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Non-Dues Revenue Success Kit

Set your organization up for a solid financial future with flexible, non-dues revenue streams.

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Associations Need Non-Dues Revenue

Non-dues revenue is any income that your association generates that does not come from membership fees. Having income streams beyond member dues is key to keeping your association sustainable. Non-dues revenue provides a wealth of benefits for your association by supplementing your financial resources. You’re better able to invest in programs and member services, support your association’s technology and staff, and keep membership fees affordable.

Higher Logic Thrive opens up tons of opportunities to bring in more revenue – many of our existing customers have more than paid for the cost of their platform by selling sponsorship, advertising, and job postings.

Explore our tips and resources below to help you create and maintain a successful non-dues revenue strategy.

Check out this template to help you get started!

Our easy-to-use Customizable Advertising Prospectus will help you create an advertising prospectus to support your non-dues revenue goals.

Community Revenue

Your online community can be a great source of non-dues revenue. See how!

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Monetize Your Online Community

Learn how to strike the right balance between advertising and engagement and how to sell your community to advertisers.

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From Engagement to Non-Dues Revenue: Monetizing Your Online Community

Associations are proving that online communities can do more than engage members—they can generate meaningful non-dues revenue. In this 45-minute...

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Unlocking Hidden Value: Using Community Data to Drive Revenue

Explore ways to generate non-dues revenue using your online community.

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Program Revenue

How can you maximize the revenue you gain from continuing education?

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Generating Non-Dues Revenue for Your Association

Associations that incorporate non-dues revenue are much better positioned to deal with economic uncertainty. Learn how you can grow revenue.

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Association Job Boards Power Engagement, Member Value, and Revenue

Explore the huge positive impact of having an association job board – both for engaging current members and prospective members.

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Maximizing Sponsorship Revenue for Association Continuing Education Programs

Learn how associations monetize continuing education and professional development with sponsorships that drive engagement and scalable non-dues revenue.    

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Build a Modern, Revenue-Driving Learning Program

How to scale education, improve member experience, increase non-dues revenue, and modernize your learning ecosystem. 

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Hear from Others

Tune into conversations with peers and experts who've increased non-dues revenue.

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Non-Dues Revenue Trends and Tactics with Teri Carden

Teri Carden, creator of Non Dues-A-Palooza, shares new and innovative ways to generate and implement non-dues revenue for associations.

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Affinity Programs with Lucas McCann

Learn how to develop successful association affinity programs, optimize marketing, increase revenue, and cultivate industry partnerships.

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Careers + Community = Member Engagement, Revenue, and More with Sarah Spinosa

Learn how to use association job boards to assist members in their career growth, sustain your industry, gain insight into...

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Using Community to Generate Revenue and Sponsorship with TD SYNNEX

Learn how to set up your community to attract sponsors and generate content and value for members with Angela Costa,Marketing...

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Explore How YOU Can Bring in More Revenue

It's easy to leverage Higher Logic Thrive tools to bring in more revenue. Many of our existing customers have more than paid for the cost of their platform by selling sponsorship, advertising, and job postings. Learn how we can help you!