{"id":10108,"date":"2015-08-25T06:30:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T13:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=10108"},"modified":"2015-08-25T06:30:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T13:30:22","slug":"how-to-increase-membership-site-and-other-continuity-retention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/how-to-increase-membership-site-and-other-continuity-retention\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Increase Membership Site (And Other Continuity) Retention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In which the money question is asked:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>First of all thanks for Email Players. Ideas from the book and the\u00a0newsletter are having a big impact on the way I work.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s my question&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m struggling somewhat with retention on my membership site (I\u00a0teach English to non-native speakers).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>My churn rate is hovering around 45%&#8230; and while this isn&#8217;t so bad\u00a0that I&#8217;ll go bankrupt, I&#8217;m certainly not happy with it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>One of the things I think you do really well is keeping me on the\u00a0edge of my seat, waiting for the next EP issue (i.e. retention).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Any specific advice and pointers you can give on this?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To quote the old &#8220;Grey Poupon&#8221; commercials:<\/p>\n<p>But of course.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, there are 3 things I do specifically (each very simple and\u00a0meat &amp; potatoes \u2014 not sexy at all) to do just as you described.<\/p>\n<p>And guess what?<\/p>\n<p>I reveal them in the September \u201cEmail Players\u201d issue.<\/p>\n<p>(Hint: I\u2019m doing one of the tips \u201con you\u201d now\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>But, she goes to print next week.<\/p>\n<p>Time\u2019s short.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here to get it while you can:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.EmailPlayers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.EmailPlayers.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In which the money question is asked: First of all thanks for Email Players. 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