Membership Marketing School

Transforming your approach to membership marketing

Learn | Implement | Collaborate

Are you an association marketer or membership manager feeling overwhelmed by changing trends in digital marketing? Struggling to find marketing resources tailored to your association's unique needs? Membership Marketing School (powered by MemberBoat) is your go-to community for strategies tailored to membership organisations.

Learn | Collaborate | Implement

At Membership Marketing School, we make digital marketing accessible, affordable, and easy, empowering associations of any size to thrive and stay ahead with strategies that work.

What is MMS?

Learn | Implement | Collaborate

Membership Marketing School (MMS) is an online marketing platform that helps association executives understand, nurture, grow, and optimise their membership communities. Our programs designed to drive membership growth, enhance recruitment and retention efforts, and boost member engagement. 

MMS offers comprehensive digital marketing training, hands-on workshops, and actionable templates to simplify your marketing efforts. Plus, you’ll become part of a supportive community that shares valuable insights and success stories, keeping you ahead in the membership game.

Who Membership Marketing School Is For

Is It Right For You?

Membership Marketing School works for any Association Executive looking to learn about the latest marketing and member engagement trends and tools. Whether you’re a Membership Professional who would like to learn effective marketing tactics to grow your membership, or you’re a Marketer who started your career in the association or membership setting, and would now like to learn more about the specifics of marketing for membership, the Membership Marketing School is right for you!

MEMBERSHIP PROFESSIONALS

who would like to learn effective marketing and member engagement tactics to grow their membership.

ASSOCIATION
MARKETERS

who started their career in the association or membership setting and would like to learn more about the specifics of marketing for membership.

ASSOCIATION
EXECUTIVES

who would like to learn about the latest digital marketing trends and tools.

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Our Offerings

Want to grow your membership and create a more connected, engaged community? We’re here to help! From attracting new members to boosting engagement, our tools and strategies are tailored for association professionals like you.  

Explore our live events, on-demand training, and tempates, all designed to make membership marketing more effective and your work more rewarding. Gain practical skills, save time, and see real results. Let’s make achieving your goals easier (and more fun)!

MMS Live

Hidden Link

Your Year of Smarter, Stronger Membership Marketing Starts Here.

Sign up for the MMS Annual Pass before 30 June 2025 and get 25% off your full-year access.

With the Membership Marketing School Annual Pass, you get instant access to every live course, challenge, bootcamp, template, and premium resource we offer for the next 12 months. Whether you're focused on membership growth, retention, marketing content or technology, we've got your back!

No need to pay each time. Just register and jump in when the next program launches.

What MMS Participants Say

The Membership Marketing School was first launched in September 2021 and since then, practitioners from dozens of associations have participated in the program. Additionally, Olena is a frequent speaker and contributor on membership engagement and digital transformation topics for groups like the Australian Marketing Institute, Australian Community Managers, Australasian Society of Association Executives, European Society of Association Executives, Philippine Council of Associations and Association Executives, the Union of International Associations, Answers for Associations and more. She also runs regular in-house workshops. Below is a selection of testimonials from workshop participants:

Membership Marketing School is a CAE Registered Provider

Founded by Olena Lima, CAE, we curate our program with associations in mind. Our workshops are designed to meet the professional development requirements for earning or maintaining the CAE credential. Most of our workshops are approved for CAE credit, and we will clearly identify the number of CAE credits granted for full participation. We maintain records of your participation in accordance with CAE policies. For more information about the CAE credential or Registered Provider program, please visit www.asaecenter.org/cae.

Social Media Templates for Associations

The MMS Template Library helps your association’s marketing become easier and more engaging with this fully customisable Canva template set. Whether you’re promoting events, engaging members, or sharing industry updates, these professionally designed templates will save you time and help you maintain a polished, on-brand presence across all platforms.

Hi,
My name is Olena Lima

and I’m the Founder and Principal Consultant of MemberBoat, a digital marketing agency dedicated to helping professional associations, and host of the Membership Marketing School and Association Hub Podcast.

I first started working with associations over a decade ago and I quickly fell in love with this sector. I admired the people I worked with and the passion they held for their professions. I was amazed by the dedication to raise industry standards and the willingness to share ideas and success stories. I’m extremely passionate about the success of memberships and communities. I appreciate what makes associations special and why they need to run their own race.

As years passed, I have always searched for a place where I could find people who share the same passion for membership marketing and who are simply on the same page with me in terms of understanding what it means to build a strong community.

Today I’d like to take the opportunity to invite YOU to join my Membership Marketing School, where you will be able to learn the latest marketing trends and tools and how they’re relevant to the association and membership setting, and hear from our industry peers! Let’s build stronger membership communities together!

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