Personalise your Clubmate member app and provide speedy, secure access to venue maps, restrict visibility to gate codes, help promote local tackle shops and so much more. When your members log in to their Clubmate profile, they’re shown a series of tiles that offer different functionality when clicked, such as booking a day ticket, renewing[…]
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Anglers will often want to see what the venue is like before committing to join a club for the season or even before buying a day or guest ticket. Having great quality photos on your club website is a fantastic way to stand out amongst the crowd and showcase what your waters have to offer.[…]
Automation is part of our everyday lives, from self-service checkouts in the supermarket to satellite navigation whilst we drive. When 42% of leaders agree that workflow automation speeds up the completion of repetitive tasks, it’s no surprise that some angling clubs are beginning to recognise its importance. On paper, implementing automation at your angling club[…]
Is your Fishing Club run on a system that was never designed to run a Fishing Club? If you’re a typical Fishing club, you’re probably using an Excel spreadsheet to manage your members, to store their personal details, record whether they’ve paid or not and to keep an overview of all things membership. It seems[…]
Let’s talk about newsletters. If you’re looking to keep your members engaged on a regular basis, keep them informed of what’s going on at the club and help build a sense of belonging, then sending out a monthly email newsletter is a great place to start. E-newsletters have a much higher engagement rate than other[…]
Renewal cycles: Fixed dates vs 12-month memberships We’re entering the time of year where fishing clubs across the country are gearing up for what can be an incredibly admin-intensive period of time for their volunteers – membership renewals. Getting members to fill in their renewal paperwork, send in their cash or cheques, logging everyone that’s renewed[…]
Happy New Year! We can hardly believe it’s 2021 already. 2020 was certainly a challenging year for us all, so we wanted to take this opportunity to thank our readers for all of your support over the past year. It truly means the world! If you’re new around here, welcome! Clubmate is a club management[…]
Clubmate vs PayPal: Which is right for your fishing club? Online payments allow anglers to pay membership fees, purchase day and guest tickets and make donations securely from any device at any time. If a fishing club decides to start taking payments online, they often look to something like PayPal as their payment provider because[…]
Each year, every fishing club faces the sizeable task of getting their existing members to renew their membership. Typically, the renewals process goes something like this: the club sends out a renewal form to all members in the post. When the member finds time, they’ll fill in the renewal form and go on their annual[…]
A lot of fishing clubs assume that going online means another nail in the coffin for their local independent tackle shop. However, offering an online alternative to buying a membership at the shop actually has the potential to significantly boost business for all involved – it does not need to be a case of online[…]