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Planning for Membership Success in 2025

Membership Success in 2025: Top Tips to Nail Your New Year Planning

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: “We’ll tackle that in the New Year”. It’s a familiar scene: December rushes by in a blur of events, year-end checklists, and closing the books. Then January arrives and it’s more than just a new month. It’s your

sheepCRM - Your Guide to Membership Success

sheepCRM: Your Trusted Guide to Membership Success

Let’s be honest—managing a membership organisation can often feel like an uphill climb, especially when you’re juggling multiple priorities: managing administrative tasks, nurturing member relationships, and driving growth. We know how challenging it can be to balance everything and still feel like you’re moving in the

The 3 Mountains of Membership Success

The 3 Mountains of Membership Success

At sheepCRM, we understand that membership success isn’t a destination—it’s a journey, and often a complex one. Just like climbing a mountain, it takes ambition, careful planning, and the right tools. Maybe your team is overwhelmed by day-to-day operations, or you’re struggling to engage with your

sheepCRM Alpine, your path to membership success

sheepCRM Alpine: Transforming Member Relationship Management

Ambitious membership organisations want tools and solutions to efficiently manage and grow their increasingly complex relationships. Representing a decade of development with established, proven workflows and a suite of advanced features, sheepCRM Alpine is our cutting-edge solution that delivers efficient membership management and enhanced engagement for stronger member relationships. One

Music Industries Association (MIA)

MIA Amplifies Member Value with sheepCRM

The Music Industries Association (MIA), the UK's voice for businesses in the musical instrument industry, was facing a common challenge: how to effectively manage 200 member companies with a small team of just two employees. In early 2023, MIA set out to find a CRM system that could

Climbing the Mountains of Membership Management

Success is a Journey, Not a Destination

Ever felt like your membership organisation is stuck on a never-ending uphill climb? You're not alone. We believe success is a journey, not a destination. We often envision success as climbing a series of mountains, each representing different stages of organisational development and effectiveness. Our Mountains Metaphor for

Biochemical Society

Biochemical Society Boosts Member Experience and Streamlines Processes with sheepCRM

The Biochemical Society, a leading membership organisation dedicated to advancing molecular bioscience, faced significant challenges with its customer relationship management (CRM) system. The overly complex and heavily customised system led to inaccurate data, payment processing issues, and a clunky sign-up process for new members. Lorraine Reese, Associate Director of Events

Graphic of members actively engaged in conversation.

Top 10 elements for member engagement success

Discover the top 10 elements for member engagement and why they are essential for creating a thriving, connected and committed membership community.

What is member engagement?

Member Engagement: The key to a thriving membership organisation.

Discover what member engagement really means for membership organisations and learn the secrets it unlocks for their future survival and growth.

Association Management Software: Essential software for efficient membership management.

Association Management Software: Essential software for efficient membership management.

Membership associations of all types play a vital role in bringing like-minded individuals and professionals together. However, managing an association efficiently can be complex and time consuming. That's where Association Management Software (AMS) comes into play. In this blog post, we will demystify AMS by explaining what it

What is car club management software and how can it help?

What is car club management software and how can it help?

The UK has a thriving community of excellent car clubs which enables like minded enthusiasts to enjoy and share their passion for cars. Car clubs are typically set up and run to help members maintain, restore and enjoy their vehicles and often focus on a particular brand such as Jaguar,

Automate your membership renewals with sheepCRM

How to save time with membership renewal automation.

Automating your work, so you can actually do your important work? Yes! It's more than just an efficient way to work faster and save yourself lots of time; it's a way of streamlining your membership organisation and helping you grow your membership. The average time people

How sheepCRM helps BGCI engage with its members in the digital age.

Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) is a global network of Botanic Gardens. Its mission is to conserve plants and support Botanic Gardens to benefit people on the planet. There are two parts to the charity, one part membership and one part plant conservation. They have approx 750 organisational members. They

Harnessing the power of integrations

Harnessing the power of integrations

Does your membership process leave you with an Excel nightmare? Read our four steps to harnessing integrations and ditching your spreadsheets. Moving your membership registration online was supposed to make life easier. Still, you've probably just swapped a stack of paper applications for a folder of Excel files:

What we've been working on.

What We’ve Been Working On

Exciting new things and improvements * New sheepCRM User Interface (UI) * sheepEvents module * sheepFlow workflow boards. New sheepCRM design - Codenamed Alpine 😍 Alpine offers a new, modern look and feel improving usability but also bring a whole new level of control to your fingertips. sheepEvents sheepEvents is an online box office

What is sheepCRM and who is it for?

What is sheepCRM and who is it for?

We understand running a membership organisation or club can be challenging and is often very time consuming. We know processing membership applications, sending renewals, chasing payments, sending emails and creating reports can feel like a never ending challenge which is why we created sheepCRM. Our goal is to make membership

Meet the people behind sheepCRM

Meet the people behind sheepCRM

There's a vision that running a club and sharing your passions with others is all you have to do. But we understand it can take a lot of time, effort and admin to run a membership. However we don't believe that should be the case, we