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[…]
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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[…]
How do you continue your fishing club committee meetings when we’re all in lockdown? The answer is online, using video conferencing tools. Why? Because we wont be locked down for ever and with Fishing being touted as one of the first sports to be made available (fingers crossed), you’ll need to make sure you have[…]
Whilst Clubmate is a great tool for saving time on member admin, it can also be used to great effect when converting potential members (prospects) in to full members. Capture the impulse As with all online shopping, people are curious in nature and like to see what they will get before they buy. This is[…]
More and more fishing clubs are switching to online memberships, providing their existing and potential members with the opportunity to sign up & pay at their convenience. But why? At Clubmate we work with over 1000+ fishing club volunteers and have identified the most common answers to this question: Hassle free We live in a[…]
Like all grassroots sports organisations, fishing clubs are in need of on-going revenue and a great way to boost the bank balance is through club sponsorship. Of course, finding the right sponsors isn’t always easy. To help you find funding for your fishing club, check out our ultimate guide to attracting sponsorship now… What is[…]
5 x Top Reasons why Fishing Clubs are using Clubmate 1) Save time for volunteers Removal of paperwork and labour intensive processes helps dramatically reduce the workload for volunteers. Clubmate does the heavy lifting, meaning club volunteers can monitor rather than administer. Less admin = more fishing! 2) Attract & convert new members If you[…]