Membership community for an association — what actually retains people?
We run a membership community for a professional association. 1,800 paying members, mostly solo practitioners. Right now I'm doing the renewal cycle by hand:…
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We run a membership community for a professional association. 1,800 paying members, mostly solo practitioners. Right now I'm doing the renewal cycle by hand:…
We run a member association retainer for a niche professional body, and the free tier is eating the paid one alive. Free events fill, the paid workshop barely…
I've had 4,000 people in a free WhatsApp group for two years and maybe 30 of them buy. I've written it off as an audience problem and I'm building a smaller,…
Running a professional association community in Belo Horizonte and stuck on a real decision. We have 340 paying members at R$39/month. Board wants to open a…
I run a paid newsletter, about 140 paying subscribers, mostly rand-priced at R95/month. Churn sits around 9% monthly and I think it's onboarding — right now I…
My coaching income is still tied to my calendar. I tried a monthly group call for current students. First one had 9, second had 3. Now I'm looking at a free…
I run a self-paced wellness course. Delivery already eats most of my week. My students keep asking me where to buy the supplements and food plans I mention in…
I keep going back and forth on where member value actually sits. We run a paid newsletter for association members (about 1,800 paying), a member directory, and…