source of information for B2B audiences, behind only colleague recommendations and industry-specific thought leaders.
2. 86% of business professionals prefer to use email when communicating for business purposes.
3. 59% of B2B marketers say email is their most effective channel in terms of revenue generation.
4. Tuesday is the best day of the week to send email (according to 10 email marketing studies).
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RECRUITMENT: DIGITAL ADS Use interesting
images.
Target to
platform’s
audience
Clear call to
action.
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RECRUITMENT: E-MAIL
Place your call to action on top.
Tell them why you’re e-mailing
right away and create urgency.
Use a simple template. Don’t have a
banner? Just use your logo.
Tell them what’s in it for them.
Repeat call to action. Use tracking.
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• Use a trustworthy & recognizable “from” name (e.g. chapter name or volunteer’s name)
• Keep subject line short, urgent and personalized (25 characters or less; include first name and/or deadline)
• Take advantage of pre-header space
• Send relevant content. Be short and concise.
• Use ALT text for images
• Use a clear call to action
• Avoid SPAM triggers: Free, !!!, $, ALL CAPS
• Simple layout: one-column design
• Test, test and test
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Offer Test:
A. $20 Amazon
gift card
B. Or $20 off
membership
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RECRUITMENT: DIRECT MAIL
• Simple design using
SHRM blues
• Official-looking
• Benefits in bullet
points
• Formal personalized
invitation letter
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REINSTATEMENT: GIVE A REASON
• Give your past members a reason to come back.
• Be personal
• Use fresh messaging and highlight new benefits and
upcoming events.
• Discounts, promo items, other incentives
• Multichannel communication
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QUICK IDEAS TO BOOST MEMBERSHIP1. Remind lapsed members that you’re still here.
2. Offer incentives
3. Grow your prospect file.
4. Partner with other local associations
5. Email. A lot.
6. Encourage word-of-mouth and referral programs
7. List your upcoming events on a local newspaper/business website calendar
8. Join local Facebook or linked in small business groups
9. Create relationships with local HR professors
10. Don’t be afraid of direct mail or the phone.
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• Scholarships for SHRM memberships, certification
• Drawings for SHRM Memberships, State Conference, Certification or training materials
• Membership Drives
• Bring your Boss Events
• Social Engagements for Members
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REVERSING MEMBERSHIP DECLINE – ASSESS, ADDRESS, DELIVER
Conducted an honest and thorough assessment of factors contributing to a decline in membership
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REVERSING MEMBERSHIP DECLINE –ASSESS, DELIVER
Addressingmember needs can …enhance your member benefits and opportunities
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The Welcome Experience
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Contact Information:
Olga I. Otero Brown, PHR, SHRM-CP
HR Florida Membership Director
E-mail: [email protected]
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