Thursday, November 1, 2007

Chasing those lapsed members

Continuation from the October LLO meeting....

We all know it's important to chase lapsed members. By the time it's got to an LLO these members have received 2 renewal invoices, but is there a better way of doing this?
  • should LLOs be chasing lasped members? As we can now personalise our emails - should membership just run a report email of all lapsed members with the sort of email you're sending, then give you the last lot in October?
  • is the personal touch from the LLO better?
  • what have LLOs found to be useful (email is better than phone etc)
  • are there serial offenders who only renew when the LLO contacts them and is this a problem?
  • does anyone know what other associations do?
  • are we choosing the best time to be chasing members - should we do it earlier, later etc?
All food for thought.