Re: Membership fee question
Re: Membership fee question
- Subject: Re: Membership fee question
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 07:34:13 EST
We get $30.
One thing I do in a section of our newsletters is have a "Memebr Benefits"
corner. Its a yearly running total of the real dollar value of being a memebr.
For example, the Feb issue of the NL will show (1) the newsletter - value $3,
(2) the UG discounts from AUGAB (add them up - its usually over $25 per month),
(3) a monthly Shareware CD (some of these files are HUGE so the saved search
and download time is about $10).
Granted that all members won't use all the stuff each month, but this gives
members the knowledge that, just by joining, they already get their money back
after the first three months.
Add to this the $500+ we've spent on end-of-the-year holiday party, they see
that its worth the dues we charge.
This info is also mentioned at the begining of EVERY club meeting.
In sales you have to show people the VALUE of what they are buying. Its the
same with a MUG.
When I was taught how to teach (or run a meeting) the rule is, "Tell them
what you are going to tell them. Then tell them. Last, tell them what you told
them."
Don't hide your light under a bushel. Shine. Announce. BRAG! Let them know
that a MUG membership is a value at twice the price.
If you sell them, they will come.
Gary E. Kampel
S. E. Regional Liaison
Apple User Group Advisory Board
and
President
Palm Beach Macintosh User Group
http://www.pbmug.org
In a message dated 12/23/03 11:50:41 PM, email@hidden writes:
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Our MUG The Rest of Us in Chicago costs $40 per year. After reading the
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posts on the club entry thread I'm wondering if $40 is exorbitant for a
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MUG to charge?
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It's kind of difficult to judge the trade off between membership
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enrollment vs MUG budget. Our MUG has just over 90 members if we
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charged $20 per year we would need to have 180 members to break even on
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our gross intake however our expenses for post cards and newsletters
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would increase dramatically.
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If $40 is too much how have MUGS decided on membership fees?
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Joe Ferguson
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Vice President External
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The Rest of Us
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http://www.trou.org/
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email@hidden
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jobobiker (AIM)
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