Articles
- How to build a members-only website with AI: directories, approvals and dues (2026)
A practical guide to building a member site with a listings directory, member accounts, approvals and annual dues, and how AI compares with association software and directory platforms.
- Association membership dues: how to set them, raise them and collect them (2026)
A practical guide to choosing a dues structure, pricing it, raising it without losing members, and collecting dues with fewer late payments and lower fees.
- Member directory privacy: what to show publicly, what to keep for members (2026)
A field-by-field guide to deciding what an association or business directory shows the public, what stays members-only, and what only admins see, with GDPR basics and protection against scraping.
- Membership renewal reminders that work: schedule, sample emails and follow-up (2026)
A renewal reminder schedule for associations and member networks, with sample email copy for each step, when to pick up the phone, and how to handle the grace period and lapsed members.
- How to grow a professional association’s membership: what works in 2026
A practical growth plan for professional associations and networks: the maths of growth, the recruitment channels and offers associations rate most effective, and how to fix the value message that stops prospects joining.
- How online business directories make money from listings: 7 revenue models (2026)
The main ways local and niche business directories earn money, from paid listing tiers and featured placement to sponsorships and lead fees, with worked pricing examples and the disclosure rules to follow.
- Designing membership tiers and benefits for associations and networks (2026)
How to decide whether you need tiers at all, which benefits belong at each level, how to price them, and how to move existing members onto a new structure without losing them.
- New member onboarding emails: a 90-day sequence with examples (2026)
A ready-to-adapt onboarding email sequence for associations, professional networks and chambers, with sample copy for each message and what to measure so first-year members renew.
- Best membership management software for associations (2026)
Eight membership management options for associations, chambers and professional networks, compared on who each suits, what it does well, what to watch and the price on its own pricing page.
- Best business directory software (2026): 7 options compared
Seven ways to run a local or niche business directory, from hosted directory platforms and WordPress plugins to chamber software and building your own, with prices from each vendor’s pricing page.
- Floot vs WildApricot: which is right for your association or member directory? (2026)
An honest comparison of WildApricot’s ready-made association software and building your own member site with Floot, covering pricing, directories, dues, events, email and when each one is the better choice.