How Private Clubs Can Leverage Content Marketing in a COVID-19 World
Over the many months to come, private clubs are going to need to rely on adaptive digital strategies and embrace new ways to connect with prospective...
What Your Social Media Recruitment is Missing
With a novel cocktail of public health concern and economic uncertainty, recruiting during COVID-19 is uncharted territory for private clubs...
[Webinar] Supercharge Your Salesmanship with Sales Enablement
In addition to selling new memberships, the Membership Director often has a variety of other responsibilities, such as member relations,...
Build Buyer Trust with Content Marketing for Golf Course Real Estate
Minnesotans know that once the first novelty snowfall of the season appears, that white stuff may stick around until Mother’s Day and like many...
Why Blogging is a Must-Do for Clubs [WEBINAR]
What is a blog? For years, blogs (short for weblog) served as online journals for aspiring writers who wanted to chronicle their thoughts or share...
Double Your Online Leads Without Re-designing Your Website [WEBINAR]
Private Club Website Challenges If you’re among the few private clubs today who have a waiting list from now until eternity and attracting new...
Understanding the Rules Around 501(c)(7) Marketing
It’s 2020, the beginning of a new decade. It’s a time for new ideas, new conversations in boardrooms, and a new understanding of what is needed to...
Give Your Membership Marketing a Boost in 2020 with These 6 Tactics
A new year is upon us, which means it’s time for New Year’s Resolutions. But I’m not talking about the typical kind of resolution like eating less...
Getting Private Club Board Buy-In [WEBINAR]
In this month’s Crushing Club Academy webinar series, Valley Country Club’s membership director, Lisa Schmid shares how she is going to transform...
[Case Study] Barton Hills 90-Day Membership Push
Barton Hills is an upscale country club in Ann Arbor, Michigan with a prestigious Donald Ross-designed golf course. Yet, despite their storied...
How to Turn Club Marketing Data into Members
Let’s agree on a few things as it relates to the way we connect as people. We have become a very impatient society -- And when we are making any kind...
Does Your Membership Director Have the Right Tools and Skills?
For the average private club, every inbound sales lead has the potential to become not only a new member, but also a dependable stream of repeat...
Modernizing Membership Marketing Begins in the Boardroom
From coast to coast, there is fantastic momentum sweeping across the private club industry. Renovations on and around the course are taking place...
Innovation With Club Marketing Starts With Technology and Data
Having just attended the #CMAA19 World Conference in Nashville, I was not surprised to hear a few consistent themes that permeated throughout...
Should I Show Pricing on My Club Website?
I did a little experiment recently. I wanted to know what people are Googling when looking into private club membership. So, I chose a dozen random...
Storytelling for Clubs: How to Share Your Club's Undiscovered Stories
More now than ever, we are spending a lot of time on our digital devices, which means – so are your prospects. We know we can’t physically bring all...
Lead Nurturing: How to Turn Old Inquiries Into New Members
Do you have a mild twinge of terror six weeks before the start of a new season as you stare at a blank spreadsheet or empty inbox and wonder where...
StoryTeller Book Club: Our Favorite Reads From 2018
It should come as no surprise that many of us at StoryTeller love to read. Some of us live for books that push us professionally and relationally —...