Understanding exclusivity and how it can be used to motivate customers into buying doesn’t make you exempt from its power. In fact, it’s the real reason I’m running the Boston Marathon. I want to be in that exclusive group! There’s no good reason to run a marathon. Yeah, the marathon is 26.2 miles long, but that’s the least of the … Continued
Mastering the Membership Super-Power that Allows You to Lead a Happy Life with Scores of Loyal Members
I recently had a conversation with someone asking about membership sites. She wanted to know which membership site platform had the best member retention. That’s like asking what type of paper you should use to print your newsletter on to improve retention. For member retention, what’s printed on the paper is a lot more important than the paper itself. There … Continued
The Secret Feature That’ll Transform Your Newsletter Into a Monthly Member Retention Device
After visiting me in Tallahassee for a consulting day, Ben Glass and his cracker-jack marketing director, Charlie Mann, put my newsletter formula into action. You can see some examples of how they now feature client stories to illustrate what they teach. These client stories make it easier to complete your newsletter, and they provide great instructional content for readers because … Continued
The Secret to Long-term Member Retention is in the Welcome
The single most important time to build a relationship with your member is what is the most overlooked by membership marketers. Everyone wants to talk about their sales letters, marketing funnels, and automated upsells. The new member welcome is rarely discussed but makes all the difference in whether or not your new member gets value from your product and retains … Continued
Essential Elements of Membership Sites to Maximize Retention and Reduce Member Churn Within the First 60 Days
Too many membership sites are set up in a way that actually increases member drop-outs. How? They make it confusing for prospects to find what they’re looking for; they make the program too long; or they make the program look like too much work. No wonder members quickly become overwhelmed! I had the opportunity to work with Ethan Kapp and … Continued
The Key Element to Creating a Member for Life
The instant the whirring noise begins, the quadcopter leaps from the ground and high into the sky. It’s almost faster than your eye can see. My 15-year-old son, Robert William, was excited to fly his first quadcopter. It’s a light, propeller-driven device that includes a video and still camera. The first Saturday after the drone arrived, we took it to … Continued