When your members first joined your association, they were excited and eager – opening every newsletter, reading every blog post, registering for webinars and events. Over time though, at least for some members, the love affair has cooled. How can you re-engage those members and get them to fall in love all over again? Even more important, how do you keep them engaged and involved so they don’t fall out of love in the first place?
The answer lies in that word – engaged.
Members who are reading your blog posts and registering for events are engaged. But, if they stop engaging with your content, then they are falling out of love. To keep your members engaged, you need to give them the type of relevant, interesting content that drew them in at the beginning.
How do you know which content is right? Each member will have their own needs and interests. To uncover those interests, you’ll want to determine what they’ve been reading, when and how often they click, and what channels they prefer to receive your content. This might seem like an impossible task – and it probably would be – if marketing automation weren’t around.
At the end of the day, the most important thing is to continue to court your members with the type of information they need in order to be successful, whether it’s continuing education, blog posts about issues facing your association and members, or scholarly articles. By showing you know what they need, and by delivering it, you’ll keep the romance alive for years to come.
Impexium would like to thank our guest blogger, Jim Katz, Executive Vice President of Sales, Real Magnet, for sharing his love of marketing automation and membership engagement.
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