Session Objective
If you have to choose whether to devote your limited resources to growing your membership program or retaining your existing members, focus on retaining your existing members. It is less time intensive, less costly, and leads to more invested members.
Retaining your members comes down to:
Consistently delivering value in your core service Consistently delivering value in your membership program Providing opportunities for deeper involvement Putting in place smart tech defaults and customer service that prevent easily avoidable member losses
This session walks through each of those pillars of retention, and also provides students with an overview of retention metrics. It concludes with a presentation and Q&A with South Africa’s on how the approach retention in their newsroom. Video
Slides
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Resources mentioned in this session:
| Ariel Zirulnick and Lizzy Hazeltine for API Additional Resources
| The Membership Guide (Zetland joins Session 4 to speak about this later in the course) Next session